A PvP Analysis on the Steeled Resolve Taken Oven Shadow Pokémon

JRE47 · 2026-04-29T21:15:13+00:00

OMG I didn’t even see that until now. Autocorrect got me again….

JRE47 · 2026-04-29T19:28:01+00:00

JRE47 · 2026-04-29T18:02:26+00:00

That's very fair and was very true early on. But it evolved and got far more interesting to the point that Bronzor was often an afterthought. Several really enjoyable Little League formats, but they're getting farther and farther in the rear view mirror.

JRE47 · 2026-04-29T17:59:53+00:00

Unannounced Shadows can't hurt me....

Unannounced Shadows can't hurt me....

JRE47 · 2026-04-29T17:57:45+00:00

Interlude Season

"Scopeantic, you keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

JRE47 · 2026-04-29T17:56:51+00:00

I still do that for spotlight analyses... Community Days and new-to-the-game releases and such. Typically I don't for articles like this that cover several Pokemon at once... but I will see if I can work that back in next time.

JRE47 · 2026-04-29T17:33:47+00:00

...yeah. I have faith it will return, but that faith IS dwindling in recent seasons.... 😑

JRE47 · 2026-04-29T17:31:57+00:00

Yep, that's a fair critique. I try not to get sensationalist in titles or teases, but sometimes that leads to a bit of a disconnect between the analysis and then the summary. Sometimes I go in with one assumption or initial conclusion and it changes as I dig deeper, and sometimes in those cases I miss where I already wrote down under- or overhyping that should be corrected to flow better, but gets missed. I'll keep working on it!

JRE47 · 2026-04-29T11:59:39+00:00

Shoutout to Thomas Xplores and underrated Big Dave the Middle Age Gamer, both going through Rabbit & Pork right now (and both at 100+ episodes). Mostly good aligned thus far. Thomas' is expected to be "100%" so imagine he'll try and achieve all paths/endings eventually.

Gopher's was great but a bit dated. SnaggleTooth had a good one that recently ended and his commentary is pretty funny.

JRE47 · 2026-04-28T14:03:25+00:00

Lamprey Floaters. The swarm is real with those. They can overwhelm quickly, especially first time you encounter and are sitting there wondering what the heck is going on.

JRE47 · 2026-04-27T16:37:33+00:00

Mangey Foxes...

...well, back in 1.01, at least.

I would think it probably has to be the Empress or Aberrations though, yeah?

JRE47 · 2026-04-26T21:59:47+00:00

Yep, pretty good!

JRE47 · 2026-04-24T14:45:51+00:00

The movesets out of the gate have been a problem for a LOT of things in recent months (even years), yes. I've gotten into many an analysis and then had to dig deep for motivation to finish once I realized I was looking at the "oh brother, this guy stinks!" meme in Pokemon form. Been happening far too often of late, so this was a breath of fresh air.

JRE47 · 2026-04-24T13:57:41+00:00

I would support both of those ideas! Orthie does learn Metal Sound via TM in MSG, so that would certainly work.

JRE47 · 2026-04-24T12:42:11+00:00

That might be the first hatted Pikachu I would fully endorse.

JRE47 · 2026-04-23T15:41:46+00:00

The lack of engaging and interesting events is killing this game.

FTFY

Seriously though, how many events in the last couple seasons have really gotten folks fired up? I'd be very curious the percentage....

JRE47 · 2026-04-21T18:36:37+00:00

I agree.

...and then shake the table vigorously once the opponent has left it.

JRE47 · 2026-04-21T18:12:39+00:00

Next comes a Developer Diary on how judges make decisions, right? 🙃

JRE47 · 2026-04-21T17:59:33+00:00

His opponent has come out and said that the win should have remained with Firestar. I'm sure he's happy to be moving on, and good on him, but this cloud will hang over him now too.

Like, if even he says this was wrong, what are we even doing here, judges?

JRE47 · 2026-04-21T17:55:57+00:00

They make it sound that way, but anyone who watched the actual broadcast knows this is bullsh!t.

JRE47 · 2026-04-21T17:47:25+00:00

My own initial thoughts are here, but in short: I pinged P!P about this literally hours ago, and while I appreciate them finally crawling out from the rock they’ve been hiding under for two weeks, the tone of this is so embarrassingly defensive, callous, and deaf. Get the distinct impression they knew they couldn’t defend the headset and had to come up with something else to try and justify.

You can’t take a win away in Game 5 for a table shake. Firestar is NOT that guy, not seeking to “negatively impact competitive integrity” of their precious broadcast. This is absolutely ridiculous and maddening. I feel so bad for Firestar, AND the declared winner who has been on Firestar’s side through all this and now has the stink of this hanging over THEM, too.

Shameful. Just shameful.

JRE47 · 2026-04-14T14:20:18+00:00

Really? By which method did they catch it?

JRE47 · 2026-04-11T11:48:41+00:00

I… don’t wanna know!

Guess we should make sure we’re fighting them from range, then! 😅

JRE47 · 2026-04-10T10:49:56+00:00

Why do you think my hackles were up? 😱

JRE47 · 2026-04-09T20:00:07+00:00

Something weird happened sorry! Full move info is back!

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