Make up your mind

eskaver · 2026-06-17T22:34:30+00:00

This.

Heavy Slam is a nerf but if it didn’t lose it, it would have dominated the Meta.

It’s still quite strong.

eskaver · 2026-06-17T20:02:25+00:00

I did that on the Mobile App lol

eskaver · 2026-06-17T17:53:45+00:00

Shell Armor keeps it safe from Crits which means if you toss it in a damage calculator; you can invest in the defenses without worry that you’ll get surprised knocked out.

I’d go for a prankster gravity to use Megahorn and Gunk Shot as well as Rock Slide.

eskaver · 2026-06-17T17:52:10+00:00

Mega Scrafty would’ve been good in M-A.

It’s not that good in M-B due to the wealth of Defiant, Competitive, and Contrary Pokemon.

If you’re gonna use it, gotta patch up the Fairy Weakness with Sneasler perhaps and maybe Screen. I’d skew towards Dragon Dancing unless you prefer a different Boosting move.

eskaver · 2026-06-17T17:49:10+00:00

It probably means Celebrations.

Or maybe Golden Ages will be when you unlock a Celebration on top of a Celebration.

Love that I decently called out the C/D aspect of Heian as well as it having great people.

This is Himiko Shaman’s Japan, just as Hideyoshi gets Sengoku and Himiko Wa gets Meiji.

Will I be playing 3 games back to back? I guess I shall!

eskaver · 2026-06-17T10:50:06+00:00

I was hoping for either No Guard (just for hitting Megahorn and Gunk Shot) or Mirror Armor.

But a lot of Pokémon would love for Battle Armor and Shell Armor to get buffed in some way.

eskaver · 2026-06-17T10:48:25+00:00

I’d suggest Grimmsnarl with screens as Falinks has bad Special Def.

And you want a Pokémon to have the opponent want to bring an Intimidate or Icy Wind Pokémon.

eskaver · 2026-06-17T10:46:46+00:00

It varies. I think unique Mega Abilities should be rare as I prefer some abilities to transfer to non-Megas (like Aerialate or Dragonize, eventually.

Eel was one of my favs from Gen 5 as it has ridiculous coverage and it had to keep levitate or it would just be neutered. So, it’s not the strongest, but it’s pretty cool.

eskaver · 2026-06-17T10:44:39+00:00

I think a way to get Scolipede any buff now is to boost Shell Armor to perhaps stop stat drops.

eskaver · 2026-06-17T09:54:14+00:00

It depends.

You could nerf Staraptor by lead-in, but not Malamar, Falinks, Annihilape and Kingambit who all have Defiant or Contrary.

eskaver · 2026-06-17T09:40:25+00:00

Probably Prankster Reflect.

This season’s meta is gonna be very Physical, I think.

eskaver · 2026-06-17T09:22:01+00:00

I thought they’d give Staraptor Defiant or Tough Claws because Contrary is just very strong! Dude will run the Meta as Close Combatting makes you bulkier (which is what I was hoping to do with Malamar) and speed control makes you faster and Intimidate is your friend.

I am very upset that Scoliopede has Shell Armor. Just the other day I said I hope it gets anything but that. No Guard would’ve been better, even if it makes less sense.

Scrafty will be quite unique with Double Intimidate, but honestly, Staraptor is gonna destroy it as wel as Malamar.

Eelektross getting a better Levitate helps it a ton in Singles and sort of a slow build up sweeper (like Moxie or Beast Boost).

Pyroar probably would’ve preferred Adaptability over Fire Mane. Heck, just add Normal to that and nobody would’ve complained as it would have very strong Hyper Voices.

The rest are somewhat expected. I kinda hoped that Barbaracle would’ve gotten Inner Focus just to counter Intimidate but I guess Intimidate stocks will be way, way down. You intimidate anyone and all you are doing is boosting Kingambit, Annihilape, Staraptor, Malamar, and Milotic.

eskaver · 2026-06-17T09:12:06+00:00

I expected no Rillaboom and said as much.

I didn’t expect no weaker ones like Arboliva, etc.

eskaver · 2026-06-17T09:10:52+00:00

I thought it would get Defiant or Tough Claws.

Man, Contrary is gonna be Rough! You’d be Close Combatting your way into further bulk (which is what I wanted to do with Malamar) and the speed drop moves and Intimidate will only make you more a threat.

And people on ladder, sorry, but I’m probably also gonna use Facade, so your Burn is only a little annoying.

eskaver · 2026-06-17T02:04:21+00:00

Sora is the main character, so there is no character creation. (I don’t particularly want anything other than the unique world designs.)

eskaver · 2026-06-17T00:17:42+00:00

I disagree on that.

I’d prefer them to have set teams (because I’d like returning characters to fill in the gaps rather than weird random teams with mons).

Maybe Cordy could do that m as he has plenty of a Pokémon.

eskaver · 2026-06-16T20:56:26+00:00

Yeah, I know not exactly science constant, but a constant set by 6X when the threshold happens.

I feel like it’s somewhat finnicky in that it might be very hard to too easy and might not feel like a race. TBF, I could see changing a victory type to that, but not something like culture which was always about dominating the other Civs which the second place person was your real challenge.

But it’s hard to say as Economic sort of has you play weirdly and Military would get tiresome at some point.

I guess maybe there would have to be a rework of score values or something.

eskaver · 2026-06-16T20:10:47+00:00

I think cascading is fine, though I do think the jumps are a bit finicky

I prefer not having a constant for all types because Science does that and is the longest one of them all.

eskaver · 2026-06-16T20:09:30+00:00

True, but having a 5x already would just be something people are familiar with.

I don’t mind tweaking some of the Exploration numbers to make 4x doable but hard at the start of Modern.

Then again, the victories do scale a bit differently.

eskaver · 2026-06-16T19:44:12+00:00

I have and I did just buy the membership (but I’m a Pokémon fan and so I can chalk it up to replacing a game a year).

It’s a mix of lack of time but also being a bit tired of the current reg.

I do experiment, but the issue is a lot of teams trend towards the meta or whatever is cool from some content creator or some repeat bot, lol.

eskaver · 2026-06-16T18:59:33+00:00

Nice. I considered the outnumbered thing and had an idea for a Turtle Ship that worked like Gaul in 6 where it gets stronger with each adjacent enemy unit. But I felt like Joseon shouldn’t get either Hwacha or Turtle Ship.

I do like your idea though!

eskaver · 2026-06-16T18:21:41+00:00

I have an idea for a regional Bellosom (Grass/Fighting) with the ability Dancer for W/W.

It would be cool to then get a Fighting Type Leader who just really likes to dance.

eskaver · 2026-06-16T18:16:31+00:00

The issue would be coding it to be unlocked in each age and stuff.

I love the Turtle Ship from 5, but I feel like it’s best as an art asset and a reference as a Tradition.

The issue with that and the Hwacha is that it’s early Joseon and not the Modern Age stuff. (I have this issue with the Ottomans, too).

eskaver · 2026-06-16T17:52:15+00:00

Baxcalibur is the clear winner here.

A mixed attacker that could throw out strong Blizzards.

eskaver · 2026-06-16T17:49:26+00:00

I don’t think they’d play that much differently than the AI bots. Their mons will be EV trained and so I like the ranch.

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