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Who else misses the Gen V Weather Wars?

Anonymous Mon 19 Jun 2017 07:28:49 No.32807409 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>32807435 >>32807465 >>32807539 >>32809114 >>32810207 >>32810208 >>32810355 >>32810520

We can all agree that the weather wars of Gen V was the peak of competitive battling. No stupid Z-moves, Tapu F****ers, and no Landorus. Stall was getting raped by Rain teams and poses little threat. Landorus T was complete shit because of Hail and Rain teams. Awh, what good times. If only we can go back there.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Jun 2017 07:31:04 No.32807429 Report

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TRICK ROOM IS A WEATHER

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Jun 2017 07:31:45 No.32807435 Report

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>>32807409
I mean, the concensus is generally for gen IV post chomp ban.
Weather wars were bitched about MORE than any of the new mechanics.

But it did have its charms.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Jun 2017 07:38:39 No.32807465 Report

Quoted By: >>32807531

>>32807409
From all that retarded shit you just said I take it you didn't actually play gen 5 competitively.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 19 Jun 2017 07:51:43 No.32807531 Report

Quoted By: >>32807563 >>32807591 >>32807760 >>32810134 >>32810299 >>32810312

>>32807465

Prove me wrong though!? Rain & Sand teams were the gold standard. You had to have two mons just to counter a team. Fire & Hail where niche teams that could neutralize the game . Stall could barely get a foot after the start of Gen V. Plus, Landorus-T was the weakest form back then. That's why they had to nerf weather.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Jun 2017 07:52:44 No.32807539 Report

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>>32807409
>Tapu F****ers
>he STILL thinks the tapus are overpowered

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Jun 2017 07:56:38 No.32807563 Report

Quoted By: >>32807643

>>32807531
>Landorus T was complete shit because of Hail and Rain teams.
>literally A+ rank

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Jun 2017 07:59:18 No.32807576 Report

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current day BW meta is pretty boring. pretty much just sand balance or balls out offense

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Jun 2017 08:02:07 No.32807591 Report

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>>32807531
>Hail
>All your mons get hit by hail unless you make an ice team
please post if you played the game

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Jun 2017 08:12:23 No.32807643 Report

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>>32807563
he didn't say weakest, just worst
which really says something for the other two's power level, especially thundurus

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Jun 2017 08:40:35 No.32807760 Report

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>>32807531
>sand teams
>not sun
venusaur was a pain

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Jun 2017 14:50:28 No.32809114 Report

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>>32807409
But gen 4 was the peak. Even though it consisted of a lot of Dragons, it was probably the most balanced meta. Gen 5 OU was a stupid kind of fun tho. Gen 5 UU was the tits, and the GOAT of that generations meta.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Jun 2017 15:19:39 No.32809318 Report

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Sun teams > all, a venusaur with 2 growths in the sun can sweep an entire team with no probs (im talking in OU) , VGC was fun in that day, I loved the terrakion + weavile beat up combo.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Jun 2017 17:16:09 No.32810134 Report

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>>32807531
Rain stall was a thing, anon. Have you heard of tentacruel? It wasn't as common as offense, but it was there.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Jun 2017 17:25:13 No.32810207 Report

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>>32807409
Hell no. Gen 6 nerfing weather (and other fixes like Steel and crits) is probably the most under appreciated change. Gen 5's meta is honestly the worst meta simply because of weather wars. On top of that, Gen 5 also introduced Prankster, Regen, Volt Switch, and Scald (which were their most cancerous in Gen 5)

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Jun 2017 17:25:16 No.32810208 Report

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>>32807409
>Landorus T was complete shit because of Hail and Rain teams.

Bait

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Jun 2017 17:29:35 No.32810232 Report

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>>32809114
This guy gets it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Jun 2017 17:38:04 No.32810281 Report

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>weather extenders now make weather permanent again
This should do the trick.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Jun 2017 17:40:29 No.32810299 Report

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>>32807531
>You had to have two mons just to counter a team
You say that like it's a good thing. The entire Meta Game was centered around removing the weather. If you didn't have a weather setter (or they fainted), you were forced to fight powered-up Pokemon with increased offenses, speed, defenses to some types, 100% accurate/instant moves that hit hard, and some forms of double healing. There was little to no verity in team building, almost no skill, pretty much no fun.

Lily

Lily Mon 19 Jun 2017 17:41:21 No.32810306 Report

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The best meta was Gen 5 Battle Spot Triples

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Jun 2017 17:42:27 No.32810312 Report

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>>32807531
>Plus, Landorus-T was the weakest form back then

It still is

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Jun 2017 17:43:16 No.32810320 Report

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>>32810207
Good thing Gen 6 didn't introduce any more power creep or make the type chart even more unbalanced ;^)

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Jun 2017 17:47:31 No.32810355 Report

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>>32807409
Fuck no, as bad as this meta is, weather wars were absolute cancer.

Gen 4 during Pt/HGSS was the peak. Once Mence and Latis were gone, it was by far the most balanced meta of all with the most variety of playstyles. You could run obscure shit like Hail Stall and Gravity and still have a chance in the ladder, and matchup-based 6-0's were practically non-existent.

Plus it helped that if you were into Wifi, you didn't even have to grind to Level 100 because the online automatically did it for you.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Jun 2017 17:49:30 No.32810368 Report

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I do. I miss being able to run Hail properly. All other weathers are still usable, Hail is deader than ever before nowadays. I hate it. At least Hail could be used as anti-weather back then.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Jun 2017 17:56:53 No.32810426 Report

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>>32810320
At least you didn't need a Mega to beat a team with a Mega and Smogon wasn't shit with their bans.
In Gen 5, not having weather setter and a trapper means you're fucked royally. And for what ever reason, Smogon decided that Drizzle+SwiftSwim was a decent ban instead of outright banning Drizzle.
And it wasn't till Gen 7 where Fairies started screwing with OU as Tapus and The iron Fairies came in.

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Anonymous Mon 19 Jun 2017 18:00:46 No.32810451 Report

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>>32810299
>There was little to no verity in team building, almost no skill, pretty much no fun.
Not saying he's right, but that sounds like competitive Pokemon in a nutshell.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Jun 2017 18:03:43 No.32810470 Report

Quoted By: >>32810502 >>32810569

gen 4 and 6 had the best meta
gen 2 and 5 the worst

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Anonymous Mon 19 Jun 2017 18:08:05 No.32810502 Report

Quoted By: >>32810566

>>32810470
>he thinks Gen 6 was good
>he doesn't appreciate GSC OU, the Chess of Pokemon

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Jun 2017 18:10:58 No.32810520 Report

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>>32807409
>Who else misses the Gen V Weather Wars
I do
>We can all agree that the weather wars of Gen V was the peak of competitive battling.
Absolutely not

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Jun 2017 18:15:46 No.32810566 Report

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>>32810502
>GSC OU

"ensure curselax is your last 'mon, the meta"

how engaging and varied

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Jun 2017 18:15:52 No.32810569 Report

Quoted By: >>32810584

>>32810470
shit taste, now objective taste
>Tier 1
Post-chomp DPP OU
>Tier 2
GSC OU
>Tier 3
ADV OU
>Tier 4
Classic RBY OU (can tell about the ''revisioned RBY'')
BW2 OU
XY OU
>Tier 5
ORAS OU
SM OU

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Jun 2017 18:18:33 No.32810584 Report

Quoted By: >>32810597

>>32810569
I can tell you get all your information regarding competitive from /vp/

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Jun 2017 18:20:37 No.32810597 Report

Quoted By: >>32810818

>>32810584
I've played since Netbattle days and just stopped with ORAS newfag.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Jun 2017 18:51:18 No.32810818 Report

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>>32810597
quite the riveting tale there, chap

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