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Fox_Master51

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So by now we all know about Genesect EX and it's ACE SPECS, G-Booster and G-Scope. This is just a random thought but I thought of a slick move to try if you end up choosing G-Booster as your ACE SPEC.

Now let's look at G-Booster. When attached to Genesect EX, it gains the titular attack, G-Booster. Basically it's 200 damage not affected by any effects on the Defending Pokemon. Yet another attack that blasts away anything it touches. Sounds good. The hitch is that you must discard 2 Energy. This can set you back a couple turns. But with what it'll have it shouldn't be much of an issue.

Now to cut to the chase. I did some careful thinking and devised a way to be able to use G-Booster on more than one Genesect.

It's a card combo I affectionately call "Ninja tools".

After using G-Booster and tossing the 2 Energy, you switch your "Boosted" Bug with another ready to attack. Say your against an EX that could win you the match but you are unable to knock it out. Here is where you have some and can totally troll. Use Tool Scrapper to discard G-Booster (and whatever else), then use Shadow Triad to get it back and reattach to your battle ready Genesect EX and blow up their EX for GG.

So in sequential order:
1. G-Booster - KO discard Energy.
Next turn:
1. Retreat Genesect w/ G-Booster, send up Genesect w/ 3 Energy attached
2. Use Tool Scrapper to discard G-Booster.
3. Use Shadow Triad to retrieve the G-Item you just discarded.
4. Attach said G-Item to ready Genesect EX.
5. G-Booster again.

I would say "rinse repeat" but it's not so simple. But it can be a winning sleight of hand if timed correctly.

I may not have been the first to think of this, so I'm not taking full credit. But what do you guys think?
 
HoLoN_TrAiNeR said:
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Colress machine exists, why use another Genesect when you can load the one you're already attacking with...
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Where's the fun in that? :cool:

Each of Genesect EX's attacks require 2 Grass Energy and 1 Colorless. And besides, Genesect works best when you don't use Colress Machine on it (regarding it's Ability).
 
^:nonono::nonono:

I never said "no Energy Switch required", i am merely presenting a little trick for kicks that can really throw people off. And there will be times where you cant get an ES or Skyla in your hand, so this can hold the fort in a situation like this. Plus there is really no fun in being so simple.
 
Fox_Master51 said:
So by now we all know about Genesect EX and it's ACE SPECS, G-Booster and G-Scope. This is just a random thought but I thought of a slick move to try if you end up choosing G-Booster as your ACE SPEC.

Now let's look at G-Booster. When attached to Genesect EX, it gains the titular attack, G-Booster. Basically it's 200 damage not affected by any effects on the Defending Pokemon. Yet another attack that blasts away anything it touches. Sounds good. The hitch is that you must discard 2 Energy. This can set you back a couple turns. But with what it'll have it shouldn't be much of an issue.

Now to cut to the chase. I did some careful thinking and devised a way to be able to use G-Booster on more than one Genesect.

It's a card combo I affectionately call "Ninja tools".

After using G-Booster and tossing the 2 Energy, you switch your "Boosted" Bug with another ready to attack. Say your against an EX that could win you the match but you are unable to knock it out. Here is where you have some and can totally troll. Use Tool Scrapper to discard G-Booster (and whatever else), then use Shadow Triad to get it back and reattach to your battle ready Genesect EX and blow up their EX for GG.

So in sequential order:
1. G-Booster - KO discard Energy.
Next turn:
1. Retreat Genesect w/ G-Booster, send up Genesect w/ 3 Energy attached
2. Use Tool Scrapper to discard G-Booster.
3. Use Shadow Triad to retrieve the G-Item you just discarded.
4. Attach said G-Item to ready Genesect EX.
5. G-Booster again.

I would say "rinse repeat" but it's not so simple. But it can be a winning sleight of hand if timed correctly.

I may not have been the first to think of this, so I'm not taking full credit. But what do you guys think?
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With this you can keep sniping their EX's and virtually win the game automatically, but this take 3 full loaded Genesect (1 active 2 on bench), a tool scraper in hand, and a Shadow Triad in hand... Kinda hard t pull off in my opinion. No doubt cards like skyla and CS would help, but one is a once per turn Support and the other is an Ace Spec.
 
Cool_Porygonz said:
With this you can keep sniping their EX's and virtually win the game automatically, but this take 3 full loaded Genesect (1 active 2 on bench), a tool scraper in hand, and a Shadow Triad in hand... Kinda hard t pull off in my opinion. No doubt cards like skyla and CS would help, but one is a once per turn Support and the other is an Ace Spec.
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You don't need three Genesect, just 2. I agree there are flaws to "Ninja tools" that's why i made this so it's more a one or two time thing. Though cards like Energy Retrieval and Super Rod can make it so you aren't flaunting your Energy with each G-Booster.
 
:pokeball: Why don't you just have a virizion ex up and a mew ex and a genesect ex with gbooster and 3 energies on your bench. use the gbooster attack then use emerald slash or whatever get 2 energies back on genesect 250 damage every turn. #unstoppable :pokeball:
 
Fox_Master51 said:
Now to cut to the chase. I did some careful thinking and devised a way to be able to use G-Booster on more than one Genesect.
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That isn't overly hard: just use Shadow Triad (or even Recycle if you feel lucky and want to use it before its gone) as this is a format of big hits and cyclical Tool Scrapper usage. It just seems unlikely you'll need anything more complex. If you do want to get complex, including combos to heal up and/or re-Energizethe Genesect EX seems more prudent.

Not trying to rain on your parade; it just doesn't seem that useful. For one thing, if I am running G-Booster, might it not be so that I can skip Tool Scrapper? Cuts through Silver Mirror and Safeguard, and as almost anything it hits is OHKOed, that also means you can just OHKO (nearly) anything with a problem Pokémon Tool.

Not like I run the deck, though; this is pure Theorymon on my part so if your idea works, it works. Otherwise it looks more like Saturday Morning Ninja Tools; overly complicated, not especially efficient, and not subtle - in short not much like a ninja... unless you go full out over-the-top. Just add in way to much mid-fight exposition and other dialogue and it fits the often colorful "ninja" of Saturday morning animation just fine.
 
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