For what purpose?

It's been 4 generations and slaking wouldn't be anywhere as broken as it was when it first hit the scene so why the retarded ability to this day?

>>30895601
Typical normal type.

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>>30895601
>GF
>Thinking

Pick one

>Sunny Day
Problem solved.

he tans a lot

>>30895601
because single uses on TMs made them give moves to more Pokemon than necessary,just look at shadow ball

diaperbeam lol

>>30895614
>160 base attack
>usable special
>gen 1 tier movepool
>150/100/65 defenses
>usable speed

Slaking with no hindering ability would be either tip top tier OU or ubers.

Could be worse. It could be Truant Durant with Dig.

>>30895647
Yeah but it literally can't use it unless there's sunlight, or Truant is negated somehow

>>30895730
No it fucking wouldn't. It's no better than any mega and gets curbstomped by any fighting type, most of which outspeed it

>>30895601
Because normal types have a wide range of available attacks. That's the advantage of the type, that and being immune to ghost. What higher purpose do you really need?

>>30895730
From the times I gave it Protean in Doubles I can agree. Slaking is a monster. It's ability is literally like some sort of Anime seal. Once unlocked by any means, it becomes a god.

>>30895749
>gets curbstomped by any fighting type, most of which outspeed it
>most of which outspeed it
>MOST of which outspeed it
>100 Base speed
which ones?

>>30895758
in doubles i had alakazam swap it magic guard. it held a life orb and knew double edge, so it took 0 recoil with magic guar, making it a god. I didn't like losing a turn with alakazam having to try to swap truant to something else, or switching out to reset, so i had it mega evolve the ability away. that duo was a lot of fun.

>>30895749
this b8 tastes so good. also, if slaking had a new ability, which one should it get?

>>30895824
Slow Start

>>30895749
>its a mega that doesn't use your mega slot

yeah totally not busted. Slaking also has reliable recovery btw

>>30895804
mega bunny
mega hindu
nasty cockroach
terrakion

>>30895824
emergency exit

>>30895824
Something near worthless, but non-hindering.Like say Unnerve, Gluttony, or Oblivious. Each would fit Slaking and not make it OP.

>>30895824
>Sheer Force
>Straight to ubers

>>30895824
Stall

>>30895824
Defeatist

He's like King of the Jungle and shit.

Makes sense he'd get Solar Beam, he spends all day among the plants chilling in the sun.

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>the year of our lord twenty seventeen minus a couple weeks
>STILL thinking they'll replace Slaking or Regigigas abilities with another one at random just for the sake of making them better

Those abilities were built around these pokemon, not the other way around
The best you can hope for is for GF to change them so they won't be so hindering

ex.
Slaking can now use moves like Slack Off or Rest during the 2nd turn

>>30895962
>implying it makes sense for the regigagas to have slow start
>implying it makes sense for the middle stage to be hyper while the other two stages are lazy

>>30895858
you didn't even try. There are 14 (15 if you include a speed tie of Mega Medicham).

Of that 15, 6 are legendaries, 4 are megas (Mega mewtwo counted on both), and 1 is a UB.

Of those non-mega, non-legends, right off the bat
>244 Atk Hawlucha High Jump Kick vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Slaking: 336-396 (76.1 - 89.7%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
>168 Atk Life Orb Infernape Close Combat vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Slaking: 408-484 (92.5 - 109.7%) -- 56.3% chance to OHKO
Not everybody could guarantee an OHKO

There is no way you are facing any of those pokemon at the same time, especially the megas, so you complaining about "MOST" fighting types outspeeding isn't valid especially when not everyone who outspeed can reliable KO Slaking, who KOs the above

>252 Atk Life Orb Slaking Return vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Infernape: 335-395 (114.3 - 134.8%) -- guaranteed OHKO
>252 Atk Life Orb Slaking Return vs. 12 HP / 0 Def Hawlucha: 321-380 (107 - 126.6%) -- guaranteed OHKO

>>30896010
>i don't undestand anything about these pokemon: the post

>>30895749
Its stats are comparable to that of a mega, only it can hold a Life Orb or Choice Scarf.

Also FYI, if you invest in bulk it can survive STAB Close Combats and OHKO in return.

252 Atk Life Orb Infernape Close Combat vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Slaking: 439-517 (87.1 - 102.5%) -- 18.8% chance to OHKO
(439, 445, 447, 455, 460, 463, 471, 476, 478, 486, 491, 494, 502, 507, 510, 517)

252 Atk Life Orb Slaking Return vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Infernape: 335-395 (114.3 - 134.8%) -- guaranteed OHKO
(335, 339, 343, 347, 351, 355, 359, 363, 367, 370, 374, 378, 382, 386, 390, 395)

If you also put 252 EVs into Defense it can survive Lucario's CC as well, and OHKO with EQ.

>>30896028
>I have no argument: the reply

>>30895858
>"most"
That's less than a bumch.

>>30896037
it really shouldn't be someone else to tell you why Regigigas works that way, it's an ancient machine that has slept for thousands of years after helping shaping the every entire goddamn continent, of course when you wake him up it's not going to be in very good shape

As for Vigoroth i think it's more of a joke of someone like a lazy kid that has to wake up and work hard once it becomes an adult... just to end up becoming lazy once more when he's old and retired

>>30895730
>singles

>>30896010
Regigigas has been sleeping for 30000 years, it makes sense he needs some time to wake up

>>30895824
Huge Power

I actually don't see why people don't use him regardless of truant, personally I always end up switching out pokemon who have attacked with a scarf or band on the second turn anyway.

Give him a choice band and retaliate+pursuit and he'd probably be okay in OU

>>30895733
Those actually appear as enemies in the Battle Tree

>>30895680
lol