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Legendaries in Tiers

Discussion in 'Festival Plaza' started by Pitmore, Sep 28, 2015.

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  1. Pitmore

    Pitmore Mild Internal Pain

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    We all know that legendary Pokémon are legendary because they're strong. But can they be too strong or unfair? This is a very touchy topic as a lot of people believe legendaries deserve their own tier. I this case, the more overpowered ones have. But the less powered ones are banned to OU, UU and even RU.

    But enough about smogon.

    What do you think about legendaries? Its no question that they define Pokémon, not just competitive play but ingame? VGC accept the likes of suicune as well and Pokémon like Latios/Latias (depends which version) are forced upon you in OR/AS! Is it going too far?
     
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  2. Shayminlover123

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    Most of the time some legends are just to strong and powerful . However, some legends have counters to them which takes them out in an instance. That's just for singles anyways. For doubles its a completely different ball game. For VGC I sometimes wish that certain legendary Pokémon were removed, or maybe they would have a tournament where the top 16 Pokémon that scored high the year before are banned.

    However, the main thing I have to say is many are broken, but some aren't. Take Regigigas for example.
     
  3. shinygiratinaz

    shinygiratinaz Boats Against the Current

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    I think a tier for all legends would be terrible. Sticking moltres in the same tier as primal groudon or even zekrom is just unfair. A lot of the trios, the birds and the golems being the biggest in this, are just not strong enough to compete with the likes of xerneas and kyurem-b, statwise or strategywise. Some trios, like the dogs and the lake spirits, have their niches, but they're still outclassed by other legends that just do their job better or have better base stats/movepools.

    As for in game, I think legends are fine. Lati@s being forced on you was odd, but I didn't mind it, and soaring is awesome so I let it slide. And honestly, I love encountering legends in the games, especially in ORAS. Soaring to find them felt like an adventure in itself, and the battles were pretty cool imho, especially the genie and sinnoh trio battles. Overall, I love the legends in the games, especially the epic cinematic moments they can give us.
     
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  4. TheBlazingInfernape

    TheBlazingInfernape Gone, probably forgotten

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    Like Shiny says, a tier for legends sounds horrible. It's like comparing Phione to Mewtwo.
     
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