Hi!! I dont play much uu but since theres little discussion i have some earnest opinions about scald!
as someone who derives endless enjoyment from sitting alone in his room, flipping coins for the thrill of seeing what happens, im gonna say i miss the excitement of getting scald burns. i cant imagine a better way for a battle to be decided than RNGs cranking out 30% chances - what a rush! Some say scald burns remove "skill" from the game, but that's overrated... i want to be able to spam a move and get crippling burns to win instead of "predicting" or "outplaying" during my fites.
also the scaldless ladder is much harder to play on - sooo many threats are broken now! dragons absolutely ruin my day when i have out my uninvested bulky water with three moves - some good users tell me to run ice beam or roar but that's not cool, i want to be able to spam 1 move for the threat of crippling hax, "covering typical threats in the meta with coverage moves" is gay and annoyingly gay. everyone knows scald is a 100% counter to dragons - you always get the burn! not like there's ever a situation where a game comes down to "if i get the scald burn i win if i dont i get fucked in the ass with a PVC pipe by the haxorus i've let get to +3 +3"! also i miss switching in heracross to try and get burns - i read a risk vs. reward article in the smog once, isnt that what they were talking about???
i'll finally say walls are too broken when scald doesnt exist. without scald, users cannot beat florges with empoleon, and the whole meta is fucked if that's impossible:
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/fusx-ou-2476
it's not like a vast proportion of the A-rank viability ranking mons are wallbreakers or something!! hydreigon m-beedrill chandy m-snow and all those other mons are shit dont use them lol!
finally i'd like to admonish those uppity tier leaders for having the temerity to even create a ladder without scald. as someone who has twice beaten the pokemon: black edition elite 4 on "hard mode" and shitposted on smogon over 55 times, i feel qualified to say i understand the tiering process better than you guys and know for a fact moves and game features that make the game "uncompetitive" and "luck-based" (not even real words lolol!!) have never been ever evaluated on smogon. free moody you assholes!!