Teio (Fleechi)

idk

[Teio (Fleechi) @Fleechiru]

@gmerc @KunNot7 if you want to get angry at someone for daring to disagree with you, that’s certainly a way you could interpret that sentence
obviously not. but there’s a difference in how much the elemental affinity is emphasized in a move’s mechanical identity

[Teio (Fleechi) @Fleechiru]

@gmerc @KunNot7 in most rpgs, the purpose of elemental attacks is that they are elemental. in pokemon, the element of an attack is just a trait; ex. there are 79 psychic moves with distinct properties. you can argue this wasn’t the case in Gen 1/2, but it was absolutely established by Gen 3

[Teio (Fleechi) @Fleechiru]

@gmerc @KunNot7 except the design philosophy behind pokemon’s type chart is fundamentally different in purpose and presentation compared to most other RPG element systems

[Teio (Fleechi) @Fleechiru]

@Grandis_Granva @badboyzradgurlz this would honestly be really smart if they leaned into it more, but it really doesn’t encourage much balance when every HM is either water-based or a generic physical move that everyone gets (except fly ofc)

[Teio (Fleechi) @Fleechiru]

@SummonerFlash none of this really affects a casual playthrough. the only difference is that your awesome water serpent can actually use the water moves it gets without that being super suboptimal

[Teio (Fleechi) @Fleechiru]

pss haters have the funniest perception of game design. if you want your magic fire monster to effectively use fire you’re an idiot baby

[Nahobino JD @SummonerFlash]

Learnsets are somewhat valid but I’m a full-on physical/special split hater these days. The idea that Pokemon can only be well designed if they’re firing STAB attacks off of their biggest attacking stat is stupid

[Teio (Fleechi) @Fleechiru]

@SummonerFlash they figured that the long-term strategy to giving new pokemon unique gameplay roles was through movesets, abilities, and typing. not through minute stat differences. because eventually you run out of those

[DABU_다부 @pkts1017]

#zzzero #Zhao
🎃 cute..❤️

[Teio (Fleechi) @Fleechiru]

@SummonerFlash this whole thing hinges on the idea that good pokemon post-PSS are all glass cannons minmaxed towards one attacking stat, but that’s just not the case. this is the most ubiquitous VGC mon of all time

[Teio (Fleechi) @Fleechiru]

@SummonerFlash there are stat spreads i could look at with 0 other context, and instantly tell you what pokemon that is. the only early ones i could do this for are the notoriously dogshit ones

[Teio (Fleechi) @Fleechiru]

@SummonerFlash in that case, i just don’t think older stat spreads were more diverse. the hoenn special is memed precisely because of how damn widespread it is

[Teio (Fleechi) @Fleechiru]

@SummonerFlash moveset homogenization in the newer games is because most moves have way higher distribution now. it has next to 0 relation to the pss, and would probably even be worse without it

[Teio (Fleechi) @Fleechiru]

@SummonerFlash yeah man it’s really effective to get that stab bonus off a 30 special attack stat. definitely not just outclassed by the same 3 normal type moves. this is more diverse or something

[Teio (Fleechi) @Fleechiru]

also like. these games have literally never been hard enough for this to matter unless you’re playing competitive or deep battle frontier

[Teio (Fleechi) @Fleechiru]

@itzthrow it’s always “oh the split makes pokemon design too homogenized“ like everyone firing off the same 3 normal type moves was somehow more diverse

[itzthrow @itzthrow]

Physical/Special split haters always want to argue using a stat spread/ability like mawile’s to bite a lairon to death for 9 turns is actually a viable strategy but will never utter a peep about how fun that is to do.

[lily 🐈🦋 E6 CIPHER HAVER 💙 @ciphersplaytoy]

the Phainon animation has breached containment for the 33,550,336th time

[Teio (Fleechi) @Fleechiru]

unfortunately the easiest way to my heart is actually just making a genderbend manga that’s weirdly sincere about it

[Teio (Fleechi) @Fleechiru]

if I said what work of “trans art” hit closest to my heart they’d kill me several times over

[Olgaa @brdmoedr]

Trans art discourse is pointless cause the piece of "trans art" that resonated with me the most was made by a middle-aged Japanese dude who most likely didn't even originally intend it.

[Teio (Fleechi) @Fleechiru]

@cogito_yuri @brdmoedr oh my god youre right