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Ugh... I have approximately a 1 in 10 chance of getting somebody I'm not complete ass with, but... screw it, count me in. PS username is leafbarrett.
3DS FC: 4613 6887 4575
NNID: Leafia_Barrett
Having to withdraw because of a change of plans.
You're right, you are going to get a lot of hate for this. Personally, I couldn't give less of a shit what Sakurai thinks of Melee, I still love the game. Did it have problems? Yes. Is it as balanced as some of the hardcore competitive people may claim? Three words: Fox and Falco. Does this mean...
Has there even been a situation in the past where the problem was an entire team being broken?
I'm personally pro-nerf, specifically of the user cap variety. 3 seems like a reasonable cap to me, though I guess 4 isn't out of the question. 2 is kinda pushing it a bit far with the nerfbat, and 5...
It's also illegal. Murkrow only gets Defog from gen 4, and obviously, Prankster wasn't a thing then, nor were hidden abilities. So let's just shut down even the joke right there, hm?
Um... You have a Sylveon. Remind me how Infernape is supposed to be a problem again?
Alakazam is... really not that great. I'd stick to Terrakion. Maybe swap out the Band for a Scarf if he's meant to be a revenge killer.
Didn't see if anyone answered this, but if you haven't watched TwitchPlaysPokemon, look up "TwitchPlaysPokemon Flareon". That might have a lot to do with the sudden influx of Flareons.