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Anonymous Sun 20 Oct 2019 19:56:17 No.40454124 View View Reply Original Report

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Let's do some surface level analysis and post Pokémon whose competetive viability will be affected by the dex cut. I'll go first:
This fucker will definitely drop a few tiers if the Tapus aren't in the Galar Dex.

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Anonymous Sun 20 Oct 2019 20:10:37 No.40454302 Report

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Would it still be top-tier if the gems make a return?

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Anonymous Sun 20 Oct 2019 20:18:43 No.40454404 Report

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>>40454124
We may get Terrain abilities in other Pokémon in the same way we got weather abilities in non Legendaries, either as HA (Politoed) or just a new normal ability (Pelipper)

Talking about Pelipper, he might lose usage, as Mega Swampert has been deconfirmed, and both Kingdra Omastar and Kabutops have yet to be confirmed
Is looking rough for rain teams

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 20 Oct 2019 20:24:45 No.40454490 Report

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>>40454124
I wouldn't say that. The Electric, Grass, and Fairy Max moves (and I'm sure Psychic, as well, but it's unconfirmed) summon their respective terrains after attacking. It's not as a consistent strategy as bringing a Tapu, but Hawlucha will still be better than it was in Gen 6.

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Anonymous Sun 20 Oct 2019 20:25:26 No.40454499 Report

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>>40454302

Nah, Hawluchas current viability is thanks to the def/spdef buff from seeds allowing it to boost with SD safely, unburden/acrobatics alone isn't enough to push it that high.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 20 Oct 2019 20:28:29 No.40454542 Report

Quoted By: >>40454701

Toxapex is going to be really fucking dumb and will probably be banned at this rate. It's already fairly difficult to kill in a metagame that has Megas and Z-moves, but strip those away and potentially cull a few of its natural predators like Heatran, Gliscor, Tapus, etc. and it's going to gatekeep the meta even harder than it does now.

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Anonymous Sun 20 Oct 2019 20:29:44 No.40454562 Report

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HP ice and HP ground are going to be replaced by something more useful since Lando T and Heatran are gone

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Anonymous Sun 20 Oct 2019 20:32:03 No.40454596 Report

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>>40454124
>This fucker will definitely drop a few tiers if the Tapus aren't in the Galar Dex
There are some DMax moves that set terraain, so it might be safe

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 20 Oct 2019 20:39:00 No.40454701 Report

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>>40454404
At least Rain still has Ludicolo, and Seismitoad can be used as a much shittier Mega Swampert.There's also Qwilfish, where its Poison-typing is good for the Grass-types, as well as having a fast Destiny Bond. At that point, you're left with rain-abusers like Steel-types and Thunder-using Electric-types.
>>40454542
Yeah, Pex is gonna be retarded to go up against. Almost makes me wish Trapping was unbanned so Gothitelle and Dugtrio can deal with it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 20 Oct 2019 20:50:45 No.40454854 Report

Quoted By: >>40455081

>Tapus are now gone
>Only OU Fairy left is Clefable

Mimikyu may rise to OU because of the vacancy. Poison types will matter even less

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 20 Oct 2019 20:52:24 No.40454870 Report

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>>40454124
don't forget about the og sky attack set from gen 6, that shit is still viable, hawlucha stays in OU

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Anonymous Sun 20 Oct 2019 20:59:01 No.40454945 Report

Quoted By: >>40455799

Important Question: Has any pokemon been confirmed to have different base stats?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 20 Oct 2019 21:05:15 No.40455024 Report

Quoted By: >>40461333

>>40454124
it ran sitrus berry before and was only half a tier below what it is now

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 20 Oct 2019 21:10:11 No.40455081 Report

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>>40454854
I can see Sylveon being one of the stronger Fairy-type breakers thanks to being the only Pixilate mon left unless there's new ones. Issues, however, are it's slow and its movepool is kinda barren besides Psyshock and Shadow Ball.
Other candidates within the returning Fairies include
>Ribombee (fast, can set up Webs or Quiver Dance sweep)
>Gardevoir (could be decent with a Scarf and can do Trace shenangians)
>Slurpuff (Belly Drum Sweeper)
>Togekiss (phenomenal Fighting resist and can para flinch hax)
There's also Shiinotic and Mawile, but they're most likely not gonna be very good. However, Shiinotic does have Spore and Strength Sap to potentially accomplish something, and I'm lowkey interested in seeing how Mawile will fare in this meta as it'll be the first time the Steel/Fairy variant will be without its mega.
>>40454870
Nah, that set is dogshit compared to Terrain Seed.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 20 Oct 2019 21:12:06 No.40455111 Report

Quoted By: >>40455132 >>40455158

Good, fuck the Tapus. Fuck z moves. Fuck Jynxs. And fuck janny.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 20 Oct 2019 21:13:27 No.40455132 Report

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>>40455111
What the fuck did Jynx do to you anon?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 20 Oct 2019 21:14:39 No.40455158 Report

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>>40455111
Stop sexalizing Janny.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 20 Oct 2019 21:35:43 No.40455446 Report

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>>40455081
Thing is I don't know if this means Steel will be more or less popular. Probably Steel will relax to being a more defensive typing again versus its more offensive presence nowadays

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Anonymous Sun 20 Oct 2019 21:44:33 No.40455571 Report

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>>40455446
Steel will be less popular because Duralodon is ugly and people will forget about it.

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Anonymous Sun 20 Oct 2019 21:54:39 No.40455711 Report

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>>40455571
>implying looks matter in the comp scene

Also is it me or is there a lot of Dark and Psychic in the Galar Dex?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 20 Oct 2019 21:59:21 No.40455789 Report

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>>40455446
Steel will always be a popular type since it resists half of the type chart and immune to a great status infliction.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 20 Oct 2019 22:00:23 No.40455799 Report

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>>40454945
Nope. We won't know until the datamine

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 20 Oct 2019 22:05:00 No.40455867 Report

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>>40455711
There is, fire types are lacking as well.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 20 Oct 2019 22:26:20 No.40456164 Report

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>>40454124
Still wondering how dexcull will affect what legends/adjacent come back, if Ubers is just the swish dogs and Mewtwo i may be swayed into giving it a try

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 20 Oct 2019 22:34:37 No.40456267 Report

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>>40455446
Steel will still be one of the best defensive typings in the game, but yeah, if Fairies aren't nearly as prominent in this meta like they were in the last two gens, Steel-type attacks as a non-STAB coverage move will probably die off.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 20 Oct 2019 22:38:40 No.40456326 Report

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>>40456164
Aegislash is confirmed so that will be uber too assuming it doesn't get nerfed

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Anonymous Sun 20 Oct 2019 22:41:42 No.40456364 Report

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>>40454701
Maybe they will get unbanned as a result of Pex?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 20 Oct 2019 23:19:16 No.40456912 Report

Quoted By: >>40456956 >>40457486 >>40457979

I can see Corviknight being the more passive Skarmory. Skarmory will be used to bolster offensive and balanced teams while Corviknight will PP stall the shit out of you. Assuming Skarmory is in this game anyway

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Anonymous Sun 20 Oct 2019 23:22:34 No.40456956 Report

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>>40456912
I can also see Corviknight using its Hidden Ability in VGC to counteract Intimidate spam. It might just work out as a decent Tailwind setter thanks to that.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 21 Oct 2019 00:08:09 No.40457486 Report

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>>40456912
Corviknight will probably get U-turn though

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Anonymous Mon 21 Oct 2019 00:55:32 No.40457979 Report

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>>40456912
>implying skarmory won't be cut

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Anonymous Mon 21 Oct 2019 01:01:36 No.40458068 Report

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>>40457979
This. Skarmory is fucking gone. It's obvious Game Freak thinks that Gen 2 was a mistake.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 21 Oct 2019 02:46:54 No.40459448 Report

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>>40457979
>>40458068
Especially 'cuz Skarmory overlaps with Corviknight, and no competing with shillmons is allowed.
Skarmory's extra fucked.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 21 Oct 2019 06:48:08 No.40461333 Report

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>>40455024
This. I ran it in OU before Sun and Moon came out. It's great.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 21 Oct 2019 07:11:49 No.40461442 Report

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>>40454124
Mimikyu and Rotom-W will make a slaughter, respectively thanks to the speed drop of the meta and the removal of all good grass type pokemons except for ferrothorn.

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Anonymous Mon 21 Oct 2019 07:16:25 No.40461464 Report

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I predict the meta to be very defensiv at first, runned by water type pokemons.
Look at the dex, and tell me how are we supposed to fight rotom-toxapex-ferrothorn teams ?

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