Just post your response to each question:


1) Do you think that Syclant should receive an ability that would avoid damage from entry hazards/stealth rock? (I am unable to program Mountaineer unless I either figure it out, or someone else does it)

2) If so, do you think that we should give it Magic Guard (aka, the only ability that avoids SR damage)? If not, what ability do you suggest? What other changes should be applied to Syclant?

3) For Syclant's BST, it will be lowered to 530. What do you suggest it's stat spread to be? Keep the original concept of Syclant as a mixed attacker with high speed. (means don't make its stats to be a wall or something)

4) For Syclant's classification, what do you think it should be? (ex. Ice Bug Pokemon)

5) What should the concept of the 600 BST poke be? (by concept, I mean what purpose does it serve the metagame. Like step 1 in smogon's CAP basically)


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Here's my voting.

1) No.

2) New ability should be Swarm. Sure, it sucks, but it's meant to limit Syclant's capabilities. However, a new move that should be granted to it is Butterfly Dance. I know what you're thinking, it will just be a better Volcarona. But here's the catch, even though it has a higher base speed, it has lower special attack, lower defenses, and it has an even more terrible typing with even less resistances.

3) 60 116 60 114 59 121 This stat spread will make it very frail, but it's worth it, considering it has an already bad typing, and it keeps its offenses.

4) The Mountain Pokemon

5) I think it should be a capefeather's "weather slayer".

1) "This pokemon's at a huge disadvantage, it's 4x SR weak!" DEAL. Seriously. I'm tired of people complaining about Stealth Rock. No Magic Guard.

2) Swarm is good. I was kind of thinking Ice Body myself. Quiver Dance I'd have to see in action before I made a call on it.

3) Your spread is fine RTL. I actually wanted a slightly lower BST, like 520; but at 530, your spread is probably the best I could go for.

4) Icicle Pokemon

5) Though it's a good idea, I personally don't think the "weather slayer" should be a 600 giant. Imagine if running Garchomp screwed over anyone you ran into who used a weather strategy. It would be so easy to run, that weather would pretty much cease to exist in this metagame. My idea's not so much a concept, but I'm looking at the previous 600 giants; and none of them are primarily defensive. It gave me an idea. I really liked Serperior because it was a fast wall, statwise. I think the 600 giant should be the same: a fast wall. It would play completely differently from the other 600 giants, and that's what I'm looking for.

1. NO, Syclant shouldn't get SR immunity, its already frail with your spread

2. no magic guard, let me type it again, NO MAGIC GUARD. But Ice Body does sound good, Ice Body lets it slightly ab00s hail

3. I like the spread

4. Frost Ant Pokemon

5. I agree with Omegaman, a stall based 600 giant would be nice

It's not based off of an ant...

1)2) Possible abilities: Swarm, Ice Body, Snow Cloak, Hyper Cutter, Rough Skin (hard sharp icicles?)
Possible moves: Rock Polish, Close Combat

3) 63/116/63/109/58/121 (If the special attack is too high it may not be physical, especially with Tail Glow)

4) No vote here. I don't know what it is.

5) Stall, but not like Cresselia.

What do you mean by this?

Oh, lol, then I'll go with Omegaman's Icicle Pokemon idea

It should have better offensive capabilities.

1 and 2 Give it magic guard, assuming its offensive stats aren't as high as last time.
3. 70/102/70/100/63/125 exactly 530 BST and with Magic Guard more than makes up for the offensive stat drop. Speed elevated to something that doesn't look so trolly and because hell, everyone loves speed. A great change for Gen 5.
4. Icicle Pokemon, but really, does this matter?
5. "Save Stall" or "Weather Slayer" Stall was just ok in gen 4 and CaP was able to elevate it to unbearable levels. In Gen 5 nothing could make things unbearably stally. Anti-Weather should be obvious, weather abuse is fucking everywhere.