CAP 32 - Part 3 - Role Poll

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Please see the Concept Assessment 2 thread to make an informed decision on your vote. Explanations for the options on this slate are included below:

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Offensive Hazard Setter
Our good STAB combo directly threatens the best removal options in the tier and is strong enough to generate free turns for setting hazards. While Pokemon like Spikes Meowscarada and Greninja offer good examples of how this role can perform in practice, we could likely still take a number of different approaches to actualizing it, and competition is low enough for us to fit on teams relatively easily. Moreover, leaning into utility offers us a way to circumvent our average stats and bring something else to the table besides sheer offensive or defensive potential.

Defensive Pivot
Our typing offers great benefits on both the offensive and defensive side, so it's sensible to take a defensive route that can pressure the opponent just by virtue of its STABs. It's true that defensive pivot is a very vague and broad term, but that's fine; all we need to understand is that we will be bulky enough to answer key offensive threats, but also be able to hold onto momentum through traits such as immediate damage output, excellent utility, snowballing potential, pivoting moves, etc. Basically, for our purposes we're a defensive mon that doesn't want to be too passive. This should be broad enough to allow for multiple viable routes moving forward but nonetheless provide us a good sense of direction.

Offensive Pivot
Out of the three, this role leans the most into Fire/Fairy's offensive potential against common metagame staples. As with defensive pivot, an offensive pivot is a pretty vague role –– the main things I will specify are that this role avoids a glass cannon build, and that pivoting moves are typically more common on offensive pivots than their defensive counterparts. It's also important to note that ending up in a good speed tier might be particularly helpful to this role (though, I don't see it as outright necessary either).

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The voting options are:

Offensive Hazard Setter
Defensive Pivot
Offensive Pivot


This poll will be open for 24 hours.
 
Defensive Pivot
Offensive Hazard Setter
Offensive Pivot


I’ve said my opinions about all of these in the thread and I think spoo summed it up quite nicely
 
Offensive Pivot
Offensive Hazard Setter
Defensive Pivot


mod edit: fixed spelling of offensive pivot
 
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