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Most overrated or underated type?
- Thread starter Dar
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Dannichu
Tragically unbeyachted.
Really? I think it's sillier to judge Pokemon on their stats. It makes me sad when people boil Pokemon down to numbers and values and disregard lots of Pokemon entirely because they're not good competitive battlers. "Truly skilled trainers should try to win with their favourites" and all that.
But I like Pikachu best because it's cute, so.
Cerberus87
Done.
Amen.
1. Luftballon
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clearly, what really matters is the movepool. obviously.
bulbasaur
Not quite e^(-(x-μ)²/(2σ²)) / (σ√(2π))
Unfortunately, my favourite six range from NU to Uber.
Cerberus87
Done.
Give Farfetch'd Mew's movepool and it would still suck. :(
sv_01
Witch of Light
No False Swipe? He should have False Swipe as well.
Cerberus87
Done.
Smeargle can be used effectively in OU, although you need some luck and big balls to make it work. Can't say the same for Farfetch'd unfortunately.
Shimmer Mint
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1. Luftballon
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ground and ice are among the best offensive types, especially due to the large distribution of their defining moves. as a defensive typing, ice is terrible and ground is okay.
dragons get stupidly powerful moves with only small drawbacks, tend to have at least decent stats, and ridiculous neutral coverage; it's not that they're overrated, they're just that good.
dragons get stupidly powerful moves with only small drawbacks, tend to have at least decent stats, and ridiculous neutral coverage; it's not that they're overrated, they're just that good.
Cerberus87
Done.
STAB Earthquake is a great asset in the metagame. Ice is good as an offensive type because it keeps dragons in check, but being Ice-type yourself isn't very good, since STAB on Ice Beam/Ice Punch isn't very necessary and Ice is probably the worst type defensively.
Dragons are very difficult to kill if you don't have an Ice-type move or a Steel-type Pokémon to wall Outrages. Salamence and Garchomp are 4x weak to Ice, but they are speedy and will beat down most Pokémon before they can launch an Ice move. Speed is what makes Cynthia's Garchomp very difficult to prepare for.
Dragons are very difficult to kill if you don't have an Ice-type move or a Steel-type Pokémon to wall Outrages. Salamence and Garchomp are 4x weak to Ice, but they are speedy and will beat down most Pokémon before they can launch an Ice move. Speed is what makes Cynthia's Garchomp very difficult to prepare for.
sv_01
Witch of Light
I thought Dark-types were mostly considered awesome mysterious ninjas and stuff.