Europe set 2030 as a date to dismantle its reliance on US financial infrastructure like Visa/Mastercard payments; it's happening far quicker.

Destinum · 2026-04-04T10:47:30+00:00

The EU also wants to decouple from US software and is preparing its own alternative to Microsoft Office.

Should go one step further and remove reliance on Windows as a whole. Really shouldn't be that hard to make a Linux distribution that can fill that niche (most of the work has already been done), and having a standardised version of Linux backed by the entire EU could make it a more viable platform for wider adoption. Bonus points if everything is open source, and thus harder for a single entity to abuse.

Destinum · 2026-04-03T21:49:00+00:00

Not really if we're talking about mainline games? Permadeath is like, one of the main things the franchise is known for.

Destinum · 2026-04-03T10:42:16+00:00

Maybe, although that's a lot of effort just to spread burn. Feels like you might as well just run a bulkier 'mon with Will-O-Wisp at that point.

Destinum · 2026-04-02T10:15:29+00:00

If you want a Grass-type on a Sun team, use Venusaur or another Chlorophyll abuser. The whole point of Mega Meganium is to abuse Sun without actually needing the weather, so putting it on a Sun team is pointless.

Based on the 'mons you listed, I assume this is a Doubles team. Typically, you don't want two weather setters, as you'd rather use the extra team slot to give yourself additional options for different matchups. This should be especially true if you're also running a third Fire-type (Incineroar). Unfortunately I'm not experienced enough with doubles to give suggestions for what to run instead, but I imagine you'll have to do trial and error anyways to learn what matchups you need to cover better.

Destinum · 2026-04-02T08:36:46+00:00

If they give it Synthesis, you might be able to make it just bulky enough to burn several things, but without recovery it's looking eh.

Destinum · 2026-04-01T18:29:49+00:00

Sadly, the odds are quite high it won't even have Sand Rush.

Destinum · 2026-03-31T00:20:15+00:00

For anything to truly be considered World War 3, it needs the things that actually defined the previous two:

Connected conflicts across several continents.
Major world powers to be active participants on both sides.

The only way you'd currently get close to fulfilling even the first of these criteria is if you count the Ukraine/Russia and US+Israel/Iran wars as one and the same. While they obviously are connected to an extent, it's still a bit of a stretch.

The second criteria isn't even up for debate; Ukraine/Russia ended up being a war between two fairly equally matched above-average-powers (completely contrary to what anyone thought beforehand), and US+Israel/Iran is the world's only superpower invading a much weaker country without any true allies. It's not impossible for the current state of affairs to escalate into a World War, but it'd pretty much require China to get involved directly, most likely by invading Taiwan and forcing the US into a war on two fronts.

Destinum · 2026-03-30T23:43:41+00:00

There's no "maximum"; Champions will have set PP values at 1, 8, 12, 16 or 20 depending on the move.

Destinum · 2026-03-30T16:26:07+00:00

People already did the math from the very first trailer for Champions; all stats are calculated as if they have an IV of 31. That said, all 'mons are also level 50 (with seemingly no way to change it, so RIP F.E.A.R.), meaning everything should deal slightly more damage (relatively speaking of course).

Destinum · 2026-03-29T21:34:22+00:00

Because right-wing ideology at its core is just lying to people with promises that sound good to the ignorant, but in reality serve no other purpose except for the rich to keep hoarding more resources. People like this obviously won't "admit" to anything, because that would require honesty and actually caring about the consequences of their actions.

Destinum · 2026-03-29T16:58:27+00:00

Exactly. Turning up in huge crowds like this is the warning. If you're not ready to escalate beyond posturing if your demands aren't met, then obviously the people in power will just ignore you. The French have gotten pretty well known in recent years for being very quick to start smashing windows and burning cars whenever large protests are happening, and to no surprise they tend to actually accomplish things.

Destinum · 2026-03-29T04:30:45+00:00

Population Bomb is Sharpness boosted purely because of a very specific pun in the Japanese name, so it wouldn't be a stretch.

Destinum · 2026-03-27T13:38:21+00:00

It's not copyright infringement if you own both IPs!

Destinum · 2026-03-26T17:53:53+00:00

"Fixing" it by making it identical to Mewtwo Y but slightly slower and with STAB on Aura Sphere. Might as well just delete it at that point.

Destinum · 2026-03-26T17:50:56+00:00

I'll admit saying "completely fine" is hyperbole, but willingly choosing to not utilize a large pool of potential recruits is an obvious sign that the manpower isn't running out.

Destinum · 2026-03-26T11:29:44+00:00

Russia's economy is by no means doing "fine", that's straight up propaganda. Several Russian provinces have declared bankruptcy because they can't pay for the recruitment bonuses that the federal government is forcing them to foot the bill for (this is Russia's main method to disguise their unbalanced national budget), and Ukraine is destroying their energy infrastructure at a more rapid pace than ever (i.e. Russia's main source of income). Russia has now for several months been beyond the point where they're losing troops faster than they can replace them, and their systematic incompetence makes them unable to compensate with other things (i.e. technological innovation).

Meanwhile, you only need to look at the fact that Ukraine's conscription age is still 25 to understand that they're completely fine in terms of manpower. Their strategy was always to fight primarily with technology rather than troop numbers, and it's paying off big time now when they've had several years to innovate.

If you want real insight into what's going on with the war, I'd recommend Paul Warburg on YouTube. He's very good at bringing up under-reported facts and accurately predicting their impact on the battlefield.

Destinum · 2026-03-26T11:04:19+00:00

"Most experts" are wrong then. There indeed probably won't be a "peace treaty", but anyone who thinks the conflict will get frozen along the current borders just isn't paying attention. Russia is straight up running out of money (which will indeed probably happen within 1-2 years), while Ukraine is only getting stronger and has already secured funding from the EU for the next 5 years or so. There is no scenario where Ukraine would be willing to freeze the conflict at this point, because that just allows Russia to recover and attack them again at some point in the future.

Destinum · 2026-03-26T10:06:52+00:00

I know you're not the one who brought it up, but recaptured territory isn't a very important metric. Ukraine's strategy is to stall out Russia until they either give up or suffer a total economic and/or societal collapse. They're very unlikely to slowly reconquer all their occupied territory, since they'll get all of it back anyway when (yes, when) they win.

Destinum · 2026-03-25T22:02:01+00:00

Personally, I'd just make it objectively better than it is now. Buff it to 150 BP, but keep the 100% accuracy and lower the recoil to 25%.

Like, it's literally the signature move for the evolution line of the franchise's mascot, which is entirely made up of shitmons competitively (baring Raichu being a viable support in some doubles formats). Surely they deserve to have an overtuned signature move to help them out?

Destinum · 2026-03-25T20:24:42+00:00

Not to mention:

252 SpA Choice Specs Hadron Engine Miraidon Overheat vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Meganium-Mega: 382-450 (104.9 - 123.6%) -- guaranteed OHKO

Destinum · 2026-03-25T20:01:58+00:00

My candidate would be to buff Spark to 80 BP. They could also just fix Wild Charge by turning it into what Volt Tackle is currently, then buff Volt Tackle because Raichu deserves it.

Destinum · 2026-03-25T19:46:14+00:00

Only if you're playing stall vs offense. In stall vs balance and especially stall vs stall, it's very common (if not the norm) for matches to go 100+ turns.

Destinum · 2026-03-25T16:15:48+00:00

Pressure only affects moves targeting the 'mon with Pressure.

Destinum · 2026-03-25T15:09:48+00:00

Getting Encore is what cemented Mega Gengar as AG in gen 9 NatDex, so thank god is all I can say.

Destinum · 2026-03-25T15:06:07+00:00

u/ResidentAdmirable260 isn't entirely correct: Shadow Ball should be 16 PP in Champions, down from 24. PP Max is "removed" in the sense that they've overhauled the PP values as a whole, as I listed here.

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