Sep 24, 2016, 10:27 PM
It will be interesting to see how Instruct's game mechanics work, especially for a scenario where certain Pokemon can get to +2/+4 in one turn. Definitely such a situation will leave the two Pokemon vulnerable to the opposing targets, but if they don't take the initiative to OHKO the boosted mon, this will change the tide of the game very quickly. Setup is of any kind in doubles is a high risk, high reward, however we can see such doubles-style teams use Oranguru/Smeargle to get boosted enough where they can sweep immediately. Again there's going to be a ton of research for Instruct being done upon release of the games.
As far as "megas" are concern, we only got a magazine post which stats the existences of one mega, though given Game Freak/TCPi's track record on "never" dropping forms they promote, megas will be here to stay. Obviously there's a good portion of people who don't want megas, but its up to their respective battling communities to decide on that matter. Do like the idea of promoting Mega-less Metagames both in Smogon and VGC, though it really depends not just on Pokemon/TCPi/GameFreak, but again the people and communities to decided if they shouldn't have them.
I know that's not a clear response, but we all know there's no drawback in running a specific mega, except for the kinda "bad" ones. Don't want to turn this thread into a Mega debate topic, just wanted to say my thoughts on the matter. Regardless, I'm still going to do my best in any format that requires or removes any megas for the site, and for my own growth as a comp. player, though with moderation.
As far as "megas" are concern, we only got a magazine post which stats the existences of one mega, though given Game Freak/TCPi's track record on "never" dropping forms they promote, megas will be here to stay. Obviously there's a good portion of people who don't want megas, but its up to their respective battling communities to decide on that matter. Do like the idea of promoting Mega-less Metagames both in Smogon and VGC, though it really depends not just on Pokemon/TCPi/GameFreak, but again the people and communities to decided if they shouldn't have them.
I know that's not a clear response, but we all know there's no drawback in running a specific mega, except for the kinda "bad" ones. Don't want to turn this thread into a Mega debate topic, just wanted to say my thoughts on the matter. Regardless, I'm still going to do my best in any format that requires or removes any megas for the site, and for my own growth as a comp. player, though with moderation.
