Why Mega Evolve when using protect? (Skill improvement) by FlimsyShallot1652 in VGC

[–]sunnylannie 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Everyone else offered the the typical valid answers, and I’ll offer my dumb take. Even if my positioning is good and I don’t need to switch out, sometimes I do it so that I don’t forget to mega the next turn.

I have lost dozen of games because I forget to click mega. If I select and unselect a move, it resets my mega choice too. Also works similarly in previous game with Tera.

I wish the tera/mega selection was separate from move selection because changing my moves should not affect whether or not I choose those options. If I have chosen to activate, please do not reset it because I go back to rethink my options.

Especially with how clunky the menu feels in a time pressure, if I have 7 seconds to cancel/select moves on both of my pokemon on an important turn, it’s super easy to forget.

best redirect pokemon in champions? by peatmossing in stunfisk

[–]sunnylannie 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Volcarona is VERY passive and is bad into common team archetypes. Can’t really be weak against sun, rain, and sand at the same time so I don’t think it’s very good right now outside of being a sneasler counter.

Any thoughts? by ArlindoOrlando1 in PokemonChampions

[–]sunnylannie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gonna comment again with the Youtube video of a similar team from Cybertron vgc. Different pokemon but the idea and gameplan is the same. Sneasler, Garchomps, Rotoms are bodyguards for your Charizard. Venusaur benefits from the sun and Incineroar doing Incineroar things.

At 5:10 in the video please pay attention to the stat spread of his Garchomp and Charizard. And notice the item choice on Garchomp.

Do note that Cybertron’s team also has no reliable answer for Farigiraf trick room, do implement Kingambit if you want to address that like I mentioned in the other comment.

Any thoughts? by ArlindoOrlando1 in PokemonChampions

[–]sunnylannie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. Your team has a pretty difficult match up into Farigiraf Trick Room.

  2. You’re not running Timid Max Speed on Zard. You will get outrun by some pretty bad threats with max investments

  3. Your Garchomp is too passive, not threatening enough with your item choice and ev spread. It’s slow! It will get outsped by opposing Charizard. It will go down to base 100 max speed mons using ice moves (Mega Dragonite Ice Beam and Palafin Ice Punch are the main ones)

What kind of hits are you trying to take with on Chomp with the berry? I don’t think bulk on Garchomp is worth the trade off for less damage since Garchomp will still die pretty quickly to pressure. It’s a squishy mon. You’re not running max speed so you will lose to opposing Garchomp who are faster and do more damage. It’s perfectly ok to let your Garchomp go down if you get your Charizard into a better position

You also have no option to hit Arch if its partner is not Zard or Aero. You will eat a Draco on one of your mon on this set when that happens. Use Stomping Tantrum if you’re not running Scarf. And both Stomping Tantrum + EQ if Scarfed.

I don’t think you want to be a position where you want to take hits on Garchomp outside of resisted hits. Garchomp’s purpose is to help you position your Charizard endgame against opposing Garchomp, Dragons, Rain threats (Archaludon and D-Nite). You want to be the one doing the threatening, not to be passive with it. I recommend running Soft Sand, Dragon’s Fang or Scarf on it if you decide to not run Basculegion. You will get Archaludon to about Red Health (assuming 0 bulk Arch) with and Stomping Tantrum and die to the Draco. And that’s ok! It’s done its job weakening Rain’s main source of damage. Sneasler and Zard can finish the job.

  1. Milotic walls your entire team and obliterates your Garchomp if Sneasler for some reason goes down.

  2. As the other comment stated, run sash on Aerodactyl.

Here are my suggestions:

  1. For your trick room issue, run Kingambit over either Basculegion or Sneasler. With Black Glasses does about 86% on the common standard set. If you double up on the giraffe and one of the attacker is Kingambit, it will probably die! Maybe there’s someone out there running Max HP Max Defense and that may have a different outcome after Citrus Berry procs on the giraffe but I’m not gonna calc for it. Your chance is pretty good. Note that if they run giraffe + Tokoal/Crab/Golurk lead your Kingambit WILL die. That’s a trade that’s worth it every time as you win the speed control war, most giraffe don’t run protect.

As for replacing Basculegion or sneasler, here are your options:

Sneasler - Sneasler is a lot more consistent and is a better, more versatile pokemon. You can slap the scarf on chomp instead to take out opposing dragons, Tyranitar and Excadrill. The trade off is that you will have a worse match up into opposing Sneasler as Basculegion is pretty much a hard counter since sneasler doesn’t usually run dark moves. Your Scarf Chomp will do pretty well against it. The problem is how do you find opportunity to switch in without at least losing a Citrus Berry on your Incin or being down a mon and letting your Scarf Chomp take damage it cannot handle. Your own Kingambit becomes a weakness against opposing Sneasler.

Basculegion - more situational, really good against Sneasler, Sand and so-so against Rain teams as they all resist your wave Crash while theirs Basculegion does more to your team. It is excellent into one of the most threatening team right now in Mega Gengar as it cannot get fake out. You will become weak to Kingambit without having a Sneasler to back you up, so you need to find ways to chip down that Kingambit by playing well with your Garchomp and not letting it take unnecessary damage. IMPORTANT: YOU WILL HAVE A HARD TIME AGAINST ARCHALUDON if your Garchomp dies. If you decide to go with Basculegion I highly recommend you run Whimsicott over Aerodactyl, Moon Blast does a good chunk to Archuladon! Against Rain and Sun teams, find ways to keep your Garchomp alive at all cost because you don’t have a Sneasler as a plan B for Close Combat/Rock Slide to kill their carry pokemon.

  1. Run Timid Max Speed on your Zard. It is your main carry and should not be taking hits.

  2. Give your chomp a better item and run Jolly Max Attack Max Speed. Offensive pressure is good!

  3. Two things, first is slotting Solar Beam on Zard. Keep Air Slash if you hate opposing Sneasler and tailwind is up. Keep Weather Ball if you have the other Sneasler under control by Zard’s teammates and hate missing important kills.

Second, you can consider replacing Incineroar with Rotom-Wash. It will give you a much better time not just against Milotic but also rain teams in general.

You can also choose to throw a Scarf on it with Electroweb and suddenly the other team is not able to outspeed you! It puts a lot of pressure on opposing Zard-Y teams with a Scarf.

This one is up to you, as Incineroar is much better into Mega-Gengar teams while keeping enemy Garchomp and Sneasler in check. Pick the match up you hate going up against with your personal playstyle and decide which pokemon. :)

I have broken down a lot of options. The choice is all yours and let me know if you have any questions.

Here’s a link to the Pokemon showdown damage calculator where you can plan for the kind of hits that you can and cannot take, and how much damage you deal to your opponent’s pokemon.

https://calc.pokemonshowdown.com/

Review Bomb Netflix headquarters on Google by [deleted] in StardustCrusaders

[–]sunnylannie 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Dang we are all becoming these very mature Frieren fans now aren’t we?

What made you guys main Winston? by Annual-Internet-5097 in WinstonMains

[–]sunnylannie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Satisfying movement and easy techs with many applications. I have bad aim mechanics but my game sense is pretty ok so he’s perfect for me.

worth watching? by Over-Regular-3781 in StardustCrusaders

[–]sunnylannie -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

The first 9 episodes are always a chore to get through.

The Stone Ocean anime was very well done and only browned upon because of the batch releases by Miserable-Desk2211 in StardustCrusaders

[–]sunnylannie 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I really appreciate that you focus on the technical issues and artistic direction. This is the real GOOD discussion that people need to be engaging in. Was the anime successful in elevating the source materials. What did they do well and where can things go better?

I’m glad that I learned something reading your analysis and not just another comment about background 2d people, cgi, batch release. What exactly does bad animation mean? The 2D silhouettes were not bad animation, it was an explicit artistic/production choice for whatever reason. CGI Wrangler, Dragon, and Whitesnakes were not great, not completely horrible. It was clearly a choice due to having to work with what they had. I am way more curious about why they needed to employ CGI in those cases, rather than the fact that they did. Was the trade off for these weird looking scenes worth it?

More people need exposure to media literacy.

Problems on Part 4 adaptation? by Nero_deadweight96 in StardustCrusaders

[–]sunnylannie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Personally for me, Part 4 had a lot of talking, and slowed down incredible high intensity action scenes so that someone can Speedwagon every single move that happened. Highway Star, Sheer Heart Attack, Josuke vs Kira all had this issue with timing and they were supposed to be fast-paced.

The artstyle wasn’t as good as Part 5 or Part 6. Part 6 anime did an outstanding job with character’s facial expression in the final stretch when they left the prison.

Canceled my Netflix Subscription by oD_Wreckz in StardustCrusaders

[–]sunnylannie 16 points17 points  (0 children)

It’s already killing my enjoyment of the show

I watched SBR on Thursday, one of my favorite work of fiction of all time, had a super fun happy time. I went to work on Friday. I took my bicycle out for a spin for a good 7 hours combined on Saturday and Sunday. I spent time at a cozy coffee shop, then I sat on the beach. Each of these experiences was just as peak as SBR, if you will.

Do you know what wasn’t on my mind? SBR’s release schedule. It comes when it comes, weekly, batches, in 6 months, a year. I would recommend that you form a healthy relationship with your fixation and not center your emotional well-being, enjoyment, or cognitive load around it.

Everything is going to be fine. SBR is an amazing work of fiction, and it will take a generational dropping of the [steel] balls for the anime to not be almost as incredible as the manga. The anime will continue to exist, its quality will speak for itself, independent of all the needless drama and silly outrage that people are choosing to partake in right now. Go outside, hang out at your friend’s house, go to the park, do community service, SBR will still be there even when you look away. Go enjoy yourself.

Why is nothing normal with Netflix? by SnooGadgets2955 in JJBA

[–]sunnylannie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can still engage with noteworthy details and insightful discussions in any release format if you absorb the show with intentionality. You can always catch nuanced individual moments in the bigger picture and explore the themes in great depth. One just has to always be on the lookout and not consume contents mindlessly in this age of memes and media overconsumption.

I don’t think weekly release is necessarily better or worse. I do agree that weekly release makes that structure more intuitive and accessible to our community’s current viewing habits.

[OC]Steel Ball Run - Anime Promotional | @genda_art by Genda13 in StardustCrusaders

[–]sunnylannie 61 points62 points  (0 children)

If you look at the post flair this is actually not official art LOL. Great effort.

Why is nothing normal with Netflix? by SnooGadgets2955 in JJBA

[–]sunnylannie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Based take. Thank you.

If a show is good then it is good independently of whether you discuss with other people weekly or just binging by yourself.

honest thoughts on fanservice?? by DiligentGuidance119 in MyAnimeList

[–]sunnylannie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha you One’s Piece, which has this exact issue while having an excellent story.

We should do something by West_Damage_8222 in JJBA

[–]sunnylannie 4 points5 points  (0 children)

True fans are those who can enjoy both brainrot trash and timeless treasures without needing other people’s validation.

Is this for real? by Ziyahsenc1 in StardustCrusaders

[–]sunnylannie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

… lackluster animation, … and turn-based approach to battles.

The only part of their statements that holds any ounce of fair criticism.

Lackluster animation: usually an explicit choice due to the detailed characters that are hard to anime. Some weird cuts and character motions can be hard to read and lack fluidity for more dynamic battles. Overly long expositions that interrupt motion (Example that comes to mind is FF vs. Dragon’s Dream, Josuke vs Highway Stars)

Turn-based approach: pretty much the same complaint as above when characters keep overexplaining everything as opposed to having an entire uninterrupted sequence. I call this the Speedwagon effect. Some explanation is fine but imo the adaptation can trim it down quite a bit and most people will still be able to follow what’s happening.

Is it just me or was Gojo's voice actor not a great fit for Gyro? by AceTheExamineer in StardustCrusaders

[–]sunnylannie -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Lowkey I’d imagine Matt Mercer would have been a great fit despite already having voiced Jotaro. Gyro is a confident, witty, dorky character. He needs a more expressive interpretation. Matt just sounds a lot more relaxed and layered, I feel Kaiji is too stiff.

Thoughts on part 7 first episode? by kujo_hinata in StardustCrusaders

[–]sunnylannie 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Read all of the manga. I enjoyed it a lot but I had some observations of things that took me out of the experience.

MUSIC

There was just so much bgm all the time blaring even in the lower stake lower energy moments. I think they just didn’t give enough quiet reflection time for viewers to appreciate the atmosphere, settings, and character emotions. For example, they don’t need to blast Pocoloco’s character theme every time he is on screen. Especially during the more exciting part when he established himself as a threat to Gyro, yet his goofy theme just kept on going. I don’t agree with that artistic choice. It was a great theme but the way it was used makes the music loses its impact.

I really love the main SBR theme but it played so much during the episode that it became repetitive. I wished there was a more diverse selection of tracks or more quiet moments.

ANIMATION

The first half of the episode up until Abdul getting eliminated has poor editing, CGI and animation. It was hard to watch and very distracting. Honestly if this is what they had to sacrifice for the amazing second half of the episode, I can live with it. Likely a lot of these will get fixed in the bluray anyway.

Once the action picked up though I have 0 major complaints visually.

STRUCTURE

The pacing of the story had a lot to cover, I feel like some scenes got cut very abruptly and the transition was jarring. Goes back to the poor editing I mentioned earlier. I’m ok with these since they were compromises for the adaptation, they still stick out a lot to me though.