The Storming Stormfather

On 3/23/2022 at 6:25 PM, AerionBFII said:

If you could steal one thing from the Cosmere what would it be? 

Probably a perfect diamond or emerald broam. Not the most useful thing ever, nor the most flashy, but it's far better decoration than, say, a Shardblade. Also less likely to get confiscated by the government for science. 

On 3/7/2022 at 0:39 PM, Frustration said:

Swap Lugia's Psychic type for water, I'm not sure whether to give it back Multiscale.

I personally like Lugia's weird typing (no 4x weakness, a good number of great resists, main weaknesses being less common attacking types), and Multiscale is one of the reasons it's still known as "The Great Wall of Ubers".

On 3/7/2022 at 0:39 PM, Frustration said:

Adaptive Deffence(Deoxys defence): Gives the user a defence boost if the opponents attack is greater than or equal to its special attack, and gives a special defence boost if the opponents Special attack is higher.

Adaptive Attack(Deoxys attack): Gives the user an attack boost if the opponents deffence is greater than or equal to its special defence, otherwise it recieves a special attack boost

Sounds really cool, good ideas!

On 3/7/2022 at 0:39 PM, Frustration said:

I'd also make psychic resist rock, and steel.

One question. Why?

I honestly don't know what that is. 

TPBM thinks the Wii is great.

I agree with the sentiments above, thanks for making this site as wonderful as it is!

Who's your favorite Pokémon?

*necros thread* MCC is back, and the only Youtuber I've ever gotten merch for is in it.

So are y'all gonna watch MCC or nah?

I don't think I agree with that. 3/10

We have a page for memes like this. I get why you wouldn't post this there, possibly misunderstanding what the page is for. I'd recommend posting memes like this there in the future. Happy memeing!

25 minutes ago, Frustration said:

Yeah but if Arceus is running Choice Specs, which there is no reason not to, you can force a switchout and get stealthrock up. It's not a true counter, but it's a way to threaten.

A solid idea, but Specs Arceus also would most likely be running Earth Power (it's the only move it would ever need for perfect coverage), just predict a switch and that's a dead Groudon. Also I'd say Calm Mind Arceus is better as you really only need two attacking moves, so you can run Recover and Calm Mind instead of two completely useless moves.

32 minutes ago, Frustration said:

Multi Strike - The Pokemon that recieves this training hits twice for half damage

*Mega Kangaskhan flashbacks intensify*

10 minutes ago, Frustration said:

Yeah, I'm trying to find some more resistances for it, the only thing I can think of that would kind of make sense would be dragon, or maybe electric.

There was a Youtuber (WolfeyVGC I think) who suggested that Ice should resist Water and maybe Dragon, though I don't remember on the second one.

Thoughts on Pokemon Scarlet and Violet (the real Gen 9)?

8 minutes ago, Frustration said:

Yeah but it'd be weird if Articuno and Moltres got something but it didn't. And while Moltres isn't horrible, Articuno really needs it.

Yeah, both were helped by Heavy-duty Boots' introduction, but Ice is an abysmal defensive type, so Articuno's defensively spread base stats are the main reason it's so bad.

1 hour ago, Frustration said:

I'm thinking about doing something for the regi's especially Regi Gigas.

Huge Power? Guts? Sheer Force?

On 2/24/2022 at 11:32 PM, Frustration said:

The main reason is to give Zapdos something, though I suppose just rain would be fine.

As someone who plays gen 8 completive, Zapdos is already a fantastic Pokemon in OU, the only thing it could use is Steath Rock's removal from the game, but I'm heavily against that. It has been so consistently good the only gen it was under OU was, weirdly enough, gen 5 (excluding BDSP, which completely gutted its move pool).

On 2/24/2022 at 11:32 PM, Frustration said:

I'm a huge Kyogre/Groudon fan, so weather has become a intregal part of how I see Pokemon, though i get it's not everyone's cup of tea.

Completely fair, weather is a really cool feature.

On 2/24/2022 at 11:32 PM, Frustration said:

I would think that to be mutually exclusive, you can't run a z-move on a mega, and definatly shouldn't be able dynamax one either. By balance out I mean you can use z-moves to break Max pokemon, you can use max pokemon to absorb z-moves, and megas can play a middleground, less immeadiatly threatening, but lasting a lot longer. Though I admit might be blinded by my undying love and affection for the mechanics.

I've had more time to think about this, and I think that Megas and Z-moves are reasonably balanced in a healthy meta, whereas dmax is like three turns of Z-moves with the bonus of being twice as bulky. That means you have three turns to break any Pokemon that could check it, so really Dmax would be the only one banned from competitive. In-game I guess is fine. I don't have strong feelings for Z-moves, but I like Megas and kinda hate dmax (mostly because of how busted it is in singles).

On 2/24/2022 at 11:32 PM, Frustration said:

Part of why I suggest making a type immune.

IMO not really enough to get sleep clause revoked, as it would still be too broken, despite the nerf. It's still basically the same but you can wake up if hit by an attack. Not that different if your opponent knows what they're doing.

On 2/24/2022 at 11:32 PM, Frustration said:

Do you have anything you'd like to see?

NatDex return? LOL I need my Flower Dinosaur. 

Also note this is coming from a competitive player, so my views of the game are most likely very different from people who just play the game (help i spend way to much time doing pokemon). 

On 2/23/2022 at 3:22 PM, Frustration said:

There is one new weather type: Thunderstorm, Thunderstorm give all electric type attacks a 10% increase to accuracy, and otherwise provides the same bonus's as rain

There is literally no point for this to exist, as Thunder already doesn't miss in rain and the only other electric move worth spamming is already 90% accurate, that being Thunder Wave. Though I guess Zap Cannon could be slightly less garbage with it, though its limited distribution to mostly bad Pokémon would cut its viability.

On 2/23/2022 at 3:22 PM, Frustration said:

The above weathers are permanent unless replaced by a higher weather, with the exception of Air lock and Delta Stream which will end when Rayquaza is knocked out or retreats

Please no, I don't want another gen of Weather Wars. In-game this would make for good boss battles though.

On 2/23/2022 at 3:22 PM, Frustration said:

All of which will exist and be allowed, with all of them it should balance out.

No. No, it would not balance out. Dmax is too busted and did you consider Dmaxing a Mega? You would need to be limited to one special event per battle.

17 hours ago, Frustration said:

It would probably be enough to get the sleep clause revoked though, so you can sleep multiple pokemon at once, and you can use that for setup, or status, wil o' wisp, thunderwave, swords dance, none of those would end it.

You are wrong on most of these, Sleep Clause will not be changed, because even if sleep gets nerfed as you suggest, having all of your opponent's Pokémon asleep is both unfair and not fun for anyone who happens to be even a little bit unlucky. The game will likely go to RNG instead of skill (as spamming 252+ speed scarf Spore Breloom doesn't take any skill) and thus Sleep Clause will stay. Also if a Pokémon is asleep, it can't be inflicted with any other non-volatile status condition, which are burn, freeze (or frostburn), para or poison (Toxic or regular). Plus the idea of getting a +4 or +6 sweeper completely for free isn't going to fly with anyone but noobs and chulls who would rather win than let either side have any semblance of fun.

Other than that, I like most of the changes, though I do agree that Arceus would be banned to AG and personally I don't think anyone would want a new tier, especially one with an utter lack of Pokémon besides Arceus. AG would suffice and people would still play it.

7 hours ago, #1 Taln Fan said:

Is Storms your favorite cosmere curse?

What’s your favorite Brandon book?

What’s your favorite non-Brandon book?

If you could kill any cosmere character, who would it be?

Yes, storms is my favorite cosmere curse.

Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell.

The Aeronaut's Windlass by Jim Butcher.

Probably Amaram.

32 minutes ago, Robin Hatter said:

Who's your favourite character?

Why do you say storms so much?

What happened to your cabbages?

Have you ever been camping? If so, do you like it?

Sebarial, Lightsong, or Lift and I can't decide.

It's a reference to Guff (the character I got the name from) and also because I find it funny to stick "storms"  in every few words.

It's a reference to Avatar: The Last Airbender, in which there's a cabbage seller who's cabbages keep getting smashed by others (mostly the protagonists).

 Yes, I have gone camping and I think it's a mixed bag of good and bad stuff.

43 minutes ago, Robin Hatter said:

Did you mean to put this in AMAs?

Yes, but I didn't see it until I'd already posted it and idk how to move it or if I even can. If a mod sees this, can you move it please?

You now have the chance to ask me storming ANYTHING you want, like why the storms I'm storming typing storms every few storming words, or am I really the Stormfather? Anything that I'm uncomfortable answering, I'll tell you that I don't want to answer and you'll still learn something!

Now, ask away, my fellow Sharders!

It's shorter than yours, only to my shoulder blades, so no, not really.

TPBM likes mint chocolate chip ice cream

… Why would I be a mercenary?

TPBM has not yet read the extreme beautifulness of Alcatraz vs the Evil Librarians

Wow these children are crazy. 

Anyway, I'm old. Not that old, but still old.

12 minutes ago, Thornlight said:

Also, sorry for asking- do you happen to play the flute?

No, I don't, but maybe I should. That would be pretty funny! 

Heyo Thornlight the Effervescent (idk if this word is applicable for you, but it sounds really fancy and it seems to match your post)! Who's are favorite character? Who's your least favorite? What Sanderson books have you read?

 Also, don't take cookies people offer you. They most likely have Hemalurgic spikes in them somewhere.

Heyo, Cova! Welcome to the storming shard! Who's your favourite character? What character do you want to push off a cliff? What books have you read?

44 minutes ago, Covacola said:

I also wanted to add um... Is there spam in the introductions? What's going on lol

Spambots show up now and again, the mods will deal with them.

No, and I don't plan on doing so.

TPBM doesn't celebrate Christmas

Nope, nothing

TPBM is eating nothing.

Takes down the level of Ookla confusion. 9/10