Let's keep trucking along and working toward a final first ability for CAP 2. Now that we've moved out of the IRV stage, we will begin eliminating entries until something has more than 50% of the vote. Until then, keep your heads high and let's see this through!
Recall that this poll is a bold vote poll, the details of which are outlined here. A typical vote might look like the following:
This poll will be open for 24 hours.
When voting, use only the ability name! The list of possible votes in order of placement in the last poll are:
Limber captivated me once reachzero mentioned it. It's a strong ability that doesn't change a lot of the way that CAP 2 is traditionally handled by the threats we deemed critical. The only member of that Steel group that might have tried Thunder Wave is Jirachi, and Jirachi would much rather punch CAP 2 in the face and kill it than paralyze it and sacrifice itself. That said, this makes CAP 2 a much better switch-in to the Thunders and Thunderbolts it will inevitably be taking to get in, and makes it that much more reliable to use against Ferrothorn, one of its key switch-ins both offensively and defensively. This legitimizes the ability beyond a doubt without, I feel, breaking CAP 2's potential. That's key.
And now, Immunity. Now while a lot of competitive players say that this is rather useless for CAP 2, I disagree. Almost all of CAP 2's sets that will succeed are offensive, true, but I do not think that we will have done the concept justice if even a few support sets cannot win matches. Support sets with a powerful STAB attack constitute their own brand of bulky offense, and I think should be able to exist. These support sets fear poison from the likes of defensive Pokemon more than paralysis, and indeed can be ruined by it. Furthermore, bulky sets featuring Coil and similar boosters will also rather be immune to poison than paralysis, and this ability helps legitimize them a lot.
Lastly, let's talk about No Competitive Ability. I just don't think CAP 2 needs one, quite frankly. This may be the first time in forever that a TL has been ambitious enough to say that, but I definitely think of all CAPs, it is most applicable to CAP 2. CAP 2 is a very powerful Pokemon, and will end up succeeding at its job with or without a competitive ability to support it. For that reason, we may take the route of having none and choosing flavor abilities instead. What this will do to the process is basically skip the competitive ability stage entirely. We will then decide art, and after art has been decided, vote for one or two flavor abilities. A flavor ability is one, like Illuminate or Honey Gather, that has absolutely no or negligible competitive value whatsoever. The competitive value of an ability is to be determined by the TL. (This means an ability that has competitive value, but for CAP 2 is particularly useless, could be constituted a flavor ability)
Good luck, and may the best ability (or lack of ability) win!
CAP 2 thus far:
Typing: Grass / Ghost
Stats: 64 HP / 120 Atk / 100 Def / 85 SpA / 120 SpD / 81 Spe
tl;dr: Quack! (Vote for abilities!)
Recall that this poll is a bold vote poll, the details of which are outlined here. A typical vote might look like the following:
Please post only your votes in this thread. Do not respond to other posts, or your posts will be moderated and you warned. If you feel compelled to say something in your own vote, you may still do so, but don't try to incite a discussion. Keep discussion to #cap.
This poll will be open for 24 hours.
When voting, use only the ability name! The list of possible votes in order of placement in the last poll are:
No Competitive Ability
Limber
Immunity
I've included my logic for slating those three abilities below for the voters' reference:Limber
Immunity
Limber captivated me once reachzero mentioned it. It's a strong ability that doesn't change a lot of the way that CAP 2 is traditionally handled by the threats we deemed critical. The only member of that Steel group that might have tried Thunder Wave is Jirachi, and Jirachi would much rather punch CAP 2 in the face and kill it than paralyze it and sacrifice itself. That said, this makes CAP 2 a much better switch-in to the Thunders and Thunderbolts it will inevitably be taking to get in, and makes it that much more reliable to use against Ferrothorn, one of its key switch-ins both offensively and defensively. This legitimizes the ability beyond a doubt without, I feel, breaking CAP 2's potential. That's key.
And now, Immunity. Now while a lot of competitive players say that this is rather useless for CAP 2, I disagree. Almost all of CAP 2's sets that will succeed are offensive, true, but I do not think that we will have done the concept justice if even a few support sets cannot win matches. Support sets with a powerful STAB attack constitute their own brand of bulky offense, and I think should be able to exist. These support sets fear poison from the likes of defensive Pokemon more than paralysis, and indeed can be ruined by it. Furthermore, bulky sets featuring Coil and similar boosters will also rather be immune to poison than paralysis, and this ability helps legitimize them a lot.
Lastly, let's talk about No Competitive Ability. I just don't think CAP 2 needs one, quite frankly. This may be the first time in forever that a TL has been ambitious enough to say that, but I definitely think of all CAPs, it is most applicable to CAP 2. CAP 2 is a very powerful Pokemon, and will end up succeeding at its job with or without a competitive ability to support it. For that reason, we may take the route of having none and choosing flavor abilities instead. What this will do to the process is basically skip the competitive ability stage entirely. We will then decide art, and after art has been decided, vote for one or two flavor abilities. A flavor ability is one, like Illuminate or Honey Gather, that has absolutely no or negligible competitive value whatsoever. The competitive value of an ability is to be determined by the TL. (This means an ability that has competitive value, but for CAP 2 is particularly useless, could be constituted a flavor ability)
Good luck, and may the best ability (or lack of ability) win!
CAP 2 thus far:
Focus: Bulky Offense
Typing: Grass / Ghost
Stats: 64 HP / 120 Atk / 100 Def / 85 SpA / 120 SpD / 81 Spe
tl;dr: Quack! (Vote for abilities!)
