>shell armorWhy do they hate us?
>>59369811Bugfags deserve to be cucked. Can't wait for Golisopod's mega to cursed with a shit ability too.
>>59369811>glass cannon pokemon with base 60 hp>let's give it a shitty defensive mega that doesn't work because it has no hp and no recovery>also let's give it one of the worst defensive abilities in the game outside of very specific niche sets that this pokemon doesn't have the movepool forlol?
>>59369811I guess they thought people will use her with Iron Defense and Speed Boost and then Megaevolve so can't get crit'd
>>59369811Genuinely, why are so many Megas from ZA dogshit, while at the same time giving so many of them broken abilities?XY and ORAS had a few stinkers but only Mega Audino felt like intentional sabotage, and only a few felt like they gave a Pokemon an ability that doesn’t fit but makes super broken?
>59369856>her
>>59369829she gets Wimp Out
>>59369856that could be a set except they didn't give it body press to actually use those defense boosts for something LMAO
Don't worry we can crucify Mega Meganium and perform a Babylonian black magic ritual while it's nailed to a cross and bleeds to death.Meganium being astral projected into Hell for it to burn for all eternity as it's raped by demons should fix EVERYTHING wrong with the franchise.
>>59369836Recovery isn't an issue, they gave it Leech Life
>>59369811It'a a combination of a couple things; They literally do not want the bug type to succeed, as exemplified by Fairy further cucking it's offensive spread instead of being weak or even neutral. Sure, this thing is a poison type to help with that but using this 60 HP Pokémon that needs turns to set up to even really be defensive makes this doomed to fail from conception and especially having no moves or an actually useful ability to really make a meaningful battle presence out of it. Secondly, only shillmons are allowed to be truly great, as evident by Zard, Chomp, etc ruling the meta usage despite all the new shit simply because they work (and work flawlessly, and effortlessly out the box).
>>59369991>They literally do not want the bug type to succeed>only shillmons are allowed to be truly greatLet me guess, a shillmon to you is a pokemon that's good?
>>59370003>Let me guess, a shillmon to you is a pokemon that's shilled by being made broken while others are intentionally sabotaged nta but yes
>>59370006>responding to his own made up greentextYou could just use a journal and save everyone else the trouble of having to know you exist.
>>59369811The most obvious reason for that ability would be to counter Urshifu's signature moves. Not like they'd take much damage from Poison Jab back I guess but it's something.
>>59369991>Shillmons ruling the metaAre Mega Scovillain, Sinistcha, Basculegion Aerodactyl and Archaludon shillmons now?Because those are also extremely popular in Champions.>They literally do not want the bug type to succeedVolcarona exists and has never been a bad Pokemon. Ariados won a really huge championship recently because the tools it had access to circumvented the fact it's stats are dogshitGolisopod got an incredibly powerful Mega that doesn't even have Emergency Exit, we know this because the ability was coded into ZA and unlike regular Golisopod, the Mega did not retreat when at low HP.Gamefreak even buffed the fuck out of a bunch of Bug type moves in Champions.Scizor is still one of the most understated yet best gen 2 Pokemon out there, both the regular form as well as the Mega still see plenty of play. Hell, even Mega Pinsir isn't that bad so long as you can get around the Rock Slide spam.There's way more types that see way less use than Bug types, like Normal and Ice types, yet you Bug fags never shut the fuck up.You fuckers have the most obnoxious victim complex I've ever seen.
>>59370072>Counter Urshifu252+ Atk Choice Band Urshifu Wicked Blow vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Scolipede-Mega: 76-90 (56.2 - 66.6%) -- guaranteed 2HKO252+ Atk Choice Band Urshifu-Rapid-Strike Surging Strikes (3 hits) vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Scolipede-Mega: 75-93 (55.5 - 68.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKOIt’s hardly a counter, if not at all.It would be SO much better with Tinted Lens. Not only letting it hit Urshifu-R for neutral damage on Megahorn (you still need to fight back against Pokemon you’re countering), but it’s make Scolipede useful against more than just 2 moves.
>>59370172>Ice typesYou're this dangerously close to having Yawnfag shit up this thread.
>ZA gives it first impression so you can get around the speed loss>Champions deletes first impressionlol
>>59369991>as evident by Zard, Chomp, etc ruling the meta usage despite all the new shitit has been less than 24 hours since the new pokemon were added to the gamei'm not gonna pretend scolipede has any great degree of secret metagame-warping viability that hasn't been discovered yet but come on now
>>59370317First Impression got a BP increase, he can't have that shit anymore
>>59370712What about Mega-Gol?
>>59370729yes he's keeping it
>>59369829Golisopod is BEGGING to get shell armour over emergency exit
>>59370172Sinistcha and Archaludon are the mains of DLC characters and one of them is a cross gen evo for a mon nobody liked with 600bst, it is the definition of a shillmon
>>59370950hes getting weak armor
>>59370964>Archaludon are the mains of DLC charactersYou mean Hydrapple
>>59369829>>59369879>Wimp Out>Emergency Exit>Mega will get Tactical Retreat
>>59369811>Design Mega who's entire gimmick is that it has a metal suit of armor, give it the ability shell armor, and make it the ace of the leader of the poison/steel team.>Don't give it steel type.
>>59371024No I mean Archaludon
>>59369811No genuinely, why the fuck did they give Scolipede Shell Armor outside of it technically fitting the design?The one move it has that boosts its bulk is Iron Defense.No AmmesiaNo Bulk UpNo CurseNot even Calm MindAnd it doesn’t even learn Body Press and its Def is already high.Mega Scolipede would literally be better off with Poison Point. It still fits thematically and would genuinely be better thanks to its added bulk.
>>59369865mega meganium is pretty great and the mega raichus seem super good too
I know it took some insane restraint on gamefreak's part to not give mega malamar illuminate
>>59371505The funny thing is that looking at what gets shell armor (pokemon with literal shells, also crabs) vs battle armor (pokemon with literal armor, also non-crabs), m-scolipede DEFINITELY, 100% without a shadow of a doubt fits better in the battle armor camp. They couldn't even give it the right flavor of this extremely shitty ability. I really wish they had given it something out of left field like steelworker or toxic chain. If they really needed this thing to be defensive they could at least have given it mirror armor, toxic debris or filter. Hell even overcoat.
>>59369811You can't ever be critted? Oh boo hoo, so sad.Come back when you legitimately can't do ANYTHING regardless of ability like pic related
>>59371517Mega meagnium is the shill starter. Every shill starter has gotten a broken ability since gen 6. Before then shill starters weren’t a thing. Except CHARIZARD and Blaziken and that’s more beaches KANTOOOOOOO and Hoenn are worshipped. Greninja, IncineroarCinderace Hisuaian samurott MeowscardaMega Meganium And the Raichus are shillmon by virtue of being related to the mascot.
>>59369811They truly believe the "early forest bugs" don't deserve to be strong. The closest we ever got was Gigantamax Butterfree, which feels like it served the inspiration for Dire Claw. Enjoy your zardslop like a good consoomer piggy.>>59369829Here, hold this for me
>>59371621Contrary is fine for this though. The only thing better it could've gotten was contrary+. No other ability was gonna beat it's OG contrary Scolipede is a genuine dead weight with it's stats and the ability is beyond worthless too
>>59371627Mega meganium is still shit
>>59371627holy schizoposting
>>59371271Who the fuck cares about Drayton this is like saying furfrou is a shillmon because the ever-relevant Dulse uses it
>>59371631>Malamar is THE Contrary pokemon>Staraptor gets Contrary at the same time out of nowhere and outclasses it
>>59369811Well, what should it have gotten then? What should any of them gotten?
>>59371922>Tinted Lens so that its pre-Mega Speed Boost doesn’t get wasted as often>Stamina, an overall good ability that fits the defensive take and reference the horse part of its design>Speed Boost because that’s what it already had>Filter, drawing parallels to Revavroom since its pre-evolution is a wheel and again its more defensive design>A new ability that causes Poison moves to do something, like its ZA Pokedex states.>Shield Dust because now it can ignore Fake Out and shitI would genuinely take Poison Touch/Point too. At least those have an impact on the game more than 1/24th of the time or against 1 Pokemon.
>>59371630>They truly believe the "early forest bugs" don't deserve to be strong. The closest we ever got was Gigantamax Butterfree, which feels like it served the inspiration for Dire Claw.Anon... Did you forget Mega Beedrill?
>>59369811Make Shell Armor into Stamina but you get Shell Smash instead of +1 Def
>>59371837There's still a chance that it's was an accident ant they just wanted to give it intimidate.
>>59369811PFFFFFTAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA
>>59372402How in the fuck do they accidently give it Contrary instead of Intimidate?
>>59372421It might get patched.
>>59372106>Anon… Did you forget one of the worst megas in the game?
>>59372443Scolipede has a whole 90 BST higher than Beedrill and Beedrill got a way better Mega.
>>59371621The only thing that could have saved (and I use the term loosely) mega malamar was psycho boost or a new similar psychic move, and not only did it not get it, they took away close combat
>>59372496>abysmal dogshit is way better than abysmal dogshit
>>59372784Close Combat isn’t such a big deal for Malamar since it has a good SpD stat and shit Atk stat.
>>59369866Yes, her, Mr. Hands..There are people who don't want to die from rectal lacerations, you know..
>>59371621The shitty thing is, Mega Malamar actually had a pretty strong niche in Close Combat + Stored Power + Rest + Rest Talk.It got disgustingly bulky, was hard to kill if the enemy didn't have a Bug type in hand and eventually it started dishing out fat damage that was really hard to get around, but Gamefreak took that away from Malamar, because my best bro wasn't bad enough as it is.Hell, the one other thing that could've saved Mega Malamar in Power Trip, a move that fits perfectly thematically for a supervillain Pokemon, is a move Gamefreak adamantly refuses to let Malamar have, even though another incredibly strong Dark type in Krookodile gets to abuse it with a far better offensive typing and by not being a waste of your Mega slot. It should be studied how actively sabotaged Mega Malamar was.Hell, if it got Psycho Boost or Overheat it could've even branched into becoming a genuinely decent mixed or special attacker.I hate Gamefreak, I fucking hate them.
>>59372784>>59372835>it lost close combat That's the one fucking thing it could do? I barely cared about Malamar, and already not playing Champions due to hating Game Freak. Yet I am still pissed. Mother of fuck. The bar was on the ground and these assholes used a shovel. Game Freak is beyond parody at this point.
>>59371630Could you pls put down my wife
>>59372443>Mega Beedrill>One of the worst megas in the gameYou have absolutely no idea what you're talking about
>>59373654>, said the campaignshitter who has absolutely no idea what he’s talking about
>>59372402>There's still a chance that it's was an accidentFunny joke.
>>59372942>Game Freak is beyond parody at this point.Hisuian Avalugg should've been an extreme warning for what Game Freak can pull.Unfortunately, Pokefags STILL haven't learned to not have high expectations regarding anything related to the franchise.
>>59372106>Everyone crying Mega Malamar is cucked.>Try it out with a team built around the gimmick, does enough to win games but it's not Mega Staraptor busted.>Try this meta with the new support options and Mega Beedrill.>Still lose almost every game in casuals.Granted I am playing doubles. If I swapped to singles Mega Beedrill is more than playable. It's just that stallfags exist in singles and they stall the fucking timer I am not getting any younger.
>>59371621Superpower, then have it's partner use Fake Tears. I was also trolling setup sweepers with Topsy Turvy but it's a bit too niche. Though I might experiment with it some more and see if you can flip a Staraptor buffstack with some redirect support. I will say it's not good or meta by any means, but there are some techs and it's fun.
>>59372835>it lost CCGamefreak’s balancing is so utterly asinine.
>>59373877>Gamefreak’s balancing is so utterly asinine.There's several cases of this ever since gen 1 with literally five at the minimum for every gen.
>>59372812>Close Combat isn’t such a big deal for MalamarIt was, read >>59372835Every (physical) contrary user ever can do superpower, some can do leaf storm, but close combat was more niche. Now it doesn't even get that, mega staraptor needed it more apparently.
