>>43727758>You said Cursola’s biggest problem is Polteageist, which means you’re comparing it above all else, which is dumb. Let’s talk about the other Pokémon you mentioned anywayNeither 'biggest' nor 'above all else' are terms that exclude other considerations.
The most important thing is they all actually learn the move Trick Room, while Cursola does not. Even Gengar learns Trick Room and has gotten mileage out of it at high level VGC in the past.
>Because it is. They’re not trying to do the same thing at all. It’s dumb to say one outclasses the otherYou sound like you have a problem with the word "outclass" because of role difference, when I not only mentioned that the roles are what they make do with because of the hands they were dealt, but I specifically said "Polteageist's STAT SPREAD far outclasses it." This is because Polteageist doesn't waste points toward Atk, has better Def, and has more Speed to help it work with a move it learns, unlike Cursola who is weaker to Foul Play and confusion and lacks the move it wants to know.
>The fact that it even has more usage than Polteageist means it’s not worse like you think it is. All this tells me is that Polteageist is more of a singles PokémonCome on dude get your head out of your ass, it's a percent of a percent difference you're bragging about in the format where TR is more common. There's ultimately more reason to bring Polteageist into a battle than Cursola because the saving grace of role you claimed doesn't even make that big of a difference where it should've mattered. If Polteageist is at a basically equal rate to Cursola in VGC and much higher rate to Cursola in Singles then that says all it needs to.
