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Anonymous Fri 13 Jan 2017 14:05:10 No.31364451 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>31364475 >>31364511 >>31364639 >>31364655 >>31365132

What have gone so right? How did a glorified moxie became such a good ability?

I'm still amazed by how good it is. i thought it will be a nice sidegrade alongside Protean, but Jesus Christ i didn't expect it do be THAT good.
>everyone on /vp/ and smogon thought Ash-Greninja would be bad
>it's actually amazing
>A+ viability while Zard-X is only A
Sweet justice, isn't it?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 13 Jan 2017 14:10:23 No.31364475 Report

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>>31364451
>glorified moxie
It's closer to being a mega with an item desu, except unlike mega fug the tradeoff is killing something rather than having a move you would literally want to use anyway

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 13 Jan 2017 14:12:14 No.31364486 Report

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>amazed that something with great typing, an absurd movepool, perfect stat distribution to fulfill 3-4 major roles, and essentially a free mega that further magnifies its ridiculous stat dist is amazing

are you 10 or something?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 13 Jan 2017 14:14:37 No.31364506 Report

Quoted By: >>31364519 >>31364650

>everyone on /vp/ and smogon thought Ash-Greninja would be bad
>this revisionist history
>"HAY GUISE LOOK AT ME, I DISCOVERED THIS AWESOME MON"

No. Everyone here was talking about how broken it was going to be gameplay wise from the moment it was announced, since regular Greninja was already in ubers. We were shitting on it conceptually for being naruto tier cancer.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 13 Jan 2017 14:14:49 No.31364511 Report

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>>31364451
>everyone on /vp/
speak for yourself, only retards thought Greninja without protean was a shitmon despite still being really fucking fast and having access to a fairly powerful stab combo

Especially since battle bond makes it a mini megafug and the best priority move in the game

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 13 Jan 2017 14:16:24 No.31364519 Report

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>>31364506
I distinctly remember threads full of idiots claiming that it is impossible for Greninja to get kills without protean

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 13 Jan 2017 14:21:22 No.31364546 Report

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BURASTO

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 13 Jan 2017 14:29:12 No.31364591 Report

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OP here, pretty much this - >>31364519

people keep shitting on it. Hell, even on smogon forums in early days "Ash-Greninja is trash"

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 13 Jan 2017 14:40:43 No.31364639 Report

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>>31364451
If it's so powerful, why didn't it win a league?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 13 Jan 2017 14:44:17 No.31364650 Report

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>>31364506
No. People very early on were saying that because it didn't have Protean it would never get kills.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 13 Jan 2017 14:45:43 No.31364655 Report

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>>31364451
Didn't people shit on it before they knew how fucking min-maxed it was and how it didn't have to be serious nature

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 13 Jan 2017 14:55:28 No.31364712 Report

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>>31364639
got cucked by TV Tokyo
never forget the Alan eleven

i'm still mad

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 13 Jan 2017 15:08:04 No.31364785 Report

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>>31364712
Alain too stronk

pls nerf

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 13 Jan 2017 15:52:46 No.31365132 Report

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>>31364451
You know, it wasn't for nothing. Greninja IS too weak to KO most things without Specs. Simple examples would be Tyranitar, which it can't OHKO, even without the Sandstorm SpD Boost. With Sandstorm, it can't even KO it with Specs.

Basically, it only works by going against weakened Pokemon. It's the same as trying to set up for a sweep. Go against a weak Pokemon that can't KO you, forcing a switch or letting you set up for a sweep. The only reason it works for Greninja is because it can set up, hold specs AND attack at the same time.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 13 Jan 2017 16:04:27 No.31365229 Report

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>>31365132
it's more like how people kept comparing it to protean

Protean Greninja dark and water are the same as non-protean

Ash-Greninja Water-Dark STABs are far more powerful
even coverage wise, Ash-Greninja is almost as the same power (around 3-5% difference)

Honestly? Ash-Greninja only need tutors again to fuck his main "kek you won't transform" which is Tapu Fini.

20 Atk Life Orb Greninja Gunk Shot vs. 248 HP / 192 Def Tapu Fini: 166-198 (48.3 - 57.7%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock

Hydro/Dark pulse/Water/Gunk(or ice meme i guess)

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