Words Of Wisdom said:
Gnizmo said:
Words Of Wisdom said:
Gnizmo said:
I do have a few things to say about the misconception of legendaries though. For the most part they are not actually all that much better than the normal ones. Yes you have a good bit that are broken, but those are still relatively low compared to the total number of pokemon. I do agree they seem to be adding them at an obscene rate, but the truly broken ones aren't all that bad. |
Actually, they are. If you ever check out the competitive scene for pokemon, you'll find that legends and pseudo-legends dominate the uber tier of pokemon battles. That's not just a coincidence. Their base stats and abilities often make them far more brutal than other pokemon and thanks to Platinum's move tutors allowing just about any pokemon to learn some devastating attacks... legends have become even stronger.
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You have pokemon like Giratina (both forms), Arceus, Shaymin Skye Forme, Dark Rai, Palkia, and Dialga which are all broken admittedly. But you also have pokemon like the varios trios (Zapdos, Uxie, Raikou et al), Shaymin, Crecellia, Heatran, and every single pseudo legendary outside of Garchomp. Yes the legendaries dominate the uber tier, but there are a lot of legendaries that fall outside of that. Hell Articuno is seen as completely unusable in competitive play, and it has the same 580 (600?) stat total a lot of legendaries have. I never claimed all legendaries are balanced, but to pretend they are all broken is equally absurd. The pseudo legendaries are not broken for 90% of the cases.
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Not much else to expect from a bird that can be OHKO'd by Stone Edge and has barely any type coverage.
Really though, what are you arguing here? You admit that legendaries dominate the uber tier which was my point (as well as part of the OU tier) and then turn around to say that "to pretend they are all broken is equally absurd" which is something I never did. I'm not really quite sure what your point is.
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My point is exactly what I originally posted. Calling all legendaries broken is non-sense, and they do not come close to dominating the tournament scene. Did you miss that part of the OP?
The real question is what was your point? Other than pointing out something I had mentioned in my post, and making factually incorrect additions like pseudo legendaries being prevealent in the Uber Tier (For the peanut gallery: There are as many baby Pokemon as pseudo legendaries in the Uber tier). They float up to the OU tier commonly, but still make up a minority in it. Yes they are good, but no they don't really have a huge impact on the tournament scene.
And I really don't expect much more from Articuno. The only one of any legendary trio to consistently place in the OU tier is Zapdos, and that is because it has a really good type combination, and a good stat distribution. It just easily supports my argument and was the first one I checked on. I wouldn't be surprised to find Moltres or a few others down there as well.
