Last Post: 1:07:05am, 11/16/2023
Having had a lot of fun thoughts and discussions in discord I'm ready to declare Team Sylvando... and friends!
I do think Pikachu can scout for Red (and survive the scouting, too. Pikachu's fast,) so I don't buy Heavy getting an ambush. But he also doesn't need one. Sustained fire is all he's gotta do to win here and he's great at it.
Basically, the pokemon squad really needs to be able to land their debuffs and status effects to win this and as long as the power of smiles is on the other side, they won't stick. I have considered if/when Scorpion or Lara could get to Sylvando and it just doesn't seem likely with Marina running point and throwing Lara's arrows back at her, and Heavy laying down fire from a defensive position (while laughing).
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I've dodged these forums for 25 years, damn it.