Board Thread:Pokemon Arena X- CAMP/@comment-5427970-20140405100858/@comment-5398529-20140415014325

I'm not really favoring this ability. The abilities Overgrow, Blaze, Torrent, and Swarm raise the power of moves of a specific type by 50%. Although they only affect a certain type, Pokemon with those abilities usually carry a complementing move(s) anyway.

But you also have to look at defenses. The aforementioned abilities only work well if the Pokemon can survive more than one hit. A good example is Empoleon. It only has three x2 weaknesses and multiple resistances, allowing it to bulk some hits. Its hidden ability has no effective use, so it's much more common to see Torrent being used over that.

I'm sure it's already been pointed out that Weavile has a major weakness, and that's exactly the flaw. Ice/Dark-type is just begging to be smashed apart by fighting moves. The x4 weakness would only laugh at the 100 defense. A Pokemon that depends on getting damaged to be fully utilized should be bulky.

The current ability that Mega Weavile has isn't suited for the Pokemon. The ability doesn't give a boost that's worth using, nor does the Pokemon have good bulk to even use the ability in the first place. I suggest giving a different ability that doesn't depend on surviving a hit.

Right off the top of my head, maybe an ability that gives priority to Weavile's large arsenal of Dark-type moves? Priority Foul Play, Taunt, Knock Off... It would make Mega Weavile pretty useful.

EDIT: Also, I was thinking that priority in PAX, in addition to faster move speed, would allow the move to "pierce" through other moves since, if you recall in the old new PAX, when moves collide, they cause an explosion and disappear.