Joshawott
The Possibly Fake
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From someone who used it in-game; Waruvial is awesome. Nicknames? Hmm...well, it looks like a badass mobster.Waruvial- Not really sure....suggestions would be nice.
From someone who used it in-game; Waruvial is awesome. Nicknames? Hmm...well, it looks like a badass mobster.Waruvial- Not really sure....suggestions would be nice.
The main problem I see with Genosect is that it relies too much on Rock Polish to be able to outspeed things, which in turn means that you can bring any specially defensive Pokémon and stall its attacks. Erufuun isn't that much of a problem one you realize it's pretty fragile and weak to 3 out of the 6 attacks you'll likely see on a Genosect (Flamethrower, Thunderbolt, Ice Beam, Bug Buzz and to a lesser extent, Tri Attack and Water-type Techno Buster), though there are other Pokémon to watch out such as Dusknoir, Blissey, Probopass, Bastiodon and Evolution Stone Porygon2/Dusclops/Chansey. Dusclops and Dusknoir in particular have pretty good Sp. Defense, resist the STAB attacks of Genosect and with Dusknoir you can actually expect to OHKO it with Fire Punch.
On the other hand, if you factor in that Rock Polish takes a moveslot, you'll end with only three remaining and you'll have to choose between Bug Buzz and two other attacks or the three "elemental beams" and no STAB, which may lead to other counters as well. Add to the previous statement that many offensive Pokémon carry Fire-type attacks with them thanks to the current metagame and the awareness of Scizor, Forretress, Skarmory and/or the newcomer Nattorei being present on almost every team and Genosect will have less chances to shine.
By the way, I like Genosect (I love Sp. Attackers) and when I saw its type combo, stats, the name of its signature attack and Download I instantly thought "I'm speechless", though after I witnessed how it performed in-battle, the lame event it got and the disappointment of the cassettes, I changed my mind. It's not a bad Pokémon by any means but suffers from some key problems that hinder its usability. I hope Game Freak realize how they screwed Genosect and fix it with new moves and/or Formes in the third version. At the moment, I'm more pleased with Step Forme Meloetta -despite its limitations with Ancient Song- and Keludio -barring the fact of its limited movepool- out of the four event Pokémon of this generation (I'm not counting Zorua and Zoroark).
I don't see how Stealth Rock is that big a threat now when its availability has been reduced unless people want to lock their Pokemon from new movesets and that there is now aiming mark.
Stealth Rock still enjoys widespread use from older Pokémon getting it and as far as I know these Pokémon don't care much about new movesets. The metagame is still super early, but so far SR has been as common as ever. Aiming Mark does not eliminate the immunities of the opponent's Pokémon, but of your Pokémon, so spinblocking still works.
Yeah, and when Gen IV was just starting, Gen III strategies still seemed to dominate. Some people don't like giving up the old.
And that is just an awful item :/
Last but not least, Genosect is somewhat versitile and can do more than Rock Polish or use the attacks I listed. You can try Choice Scarf to revenge kill with great coverage. Ice Beam it up if you want to slay dragons; Techno Buster Water (or HP Water) to give those Fire Types a nasty surprise. Of course Genosect can't do everything at once, but unpredictability greatly benefits a Pokémon. If you like Genosect, you really shouldn't feel disappointed. Where did you see Genosect doing poorly in battle? Just remember: Genosect kills lots of things late game. It's quite good. Gamefreak didn't mess it up.
Outrage said:I don't see how Stealth Rock is that big a threat now when its availability has been reduced unless people want to lock their Pokemon from new movesets and that there is now aiming mark.
One of my friends bought White and since the past two weeks or so he has been generating teams with the help of an AR, thus I have witnessed many Wi-Fi Single battles with a lot of Pokémon, one of them being Genosect and he has a hard time even with Pokémon currently labeled as 'OU' (for the Generation IV metagame).
Choice Scarf is actually the best strategy for Genosect, though again, the item fits more Porygon-Z giving the better Sp. Attack stat it got and Trick (the only things it lacks are Flamethrower and Water-type Techno Buster). And you didn't need to post stuff that I can easily calculate or point out for myself, so my opinion stands and I still think Genosect is a disappointing event Pokémon, despite how much you want to defend it. Wait for some months to have a true G-V metagame and perhaps I could change my mind.
TrollFreak decided truant would be a good ability XD
Also, I noticed some people refers to Gamefreak as "troll" by calling the company names (like what you did there). Did you (and they) do this for fun, or are you (and they) really serious about this? And also, why did you call them this?
Its generally to compare Game Freak with Internet Trolls. Some stuff that may strike this name includes overpowering certain stuff, crippling Pokemon with horrible abilities, stats, or moves pools, bizarre evolution, distribution disappointment etc. You get the idea, anything that Game Freak does that could be considered "trolling".
And yet ants are supposed to be hard working creatures. tch.Lol why in the world is the new steel ant's dream world ability TRAUNT. 'I caught an Aiant! wtf... it keeps loafing around...'
I thought it was widely known that GameFreak doesn't care about the metagame at this point? People can go ahead and label them as trolls but come on! The metagame is a fan-developed thing, not a GameFreak developed thing.