>>44907556I love Dynamax and Gigantamaxing a lot. I like that you don't have to compromise anymore with the Max and G-Max Moves. Except for Max Guard, they are all two moves in one: a physical/special move and a status move. They are officially physical or special moves, but they have the effects and honorary status of status moves too.
Max Strike - Does damage + reduces Speed of a target and their allies by 1 stage.
Max Knuckle - Does damage + increases Attack of user + allies by 1 stage.
So on and so forth. Max Moves (aside from Max Guard) are very generic and have 1 of 3 effects:
- Raises or lowers a specific stat of either your Pokemon, or the opponent's, by a single stage.
- Generates a weather condition (the four types associated with weather: Fire, Water, Ice, and Rock)
- Generates a terrain (the four types associated with terrain: Electric, Psychic, Grass, and Fairy).
Gigantamax is used by specific Pokemon and actually changes a Pokemon's appearance and the typing of one of their Max Moves (if dual-type, it is one of their two types) to a G-Max Move. This is according to that individual Pokemon's unique characteristics.
Regardless of how you feel about Dynamax and whether or not it is "broken," understand a few things. These moves are intentionally made the way they are to spice up a metagame that would otherwise be stagnant, and to add excitement, tension, and escalation to a franchise that has already matured a long time ago. To bring new life and joy into the hearts of Pokemon fans, old and young alike. These games are meant to be fun. These games are also meant to give players the freedom to do and be what they want. At the very least, the games are a lot better now because Game Freak is willing to innovate and change things up. And for every person who hates Dynamax, there's another person who loves it. And that's fine, too.
Isn't diversity the spice of life?
