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Meganium · Mysterious Treasures (MT) #13

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Meganium · 130 HP · {G}
Pokémon (Meganium) › Stage 2 : Evolves from Bayleef

{G} → Ultra Powder : 20
Flip 3 coins. If the first coin is heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned. If the second coin is heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Burned. If the third coin is heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed.

{G}{G}{C} → Fire Counterattack : 60+
If your opponent has any {R} Pokémon in play, this attack does 60 damage plus 30 more damage.

weak: {R}+30 | resist: {W}-20 | retreat: 2
illus. Daisuke Ito
Diamond & Pearl › Mysterious Treasures (MT, DP2) › #13/123 : Rare Holo · ↘ Aug 22, 2007
Formats: Modified: 2008, 2009, 2010
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Its breath has the fantastic ability to revive dead plants and flowers.

Rating

Overall: 54.55% (6 wins, 5 losses)

Within Set & Formats:

  • Mysterious Treasures: n/a (0 wins, 0 losses)
  • DP-on (Modified 2009): 50% (2 wins, 2 losses)
  • DP-on (Modified 2010): n/a (0 wins, 0 losses)
  • HP-on (Modified 2008): 50% (1 win, 1 loss)

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  1. Ambassador

    (2 months ago)

    See also UD Houndoom, who also has the attack “Fire Counterattack”. Originally かじばのいちげき [𝐊𝐚𝐣𝐢𝐛𝐚 𝐧𝐨 𝐈𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐤𝐢], in both cases the attack does more damage when the Pokémon is up against a Pokémon the same type as their printed Weakness – “Fire” for かじば [𝐊𝐚𝐣𝐢𝐛𝐚] works for Meganium and its {R} Weakness, but not for Houndoom and its {F} Weakness.

    I’m not terrifically sure how to translate かじば [𝐊𝐚𝐣𝐢𝐛𝐚] myself. It’s not that “Fire” is wrong, but translating it as just Fire is.. well, a lot is getting lost in translation. The phrase 火事場の馬鹿力 [𝐊𝐚𝐣𝐢𝐛𝐚 𝐧𝐨 𝐁𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐤𝐚𝐫𝐚] is a phrase which could be literally translated as something “absurdly strong power in the case of a fire”. In some contexts, Google Translate was very liberally translating it as “last minute escape from the jaws of death” – which actually gets the jist of the idea. 𝐊𝐚𝐣𝐢𝐛𝐚 𝐧𝐨 𝐁𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐤𝐚𝐫𝐚 is talking about the burst of strength you get as part of the fight-or-flight response, where in this case it’d be a fire inspiring that panicked adrenaline-driven response.

    Now, bearing in mind we are talking about かじばのいちげき [𝐊𝐚𝐣𝐢𝐛𝐚 𝐧𝐨 𝐈𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐤𝐢] rather than 火事場の馬鹿力 [𝐊𝐚𝐣𝐢𝐛𝐚 𝐧𝐨 𝐁𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐤𝐚𝐫𝐚], I do think it’s the same situation – translating かじば [𝐊𝐚𝐣𝐢𝐛𝐚] as “Fire” is missing the point, and while it ends up working here, it will make less sense on UD Houndoom.

    Incidentally, the second part of the attack’s name – いちげき [𝐈𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐤𝐢], which is here idiosyncratically translated as “Counterattack” – is one that’s going to show up again and again in the TCG in a few years (see my comment on Giovanni’s Nidoran ♂ for some context on that) and made it a bit tricky to find any relevant related attacks. I don’t think there are any other directly-related attacks to かじばのいちげき [𝐊𝐚𝐣𝐢𝐛𝐚 𝐧𝐨 𝐈𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐤𝐢], but I could’ve missed some.

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    • TwylisAmbassador

      (2 months ago)

      By sheer coincidence, I think it actually works alright with Houndoom — Meganium is counterattacking *against* fire, while Houndoom is counterattacking *with* fire (being a Fire-type). Still not a great attack name, though, partly due to missing its original connotation so thoroughly but also just from not sounding very good. I think “crisis” or “breaking point” would be a much better words to work with.

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  2. Derpinator

    (2 months ago)

    “Fire Counterattack” is bad news for Kecleon RR!

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