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    June 11th: XY076 - The Wind, the Egg and the Noibat!

    Ash isn't a type specialist like the Elite 4. Flying types have terrible visual aesthetic and wind up looking more or the less the same. Fletchinder and Hawlucha are both birds but have different body shaping. Hawlucha and Noibat/vern have different species but similar body shaping. So yes it's...
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    June 11th: XY076 - The Wind, the Egg and the Noibat!

    It's not a weak spot. Frankly the only mon who really was robbed of screentime was Palpitoad. Ash had more Pokemon, type coverage, and diverse characters than ever seen previously. Oh Ash regressed a rank after the league where he combined both old and new Pokemon. So what you're saying saying...
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    June 11th: XY076 - The Wind, the Egg and the Noibat!

    Pokemon are blank states until written. Literally anything can be chosen for his roster. And there's nothing wrong with seek a specific mon or type since that's his job as a trainer. Which were plotted battles with a point a payoff. Battle against Brock? It makes sense because he had to weaken...
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    June 11th: XY076 - The Wind, the Egg and the Noibat!

    In terms of team creation it was. Yes planning your team and catching for counters is compelling. No he does not win by type alone, you're the one who's making insinuation. Having a team in terms of rounded types doesn't lead to victory, but it does demonstrate he's being genre savvy. And this...
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    June 11th: XY076 - The Wind, the Egg and the Noibat!

    Which is is still subpar coverage. Don't forget Kanto and Unova, chum ;) Infernape was the only really good thing about his Sinnoh team. Everyone else bland and uninspired Strategy and challenge come from facing adversity when there is no other option. By making natural disadvantage become the...
  6. L

    June 11th: XY076 - The Wind, the Egg and the Noibat!

    No Greninja yet. Even if that is the case, 3/5 of them would share a weakness to Fairy (assuming Frogadier evolves) with only two non-STAB moves as backup, as well as 3/5 being weak to Electric with nothing but a type resistance. Noibat only adds another weakness to the team that only it can...
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    June 11th: XY076 - The Wind, the Egg and the Noibat!

    That sounds unfortunate. Writing with no challenges, bite, or anything meaningful. Game mechanic and practical go hand in hand. It doesn't always need to, but it should be a consideration.
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    June 11th: XY076 - The Wind, the Egg and the Noibat!

    The part you're ignoring is that he has other Pokemon in the roster. Because he has a more balanced team that can cover each other's weaknesses. Totodile vs. a Raichu? Here comes Phanpy to save the day! Heracross vs. a Slugma? Thanks Totodile and Phanpy! Each of those weakness has a backup...
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    June 11th: XY076 - The Wind, the Egg and the Noibat!

    Still stacking your deck into one type a is terrible. Being a wall does not make you a counter. A literally means your fighting back against. At this time, the Noibat's only effective counter is a Solar Beam which still leave it vulnerable due to charging. And as I've stated before, writing...
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    June 11th: XY076 - The Wind, the Egg and the Noibat!

    With rotation, Ice did not dominate half of his Johto roster. Also his current Pokemon do not cover their weaknesses yet. His Fletchinder and Frogadier are an example of good backup, but that's it. The others with Noibat included (assuming typing since attacks are currently unknown) have a...
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    June 11th: XY076 - The Wind, the Egg and the Noibat!

    Being Neutral does not cover a weakness. The fact is, their shared typing leads to terrible defensesince opponents only need three types of attacks to wipe out half of his team (keep in mind 2 of those Pokemon have 4x weakness) while still giving Ash a terrible type spread. His team's lack of...
  12. L

    June 11th: XY076 - The Wind, the Egg and the Noibat!

    Because they share weaknesses and their shared typing makes them share too many features, so I see minimal variety when I look at his team now.
  13. L

    June 11th: XY076 - The Wind, the Egg and the Noibat!

    You're misunderstanding the message. Those sentences were referring to the following: ->That point was addressing Solar Beam's usefulness as a Grass substitute. ->That's still only neutral, nothing strong. Why is there nothing strong, because he's getting too many flying types.
  14. L

    June 11th: XY076 - The Wind, the Egg and the Noibat!

    That point was addressing Solar Beam's usefulness as a Grass substitute. That's still only neutral, nothing strong. Why is there nothing strong, because he's getting too many flying types. One of which is gone now (and it was a pseudo legendary a.k.a. the ones who are inherently strong), so he...
  15. L

    June 11th: XY076 - The Wind, the Egg and the Noibat!

    No, not really.
  16. L

    June 11th: XY076 - The Wind, the Egg and the Noibat!

    And as a guy who didn't like Sinnoh, that reiterates my point. True but Unova had a much larger capture pool, making the ratio of recurring types less significant. How is it new? It's another flying type and an obvious replacement dragon type. If Ash sent in Pikachu against another Electric...
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    June 11th: XY076 - The Wind, the Egg and the Noibat!

    Nothing for for those Water/Ground type though. Also the only Pokemon with Stab in that list would be Frogadier and Fletchinder. It's annoying because Ash's is vulnerable to electric attack and frankly should've been annihilated by Clemont.
  18. L

    June 11th: XY076 - The Wind, the Egg and the Noibat!

    It's still really boring and repetitive to have 3 pokemon of the same type on his team.
  19. L

    June 11th: XY076 - The Wind, the Egg and the Noibat!

    Goodra's gone and Noibat is yet another Flying type.
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    June 11th: XY076 - The Wind, the Egg and the Noibat!

    I really, really want Ash to catch a Phantump so he can: A. Have a grass type B. Have a ghost type (a first official capture for him) C. Not have a new Pokemon this generation weak to Electric attacks.
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