Recent content by ThePokeCorral

In light of what was established above about the 70 power high crit rate moves not being that strong (worth less than a 75 power pure damage move according to Devalue), do you still think Sharpness is too strong? Assuming Devalue's math is correct, I'm thinking I might actually have this...

On a side note, I'm curious whether anyone can figure out what animal this Pokemon is based on, knowing the following things I've revealed: It is a Water/Fighting type. It comes in two varieties, one of which "punches" and the other has "sharp" claws. It can have Compound Eyes. It learns...

I knew that there were a bunch with less power than 70; I meant I couldn't think of ones besides Leaf Blade and Crabhammer that had more power. I had forgotten how strong Drill Run was. That's about what I thought. Okay, so, with the 70 power high crit rate moves not being as strong as I...

I only have time for a quick reply right now, so I'll just respond to this part and read the math later: I believe you, but in that case, why is 70 such a popular power for high crit rate moves, including new moves like Aqua Cutter? Why aren't there more on the level of Leaf Blade? Apart from...

I don't follow your math. Putting the question more simply. With all other things being equal (STAB, type effectiveness, ability boosts or lack thereof), how much base power does a pure damage move need to be on par with Aqua Cutter or Razor Shell? Whatever that number is, the answer to my...

I don't have my laptop right now, but I think I gave it a Speed somewhere between 80 and 100, and an Attack of 120. I don't claim to be any good at balancing Pokemon's stats, though. Just about every stay spread I came up with for my game comes with the caveat that, if I were to actually try to...

Scizor already gets 60 power Bullet Punch with Technician. I believe this is considered good, but not OP. This is what I meant when I asked if GameFreak maybe should have buffed Iron Fist by now. Note that Strong Jaw was also originally a signature ability, for Tyrantrum, which gets no STAB...

I can't think of any that noone's mentioned already. I'll point out a couple of things that some of you may not have considered, though. Apparently Steam Engine actually saw some success in competitive, via triggering it on purpose with an Ally's weak Surf while also damaging the opponents...

Important question: What is this move's priority level? All existing moves that switch the target out, whether they do damage or not, have -6 priority, which is the slowest priority outside of Trick Room. The reason for this is because if you successfully switch an opponent out before it gets a...

Okay, so I was straight up wrong about Tough Claws, mea culpa there. I don't think I agree about Focus Punch, as I consider that move's drawback to be pretty severe; I'd put it on par with having 50% accuracy if not lower. I will grant though that Drain Punch could become a problem. I will...

Most abilities that boost the power of a subset of moves boost those moves by 50%, like Strong Jaw and Sharpness. Iron Fist boosts punching moves by 20%. Yes, that's not a typo, 20%; not 30%, which is what intuitively makes much more sense to me for a "lesser" boost, 20%. Am I the only one who...

I feel as though part of your definition of "Gym Leader" is that they have to be boring. To me the only defining characteristic of a Gym Leader is that they're a boss who you fight for the sake of getting a Badge in order to enter the League. Their team can be whatever you want so long as they...

I don't think that the question of whether a game is sticking to this so-called "stale formula" is tied to whether it has Gyms or not. I think it's a question of what else the game does. I think that it's possible to use the formula but make the formula not be stale anymore. Fan games like...

So, the Gym Leader has a single type inviting the player to try to exploit that, but then the battle has a magic rule that says their Pokemon are immune to super effective hits every other turn? IMO that sounds like a cop out, especially since, again, Pokemon has the tools to be strategically...

So, it's not the Gym Leaders or the Gyms themselves that you don't like, it's the overall game structure of progression being centered around collecting 8 badges, is that it? I would agree, except that I assume the reason why Gen 8 went back to the traditional formula is because the majority of...