Board Thread:Pokemon Arena X - Discussion/@comment-5398529-20140624072050/@comment-6016528-20140717071819

I have a lot of thoughts when it comes to Pokemon that are OP.

Accelgor: When you have a small Pokemon that can jump super high while at the same time being the 2nd fastest obtainable Pokemon in the game, you basically have all of the mobility you want. It doesn't help when Accelgor has Mega Drain at a low cooldown, not to mention Double Edge, which was a move that could not only do a ton of damage, but if it knocks back someone far enough, Accelgor could just run away if at low health. Sure, Swift and Bug Buzz became useless after a certain update, but even without those moves, Accelgor can still kill with ease.

Alamos Darkrai: Why did this even have to exist? Why would you take the signature moves for Palkia and Dialga and put them into a Darkrai's moveset? Seriously, Dark Void was stupid to begin with. The standard Darkrai was actually pretty dangerous as it is, though you aren't always guaranteed an instant kill with the moves it had, whereas Alamos Darkrai had the potential to kill almost any Pokemon even without using Dark Void. Oh, and it still has Dark Pulse and Dream Eater.

Shiny Gengar: If you thought regular Gengar was good enough, you haven't seen how much of a power boost a Pokemon can get when only one move changes. Basically, Shiny Gengar is regular Gengar, only instead of having Shadow Ball, it has Ominous Wind, which is a super dangerous move when tripped, and there is a lot of tripping when it comes to Gengar. Oh, I should mention that it has Toxic and Will-O-Wisp. No need to go any further.

Kingdra: Probably the best Pokemon when it comes to keeping your opponent from standing back up. Firstly, Kingdra has Hydro Pump and Twister, which are both very capable of tripping your opponent. Once your opponent is tripped, you have three moves that you can use for huge DPS. You have Surf, Bubblebeam, and Dragon Pulse. It might not seem like these moves can do a ton of damage, but considering that Bubblebeam and Dragon Pulse have a very short cooldown (and are actually decently powerful), you can spam them both and do a lot of damage, assuming that you can hit your opponent. The reason why Surf is so damaging is because you could use Surf on a tripped Pokemon, and if hit correctly, the Pokemon will constantly be knocked back, constantly damaging the Pokemon. This has one-hit-ko'd many Reshirams in the past.

Raichu: The reason to why Raichu is so good in a 1v1 is because it has a lot of potential when ranged and up close. When it comes to close range, Raichu has Tail Whip, which trips every foe close to it. The other close range move it has is Discharge, which did become unusable later on, but when it did work, it was a very great move to use to harass your opponent. For ranged moves, Raichu has Thunder Bolt, which is a decently powerful blast which does nice knockback depending on the opponent being effective to it or not. And now for the biggest reason to why people die so easily to Raichu: Thundershock. This attack is basically a super broken projectile that has infinite range. If hit by this move, you will trip and take about as much damage as you would from Thunder Bolt. So in a nutshell, you trip and you die.

Dugtrio: If there is any Pokemon in the game that I would call an assassin, it would be Dugtrio. Since it has a lot of speed and has Dig, it can be a big surprise to find. Not only because it has dig, but the fact that it has Earthquake and Magnitude makes it extremely dangerous. Giratina has nothing on this powerhouse.

Landorus: The only reason why this is OP is the fact that you can make Fissure work if not working. Basically, when you switch from Incarnate Forme to Therian Forme, you get Fissure and a huge speed boost. When you switch back, you lose the speed boost and Fissure. What this basically means is that you can keep changing forms until you get a working Fissure. Oh, and Therian Forme Landorus is the fastest Pokemon in the game that has Fissure... yeah.

Beedrill: Everyone seems to hate people who use Beedrill in the game because the only thing you have to do is to keep touching your opponent with Poison Jab and they will die from poison in a matter of seconds. Not to mention that Beedrill has a lot of speed for something you can obtain at level 10.

Swellow: Not even Accelgor can escape the power of Swellow. The only thing you need to do when using Swellow is to get close to your opponent, trip them wth Aerial Ace, and use Wing Attack once tripped. That one little combo can result in a one-hit-ko. If not, you also have Sky Attack and Brave Bird, which both do decent amounts of damage. Sadly, Brave Bird became unusable later, but you can still do huge amounts of damage. Oh, and you can fling yourself to the sky arena with the moves it has.

Lucario: This is the main reason why people joined the PAX group: to get Lucario. When playing as Lucario, you have nearly the same amount of speed as Gengar and you also have very good moves that you can spam very frequently. The main moves it uses are Aura Sphere and Dragon Pulse. Both do decent damage and they both have a very short cooldown. The other moves it has are used for close range. Firstly is Force Palm which can trip your opponent, making them vulnerable. Secondly is Dark Pulse which does decent damage when up close. Thirdly is Metal Claw, which isn't as useful as the rest of the moves, but it can be useful if you think your opponent is going to run into you. So no wonder that group has so many people in it.

Chandelure: Probably one of the Pokemon people can play super defensively. The thing people like to do with Chandelure is to use Flame Burst, Toxic, and Shadow Ball for ranged. When their opponent got close to them, they would use Overheat, which would instantly trip their opponent, and then follow up with Will-O-Wisp, which used to always instantly kill anything... that is until Overheat became unusable... bummer.

Personal Pokemon:

Shadarchen: This is the main reason to why Aarron has made so many people rage in PAX. Basically, you take Archen and Gengar and put them together and you get Shadarchen. The Wing Attack to Toxic and Ominous Wind combo messed people up badly. The only flaw is the super low HP it had (430 HP to be exact). Also, Shadarchen is one of the few Pokemon in the game that has U-Turn... though it doesn't really do much to be quite honest.

Shadow Tao Reshiram: This is why DR abuses the unholy hell out of his friends in PAX. To those who beat him in a 1v1 while he used this Pokemon was awarded with Shiny Reshiram. While he doesn't battle people for the award, he abuses people to no end. Basically, he has Blue Flare and a similar move called Oblivion, which has a 15 second cooldown, but weaker than Blue Flare and Roar of Time. Nonetheless, if he used both of these on you, you would most likely die (unless if you were Shiny Escavalier, which is why I used it so much). Along with that, it has Outrage, Fusion Flare, Flamethrower, and a special move called Techno Buster (F). This move is basically a constantly damaging projectile that sticks to you and makes you fly with it around the place until you either die or until it dissipates. So if you get hit by it, you might as well hope that you don't die, because that's all you can do.

Shadow Jirachi: Speaking of abusing, here's most likely the most powerful Pokemon in the game by far. First off, this Pokemon was used as a challenge by dasfunny and SRG. The ones who were able to kill this terror were awarded with Shiny Jirachi... that and a thousand hackers who exploited into the badge reward script... great. Those who got it legitimately know how hard it is to be able to beat Shadow Jirachi. Firstly, it has Oblivion, which can kill people pretty easily if spammed constantly. Secondly, it is super fast and has the ability to fly. Thirdly, it has Fissure... that is black, twice the range, and always one-hit-kos no matter what. And finally, the thing that kills most people who have faced it is the two giant Will-O-Wisps it has. These moves will kill anyone who gets hit by it, as the burn is extremely powerful. Luckily, it is a pretty slow projectile, so it is kinda easy to dodge. Did I mention it has 9001 health?

Virus Groudon: This thing is basically immortal as long as it has it's drain move up. Not to mention it has a fissure-like one hit ko attack that has the same range as Shadow Jirachi's fissure and it drains all of the health of the Pokemon killed by it. I have nothing else to say.

Giant Venipede: Literally a giant Venipede... but trust me, this thing is deadly. This is the only Pokemon in the game that has Sludge Bomb, which inflicts a deadlier poison than Toxic and does a lot more damage overall. Also, it does indeed have Toxic with it, along with Poison Sting and Piledrive. The biggest reason to why this thing is so OP is because it can shrink into a smaller version, giving it less HP, which it can then grow back into a giant, but it's HP will be fully healed. And you thought Wish was the best heal.

Bonus: TANKET: There are a very few amount of people who knew about this personal. This is literally Mongoose, but it has 125k HP. Apparently, this is a super secret personal only owned by SRG. I wonder if he's going to put it in the new PAX, eh?

That's basically everything that I would consider OP in the old PAX.