10-03-2016, 02:15 PM
Okay I have another suggestion. By now it's probably no secret that we of the competitive community are probably going to suspect and or ban Nucleon from play due to, among other things, overcentralization in the teambuilding process. At least... That's the normal way to do it. But, if the new game makers would listen to my suggestions, perhaps we can avoid the entire thing. Just hear me out for a second: I suggest the game makers nerf nucleon!
This would avoid having to ban the radioactive fox if successful, letting everyone be happy. I have three possible ways we can nerf nucleon in order from hardest to easiest:
1) Make it so Nucleon can't learn Hyper Voice.
- It's stab Hyper voice is essentially a 180bp spammable move that is super effective to doubly super effective against 90% of the metagame not counting nuclear formes. This is legitimately absurd. I suggest replacing Hyper voice in its learnset with the much more reasonable Radioacid or Proton Beam so that it cant OHKO the vast majority of the meta. This would be harder than it looks though, as Eevee can learn Hyper voice and there is a possibility of breeding it down I believe, so I don't really advocate this method but wanted to out it up just in case.
2) Rearrange Nucleon's stats
- For the nuclear type, speed is everything. In Nucleon's case, it can KO the vast majority of the meta but in turn it can be KO'd by the vast majority of the meta. It's base 90 speed is the problem, with a choice scarf attached (since it needs nothing but Hyper Voice anyway) it can outspeed almost all pokemon and never have to worry about bad typing matchups. I suggest a new stat spread of 95/60/65/130/110/65, in fitting with the stat spreads of the other 'eons as a nerf to Nucleon. In this way one will have to play thier cards right in order to efectively use it, as opposed to mindless spamming. The speed drop and special attack boost will make it a huge nuker, but only when used correctly. I would advocate for this method, or even just rearranging Nucleons stats however you see fit to get it below 70-75 base speed.
3) Replace Atomizate with another ability
- This one is pretty easy to get by. Getting rid of Atomizate and replacing it with, perhaps, Lead Skin or Gieger sense (if that ability got fixed) would bring Nucleon down to much more reasonable levels, since Hyper Voice couldn't be used against the meta. I'd advocate for this method due to it being the easiest (I think) to implement in game.
This would avoid having to ban the radioactive fox if successful, letting everyone be happy. I have three possible ways we can nerf nucleon in order from hardest to easiest:
1) Make it so Nucleon can't learn Hyper Voice.
- It's stab Hyper voice is essentially a 180bp spammable move that is super effective to doubly super effective against 90% of the metagame not counting nuclear formes. This is legitimately absurd. I suggest replacing Hyper voice in its learnset with the much more reasonable Radioacid or Proton Beam so that it cant OHKO the vast majority of the meta. This would be harder than it looks though, as Eevee can learn Hyper voice and there is a possibility of breeding it down I believe, so I don't really advocate this method but wanted to out it up just in case.
2) Rearrange Nucleon's stats
- For the nuclear type, speed is everything. In Nucleon's case, it can KO the vast majority of the meta but in turn it can be KO'd by the vast majority of the meta. It's base 90 speed is the problem, with a choice scarf attached (since it needs nothing but Hyper Voice anyway) it can outspeed almost all pokemon and never have to worry about bad typing matchups. I suggest a new stat spread of 95/60/65/130/110/65, in fitting with the stat spreads of the other 'eons as a nerf to Nucleon. In this way one will have to play thier cards right in order to efectively use it, as opposed to mindless spamming. The speed drop and special attack boost will make it a huge nuker, but only when used correctly. I would advocate for this method, or even just rearranging Nucleons stats however you see fit to get it below 70-75 base speed.
3) Replace Atomizate with another ability
- This one is pretty easy to get by. Getting rid of Atomizate and replacing it with, perhaps, Lead Skin or Gieger sense (if that ability got fixed) would bring Nucleon down to much more reasonable levels, since Hyper Voice couldn't be used against the meta. I'd advocate for this method due to it being the easiest (I think) to implement in game.
