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Chad29:
I've had discussions about what is overpowered, and what isn't, and I don't think I fully understand what the standard is for saying something is overpowered.

I can see why anything that has a base total of 600+ is going to have a clear advantage against most everything else, but I'm not sure why certain strategies are banned. The thing I get the most flak for is my swift swim poliwrath while drizzle is going on. There are a dozen or so ways it can be beaten, and that's if it's able to set up in the first place to sweep.

How do you decide that something is overpowered? How do you know you aren't going too far by just banning whatever is popular? I realize that it can be restricting to always see the same teams, but you shouldn't bash something just because it works.

I just have trouble wrapping my head around this.

Bing:
I understand what your trying to say.  But, you have to realize that swift swim can be considered OP because it allows for stats to be added to other categories of a pokemon, while allowing it to out speed almost the entire meta game.

Unlike my Hitmonlee, which as pretty much no def or sp def.  Poliwrath is a bulky pokemon.  Taking it out with priority moves is difficult, while hitmonlee can fall pretty easily to a mach punch or something.  (My Poliwarath does not use swift swim,  and that lack of speed is it's weakness.  Now take that away and what do you have.  A bulky fast pokemon with prety good attack and a decent move set.  No offence but that sounds a little OP to me.)

Also, I don't like weather inducing abilities in pokemon.  It started as a move it should stay a move.  That would reduce the OPness of it.  I'm sick of Politoads, I see at least 4 every like 7 battles on PO. 

Finally, you have to remember that pokemon is about smashing you opponent above anything else.  So the most popular strategies are usually the most OP.

deadae:
Im still wit chad everything can be beaten stop labeling things op and figure out how to stop them

Bing:

--- Quote from: deadae on October 06, 2011, 09:15:04 PM ---Im still wit chad everything can be beaten stop labeling things op and figure out how to stop them

--- End quote ---


Sure, but then why do we have a balance team?  That fact is simple, in Pokemon there are strategies/pokemon/moves/abilities that are over-powered.  (If it was perfectly balanced, PU wouldn't need to re-balance the whole game.)

Or think about it this way, if the game was actually balanced would PO have tiers?  The answer is simple, no.

Mr. Fox:
want to hear an OP poke. Sableye. with prankster and double team it's OP. Double team it's self is OP. Takes no skill, only luck.

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