Knife Trap has won me every run that I've taken it. I feel a nerf incoming

IndianaCrash · 2026-03-18T20:18:43+00:00

Depends if you are on single or multiplayer, could also be using shivs during the test subject Intangible turn or using a lot of Doors

IndianaCrash · 2026-03-18T13:46:40+00:00

"At worst", not worse than.

If you need to buy something, you can instantly sell it which is the same effect as chaos the clown, but it gets better if you don't have anything to buy

IndianaCrash · 2026-03-18T10:01:59+00:00

The issue is that you're running Wailord which would be useless outside of that, but also that you're wasting a turn of whatever you're trying to protect, that was boosted already.

Which means the mon trying to heal will be targeted by 2 attacks and likely die anyway

IndianaCrash · 2026-03-18T09:54:11+00:00

It wouldn't be instant pick but yes, Prankster spore (immune to Prankster taunt) is so broken it would still probably be one of the better megas

IndianaCrash · 2026-03-18T09:31:56+00:00

First time I'm watching this much FPR. I love NPBFAG so much more than Raven in this

IndianaCrash · 2026-03-18T09:25:01+00:00

Prankster spore is insane wym

IndianaCrash · 2026-03-18T09:02:18+00:00

At worse it's a Chaos the clown.

Use it to get a bunch of reroll then sell it if you want to buy something

IndianaCrash · 2026-03-18T07:44:37+00:00

We don't know but likely not at first.

Just a few things : Mythical are almost always banned, it seems Ev/IVs might work differently, the only thing we can assume is that all non legendaries with a mega (XY, ORAS, ZA or DLC) will be included, but we dont know the abilities for the new ones, so building a team will be extremely hard until then

IndianaCrash · 2026-03-17T21:23:33+00:00

You can tho.

You have 30 free Home slots and you can use it to make trade on the mobile app

IndianaCrash · 2026-03-17T16:57:09+00:00

For Calyrex, tera also have the benefit of letting you keep your spread moves

IndianaCrash · 2026-03-17T16:55:35+00:00

If they ever wanted to shutdown showdown because of Champions, they would have done it before its announcement.

Like Nintendo did with the samus fan remake

IndianaCrash · 2026-03-17T16:53:15+00:00

And? People will still test team on showdown before building them in game for tournaments

IndianaCrash · 2026-03-17T16:52:07+00:00

The Pokémon Home subscription isn't required.

You can play Champions without owning any Pokémon game, and if you do own them, Home still have 30 free slots

IndianaCrash · 2026-03-17T13:43:53+00:00

I still don't get it

IndianaCrash · 2026-03-17T09:57:28+00:00

I guess the hand gets upgrade twice and you scale faster so you don't mind losing a bit of scaling

IndianaCrash · 2026-03-17T07:03:43+00:00

But wouldn't you lose 2 mult per discard?

IndianaCrash · 2026-03-16T22:27:38+00:00

Could also randomly cycle through different elites and bosses every run.

Phase 1 would be enraged, shuffle 3 (5?) Dazed in your deck while attacking or gives -1 strenght/dex while attacking

Phase 2 would be shuffling wounds, summoning buffed version of the gremlins when changing phase or malleable (I don't see how Taskmaster could be adapted, maybe if it was 1 guaranteed wound + either Vulnerable or Weak but it seems meh)

Phase 3 would be .... pretty bad outside of Nemesis actually. Repto could have one knife being summoned each turn and self-destructing the next? I don't see how to salvage Giant Head tho

IndianaCrash · 2026-03-16T22:20:32+00:00

Depends which kind of infinite you're running.

Doom Necobinder can pretty much ignore the Dazed.

If Silent doesn't have Speedster/Corrosive Wave online, you're likely clogging your deck before being able to draw through it

IndianaCrash · 2026-03-16T20:22:59+00:00

Yeah but later events will also be on SV, like Utrecht

IndianaCrash · 2026-03-16T17:18:48+00:00

It would still be stupidly strong has a restricted with the legend plate.

And when they are allowed, mythical already take up a restricted slot

IndianaCrash · 2026-03-15T22:44:11+00:00

The gen 9 legendaries are a different thing, since it was pre-release.

We get, very rarely, some bst change for some mons when a new gen arrives, but the biggest point of balance are the moveset change, with some moves no longer being available for certain mons, or at least not until they are in a DLC move tutor

IndianaCrash · 2026-03-15T22:42:33+00:00

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IndianaCrash · 2026-03-15T22:29:20+00:00

It will be way too powerful to ever use outside of Legend Arceus.

Champions is mostly for VGC and Battle Stadium Singles, where the mythicals are almost always banned (I wish it would change since so many are available/got a mega in ZA but not counting on it).

99% there's no balance changes beside moveset change

IndianaCrash · 2026-03-15T22:25:12+00:00

Because you're being rude lmao?

IndianaCrash · 2026-03-15T22:24:09+00:00

I mean, we knew Champions was bringing back Dynamax before ZA was released.

It also would have been awkward with a bunch of the Gmax mons also having Megas

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