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latinoheat · Aug 26th, 2008, 4:29:25 PM

Im not sure how legal this is but im gonna post it and see.

Name: Break the Mold

Description:
An OU viable pokemon that goes completely against the stereotypes of its typing.

Yea so obviously there is some stereotypes associated with each of the types and i have noticed that this is something that has often had a negative effect on past CAP projects.
You've heard it all before when people were discussing Pyroak, a lot of people insisted it had to be fast and have huge special attack just because it was a fire type.

Or when Fidgit's movepool was chosen Stealth Rock had to be on just because every other ground type has it.

I know there are some pokemon that already exist, that tend to have traits that you wouldn't expect given their typing; Cradily, Altaria and Ampharos come to mind. Despite this it seems the vast majority of these type of pokemon sit firmly in the UU tier, maybe this is the exact reason why, but i think this is an issue we can further discuss and something we can actually test in battle.

So the challenge with this concept is to take a typing and go completely against the stereotypes often associated with it and make a pokemon that is viable in OU.

Examples:

Defensive Dragon
Slow Walling Electric
Very Fast Steel
A grass type with none of the spore/status/seeding/recovery shit.
Rock special sweeper

Aug 26th, 2008, 4:29:25 PM	#21
latinoheat Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,921	Im not sure how legal this is but im gonna post it and see. Name: Break the Mold Description: An OU viable pokemon that goes completely against the stereotypes of its typing. Yea so obviously there is some stereotypes associated with each of the types and i have noticed that this is something that has often had a negative effect on past CAP projects. You've heard it all before when people were discussing Pyroak, a lot of people insisted it had to be fast and have huge special attack just because it was a fire type. Or when Fidgit's movepool was chosen Stealth Rock had to be on just because every other ground type has it. I know there are some pokemon that already exist, that tend to have traits that you wouldn't expect given their typing; Cradily, Altaria and Ampharos come to mind. Despite this it seems the vast majority of these type of pokemon sit firmly in the UU tier, maybe this is the exact reason why, but i think this is an issue we can further discuss and something we can actually test in battle. So the challenge with this concept is to take a typing and go completely against the stereotypes often associated with it and make a pokemon that is viable in OU. Examples: Defensive Dragon Slow Walling Electric Very Fast Steel A grass type with none of the spore/status/seeding/recovery shit. Rock special sweeper Last edited by latinoheat; Aug 26th, 2008 at 5:15:42 PM.