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2012-08-19 DRX Slaking 103

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I think the Ability is great but the amount of energy's to attack is terrible. But this could be a great stalling machine.

5/10
 
Pokeplayer101 said:
I think the Ability is great but the amount of energy's to attack is terrible. But this could be a great stalling machine.

5/10
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....I think you didn't quite read the card right friend. Slaking is the king of slack, and as such, will not waste his time with those foes who havent even bothered to evolve. Unfortunately, the can still royally thrash him as he yawns and lazes about :I

Having a limiting ability is cool and all, but the attack makes this card completely useless. This is just a poorly designed card, .5/10

Also, @wayne, the thread title is spelled wrong. Slaking, not Slacking.
 
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In a future format where basics are no longer overpowered this thing could shine. Right now you can pair him with Garbodor but you will probably have to play at least 4 Switches and I'm not even sure that is enough.
6/10
 
The card designers love to troll us with Slaking cards.

Big HP + high damage attack + Ability that makes the card useless = lulz at Pokemon HQ
 
If you change "this " to "that". You would suddenly have a very interesting and meta shifting card.

this = 1/10
that = 10/10
 
To make Ability bearable it needs Garbodor.
To make Retreat bearable it needs Darkrai.

Garbodor counters your own Darkrai.

Slaking likes being annoying.
 
To make the attack bearable you need Gardevoir... oh wait...

The number of silly, inviable but undeniably hilarious deck ideas that this card spawns is enough for at least 5/10 for me.

If you really think it's playable though, I wish you well.
 
Kayle said:
To make the attack bearable you need Gardevoir... oh wait...

The number of silly, inviable but undeniably hilarious deck ideas that this card spawns is enough for at least 5/10 for me.

If you really think it's playable though, I wish you well.
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Gardevoir, eh? That's a good one. xDDD I do wish she was that good, though.

I can't say i've ever seen any real use for Slaking. Which includes it's presence in the Anime and VG, as well as the TCG. It just never seemed that good or impressive.

Card-wise, though, it's current incarnation is pretty painful. It's attack is far from the best, but it isn't all that bad. It can be powered up pretty quickly with the various methods of energy acceleration granted to us (i.e. Emboar, DCE, Eelektrik, Terrakion EX, and pretty soon Blastoise.). 100 is enough damage to 2HKO any non-eviolited EX and a guaranteed discard of one of their energy isn't bad at all. It's high retreat is annoying, but not unworkable.

But, what really kills it is it's ability. So many of the more popular cards and most commonly seen pokemon now are basics; EX or otherwise. Being unable to do anything to them is not a good thing. It gets even worse seeing as a lot of the popular stage 2 pokemon can 2HKO Slaking, or even one-shot him on occasion, and tend to be harder hitting, have a faster set-up, or can all but ignore the energy discard (i.e. Empoleon, Garchomp).

Garbador can shut off Slaking's ability, but having to run him takes up far too much room in a deck which will already be full of things to help get out, and get powered, your Stage 2 attacker which will make the list far too clunky to be reliable. Garbador isn't even a decent attacker in it's own right, so if it gets trapped active and you can't find your switch it'll give your opponent even more time to safely set up on you.

It may make for an interesting fun/league deck, but in the competitive sense it has far too much going against it to really prove useful. It doesn't hit for quite enough damage to warrant its 4 energy attack cost, has an ability that no card should have in this current format, and doesn't even hit any of the meta cards for weakness.

I give it a 3/10
 
For the atrocious ability and morbidly obese attack cost, Slaking only deals a measly 100 damage with a guaranteed discard. In a format full of basic EXes that can attack for 100 or more within 2 turns, it will be incredibly inconsistent to run both Garbodor and Slaking in one deck. Not to mention, Slaking cannot hit those basic Exes, which is an instant nail in the coffin for Slaking.

I am surprised that "Ability" was not called "Disability" in Slaking's case. I think he is tied with Slowbro for having one of the worst abilities and attack combinations in the Black and White expansions.

Modified: 1/10 (Luckily, you can pull off a win if your opponent rolls on the floor laughing and becomes breathless to continue the game)
Unlimited: 1/10
Limited: 1/10

Too bad Slaking couldn't attack for 200 damage considering the effort to get 4 energy attached, a Slaking out, and a Garbador with a tool out.
 
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