Official Pokemon Discussion Thread

[KickAsh]

Heracross is sadly better than Pinsir in a lot of ways ).

It's all about that dual typing!
If it makes you feel better, though, Heracross is in UU, so it's only one tier up from Pinsir's domain in NU.

 

[R_N]

It's all about that dual typing!
If it makes you feel better, though, Heracross is in UU, so it's only one tier up from Pinsir's domain in NU.

RU, actually. NU will be determined later

Being separated by tiers is kind of a big deal, though. Furret is also one tier away from Heracross, for example.

 

[KickAsh]

RU, actually. NU will be determined later

Being separated by tiers is kind of a big deal, though. Furret is also one tier away from Heracross, for example.

Oh right I forgot about that fancy-pants new tier.

Well, Pinsir > Furret. Within the NU tier, Pinsir (probably) receives more usage than Furret, so Pinsir is closer to Heracross than Furret is.
Yeah but still. NU and RU are still pretty far apart, I see your point.

 

[Dattebayo]

NU is the worst place for a Pokemon to end up in as it would mean that newcomers to competitive play will avoid it as possible because they only care about strong Pokemon, who happen to be those in OU.

 

[Typhlosionvsworld]

NU is the worst place for a Pokemon to end up in as it would mean that newcomers to competitive play will avoid it as possible because they only care about strong Pokemon, who happen to be those in OU.

There aren't that many Pokemon in NU.
Some that come to mind are Ledian, Audino, and Unown, for obvious reasons

 

[Dattebayo]

There aren't that many Pokemon in NU.
Some that come to mind are Ledian, Audino, and Unown, for obvious reasons

In Gen 4, there were more Pokemon in NU than the amount of Pokemon in OU and UU combined. I expect Gen 5's NU to be so big that it makes it feel like this is the worst gen ever.

 

[The Oncoming Storm]

alot of people only play NU and whats this new RU tier

 

[Toge Tamer]

In Gen 4, there were more Pokemon in NU than the amount of Pokemon in OU and UU combined. I expect Gen 5's NU to be so big that it makes it feel like this is the worst gen ever.

Hence why there's a new tier, RU.

 

[PokemonOwn]

I quite like playing NU. Heatmor and Audino come to mind, from this Gen. Pinsir, I like.

 

[SasakiThePikachu]

NU is the worst place for a Pokemon to end up in as it would mean that newcomers to competitive play will avoid it as possible because they only care about strong Pokemon, who happen to be those in OU.

Maybe those newcomers should think for themselves about what Pokemon they want to use rather than having to be told what's strong and what's not, hm?

I agree with Witchan. A pokemon's strength and viability - yeah, even in competitive play - is much more than just this 'tier' grouping that some fans sadly seem to have taken as gospel. I've used pokemon both in-game and in wifi battles that I believe most Smogon players would class in the lower tiers (Houndoom, Lantern, Floatzel, Jumpluff, Lapras, Nidoqueen), and they've kicked butt. Sometimes a rubbish-seeming poke can surprise you if you just train it well and give it a chance.

 

[Dattebayo]

Hence why there's a new tier, RU.

RU just brings more ridicule to the lower tiered Pokemon.

 

[poix_the_yak]

Know what I just discovered? POKEMON STOLE MY NAME!!
I was looking at an old sprite thread I'd made in 2009, one of my fakemon was called "Trankwil". It was tge "Peaceful porcupine" pokemon. I'm betting you anything that nintendo came here and stole it and said, "Let's misspell it and make it a different species so Skyler 99 won't sue us!"
That's what happened, thanks for listening.

 

[NeohopeSTF]

Not matter tier its in i can kick butt with my stunfisk.

 

[R_N]

RU just brings more ridicule to the lower tiered Pokemon.

Well would you rather NU be even bigger mess than it was last time?

At least people like and actively play RU

 

[Shine]

NU is an odd name, to be honest.

People sometimes play NU, which completely contradicts the name (Never Used)

 

[R_N]

NU is an odd name, to be honest.

People sometimes play NU, which completely contradicts the name (Never Used)

Well comparatively never used. Name gets the point across easily enough.

Though, iirc, NU was never that popular of a tier in general (a trait it ironically shared with Ubers)

 

[Cassiopeia]

Gah...so many tiers
Im looking forward to MU (Moderately Used) next gen -______-

 

[NeohopeSTF]

TU
To used?

 

[Shine]

TU
To used?

If you meant "too used", that would be Over Used (OU)




anyway, random thought that suits this thread:

I wonder why they didn't give Articuno & Zapdos the move Air Slash just like Moltres....

 

[Dattebayo]

I wonder why they didn't give Articuno & Zapdos the move Air Slash just like Moltres....

They probably didn't want to make them too difficult to catch.