hmm, well, idk, the stat spread is even on regular Sableye, I assume they'd keep that. But, this is a pretty cool spread!
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This is very minor, but I like that they actually bothered with the refraction of light as it goes through the jewel.
It's also highly probable that Sableye's stone is Ruby exclusive (hence the giant Ruby...), but it would be cool if Sableye gets a giant Sapphire/blue eyes in AS.
It's also highly probable that Sableye's stone is Ruby exclusive (hence the giant Ruby...), but it would be cool if Sableye gets a giant Sapphire/blue eyes in AS.
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Banned deucer.
Friendly reminder that this is the generation that introduced horrifying things such as Mega Gengar, Mega Kangaskhan, Mega Mewtwo X and Y, Xerneas, Thousand Arrows and Steam Eruption.
That's a very good point. Especially since Stance Change requires King's Shield to switch between defensive and offensive forms. Still, there's the small possibility that the ability will get an update. It's possible to do that between games, as long as the ability exists as a framework, its attributes can be temporarily changed in link battles (such as the accuracy of Hypnosis in Gen. IV - when a D/P cartridge battles a Platinum cartridge, Hypnosis' accuracy changes from 70 to 60). Then again, re-coding Stance Change would be a way more complex change than has ever been done before, so... yeah, thinking it through, Stance Change is unlikely.
They did nerfed weather and hazards to some extent and gave stall more tools
I don't wanna say I said so but I did.
Or the Delta symbol--which is a triangle. Iirc, there's a trademark for "Delta Emerald"...
We also got screenshots of the Cave of Origin. I presume that is Steven standing there. One thing to note is that both cave paintings contain a meteor which looks strikingly similar to the Deoxys stone found on Birth Island...
This means only one thing.
guess what flew down upon the two raging beasts
There goes my hope of a regular evolution for my favorite little gem demon.
It didn't even change much. They could have made it creepier and more menacing (a la Dusknoir) but they just gave it a big gemstone and gave it a thumbs up.
Or they could have made some huge gem embedded in its back or its chest as if it could incorporate gems into its body somehow and utilize them as armor.
One of the creepiest and most unique Pokemon finally gets an evolution and it isn't even permanent.
It didn't even change much. They could have made it creepier and more menacing (a la Dusknoir) but they just gave it a big gemstone and gave it a thumbs up.
Or they could have made some huge gem embedded in its back or its chest as if it could incorporate gems into its body somehow and utilize them as armor.
One of the creepiest and most unique Pokemon finally gets an evolution and it isn't even permanent.
Your hopes were crushed the second they made Mega Evolutions. It is their excuse for not making any real evolutions.
The fact that Mega-Sabeleye hides behind a gem gives me the impression that it's going to be more defensive than usual.
With that in mind, where do you think the stats are going to go?
This is my guess
50/75/75/65/65/60-->50/110/110/70/110/40
With that in mind, where do you think the stats are going to go?
This is my guess
50/75/75/65/65/60-->50/110/110/70/110/40
We also got screenshots of the Cave of Origin. I presume that is Steven standing there. One thing to note is that both cave paintings contain a meteor which looks strikingly similar to the Deoxys stone found on Birth Island...
Bayeux Tapestry, 1066.
This reminds me of how comets, particularly Halley's comet were recorded in ancient paintings in events which occurred during the comets flew by.
This could be the instance that the Deoxys stone was observed crashing to the earth.
Bit of an overreaction isn't it? Sableye is the only pokemon that has been shown to get a mega besides five others. I'm sure there will be at least 10 more.
I'm sure there will be more, but there's no guarantee they'll be hoenn pokemon since so many mega evolutions overall are from gen 3. I could easily see them going to other gens (5 especially).
Am i the only one who thinks that the giant ruby on mega Sableye can mean Magic Guard??
I don't like it either but for a different reason. I don't like the idea of giving every pokemon that needs a boost a mega evolution. It's so frustrating to GF giving them out to so many pokemon. Megas should be for pokemon that have reached their limit but still need a boost such as Flygon. Standard evolutions should go to those who need them. Single stage pokemon like Sableye. Giving megas to every weak (or even strong) pokemon out there just means that players will pass them up to have a better mega on their team. Who's going to use Mega Banette when they can use Mega Khangaskhan?
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I thought the whole point of mega evolutions was to give them to pokemon that are "popular" (like charizard, which got 2).
It's been a while since I chose the grass starter, but I think in this game sceptile's looking mighty tempting. :)
That is quite possible and one of the only logical existing abilities. However, it would need some major stat buffs to compensate for the loss of Prankster, which is Sableye's main selling point.
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That's if they care about making sableye usable. Poor mega garchomp lost its 102 base speed and got an ability that suffered under the weather nerf. :(
Maybe a huge defensive buff with the immunity to status provided by magic guard can somewhat alleviate this issue. By the way, aside from competitive, i think that magic guard fits for the giant ruby and the fact that this ability was given to some "mystical" mons like Sigilyph and Alakazam and in virtue of its typing and design also Sableye looks very mystical.
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