bludz
a waffle is like a pancake with a syrup trap
I'm not going to argue Sableye isn't a better stall mega but I really don't get why you're arguing Altaria isn't all that good on stall :s
Your scenario assumes perfect predictions. A lot of the time Chomp is forced to click Dragon Tail otherwise Skarmory comes in for free. Not to mention that Chomps which carry Toxic have 0 Atk investment:
0 Atk Garchomp Earthquake vs. 248 HP / 104+ Def Mega Altaria: 103-123 (29.1 - 34.8%)
EXTREMELY low likelihood it 2HKOs Altaria even if it's at 69% after 2 SR switch-ins and one turn of Toxic. This scenario also assumes that your altaria counter isn't a free switch for their spinner (starmie for Tran) or defogger ( skarm for nearly any steel, poison or fairy type)
It's impossible to cover every single threat anyway, even on stall. I would rather have no answers to something that's very uncommon than have only one counter to bigger threats like Zard X, which can overpower many of its common counters on stall anyway (SD beats Hippo and Slowbro, Outrage 2HKOs Quagsire on the switch-in).
I'm not going to argue this any further with you. If you think Altaria is not good on stall then that is fine but I believe you are sorely mistaken. It's a great glue mon and even if it isn't always the right fit it's definitely one of the better choices.
Your scenario assumes perfect predictions. A lot of the time Chomp is forced to click Dragon Tail otherwise Skarmory comes in for free. Not to mention that Chomps which carry Toxic have 0 Atk investment:
0 Atk Garchomp Earthquake vs. 248 HP / 104+ Def Mega Altaria: 103-123 (29.1 - 34.8%)
EXTREMELY low likelihood it 2HKOs Altaria even if it's at 69% after 2 SR switch-ins and one turn of Toxic. This scenario also assumes that your altaria counter isn't a free switch for their spinner (starmie for Tran) or defogger ( skarm for nearly any steel, poison or fairy type)
It's impossible to cover every single threat anyway, even on stall. I would rather have no answers to something that's very uncommon than have only one counter to bigger threats like Zard X, which can overpower many of its common counters on stall anyway (SD beats Hippo and Slowbro, Outrage 2HKOs Quagsire on the switch-in).
I'm not going to argue this any further with you. If you think Altaria is not good on stall then that is fine but I believe you are sorely mistaken. It's a great glue mon and even if it isn't always the right fit it's definitely one of the better choices.
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