ITT: Pokemon that were competitively relevant for only one generation

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Remember when Slash was actually threatening?

>>30693852
I fucking love Mr. Pringle, just wish they had a better movepool. I hope they don't make Jellicent even worse by just introducing a Water/Ghost with better stats in any upcoming gens

Girafarig!!

>>30693852
Talonflame

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>>30693852
Remember weather wars?
I did good, didn't I?

>>30693938
Rain and to an extent sun teams were the cancer of gen 5.

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>>30693890
It got gud in gen 7.

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>tfw new abilities and moves were made just to take you out AND you got nerfed on top of that

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>>30693929
DELETE THIS

>>30693938
To be fair, it was still relevant in VGC. Ninetales got cucked by Charizard though.

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RIP SubPetaya

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>>30693894
>you will never run ferrocent again

>>30694580
At least you can run Ferrothorn + Toxapex now which is extra cancerous

>>30694609
ive had most fun running marowak/skarm/toxapex as a balanced core this gen. they all work really well together

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>>30693964
>tfw a whole NEW TYPE was introduced to nerf you
>and it didn't even work

Seriously Gamefreak acts like they give a shit about the meta by nerfing weather and megas, but they will never EVER nerf this POS. They're just gonna make all future Pseudos shitty to compensate.

Was Tauros useful after the first gen?

>>30694893
tauros was fucking retarded in gen 2 with rest/sleep talk/horn drill/fissure and was a big part of why OHKO moves got banned in the first place. pretty unremarkable in gen 2 after that, though.

i remember it being OU in gen 3 too, but looking at it now it's apparently BL so i guess people soured on it.

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>when no one remembers you were OU once

>>30694713
Faries were introduced to nerf special attacking Dragons, which were far more powerful and prominent in Doubles than the physical attacking ones.
Why are all Garchompfags so obnoxiously deluded?

>>30694713
Fairies were introduced to nerf Hydreigon(the Fairy marketing focused on him for a reason), not Garchomp.

Hydreigon was literal cancer during Gen V.

>>30695605
Hydreigon was low OU at the end of Gen V tho, mainly because of
>98 spe
Don't know about VGC

why is it bad now? Did it's bulk not keep up?

>>30695985
It's not bad, you can still check half of OU. It's just outclassed. Also, 4 Moves Syndrome.

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Make it great again!!

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From OU to PU in only one gen

>>30696804
It's only PU because they banned sun and rain setting abilities below OU, same with the frog

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>>30693964
good fucking riddance

and fuck you don't tell me to git gud, I can deal with Talonflame, it just takes triple the effort to do so on the opposing end of Talonflame

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Damn weathet nerf.
Damn Hidden Power nerf.
DAMN PRIORITY BIRD.

Just...JUST
Fuck gen 6, okay?

>>30696988
>Lilligant
>ever good

>>30695971

Do you really think Nintendo gives a shit about Smogon tiers? They probably base most decisions of VGC

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>>30696782
>aquire something with Rapid Spin
>don't play like an idiot
>set up on something
>???
>Profit

>>30696988
>After you Eruption

Fuck you too Lilligant.

>>30697147
They buffed Defog and gave Stealth Rock wide distribution via Tutors in Gen6. It's something.

>>30697078
>I didn't play Gen 5

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Mawilite is still in the game, right? Mawile can get great again, right?

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How the fuck did this guy go from OU -> RU -> PU in 2 gens
Sad, this is one of my favorite Pokemon

>>30693894
What could it even get for a better movepool? It already has great coverage in Water/Ghost/Ice/Grass, and has access to Will O' Wisp and Recover for le standard bulk set?

>>30697639
>physical ghost
>meh movepool
>slow
>high defenses, low HP

>>30694164
What are you talking about? He's only gotten better since his debut.

>>30697905
And why the hell doesn't he get Shadow Bone? He's a fucking Grim Reaper.

>>30697204
Flygon was OU in gen 3 and 4 actually

>>30697639
He was shit in gen 4 too actually, he only held up in OU thanks to shitters who didn't know any better

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Good times

>>30693852

>this is a Pokemon

I.. I never knew this.
This is the first time I experienced this.

>>30695425

desu regice wasn't even good after fire red/leaf green and blissey was introduced. It was only OU as a carryover from the Ruby/sapphire 200 days when it was the only way to deal with special attackers, after that it was a meme

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>tfw PU

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>>30698518

Heres hoping the Sinnoh remake puts him on par with Kung fu Chicken and Jobberfrog again

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Reuniclus was OU back in gen 5. It isn't as good now, but he can hold his own well.

>>30698748
He was OU in GSC, BL in ADV and now the alola form is OU
That's more than good

>>30697540
>RU
low standards toby honest

>>30694713
I don't know if it's just me or did the fairy type make Garchomp better?

>>30696988
>Complaining about the weather nerf
You are the true cancer of gen 5

>>30699926
>playing diet Ubers
No thanks.