The apples are going to be very interesting depending on how ripen interacts with Things like the Hazard/ Damage reducing berries and of course the stat boosting one's. Sub/DD dance flapple
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Aside Zacian is sure not to be OU, Gyarados is pretty sure.
Other Mons like Excadrill, TTar, Toxapex and Ferrothorn have been mentioned to may be UBER ...
Cinderace and Rillaboom are some more predictions from my side, but I'm not totally sure about anything at all.
Maybe Kommo-o? Durant with First Impression sounds good and so does Close Combat Haxorus.
Zamazenta and Eternatus are obviously uber. Kyurem-B has an actual movepool now including Icicle Spear and DD, and is thus practically guaranteed to be uber this generation aswell.
Cinderace is definitely OU worthy. Aegislash *might* drop to OU considering it got hit multiple times with the nerf stick. Kommo-O looks to have the movepool to remain OU. Gengar certainly will now that it has Nasty Plot.
Haxorus looks very good, and Gyarados might be banworthy.
I hope they start going back and giving other pokemon with Levitate hidden abilities/additional abilities like they did with Weezing this gen. I could see:
Flygon -> Compound Eyes or Tinted Lens
Lunatone/Solrock -> Some ability that boosts their allies Water/Fire moves respectively
Claydol -> Analytic or Sand Force
Chimecho -> Aerilate (it is the Wind Chime pokemon after all)
Mismagius -> Magician
Carnivine -> Strong Jaw
Vikavolt -> Speed Boost
Flygon -> Compound Eyes or Tinted Lens
Lunatone/Solrock -> Some ability that boosts their allies Water/Fire moves respectively
Claydol -> Analytic or Sand Force
Chimecho -> Aerilate (it is the Wind Chime pokemon after all)
Mismagius -> Magician
Carnivine -> Strong Jaw
Vikavolt -> Speed Boost
IMO ban Dynamax so PDC doesn't have to write another rant in PR 3 years after the generation's debut
A lot of mons got mystical fire
CTNC
Doesn't know how to attack
I don't know, but the best case scenario causes panic at first glance because you don't see it immediately. The worst case scenario, on the other hand, will make me sharpen my pitchfork.
Best case scenario: How it was before Gen 5. (The first 20 battles were easy then if became like super singles/doubles. The Tower Leader challenged you at battles 21 with an easy team and 49 with a serious team.)
Worst Case Scenario: Stops after 20, nothing is brought down to Level 50, and you can use anything to annihilate anything resembling balance.
Normal Singles/Doulbes/Mulits didn't feel different than Super, in SuMo, so I hope they thought the same and did Pre Gen 5
same thing as gen 7 legends
genderless but pokedex implies zacian is a girl(it also girlish braids in base form lol)
Purely judging by the fact the datamined pokemon have IV scaling in similar way of previous facilities (from 16 all the way to 31), on top of some pokemon sporting *12 sets* and the usual set 1-2 being mostly meme sets, it seems to just be a repetition of gen 5.
Which is... okay I guess.
Normal Tree/Maison were quite... "pointless" anyway so I can see wanting to get done with it.
Edit: I had another quick glance at the sets, and "doubles-only" moves like Helping Hand are present, so safe to assume at very least a Singles and Doubles version is present.
Toxel evolves by level up. What form it evolves into depends on the nature.
Apparently it's determined by nature
Amped: Hardy, Brave, Adamant, Naughty, Docile, Impish, Lax, Hasty, Jolly, Naive, Rash, Sassy, Quirky.
Low Key: Lonely, Bold, Relaxed, Timid, Serious, Modest, Mild, Quiet, Bashful, Calm, Gentle, Careful.
Source
http://boards.4channel.org/vp/thread/41086413
I want to see if Sandaconda can counter Zacian. It has access to Glare, and good physical bulk, plus hits super effective with Earthquake.
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Has anyone taken a hard look at Zeraora?
It seems to have gotten some nice buffs. First and foremost, it now gets Play Rough, Blaze Kick, Power-Up Punch, and Aura Sphere for coverage. It also gets access to Electro Ball, which, while gimmicky, isn't something to scoff at coming off a base 143 Speed stat. Losing Hidden Power definitely hurts it, but it seems like Dynamax would allow it to survive more hits?
It seems to have gotten some nice buffs. First and foremost, it now gets Play Rough, Blaze Kick, Power-Up Punch, and Aura Sphere for coverage. It also gets access to Electro Ball, which, while gimmicky, isn't something to scoff at coming off a base 143 Speed stat. Losing Hidden Power definitely hurts it, but it seems like Dynamax would allow it to survive more hits?
Appletun is gonna be far better than Flapple tbh
Indeed. ^^"
I agree but Flapple has potential as a set up sweeper
Sorry to burst your bubble but toxapex isnt a counter my guy
Has it been confirmed that the 35 Pokémon not on the Galar Dex can be caught in game? Or do they have to be transferred?
