I am a firm believer that Pokemon games are a little on the easy side. Sure, if they were 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Kaizo-level difficult (or even Brilliant Diamo༒nd & Shining Pearl’s Cynthia-rematch-level difficult) it would be no fun, but it’s basically impossible to replay Sun & Moon bec🦋ause 25 percent of the game is tutorial. There’s a balance to be found, and if I’m honest it hasn’t been right since Black & White with it’s added difficulty optio🔜ns.
Unfortunately, despite its 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:innovation and 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Breath of the Wild influences, recent trailers show that 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Pokemon Legends: Arceus is likely to continue this trend. How do we know this from a hand💛ful of trailers that are mostly about exploring and crafting? We take a look at the stats we’ve seen.
Take a look at the Drifblim shown in the Arceus trailer from𒈔 September 2021. Thanks to 🅘the trailer showing off the box system, we get a good look at its stats, which all seem pretty normal. It’s a speedy glass cannon like the Drifblim we know and love, but what is that HP stat saying? And what are those numbers next to the stats?
However, when you look into it further, it’s not just the HP stat that’s inflated - all of them are far too high 🦹for a level 32 Drifblim. HP is the worst offender as this Legends: Arceus Drifblim has nearly 100 more h𒐪ealth than it would have in any previous game, but its Attack is 14, Special Attack, and Speed are 14, 19, and 21 points too high respectively. Its defenses are also slightly buffed, but to a lesser extent.
It’s important to po🧸int out that for this testing, I used a Drifblim that has perfect IVs and max EVs in every stat even though that’s impossible in reality. A positive natur♕e in any attribute other than Special Defence does not surpass the new totals, either.
It’s not just a buff for Drifblim, though. The 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:extended gameplay trailer from this week showed Cyndaquil and😼 Shinx’s stats at levels seven and six respectively; all of them have roughly tﷺripled. So what does this mean?
Well, if all Pokemon have been buffed, then it might not matter as much as we originally thought. If your Cyndaquil’s stats have tripled but so have the stats of the frenzied Ursaring or Noble Kleavor, then there’s no problem, right? But then I can’t help but ask, what’s the point of buffing everything?
I believe the answer lies in those wooden, steam-powered Pokeballs. No, not that one - 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:that’s a Voltorb! When you catch a Pokemon, it must get some kind of boost, explained in lore terms by the fact that very few people actually catch Pokemon in the Hisui region. So therefore, a captured Pokemon is more powerful than a wild one - you’re jꦬust the first one to realise it. I think there’s also something in the little numbers on the right of the stats - these probably replace EVs and allow you to train specific stats more than others, just in a less transparent way than before.
It’s also worth mentioning that Drifblim’s stats are less buffed than Cyndaquil’s and Shinx’s. Perhaps this is all just a leveling or balancing mechanic, to allow lower-leveled Pokemon to be trained more quickly and join your party? Or did the trainer in the trailer just catch a particularly ♌shit Drifblim?
Game Freak has kept a lot of things about Pokemon Legends: Arceus under wraps, which I believe is a good move and has helped build my excitement for the game. But I want some answers about this. Stats are barely even tweaဣked between Pokemon generations; sometimes new abilities or even typings are added, but Arceus promises changes on an unprecedented scale. I just hope I can’t run through the entire game and punch god in the face with a level seven Cyndaquil.