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naznatips on 14 June 2009
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Khuutra said:
naznatips said:

@ Khuutra the "handful of Pokemon" in OU is over 75, and there is an entirely different metagame for UU which numbers well over 150, and each of these Pokemon has multiple possible strategies of varrying complexities. Again, ignorance is not something you want to show in public. Your condescending comments about the strategies imply it's something learned overnight, but new ones are created constantly, and there are already hundreds of basic strategies which can be tweaked into infinite detail based on the player's preference. Please take the same advice I gave Montana.

I can see that I have failed to make myself clear.

The limited options available to a Pokemon team and the limited scope in which battles can take place is what limits the game strategically. The reason the tier is called "Over Used" is... well, you get the idea. More, the "75" number is misleading in that each of your 6 Pokemon has to fit into specific niches in order to be competitively viable. All the options in the world don't matter once you identify the specific roles that a Pokemon is set down in order to play.

Pokemon's simplicity does not mean that the metagame is simplistic. It just means that the complexity of the metagame arises out of the application of game theory, not anything inherent to the mechanics of the game itself.

Don't misunderstand me: the metagame for Pokemon is indeed complex, and the game theory involved can take a while to learn. However, the core mechanics are still exceedingly simple. Nothing is going to change this fact.

Now you're just making stuff up. What roles? This isn't an MMO... we don't come equipped with tanks and healers. There are some "set strategies" like speed boost + baton pass or Salac + Sub + Belly Drum, but there are dozens of these alone, and some of the better players don't use any of these. Some teams are just made up of their own unique mixes of offense and defense, or creative uses of individual moves. There is no template for a Pokemon team. Please stop this discussion, as it's only going to get worse for you.