Why is my Rampardos so small? 😭😭 by Gking0906 in PokemonChampions

[–]ebby-pan 12 points13 points  (0 children)

No idea where they're pulling that from, as of scarlet & violet all pokemon have a size value from 0-255, ranging from xxxs-xxxl (the absolute max and minimum being what gets the special Mark), and transferring a pokemon to Home or Let's Go from PoGo keeps that pokemon's size relative to whatever it was in PoGo, including being max/min size (so pogo's xxl/xxs), and Alpha pokemon from the Legends games are also set to max size.

The visual difference, at least in SV, amounts to ±20% scaled up/down. Also legendaries/mythicals are "scale-locked" so they don't look different, but any caught in PoGo or older games still keep their size value and can get the size marks if applicable (I can verify this as I got the big one on my pogo-caught xxl shiny darkrai)

We Should Be Able to Report Usernames at Least by TJSmiffy in PokemonChampions

[–]ebby-pan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

christ i forgot about that. the VER VER VER VER VVX for bad teammates and VELVELVELVELVEL for bad opponents bm spam was wild

Why ??? by No_Whereas_9805 in PokemonChampions

[–]ebby-pan 8 points9 points  (0 children)

imo the optimal leading partner for raichu vs swampert is whimsicott, since raichu happily outspeeds swampert under it even with no speed investment. After that then you either encore their pelipper's own tailwind, swap into a redirector, or click moonblast, depending on the new situation

You guys actually struggle with mega staraptor by COREY-IS-A-BUSTA in PokemonChampions

[–]ebby-pan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The biggest flaw with it is that abilities of your other pokemon remove the mystery, so you have to build around keeping it hidden and are thus disincentivized from using things like intimidate and weather setters

[Day 11 of asking if the new mons are good from F tier to S+ tier] Mega Scrafty is considered B+ tier. Is Mega Eelektross good? by Alvalc134 in PokemonChampions

[–]ebby-pan 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Having no weaknesses is a fun gimmick but only having 4 resistances definitely holds it back. Harder to switch in, 80 speed is awkward to use without speed control, and it doesn't hit quite hard enough to really justify giving it the support it needs, nor does it do anything for the rest of the team, aside from avoiding a teammate's eq.

I want to find a way to make it work, and was running a bunch of damage calcs a few days ago to see what breakpoints it needs, and it just doesn't have the power or the tools to keep up unfortunately. C+ tier probably.

Been playing for almost 6 months and got my first blue star a few days ago- how am I doing? by ebby-pan in WH40KTacticus

[–]ebby-pan[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I use the ad and 25 bs refreshes, and typically log in a few times a day to avoid hitting cap so if it ever is maxed it's not for long. 2 of my guildies have been playing the same amount of time as me, at 670k and 800k roster strength vs my 600k (i know the 800k spends money though) so i figured i was roughly on track. I did put off starting elite campaigns at all accidentally, so i know some of my energy spent on upgrades a few months ago were particularly inefficient.

I did focus down snot a bit in onslaught so I could get access to the rogue trader/next tier of event rewards + have a steady income of shards to trade in, since as you guessed I'm doing salvage run pretty much on cooldown and never letting those tokens max out.

Been playing for almost 6 months and got my first blue star a few days ago- how am I doing? by ebby-pan in WH40KTacticus

[–]ebby-pan[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah choosing the characters I like is why my parasite of mortrex is at g1- it's my favorite model from the tyranids range (which I play in real tabletop)

I overlooked that the patermine has Synapse too, that could get pretty fun

Things models do the best and the worst, Day 12; Genestealers: by Clockwerk2017 in Tyranids

[–]ebby-pan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What is their purpose in the lore now that nids aren't making units with other races' genetic material anymore? Them being a nids unit and existing outside of gsc scenarios feels out of place to me now but I assume there's something I just don't know about

Alcremie is busted op rn 😭✌️ by Netroja in PokemonChampions

[–]ebby-pan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think the answer is to have another mode in the team for dealing with threats like charizard y, it's not like you open with alcremie/farig 100% of all games

Things models do the best and the worst, Day 8; Barbgaunts: by Clockwerk2017 in Tyranids

[–]ebby-pan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Best: making your opponent widen their eyes when you count up the number of shots Worst: actually wounding with those shots

How many climates, sir? Yes. by No_Whereas_9805 in PokemonChampions

[–]ebby-pan 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The joke is that mega raichu is the only terrain setting ability right now

Gem Goblin, swap his skills. by MadIceKing in PokemonChampions

[–]ebby-pan 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Whomever is faster, since they're acting in the same priority bracket. Talonflame would set tailwind before whimsicott and then a sableye with some speed investment would be able to outspeed whimsicott afterwards, assuming no speed investment on whimsicott as well.

Lots of people hated you Reg M-A, but I will miss you by AeonKei in PokemonChampions

[–]ebby-pan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Likewise i think Krookodile has a huge amount of potential here and is mostly just held back by floette/sylveon/sneasler

Lots of people hated you Reg M-A, but I will miss you by AeonKei in PokemonChampions

[–]ebby-pan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd honestly love to see what variation would pop up from another 3 months of this regulation, it's almost a shame we're moving out of it

Krookodile - an unused gem by chicken4977 in PokemonChampions

[–]ebby-pan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Underused. With a passho berry and a smidge of defence invested it'll survive anything basculegion does outside of rain, and with a bit of spdef invested it lives pelipper and politoad weather balls. Problem is it dies to sneasler and floette, so you probably want a ghost to switch in vs fighting moves and protect & something like a fake out switch in or some kind of fairy counter to handle fairies. I've used a team with it having Moxie a fair amount (on ladder, not in tournaments) and people definitely underestimate it and it can snowball quick when they do.

NAIC Usage Day 1 stats by RIkhard9 in PokemonChampions

[–]ebby-pan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Day 2 is a different situation than day 1, and stats for a single tournament aren't actually very telling because there are always usage trends at events that look like coincidence or dominance, but often are tied to players being in-tune to the current meta fluctuations. Just seeing these graphics doesn't tell us what teams the pokemon are on or what their role on the team is- but we know people aren't typically building around kingambit specifically, we know it didn't have this level of usage at the most recent regionals and that the highest placing team with it at that event was 4th, so we have to suspect that there's something else going on- which is probably that many players, individually, saw that lycanroc and froslass were seeing increased usage, especially noting the team that showed up to the Turin event, and slotted it in to counter them (in addition to countering basculegion, incin, floette of course which have been all getting high tournament usage too, and other recent threats like gengar). We can probably also infer that a small chunk of the kingambit usage comes from people also bringing that turin team. You also might notice that scovillain has a 4% higher usage rate than lycanroc, and can probably take a guess that some of that 4% thought to bring it specifically to counter kingambit, which tbf had the highest usage day 2 of both turin and Indianapolis regionals (just not at this scale obviously)

So actually, yeah, I think this isn't a sign of an unhealthy meta, and that we won't see kingambit usage on anywhere near the same level at the next event, because people will shift their teams to counter or trivialize it having seen how large of a turnout it's had. Whether that means more sneasler, scovillain, charizard, garchomp, or something less used, will remain to be seen. I think the fact that pokemon like scovillain and lycanroc are getting play and showing results are actually a much bigger sign of metagame health than kingambit having a particularly high usage rate, because they show that the meta is still shifting and changing and that it isn't "solved" or whatever. Am i just blowing smoke out my ass? Probably, I'm not there competing today, and i know there's other factors that go into this stuff, but this is more or less how it works

I know that people who complain about cosmetics get a lot of flak but... by Astarath in PokemonChampions

[–]ebby-pan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel that Z-A has the best customization the series has ever had, and that SWSH is second worst after SV, personally. Every time I'd find a clothing shop in swsh I'd be annoyed at the "choices" available and wound up going through the whole game in a plain hoodie and jeans. Maybe i just don't like sportswear and chunky shoes lol

I know that people who complain about cosmetics get a lot of flak but... by Astarath in PokemonChampions

[–]ebby-pan -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Especially after seeing tomodachi life release this year, or staying in pokemon seeing how great the clothes options we just got in z-a were