gamrConnect Pokemon League

[lestatdark]

lurkerwithnosoul said:

lestatdark said:

lurkerwithnosoul said:

Let's see if i can participate in time. But it will be hard now with Portal 2 eating my gaming time. :p

 

And btw, why are Victini and Celebi banned, are they broke?

All legendaries are banned. Not that they're particulary broke (as their base stats are at the same level of the pseudo-legendaries), but mostly because of abusive signature moves, like Victini's Searing Shot, Jirachi's Doom Desire and so on. 

No, that doesn't mean they are broken. A good example of what is broke is the first two Pokémon in your sig.

 

- Good sweeping power

- Excelent coverage

- good stats

That doesn't mean they are broke too, they are just effective.

And, unlike most legendaries with similar stats, Garchomp and Salamence have effective counters against them, given their 4x Weakness to Ice. 

One could also argue that Celebi and Victini also have good sweeping power, Victini especially, since at 100 Base Speed, there are not a lot of pokemon that can outspeed it, and Searing Shot has enough power to OHKO a lot of pokemon, even when it's not a super effective move (I used it during my entire White main story playthrough). 

So you get a great pokemon, with an unique move that can give it an huge edge over the rest. Anyway, that's the way I see it, so it's basically just my opinion. Legendaries are also mostly banned during Shoddy Battle rules and even in-game (Battle Frontier, Battle Station) they find themselves banned as well.

Just an heads-up though...I wouldn't worry too much about Garchomp and Salamence, they're not the real threat of my team. For that, there's Hydreigon and Haxorus