[Meta thread] Iron's PokeRole Adventure: The Skull Ruins

[Dragonstrike]

Hey, Serene Grace is niche too, but it still matters in the end if it improves your odds of success AND saves you HP in the process!

Gallade getting Justified would be rather nice, given Kirlia's background with Almanac and their strong bond/sharing much of the same ideal with Nathan, and free STR is always appreciate since you don't have to spend a turn setting up! Plus, with Ventus around, it'll be triggered non-stop I tell you! Sweet!

It might be niche (most abilities are though, tbh), but pokemon with Serene Grace usually get some constant benefit from it since they will usually know moves affected by the ability (poor Blissey needs TMs for that, though... ) Trace...not always consistently useful since it's dependent on what your opponent has, sadly.

If that were the case, it'd be ALMOST as good as Download.  Almost.  Download's still better though, no question.  As Iron said way back when, "Porygon is a beast."  (ironically, minus Duplicat, we currently have every Trace user in the game available to us at one point or another.  Nathan has the Porygon and Ralts lines, which naturally have it.  Shiva has Helios, who would get Trace if he went Mega, and Comite, which has it as a potential HA)

Nothing like a good ol' +1 to a stat to make something feel so much stronger than everything else, right?  Now, let's stack Justified with Gallade going Mega and becoming immune to Flinching...now he's at +2 Str, +1 Dex, Def, and Ins...before he even uses Calm Mind/Swords Dance.  Fun!

Oh, and Justified would also buff Stored Power's effectiveness too, so...even more fun! (kinda doubt the Mega buff would count for Stored Power, though. Would probably be a little silly even though it could technically fulfill the criteria listed in the book)