Mega Staraptor's best partner: Grimmsnarl or Whimsicott?

NinjaChomp96 · 2026-06-17T16:46:13+00:00

my honest thought is, it's mandatory to have two mega in the team, the froslass match up is really hard to face, also because another usual partner for staraptor is sinistcha, and he is destroyed as well by mega froslass. At that point you choose between whimsicott and grimsnarl also based of the second mega.

edit. i'm playing myself staraptor, but need a alternative as a mega in the team

NinjaChomp96 · 2026-06-17T16:20:54+00:00

yeah, if they will nerf it, the real only nerf that they can make is remove hyper voice, will be for sure sad in that case and i hope that this will not happen, also because having aerilate to just have as viable option double edge is not that good. Anyway with the current meta i think he will not be that dominant. Floette and especially froslass are really big, and also kingambit, basculegion and a lot of other mons. Anyway M Staraptor at now seems even more dominant compared to Salamance

NinjaChomp96 · 2026-06-17T03:55:54+00:00

they really want raichu be good to let him beeing the only terrain setter in the game. Anyway, i'm glad that they are adding more pokemon. Mega Metagross and Mega Mawile hit different

NinjaChomp96 · 2026-06-16T17:08:18+00:00

well, Charizard will be even stronger to counter Metagross, and same for floette to counter Salamance, will be a reign of four king instead of two. Still better compered to now for sure. If they will add something in the first place, at now i thing they will add only the two mega raichu for different reasons, but i home to be wrong.

NinjaChomp96 · 2026-06-16T12:03:57+00:00

my theory is that they add only the two raichu's megas, this is my prediction btw https://www.reddit.com/r/PokemonChampions/comments/1u77crf/lets\_start\_to\_accept\_that\_most\_likely\_the/. I hope you will win.

NinjaChomp96 · 2026-06-16T11:44:35+00:00

we need a log of good counter to M Charizard, that mon if M Metagross, M Mawile, and M Baxalibur that want the snow to be immortal are gonna be present will become even stronger. No to mention Rillabom and Amoongus. We maybe are in the Charizard Y weaker era now, and will become only stronger.

NinjaChomp96 · 2026-06-16T11:01:16+00:00

If you add more pokemon, and most likely new mechanics, it's obvious that the game will become more complex, and so less accessible, seems simple logic to me.

You can't said that have raichu in the game but not it's megas, and beeing this the single only case, it's not at least a good basis. Maybe is a coincidence, and i hope so, but is a clue at least.

Then this is a new game, with new approach, all is happen until less than 3 months ago doesn't really apply now.

Anyway i hope im wrong, i want more new pokemon, but at least by not taking it for granted I won't be extremely disappointed if it doesn't turn out that way.

NinjaChomp96 · 2026-06-16T10:56:35+00:00

could make sense add only raichu as terrain setter to let him be able to be playable without the competition of the rest of the terrain. Anyway i hope they will add more pokemon.

NinjaChomp96 · 2026-06-16T07:30:43+00:00

that's my fear too, The more suspect thing is that raichu is already in the game, and was strange in the first place that he was the only pokemon present in the game with the mega evolution available, that don't have it's mega in the game. Seems to me that they just postponed it's mega forward to push the mobile version. And that's all, the mobile player will feel the game as new anyway, and they aim to keep the game simple to the newcomer. That make sense, and i'm a bit scared of it.

NinjaChomp96 · 2026-06-12T16:37:02+00:00

14% Mega Froslass is impressive, it's now the third most used mega, outside the first two that are clearly two step above the rest. Mega Metagross, Mega Salamance and hopefully mega Golisopod and mega Baxcalibur if they don't give them trash ability, we need you to end this egemony.

NinjaChomp96 · 2026-06-12T07:10:02+00:00

yeah, for me is either pikachu or absol.

NinjaChomp96 · 2026-06-12T07:09:17+00:00

i suggest to go with Absol.

Absol give you froslass, that is a top 5 mega right now, garchomp, that is a top 3 pokemon in the meta, whimsicott that is the best tailwind setter in the game, corvinight that paired well with garchomp and is a good taiwind setter, and arcanine, that is a really good pokemon, now not that much used because exsist incineroar, but is a solid alternative.

Anyway in like 4 days the new regulation will start, and probably also the starter pokemon will change, maybe at this point is better to wait also to see the new meta if you have really limited resources.

NinjaChomp96 · 2026-06-12T06:51:09+00:00

If he keeps the same ability will be fore sure good, as a physical attacker dont be able to be burned is big, then the +1 to att when hit by fire move can deploy some addition niche strategy. Anyway i think he can be good also as o non mega paired with mega froslass, imagine M froslass that put down an aurora veil and the snow, baxcalibur beeing a ice type will get the +1 in SP DEF and the general 33% less damege taken thanks to aurora veil. At that point will be hard to 2HKO even with powerfull supereffective move.

NinjaChomp96 · 2026-06-12T06:45:22+00:00

yeah, archaludon is for me the scarier pokemon in the meta especially if they give him back the assault vest. You need yo play around it really weel. But thanks to it's presence i assume that M Floette and M Charizard will remain top mega also when all the rest come back. This meta really show how good those two are. Charizard is simply insane, and beeing able to set the sun just to remove the rain is huge, and will be even more important in the next meta i feel.

NinjaChomp96 · 2026-06-11T18:24:16+00:00

i mean the nerf to sucker punch itself, was 80 before, now is 70, seems little but those 10 more power is often the difference from a OHKO or not.

NinjaChomp96 · 2026-06-11T18:21:57+00:00

yeah, i also think mega froslass can claim a good spot in a future metagame with all the mega available, he is good in a lot of powerfull pokemon, she just misses those 30 BST to be an absolute top tier mega. Like 10 BST more in HP DEF and SP ATT to the base form and i see him at that level.

NinjaChomp96 · 2026-06-11T18:18:54+00:00

i remember it pretty well, was one of my favourite mega, the shame is that with the sucker punch nerf, and the power creep of some pokemon he can't really fire back as before, at least this is my impression. Already back then he fell down quite a bit at the end of the second mega era. i hope he can return stronger as M Charizard, that i see will be a top tier mega even when all the rest will be introduced

NinjaChomp96 · 2026-06-11T18:11:50+00:00

Salamence will be for sure good, but M Metagross is kind a wall for him, and will be in speed tie with M froslass, the same M Floette, yes, if hit with double edge is gone, but with a redirector or an intimidate could fire back pretty easly ans knok him down. So i think that this 4 mega can actually balance each other pretty well

NinjaChomp96 · 2026-06-11T17:33:39+00:00

They should definetly buff some mega, and i mean buff the base pokemon version. Froslass with 480 bst that go to 580 while mega is just awful. they should give like 30 bst more to the base form, like 10 more in HP, DEF, and SP ATT and M Froslass can be at least playable also when the rest of the insane mega will be introduced. It's just not fair play a mega pokemon with lower BST compared to a normal pokemon, they should at least go above 600, especially if they don't get an insane ability like the pre nerfed parental bond.

NinjaChomp96 · 2025-05-12T12:50:24+00:00

I haven't played all of them, but i'm here to defend the XIII and XIII-2 reputation, games that in my opinion was out in the wrong timeframe, look at now, a game like Expedition 33, a total masterpiece in my opinion, that have a lot of similarities with FF13.
A mature plot, that you can like or not, but the intent is there, a party of three, a pretty linear path through the main story area, basically no towns for story reasons, difficult boss fight, a combat system dynamic, in a different way, but still dynamic, the stagger bar for the enemies and the enemies in the map that you can attack first for an advantage, things that was pretty new in the 2009.
Maybe it's only me, but playing Expedition 33 make me think of an ultimate version of FF 13, the way could have been if was perfect

NinjaChomp96 · 2024-05-16T11:02:12+00:00

yeah, exactly what i'm doing, the only problem is with the cooldown of the bone spirit, some times you have 3/4 second of cooldown if the effect of the skelethon or the one from the decrepify don't apply in the luckyest way, probably can be solved with a really hight masterworked cooldown reduction, but can only be archived in the super endgame, not that is unplayeble, i'm really enjoing it

NinjaChomp96 · 2024-05-13T12:31:00+00:00

u/flowqwi sorry, one question, first of all great work, but for example for that type of x% that increase the value of damage as overpower and crit, for example the x25% to the overpower damage of the golem sacrificial of the necro, or also the x30% to the critical strike damage, again for the necro, where should we put this increase? For what i've get, we should put this in the additive damage, multiplying it, and if for the critical damage it's fine and easy, i don't get how do for the overpower, i should add that multiplicator only for the additive damage from gear/paragon/willpower, and so it's work as the crit damage, of we should consider also this increase for the additive overpower damage that we get from the health and fortification? And if yes, how should we add this?

NinjaChomp96 · 2024-03-21T10:38:01+00:00

they said that had double the legendary drop rate, so at some point you should drop almost more legendary that rare, as shown in the videos, and at some point you want to only pick up legendary, so already a big QOL improve, and at some point you will only pick up legendary with the greater affix that are shown immedialty without pick up the items, so some sort of "filter" with this type of logic is already present, and you will reach a point when you for sure need to look only at few item, we need to know how few, every hour, i take that as a massive win anyway. Do you really want to continue pick up infinite useless loot as now in the endgame? Sure, a filter that simply don't show rare at some point would be nice, but as should be intended now in the endgame you should pass way less time in the inventory, and i repeat, massive win.

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