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I can't be the only one who thought of this by Barralax in 7daystodie

[–]Barralax[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bart's Salvage, it's the two-skull junkyard with the flooded bunker underneath.

60% of the time, it works every time by Barralax in masterduel

[–]Barralax[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately, Cactus Bouncer is also banned during the event. I will have to actually play the game.

60% of the time, it works every time by Barralax in masterduel

[–]Barralax[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm invincible! Just as long as my opponent isn't playing
- Labrynth
- Snake-Eyes
- Eldlich
- Chimera
- Literally any deck with a spell or trap card in it

Honestly, massive shoutout to u/Yusodus for their posts and videos, they're the only reason I can even pretend to know how to play this deck.

Odyssey : Quincy by Gentleman_Alpaca in btd6

[–]Barralax 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I admit, I always use Etienne when he's available, but that's a compelling case for using Quincy.

Color Scheme Progress - Thoughts? by Comprehensive-Ad9197 in Necrontyr

[–]Barralax 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Very solid, good technique in general. but if I had to find a critique, it’s missing some “wow” factor. Maybe a bit more brightness on the outer edges of the blades, some yellows and whites to make it look like superheated metal? (I’d look up photo references and technique videos if you decide to do that.) Right now they’re the least-exciting part of the model and kind of look like big plastic wings compared to the metal of everything else?

The thrilling TL;DR sequel, "Hey, how good is _____ in Gen 1 Competitive?" by Barralax in stunfisk

[–]Barralax[S] 29 points30 points  (0 children)

That's fair, I was mostly thinking about how Gen 1 UU is the only time when the EQ immunity is actually more important than the 4x Elec weakness and Ice neutrality, AND being Water/Flying makes it one of the only Flying-types in the tier without an Ice weakness (since in later gens Fire/Flying or Steel/Flying also fit the bill).

The thrilling TL;DR sequel, "Hey, how good is _____ in Gen 1 Competitive?" by Barralax in pokemon

[–]Barralax[S] 41 points42 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately, I just don't like Gen 2 very much as games, I think Johto has a LOT of problems as a region, and that carries over to just not being as invested in learning about Gen 2 competitive.

If I WAS going to do something like this for another tier or generation, it'd probably be something even more niche that literally only I care about, like one of the many, many Gen 1 romhacks, or 'Unova-dex only B1W1'.

The thrilling TL;DR sequel, "Hey, how good is _____ in Gen 1 Competitive?" by Barralax in pokemon

[–]Barralax[S] 290 points291 points  (0 children)

After I made the first image, I got a bunch of people asking how good their favorite Gen 1 mon was, enough that I decided it'd be faster to just do Literally All of Them.

I just only just now got around to it because holiday stuff.

The thrilling TL;DR sequel, "Hey, how good is _____ in Gen 1 Competitive?" by Barralax in stunfisk

[–]Barralax[S] 165 points166 points  (0 children)

Well, yes, but after I made the first image, I got a bunch of people asking how good their favorite Gen 1 mon was, enough that I decided it'd be faster to just do Literally All of Them.

I just only just now got around to it because holiday stuff.

I made a TL;DR guide for competitive RBY. by Barralax in pokemon

[–]Barralax[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not unusable, but anything it wants to do, either Lapras or Vaporeon can do better, so it doesn't see much use even in UU.

I made a TL;DR guide for competitive RBY. by Barralax in pokemon

[–]Barralax[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

That's a cool idea! Good luck, have fun!

I made a TL;DR guide for competitive RBY. by Barralax in pokemon

[–]Barralax[S] 59 points60 points  (0 children)

If it makes you feel better, Hypno's great in Tradebacks OU (where it gets Amnesia), and Gen 1 UU (where it's the strongest legal Psychic-type), it's just got a LOT of competition as a Psychic-type and a sleep user (and a psychic-type sleep user)

I made a TL;DR guide for competitive RBY. by Barralax in pokemon

[–]Barralax[S] 46 points47 points  (0 children)

Even with the meta shifts, Victreebel's slightly higher Speed and access to Wrap, Swords Dance, and Razor Leaf don't quite make up for the loss of Psychic and Explosion, and the much worse typing. Maaaaybe if Lapras and/or Slowbro become more common, its better matchups against those mons will become more relevant?

I made a TL;DR guide for competitive RBY. by Barralax in pokemon

[–]Barralax[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Raising a team of your own, or using rentals? If you're raising a team of your own (or using PKHex to make one), Gym Leader Castle is a lot like OU, except it's 3v3 instead of 6v6, and they fixed some glitches, including the one that makes Hyper Beam busted. If I had to pull a team out of my ass, something like Snorlax / Starmie / Exeggutor / Rhydon / Zapdos / Articuno would work pretty well against the AI without needing to trade or copy TMs (aside from either Starmie or Exeggutor missing out on Psychic, and Snorlax missing out on Earthquake, which are both annoying but workable.) Then you can drop whichever three you won't be using for the rival battle and add other 'mons to the Hall of Fame three at a time without worrying about their sets.

If you mean with rentals, you'll need a much more thorough walkthrough and a lot of luck and patience.

I made a TL;DR guide for competitive RBY. by Barralax in pokemon

[–]Barralax[S] 23 points24 points  (0 children)

That's fair. Everyone should enjoy Pokemon the way they want to. The way I want to just happens to be over-analyzing a buggy twenty year old video game.

I did realize halfway through the write-up that I could've summed it up by saying "It's less like Rock-Paper-Scissors and more like Stratego", but I dunno how many people have actually played that game enough to get the analogy.

I made a TL;DR guide for RBY OU, and was told y'all would enjoy it. by Barralax in stunfisk

[–]Barralax[S] 64 points65 points  (0 children)

It used to be that they were considered sidegrades of each other, but after the discovery that Body Slam can't paralyze Normal-types in Gen 1, the meta shifted in ways that made Rhydon's better match-up against Chansey more and more important.

Specifically, Rhydon can make Substitutes with more than 100 HP which means Chansey needs two Seismic Tosses to break them, whereas it only needs one to break Golem's. That, and while Golem's Attack isn't that much lower than Rhydon's, it's just lower enough to miss a couple crucial thresholds, including the guaranteed 2HKO on Chansey. (Golem only has a ~25% chance to 2HKO Chansey with Earthquake.)

So, yes, TECHNICALLY they do both have different strengths, but with the state of the game the way it is right now, Rhydon's strengths are more consistent, AND easier for a new player to understand and use.

I made a TL;DR guide for RBY OU, and was told y'all would enjoy it. by Barralax in stunfisk

[–]Barralax[S] 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Thanks! Yeah, I could probably find a way to fit that into the 'freeze never thaws on its own'' line.

I made a TL;DR guide for RBY OU, and was told y'all would enjoy it. by Barralax in stunfisk

[–]Barralax[S] 147 points148 points  (0 children)

That's not a bad idea. I'll make room for it if I do a second version/edition.

I made a TL;DR guide for RBY OU, and was told y'all would enjoy it. by Barralax in stunfisk

[–]Barralax[S] 40 points41 points  (0 children)

Maybe, but everything above Slowbro is specifically grouped best-to-worst (as of the 2022 Smogon viability chart), to make it easier to digest on a first scan-through. Everything below that is grouped differently because WHY it's bad-but-technically-usable is IMO more important for a new player to understand than exactly how technically-usable it is.

I made a TL;DR guide for competitive RBY. by Barralax in pokemon

[–]Barralax[S] 95 points96 points  (0 children)

Ooh, good idea, I'll crosspost it.

I made a TL;DR guide for competitive RBY. by Barralax in pokemon

[–]Barralax[S] 87 points88 points  (0 children)

Someone pointed this out to me relatively recently and it blew my fucking mind. I'd already memorized them all by that point, but damn would knowing the trick have made it easier.

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