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Anonymous Sat 06 Aug 2016 19:09:37 No.27589682 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>27589722 >>27589727 >>27589736 >>27590053 >>27590576 >>27590585

What were GF smoking when they made Prankster? In what universe is this a balanced ability?

>Literally how far ahead you are it doesn't matter I will turn your advantage into a 50/50 with a Prankster Confuse Ray or shut down your buffed up sweeper with this Priority Thunder Wave

Disgusting.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Aug 2016 19:10:57 No.27589695 Report

Quoted By: >>27589759 >>27589799 >>27591371

I hate all the genie mons. They look dumb as fuck and I refuse to use them which means I lose most battles and I get mad over it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Aug 2016 19:11:19 No.27589702 Report

Quoted By: >>27589774

>Talonflame used Brave Bird
Oh look, most Pranksters are dead right there.
I think you mean to say that genies are broken af

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Aug 2016 19:12:08 No.27589722 Report

Quoted By: >>27589759

>>27589682
Prankster isn't broken

Genies are

They all should have gotten pressure or something

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Aug 2016 19:12:49 No.27589727 Report

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>>27589682
chill bro, it's a prank

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Aug 2016 19:13:30 No.27589736 Report

Quoted By: >>27589808

>>27589682
Game freak makes these broken abilities and gives them to shitty Pokemon like unaware on Bidoof to make people use them but then they decide to give them to really good Pokemon like Clefable

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Aug 2016 19:14:42 No.27589759 Report

Quoted By: >>27589808 >>27589910 >>27591334

>>27589695
>>27589722
Thundurus would literally be Zapdos tier without Prankster. Think about that for a moment.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Aug 2016 19:15:39 No.27589774 Report

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>>27589702
>electric type
>bravebird

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Aug 2016 19:17:02 No.27589797 Report

Quoted By: >>27589849 >>27589888

Pokemon isn't a balanced game, it was never intended to be, and chances are it never will be

And that's fine

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Aug 2016 19:17:09 No.27589799 Report

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>>27589695
same

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Aug 2016 19:17:34 No.27589808 Report

Quoted By: >>27589926

>>27589736
Clefable isn't good without magic guard/unaware. It just becomes a shitty sylveon/florges.

I do agree that the genies don't deserve what they have though.

>>27589759
It would still be good. Good speed tier with nasty plot.

Landorus-t without intimidate would be decent, but not at the 33% it's at right now.

Tornadus-t is now shitter than m-pidgeot, but that's okay.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Aug 2016 19:18:10 No.27589815 Report

Quoted By: >>27591703

That's ok because dazzling exists now desu.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Aug 2016 19:20:22 No.27589849 Report

Quoted By: >>27589888

>>27589797
This.
It's a game geared towards children.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Aug 2016 19:23:32 No.27589888 Report

Quoted By: >>27589937

>>27589797
>>27589849
Yes, and there is also a competitive aspect to the game, and a lot of people would appreciate if they at least tried to balance their damn game.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Aug 2016 19:24:58 No.27589910 Report

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>>27589759
zapdos is fucking bomb
also Mixed/Physical Defiant sets and Thundurus-T exist desu. Hammer Arm and Superpower are more reliable ways to drop Tyranitar and Chansey, for example

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Aug 2016 19:25:37 No.27589926 Report

Quoted By: >>27589970

>>27589808
Yeah, you are right. The genies would be good with a shittier ability. Just looking at what Pokemon get Prankster, most of them suck and would never see play without it. Sableye for example, without Prankster he is trash. But with Prankster, 50 % of the time he is really damn good. Maybe there is a problem with status effects, Confusion and Paralysis is a lot more powerful than Poison for example..

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Aug 2016 19:26:33 No.27589937 Report

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>>27589888
Competitive is an afterthought in terms of their game design priority

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Aug 2016 19:28:42 No.27589970 Report

Quoted By: >>27590003 >>27590025

>>27589926
Yep, yet game freak decides to saddle legendary pokemon that are given fantastic typing, stats and movepools, amazing abilities on top of that. And these are pokemon that are completely playable in standard formats created by GF themselves. Hell, you can use them in battle facilities too.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Aug 2016 19:30:59 No.27590003 Report

Quoted By: >>27591306

>>27589970
Ya, I don't get it. I mean, I get that they want to make Legendaries feel powerful, because after all, they're Legendaries, they're supposed to be strong. But they gotta find the sweet spot and not overdo it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Aug 2016 19:32:19 No.27590025 Report

Quoted By: >>27590161

>>27589970
Nita uses the three genies. And she uses them bad.

I guess that's the train of thought of Game Freak; remember that Morimoto, a guy that's praised for being the director of HGSS, the battle director in most games, was surprised that people used Special Aegislash.
"You can burn and Taunt Aegislash through King's Shield, so both the Pokémon and its signature move are totally balanced!"

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Aug 2016 19:34:17 No.27590053 Report

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>>27589682
Grandma will dIe Tonight
If you Give me your (you).
Domingo!

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Aug 2016 19:39:23 No.27590161 Report

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>>27590025
Kek how stupid is he
Hell, I'd argue special aegislash is the better option

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Aug 2016 20:03:57 No.27590576 Report

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>>27589682

In an universe with Quick Guard and where people need more options to counter a Dark Void Smeargle.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Aug 2016 20:05:01 No.27590585 Report

Quoted By: >>27591393

>>27589682
>yfw next gen gives us a Seismic Press ground-type attack that deals SE against Flying types.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Aug 2016 20:50:58 No.27591306 Report

Quoted By: >>27591347

>>27590003
They never will. They have to powercreep and churn out flashier legendaries every generation to keep the interest of young children.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Aug 2016 20:53:37 No.27591334 Report

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>>27589759
Thundurus would be a worse raikou, at least zapdos is somewhat bulky

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Aug 2016 20:54:46 No.27591347 Report

Quoted By: >>27591380

>>27591306
I think they already hit the flashy pokemon wall when they made god a pokemon

Alphaville !!TORtoOQMEfy

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Alphaville !!TORtoOQMEfy Sat 06 Aug 2016 20:54:48 No.27591348 Report

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yeah but nothing too strong gets prankster so it's ok with me??

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Aug 2016 20:54:58 No.27591351 Report

Quoted By: >>27591404

Non-competitivefag here. What does prankster do ans how is bad?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Aug 2016 20:56:48 No.27591371 Report

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>>27589695
On the opposite end, I really like all the genies. Therian forms really make ther designs more unique except Tornadus-T just looks weird.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 06 Aug 2016 20:57:42 No.27591380 Report

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>>27591347
That's optimistic.
I meant flashy in terms of stats, broken abilities, mega/primal/z/deepfried forms, etc.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Aug 2016 20:59:15 No.27591393 Report

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>>27590585
that's not going to happen
plus we already have thousand arrows you chucklefuck

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Aug 2016 21:00:14 No.27591404 Report

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>>27591351
Any move that doesn't deal direct damage has +1 priority. You can do shit like Thunder Wave, Swords Dance, or even Taunt and be guaranteed to go first unless the opponent also uses priority.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Aug 2016 21:10:58 No.27591558 Report

Quoted By: >>27591639

Prankster should come with an Accuracy Debuff for Status Attacks

Gale Wings should come with a Damage Debuff for Flying Attacks

Bam, the Gamefreak of Balance fixes everything

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Aug 2016 21:15:01 No.27591639 Report

Quoted By: >>27591667

>>27591558
no

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Aug 2016 21:16:21 No.27591667 Report

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>>27591639
Yes.

It's the only way to balance abilities that can literally give Pokemon such an unfair advantage no matter the situation

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Aug 2016 21:18:01 No.27591703 Report

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>>27589815
It's on one Water-type likely shitmon

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