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Quoted By: >>30225427
Was Gen IV the pinnacle of competitive battles?
>no team preview bs, you never knew what to expect
>dedicate leads were fun
>UU and even some NU were perfectly viable in OU, I used to have lots of fun with stuff like DST Clamperl and level 1 Clefables
>three starters in OU: Swampert, Infernape and Empoleon
>the meta wasn't so offensive with stuff like 170Atk Kyurem-B and overpowered mega mons, making defensive strategies viable
>teams had variety instead of the genies hell we've been living in the past two gens
>ghost rotoms made all of them viable instead of just one in OU, drowning every other forms to lower tiers and creating a Flying-type aberration with levitate
>lake guardians were qt af
And a lot of stuff I forgot about. Gen IV was pure fun.
>no team preview bs, you never knew what to expect
>dedicate leads were fun
>UU and even some NU were perfectly viable in OU, I used to have lots of fun with stuff like DST Clamperl and level 1 Clefables
>three starters in OU: Swampert, Infernape and Empoleon
>the meta wasn't so offensive with stuff like 170Atk Kyurem-B and overpowered mega mons, making defensive strategies viable
>teams had variety instead of the genies hell we've been living in the past two gens
>ghost rotoms made all of them viable instead of just one in OU, drowning every other forms to lower tiers and creating a Flying-type aberration with levitate
>lake guardians were qt af
And a lot of stuff I forgot about. Gen IV was pure fun.