This also makes assault vest far more juicy on him. Lot of options now.
I also find it super funny that the internet as a whole has failed to figure out how to evolve palafin.
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I also find it super funny that the internet as a whole has failed to figure out how to evolve palafin.
Sounds like the former to me.
Which makes sense as the item only protects the user's first.
Depending on the multiplier, it might be a great item for Pokemon like offensive pawmi
Probably not OU but I can definitely see this have strong potential to be annoying in NU or even RU. Kinda neat tbh.
Man i love that design and color scheme.Shiny Slither Mane
A bit more specialized than Protective Pads but still a cool item. Honestly i don't think you'd even need iron fist to abuse it. Not directly an upgrade but i can think of several good users *cough Iron Hands cough*.
How many Iron Fist users do we have in game?
these make sense! I guess we'll have to wait for the chinese translation to reveal which hanzi it picked for the "correct" pronounciation
or you can cheat and use the japanese one LOL
Has anyone found out how to get Palafin?
There's been like 7 or 8 massive consecutive threads on 4chan just trying to find out how. They still haven't figured it out yet.
I know Crabominable is in the game and it'll like this item, boosts the power of its Ice Hammers and Drain Punches (if it keeps that move) + it appreciates not making contact.
The best user is definitely Melmetal once that's legal. It already runs Protective pads and this items gonna make its double iron bash sting even more.
So what about Tera + Adaptability?
I would like to remind everyone that Surging Strikes and Wicked Blow are both Punching moves. And Urshifu got Swords Dance this gen. Have fun sleeping on that thought.
Was this brought up yet?
https://scarletviolet.pokemon.com/en-us/news/black_crystal_tera_raid/
Well, aside from Charizard.
https://scarletviolet.pokemon.com/en-us/news/black_crystal_tera_raid/
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>Pokemon has introduced two boxing glove items throughout the series' lifespan
>Hitmonchan has been prevented from using them on both occasions
"chien" is actually the romanized version of the pinyin "jian"
My guess for the tone for the snail in particular would be jiān for 笺，which can mean "writing paper" or "jiǎn" for 简, which can be short for 竹简，the bamboo slips used for writing in China before paper became widespread
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I took a Tornadus with 102HP, and brought it down to 1 through focus sash, and it recovered 34HP on the switch (back to 35HP).
This is gonna change things if allowed to be used in vgc
CTNC
Doesn't know how to attack
I've been thinking this a lot about spoilers, but between Urshifu and Melmetal, I feel safe guessing this time isn't just hype. OU may want to get trigger happy with the ban hammer.
I don't know how or why a hammer would have a trigger, but the mixed up saying isn't the point. Out of all the crazy things, how is this item the thing that makes me certain that stuff will get banned?
There's always the DLC!
Want to bet Hitmonchan isn't in the DLC? :P
Interesting. Not day one, but a few weeks later. I will assume we can breed it?
Also Paradox forms not shiny locked? Referring to image on previous page.
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My singing skeleton learns slack off. Things are getting interesting.
ok hey i just woke up and caught up, and ik i'm late to that discussion but i wanna bring up the fact that from what we know, Supreme Overlord doesn't announce itself. Meaning that unless you do the calcs to figure out that it has that ability, or happen to get like idk a Shadow Ball spdef drop, or have Sticky Webs up and it comes out, you wouldn't wanna bring in the Intimidate mon on it and think twice about Defogging because it COULD be Defiant instead. Which I find intriguing. Tho for like day 1, you can probably do whatever you want, since everyone will be trying out its new toy lol.
Its really good it didn't become one of those gimmick mons with only 1 (cough Toedscruel cough) ability to choose from, in case Supreme Overlord's boost turns out to be insignificant/not worth.
Its really good it didn't become one of those gimmick mons with only 1 (cough Toedscruel cough) ability to choose from, in case Supreme Overlord's boost turns out to be insignificant/not worth.
There is one saving grace to this nightmare; the item clashes with Urshifu's ability. Since the punches are turned into non contacts, its ability to break Protect will be nulled on everything. so you can chose more power, but you'll get have a harder time with wish stalling and protect clones.
Especially in doubles/VGC. It will be a force in that format with the new sub legendaries (assuming their ability procs it like intimidate).
SO could be nasty for 6v6, though.
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A bit late but here I go:
+252 Spe / 252 Atk or 252 HP (or a in between)
Regenerator
- U-turn
- Knock off
- Iron head / Ice Spinner / Coverage
- Shed tail
Holding Choice Scarf
Pair with a Slowtwin for maximum defensive synergy.
Scarf allow you to fast U-turn everything except priority (and maybe Spe Quark Drive/Protosynthesis?), allowing for maximum regenerator abuse. Knock off is always useful and Iron head if you're feeling haxy, Ice Spinner against terrain.
A slowtwin is the perfect partner as itself has regenerator on top of eating up the Mach punch and Ice shard (or anything else) that threathen Cyclizar. Slow pivoting (unless further notice, that means Chilly reception) is also good to get Cyclizar in or the threats that Cyclizar allows in.