>>45569951>Why the fuck wouldn't you complain about Pyro Ball thenI did specify that Close Combat (and generally a lot of bullshit introduced in gen 4) were the cause for powercreep, i mean it is came from the same generation that introduced bullshit like U-Turn and Stealth Rocks and while i agree that CC's defense drops can be relevant, there's nothing stopping a mon from switching out after CC'ing to bust someone up. And another thing that makes me believe CC has zero drawbacks is because of its perfect accuracy and no atk/speed drops which can lead to just click buttons and while this point could apply to broekn ass Pheromosa not caring about defense drops because the thing's already thin like a dry autumn leaf, the point still stands, CC is an extremely consistent move and it was one of the many powercreeping things introduced in gen 4 (everything after pales in comparasion or are just clones of broken shit like Volt Switch)
But again, despite the powercreeping shit, Scald is the absolute most offending move of all time to me, 30% my ass. Lava Plume and Sludge Bomb get their secondary effects far less than Scald in my years playing this garbage franchise.
