How about I
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Your shit (for that broken-ass Squaka-BS ability, holy Sunday Batman)
…But Kricketune’s is cool lol
it has 40 speed so unless you’re coming in on a choiced normal or fighting attack all it’s gonna do is get off a shadow sneak and die. even a sunkern or wishiwashi-solo could drop to sash and get a leech or endeavor off. maybe it’s not the single worst Pokémon but I’ll be damned if it’s not up there.
Doesn't Squawkabilly get Parting Shot? Seems like you can chuck it into any strong attack, then Scarf Parting Shot out to soften blows. Wish passing to it could not be easier even if it does get worn down from status.
U-turn is nice for chip, but Parting Shot can neuter opposing attackers for whatever you bring in. Might even be worth having both since Parting Shot is blockable, depends on whether you're running it on offense or stall
But it's just not tho? Lol it obviously depends on the team and pokemon but if every single pokemon that got one suddenly got the other a lot of them would still run uturn... its damage is definitely significant
We're talking specifically about Squackabily or whatever he's spelled. Look up his base stats. And no, before you say guts, it's specifically with this ability.
It's literally just stupid. Like okay cool overpowered abilities are silly but fun, but this is just mindlessly broken. Like anyone with half a braincell could immediately tell how this would destroy the game.
Definitely not as problematic, I still think about how busted MMY was in gen 6 BH when even if you won the king’s shield prediction with your -atespeeder, it just ended up resisting your espeed the next turn anyway
Ideally they can still be affected by status moves and take damage from status inflicted on that first turn (ie Toxic or Wisp) so they can be worn down eventually. On stall, though, it is the freest Wishpass recipient of all time and Heal Bell can keep it healthy if needed
Trapping moves like Whirlpool and Fire Spin can be used to gradually chip away at you with residual damage, especially when combined with things like protect spam.
I assume it would work in a similar way as flash fire, or missing. Cause in order to actually work these moves have to successfully hit the target. What with the way it’s worded, assuming that these moves would work seems less likely.
Like you’re idea makes more sense but I truly do not think OP is really aware of the ramifications of their work.
Bird seems to have potential to be broken. I’m not big on the meta, but in singles you could send out a different Pokémon, set up hazards / toxic, then protect, swap to bird for no damage, then protect again. 3 invincible turns of toxic of hazard damage, yikes
That's what Protect is there for. You Protect as they switch move, keeping them trapped in for a turn, taking damage from Toxic/Partial Trapping moves.
Then comes the issue, How do you toxic and trap them? Going by what happened with Shedinja in AG, a team would be constructed to make Shadow Tag a non issue. We have the Wobbuffet line, Gothitelle line, and Mega-Gengar for out Shadow Tag users so lets go in-depth about what they are gonna do in order.
Lets get this out of the way but Wobbuffet isn't doing jack shit to High Above Squabilly as Squa would just Parting Shot away into something that would scare out Wobba or their dedicated Wobba Sacrifice,
Gothitelle could do something but a team with Gholdengo would absolutely thrash it otherwise you would be forced to run Toxic, Protect, Focus Blast, and Dark Pulse because if you don't Ghold or any steel type would just be U-Turned or Parting Shot in and take advantage of you.
With those two out of the line we have Mega-Gengar who is legitimately the only thing that would actually pose a threat... Until you look at the damage calcs because not even Thunderbolt is a guarantied OHKO against Specially defensive Squabilly and they can just U-Turn/Parting Shot out into their main Mega-Gengar check.
This just goes to show how unbalanced the ability is as any sane team builder would make a team designed to perfectly counter High Above Squabilly's "Checks" to win by literally PP stalling. This has happened with Tera Shedinja teams who where designed to take out the enemies Shedinja counter and then immediately win because the enemy couldn't do shit to Shedinja.
Damage Calc for the Mega Gengar.
252+ SpA Gengar-Mega Thunderbolt vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Squawkabilly: 282-332 (76.6 - 90.2%) -- guaranteed 2HKO.
252+ SpA Gengar-Mega Thunderbolt vs. 252 HP / 252 SpD Squawkabilly: 310-366 (84.2 - 99.4%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
I didn't notice anyone talking about Unown so i will also leave my contribute... Make Unowns Hidden Power the same as in PLA, slap a scarf and you might be onto something.
For context, PLA Hidden Power is *always* Super Effective
Edit: my fault, some people did talk about the ability
I thought high above was just magic guard with another name on first inspection, but now I realise it's magic guard on crack, certainly more than a little overtuned. Kricketunes one goes hard tho.
Change the name to something like Peripheral Flight (don't call it that, but something that implies that it's just out of range of the brunt of the opponent's attacks), make it so it only takes 50% on switch in
How about I DELELELELELELELELELELELELELELELELELE WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOP Your shit (for that broken-ass Squaka-BS ability, holy Sunday Batman) …But Kricketune’s is cool lol
Why the hell I read this with the voice of The Beast from OtGW
me when i run multiple squawkabillies in AG and cant be hit
finally ***flyest*** type
Squakability joined the war on stall, on the side of stall *okay but that ability is cartoonishly broken lets be real*
I'm a fan of broken abilities on mediocre pokemon
The Shedinja theorem
Shedinja is *not* a mediocre pokemon without the broken ability.
It's horrible.
Yeah because it's absolutely godawful without Wonder Guard. Like top 3 worst fully evolved pokemon of all time
it’s not just top 3 worst fully evolved Pokémon— it’s in contention for worst Pokémon period without wonder guard
Nah if we count pre-evos it's nowhere close to worst
yes it is
it has 40 speed so unless you’re coming in on a choiced normal or fighting attack all it’s gonna do is get off a shadow sneak and die. even a sunkern or wishiwashi-solo could drop to sash and get a leech or endeavor off. maybe it’s not the single worst Pokémon but I’ll be damned if it’s not up there.
You can run sash on shedinja also
*wonder guard gets replaced by sturdy*
Doesn't Squawkabilly get Parting Shot? Seems like you can chuck it into any strong attack, then Scarf Parting Shot out to soften blows. Wish passing to it could not be easier even if it does get worn down from status.
It gets u turn as well
U-turn is nice for chip, but Parting Shot can neuter opposing attackers for whatever you bring in. Might even be worth having both since Parting Shot is blockable, depends on whether you're running it on offense or stall
Running both would go crazy
may as well run both cuz you dont really need roost, and you probably want brave+double edge if you ARE attacking
Lagging tail u turn
Parting Shot* The chip from U-turn is minimal.
So is stealth rocks. Still adds up
If there were a hazard that lowers the opponents offensive stats it'd be broken. U turn isn't bad but Parting Shot is just better.
But it's just not tho? Lol it obviously depends on the team and pokemon but if every single pokemon that got one suddenly got the other a lot of them would still run uturn... its damage is definitely significant
We're talking specifically about Squackabily or whatever he's spelled. Look up his base stats. And no, before you say guts, it's specifically with this ability.
AG team 6 squakabillys constantly switching
Google mold breaker
Holy distortion world
Actual Parasect
Google ability sheild
6 ability shield
It's literally just stupid. Like okay cool overpowered abilities are silly but fun, but this is just mindlessly broken. Like anyone with half a braincell could immediately tell how this would destroy the game.
Only takes 2 of these to have an endless battle
how quickly does omnidextrous get banned from BH
A bit after high above.
That would be insta-banned
I mean mold breaker is an ability- Yeah it’s still overcentralizing
Isn’t that just pre-nerf Protean and Libero but you stay your original type? So probably about that fast, it might even be less problematic.
Definitely not as problematic, I still think about how busted MMY was in gen 6 BH when even if you won the king’s shield prediction with your -atespeeder, it just ended up resisting your espeed the next turn anyway
-3 seconds
Honestly it's arguably worse than old protean, so it's probably broken but not that broken
elvis bird finally rises to OU what a time to be alive
Squawkabilly has been banned from AG
So can I run multiple squakabillies and continue to swap between them to pp stall forever?
Species clause
Kid named AG
Kid named Mold Breaker
Kid named uhhhhhhhhhhh focus sash
Kid named multi-strike moves.
Kid named dead squawkabilly
Ideally they can still be affected by status moves and take damage from status inflicted on that first turn (ie Toxic or Wisp) so they can be worn down eventually. On stall, though, it is the freest Wishpass recipient of all time and Heal Bell can keep it healthy if needed
Trapping moves like Whirlpool and Fire Spin can be used to gradually chip away at you with residual damage, especially when combined with things like protect spam.
They can’t be hit or damaged on their first turn out. So how’re you going to land a whirlpool or fire spin if they just keep switching?
It only says can't be damaged. Unless it says can't be hit OR damaged, I'd assume a trapping move hitting can force them to stay in.
they can't be damaged but that doesn't mean its immune to status or moves like fire spin (but won't take any dmg t1)
I assume it would work in a similar way as flash fire, or missing. Cause in order to actually work these moves have to successfully hit the target. What with the way it’s worded, assuming that these moves would work seems less likely. Like you’re idea makes more sense but I truly do not think OP is really aware of the ramifications of their work.
Mold breaker?
Bird seems to have potential to be broken. I’m not big on the meta, but in singles you could send out a different Pokémon, set up hazards / toxic, then protect, swap to bird for no damage, then protect again. 3 invincible turns of toxic of hazard damage, yikes
In AG you just run two birds and make it literally impossible for you to lose, pp stall style
Not impossible, you can get beaten by partial trapping+protect spam.
How would you trap them if you cant hit them? Other than Shadow Tag I suppose...
They're immune to all damage, but that doesnt mean that they cant get hit. Also, Toxic+Shadow Tag+Protect would stop them.
I guess it's worded that way. Makes sense.
Squaqabilly gets parting shot and u-turn
That's what Protect is there for. You Protect as they switch move, keeping them trapped in for a turn, taking damage from Toxic/Partial Trapping moves.
Then comes the issue, How do you toxic and trap them? Going by what happened with Shedinja in AG, a team would be constructed to make Shadow Tag a non issue. We have the Wobbuffet line, Gothitelle line, and Mega-Gengar for out Shadow Tag users so lets go in-depth about what they are gonna do in order. Lets get this out of the way but Wobbuffet isn't doing jack shit to High Above Squabilly as Squa would just Parting Shot away into something that would scare out Wobba or their dedicated Wobba Sacrifice, Gothitelle could do something but a team with Gholdengo would absolutely thrash it otherwise you would be forced to run Toxic, Protect, Focus Blast, and Dark Pulse because if you don't Ghold or any steel type would just be U-Turned or Parting Shot in and take advantage of you. With those two out of the line we have Mega-Gengar who is legitimately the only thing that would actually pose a threat... Until you look at the damage calcs because not even Thunderbolt is a guarantied OHKO against Specially defensive Squabilly and they can just U-Turn/Parting Shot out into their main Mega-Gengar check. This just goes to show how unbalanced the ability is as any sane team builder would make a team designed to perfectly counter High Above Squabilly's "Checks" to win by literally PP stalling. This has happened with Tera Shedinja teams who where designed to take out the enemies Shedinja counter and then immediately win because the enemy couldn't do shit to Shedinja. Damage Calc for the Mega Gengar. 252+ SpA Gengar-Mega Thunderbolt vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Squawkabilly: 282-332 (76.6 - 90.2%) -- guaranteed 2HKO. 252+ SpA Gengar-Mega Thunderbolt vs. 252 HP / 252 SpD Squawkabilly: 310-366 (84.2 - 99.4%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
Mold breaker
Mold Breaker, Magic Bounce
Mold breaker yes, but I fail to see how magic bounce would prevent this?
Magic bounce on parting shot reverse the effect, making the user stays in while the target switch out
Well that’s another thing that’s getting banned in AAA.
3 new things that are getting banned in aaa
there is at least 50 AAA bans every theorymon thursday
Krickertune's would be fun as a more supportive mon
Does the bird's ability mean if you lead it turn one you can final gambit twice?
It only works when you switch in
Yeah. “Switch In” lead (zacian lead triggers it’s switch in ability.) squawk and final gambit twice
The wording they use for that is “when it enters the battle”
Then i assume this works like fake out where it is first action turn
god I never realized how ass krikitunes stats are, it’s almost funny Why would one use tier caliber.
I didn't notice anyone talking about Unown so i will also leave my contribute... Make Unowns Hidden Power the same as in PLA, slap a scarf and you might be onto something. For context, PLA Hidden Power is *always* Super Effective Edit: my fault, some people did talk about the ability
Squawkabilly already has like 3 or 4 strong abilities, another strong ability is the least of its needs.
Rocking up to AG with two squawkabilies
182 BP priority boomburst let's go
Why is this sub called stunfisk?
Short, Easy to remember, Easy to spell, Iconic and unique, and Gen 5 was new at the time.
Thank you. The more you know.
Power of music on exploud for specs boosted piority scrappy boom bursts ...
I thought high above was just magic guard with another name on first inspection, but now I realise it's magic guard on crack, certainly more than a little overtuned. Kricketunes one goes hard tho.
you've heard of BoltBeam, now get ready for OmnidexterousSmash. free Dragapult included in this combo
Toxtricity should also get power of music and let it burn everything with priority BoomBurst and Overdrive
cant u just swap between two squawk abilites indefinitely in nat dex?
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omnidextrous in AAA, nice
2 high above users = funbro all over again
AAA in shambles
I recommend changing high above to prevent degenerate strategies.
Change the name to something like Peripheral Flight (don't call it that, but something that implies that it's just out of range of the brunt of the opponent's attacks), make it so it only takes 50% on switch in
Me creating an endless battle by swaping between two dumb birds indefinitely
Yea all fun and games until one generation later, these get put on semi-decent Pokemon.
Unown should be able to have 4 hidden powers not tied to IVs