Final submission
Level Up:
Code:
0 Fury Attack
0 Leer
0 Leech Life
5 Ice Shard
8 Focus Energy
14 Slash
18 Icy Wind
27 Bug Bite
31 Hail
36 Bug Buzz
43 Avalanche
50 Sheer Cold
Evolves at level 30, learns Ice Punch after Evolution.
Removed
Ice Punch due to Syclar's lack of big enough limbs.
Replaced
X-Scissor with
Bug Bite (already a tutor), Syclar just seems more apt to chewing stuff than to
naturally learn fancy cut manoeuvres (I didn't remove X-Scissor from the TM list, compare with Nincada/Ninjask).
Slash is left in due to the lack of a weaker available alternative, see also Joltik.
Sheer Cold is left in, the only fully Ice-type line where the base form doesn't learn it as opposed to its evolved form is Snorunt.
The levels before evolution are unchanged to reflect real Pokémon. The levels after evolution are chosen to give the process of learning new moves a more "natural" feel, since the level gaps in Syclant's movepool feel just too awkwardly irregular. After level 27, new moves are learned after gaps of 4, 5, 6 and 7 levels: after evolution, those moves get delayed by 4, 6, 6 and 10 levels, in a similar way to Galvantula (whose delays are +3, +6, +9, +12). I would have liked an overall more regular learning schedule, but I'm assuming Syclant's levels are set in stone and having different levels before evolution would be unprecedented (I think?).
Tutor:
Code:
Bug Bite
Counter
Double-Edge
Earth Power
Fury Cutter
Icy Wind
Mimic
Snore
String Shot
Superpower
Removed Ice Punch (see above).
Everything else is an egg move, something normally available to most Pokémon, generally available on all Pokémon in the same family (Counter) or just generally fitting.
Egg:
Code:
Earth Power
Pin Missile
Spikes
Superpower
Tail Glow
No changes, obviously.
TM/HM:
Code:
TM03 Water Pulse
TM06 Toxic
TM07 Hail
TM10 Hidden Power
TM12 Taunt
TM13 Ice Beam
TM14 Blizzard
TM17 Protect
TM18 Rain Dance
TM21 Frustration
TM27 Return
TM32 Double Team
TM42 Facade
TM43 Secret Power
TM44 Rest
TM45 Attract
TM54 False Swipe
TM56 Fling
TM58 Endure
TM62 Silver Wind
TM72 Avalanche
TM75 Swords Dance
TM78 Captivate
TM80 Rock Slide
TM81 X-Scissor
TM82 Sleep Talk
TM83 Natural Gift
TM87 Swagger
TM90 Substitute
HM01 Cut
HM06 Rock Smash
Removed:
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Focus Punch: Syclar lacks big limbs
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Hyper Beam, Giga Impact, Focus Blast: mostly reserved to final forms
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Stone Edge: mostly exclusives to final forms and certain types.
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Earthquake, Brick Break, Strength: it's just a small bug. Brick Break tends to be available even to base forms when their evolutions learn it, but there are rare exceptions like Kabuto. Also see below.
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U-turn: not every bug gets it and it's mostly reserved for "swift-looking" stuff
Kept:
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Rock Slide: there are several examples of Pokémon with only Rock Slide evolving into Pokémon with Stone Edge (Cubone, Wooper, Pawniard...)
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Rock Smash: might look as a weaker version of Brick Break, together with Rock Slide might represent a Pokémon who is still learning how to deal with mountains and rock but isn't strong enough to master them.
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X-Scissor: See reasoning in level-up, it isn't learnt in the wild but must be taught explicitly as a "fancy cutting manoeuver". This might also work for
Swords Dance which
tends to be available to entire lines.
The rest is mostly just the usual stuff.