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Resistile Decommissioning Attempt

Pedagon

"We'll definitely get him this time, guys!"

Hey everyone! The O5 Council has decided to once again put forth a Decommissioning Attempt on Resistile.

Since the early days of SCP Foundation competitive play, even way back during Series 1, Resistile stood out among the rest as a nearly uncontested threat in the Keter tier. With a slew of appealing characteristics that we will delve into later, you wouldn't be wrong to say that Resistile has been fundamentally altering the status quo of the competitive scene since day one. Where other once prominent threats of Series 1 have fallen out of favor (RIP Motonut), Resistile has somehow remained a top threat as the years have gone by.

This overwhelming force did not subside as we moved into Series 8. As such, the O5 Council decided to perform a multifaceted vote on how to handle Resistile moving forward. Results are posted below.

QuickDecomm
Decomm Attempt

Pedagon
No
Yes

OriTiefling
Yes
Yes

Torcsandantlers
Yes
Yes

EstrellaYoshte
No
Yes

Ralliston
No
Yes

Rounderhouse
No
Yes

Naepic
No
Yes

As you can see, only 2 of the 7 O5 Council members chose to immediately decommission Resistile from the metagame, falling short of the required threshold. As all 7 voted to make a Decommissioning Attempt should a QuickDecomm fail, we have decided to move forward on Resistile's 27th decommissioning attempt since it was initially introduced back in Series 1!

+Open for relevant competitive breakdown and reasoning

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Resistile

Index #
682

Type:
DreadDivine

Ability:
Regenerator

Tier:
Apollyon

HP
112

Attack
120

Defense
125

Sp. Attack
72

Sp. Defense
105

Speed
98

As I'm certain any competitive SCP player knows, Resistile sports a 112/125/105 bulk in conjunction with stellar defensive typing. It is one of, if not the single best wall in the game. Many a match has been ended simply by Resistile entering the field and sitting still as opponents break themselves upon it. Combined with an amazing ability in Regenerator and reliable recovery in Reconstruct, Resistile is nigh-impossible to punch holes in with anything less than boosted super-effective moves.

That isn't to say that Resistile is entirely passive, though. Resistile sports a monstrous attack stat of 120, allowing it to rip opponents to shreds should it decide it wants blood. Combined with it's new STAB gained back in Series 7, ANTIKILL, Resistile can sweep through entire teams with little to no setup.

This isn't to say Resistile is entirely unstoppable, however. Resistile sports an amazingly exploitable 4x weakness to Humor type attacks, which have become surprisingly common in Series 8 with several standout new offensive Humor type sweepers like Willucky entering the scene. That said, the current metagame has proven relatively unfriendly towards Humor types overall. For every notable Humor type there's been a notable Grimdark type to counter it, making it difficult for them to keep up momentum and leaving Resistile relatively unchecked.

Due to the above, counterplay to Resistile remains limited at best. Resistile once again remains a uniquely polarizing as a strong and consistent presence in the metagame within a tier that is fairly strapped for answers to it. With that said, as is said every single time Resistile has had a Decommissioning Attempt made against it, there is strong and consistent counterplay against it that can and does minimize it as a threat. Resistile is not a one SCP army, and does rely on team support to fill gaps that it can't fill on its own. No Decommissioning Attempt made in the past against Resistile has succeeded, but maybe the 27th time's the charm.

This thread will be open to discussion for 2 weeks. Following that, there will be another vote by the O5 Council to decide Resistile's fate.

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OriTiefling

I will be voting to ban Resistile, like I have every Decomm Attempt since attempt #14.

Since Series 1, Resistile has been kept vaguely in check by the equally annoying Shawright. This would continue to hold true to this day… had the No No List not been removed. Without the List as an option, this is what the Resistile-Shawright matchup looks like:

252+ Atk Resistile ANTIKILL vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Shawright: 176-210 (106.6 - 127.2%) — guaranteed OHKO

And that's a non-optimal move. I've been experimenting with Botulae as a potential counter, considering it outspeeds Resistile and has some solid offensive options, but…

252+ Atk Resistile Crush Jaw vs. 252 HP / 4 Def Botulae: 268-316 (136 - 160.4%) — guaranteed OHKO

You miss a single attack, you're done for. So yeah, ban this thing.

PlaguePJP

so just dont miss?? i dont see the problem here. skill issue.

Pedagon

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No shitposting

Your post here is contentless and does not foster productive discussion. Please avoid making similar comments in the future.

Limeyy

Seriously, just use Pesterbot. Everyone is constantly moaning about how "OP" Resistile is, when it's completely stopped dead by a Series 2 SCP LOL.

ParallelPotatoes

Im not the best at scp but this is not a fun thing to go agianst

gee0765

meta deez nut

Pedagon

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Fortanono

Seriously, just use Pesterbot

Ok but why are we ignoring this?? Pesterbot is and has been the clear cut answer to countering Resistile for like 10 years now. There's a reason we're on attempt #27 here, and that's because there has NEVER BEEN A REASON TO DECOMM RESISTILE. YES it's strong, but that DOESN'T MEAN IT NEEDS TO BE DECOMM'D. Seriously, look at this-

252- SpA Pesterbot Endless Fury vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Resistile: 232-280 (140.6 - 169.6%) — guaranteed OHKO

This thing rips through Resistile like tissue paper. Time to stop pretending Resistile is OP and focus on getting good.

StrangerSwing

I respect the perspective of anti-Resistile players, but at the same time I can't support a decomm. Yes, Resistile is strong. Yes, it's flexible, and yes, it's very splashable. I recognize that for a lot of players that's a problem. All that being said, as outlined in the original post, there are plenty of ways to check and counter it. It's so reliant on team support to fill in its weak points that I struggle to see why it needs a full decomm.

And to be honest? It's fun. It's just plain fun to use Resistile. That flexibility it has combined with how well it fits on almost any team comp always puts a smile on my face :)

J Dune

There's no way to counter this "SCP" without either getting overly complex or allowing it to remain overpowered. Resistile users should die, end of story. Now before you cite series 5, acknowledge that quite a few well respected players thought The Ones in the Woods were still overpowered even after the numerous nerfs and still remain a menace to this day. Resistile is the same thing, it needs to leave in its entirety like Shawright did. Get over it. I'm literally so tired of entertaining this farce every few weeks. Decomm the thing and be done with it.

PlaguePJP

skill issue

Pedagon

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AnActualCrow

Resistile was balanced back before the bullshit SCP/Tale split in Series 4. Back in that classic meta before all these CSS setups drawing matches out forever it was fine. Seriously when this meta was just weird creatures it was perfect.

All this extra new stuff took something totally ok and broke it. Might as well ban it at this point.

torcsandantlers

Ban. I'm tired of seeing this thing everywhere, and I'm tired of running a gamble on trying to figure out if it's offensive or defensive. I have two completely different teams designed to counter Resistile and I always seem to predict which one the opponent has wrong.

Fishish

resistile is not broken. there is nothing wrong with (a) an scp being able to wall and sweep & (b) it folds under so many threats its not even funny

im gonna keep it simple here and address resistile's defensive counterplay, which is not only abundant but also all are viable.

pesterbot- like people said already this thing absolutely rips resistile to pieces

neonpeter- this thing absolutely cockblocks resistile. you pair it with a humor type (basic teambuilding strats my dude, its not hard) and your opponent is paralyzed trying to decide if it should click crystal burst or corroshock, and theyll pick the wrong answer every time.

sniddies- i find it funny that people talk about this like its some kind of fringe option. rewrite dicks on almost all of resistiles teammate options so hard it isnt even funny

misdigander- take a look at this replay to see what resistile can do to this. resistile is ass LOL

tl;dr resistile is mid at best and once again being overhyped as some unstoppable monster. fuck outta here with that man you guys are soft as fuck

AstersQuill

The problem is that half of the matchups you mention above devolve into a coin flip. If you tie on speed or Resistile has any buffs in several of these cases, it comes down to pure luck of the draw.

PlaguePJP

Honestly if you can't outplay a coin flip that's your problem. Skill issue.

Pedagon

The above user has been banned for trolling.

Zyn

resistile is not broken. there is nothing wrong with (a) an scp being able to wall and sweep & (b) it folds under so many threats its not even funny

You forgot to mention Busiguana. It's a bit underpowered, I've been able to pull off a few surprise sweeps against Resistile teams with it :>

Lepidopteran Cup Tournament Master

Anky swallow

It's not the Resistile is broken, it's that everything else is really weak. I mean come on??? Why does this thing get an attack of 120 when Estrellite only gets 100 on its special attack. What about Markaine too? Dude is sitting with a piddling attack of 90 and a speed of 40.

The real answer is creating a meta where we buff everything else. (please I just want to use Ikeahaj competitively ;-;)

AvocadoMilk

Frankly the damn thing is too overpowered and unpredictable. I second getting rid of it. One of the biggest problems facing the SCP Meta community is Erectile Dysfunction.

AvocadoMilk

REPTILE DYSFUNCTION

AvocadoMilk

RESISTILE DYSFUNCTION

Pedagon

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Kothardarastrix

Technically "Reptile Dysfunction" isn't wrong either

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TheeSherm

Is it alright if I DM you my vote? This forum can get pretty nasty and I'd rather not get bullied for having an opinion.

Pedagon

I promise you that won't happen. You'll be fine.

TheeSherm

Ok so I just wanna preface this with a fun story. I once beat a top ranked player (like top 2%) with a team of SCPs I liked instead of what was meta. I never heard someone scream so loud than when my Yurlungurpent crit their Resistile with Divine Punch and killed it.

He tried to rip me to pieces because I beat him with a Yurlungurpent lol.

Anyway I support keeping Resistile.

Jak Mockery

…I'm sorry what? Are you seriously suggesting fucking Yurlungurpent as a Resistile counter? Like dude I mean this as kindly as possible but are you an idiot?

252+ Atk Yurlungurpent Divine Punch vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Resistile: 88-108 (53.6 - 65.8%) — guaranteed 2HKO

And that's a non-wall set, which means not only will you be outsped before you can even attack, you're going to have your ass handed to you the next time it attacks as it rips you to bits with ANTIKILL.

SCPLORE

Great joke man!

…Oh god you're serious

Dude are you an idiot?

DXL44

YO THIS MAN IS OUT HERE USING DIVINE PUNCH YURLUNGERPENT LMAO

Felixou

Imagine thinking that this was an actual argument in favor of keeping it around like :x

Diour

Man really thought he was cooking here

Pedagon

Thread locked. Consider this a warning to everyone else in the replies here that behavior like this will not be tolerated further.

Polaris_Writes

I think Resistile should stay. Aside from the arguments made above, Resistile just isn't all that unhealthy for the metagame. It isn't some ubiquitous monster, it isn't completely unstoppable, it's just another piece on the field. If anything one of its biggest weaknesses is having too many tools, it has major four moveslot syndrome. It really wants to do so much more than it actually can, and as a result whatever set you do wind up running you're really going to feel your weak points.

So yeah. I vote against decomm.

-Sent from my Samsung Smart Fridge

Pedagon

Sorry, but your account doesn't meet our site age requirement to vote. I have to throw this vote out. Thank you for offering your opinion regardless.

Dino--Draws

I'm not here for competitive I just think the funny lizard looks cool. Have y'all seen the shiny? Magnificent beastie.

Pedagon

Author, per the initial post-

Do not argue because this is your favorite SCP.

I get that you aren't trying to "argue" anything, but this thread is for competitive discussion, not general commentary. Please, kindly take general comments to our General forum.

Dino--Draws

KJHDFJHKGDFKHGDFG

PUTTING RESISTILE IN MY MOUTH AND SCURRYING AWAY

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Seraphannim

I am beyond offended by this thread?? Like holy shit fuck you mods are you serious?? Resistile is literally a perfect creature. There is no reason I can possibly think of to warrant decommissioning it like are you literally insane? Resitile is literally my entire life, it saved me from the depths of despair when I had no one else. Now you want to take it away from me. You want. To take it away from me. I seriously can't believe you all.

Like it's a non discussion. Resistile isn't HURTING anyone!! She's JUST THERE! Minding her own business! So what if she's a little strong? So what if she's a little hard to destroy? That doesn't mean you need to go out of your way to get rid of her!! Seriously fuck you fuck you FUCK YOU if you think this is a good move.

Attached is my picture of my sweet angel. Maybe it will help REMIND YOU how stupid you all are.

Pedagon

Author, as has been stated several times in this thread already-

Don't be a dick

Your comment is both off topic and needlessly vehement. As a result I have revoked your ability to comment in this thread. You may interact with other threads on the site, but continued behavior like this will result in a ban.

Fishish

Hey guys did you know that in terms of male human and female SCP breeding…

Pedagon

Finish that copypasta and I assure you that you'll never be able to so much as look at a computer again.

Rounderhouse

Wow this place is a shitshow, I don't respect literally any of you people.

Resistile is shit, it's annoying, and it needs to be decommissioned already. If you can look at that bulk, that attack stat, that ability, and those move options and go "yeah fair and balanced" you're a dumbass. "Just use Pesterbot!" Pesterbot dies if you sneeze in its vague direction, let's stop pretending it's some universal cure holy shit. "Oh but just use dado holding banana pills!" I shouldn't be using a meme set to counter a legit threat.

Decommission this shit and let's stop having this argument every few months.

Masters Division World Championship Winner 2021

ThatGuyThatTime

Seriously I'm with Rounderhouse. This thing is toxic to the metagame and the sooner it's gone the better off we all are.

EmotionalEntropy

It's ok guys I caught Resistile in a glue trap it's all over now

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LORDXVNV

"Unfortunate" doesn't begin to describe Resistile. This game rewards absolute blind luck and nothing else. I am beyond convinced at this point. After getting completely fucked over by my opponent sending out this shitstain excuse for an SCP and watching as it completely dicks on my team, losing somehow feels worse than usual. My prep was superior, my strategy was superior, and I lost regardless, so I don't see a reason to continue engaging in an activity where whatever I have control over is overwhelmingly dominated by that which I do not. It makes me want to give into dark triad traits.

I am done with competitive SCP, and you won't get a fond farewell. You'll get a fond fuck you. This community is infected to its roots with a degenerative disease that grows stronger over time but stops short of killing its host. Anything remotely competitive about this entire scene has been long replaced by our refusal to recognize the tumor that exists at the heart of this community. The environment we fostered has trapped us all in this vicious cycle, and escaping it requires acceptance of the harshest reality we all scramble to explain away, that none of the countless straining efforts we put ourselves through here will ever amount to one single shining glimmer of significance.

One last thing before I leave you all to react with righteous mockery as you self fellate to your epic "own", before you do everything in your power to minimize my words and thoughts like the manchild you are. From this moment on, nothing you say matters to me. No insult you can craft against me will hold power, no toxic vitriol will leave me poisoned. The foulest, most profane insults that you deem to throw my way will simply settle into the dust at my feet. You all chose to let this absolute insulting excuse of an SCP exist in your community, while I chose to walk away filled with joy derived from the fact that I knew when to quit and you didn't.

Cowards. Ban Resistile.

Guaire

bro you just posted cringe

Uncle Nicolini

What does lord care? He's filled with joy derived from knowing when to quit.

EstrellaYoshte

Aww someone got a thesaurus for Christmas

cdithink

"In this moment, I am euphoric…"

Mr Carbon

lordxvnv leaving

Top ten saddest anime moments

Pedagon

The above thread has been locked because y'all can't behave.

LizardWizard

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DrRevan

Are O5 ruining the metagame?

Pedagon

Not so gentle reminder to remain on topic. This thread is devolving into memes just like Decomm Attempt #20 did.

R4_EX

Resistile is just a localized variant of Jellisweet. If you decomm Resistile, you need to decomm Jellisweet for the same reasons. Hell you might as well ban all SCPs classified under the "Scarlet King" category and kill the 5000 Ways to Die game mode entirely.

Limeyy

…You know that Resistile and Jellisweet being variants isn't canon right? Like… at all? The most they have in common is that they both get Reconstruct. The whole "they're both Scarlet King SCPs" thing is just a fan theory.

R4_EX

Might as well be canon

Limeyy

No??

Rakkran

you say resistile is op but dont you remember when it fell in love with dammerung and together they broke through the concept of death and it was reduced back into its jellisweet form after a few lust moves i mean it can clearly be stopped and weakend pretty esily if you just try hard enough

RealSurrealSir

What

Guezma

What the hell are you talking about?

eggueggueggueggu

Does OP not make sense to anyone else or am I having a stroke?

OriTiefling

No OP definitely doesn't make any sense.

Pedagon

Locking this thread too before more members of the peanut gallery chime in! Folks keep it focused on the Decomm and knock off the shitposting and memes. I've got all the time in the world to keep banning people who cut up.

JakdragonX

YOU ONLY WANT TO BAN RESISTILE BECAUSE IT MAKES THE META MORE ACCESSIBLE TO CHILDREN AND THAT IS WHAT PEDOPHILES DO!!!!!!!

torcsandantlers

Girl what

Agente Shuffle

Hello??

Pedagon

Banned.

HOGSLICE

NO ONE WANTS THIS SHITASS BAN, FUCKFACE. WANT TO WIN A FUCKING MATCH? BE A MAN INSTEAD OF A PUSSY BETA. LIKE ME. IM A MAN.

SINCE YOU ALL ARE TOO STUPID TO UNDERSTAND ILL LAY THINGS OUT FOR YOU-

FACT- LIZARD IS HARD TO DESTROY

FACT- LIZARD CAN TEAR THROUGH YOUR SORRY ASS TEAM BECAUSE ITS A CHAD LIKE THAT

FACT- LIZARDS DONT CARE ABOUT YOUR FEELINGS

LOSE AGAINST THE LIZARD? CRY ABOUT IT AND GROW A PAIR.

-HOGSLICE

Pedagon

Gentle reminder to users to not engage with the above account.

HOGSLICE

"GENTLE REMINDER" WHAT KIND OF PUSSY SHIT IS THIS? REMIND PEOPLE LIKE YOU MEAN IT MOTHERFUCKER. LIKE A REAL AMERICAN.

-HOGSLICE

SENT FROM MY IPHONE

Yossipossi

Live Resistile reaction.

Pedagon

I expected better of a member of staff. Consider this your warning.

basirskipreader

nyaa~

Pedagon

Banned. I'm done playing with you all.

Ralliston

I don’t have an opinion on resistile but I think we really need to revisit whether we should be using the -EN or -JP titles

Pedagon

Banned, and O5 Council position revoked. Keep things on topic.

Harmacy

Wow this thread is an absolute mess. This really is like Decomm Attempt #20 huh?

Anyway to recap votes so far, it looks like about 7 in favor of Decomm and 6 actual votes to keep it. I'm going to throw my hat in with the people who want to keep it.

Listen a good Resistile at the right time in a match can be absolutely devastating and can be a win condition. I'm not going to argue that it isn't. At the same time, it has a myriad of checks and hard counters that stop it even after it gets rolling. Cappi, for example, completely shuts down even a +4 Resistile with its ability Spongy Body allowing it to just completely ignore all offensive boosts. Just like the ones Fishish mentioned prior, it's completely viable and not even uncommon on teams.

Seriously as long as Cappi itself is around I'm not sure why Resistile decommissioning is ever on the table?

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FLOORBOARDS

Sis got banned for being right? Come on

Pedagon

Ok before I close out this discussion does anyone have any actual arguments that they want to make?

Mr Carbon

Staff once again debating poop statue competitive battling website too seriously. absolute scum 😎

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Prismal

I just wish there was a GOOD AND STRAIGHTFORWARD guide to teambuilding!! EVERY guide out there just gives surface level information!

MetalRavioli

That's where Simply Competitive People comes in! As long as you can tolerate around 30 minutes of them talking about the viability of Sadguy in Dammerung teams back in Series 3 Keter you'll get all the info that you need.

Guaire

Or their bathroom breaks where they leave and don't edit out the following ten minutes of complete and utter silence.

MetalRavioli

That's just ambiance

HarryBlank

It's to get you ready to face stall teams like those built around Resistile.

Cyvstvi

I like to take my bathroom breaks at the same time so it's like we're peeing together <3

stormbreath

Anyone in this thread smoke weed?

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Pedagon

Alright, fuck it. It's basically been 2 weeks at this point and a solid 90% of this thread is absolute nonsense shitposting. The O5 Council met to have another vote on Decommissioning Resistile. Results are below.

Decomm

Pedagon
Yes

OriTiefling
Yes

Torcsandantlers
Yes

EstrellaYoshte
No

Rounderhouse
No

Naepic
No

As there was an even 50-50 split due to the loss of Ralliston as a Council member, the vote is decided in favor of Resistile remaining in the tier. I'm sure that will make most of you very happy.

See you again in 3 weeks when we relitigate this again. Until then, enjoy yourselves.

torcsandantlers

Hi everyone. The time has finally come for me to say goodbye to this site. I'm grateful for the time I've spent here, and grateful for the opportunity to serve as a community leader for you all. That said, real life obligations (work, school, family, etc.) take priority and I simply can't push them aside any longer. Working on this community project has been an amazing experience and I wouldn't change it for the world.

Ah, and I've deleted Resistile from the game. This wasn't a mistake- I did it on purpose. Bye!

OriTiefling

What the fuck

Guaire

Huh???

Rounderhouse

Yay I guess?

Guezma

WHAT HELLO??

FLOORBOARDS

Heyo?

Pedagon

I fucking quit.

gee0765

meta deez nut

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Resistile

I am never dying, never ending. I am eternal, a universal constant in this loathsome space you call a world. You all are but worms, maggots that writhe in the dirt beneath my claws. You are below notice, barely worthy of the most passing of attention. Kill me? Decommission me? You cannot end me in a way that matters.

I AM BACK. YOU WILL NEVER RID YOURSELF OF ME.

Pedagon

Banned for roleplaying.