I sometimes wonder if giving it a big heal when it changed in exchange for locking it into Zen Mode for the rest of the battle would have helped. Of course then you still have the fact that its Atk plummets in exchange for SpAtk so it'd have movepool issues, but still...
>>30665778
What if Zen mode flipps Attack EV-s into SpA EV-s?
>>30665778
It's even easier than that, just flip it- if Zen Mode was like shields down where he started bulky and became fast and fragile it would have been fine, you use the first turn to buff while you enjoy the respectable bulk that will take the umph out of the first hit you receive. Evidence- Minior is fantastic.
>>30666478
What moves it had would still be an issue.
>>30667389
Yeah, that'd be better; doesn't quite match the intended flavour I think though.
On the plus side they seem to be getting better at balancing these things, compare Minior vs Darmantian as you said, or Wishiwashi vs Archeops.
>>30665778
Darmanitan is like the alpha version of Aegislash
>>30665778
Complete Zygarde
>>30665778
What if zen mode and power construct gets entirely dumped and the zen mode Darmanitan is now available to use without that shitty gimmick, same goes for Perfect Jigarude.
By dropping these shit abilities there's room for some real ones.
Would a Sp Atk Belly Drum help it?
>>30670154
Not much. I think it only learns nost of the fire type moves for special attacks and the only psychic move it learns, I think, is Psychic.