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Pokémon XY General Discussion
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But Ice Beam D:
Official, yes. But Glow Punch is there. We just don't know about it yet.
It's a weird way to go about dual-type moves though. It's only super-effective against a specific type
T.T Both fossil...so wonderful. Like both are worker there way into my heart so well. Both are easily in my top ten favorites. Something none of those 5th gen pokemon could ever hope.
EDIT: Dual types moves just hitting another type for super effective seems like a good idea to me. I mean, it is less confusing for the little kids.
EDIT: Dual types moves just hitting another type for super effective seems like a good idea to me. I mean, it is less confusing for the little kids.
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this guy is so freaking beast i don't even
We all took it for granted, but here's the official confirmation that the Fairy type was made solely to rebalance the game for competitive purposes:
How does affect the Pokémon professional circuit when designing new Pokémon and introducing new features in the game?
Masuda: We have them into account a lot; I go to different tournaments and every year I attend the Pokémon World Championship Series to see what strategies players use. Specifically, the competitive level battle balance was the reason we added the Fairy type Pokémon.
The entire interview, here, in Eurogamer Spain: http://www.eurogamer.es/articles/20...-encontrar-a-quien-no-le-guste-ningun-pokemon
Translation:
How does affect the Pokémon professional circuit when designing new Pokémon and introducing new features in the game?
Masuda: We have them into account a lot; I go to different tournaments and every year I attend the Pokémon World Championship Series to see what strategies players use. Specifically, the competitive level battle balance was the reason we added the Fairy type Pokémon.
The entire interview, here, in Eurogamer Spain: http://www.eurogamer.es/articles/20...-encontrar-a-quien-no-le-guste-ningun-pokemon
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Empoleon.
Edit: Nvm, He's neutral to it.
The more I think about it, the more pleased I am with this implementation, and I hope Freeze Dry gets wide distribution on Ice-types and absolutely none on non-Ice Water-types. If they'd made any type chart offensive improvement to Ice, it would have been a massive boost to Water because Water-types get Ice Beam like candy, and a defensive boost would have been hard to score.
Not only does he have a crown, but he has a beard and...that fuzzy thing on robes around his neck! In fact, his red skin looks like a robe because of the markings around his stomach! He's a true king!
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this guy is so freaking beast i don't even
I also like how it goes from runt to tantrum. I imagine we have a very immature and selfish king on our hands.
Aurorus's sails make a heart, too. Since I'm sure his name revolves around amour/love, it's a neat touch.
EDIT: On the topic of Freeze Dry. When I first read about it, I thought it was a standard Ice attack that also got SE damage on water. So it's SE on Grass, Dragon, Ground, Flying AND Water. Kinda like a bonus for just this attack. Some moves paralyze, some moves burn, this one is SE on Water.
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Yeah it's cool how even the fossils are reflecting the whole "Life and Death Destruction" theme that Xerneas and Yveltal have going on.
I also love his beard and fuzzy collar thing - it makes me think of velociraptor feathers(which some people think T.Rex had as well).
I also love his beard and fuzzy collar thing - it makes me think of velociraptor feathers(which some people think T.Rex had as well).
Aurorus STABs(with freeze dry) has almost perfect neutral coverage, just don't hit steel...but now a water move, or even a ghost move(who knows? unlikely but not impossible) to hit steels and i will be very happy
EDIT: Awesome T-Rex!!! some pages ago someone deduced that by the name of tyrunt that the evolution might be a "king"...seems he was right!
EDIT: Awesome T-Rex!!! some pages ago someone deduced that by the name of tyrunt that the evolution might be a "king"...seems he was right!
I just love Tyrantrum's design. It's regal yet rough. Powerful yet flamboyant. And the neck plume seems a nice nod to the feathered dinosaur thing.
On Dry Freeze, it kind of strikes me as a signature move. Or at least something that isn't distributed much.
On Dry Freeze, it kind of strikes me as a signature move. Or at least something that isn't distributed much.
Agree with you..signature move! After all Aurorus is a ROCK/Ice type...and rock is dry lol no reason for the wet water types to learn it =p
I feel so good about this. Anything to stick it to Kingdra's annoying rein.
Aurorus and Tyrantrum kind of look like they're mirroring Xerneas and Yveltal. Similar colors, Aurorus looks like a peace keeper and Tyrantrum just wants to smash stuff.
Well it being a rock type it could have access to Earthquake, so there's a chance.
If it has enough distribution...but yeah, Auroros definitely has one of the best designs overall.
So now my main question is if older Pokemon will get some of these new abilities through the Dream World...or maybe new abilities for older Pokemon will just have to be tacked on with Mega Evos.
So, Freeze Dry, if it works the way we think it works, is basically a giant middle finger to Kingdra.
I like. :)
I like. :)
lol people were suggesting fang moves a while back so I suggested a fighting type one, as a joke. "The users teeth turn into fists, and then punch the foe to death."
It was a joke.
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