Hi. So Valmanway told me this is how to submit a smog article, and that the way to do so would be that I typed up the first paragraph to the smog article + a brief explanation. I hope I did this right e.e
So basically, my article is what the title states. It's not about mega evolutions, as you may think, but how some Pokemon such as Dragalge were gifted with new abilities such as Adaptability and such, and how it affected the metagame. So here is the first paragraph of the article:
The transition to Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire was most famous for introducing multiple Mega Evolutions. However, what people tend to overlook is how Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire introduced new move tutors, made move combinations legal, and introduced new hidden abilities to Pokemon who were once obscure to the competitive scene. This changed the metagame a lot. In fact, some Pokemon who simply just did not have that one trait that they needed to become amazing finally got it with the transition. For instance, Mega Gyarados lacked a powerful Dark-type STAB attack, forcing it to rely on either Bounce or Earthquake for coverage, or the weak Bite if it was forced to use a Dark-type STAB. However, with the transition into Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, Mega Gyarados was gifted with the amazing move in Crunch, which gives it a great STAB combination and shot it to the top of the viability rankings. Without further ado, lets explore these new traits!
I'm not sure if I did this correctly right, so please tell me if there are any mistakes.
edit: boltsandbombers will be working on this with me
So basically, my article is what the title states. It's not about mega evolutions, as you may think, but how some Pokemon such as Dragalge were gifted with new abilities such as Adaptability and such, and how it affected the metagame. So here is the first paragraph of the article:
The transition to Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire was most famous for introducing multiple Mega Evolutions. However, what people tend to overlook is how Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire introduced new move tutors, made move combinations legal, and introduced new hidden abilities to Pokemon who were once obscure to the competitive scene. This changed the metagame a lot. In fact, some Pokemon who simply just did not have that one trait that they needed to become amazing finally got it with the transition. For instance, Mega Gyarados lacked a powerful Dark-type STAB attack, forcing it to rely on either Bounce or Earthquake for coverage, or the weak Bite if it was forced to use a Dark-type STAB. However, with the transition into Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, Mega Gyarados was gifted with the amazing move in Crunch, which gives it a great STAB combination and shot it to the top of the viability rankings. Without further ado, lets explore these new traits!
I'm not sure if I did this correctly right, so please tell me if there are any mistakes.
edit: boltsandbombers will be working on this with me
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