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It's legit mindboggling seeing so many people complain about stall given the tools we have+nerfed recovery pp. We could have Mega Rayquaza in OU and you people would still struggle against stall, it's not a Pokemon issue, it's a you issue.

@Luke I told you me breeding 3 Gallades was going to get it banned.

Maybe they though Scolipede could switch into Sacred Sword and set up on it? I'm trying to rationalize it.

252+ Atk Gallade Leaf Blade vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Slowbro: 112-132 (55.4 - 65.3%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery Regenerator Slowbro has left the chat

There's no such thing as "Gallade answers" that can be added. I don't know if the devs had a fanfic solution to their fanfic-caused issue but if we limit it to gen 5 nothing outside of dropping every legendary would fix it without causing another even bigger issue.

Le stall players are le crying is such a dumb argument because you can quite simply stick a Sableye in your team to deal with it. Gallade is worse for something like bulky offense or balance.

They are not removing something they coded in, that much is blatant.

Lads are bargaining pretty hard just so they can use Darkrai against Bugcatcher Steve

You can have more than 1 Jirachi, it's an insanely versatile mon.

Honestly I don't think there's a single thing that can be added that'd make Gallade ok. On the offensive side you'd have to add a myriad of Pokemon to raise the general speed tier of the tier as well as somewhat outclass it with other Pokemon like the musketeers. On the defensive side, everything gets cooked by it. You say Cresselia but in reality people who played with it know its longevity isn't that high and it's pretty passive, a Tyranitar who is very commonly paired with fighting types would switch in and Pursuit it every day to keep it low, and even then. 252+ Atk Gallade Night Slash vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Cresselia: 82-98 (36.1 - 43.1%) -- guaranteed 3HKO Hopefully you don't get critted with the high crit rate move or get caught by a CB TTar pursuit which deals around 60%. Even if let's say Gallade hits it with the wrong move on the switch, it doesn't really do much against Gallade 0 SpA Cresselia Psyshock vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Gallade: 51-61 (35.6 - 42.6%) -- guaranteed 3HKO is the absolute best it can do outside of status which means it gets its fair share of leeway to switch out, stay and switch moves if AV or do any other thing it feels like. Cool, Tangrowth gets to take a hit from it and then what? Giga Drain sucks ass and doesn't really threaten it and you're forced to switch out to recover after two hits. The best you can do is Stun Spore I guess. 252+ Atk Gallade Sacred Sword vs. 248 HP / 252+ Def Tangrowth: 76-91 (36.8 - 44.1%) -- guaranteed 3HKO. Removing Sacred Sword like Caio says seems like a good option but it doesn't really fix the fundamental problem of "Oh my opponent just sent out Gallade, what do I do?"

Roll back the Darkrai and give everyone a perma Cresselia lel

Yeah I also believe it's about time it's suspected. Realistically speaking nothing you add will ever satisfyingly deal with Gallade. Even if we somehow got a Cresselia pinned at the very end of the event it's way too passive to make any difference. I think Caio's idea of removing Sacred Sword from it would be a fairly good solution.

I'm hoping there's a few more HAs cooking

I'm liking them because certain unviable badmons or sets you'd never use or see anywhere get to shine here. Heal Block saved our ass vs Absol, my shitty Camerupt I bred when I larped as a monotype player back in 2015 ate the Galvantula for breakfast, a friend's Shiftry was the MVP vs Mandibuzz, etc.

you lads are so chuuni

Don't

I absolutely am, cheers

The one Halloween event that made me scared, phew.

Oh it seems the Chinese investor really wanted the nightmare shadow edge elf, nevermind, here goes all semblance of balance.

It's a Hydreigon with Weavile speed and Serperior bulk, it also learns Psychic to slap said fighting types. It'd be the dumbest addition possible.

Same, I beat every raid before

It 100% is

We should never ever ever ever be getting Darkrai given the clause of not adding obvious ubers.

My only complaint is that sometimes you go for a strat in raids just to find out that it's useless for some hard coded reason. Like your buffs being cleared or Defog not working.

Rotten Scent (Unova) is in Castelia specifically