Finale Fireworker
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I hate how OU has become over-run with legendaries. I don't like using legendaries because they're so hard to control (although bottle caps have remedied this), but also because they're just not as fun to me. I like using Pokemon I bred for battle, not Pokemon I caught.
D/P/Pt (where I began playing seriously) had a really clean meta where, basically, all legendaries were in Uber and all the best non-legendaries were in OU. There were a few exceptions, but you sort of knew what you were getting into when you built for the tier. The gap between UU and OU was narrow and many UU Pokemon performed well in the upper tier.
But the gap between the best of UU and even the worst of OU is so much wider now. Even the best of UU would be easy-outs in the upper tier.
D/P/Pt had six legendaries in OU out of forty-eight. 12% of the tier was legendaries and they were rarely team staples.
S/M has seventeen out of forty-nine. 35% of the tier is legendaries and they are some of the most heavily-used Pokemon in the tier.
Basically, if I want to keep playing, I have to start using difficulty-to-obtain legendaries. I haven't been catching legendaries with the intention of use for literally ever. None of the ones I've caught for the Dex have the right natures, let alone essential Hidden Power options. This bums me out.
D/P/Pt (where I began playing seriously) had a really clean meta where, basically, all legendaries were in Uber and all the best non-legendaries were in OU. There were a few exceptions, but you sort of knew what you were getting into when you built for the tier. The gap between UU and OU was narrow and many UU Pokemon performed well in the upper tier.
But the gap between the best of UU and even the worst of OU is so much wider now. Even the best of UU would be easy-outs in the upper tier.
D/P/Pt had six legendaries in OU out of forty-eight. 12% of the tier was legendaries and they were rarely team staples.
S/M has seventeen out of forty-nine. 35% of the tier is legendaries and they are some of the most heavily-used Pokemon in the tier.
Basically, if I want to keep playing, I have to start using difficulty-to-obtain legendaries. I haven't been catching legendaries with the intention of use for literally ever. None of the ones I've caught for the Dex have the right natures, let alone essential Hidden Power options. This bums me out.