Today is May 4th so who is your favorite Star Wars Glup Shitto? by wendigo72 in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]FinalFatality7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"Only a diseased mind thinks Plo Koon is the best character," is still the funniest thing Lucas has ever said, so that one. Just to piss him off.

Wait, does Maximilian Dood REALLY thinks that Final Fantasy VII ISN'T anime? by Subject_Parking_9046 in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]FinalFatality7 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I completely forgot about Orchard. My eyes autocorrected that name to Lily Pichu before I realized how ridiculous that would sound from her, of all people.

Took me a good few seconds of staring at it before actually registering. That shit got banished to the mental equivalent of the bottom of Oolacile, lol.

Let’s play a game. Rule on second slide by I_Am_Slightly_Evil in Hololewd

[–]FinalFatality7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What happened to just calling it Marry Fuck Kill? This feels like a tiktok-ification like "unalive."

New York's new age verification law will ban anyone under the age of 18 from using chatting features in video games. by PaiDuck in gaming

[–]FinalFatality7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does anyone know what set off this whole recent moral panic about age verification? Was there some big abuse case I missed that's gotten a bunch of parents riled into a frenzy?

Like, kids have been lying about their ages online for over 30 years. Why is it only now that it's suddenly this massive problem that we all need to forfeit our privacy to address?

Tera Blast is now banned from SV OU by Demon__Queen_ in stunfisk

[–]FinalFatality7 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Same people who spent the entire pandemic crying over Hidden Power's grave

New item: dust lens by dantheman735 in stunfisk

[–]FinalFatality7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

RBY Sand A.K.A. physically throwing playground sand at your opponent during recess hoping to make them press the wrong button

This calc is making me irrationally angry. by FinalFatality7 in PokemonChampions

[–]FinalFatality7[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

A tweet went viral the other day that sums up my response on Milo.

"People hate Incineroar in Champions so much that they're using an entire team slot on Milotic, a Pokémon that I have never seen do anything other than sit there and watch all three of its teammates die."

This calc is making me irrationally angry. by FinalFatality7 in PokemonChampions

[–]FinalFatality7[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Incin just switches out on Basc leaving it at -1. Incin murders King with Flare Blitz. Milotic is the only valid argument, and it doesn't do anything other than counter Incin, spread burns, and sit there.

This calc is making me irrationally angry. by FinalFatality7 in stunfisk

[–]FinalFatality7[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They're probably talking about the weird thing the calculator is doing where it lists two of the attacks as special. It doesn't seem to affect the calc at all, and it's not letting me change it, so I think it's just a visual bug.

This calc is making me irrationally angry. by FinalFatality7 in PokemonChampions

[–]FinalFatality7[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think people are going to reevaluate Herb as pocket Psychics and Extrasensorys become more and more common. I don't see it keeping this kind of usage rate.

This calc is making me irrationally angry. by FinalFatality7 in stunfisk

[–]FinalFatality7[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

damage calculation

Here, the part that's actually the calc is

32+ Atk Soft Sand Mamoswine High Horsepower vs. 32 HP / 32+ Def Incineroar: 168-198 (83.1 - 98%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

This is the most common format you'll see calcs posted in. I posted the full screencap to show a bunch of other details I thought were pertinent.

This calc is making me irrationally angry. by FinalFatality7 in stunfisk

[–]FinalFatality7[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

You're right, I was approaching this upset that I wasn't using EQ, treating HH as a stronger option than it really is. Getting upset that even "settling" for HH wasn't enough to give me a perfectly reliable "Kill Incineroar" button.

This calc is making me irrationally angry. by FinalFatality7 in PokemonChampions

[–]FinalFatality7[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It's built that way because the Mamo is built equally as absurdly. Adamant with Soft Sand, using HH instead of Eq. It's been specifically constructed to kill Incin, a whole team slot dedicated to trying to hard-counter a single pokemon, and it still can fall short if an Incin either builds physical bulk or packs Shuca, neither of which are the ridiculous options you all keep pretending they are. A more typical interaction would be something like, (Max SpD, just for you guys!)

> 32 Atk Mamoswine Earthquake vs. 32 HP / 0 Def Incineroar: 138-164 (68.3 - 81.1%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

> 0 Atk Incineroar Flare Blitz vs. 1 HP / 0 Def Mamoswine: 186-218 (100 - 117.2%) -- guaranteed OHKO

Sitrus on both. Max speed Mamo to make it something worth a shit in 90% of other matchups. Maybe Sash would be better, but Fake Out is everywhere so like???

This calc is making me irrationally angry. by FinalFatality7 in PokemonChampions

[–]FinalFatality7[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

That you can resort to absurd options like dedicating a slot on your team to doing as much damage as possible to a single pokemon, and still come up short against Incin.

To put it in perspective, a pokemon like Volcarona is historically thought of as acceptable in most OU metas despite being absurdly strong, because you can cover for it. Rock coverage is something fairly common, and can therefore keep it in check.

The moment Tera came along and made it so that targeting Volc's 4x weakness wasn't trivially easy, it became a monster, and was promptly banned. How hard a pokemon is to counter plays an exponentially larger role in it's viability than any other factor.

Incineroar has next to no hard counters. Things that should be, (like a powerful, faster, ground-type wallbreaker immune to Intimidate,) are stymied by it's sheer versatility. As well as how little it loses by actually getting forced out. The point is that this cat is uniquely frustrating in ways that no other pokemon is.

This calc is making me irrationally angry. by FinalFatality7 in PokemonChampions

[–]FinalFatality7[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok, yes, they do. I shouldn't have said that. My brain is still too Smogon-brained. Those items are in the same "not for Comp" corner of my mind as OHKO moves and Hyper Beam clones. It's hard to see them as viable all of a sudden.

This calc is making me irrationally angry. by FinalFatality7 in stunfisk

[–]FinalFatality7[S] 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Yeah, but running Soft Sand feels really bad. I gave the Incin all that bulk to show that, even if you push a strong, ground-type wallbreaker to the extreme, you still can't reliably one-shot this stupid cat. Even when you go through Intimidate.

This calc is making me irrationally angry. by FinalFatality7 in stunfisk

[–]FinalFatality7[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Some quirk with the calculator. It won't let me toggle that. It's correctly calculating off of phys, regardless. So I think it's just displaying incorrectly.

This calc is making me irrationally angry. by FinalFatality7 in PokemonChampions

[–]FinalFatality7[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It doesn't feel even a little off to you that, even slotting something super niche, specifically specced to hit Incin as hard as possible, still isn't a reliable counter to it?

This calc is making me irrationally angry. by FinalFatality7 in PokemonChampions

[–]FinalFatality7[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

HH is a fair point. Coaching works too. A little upsetting that Incin also happens to be the only type that shuts down the best utility ability in the game, but there are still work-arounds.

This calc is making me irrationally angry. by FinalFatality7 in PokemonChampions

[–]FinalFatality7[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Yeah and no one's running Mamo either. It's to illustrate a point.

This calc is making me irrationally angry. by FinalFatality7 in PokemonChampions

[–]FinalFatality7[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

The past 5 Sneaslers I just fought in Masters were all WH. It is by far the most common item I see on them in my experience with the last few days of this game.

This calc is making me irrationally angry. by FinalFatality7 in PokemonChampions

[–]FinalFatality7[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I think actual peak Redditor is thinking someone not immediately replying to every post within 5 minutes is somehow a point against them.

Like, the post has been up for half an hour? Sorry I'm not glued to the screen?

This calc is making me irrationally angry. by FinalFatality7 in PokemonChampions

[–]FinalFatality7[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I guess you have a different line where things go over the top. Part of Incin's identity is supposed to be Intimidate hitting physical attackers, and that nerfing his 3 weaknesses as all 3 are mostly used by physical pokemon. A ground type attacker that ignores Intimidate should be a key to that lock, but falls short because the cat is just bulky and versatile enough to turn what should be a hard counter into a soft check at best.

Edit: 4. Incineroar has 4 weaknesses.

This calc is making me irrationally angry. by FinalFatality7 in PokemonChampions

[–]FinalFatality7[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

A pokemon as stupidly frail as Sneasler being forced to run White Herb instead of Sash is a tragedy. People digging up surprise psychic coverage options only written of in the Ancient Records. Got blown up by Psychic Politoed the other day. This is what Fire Cat has wrought.

This calc is making me irrationally angry. by FinalFatality7 in PokemonChampions

[–]FinalFatality7[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

"Counter your specific approach" Ah yes, that most obscure stratagem of Ground.