^I've tried Gallade as a lead before, and Leaf Blade was too highly specialized and I didn't like using it as much. Perhaps you do not enjoy the low accuracy Hypnosis brings to the table, but I enjoy using Hypnosis in the fourth slot of that set in order to sleep Hippowdon, forretress, and swampert, generally any bulky or slow lead that you can't break will usually take a sleep, which is very useful. Worst case scenario is it misses, but it's not too bad considering you can use Gallade late game and give your opponent a scare by threatening a sleep. It's a high risk high reward move, and I like taking that risk. Hypnosis has the potential to cover things you previously couldn't with any other move Gallade has in its disposal because it prevents your opponent from making a move. Furthermore, it is another option that Gallade has that Machamp lacks, and is one of the main reasons I would use Gallade over Machamp. Sleep is good.
Other than that I'd like to see a slash or a mention of hypnosis in the set and I'll approve.
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Yes to the first part, no to the second. Quality Control has decided that Swords Dance isn't a move that warrants mention, as it significantly decreases the effectiveness of this set, and the version that was passed is a version without Swords Dance. Also, Hypnosis was never discussed, and Plus is the only person that even mentioned it. I don't endorse the use of Hypnosis in the slightest.
Hypnosis getting a mention and Swords Dance not is a fucking joke. Sixty percent accuracy has more midgame relevance than 100% +2 boost? No, thats just wrong. Completely and utterly wrong. Vetoing it in favor of Hypnosis is just proving the lack of integrity about this system simply because Hypnosis was brought up by a fellow QC member, not because of its viability (and Swords Dance's apparent lacktherof)
I don't understand why you're so angry about this. Hypnosis isn't getting a mention in the actual set, and listing Swords Dance in Optional Changes would just be silly because it already has a full set on the analysis, and it isn't very good in the lead position. We're not "vetoing it in favor of Hypnosis" and I personally object to its inclusion at all. However, we'd appreciate it if you would respect the QC team's decision to leave Swords Dance out of the lead set and keep it in its own set where it belongs, rather than making veiled accusations about favoritism which are blatantly disrespectful at best.
If I were to be perfectly honest with you, I would tell you that I would prefer Swords Dance over Hypnosis on this set, because my personal preference is to absolutely never use Hypnosis on anything. But you need to take a chill pill and realize that whether or not a specific move makes it onto an analysis is not a life-or-death situation like you make things out to be. I'm pretty sure Swords Dance is a pretty obvious option if a user wants to go that route, but we felt Swords Dance specifically should not be put on the set because it makes the set itself inferior to the non-Swords Dance version. It's simply a matter of opinion, that's all. Your opinion does not agree with ours, and that's that. Hypnosis on the other hand provides Gallade with something that the original set does not, so we felt like that was an okay thing to put in the OC. It's our job as QC to make sure we push analyses along with what we believe to be the best possible versions of sets, without letting things drag on for too long to the point where the author himself loses interest. For the sake of moving the analysis along, we came together and made a decision. It really is not the end of the world, relax.
I don't think it's worth losing one of the other moves.
Swords Dance is mentioned in the lead Lucario set on-site, so why not on this? In fact, it's not only mentioned; it's also slashed.
That's not the point. I'm trying to say that if Lucario has Swords Dance mentioned on his lead analysis, why shouldn't it be mentioned on Gallade's? I'll even quote you on this one:
Lucario has Swords Dance mentioned on his lead analysis, even though it has a separate set entirely. Your final point is subjective and RL has pointed out in previous pages why Swords Dance can be superior in certain cases.
Stop. Now. You've been warned enough, and I'm getting tired of people ignoring QC's decision here. Swords Dance isn't getting a slash. End of story.
Because Lucario is an actually common Pokemon. People assume, by default, that all Lucario have Swords Dance, and therefore the user of a lead Lucario can either take advantage of that or actually use it. Note also that Lucario uses a Focus Sash in conjunction with Counter, so that he will always survive one turn and be able to +2 ExtremeSpeed at worst. Gallade neither uses a Focus Sash nor does it have access to that powerful priority. (Shadow Sneak sucks)Super Mario Bro said:
No; it's pretty damned important to outspeed Heatran.Poppycock said:
