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Mega Luvdisc! Eh? Eh?
Ok maybe not
I think it would be cool if they did megas of the legendary birds
Ok maybe not
I think it would be cool if they did megas of the legendary birds
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Apparently Mega Moltres was leaked a few days ago
I really, really want more Gen 5 Megas. It's my favourite generation design-wise, and it basically sucks that they chose one of the most common, unevolving trash Pokémon as the one and only Mega (it's cute, though). The Gen 5 starters will all get Megas for sure; GF have established that they want to do that and I have no issue with it. Zebstrika *needs* a Mega Evo with some bulk as right now, it's just a really awful glass cannon. Garbodor and Golurk would be awesome. And I'd love for them to make Heatmor and Durant have sick Megas that make them actually usable.
which is why there are megas for Houndoom, Pinsir, Aerodactyl, Ampharos, Gardevoir, Mawile, Medicham, Manectric, Banette, Absol, Abomasnow, Beedrill, Pidgeot, Sableye, Camerupt, Altaria, Glalie, Lopunny, and Audino. about half of the Pokemon that have Megas are neither popular (Pinsir, Mawile, Medicham) nor strong (Mawile, Sableye, Beedrill). but that's just my observation.Looking through the list of Gen 1 Pokémon, honestly, they could make Megas of anything there and fans would lap it up. Unfortunately, Gamefreak doesn't seem to like balancing, so they beef up Pokés that are already way too powerful, like Salamence and Tyranitar, leaving stuff like Sunflora, Delibird, Kricketune etc in the dust.
Do you happen to have a link for this? I'm curious.
no amount of mega evolution can save Sunflora, Delibird, and Kricketune. they need another evolution or better movepools.
I think people underestimate just how much a good ability and/or new typing can go when on top of 100+ more stat points.
This. It was all over 4chan as well. Doesn't look much like Moltres to me, just a big ball of flame with a vague shadow inside.Do you happen to have a link for this? I'm curious.
https://twitter.com/hashtag/megaevolution
It is a post from July 18th.
This. It was all over 4chan as well. Doesn't look much like Moltres to me, just a big ball of flame with a vague shadow inside.Do you happen to have a link for this? I'm curious.
https://twitter.com/hashtag/megaevolution
It is a post from July 18th.
that wouldn't really make Sunflora more useable. i took away -30 from its attack (that seems to be GF's go-to amount; see: Abomasnow, Beedrill), and gave it a comparable redistribution to Mega Abomasnow (40/40/30/20 to Defense and so on) and Sunflora would still be too slow with 50 speed. Even with 70 speed, Sunflora would be too slow.no amount of mega evolution can save Sunflora, Delibird, and Kricketune. they need another evolution or better movepools.
Eh. I don't know about Delibird and Kricketune since I never made a fake Mega for those, but Sunflora is easily salvageable. Give it Drought + Grass/Fire typing, Weather Ball, remove some Attack (like Beedrill had -Sp.Atk) and then dump the 100+ points in Def, Sp.Atk and Sp.Def.
It even has Growth to abuse under Drought for +2 Atk and Sp.Atk, and then has Earth Power for great coverage alongside Fire and Grass STAB. Synthesis under Sun also increases to75%66.6% healing too.
I think people underestimate just how much a good ability and/or new typing can go when on top of 100+ more stat points.
that wouldn't really make Sunflora more useable.
at the end of the day, this Mega Sunflora would be better off as a real evolution and not a waste of a Mega slot.
Just found the full image that the supposed M Moltres is from: https://twitter.com/bw2channel/status/622411382835777538/The image certainly looks like it came from a magazine. It looks real to me, but I'm happy to be proved wrong.
That said, Moltres is appearing in an upcoming episode, it could just be premoting that. Next month's CoroCoro will will be out before the episode airs, maybe we could get a glimpse of Mega Moltres then? Though it's a long shot and seems a little too conveniently timed imo.
Do you happen to have a link for this? I'm curious.
https://twitter.com/hashtag/megaevolution
It is a post from July 18th.
it would be useable in the sense that you wouldn't be a complete laughingstock. viable? no, not really.What? Take the below stat spread:
75 HP / 45 Atk (-30) / 100 Def (+45) / 160 Sp.Atk (+55) / 115 Sp.Def (+30) / 30 Speed
So you think these stats (or similar) on a Grass/Fire type with Drought (high base power STAB moves in Drought-boosed Fire STAB + Solar Beam) and extra Ground coverage (Earth Power) alongside respectable healing (Synthesis/Morning Sun combined with Drought) or Growth (Nasty Plot equivalent with an active Drought) isn't more usable than Sunflora is now?
It would hit as hard as Mega Charizard Y:
252+ SpA Sunflora Weather Ball (100 BP Fire) vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Mew in Sun: 313-370 (91.7 - 108.5%) -- 50% chance to OHKO
252 SpA Mega Charizard Y Fire Blast vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Mew in Sun: 313-370 (91.7 - 108.5%) -- 50% chance to OHKO
252+ SpA Sunflora Solar Beam vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Mew: 252-297 (73.9 - 87%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
252 SpA Mega Charizard Y Solar Beam vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Mew: 153-180 (44.8 - 52.7%) -- 25.8% chance to 2HKO
Though Charizard Y can use a Modest nature too, which makes it slightly weaker due to Fire Blast being stronger in BP than Weather Ball. But whatever. It hits hard and has more power on its Solar Beam.
And this isn't really taking into account for Trick Room, which is pretty much one of the biggest playstyles in VGC. So the low Speed isn't such a massive deal anyway; not every Pokemon has to be fast and plenty of Pokemon can and do work fine without it.
And honestly putting Speed on a Mega Sunflora seems a bit of a waste because it's so slow to start with it's just throwing away points.
Would it be breaking the metagame or fly straight to the top? Nah, probably not. Would it make an otherwise unusable junk Pokemon worth using? Yes!
1) slow; you say Trick Room, but then you have Drought. so essentially you have a hella specific team that would be burdened by the fact that it need to be able to take advantage of both Trick Room and Drought.
not to mention it neuters Venusaur, which is probably one of the biggest and best sun user and any other Chlorophyll Grass-type.
2) predictable; yeah your Sunflora only has one moveset ([recovery]/Earth Power/Solar Beam/Weather Ball). predictability isn't good, but it can be offset by speed, which your Sunflora doesn't have unless it's in a Trick Room.
3) Talonflame
252+ Atk Life Orb Talonflame Brave Bird vs. 0 HP / 252 Def Sunflora: 322-382 (110.6 - 131.2%) -- guaranteed OHKO
252+ Atk Life Orb Talonflame Brave Bird vs. 252 HP / 252 Def Sunflora: 322-382 (90.9 - 107.9%) -- 50% chance to OHKO
the short version? you're fucked, especially if it (somehow) gets a swords dance off
1) you're right, i'm wrong. you would be able to use a Mega Sunflora over a Sunflora. you wouldn't be a laughingstock. would it be viable or actually useable? no.
2) yes. you don't need the entire team to take advantage of Trick Room or Drought, but you definitely don't want teammates that are hindered by it.
3) even if HP Rock can take out Talonflame (but what doesn't kill Talonflame with super-effective damage?)
you have to be defensively spec'd to survive. not to mention there's a slurry of other Pokemon that can also easily kill your defensively spec'd (which i doubt anyone would actually use) Sunflora beyond Talonflame. but hey, ignore one of the biggest OU threats. i'll have my tea over there.
4) if you want HP Rock, you're gonna have to sacrifice Growth, Earth Power, or Synthesis in one of your slots. so there goes some versatility..
5) and, the actual cherry on top, Sunflora becomes all but useless without sun (hello two turn Solar Beams, hello weak Normal Weather Ball, hello gimped recovery, lolGrowth). better hope no one would be able to stall or switch weather easily.
6) as i said earlier, ZardY can already do the same thing as your Mega Sunflora but without the extra cajoling and support. oh, and it also nukes your Mega Sunflora.
7) Mawile, Beedrill, and Lopunny all gained usage because of their strong abilities. To boot, Beedrill and Lopunny are also blisteringly fast and Mawile has many resistances on top of natural durability enhanced by Intimidate. on top of the latent problems with your Mega Sunflora, it is also dependent on GF giving it Weather Ball (a thinly distributed move to begin with) and GF taking 30 from its attack to give it 130 Mega points to work with.
i'm not wholly opposed to Mega Sunflora, i'm just opposed to your Mega Sunflora because, to not beat around the bush, it's bad and redundant.