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I haven't exactly been keeping up, but last I heard, they were going to announce "something" in June. Definitely curious, but cautiously so, mainly because I don't know what that means for the Switch going forward, besides its inevitable "phasing-out" in a few years. Of course, that's assuming we're getting a new console entirely.
Either way, it's no real skin off my nose. The Switch is probably the last video game console I'll ever get... At least, I keep telling myself that! I'll probably play video games as long as it's plausible to do so, though. I have other priorities these days, but that's besides the point.
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Anyone keeping up with Gen 9's battles? I have a Sandstorm team on Scarlet, and I'm curious how well it'd do in, say, a casual tournament. Not aiming for TRUE competitive, but feel free to give advice for the viewers at home who are.
Bear with me regarding IVs/EVs, I don't have the exact numbers unless otherwise stated:
Koizumi/Espeon (Male) @ Light Clay
Ability: Magic Bounce
Tera Type: Normal
EVs: Maximum Speed, a lot in Sp.Def and a good chunk in Sp.ATK
IVs: Just assume they're hypertrained in the right places
+Speed, -Attack
Reflect
Helping Hand (for Doubles, anyway)
Psychic
Protect
It basically exists to set up Reflect. Helping Hand for whomever in Doubles, but I guess I could swap it out for Light Screen in Singles. Psychic so it isn't stuck without an attack, and Protect is pretty staple in Doubles. Normal Tera Type was mostly because I raised it from an Eevee, but I'm willing to change it to something better if need be. I just figured it'd be good in a pinch against Ghosts...
This is probably the weakest link, and the most utility-based choice (I don't hate Espeon, but it's not my favorite, either) with nothing to really mitigate the Sandstorm damage. I'm pretty sure there's something with Prankster which does this better, but I like Magic Bounce, too. I'm willing to replace Espeon if need be, though.
EDIT: I was thinking Klefki, since I noticed this team would probably struggle with Dragons, but uh, it's not going to do much besides set up walls, is it? Unless Reflect/Light Screen/Dazzling Gleam/Protect is doable? Somehow? Not a big fan of the Impidimp line, plus Grimmsnarl is more of a physical attacker, and if I'm replacing Espeon, I'd rather something equal or greater to the role it plays now.
Hector/Kleavor (Male) @ Life Orb
Ability: Sheer Force
Tera Type: Stellar
EVs: Maximum Attack, a bunch in Speed and some in Defense
IVs: Everything except Sp.ATK is hyper trained
+Attack, -Sp.ATK
Lunge
Tailwind
Rock Slide
Protect
Kleavor is pretty much the reason I got back into playing Pokemon after skipping Sword and Shield. PLA was pretty cool, too, but I digress. In doubles, have him set up Tailwind alongside Koizumi and/or get to sweeping, depending on the situation. Lunge and Rock Slide are mainly for STAB and to take advantage of Sheer Force/Life Orb. Wish he had a better move pool... No Accelerock makes me sad...
I really only made him Stellar-type because I didn't see him benefitting from losing his dual-type, but dang if his axes don't look cool in Stellar. Too bad "looking cool" doesn't win battles, haha. Is Sharpness much better, though? I love the Sheer Force/Life Orb combo, but...
Sadcargo "the Teary-Eyed"/Magcargo (Male) @ Soft Sand
Ability: Flame Body
Tera Type: Ground
EVs: Maximum Defense, a lot in Sp.ATK and some in Sp.Def
IVs: Stupidly, I hypertrained everything when Attack didn't need the boost. Ah well!
+Defense, -Attack
Power Gem
Earth Power
Heat Wave
Protect
Ideally, I've got a Sandstorm set up to help increase its Sp.Def, but that point's moot when it terastalizes. Also ideally, Reflect is in play. It's a real novelty choice, but I'd like to get it to work if I could. Not opposed to replacing Soft Sand if there's a better item. Probably isn't the best to use in Singles, admittedly.
Patricio/Ludicolo (Male) @ Leftovers
Ability: Swift Swim (in case of weather wars)
Tera Type: Rock
EVs: Maximum Speed, almost all in Sp.ATK and a smidge in Sp.Def
IVs: Everything except Attack is hypertrained
+Speed, -Attack
Giga Drain
Weather Ball
Chilling Water (Because it doesn't get Scald :c )
Protect
The Rock Tera-type is pretty much to ensure the Sp.Def boost and to take advantage of Weather Ball. Giga Drain for longevity. Chilling Water to capitalize on crippling physical attackers even more. Protect because Leftovers.
...Actually, I'm not sure if Chilling Water is justified or not. The only hard-hitting Water moves it has are Surf and Hydro Pump... Or, well, it learns Muddy Water, too, but I'm not a fan of that or Hydro Pump's shaky accuracy. I'm a bit stumped!
Terrence "the Teeny"/Sandslash (Male) @ Expert Belt
Ability: Sand Rush
Tera Type: Bug
EVs: Maximum Attack, almost all in Defense and a bit in Speed
IVs: Everything except Sp.ATK is hypertrained
+Attack, -Sp.ATK
Rock Slide
Leech Life
Earthquake
Poison Jab
Rock Slide and Earthquake should be self-explanatory. Poison Jab for Fairies who won't go down to any of the other moves*, Leech Life to keep him alive and justify the Tera Type. I'd rather keep it Bug Tera either way, but I figure if it's going really fast with Sand Rush and with a screen or two up, it'll likely hit hard before opponents have a chance to take advantage of it being pure Bug.
*I realize a Steel-type move would arguably be better for that, but "Kantonian" Sandslash doesn't get much better than Metal Claw or Gyro Ball... Shame, because Iron Head would be cool.
Prudence "The Early Riser"/Hippowdon (Female) @ Smooth Rock
Ability: Sand Stream
Tera Type: Ground
EVs: Max Defense, almost all HP and a smidge in Attack
IVs: 0 in Speed and that's all that matters lol. Though Attack is Best and I hypertrained HP/Defense/Sp.Def
+Defense, -Sp.ATK
Sandstorm
Yawn
High Horsepower
Protect
And so we come to the sandstorm-setter herself! Not sure if knowing Sandstorm is redundant, but the idea is to either force a switch with Yawn or get the oppponent to actually sleep. High Horsepower over Earthquake because damage isn't the overall goal. In retrospect, those spare EVs should have gone into Sp.Def... Anyway, Protect for either format because Yawn and such.
Again, I'm open to suggestions, but I don't see myself battling online since, well, the 3DS days. Mainly asking for other's benefit! ...annnnd out of curiosity, too.
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Pretty sure this goes here. Anyway:  My attempt at Gen 1 sprites, though obviously all the stats herein are for more modern games. My sprite work needs... work, or I'd have done upwards of Game Boy graphics. Not much else to say not already in the image. I remember having fun designing these, though! Any advice on the sprites, stats, etc.? Lemme know!
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I've got five here, so let me condense it a bit...  If you have a five-man team and you don't draw them in the Ginyu Pose at least once, you're doing it wrong.Anyway, these are the Anti-Turmoil Negotiators of Assault ( A.N.A. for short), or what's left of them: Names: Green Leader, Black Muscle, Red Gunner, Yellow Jammer, Blue Ninja Ages: Mid-30s or early 40s (GL), 30-ish (BM and RG), 11 (YJ), and 20s-ish (Blue Ninja) Gender: All male except Yellow Jammer who's female Species: Humans Powers/Abilities: *Green Leader has basic CQC and probably tossed a grenade once, but other than that, he's horribly unremarkable (unless you count his superhuman cigarette addiction and penchant for being REALLY ANGRY) *Black Muscle has enough strength to toss chunks of the earth at tanks (or vice-versa), made possible by intense training under a strict master *Red Gunner is a master gunman. He's especially fond of his custom-painted, custom-built rocket launcher. *Yellow Jammer is one of those child geniuses, capable of hacking almost any machine through the use of the hologram laptop (or "holotop" ) stored in her visor. *Blue Ninja's cyber-suit allows him to move super fast and cut nearly anything with his laser blade. Alignment: Collectively and ultimately Good, though Green Leader himself has shades of Neutral (and I don't mean his sunglasses) They don't really live anywhere, since their one home base was compromised, and now they wander space in an ancient UFO. It's a long story. Personalities:*Green Leader is hot-headed and foul-mouthed *Black Muscle is reserved and verbose *Red Gunner takes the least kindly to betrayal out of all of them *Yellow Jammer is chipper and optimistic *Blue Ninja is quick to making witty retorts and is strangely obsessed with the 1980s/90s despite the story taking place in 22XX A.D. (though I guess that last part doesn't come up in the story itself that often) Goal(s): To liberate Earth from alien rule That's to keep things "short". I'd put additional info here, but at that point I might as well figure out how to upload the actual comics I've made (which I'm not comfortable doing at this time)
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Please pardon how self-indulgent this is, I had a rough weekend and several lapses of judgement to get to this point:  Anyway, GRETA used COACHING!I was originally going to make the Sandslash Bug Tera-type, but that proved to be difficult. Never mind Greta's never had a Sandslash and probably doesn't even exist in the current timeline herself. I just wanted to draw something cute, and considering my current art block, I'll take what I can get at the moment. Critiques? Concerns? Curious to see more? Because I can only think of one other recent Pokémon-related thing (which, incidentally, is also Hoenn-related). Stay tuned! Or don't, I'm not your father.EDIT3: I'm not sure how much of it is better or worse, but I made some tweaks to Greta and Sandslash:  I feel like the other hand is just hovering there, and it's bothering me more than when it wasn't there at all... ....Aaaaand her arm is WAY too long in both pictures. I give up lol EDIT: I don't know about the rest of you, but I've always liked Registeel the best out of the three Regis:  ...and you should all support its musical endeavors. (This is actually a remake of a much older drawing I did; I'd like to think I've come a long way since those days, although that top hat still leaves much to be desired...) Also noticing something wrong with that first pic, but I don't exactly have time/patience to edit and reupload it right now. EDIT2: Okay, last one for now:  Just a perfectly normal Elite Four challenge at Unova! I'd honestly be surprised if anyone here understood what I'm referencing without looking it up.
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Shout out to the troops still posting and keeping the spirit alive <3
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the name rater's been busy since before i signed up, you're gonna be around a while haha
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This has been a banger of a forum, ngl. Plenty of good memories, plenty of summers spent posting here when I was younger.
Lurking the Discord's fun, of course, but you can't go wrong with a good ol' forum.
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« Last post by Milsap on April 10, 2024, 15:58 »
Thought I'd check in after not being in here in forever. Nice to see it's still around.
It occurred to me recently I've been a member here for 20 years now.
TWENTY
T W E N T Y
I've been registered here longer than I was old when I signed up... If that makes any sense. 13 when signed up, 33 now and various responsibilites have kicked in seeing as I own a house now and that's something I definitely wasn't considering when I joined. And there's jobs to work and incomes to manage and bills to pay and all that stuff.
Anyway, back to work!
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« Last post by Fuzzyneko on February 15, 2024, 00:56 »
Funny, I registered just to share all the names I've come up with, but I got to 2 before their inbox was filled. It's gonna take a while to get through this list  Requests unanswered for years and the “ratings” are absolutley abysmal.
This is just proof namerater has a life outside of reading and responding to terrible names.
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