What is Power Creep ACTUALLY?

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  @FalseSwipeGaming · 3 years ago · pinned

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• JO

  @JoshuaSF01 · 3 years ago (edited)

  The year is 2030, generation 13 has just been released. Mega rayquaza has now dropped from NU to ZU, garchomp is struggling in Triple ZU and super Saiyan ultra mega primal shadow arceus is potentially being banned from UU to OU due to it having a base stat total of 10,000,000 and having an OHKO move with 190% accuracy that goes through protect, super protect and double triple quadruple substitute. Lando-T is still in OU and is sitting at S+ in the viability rankings with 99.9999% usage on the ladder and in tournaments.

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• SH

  @shyguysquad5231 · 3 years ago

  Power creep is when this comment falls into obscurity because newer and better comments make this one obsolete

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• BE

  @beebobber546 · 3 years ago (edited)

  Now imagine a world where all megas could hold any item like Rayquaza

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• EI

  @EinDose · 3 years ago (edited)

  My favorite example of power creep is that Regigigas&apos; stats were so strong that it warranted an ability that nerfed it into near-uselessness.<br><br>And Zacian&apos;s stats are BETTER, even without factoring in its beneficial ability.

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  @Supermateo97 · 3 years ago (edited)

  <i>&quot;How could you POSSIBLY out do Gen 4&apos;s power creep?&quot;</i><br>Excadrill, Keldeo, Hydreigon, Landorus, Ferrothorn: <b>Allow us to introduce ourselves.</b>

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  @SuperStro509 · 3 years ago (edited)

  Wish you talked about the cascading effect of how Power Creep absolutely devastates the lower tiers. The Pokemon pushed out of the higher tiers combined with the sheer number of new mons disproportionately wreaks ABSOLUTE HAVOC on the lower tiers and, more often than not, forces the creation of a new low/lowest tier.

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• RI

  @ricardoludwig4787 · 3 years ago

  An interesting fact is that powercreep affects lower tiers faster than it does higher ones, as the effects of just making more strong tools available get amplified by the new drops. Look at how most pokemon that were UU in gen 4 are already NU, but almost every pokemon in gen 6 NU either fell to PU or became untiered

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• GA

  @gauravvj1090 · 3 years ago

  Power creep is really gonna hit this season seriously, gen 8 had a big one but gen 9 is looking crazy too

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• CR

  @cradiculous · 3 years ago

  I&apos;m looking forward to seeing how the meta handles Ferrothorn not being in Gen 9 by default. Sure it might come back in the DLC, but people have relied so heavily on it that they might not know how to replace it right away. Personally I&apos;m hoping it comes back just so it can fight Forretress, though, because Forretress gets Body Press now and seeing a Forretress completely stomp the pokemon that replaced it in the meta would be glorious.

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• EN

  @entothechesnautknight1762 · 3 years ago (edited)

  I think what makes gen 8&apos;s power creep feel so much worse then other generations is that most other gens only had pokemon fall in viability because the net of power was widened, but in gen 8, the power net was tightened. Pokemon didn&apos;t lose viability because opposing pokemon gained options, they lost viability because they <b>lost</b> options they needed.

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  @Ash_Yu · 3 years ago

  Gen 6 feels like that&apos;s when TPC took competitive seriously. &nbsp;Sure megas seem powerful, but there were dozens of small changes that worked to dial back the craziness that took over gen 5

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