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SeabassDebeste posted...

tera transformations seem terrible - what's good about them?

type-change adds a whole 'nother layer of strategy that even made previously unthinkable pokmon viable in new ways - do you wanna just Tera to strengthen your offensive capabilities? boost your natural STAB, turn yourself into a DIFFERENT typing with boosted STAB, or do you want a Tera-type to block your vulnerabilities instead? like for say Slaking, you can Ghost is a popular typing that turns his natural fighting weakness into a ineffective attack while boosting Sucker Punch or Shadow Claw for attacking. Alternative there's Fire-typing to protect against burn without using your item slot for it and keep your powerful attack state

like with Megas/Dynamax you only get one so you gotta spend that tactical decision right and watching people theorize what their opponent might be bringing during the Poke-select is so fascinating

I've seen a lot of battles where a different than Tera-type really turns the battle on its head, with the same Pokemon being capable of entirely different things with that element is incredibly interesting

some Megas offered these tactics, but a) not all Megas and b) only a select few pokemon could go Mega. Tera adds this strategy EVERYWHERE and without limit on which pokemon can be which type