09-29-2016, 12:05 PM
(This post was last modified: 09-29-2016, 12:43 PM by Cataclyptic.
Edit Reason: Clarification
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Agreed that we should stick to actual battles to see what gets banned. It's a very slippery slope to ban or not ban things without actual data. That being said, theoreticals can be used to point us in the right direction. I just did some calculations on a hypothetical Belly Drum M- Inflagetah, and I found out that literally nothing can, in theory, stop this thing. Since it has priority and acceleration for an ability, the only true way to kill it is with Aqua Jet from a water type. Tubareel comes to mind, but even the bulkiest Tubareel cannot take extremespeed- 92% of the time anyway.
So in order to stop this thing after Belly drum, you have to run bulky Tubareel and pray to the RNG god that you survive, then you'll do about 40% damage to it. So Inflagetah will still survive. Pray again to get a critical hit. This of course is conditional on if it can set up belly drum, which it might do easily given how much people already fear it.
Nonetheless, we should stick to battling principles for banning and just let theoreticals serve as a warning.
So in order to stop this thing after Belly drum, you have to run bulky Tubareel and pray to the RNG god that you survive, then you'll do about 40% damage to it. So Inflagetah will still survive. Pray again to get a critical hit. This of course is conditional on if it can set up belly drum, which it might do easily given how much people already fear it.
Nonetheless, we should stick to battling principles for banning and just let theoreticals serve as a warning.
