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After getting MeiraE to level 70 to check out her untranslated moves, I am now convinced that Meira is Hemo's anti-waifu.
As I said in the last thread, MeiraP got nerfed in several different ways - most notably, her best ability got turned into total shit, she changed from Steel/Dark to Fighting/Electric (which are far worse STABwise), and she lost Imposing Wind in favor of Strenuous Stance despite being too slow to make use of it.
Speed Meira did get buffed, and her unique ability Armor Purge now increases Speed and Focus Attack instead of just the former. But she can't make very good use of it because her Focus Defense got nerfed, making her unable to sustain many hits. In addition, she lost her only Sound move with the Dancing Rain TM change and got Warp/Electric coverage in return, neither of which pair very well with her STABs. And of course, she gets no good 100% accurate STAB moves (I guess she gets Sword of Reversal and Blackout now?), forcing her to choose between Mad Rush Stance or Concentrate Stance for setup.
Finally, MeiraE is total garbage: a 500 BST Fighting/Warp puppet whose stats are distributed like a 680 BST. 90/125 offenses are average at best (mind that she gets virtually no spread coverage outside of Warp/Fighting/Dark) but they're literally the only good stats she has, since her 90/60/60 defenses are awful and she only has 85 Speed. She gets a gimmicky set that can run the equivalent of Sturdy + Pain Split and Flail, but she has no setup moves and is outsped by almost all offensive puppets.
It's bizarre, because none of Meira's forms were in the top 100 usage in the base game, and yet she's gone from 2 usable styles to just 1.
