>>23258578Most of this shit is pretty dull, but this page has some info on designing for competitive that /vp/ might be interested in.
Tsubaki: Let's talk about how rating battles have changed with the release of ORAS.
Morimoto: New Mega Pokemon have been introduced, so players have been trying them out.
Tsubaki: Battles have had a lot added to them..
Morimoto: Right. ORAS has added new tutor moves, and many legendaries have gotten easier to obtain, so you'll see more Landorus and Thundurus in rating battles now.
Tsubaki: Right. And Cresselia and Heatran.
Morimoto: That's right. Sylveon's usage has also increases a lot.
Tsubaki: Sylveon is strong right now.
Morimoto: It's because move tutors have made learning Hyper Voice easier than in XY.
Tsubaki: Sylveon has high Sp. Atk, giving it high power even when not hitting weaknesses.
Morimoto: Ones holding Choice Specs and using Hyper Voice are especially common. Has good synergy with the highly used Kangaskhan.
Tsubaki: Morimoto-san, in ORAS you suggested using Mega Sableye and Mega Slowbro.
Morimoto: Mega Sableye is hard to use, but I want you to try it out. It might be troubling because regular Sableye is already very usable.
Tsubaki: Sableye's hidden ability Prankster is quite strong.
Morimoto: Right. But I think Mega Sableye is fun too, using things like Trick Room.
Tsubaki: And Mega Slowbro?
Morimoto: During development it was tossed around that it wasn't used very much, but upon taking a closer look, that wasn't quite the case. Personally, I thought it had room to grow a bit more.
Masuda: It was a Pokemon we revealed on the stage of last year's Pokemon World Championships, so I want it to flourish. The year before, we revealed Mega Kangaskhan, and she's flourishing a lot (laughs).
Tsubaki: It might be up to circumstance. It hold it's own against Mega Kangaskhan, but it's rather difficult against Zapdos, Thundurus, or Aegislash.
Morimoto: Right. Its Defense is high, but its Sp. Def...
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