Sp. Atk and Sp. Def are fused back into one Special stat. Every Pokemon's Special is whatever their highest between the two is now, and moves that rose or lowered one obviously now raise the combined Special stat.
How fucked is the metagame?
>>33442042
mewtwo becomes horrifying again
>>33442042
Do this with attack and defence too.
>>33442042
Guzzlord becomes a little more viable
Hoopa-U becomes a fucking pain to take down if you aren't using a physical attacker
Same with Xurkitree and M-Mewtwo
[Mega Slowbro used Amnesia]
so chancey was actually a good attacker back in gen 1 right
I wouldn't touch the meta
It would be better if Atk and Def are fused into a Physical stat
So Pokemon stats would be:
Physical
Special
Speed
>>33442075
And HP
>>33442055
Chansey was great in Stadium.
>>33442075
>Hoopa-U
>both Mewtwo
>Deoxys-A
>anything with Huge Power
Volcarona becomes a fucking god.
>>33442091
Shuckle
Also that annoying Sigilyph set becomes even more potent (and fun) since Cosmic Power would raise the Special stat sharply.
>>33442099
>M-Aggron
>Furfrou
>Pheromosa
>>33442042
Mega Gyarados now has 155/130 offenses. Congratulations.
Deoxys got Nasty Plot from an event, keep that in mind.
>>33442108
*not cosmic Power, Calm mind
>>33442042
>Offensive eviolite chansey is now a thing; the equivalent of 105 SpA and the movepool of a normal type unite into a tank that will eat any hit and hit and destroy any landorus, scizor or skarmory it catches off guard
>Tangrowth doesn't need to run AV anymore, runs leftovers or some other bullshit instead
>Toxapex still runs its usual stall set, except that now its scald comes off the equivalent of 142 SpA, so you better have water absorb or something
>Mega sableye is self-explanatory
>What's that? mega alakazam? hope you have any physical attacker left
>Goodra is an AV monster with 150 SpD and SpA, florges too. This is a good thing
>Pheromosa and deoxys-A are only killable on the physical side now
>Ferrothorn starts carrying giga drain or hidden power of choice, never ever dies again
>How do you feel about choice specs shuckle?
But the real important thing is that guzzlord could have an AV niche now. Maybe.
>>33442176
Combine this with what >>33442075 said and everything becomes retarded.
>>33442042
Shuckle is looking pretty fucking broken with 230 special attack
>>33442075
>>33442091
>Mega Rayquaza gets even more OP
The year is 20XX. Everyone plays using full teams of Shuckles and god-tier prediction. Because of this, the winner of a match is solely determined by critical hits. The RNG metagame has evolved to ridiculous levels due to being the only remaining factor left to decide matches.
>>33442042
>Xurkitree used Tail Glow!
>>33443266
so what you're telling me is
>Pokemon main games become Pokemon Duel
shuckle and mantine will never be called shitmon again