Oct 29, 2016, 04:27 PM
Thing about Thunder Wave is the move has been moderately risk free with the speed reduction and the quarter chance of full paralysis. The "nerf" was rather off at first, but I've noticed there was a tweet from Cybertron which highlights how Game Freak usually "nerfs" thing that are heavily used in the VGC scene. Such examples include Gems (well they were removed), weather, and even Protect. With the recent news that confusion also got nerf to one third instead of half and I'm beginning to think Game Freak does pay attention somewhat to the VGC metagame, but in between generations.
