Poll of the Day > Bout to just quit when I see the opponent has Zacian

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I've been trying to find a Trick Room counter for Zacian before adapting to the "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em" mentality, but this thing is stupid broken-- not sure why they thought this would be a healthy competitive/ranked idea by allowing 700+ BST dudes into the mix.

Am I misunderstanding something about ranked?

This thing, if +Atk nature, gets the Lv50 equivalent of Lv100's 723 Attack just for entering the battlefield with its ability. What gives?

Please help, I don't want to play cancer to fight cancer.

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this is potd

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you need a fleet potion

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DirtBasedSoap posted...

this is potd

LOL shit, I'm sorry. Didn't realize.

Question still stands.

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they cut 400 of them to make balance easier.

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reminder that some people still think tiered pokemon play is a bad thing

you really cant play in a format allowing zacian without using him since there are only 3 legendaries in the game you kinda just have to use the same ones as everyone else or just lose

zacian is worse than usual tho, maybe mega rayquaza vibes

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What's Zacian

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You can use Prankster to set up Trick Room which this combination is only possible with Male Meowstic with its Hidden ability. You can also try slowing Zacian down with Thunder Wave. Liepard can get Prankster as a Hidden Ability and Thunder Wave. You'd still have to get through Zacian's defenses but you'd have a much better chance.

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Nade Duck posted...

they cut 400 of them to make balance easier.

Hence my confusion on why they'd let ubers into ranked at all, as I would argue it "dilutes" their efforts.

TheSlinja posted...

reminder that some people still think tiered pokemon play is a bad thing

I think basic tiers like UU, OU, and Ubers are quite reasonable with 400 Pokemon.

I think shit like banning dynamaxing in OU and having ridiculous stuff like "BL3-probably-BL4" as a tier is a bit "REEEEEE" in my opinion. Slight exaggeration, but I remember when Pokemon Showdown wasn't Pokemon Meltdown. It's never been the same.

Other than that, it's the most balanced online I've seen in a while-- on the Switch, at least.. Most Pokemon can feel viable now if they're on the right team. Base stat totals, abilities, moves, and items are much more balanced in terms of team capabilities. Dynamaxing can be a bit theatrical, and at times mundane, but can be used offensively or defensively which is neat.

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cant say how dynamax is on switch but on showdown it was a nightmare
ditto was at almost 60% usage, that should say alot.

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