Talonflame

I mean,

Talonflame.

Yeah.

Talonflame does not die to a thunderous times two.

So Talonflame is 280, right? So you need to hit 140.

I mean, if you're really crazy, you could run Max Belt in this.

Yeah.

It was like the last four episodes somewhere, but...

So you have, like, your Mega Ampharos, you have Digger's Bee, you have Staraptor, I think, maybe?

No, you have Talonflame.

Talonflame.

And Pidgeot.

Yeah, Pidgeot,

I would agree with that statement.

It really isn't balanced enough.

Just enough, I think, I'm like, I see the rock, paper, scissors of, like, Maginium can resist the Ampharos, but then the Talonflame Pidgeot countered the Maginium.

Ursaluna is another airdropped pick.

Greninja, Talonflame, Galarian Weezing, Clefable.

Lots of really popular Pokemon there in Cauldron Cup.

Fish, do you want to take us through the Great League metas?

I prefer, um, those, those, those kinds of decks.

But because of Talonflame, it still has this element of intricacy to it, which is really nice.

Um-

Yeah

So you really have to, you, like, you walk this fine line of, well, you obviously want a load of energy in the deck for Ruler's Roar and for Storm Emerald to do a lot of damage, but you also are playing these, like, big chunky guys that if your opponent takes out two of them, you just lose the game, so you need an element of defense for your deck.

Yeah.

There's a lot of, like, like I say, a lot of intri- intricacy around Talonflame and the deck-building challenges that brings.

But also, like, Storm Emerald, again, even though it's just a energy flood do damage, it's really well-nuanced.

Cauldron Cup is going to allow is going to be bug type darks, fairies, ghosts and poisons are allowed in this meta, as well as shadow Pokemon and mega evolution.

In addition, you have airdropped Pokemon such as Charizard, Charizard X and Y, Sandslash, Ninetales, Rapidash, Sea King, Typhlosion, Blaziken, and the Mega Form, Camerupt and the Mega Form, Samurott, Reshiram, Delphox, Talonflame, Turtonator, Greedon, and Ursuluna.

But Mega Delphox and Mega Greninja are banned, Needle Queen, Tentacruel, Fortress, Mimikyu, Crustle, Mega Mawile, Guzzlord, Tingaton, and King Gambit are all banned.

that reminded me i don't think i've checked to see if there's any of the relevant megas that get their plus move for this meta

Yeah, I do agree with you on that.

It did feel weird in terms of like trying to use, I don't know, like a Talonflame or something else when you're playing the game.

When you're playing through the game, it's probably not as bad.

But when you're playing like when you play like the Rogue Megas, it definitely feels bad.

So-

That's true, and Talonflame.

Talonflame, not to mention Galarian Moltres was meta once.

Once.

I miss those days.