Salamence wasn't much trouble really, It wasn't that hard to defeat. But at least I don't have to carry steel types to survive Outrage.
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...What? He was banned because of the MixMence set could OHKO / 2HKO everything in the game without being fragile or other bad traits, and forcing teams to always use one or two Steel-types to absorb Draco Meteors. Also, that analysis for Ubers has been there for months, and performance in Ubers doesn't matter anyway.The only apparent reason they promoted him is due to making a nice partner for Rayquaza.
This is jus LOL. Salamence wasn't that hard to deal with. She takes 25% of her health just to switch in and is 4x weak to one of the most common attacking types. Yes, Mence outclasses all non-Extremespeed Dragonites but she still dies to Swampert, Starmie and heck even CB Scizor revenge kills Mence after it's been attacked once or switched into SR a few times.
lol.
Depends on your style.
My style usually involved running a wall-breaker Mence with extra speed, so I simply switched in and killed if it didn't use Dragon Dance xD
Whereas I'd be more commonly found complaining due to my inability to counter ScarfTar.
I'd be seriously shocked if Dragonite was voted Uber. that'd be preposterous, and probably will never happen unless it gets a huge boost somehow in 5th Gen
I can't believe salamance is uber! Next Flygon is gonna be banned for it's "stealth rock resistance", then Dragonite for it's "bulk" ,and finaly Kingdra
for it's " 1 and only weakness to Dragon", which by this point will then be non-existent! What the BBWAAAAGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!
Soon, Altaria wiil be the new OU threat :(
Well, this I didn't quite see coming.
What a load of crap.
By removing something that's at the top of the tier, you're simply leaving a hole from another "omgthatshouldbeanuberpokemonforsure" to take it's place.
It is a totally ineffective way of balancing the tier.
Like digging a hole in the ground, then digging another hole to put the rubbish from the first hole in!
It really doesn't solve anything!
I'll have to rework my team methinks, maybe replace salamence with gallade or heracross thenwork around them. :/
The only apparent reason they promoted him is due to making a nice partner for Rayquaza. He's not Garchomp, alone, he'll get murdered. What's next? Kingdra in Ubers? Gyarados? Competitive battling gets worse and worse. It's no wonder so many battlers have retired.
i think it's dumb salamence is uber now. soon enough dragonite will be uber too. people just want something to complain about. anytime something is remotely "overpowered" people complain.
I saw a bunch of users spamming Spiritomb- hope it's not uber. It's actually decent.
But none on my team are uber- Cresselia, Rampardos, Zapdos (last is temporary)
Thanks Smogon. Just ban Salamence as soon as I get my Adamant Bagon with 31 IV's in Attack and Speed.
Reeeaaaal nice Smogon.