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That's perfectly fine with me. I was planning on doing something similar to be honest. We can return here as soon as Sun and Moon becomes spoiler-free to talk about the changes in tiers and whatnot.

I'll make a compilation within spoilers about what people have already suggested for certain pokemon. Loading... Torracat - by Chase Incineroar - by Chase Bewear - by Lord Chespin Tsareena - by Chase

Generations has it's own lucky episode.

The electoral college is an undemocratic group, created under the false pretext that it offers protection to scarcely populated states from denser areas. An arbitrary change in preference for the next president would merely convince the people of the redundancy of the electoral college institution. "Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others", according to Winston S. Churchill. That does not mean the system itself is inherently flawed, rather the voterbase comprises of large numbers of uninformed, uneducated, and biased people who often refute logical arguments by turning to tradition and/or personal religious beliefs. The root of the problem is the lack of pluralism, which indirectly stems from the voting system that leads to extreme polarization, and regards a third-party vote as a wasted one. Thus, electoral systems applied elsewhere (that being mainly Europe), in which a coalition of parties to form a government and an absolute proportional system to elect politicians helps alleviate the extreme facets of such issues. Change does not only reflect in the President-elect's personal judgement, but on the power their peers have on legislative affairs. That said, no man rules alone. As Chase has pointed out, the choice of representatives in the cabinet is at best alarming. Names such as Bannon, Carson, Guillany and Sessions need no extensive background check to verify their unsuitability. The statements of a neurosurgeon that defy facts on neurology further strengthened by recent metanalyses, simply to promote their own (religious/ideological) agenda, should eliminate such a person from candidacy in a position of power, not to mention the ministry of education. The fact that USA dodged that bullet not because of the President-elect's change in mind, but Carson's personal denial of the position, irks me personally, as it shows complete lack of judgement and total disregard to the scientific and medical community. To further elaborate on that, and allow the topic to get a bit sidetracked from the course it seemed to take the last 2 pages (and because it seems the discussion is about to go in circles), I believe it's of essence to shed more light upon the ministers and secretaries (aka Keys of Power) with whom Trump is forming his government. As stated before, his inexperience on the field will leave him inable to form a central management in which he will supervise every decision where the ministers simply counsel him, so understanding the people he will base his 'service' on will give us a better understanding of "what really comes next", not only in terms of foreign affairs, but mainly in regards to the changes in the internal system.

As it happens with every new generation, the OU tier is made pretty lax in order for the community to shape it back, after the appropriate Bans, movements between the tiers, and complex bans/limitations are put in place. So, the first news is the OU BANLIST for the early period of SM, with some surprizing things to notice. For all interested, check the spoiler.

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Technically Arena Trap is one of the best abilities a pokemon can have. Therefore, yes I agree.

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Wait a bit. I'm in the middle of teambuilding, but I'm also trying to explain why I do each step, so you don't get lost. This is what I've made of your team. In the end, the only changes in pokemon are: Togekiss --> Replaced by Landorus-Therian Arcanine --> Replaced by Volcanion The rest are changes in movesets and EV spreads. Importable if you have further questions and need help, don't hesitate to ask

You should make a team, post it the right way in the RMT subforum so we can help you in detail. I will assume that's what you want to do with your team, so I will use the first one and step-by-step make my proposals that will help you improve it. Make sure to read the Teambuilding Tutorials we upload from time to time. It's a work in progress, but it will help amateurs such as yourself become better, all the while using their favorite pokemon. Right now your team looks like this Time for our last spot on the team. You need something that can take a few special hits, and hit back hard. Usually I place a Fairy type here, but given the circumstances I might consider Volcanion. Suprizingly, it shares only Electric as its weakness with Starmie, and you already have Serperior, Magnezone and Lando-T to take those. Given seldom someone uses a physical electric move, T-Tar can also tank them, courtesy of Sandstorm's boost to SpDef by 1.5 . Therefore a wallbreaker of that caliber might actually be of use here. Slap an Ass Vest on it to make it more durable and voila your team is ready to go. Volcanion @ Assault Vest Ability: Water Absorb EVs: 248 HP / 252 SpA / 8 SpD Modest Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Steam Eruption - Flamethrower - Sludge Wave - Earth Power As it's evident, it needs no speed to do its job, only power. The EVs of the last one are experimental since this is the first time I make this set. Feel free to tell me if this works best for you. I'm curious since I tried to make it work based on what you gave us. I think I did a good job there.

I found it randomly around 2011 but for some reason didn't decide to play. It was around 2013 that I decided to return to pokemon and play competitively, so after some months, I discovered the game through a facebook page, where a friend of mine made a discussion post. Aparently more people had already been playing and I was missing out. I was about to work abroad for the whole summer, and the apartment I rented did not have internet access (neither did I have a smartphone). I downloaded Ep.12 and this was my main means of entertainment during my time at home (which ended up being extensive in the end, given my limited resources and how addicting the game is). The rest is history.

I don't remember if it's when you start or when you end Ep.16, but a message appears that tells you which site to visit to ask questions etc...

-4 And petition for people to be able to vote once per day only.

Is that change confirmed? I really want someone to comment on what is legit and what's not. I'm getting a bit confused. As for Diancie, it's still a good move to keep Protect due to how frail the pokemon is. Besides, that helps slow shit like Beedrill more than it should, given it could do wonders with a 4th offensive move or something more dangerous like Leech Life (recent boost to 80BP) or Swords Dance.

That is not certain. However, I would like to encourage all to continue tier and metagame discussion here as it would be more appropriate. We will be expecting drastic changes in the tiers come December, yet November just came in with some surprizing results. In my opinion Dodrio will rise up to UU and stay there, as Staraptor can do things better up in OU As for Mantine, I'm not sure how strong it will be in OU, but if it reaches there, it will be nicely paired with its physical cousin, Skarmory.

I just realized how strong Dodrio became this generation. + 10 Speed + Swords Dance , Jump Kick Edit: Also Mantine + 20 HP + Roost

Since the abilities and pokemon are already implemented into the game, this can be made sooner. However, it's up to the dev team if they want to implement them. Personally I would not change Gengar's ability, but that's just me. The biggest problem is in Spriting. So if you are looking at things that take time, this should be first on your lists. Edit: The only thing that scares me is that Gyarados got a bit buffed in Gen7, which only means delayed implementation in Reborn.

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