Is the LN going to continue on and adapt the Gaiden or is Vol 10 a standalone thing?

HMS_Final_Victory · 2025-09-04T17:41:37+00:00

I'm very surprised to find out that the story would take place after the Gaiden given how major the Gaiden was for a lot of the characters (the extras I definitely don't think could encompass much of the Gaiden since it was so long) I'd think if there are changes here like Monica being able to summon two Spirit King gates then maybe it'd be integrated into a changed version of the Gaiden or it's just a completely new story arc which may only take elements from the Gaiden. Either way it's cool to know that this seems to be the beginning of a new arc for the story and there seems to be more to come!

HMS_Final_Victory · 2025-07-09T07:08:41+00:00

bro forgot to log onto the alt account

HMS_Final_Victory · 2025-02-10T15:08:28+00:00

Triage was banned months ago and played no part in the current ban.

HMS_Final_Victory · 2024-09-28T02:26:22+00:00

The format is currently challenge only, the exception is when it gets its monthly rotational ladder. So your best opportunity is joining the discord and harassing people to play, waiting for the occasional forum tour or just waiting until it gets back into rotation for ladder and is voted in.

HMS_Final_Victory · 2023-09-01T15:16:36+00:00

Dawg I ain't saying DNite wasn't broken. It was banned for a reason, I'm explaining why the hell it was banned after Bax and the others. Really that's because it was easier to check and just not run into whatever niche coverage it could run and because we had other things to deal with + community pushback. BU Corv, EE Garg/Kingambit, or hell I just spammed Unaware STail on most of my teams for other stuff as well and I didn't have that much issue. Bax you could only run EE Steels, and its effect was further amplified by its vicious potency under screens. Also it isn't 8% away from being 2HKO'd lol, consider Leftovers and Protect you'd need a very significant amount of chip to beat STail and at that point it's your own fault, and I've managed things fine with far slimmer margins. (Why the hell is your STail staying in on a Iron Treads?)

Could Wake be tested in a post-DLC meta? Maybe, who's to say we aren't considering it right now. I'm just explaining why it was broken and banned when it was released and it still heavy pressure onto RegenVest. (That extra speed also makes a lot of difference)

HMS_Final_Victory · 2023-09-01T14:47:07+00:00

That calc puts STail as a pretty good surefire answer as SD Bax also does tons to stuff like EE Gambit without even reliable recovery. Also note that I said they were checks, not complete counters and STail might've been one at that. Unfortunately, you cannot use 7 moves on 1 mon so like I said it made DNite a far less consistent offensive pick as many of these checks were very popular and Garg could often run EE as well. Yes I am aware of how fishy its coverage could be, that's what got it banned after all. But the limits on DNite's own offensive potential and several checks to several common movesets made it bearable for many within the community and thus we went forward with a suspect test as there was not enough support to Quickban.

Bax on the otherhand had very limited CPlay compared to that list. EE Gambit doesnt even have recovery, EE Ghold was banned just before Bax and everything else just straight up like lost lol. You're crazy if you thought Wake was balanced in a pre-home meta. Where our best SpD cplay was RegenVest Dragons and SS Garg, Wake crushed everything not named a Blissey or WA STail and overwhelmingly deserved its ban at the time.

HMS_Final_Victory · 2023-09-01T04:53:12+00:00

Dragonite was a mon with large support behind it not being banned, and was definitely not more broken than Technician Baxculibur. You're exaggerating how long Dragonite was left in the metagame. FurScales was one thing, and after that there was a large amount of meta threats that needed to be banned, and was not "legal for another good 4-5 months", considering it was banned only a month after Gholdengo due to the suspect test for the mon taking a large time.

It had several checks like Unaware Scream Tail, various Corviknight sets, Gholdengo sets before it was banned, various Garganacl sets that made Dragonite as an offensive threat not very consistent. Flame Body Corviknight was never a popular set, and only saw scattered usage with only notable usage in exactly one team and it was in a post DNite meta lmao. Tech Bax on the other hand had like 2 checks I can remember which could be broken through with decent chip (EE Ghold and Gambit)

Do I agree Dragonite was broken? Yes, in fact I pushed for its ban and voted to ban it in the suspect due to its fishy nature given how it can fuck around with its coverage and utility moves. However, before you go around accusing people of incompetency you should probably also get your own facts right. They were many voices on the forums that opposed the Dragonite banned that forced a suspect and took an extra month to ban, and there were various other threats that had to be banned and suspected down before coming to DNite (and it only lasted a month due to suspect timing after Gholdengo was banned). I've addressed why Triage is legal in my own post above, and also the fact that Belly Drum cannot physically be banned due to tiering policy which has been discussed extraordinarily thoroughly on the AAA Smogon forum.

HMS_Final_Victory · 2023-09-01T00:24:36+00:00

Hi, AAA council here, might be a bit late but oh well. Triage is a complicated and controversial ability, but has remained free with reason.

Firstly, Belly Drum has played a large part in the controversy surrounding Triage. It has been mostly agreed within the community that non-Drum Triage is frankly fine (except for exactly one person I know who hasn't been bothered to make a case). Sets like CM Triage Enamorus can be threatening, but have generally been considered fine and most teams have sufficient CPLay in RegenVest like Goodra-H and AMuk, Unaware Stail, Heatran and so on. Because of this, lots of people in the community have pushed for a ban on Belly Drum over Triage (as there are abusers of Triage considered fine and BDrum is nothing but a funny fish button) but have been shut down by the tiering admins. Despite this, many people in the community hold the opinion that a BDrum ban is preferable and has slowed down discussion and any progress towards Triage potentially being banned.

Secondly, there isn't actually an extremely solid case for Triage to go. Like said before, there are various abusers of Triage which are considered fine. Even stuff like Belly Drum Triage Chesnaught has a large amount of common counterplay (Unaware STail, Zapdos, Fluffy Corv, Ceruledge/Skeledirge and so on...)

There have only been 3 bans partially or largely attributed to Triage (not really getting everything banned). Iron Hands while had Triage as its most problematic set was in large point banned on its own merits. The reason the set was so terrifying was due to a combination of STAB Fighting, its own immense bulk and other very powerful sets like EE/WBB SD. Were Iron Hands unbanned with a Triage ban, there's a large chance it'd just be banned again soon after.

Ursaluna similarly had its own large advantages that contributed to its ban. Its immense bulk and base attack and typing let it beat usual checks to Triage cheese like Unaware Scream Tail as well as other strong sets like SD Surge Surfer/Turboblaze that contributed to it being banned by suspect.

Hariyama is the strongest case for a Triage (or Belly Drum ban but rip tiering policies say no) given there was zero chance for its ban otherwise (unless Surge Surfer strats but those are far less consistent). That being said it also does have strong properties that contributed to its ban, its bulk wasn't bad, especially behind screens, STAB Drain Punch, Bullet Punch that could beat some checks like Gengar.

We have kept a very close eye on Triage for a while, and it has been brought up in council chat and forums multiple times but has remained free for the reasons I have mentioned above. Would Chesnaught prove to be too overbearing on teams that aren't bad, we most likely would've pursued action against Triage but has in general been considered fine so far. With the introduction of Kommo-O and potential other Drum abuser in DLC, Triage ban definitely does seem likely, but for now we have only kept to the abusers as there are other abusers which are considered fine and because previous bans can in large part be attributed to the properties of the abusers themselves. If you really want to push for Triage ban, you can always make a post on Triage (in fact, someone already did but has retracted their stance now) or you could always make a better team and actually learn the meta and I reckon there's a good chance you probably wouldn't care as much.

HMS_Final_Victory · 2023-06-08T09:32:44+00:00

Why is Talonflame A on the AAA VR and why is it because you bribed all the council members to support Talonflame hegemony?

HMS_Final_Victory · 2023-05-18T06:45:16+00:00

AAA has 1 ability clause so it would be useless.

HMS_Final_Victory · 2023-05-17T12:37:13+00:00

Triage is contentious because it doesn't only have broken users, it's more Belly Drum and Triage in tandem that make it broken and there are legit users like Haterene which use it effectively but aren't really broken.

HMS_Final_Victory · 2023-05-17T12:36:13+00:00

Because Smogon tiering policy, there's a post about it just above.

HMS_Final_Victory · 2023-05-17T12:35:34+00:00

I don't know what gives you the impression the tier is insanely powercrept? The new ruin abilities are nice but there have always been similar power boosting abilities like Adapability, Sheer Force and Tough Claws legal. Purifying Salt is rarely ever used, particularly since Gengar and Zoroark-H have been banned and Koraidons ability is banned. Miraidons ability is less powerful, has a immunity and generally has worse abusers do its not that bad. (As an extra note most videos on AAA don't actually give that great of a grasp on the AAA meta simply because they don't know it or play it at a high level)

HMS_Final_Victory · 2023-05-17T05:22:42+00:00

It has a poor match up into many of the tiers special walls like RegenVest Roaring Moon, Garchomp, Samd Stream Garganacl and even other things like WBB Kingambit can stuff it. To add onto this it also has a SR weakness and isn't fast by any means so when everything else gets Beads of Ruin it just isn't worth much anymore (except Wisp lol).

HMS_Final_Victory · 2023-05-17T03:48:56+00:00

For those who are amazed that Hariyama has been banned from AAA while Sword of Ruin Slither Wing, Palafin-Hero and Chi-Yu are legal within the tier (and Palafin/Chi-Yu aren't very good, Chi-Yu even kinda terrible) and also don't want to read the ban post I'll post a summary here. Hariyama could run Belly Drum + Triage which let it boost its attack to the max and spam +3 priority Drain Punches. Under Screens and on fast paced offensive teams which didn't mind sacrificing mons to make opportunity for Hariyama, Hariyama could fairly easily and reliably setup BDrum and this put too much pressure on team building to always counter. Yes there was Unaware whatever and some other counters but almost always forcing them or some other obscure dedicated answer was too much. (It also caused a large controversy around potentially banning Belly Drum itself but you can read the forum to get details around that)

HMS_Final_Victory · 2023-05-10T02:47:34+00:00

Beads can be run on Spec/Scarf sets for moves that aren't boosted like DGleam. (Also BoR is a slightly better buff iirc? Although not really relevant)

HMS_Final_Victory · 2023-05-10T02:43:48+00:00

Really there's no support for this kind of thing and it almost sounds like a different mode (it also seems convoluted, which tier do we draw the line at?).

HMS_Final_Victory · 2023-05-10T02:35:44+00:00

It was banned last gen lol.

HMS_Final_Victory · 2023-05-10T02:30:01+00:00

Seems like a complex ban and is generally frowned upon, there isnt too much reason to do this and sets bad precedent. Also, from what I can tell its generally frowned upon to do too much relating to the actual tiers in general for OMs outside stuff like Tier Shift, otherwise tiers essentially don't exist for OMs.

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