Seems pretty balanced right now, still think xerneas should drop a rank!
yveltal is quite an excellent pokemon. if you shut down xerneas, you have a very good pokemon capable of support, offense, mixed, physical, special, and a variety of other roles.Completely agreeing with this. Upon using Yveltal in a recent team, it quickly became apparent to me that this is an excellent Pokémon. Good matchup vs. the Primals, Ray and Dialga (which is only improved with the presence of Thundurus, by the way) thanks to its exceptional bulk, good speed, Foul Play/Snarl, a multitude of theoretically-viable sets, and overall effectiveness in so many matchups make it worthy of the A-ranking in my eyes.
Pikachu is Pikachu, It dies to anything and has terrible speed. Sure it has all of those perks but in the end it is just like golduck, it does one thing and it does it terribly.im actually going to suggest special light ball pikachu as a C or D rank having lightning rod helps protect primal kyorge from one of his weakness and considering the amount of thunder wave spam in this meta at plus 0 he can OHKO PDON with hidden power water and thunder does a lot of damage to primal kyorge now pikachu does need support but after absorbing a few electric attacks this little guy is a glass cannon and a scary one at that if you don't out speed keep in mind pikachu needs the rain to wok
HP Water really isn't that good because in order to use it you need to have Kyogre out and Groudon likely won't stay in anyway. Due to Thunder and HP Water you rely on rain alot which makes you very weak to opposing Groudons and Rayquazas. Your calcs are also on relevant at +1 which you often will not have. Overall just using Thundurus or Raichu is better because they have better speed tiers and good supportive options.so sure being able to OHKO PDOn in the rain is is useless now is it as well as stopping thunder wave and electric attacks from hitting allied pokemon like a thunder on a primal kyorge and in return
+1 252 SpA Light Ball Pikachu Hidden Power Water vs. 252 HP / 200 SpD Primal Groudon in Heavy Rain: 308-364 (148.7 - 175.8%) -- guaranteed OHKO
+1 252 SpA Light Ball Pikachu Thunder vs. 172 HP / 0 SpD Primal Kyogre: 212-252 (107.6 - 127.9%) -- guaranteed OHKO
+1 252 SpA Light Ball Pikachu Thunder vs. 248 HP / 8 SpD Yveltal: 320-378 (137.9 - 162.9%) -- guaranteed OHKO
+1 252 SpA Light Ball Pikachu Thunder vs. 184 HP / 0 SpD Xerneas: 160-190 (71.4 - 84.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
+1 252 SpA Light Ball Pikachu Thunder vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Thundurus: 190-225 (123.3 - 146.1%) -- guaranteed OHKO
as you can see pikachu is far from useless once he absorbs a bit of juice even at plus 0 pikachu has a 93% chance to OHKO Pdon your right hes not for everyone
If we're just going to rank something because it's a niche, and a terrible niche at that, then we might as well throw in another 100 or so niche mons that only have one purpose and don't do it well enough to be considered a good option in any team that isn't built around it.may i just remind you that i said pikachu is a niche pokemon thats why hes down low a C-D
For once I agree with you. Pikachu is a mon with a terrible niche, and shouldn't be ranked at all. Case closed, move on.Why the fuck are we even discussing about Pikachu, ignore and move on
Because we are respectfully replying to his question about why pikachu isn't on the list already and allowing him to understand basic meta game knowledge that he may lack.Why the fuck are we even discussing about Pikachu, ignore and move on
OkBecause we are respectfully replying to his question about why pikachu isn't on the list already and allowing him to understand basic meta game knowledge that he may lack.
It's less that it's used for it's offensive capabilities and more that it's used for the utility and support it provides. Essentially, it's Crobat but with actual attacks: It can carry Taunt, Tailwind and Quick Guard but also has priority and an option for removing Ferrothorn in Flare Blitz. It's a member of Big Six because of these qualities and I don't see it dropping any time soon. It does different things to Mence and Ray so I wouldn't call it outclassed.Also idk why Talon is so fucking high either. Do you really think it's as good as Mence or Ray? lol