>introduces at least two Pokémon with priority-preventing

>>29809325
>Talonflame suddenly stops being the favorite Pokémon of a lot of players

Hmm, really makes you think, huh? Now is the time for true bravery.

>>29809325
REMOVE BIRD
actually if z gems activate acro itll still be pretty good
but only when rocks arent down

also it has 125 base speed so its still gonna outspeed a lot of things regardless, its not gonna end up shit tier or anything

>>29809444
Doesn't active acro since the crystal isn't consumed.

>>29809444
bulky set is a lot weaker since it can't go full hp/def and still have priority roost

the gale wings nerf is retarded. They should have just made it so the move getting priority gets a 30% damage reduction or something.

So no one is talking about bravest bird getting fucked over by Protect now?

>>29809444
126, if people like it's still very much usable
But hopefully it won't be in every team now

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The real bravest bird will rise again.

>>29809686
rise to what? that nigga is staying in BL

>>29809686
Staraptor a shit

>>29809630
it was only ever in 1/8 of teams

>>29809584
wait, what nerf, im out of the loop

>>29809325

Did they nerf it to normal/flying?

I really liked it, but the change of typing is a real turnoff.

>>29809772
Gale Wings now only works with full HP otherwise it has no effect.

>>29809630
Outside of battle spot his usage was niche in Smogon singles, mostly used in balance and only in 1/11 teams you would face, mostly using a stall breaker defensive set wich was his best set.

>>29809325
They didn't just nerf Talonflame, they murdered it, annihilated it. It might be usable in OU with the right set but you can bet its main tier will be UU.

>>29809793
No, same tupe

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>genies are still as good as ever

>>29809325
Does that mean Staraptor is new best bird?

>>29809686
>2025
>Generation 10 comes out
>Staraptor is still BL

>>29810057
Its utility has basically been reduced to an anti-lead. It's doubtful it'll be any higher than RU with such limited uses now.

>>29810676
I almost added RU as a possibility, but I decided to give it the benefit of the doubt.

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>>29809385
>>29809385
Still my favorite pokemon.
Just upset he's got murdered into swellow tier.


At least my second favorite got a nice sidegrade that i'm going to use anyway.

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>>29809325
I'll miss him, but now I can say I like Talonflame and not be called a smogonfag.

The falcon its based on, the Peregrine, is fucking dope.

>>29810187
Yep. Toucannon would be up there if it wasn't so slow.

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Here's your new best bird

Gets Swords dance and Jump Kick and +10 speed

>>29809325
damage control
last gen was full of priority and speed creep so they tried to solve that. its kind of overkill imo

>>29809325
I'm amazed they did this much to destroy gale wings, priority and eviolite, but nothing to end stealth rock's dominance of the metagame.