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Hey aQrator!! I am at a conference for work until Thursday this week, so I will be unable to play until Friday, Saturday, or Sunday.
I’d prefer Saturday mid-day my time, but could potentially do something Friday if that works better. There's also Sunday, but it would be better to play before...
The PSPL showdown begins.
I am CST (GMT-5). Going to be unavailable Saturday and Sunday, but I can do most days after work hours. I know you are a few hours ahead of me, so I could maybe do Wednesday in the afternoon my time so it isn’t too late for you. Otherwise Friday in the afternoon my...
Great Tusk + Ting Lu
Defensive core (hazard stackers + spin + whirlwind)
I've been slapping these homies on the last two slots after combining various breakers/offensive cores and it has worked well for me (I usually peak around 1500s due to skill issues:row:).
It is extremely splashable...
I understand the frustration in losing to guessing incorrectly, but like how is this different from hurricane/fblast/etc missing? You click the move needing it to hit and having a likely chance of the outcome you want happening, but 30% of the time you lose bc that is how the move works. Or you...
I'm not saying this logic is wrong. I think you made a very fair point. I'm glad you were able to properly voice this concern because it is an important one. But yeah I'm just trying to emphasize that tera is not an RNG heavy mechanic like the term 50-50 implies.
I think the notion of "highly...
Just trying to make sure terms are being used correctly. You can still argue your point about how it affects prediction but imo calling it a 50-50 is a way to blame RNG and paint the mechanic negatively when it is not truly a 50-50 or fair to call it one.
I don't think you can call this scenario a 50-50 since it is not equally likely at every chance someone will tera. There are even turns when you could probably say with certainty that someone will or wont tera. Just because there are two choices does not equate to 50-50 of each outcome (tera or...
I pretty strongly disagree with this suggestion. FYI my stance is show tera at preview for a next step.
Back to your original post. One of the cool aspects of tera is that it can be very effectively used defensively: either increasing the defensive utility of offensive mons or increasing the...