>no bro, a lower powerlevel metagame is good because it promotes team variety!
>>59222934This is why I don't play competetive Pokémon.It's not even a skill based game like Street Fighter, Mordhau or even shooters.People also don't play competetive Drgagon Quest or Chrono Trigger.
>playing 3v3 singlesEither play the correct Champions format or play the correct singles simulator.
>>59222938>>3v3These three are just as cancerous in doubles lmao
>>59222934>cucked by scovillain>cucked by scovillain>cucked by scovillainI fail to see the problem OP.
>>59222934They should just introduce Mega Arceus into Champions as the ultimate most optimised and viable powercreep mon with a bst of 2000 or something so every compfag will have to have one on their teams.Also make it super lame and make it have a fat bloated body with stubby legs like some vore art and make the dumb ring around it even bigger with more hooks to get snatched on stuff as a collective humiliation ritual for everyone.
>>59222938These 3 are just as omnipresent in doubles if not more
>>59222934>Water/Ghost>Fighting>DarkAll you need is a Ground type and you would have the most overpowered types in the game
Looks like Reg H, we're just lacking Bloodmoon.
>>59222934They shouldn’t have included many of the current meta threats first thing.Granted, the limitations do make it easier to use off-meta things, and it’s also made some mons way stronger than they’d normally be like Aerodactyl.
>>59222934I can't believe faggots are really justifying cutting 400 mons yet these cock suckers are still in that includes the faggot bara tiger
>>59222947>need to waste his gimmick just to deal with a bunch of "regional replacements"Pretty pathetic Kojo ngl
>>59223057>y-you need to waste a gimmick just to win games? th-that’s pathetic because my campaignshitter rules said so
>>59223056>noooooo! how dare they include comp viable mon in this comp simulator instead of my bro cacturn?!
my penis defeats basculegion with ease your move comptard
Yeah but Kojo would shit up the entire board if certain Pokemon got buffed because of "reasons".it would be so fucking funny if he had a major melty the moment fossil Pokemon like Aurorus and Bastiodon were to get major buffs
>>59222934Still better than a meta that bans anything the people in charge can't defeat.
>All late Gen 8/Gen 9 mon.
VGC was a mistake
Shitdown is just going to keep losing players as time goes on and they know it
>>59223101>meta based on gen 9>WTF? Why are so many Gen 9 mons bring usedfucking moron
>>59223167How much money is Showdown making
>>59223167keep posting it campaignshitter
>>59223211Uh oh, Kojo melty!
>>59223211People play VGC on Showdown too you sperg
>>59223216Post 1 official VGC tournament that is played on Showdown
>>59223225Are you familiar with how people interact with Showdown?Do you know how the monthy usage statistics work out?m by format?
>>59223214
>>59223072Good thing my basculegion is female ;)
>>59223228I'm not the one who is upset, buddy.
>>59223227So you can't. Gotcha.
>>59223167This picture will never get old lol
>>59223237Do you know how many people use Showdown to practice Bo3 OTS or even the current reg CTS?It's more people than play OU and all Smogon formats(uu, ru, ubers etc) combined, only randbats is bigger.So anon, what or who is Showdown for?
>>59223248This is not the epic own that your delulu wants you to think it is.
>>59223248Me when I ban tera (coming soon)
>>59223256You already conceded broski. Post the tournament.
>>59223234>I-I'm not mad!lollmao even
>>59223167This shit makes me fucking livid, ChampBros Hold me Back!
>>59222938These things are fucking everywhere in doubles as well you dumbfuck clown.
>>59223139>26,000 users>not even half of them are even playing right nowDead game
>>59223264Showdown is for practicing VGC, Champions doesn't offer Bo3 ots.
>>59223312Champions offers private battles just fine retardo-kun.
>>59223057>wasting a gimmickIt’s not wasting anything if you completely shutdown your opponent’s physical attackers and letting your partner set up.
Strong pokemon, weak pokemon. I use my favorites.
>>59222938>Verlifaggot doesn't play the game he defends everyday in hereHoly fuck, game freak truly has the most retarded drones
>>59222934Why would anyone with a brain say this? Lower general power levels means the ones that stand out are even more centralizing because there's less options and competitors.
>>59223309Because team building is the fun part, retard
>>59224490Aren't 2 of those 3 also very powerful in full power SV VGC?
>>59223098He doesn't have a meltie if GameFreak does it because that means it's a "smartly made decision made by the people who actually know how their game works".Else he'd be kvetching over his favorite status Freeze getting nerfed, or Ariados getting a fractional improvement via Toxic Thread being buffed.
>>59224505absolutely not. all three are borderline unused.
>>59224578fanficsisters…why is our shitnova tiger so much worse than the based alola one?
>>59224619wat
>>59224619Because yours has a dual weakness and isn't immune to Prankster.
>>59223069if you didn't have comp viable mons then mons that aren't comp viable now become comp viable since there isn't the stronger options. Lowering the power also makes a wider variety of mons viable since their power difference is much smaller and they serve different niches on different teams.
>>59224619Lando was mogged by the paradoxes already bro please keep up
>>59222934Fairy/Steel are still the best types in the game, anything that counters them is bound to be more popular, so of course Sneasler will be used when your other non-Mega options are Toxicroak (objectively worse) Kommo-o (Dragons in a Fairy meta lol) or Conkeldurr (needs Trick Room setup to do anything). Fire is another strong type that demands answers and part of the reason Aerodactyl has been rocking it so far, and with Milotic/Blastoise/Slowking/Pelipper/Primarina performing well, little wonder Basculegion has been doing well too.It's not a matter of powerlevel so much as a complete lack of options. If Psyspam becomes a thing again Sneasler will get fucked up, and Basc might have some difficulty if it has to deal with Electric Pokemon more dangerous than Rotom (there's also Grass but lmao). ...that said Kingambit is a very strong Pokemon and isn't on the same playing field as everyone else here.
>>59222934In the right context, it does. If the Covert Cloak, Clear Amulet, Assault Vest, Safety Goggles, and Life Orb were present you'd see more team variety. And yes, the Life Orb helps variety, not hurts it. A lot of common Pokemon that get 2HKOs now would still get 2HKOs with a LO, but many of the ones getting 3HKOs now would be bumped up to 2HKOs.
>>59223225All official VGC tournaments are open team sheet best of three, a format you can't practice in game, but can practice on Showdown. Last week I didn't play any games in Champions because I was practicing on Showdown. VGC benefits from having both Champions and Showdown.
>>59227043Closed sheets is fucking cancer I don't get why champions doesn't allow it
>>59222934I'm running a max power rotom wash with thunder on a rain team and I'm winning and having fun.
>>59222934I got a 15 win streak in Master Ball with the fashionable ostrich. Previously I got a 7 win streak with my bro Empoleon. People are just boring.
>don’t include powerful Pokemon>now the entire meta is just Charizard Y using heatwave on Dudunsparce and shit like thatPowerful Pokemon have to be included or the entire game is just megas and fodder
>>59227228Yup. You can't logically expect them to exempt shillmons, so you have to up the average powerlevel so they don't utterly dominate.
>>59224578Isn't this from the fortmat with box legends available?
>>59222934All of these have very easy to exploit weaknesses that allow you to build different teams and find success with non conventional pokemon as long as you know what you're doing.A Competitive environment will always have a dominant strategy that will force you to adapt to play against it.
