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Topic | Why was Cynthia's Garchomp so comically overpowered? |
ElatedVenusaur 02/10/21 11:56:46 AM #2: | A blizzard would definitely kill it, or at least come very close. The reason her Garchomp is so nasty is first and foremost that Garchomp itself is a beast. It's very fast and hits like a truck, but it's also reasonably sturdy. It also runs obscenely powerful attacks: in D/P, it has Earthquake(100 BP), Dragon Rush(120 BP), Giga Impact(150 BP), and Brick Break(75 BP). Dragon Rush can miss, and Giga Impact is basically Hyper Beam(because Hyper Beam became a special attack in Gen 4). Add in the fact it likely has several levels on your team(particularly on a first attempt) and it's not hard to see why it's a challenge. Unless you have something really sturdy(that's not weak to any of its attacks), most of your pokemon are going to die in 1-2 hits. In Platinum, it swaps out Brick Break for Flamethrower and drops 4 levels. And before you ask, yes: Garchomp is a respectable special attacker, and you're very lucky it's not Fire Blast. Brick Break comes back in rematches, and also it shoots up to level 78. ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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