Syclar - Part 5 - Movepool Submissions

***Birkal**** · Sep 4th, 2012, 11:02:57 AM

In the first thread of this pre-evolution process, we discussed some of the overall ideas that we need to focus on for Syclar, the pre-evolution of Syclant. At the end, I threw out some thoughts that are necessary to consider for the future of Syclar. Please read through that post you you understand where I'm coming from in the following threads. Thanks!

Good morning, CAP! It is a beautiful day and the world is a wonderful place to live =) We're moving on to movepool submissions! Syclant, the evolution of Syclar, already has a movepool; it can be found here (do not use the one found here; it is outdated and not canon).

I cannot emphasize this next point enough; imagine me shouting it at you through cupped hands. WE CANNOT EDIT SYCLANT'S MOVEPOOL IN ANY WAY. It goes entirely against what this pre-evolution project stands for (here) by conflicting with the historically accurate section. We absolutely cannot edit, add to, or delete from Syclant's movepool. You can be as creative as you like, in theory, but stay within that parameter. Thank you.

Also understand that Syclar currently has no evolution method to evolve into Syclant. I am requiring that all movepool submitters provide a means of evolution as well in their submission.

If you need some help on your movepool, feel free to come consult us in #cap on IRC; we'd be glad to help. If you don't have any idea what movepool creation is all about, I recommend you sit in the back seat on this one and only provide suggestions when applicable. Thanks for your understanding.

This will go on for however long people choose to participate, but try to submit your stuff within forty eight hours. Let's rock and roll.

What we have so far:

Name: Syclar
Type: Ice / Bug
Abilities: Compoundeyes / Snow Cloak
Stats: 40 HP / 76 Atk / 45 Def / 74 SpA / 39 SpD / 91 Spe
Sprite:

DHR-107 · Sep 4th, 2012, 11:39:49 AM

Just a heads up Birkal, that movelist is different to the one on the site for Syclant.

I honestly do not know where that one came from, it has far more moves than any other Syclant moveset I have seen. I believe that set is from the updates that were then removed...

akela · Sep 4th, 2012, 11:57:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fat DHR-107

Just a heads up Birkal, that movelist is different to the one on the site for Syclant.

I honestly do not know where that one came from, it has far more moves than any other Syclant moveset I have seen. I believe that set is from the updates that were then removed...

Has to be the case. Syclant has Tail Glow. We even discussed Tail Glow in the typing for Syclar. But that list doesn't have Tail Glow.

bugmaniacbob · Sep 4th, 2012, 12:13:52 PM

Actually, that's Syclant's original movepool.

Which was then cut down, along with stats, when it was realised that Syclant was ridiculously overpowered.

And was then increased in size during the CAP Revision Project

And was then cut down again in accordance with the new movepool regulations

And was then added to with the Pt and HGSS move tutor moves

Or maybe the last two were the other way around? Can't quite remember

Not to mention that the current movepool on-site looks a tad iffy as well. I mean, it doesn't include Megahorn, for one thing, despite it being a staple on the Swords Dance set in the analysis (neither does the original movepool, though, so um... no idea)

Also, just because... I'd like to propose the following (this is /assuming/ that the movepool on-site is the correct one)

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Final Submission

Method of Evolving: Evolution by Level (Lv. 30)

Level-Up

Code:

0	Leer
0	Leech Life
5	Ice Shard
8	Focus Energy
14	Slash
18	Icy Wind
27	X-Scissor
30	Fury Attack
33	Hail
37	Bug Buzz
42	Avalanche
48	Ice Beam

+Ice Beam
+Fury Attack
-Ice Punch
-Sheer Cold

Removed Sheer Cold (how can that tiny thing use Sheer Cold, really) and Ice Punch (it doesn't have hands) and replaced with Ice Beam and Fury Attack. Thus, we see a useful in-game way of getting a Syclant with Ice Beam without ransacking the DPP Game Corner (and don't get me started on Voltorb Flip) - I imagine Syclant evolves at Level 30, so therein lies the choice between Ice Beam and Ice Punch (delay it for a better move much). I would have put Ice Fang, but apparently that was removed ages ago in one of the various movepool edits that Syclant has had, so I guess I can't do that. Meh.

Note that Fury Attack is listed as a pre-evolution only move for Syclant's most recent movepool, as detailed here, and so has to be a move in Syclar's level-up set, which Syclant doesn't get. Hence, it is given instead of Ice Punch as the move that Syclant would learn upon evolving, but doesn't.

On another note, the levels are more bunched up for moves past Level 30 as pre-evolutions tend to learn moves faster than their evolved counterparts.

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
TM31	Brick Break
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
TM89	U-turn
TM90	Substitute
HM01	Cut
HM06	Rock Smash

-Focus Punch
-Hyper Beam
-Earthquake
-Focus Blast
-Giga Impact
-Stone Edge
-Strength

Focus Punch is removed because it doesn't have hands. Hyper Beam and Giga Impact are gone because they're generally restricted to final-form Pokemon. Earthquake removed because it doesn't have any kind of body mass to speak of. Stone Edge removed because well it's kind of difficult to justify without Earthquake and what not (and it's also a bit too "big" an attack for such a little mite. In any case, it still has Rock Slide). Same thing for Focus Blast. Also removed Strength because, well, look at it. It could barely move a pebble, let alone a boulder.

DPP Tutor

Code:

Bug Bite
Counter
Double-Edge
Earth Power
Fury Cutter
Icy Wind
Mimic
Snore
String Shot
Superpower

-Ice Punch

I have removed Ice Punch since it doesn't really have hands and what not. I would have removed Superpower, but it's an Egg Move and it's not really worth taking out to be honest, other than to make it illegal with a bunch of stuff that doesn't matter anyway (which I've learned from experience is not kindly received).

Egg Moves

Code:

Earth Power
Pin Missile
Spikes
Superpower
Tail Glow

Well these kind of have to stay the same, otherwise it doesn't make much sense.

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Possible sets I guess

Swords Dance @ Life Orb
- Swords Dance
- Ice Shard
- X-Scissor
- Rock Slide / Brick Break / Ice Punch

Tail Glow @ Life Orb
- Tail Glow
- Bug Buzz
- Ice Beam
- Earth Power / Focus Blast

Spiky Thing @ Focus Sash
- Spikes
- Taunt
- Ice Shard / Ice Beam
- Superpower / Earth Power

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So yeah this is basically exactly the same as Syclant...

Menshay · Sep 4th, 2012, 12:29:52 PM

Nothing really fancy, I just took Syclant's movepool and removed some moves I felt were unfitting.

Level Up:

0 Fury Attack
0 Leer
0 Leech Life
5 Ice Shard
8 Focus Energy
14 Slash
18 Icy Wind
27 X-Scissor
30 EVOLUTION (doesn't really matter, but this is flavour, right?)
31 Hail
36 Bug Buzz
43 Avalanche
50 Sheer Cold ?

~~The only moves I removed are Fury Attack and Ice Punch: Fury Attack needs something sharp to jab the enemy with (beaks, horns, and more relevantly Beedrill's "hand stingers"),~~ Fury Attack is apparenty required, while Ice Punch obviously requires bigger limbs (granted, there are exceptions like Gastly and Wooper, but I'm not sure they're extremely relevant here, plus they don't learn Ice Punch by level up). I envision Syclar evolving at level 30 and learning Ice Punch immediately after the evolution, like Flaaffy learns Thunderpunch upon evolving into Ampharos.

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:

Bug Bite
Counter
Double-Edge
Earth Power
Fury Cutter
Icy Wind
Mimic
Snore
String Shot
Superpower

Removed Ice Punch (see above for reasoning), Superpower looks out of place but it's also an egg move, so yeah.

Egg:

Obviously the same as Syclant.

TM/HM:

~~TM01 Focus Punch~~ Removed due to Syclar's lack of big enough limbs
TM03 Water Pulse
TM06 Toxic
TM07 Hail
TM10 Hidden Power
TM12 Taunt
TM13 Ice Beam
TM14 Blizzard
~~TM15 Hyper Beam~~ Pretty much final form only
TM17 Protect
TM18 Rain Dance
TM21 Frustration
~~TM26 Earthquake~~ Not fitting
TM27 Return
TM31 Brick Break ?
TM32 Double Team
TM42 Facade
TM43 Secret Power
TM44 Rest
TM45 Attract
~~TM52 Focus Blast~~ Seems to be final form only except for Fighting types
TM54 False Swipe
TM56 Fling
TM58 Endure
TM62 Silver Wind
~~TM68 Giga Impact~~ See Hyper Beam
~~TM71 Stone Edge~~ Seems to be mostly reserved for final forms and Rock/Ground/Fighting types
TM72 Avalanche
TM75 Swords Dance ?
TM78 Captivate
TM80 Rock Slide
TM81 X-Scissor
TM82 Sleep Talk
TM83 Natural Gift
TM87 Swagger
~~TM89 U-turn~~ Unsure, but not every bug gets it and it's mostly reserved for swift-looking stuff
TM90 Substitute

HM01 Cut
~~HM04 Strength~~ Not really "strong" enough
HM06 Rock Smash

I'm really surprised by Syclant's lack of Rock Climb.

bugmaniacbob · Sep 4th, 2012, 12:59:23 PM

As a little follow-up to the last post:

Syclant's original movepool was the one here, as in Birkal's OP.

It was then nerfed a tad by losing a bit of Speed, Special Defence, and some moves (which included Spikes, Superpower, dual screens, and some other stuff) as detailed here.

Then the CAP Revision Committee came along and added Earthquake, Focus Blast, Focus Punch, Grass Knot, Leaf Blade, Megahorn, Psychic, Spikes, Stone Edge, Super Fang, Superpower, Vacuum Wave, thus

Finally, Syclant's movepool was reverted to the one currently on-site by taking out a bunch of moves, here.

That's just a bit of digging to save anyone else the trouble.

More importantly, it seems as though Fury Attack has been listed as a pre-evolution only move for the final Syclant movepool - hence should probably be listed as such in the OP.

EDIT: On another note entirely, we appear to have inadvertently opened the veritable Pandora's Box of "what exactly is Syclant's movepool?". Huh.

***Birkal**** · Sep 4th, 2012, 3:08:53 PM

Thank you greatly for clearing up the confusion, bmb. I knew I would mess something up somewhere along the line in this pre-evo process, haha. Please refer to the movepool listed on site; it is the canonical movepool that we must take into consideration. I'll be updating the original post of this thread to convey that message. I'm sorry for the mistake.

As a result, I will also be extending the timetable, so don't worry about finishing these up until around 48 hours from this post.

Espeon65 · Sep 4th, 2012, 3:25:14 PM

FINAL SUBMISSION:

Level Up Moves:

Code:

0- Fury Attack
0- Leer
0- Leech Life
5- Ice Shard
8- Focus Energy
14- Slash
18- Icy Wind
27- X-Scissor
29- Endure
32- Hail
36- Bug Buzz
43- Avalanche
50- Sheer Cold

I pretty much stuck to Syclant's movepool when deciding this one. I added Endure at level 29, since it symbolizes the jorney Syclar takes up the mountain right before evolving (evolution level set at 30), and so Syclar needs to learn to Endure the cold. I also got rid of Ice Punch, due to the no arms issue. I believe would be rather hard to punch with no arms. XD

TM Moves:

Code:

03 Water Pulse
06 Toxic
07 Hail
10 Hidden Power
12 Taunt
13 Ice Beam
14 Blizzard
17 Protect
18 Rain Dance
21 Frustration
27 Return
32 Double Team
42 Façade
43 Secret Power
44 Rest
45 Attract
54 False Swipe
56 Fling
58 Endure
62 Silver Wind
72 Avalanche
75 Swords Dance
78 Captivate
81 X-Scissor
83 Natural Gift
87 Swagger
89 U-Turn
90 Substitute

I got rid of Hyper Beam, Focus Punch, Brick Break, Earthquake, Focus Blast, Giga Impact, Stone Edge, and Rock Slide for obvious reasons: no arms, too small, et cetera.

HM Moves:

Code:

01 Cut

I got rid of Strength and Rock Smash after some consideration since Syclar is rather small and weak-looking.

Tutor Moves:

Code:

Bug Bite
Counter
Double-Edge
Earth Power
Fury Cutter
Icy Wind
Mimic
Snore
String Shot
Superpower

I thought about getting rid of Earth Power and Superpower, but then I thought that it would be futile since the egg moves have to stay the same. I got rid of Ice Punch due to the issue stated above about having no arms.

Egg Moves:

Code:

Earth Power
Pin Missile
Spikes
Superpower
Tail Glow

Obviously, nothing changed here.

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I made the evolution level 30, so that Syclant would learn Ice Punch upon evolution much like Flaafy learns ThunderPunch upon evolution into Ampharos. I think this is generally the same movepool that everyone else has, give or take. I really like CAP, and I think I'm gonna be sticking with it for awhile. I don't expect to win right now, and maybe not even for a while, but I feel like I should get the experience of making a movepool the easy way- using another pokemon as a very simple guide! I don't want to just jump into regular CAP, and create my own movepool, without having at least a little bit of experience. I still hope to win, though...

***Birkal**** · Sep 4th, 2012, 3:34:48 PM

As far as I'm aware, Syclar doesn't have an evolution level to go into Syclant. If someone can prove me wrong, then please go ahead. I haven't found anything in the CAP Process Archive to support an evolution level.

Therefore, I am requiring that movepool submitters ALSO submit a method of evolution. I encourage you to pick something typical (like level-up evolution), but be as creative as you like. Just realize that creativity might come to hurt you when I make the slate. Thank you for your understanding!

**jas61292** · Sep 4th, 2012, 7:20:30 PM

Final Submission

Here is my take on the movepool.

Level Up:

For starters, like most people, I decided that Ice Punch made little sense on a Pokemon with no real arms, so that was taken out. I also could not see such a cute little thing using Sheer Cold, so I removed that as well. However, I did not really feel a need to change much else. It gets a few cool things from evolving, but that is it. A rather ordinary Pokemon in that regard. I did change the level of its last two moves though. This is because I see Syclar as evolving via level up at level 35. This is not as late an evolution as some other strong bug prevos, like Anorith, but I didn't think it should happen to early either, as it is significantly stronger than the all the 4th gen bugs who evolve in the 20s. Also, this makes it evolve when it learns Hail, symbolizing it having grown in to something that can handle the harsh environment.

Code:

0    Fury Attack
0    Leer
0    Leech Life
5    Ice Shard
8    Focus Energy
14    Slash
18    Icy Wind
27    X-Scissor
35    Hail
40    Bug Buzz
45    Avalanche

Tutor:

For tutor moves, the only moves I removed were Ice Punch, Earth Power and Superpower. Ice Punch, as I said in the level up part, just simply makes no sense, as it has nothing to punch with. Superpower was removed as, being such a small bug, I can't really picture it smashing things with Superpower. Now unfortunately, it will still have access to Superpower due to egg moves, but I see no reason to keep it here where it makes little sense. Earth Power was more based on type precedent. Only 4 bugs get the move, and of those, all are rock or ground, and only one is unevolved. While it may have had competitive relavance on Syclant, I would see it as a flavor mistake if we were to keep it.

Code:

Bug Bite
Counter
Double-Edge
Fury Cutter
Icy Wind
Mimic
Snore
String Shot

TM/HM:

For the machine moves, I pretty much just followed the same kind of precedent based logic I used for Earth Power. I removed Hyper Beam and Giga Impact as Pokemon who are not fully evolved, never were fully evolved, and who don't get them via level up can never learn these moves via TM. Earthquake was taken out as most small, light Pokemon do not get it. Specifically with bugs, the only unevolved Pokemon who can use Earthqauke are Dwebble, who is also a Rock type, which is a typing strongly associated with that move, and Pineco whose evolution is also of a type that typically gets Earthquake. Focus Blast and Stone Edge were taken out as very few unevolved Pokemon can learn these moves outside of Pokemon of those specific moves' types. Rock Slide was also removed, but for slightly different reasons. While some unevolved Pokemon do receive this move, among bugs, the only ones that do are either rock types as well, or, Pineco, who, as before, has an evolution who's typing has a strong connection with the move. Finally, Strength and Rock Smash were removed from the HM moves for the same reason that Superpower was taken out of the tutor moves. Syclar just simply doesn't have the physical build to be able to use moves like these.

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
TM31    Brick Break
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
TM81    X-Scissor
TM82    Sleep Talk
TM83    Natural Gift
TM87    Swagger
TM89    U-turn
TM90    Substitute 

HM01    Cut

Egg moves:

Obviously the same as everyone else, but just so you can see it all in one place, here it is again.

Code:

Earth Power
Pin Missile
Spikes
Superpower
Tail Glow

uxsee · Sep 4th, 2012, 11:31:22 PM

Level Up

Code:

0	Fury Attack
0	Leer
0	Leech Life
5	Ice Shard
8	Focus Energy
14	Bug Bite
18	Icy Wind
27	X- Scissor
29	Hail
37	Bug Buzz
39	Ice Fang
48	Ice Beam

Slash does not make sense for me on this bug for me because it is a relatively strong move that involves powerful slashing with claws. It also has a high critical hit ratio and I cannot see Syclar doing any damage that ways (it could due to his strong LC attack). I chose bug bite because it is a weaker version of bug bite, unless you're scizor, and syclar looks much more like an insect then Syclant. Ice punch is just not possible on Syclar due to its lack of hands (lol). I replaced avalanche with ice fang because syclar does not appear to be physically able to make any sort of avalanche due to its size. Ice fang is in a similar vein to bug bite, as they both are based upon syclar's protruding teeth. Ice Beam is a "weaker" version of sheer cold and, again, syclar is not able to make a temperature at "ultimate cold." Ice Beam is an apt replacement because aurora beam and blizzard are not as related to sheer cold as ice beam and ice beam is a much more competitive option (even though it gets it by TM).

The differences in levels in the final four moves were determined for joltik and anorith. (shelmet and karrablast differ and arcanine has its own shit level up movepool) and found that the differences are:

...

I then averaged them to get:

...

I subtracted these numbers from Syclar's levels for its last four moves to get:

...

Move Tutor

Code:

Bug Bite
Counter
Double Edge
Fury Cutter
Icy Wind
Mimic
Snore
String Shot

Superpower makes no sense on syclar becuase it means "Great Power" and is defined as "Attack with tremendous force" and The user attacks the target with great power" which Syclar can clearly cannot do. Earth Power might seem like a strange choice but here's my logic: think of all the things that can't learn Earth Power (i.e. Latios, Kyogre, Latias). Ice punch can't work because he has no hands or fists (lol its a spider).

Egg Moves

Code:

Earth Power
Pin Missile
Spikes
Superpower
Tail Glow

Have to be the same. End of story

TMs

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
TM75	Swords Dance
TM78	Captivate
TM81	X-Scissor
TM82	Sleep Talk
TM83	Natural Gift
TM87	Swagger
TM89	U-turn
TM90	Substitute

Basically, this is just a repeat of everything i have already said. Focus Punch, Brick Break, Avalanche, Earthquake, and Stone edge are all no t there because Syclar could not physically do them. Focus Blast, Giga Impact, and Hyper Beam are exclusive to final evos usually.

HMs

Code:

HM01	Cut
HM06	Rock Smash

Syclar can't learn strength because it is not all that strong.

Edit: Method of evolution

Evolves at Level 31.

Explanation, I found the type of evolution that is most common among stage 2 ice and bug types at came up with:

...

I then averaged all the levels at which the pokemon evolved at and got 31 (shared by venomoth and forretress).

DHR-107 · Sep 5th, 2012, 9:10:43 AM

Okay so here we go...

FINAL SUBMISSION

Level Up

Code:

Level	Move
0	Fury Attack
0	Leer
5	Leech Life
8	Ice Shard
13	Focus Energy
18	Icy Wind
23	X-Scissor
28	Hail
35	Bug Buzz
42	Ice Beam
49	Sheer Cold

Evolve at Level 30 -> Ice Punch

I chose the level for Evolution based on the original moveset. Much the same as Flaaffy evolving into Ampharos and learning Thunder Punch. I've tweaked the levels slightly (Which I know isn't that common) because the irregularity bugged the hell out of me (No pun intended). I also added Ice beam over Avalanche because flavour.

TUTOR Move

Code:

Bug Bite
Counter
Earth Power
Fury Cutter
Icy Wind
Mimic
Snore
String Shot
Superpower

I decided to remove Double Edge and Ice Punch (and wanted to remove Super Power + Earth Power, but they are egg moves) from this little guys Tutor moves as they just kinda didn't make sense to me.

TM List

Code:

TM	Move
TM03	Water Pulse
TM06	Toxic
TM07	Hail
TM10	Hidden Power
TM12	Taunt
TM13	Ice Beam
TM14	Blizzard
TM17	Protect
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
TM81	X-Scissor
TM82	Sleep Talk
TM83	Natural Gift
TM87	Swagger
TM89	U-turn
TM90	Substitute

HM01 Cut

Pretty much the same as everyone elses. I removed Focus Punch, Brick Break, Focus Blast and Earthquake for obvious reasons. Hyper Beam and Giga Impact are generally moves for only fully evolved Pokémon (there are a few exceptions). I also removed Rock Slide and Stone Edge because this guy hasn't become the Mountaineer that Syclant is. Took away all of his HM's too, apart from Cut, because I looked up whether or not Joltik got it and he does....

Egg move list remains the same (as it must).

EGG Moves

Code:

Earth Power
Pin Missile
Spikes
Superpower
Tail Glow

There :)

Drifblim · Sep 5th, 2012, 11:59:31 AM

Might as well give it a shot!

Final Submission

Level Up Moves

Up until Lv 30, these were very simple decisions, just the same level Syclant gets them because they all make sense to me at those levels. I figured all of the Level 1 moves could be kept, none of them are truly strong. In game, would Syclar be on the field long enough to get a good multiplier on Fury Attack? Unlikely. Would also be odd for Syclant to get it at Level 1 when Syclar gets it later then that. After Level 30, I used Joltik/Galvantula as a model for level lowerings. Those two were used as examples for a fair bit of my movepool, I find them quite similar to Syclar/Syclant in their unique typing. Sheer Cold was an interesting thought, but I figured it could be kept, Syclars stats don't quite make us think of the baby its Pokedex entries do. And Spheal can learn Sheer Cold. What would he do, nuzzle us until we got a little chilly?

0 Fury Attack
0 Leer
0 Leech Life
5 Ice Shard
8 Focus Energy
14 Slash
18 Icy Wind
27 X Scissor
32 Hail
36 Bug Buzz
41 Avalanche
48 Sheer Cold

TM Moves

For some of these, I was thinking of Syclar's appendages being used primarily for cutting, like X Scissor and Slash being available there not Fling. I also took off the status moves that aren't available to all Mons, Taunt and Swords Dance.
TM03 Water Pulse
TM06 Toxic
TM07 Hail
TM10 Hidden Power
TM13 Ice Beam
TM14 Blizzard
TM17 Protect
TM21 Frustration
TM27 Return
TM31 Brick Break
TM32 Double Team
TM42 Facade
TM43 Secret Power
TM44 Rest
TM45 Attract
TM54 False Swipe
TM58 Endure
TM62 Silver Wind
TM72 Avalanche
TM78 Captivate
TM81 X Scissor
TM82 Sleep Talk
TM83 Natural Gift
TM87 Swagger
TM89 U Turn
TM90 Substitute
HM01 Cut

Tutor Moves

Only removed Ice Punch. Thought about Counter and Double Edge, but usually when the evolution has either the pre-evo does as well. String Shot is a general bug thing, I couldn't see not having it. The rest of them are either egg moves, in Syclar's level up movepool, or generally available. Isn't Counter a Gen 3 only tutor?

Bug Bite
Counter
Double Edge
Earth Power
Fury Cutter
Icy Wind
Mimic
Snore
String Shot
Superpower

Egg Moves

All were kept the same.

Earth Power
Pin Missile
Spikes
Superpower
Tail Glow

Evolves at Level 30, so it gets Ice Punch upon evolution.

How would I reformat these into those blue boxes, it feels messy as is

Espeon65 · Sep 5th, 2012, 3:59:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fat Drifblim

How would I reformat these into those blue boxes, it feels messy as is

Up above, when you write a post, there are a bunch of option, such as hide, image, etc. The one with the blue boxes is the "code" option. it is represented by a little tic tac toe, number sign, hashtag, or pound symbol thingy. Like this #. Hope this helps!

kjt · Sep 5th, 2012, 4:31:31 PM

~~Totally NOT final submission. I mean in terms of movepool yeah, but I'll definitely edit stuff (TM numbers, spoilers, etc) after school. Damned school >.<~~

EDIT: Final Submission

As you've probably guessed, this is my submission. I've based my movepool off Nincada/Ninjask (and I guess Shedinja). And the level up is probably the most different from what Scylant has. I just did it to be different. Anyways, read on . . .

Level Up Moves

Code:

Level	Move
0	Leer
0	Leech Life
5	Ice Shard
8	Focus Energy
14	Fury Attack
18	Icy Wind
27	Fury Cutter
30	Ice Beam
35	Hail
42	Bug Buzz
49	Blizzard

Justification

TMs/HMs

Code:

03	Water Pulse
06	Toxic
07	Hail
10	Hidden Power
12	Taunt
13	Ice Beam
14	Blizzard
16	Protect
18	Rain Dance
21	Frustration
27	Return
31	Brick Break
32	Double Team
42	Façade
43	Secret Power
44	Rest
45	Attract
54	False Swipe
58	Endure
62	Silver Wind
72	Avalanche
75	Swords Dance
78	Captivate
81	X-Scissor
82	Sleep Talk
83	Natural Gift
87	Swagger
89	U-Turn
90	Substitute
01	Cut
06	Rock Smash

Reasoning

No reasons needed on egg moves.
Egg Moves:

Code:

Earth Power
Pin Missile
Spikes
Superpower
Tail Glow

Tutors

Code:

Bug Bite
Counter
Double Edge
Fury Cutter
Icy Wind
Mimic
Snore
String Shot

Explanation

Method of Evolution

Code:

Trade Syclar

After it being brought to my attention that evolving at the Ice Rock was specifically for a non-ice type, I decided on a different evolution method. But the reasoning for it is still the same . . .

explanation

nyttyn · Sep 5th, 2012, 10:36:20 PM

Final Submission

Level Up

Code:

0 Leech Life
0 Leer
0 Fury Attack
5 Ice Shard
8 Focus Energy
11 String Shot
14 Icy Wind
18 Hail
21 Bug Bite
24 Bug Buzz
28 Silver Wind
35 Fury Cutter
37 U-Turn
40 Blizzard
44 Swords Dance

Modeled after Swinub, a similar pokemon. I went for a more heavily physical based level up pool. Swords Dance is a pretty iconic move(For physical Syclant/Syclar at least. And since Tail Glow is an egg move...), so it serves as a capstone at level 44. Otherwise they're spread out fairly evenly in ascending power. Blizzard at 40 is probably going to turn some heads, but I feel that obtaining it as a level up move is plenty incentive to keep a Syclar as a Syclar for awhile (from a ingame 4th gen standpoint).

TMs

Code:

TM03        Water Pulse 
TM06        Toxic 
TM06        Hail 
TM10        Hidden Power
TM13        Ice Beam
TM14        Blizzard
TM17        Protect
TM21        Frustration
TM27        Return
TM31        Brick Break
TM32        Double Team
TM42        Facade
TM43        Secret Power
TM44        Rest
TM45        Attract
TM54        False Swipe
TM58        Endure
TM62        Silver Wind
TM78        Captivate
TM82        Sleep Talk
TM83        Natural Gift
TM87        Swagger
TM89        U Turn
TM90        Substitute
HM01        Cut

Egg Pool

Code:

Earth Power 
Pin Missile 
Spikes 
Superpower 
Tail Glow

Egg pools gotta stay the same.

Tutor

Code:

Bug Bite
Counter
Double Edge
Earth Power
Fury Cutter
Icy Wind
Mimic
Snore
String Shot
Superpower

Reasoning:
Removed giga impact hyper beam etc because pre-evo (no pre-evo gets them). Removed all of the punches, because they make no sense (Syclar HAS NO ARMS OR FISTS TO PUNCH WITH). It doesn't really seem large enough to cause an Avalanche, so that's out too. Sheer Cold is out because, once again, Syclar doesn't really seem capable of pulling cold sufficent enough to kill things in one hit out of that tiny little butt. X-Scissor gets the cut (heh) because honestly, those tiny little appendeges just don't look big enough. Cut stays in, though, because it could still deal a nasty little cut with those razor sharp teeth. Strength gone because honestly, do you see this thing moving a boulder any time soon? Stone Edge scrapped because of size issues - there isn't really any conceivable way it could lift a hunk of stone.

Evolution Method: Syclar levels up at level 33.

***Birkal**** · Sep 5th, 2012, 11:37:33 PM

Posting my official 24 hour warning now. I'm liking what I see so far; make sure to get your stuff finalized by this time tomorrow.

ShinyDreamer · Sep 6th, 2012, 9:17:57 AM

I've seen a couple of posts so far that think Syclar should evolve because of Icy Rock. Since I don't have time to build movepools and therefore can only comment on evolutions, I have to say I'm more in favor of
evolves at level 30
because I'm positive only non-Ice types can evolve at Icy Rock (therefore becoming Ice types).

Someday they should consider editing...definitely Shellder, possibly Seel, so that they need to level up at Icy Rock to gain those Ice-types.

***Birkal**** · Sep 6th, 2012, 11:16:10 AM

I've done a lot of looking over each of these movepools and I have thoughts for every one of you. Catch me on #cap if you'd like me to dish out some personal comments. If you don't have IRC, get on it; it's really helpful for when it comes to discussing CAP matters. You can read the connection guide if you need some guidance. If that's an issue, just PM me on the forums.

Also, I'm posting to say that I really really dislike all of the Ice Rock evolution methods going around. Eevee to Glaceon is the only case for it in game, and Eevee is a very atypical and unique for a variety of reasons. It's an incredibly shaky ground for evolution method, in my eyes. Go ahead and keep it if you like. Just know that if your movepool has some other fault along with that evolution method, there is an extremely low chance of you getting slated. Thanks for your time.

Nyktos · Sep 6th, 2012, 5:18:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fat Birkal

Also, I'm posting to say that I really really dislike all of the Ice Rock evolution methods going around. Eevee to Glaceon is the only case for it in game, and Eevee is a very atypical and unique for a variety of reasons. It's an incredibly shaky ground for evolution method, in my eyes.

Nosepass -> Probopass and Magneton -> Magnezone also happen by levelling in a certain location, so it's not like it's only Eevee that has something like that

Menshay · Sep 6th, 2012, 5:22:16 PM

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:
- Focus Punch: Syclar lacks big limbs
- Hyper Beam, Giga Impact, Focus Blast: mostly reserved to final forms
- Stone Edge: mostly exclusives to final forms and certain types.
- 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.
- U-turn: not every bug gets it and it's mostly reserved for "swift-looking" stuff

Kept:
- Rock Slide: there are several examples of Pokémon with only Rock Slide evolving into Pokémon with Stone Edge (Cubone, Wooper, Pawniard...)
- 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.
- 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.

***Birkal**** · Sep 6th, 2012, 11:39:56 PM

Lock. Let me get my slate together; this will take some time.

Edit: Here's the slate. I spent multiple hours pouring over these, so y'all better be content. If you did not make the slate, don't despair! There are going to be lots of CAP pre-evo movepools to participate in within our future projects. If you want some advice, you can always send me a PM asking for it; I have notes on each movepool that I wouldn't mind sharing with you.

Anyways, here it is. Congrats to these four!

bugmaniacbob
jas61292
DHR-107
Menshay

I'll get up the next thread; sit tight.

Sep 4th, 2012, 11:02:57 AM	#1
*Birkal We have the technology. Super Moderator** Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 3,070 The Mentor	Syclar - Part 5 - Movepool Submissions In the first thread of this pre-evolution process, we discussed some of the overall ideas that we need to focus on for Syclar, the pre-evolution of Syclant. At the end, I threw out some thoughts that are necessary to consider for the future of Syclar. Please read through that post you you understand where I'm coming from in the following threads. Thanks! Good morning, CAP! It is a beautiful day and the world is a wonderful place to live =) We're moving on to movepool submissions! Syclant, the evolution of Syclar, already has a movepool; it can be found here (do not use the one found here; it is outdated and not canon). I cannot emphasize this next point enough; imagine me shouting it at you through cupped hands. WE CANNOT EDIT SYCLANT'S MOVEPOOL IN ANY WAY. It goes entirely against what this pre-evolution project stands for (here) by conflicting with the historically accurate section. We absolutely cannot edit, add to, or delete from Syclant's movepool. You can be as creative as you like, in theory, but stay within that parameter. Thank you. Also understand that Syclar currently has no evolution method to evolve into Syclant. I am requiring that all movepool submitters provide a means of evolution as well in their submission. If you need some help on your movepool, feel free to come consult us in #cap on IRC; we'd be glad to help. If you don't have any idea what movepool creation is all about, I recommend you sit in the back seat on this one and only provide suggestions when applicable. Thanks for your understanding. This will go on for however long people choose to participate, but try to submit your stuff within forty eight hours. Let's rock and roll. What we have so far: Name: Syclar Type: Ice / Bug Abilities: Compoundeyes / Snow Cloak Stats: 40 HP / 76 Atk / 45 Def / 74 SpA / 39 SpD / 91 Spe Sprite: __________________ Last edited by Birkal; Sep 4th, 2012 at 3:37:33 PM.

Sep 4th, 2012, 11:39:49 AM	#2
DHR-107 Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 460 Their World	Just a heads up Birkal, that movelist is different to the one on the site for Syclant. I honestly do not know where that one came from, it has far more moves than any other Syclant moveset I have seen. I believe that set is from the updates that were then removed... __________________ I'm on a mission to train every Pokemon Family during a playthrough of 3rd to 5th Gen! Currently at: 532/602! Current Team (White 2 [6 badges]): Ninetales/Zoroark/Mr Mime/Cherrim/Sawsbuck/Swampert Current Team (Black 2): Solrock/Emboar/Sunflora/Crobat/Dunsparce/Azumarill

Sep 4th, 2012, 12:13:52 PM	#4
bugmaniacbob Fare thee well. Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 2,038 Floccinaucinihilipilification	Actually, that's Syclant's original movepool. Which was then cut down, along with stats, when it was realised that Syclant was ridiculously overpowered. And was then increased in size during the CAP Revision Project And was then cut down again in accordance with the new movepool regulations And was then added to with the Pt and HGSS move tutor moves Or maybe the last two were the other way around? Can't quite remember Not to mention that the current movepool on-site looks a tad iffy as well. I mean, it doesn't include Megahorn, for one thing, despite it being a staple on the Swords Dance set in the analysis (neither does the original movepool, though, so um... no idea) Also, just because... I'd like to propose the following (this is /assuming/ that the movepool on-site is the correct one) ----------------------------------- Final Submission Method of Evolving: Evolution by Level (Lv. 30) Level-Up Code: 0 Leer 0 Leech Life 5 Ice Shard 8 Focus Energy 14 Slash 18 Icy Wind 27 X-Scissor 30 Fury Attack 33 Hail 37 Bug Buzz 42 Avalanche 48 Ice Beam +Ice Beam +Fury Attack -Ice Punch -Sheer Cold Removed Sheer Cold (how can that tiny thing use Sheer Cold, really) and Ice Punch (it doesn't have hands) and replaced with Ice Beam and Fury Attack. Thus, we see a useful in-game way of getting a Syclant with Ice Beam without ransacking the DPP Game Corner (and don't get me started on Voltorb Flip) - I imagine Syclant evolves at Level 30, so therein lies the choice between Ice Beam and Ice Punch (delay it for a better move much). I would have put Ice Fang, but apparently that was removed ages ago in one of the various movepool edits that Syclant has had, so I guess I can't do that. Meh. Note that Fury Attack is listed as a pre-evolution only move for Syclant's most recent movepool, as detailed here, and so has to be a move in Syclar's level-up set, which Syclant doesn't get. Hence, it is given instead of Ice Punch as the move that Syclant would learn upon evolving, but doesn't. On another note, the levels are more bunched up for moves past Level 30 as pre-evolutions tend to learn moves faster than their evolved counterparts. 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 TM31 Brick Break 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 TM89 U-turn TM90 Substitute HM01 Cut HM06 Rock Smash -Focus Punch -Hyper Beam -Earthquake -Focus Blast -Giga Impact -Stone Edge -Strength Focus Punch is removed because it doesn't have hands. Hyper Beam and Giga Impact are gone because they're generally restricted to final-form Pokemon. Earthquake removed because it doesn't have any kind of body mass to speak of. Stone Edge removed because well it's kind of difficult to justify without Earthquake and what not (and it's also a bit too "big" an attack for such a little mite. In any case, it still has Rock Slide). Same thing for Focus Blast. Also removed Strength because, well, look at it. It could barely move a pebble, let alone a boulder. DPP Tutor Code: Bug Bite Counter Double-Edge Earth Power Fury Cutter Icy Wind Mimic Snore String Shot Superpower -Ice Punch I have removed Ice Punch since it doesn't really have hands and what not. I would have removed Superpower, but it's an Egg Move and it's not really worth taking out to be honest, other than to make it illegal with a bunch of stuff that doesn't matter anyway (which I've learned from experience is not kindly received). Egg Moves Code: Earth Power Pin Missile Spikes Superpower Tail Glow Well these kind of have to stay the same, otherwise it doesn't make much sense. --------------- Possible sets I guess Swords Dance @ Life Orb - Swords Dance - Ice Shard - X-Scissor - Rock Slide / Brick Break / Ice Punch Tail Glow @ Life Orb - Tail Glow - Bug Buzz - Ice Beam - Earth Power / Focus Blast Spiky Thing @ Focus Sash - Spikes - Taunt - Ice Shard / Ice Beam - Superpower / Earth Power --------------- So yeah this is basically exactly the same as Syclant... __________________ Art / C&C / The Smog / Longest Ever Analysis MkI / Longest Ever Analysis MkII / Warstories / Stupid Poem / CAP 4: Aurumoth Last edited by bugmaniacbob; Sep 6th, 2012 at 5:28:43 PM.

Sep 4th, 2012, 12:29:52 PM	#5
Menshay Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 94 Italy (GMT+1)	Nothing really fancy, I just took Syclant's movepool and removed some moves I felt were unfitting. Level Up: 0 Fury Attack 0 Leer 0 Leech Life 5 Ice Shard 8 Focus Energy 14 Slash 18 Icy Wind 27 X-Scissor 30 EVOLUTION (doesn't really matter, but this is flavour, right?) 31 Hail 36 Bug Buzz 43 Avalanche 50 Sheer Cold ? ~~The only moves I removed are Fury Attack and Ice Punch: Fury Attack needs something sharp to jab the enemy with (beaks, horns, and more relevantly Beedrill's "hand stingers"),~~ Fury Attack is apparenty required, while Ice Punch obviously requires bigger limbs (granted, there are exceptions like Gastly and Wooper, but I'm not sure they're extremely relevant here, plus they don't learn Ice Punch by level up). I envision Syclar evolving at level 30 and learning Ice Punch immediately after the evolution, like Flaaffy learns Thunderpunch upon evolving into Ampharos. 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: Bug Bite Counter Double-Edge Earth Power Fury Cutter Icy Wind Mimic Snore String Shot Superpower Removed Ice Punch (see above for reasoning), Superpower looks out of place but it's also an egg move, so yeah. Egg: Obviously the same as Syclant. TM/HM: ~~TM01 Focus Punch~~ Removed due to Syclar's lack of big enough limbs TM03 Water Pulse TM06 Toxic TM07 Hail TM10 Hidden Power TM12 Taunt TM13 Ice Beam TM14 Blizzard ~~TM15 Hyper Beam~~ Pretty much final form only TM17 Protect TM18 Rain Dance TM21 Frustration ~~TM26 Earthquake~~ Not fitting TM27 Return TM31 Brick Break ? TM32 Double Team TM42 Facade TM43 Secret Power TM44 Rest TM45 Attract ~~TM52 Focus Blast~~ Seems to be final form only except for Fighting types TM54 False Swipe TM56 Fling TM58 Endure TM62 Silver Wind ~~TM68 Giga Impact~~ See Hyper Beam ~~TM71 Stone Edge~~ Seems to be mostly reserved for final forms and Rock/Ground/Fighting types TM72 Avalanche TM75 Swords Dance ? TM78 Captivate TM80 Rock Slide TM81 X-Scissor TM82 Sleep Talk TM83 Natural Gift TM87 Swagger ~~TM89 U-turn~~ Unsure, but not every bug gets it and it's mostly reserved for swift-looking stuff TM90 Substitute HM01 Cut ~~HM04 Strength~~ Not really "strong" enough HM06 Rock Smash I'm really surprised by Syclant's lack of Rock Climb. Last edited by Menshay; Sep 4th, 2012 at 1:33:12 PM.

Sep 4th, 2012, 12:59:23 PM	#6
bugmaniacbob Fare thee well. Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 2,038 Floccinaucinihilipilification	As a little follow-up to the last post: Syclant's original movepool was the one here, as in Birkal's OP. It was then nerfed a tad by losing a bit of Speed, Special Defence, and some moves (which included Spikes, Superpower, dual screens, and some other stuff) as detailed here. Then the CAP Revision Committee came along and added Earthquake, Focus Blast, Focus Punch, Grass Knot, Leaf Blade, Megahorn, Psychic, Spikes, Stone Edge, Super Fang, Superpower, Vacuum Wave, thus Finally, Syclant's movepool was reverted to the one currently on-site by taking out a bunch of moves, here. That's just a bit of digging to save anyone else the trouble. More importantly, it seems as though Fury Attack has been listed as a pre-evolution only move for the final Syclant movepool - hence should probably be listed as such in the OP. EDIT: On another note entirely, we appear to have inadvertently opened the veritable Pandora's Box of "what exactly is Syclant's movepool?". Huh. __________________ Art / C&C / The Smog / Longest Ever Analysis MkI / Longest Ever Analysis MkII / Warstories / Stupid Poem / CAP 4: Aurumoth

Sep 4th, 2012, 3:08:53 PM	#7
*Birkal We have the technology. Super Moderator** Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 3,070 The Mentor	Thank you greatly for clearing up the confusion, bmb. I knew I would mess something up somewhere along the line in this pre-evo process, haha. Please refer to the movepool listed on site; it is the canonical movepool that we must take into consideration. I'll be updating the original post of this thread to convey that message. I'm sorry for the mistake. As a result, I will also be extending the timetable, so don't worry about finishing these up until around 48 hours from this post. __________________

Sep 4th, 2012, 3:25:14 PM	#8
Espeon65 Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 791 Akron, Ohio	FINAL SUBMISSION: Level Up Moves: Code: 0- Fury Attack 0- Leer 0- Leech Life 5- Ice Shard 8- Focus Energy 14- Slash 18- Icy Wind 27- X-Scissor 29- Endure 32- Hail 36- Bug Buzz 43- Avalanche 50- Sheer Cold I pretty much stuck to Syclant's movepool when deciding this one. I added Endure at level 29, since it symbolizes the jorney Syclar takes up the mountain right before evolving (evolution level set at 30), and so Syclar needs to learn to Endure the cold. I also got rid of Ice Punch, due to the no arms issue. I believe would be rather hard to punch with no arms. XD TM Moves: Code: 03 Water Pulse 06 Toxic 07 Hail 10 Hidden Power 12 Taunt 13 Ice Beam 14 Blizzard 17 Protect 18 Rain Dance 21 Frustration 27 Return 32 Double Team 42 Façade 43 Secret Power 44 Rest 45 Attract 54 False Swipe 56 Fling 58 Endure 62 Silver Wind 72 Avalanche 75 Swords Dance 78 Captivate 81 X-Scissor 83 Natural Gift 87 Swagger 89 U-Turn 90 Substitute I got rid of Hyper Beam, Focus Punch, Brick Break, Earthquake, Focus Blast, Giga Impact, Stone Edge, and Rock Slide for obvious reasons: no arms, too small, et cetera. HM Moves: Code: 01 Cut I got rid of Strength and Rock Smash after some consideration since Syclar is rather small and weak-looking. Tutor Moves: Code: Bug Bite Counter Double-Edge Earth Power Fury Cutter Icy Wind Mimic Snore String Shot Superpower I thought about getting rid of Earth Power and Superpower, but then I thought that it would be futile since the egg moves have to stay the same. I got rid of Ice Punch due to the issue stated above about having no arms. Egg Moves: Code: Earth Power Pin Missile Spikes Superpower Tail Glow Obviously, nothing changed here. ------------------------------------------ I made the evolution level 30, so that Syclant would learn Ice Punch upon evolution much like Flaafy learns ThunderPunch upon evolution into Ampharos. I think this is generally the same movepool that everyone else has, give or take. I really like CAP, and I think I'm gonna be sticking with it for awhile. I don't expect to win right now, and maybe not even for a while, but I feel like I should get the experience of making a movepool the easy way- using another pokemon as a very simple guide! I don't want to just jump into regular CAP, and create my own movepool, without having at least a little bit of experience. I still hope to win, though... __________________ CAP Anime Style Battling! Last edited by Espeon65; Sep 5th, 2012 at 7:26:53 PM.

Sep 4th, 2012, 3:34:48 PM	#9
*Birkal We have the technology. Super Moderator** Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 3,070 The Mentor	As far as I'm aware, Syclar doesn't have an evolution level to go into Syclant. If someone can prove me wrong, then please go ahead. I haven't found anything in the CAP Process Archive to support an evolution level. Therefore, I am requiring that movepool submitters ALSO submit a method of evolution. I encourage you to pick something typical (like level-up evolution), but be as creative as you like. Just realize that creativity might come to hurt you when I make the slate. Thank you for your understanding! __________________

Sep 4th, 2012, 7:20:30 PM	#10
jas61292 likes his numbers Moderator Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 2,297 Strong as a Corsola	Final Submission Here is my take on the movepool. Level Up: For starters, like most people, I decided that Ice Punch made little sense on a Pokemon with no real arms, so that was taken out. I also could not see such a cute little thing using Sheer Cold, so I removed that as well. However, I did not really feel a need to change much else. It gets a few cool things from evolving, but that is it. A rather ordinary Pokemon in that regard. I did change the level of its last two moves though. This is because I see Syclar as evolving via level up at level 35. This is not as late an evolution as some other strong bug prevos, like Anorith, but I didn't think it should happen to early either, as it is significantly stronger than the all the 4th gen bugs who evolve in the 20s. Also, this makes it evolve when it learns Hail, symbolizing it having grown in to something that can handle the harsh environment. Code: 0 Fury Attack 0 Leer 0 Leech Life 5 Ice Shard 8 Focus Energy 14 Slash 18 Icy Wind 27 X-Scissor 35 Hail 40 Bug Buzz 45 Avalanche Tutor: For tutor moves, the only moves I removed were Ice Punch, Earth Power and Superpower. Ice Punch, as I said in the level up part, just simply makes no sense, as it has nothing to punch with. Superpower was removed as, being such a small bug, I can't really picture it smashing things with Superpower. Now unfortunately, it will still have access to Superpower due to egg moves, but I see no reason to keep it here where it makes little sense. Earth Power was more based on type precedent. Only 4 bugs get the move, and of those, all are rock or ground, and only one is unevolved. While it may have had competitive relavance on Syclant, I would see it as a flavor mistake if we were to keep it. Code: Bug Bite Counter Double-Edge Fury Cutter Icy Wind Mimic Snore String Shot TM/HM: For the machine moves, I pretty much just followed the same kind of precedent based logic I used for Earth Power. I removed Hyper Beam and Giga Impact as Pokemon who are not fully evolved, never were fully evolved, and who don't get them via level up can never learn these moves via TM. Earthquake was taken out as most small, light Pokemon do not get it. Specifically with bugs, the only unevolved Pokemon who can use Earthqauke are Dwebble, who is also a Rock type, which is a typing strongly associated with that move, and Pineco whose evolution is also of a type that typically gets Earthquake. Focus Blast and Stone Edge were taken out as very few unevolved Pokemon can learn these moves outside of Pokemon of those specific moves' types. Rock Slide was also removed, but for slightly different reasons. While some unevolved Pokemon do receive this move, among bugs, the only ones that do are either rock types as well, or, Pineco, who, as before, has an evolution who's typing has a strong connection with the move. Finally, Strength and Rock Smash were removed from the HM moves for the same reason that Superpower was taken out of the tutor moves. Syclar just simply doesn't have the physical build to be able to use moves like these. 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 TM31 Brick Break 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 TM81 X-Scissor TM82 Sleep Talk TM83 Natural Gift TM87 Swagger TM89 U-turn TM90 Substitute HM01 Cut Egg moves: Obviously the same as everyone else, but just so you can see it all in one place, here it is again. Code: Earth Power Pin Missile Spikes Superpower Tail Glow __________________ <Destiny_Warrior> jas will you do the dramatic reading <jas61292> I can't do anything dramatically. Not the actor type <Kadew> type tldr prc posts dramatically, then <Kadew> I'm sure you can manage that . Last edited by jas61292; Sep 5th, 2012 at 10:49:50 PM.

Sep 4th, 2012, 11:31:22 PM	#11
uxsee Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 99 Arizona	Level Up Code: 0 Fury Attack 0 Leer 0 Leech Life 5 Ice Shard 8 Focus Energy 14 Bug Bite 18 Icy Wind 27 X- Scissor 29 Hail 37 Bug Buzz 39 Ice Fang 48 Ice Beam Slash does not make sense for me on this bug for me because it is a relatively strong move that involves powerful slashing with claws. It also has a high critical hit ratio and I cannot see Syclar doing any damage that ways (it could due to his strong LC attack). I chose bug bite because it is a weaker version of bug bite, unless you're scizor, and syclar looks much more like an insect then Syclant. Ice punch is just not possible on Syclar due to its lack of hands (lol). I replaced avalanche with ice fang because syclar does not appear to be physically able to make any sort of avalanche due to its size. Ice fang is in a similar vein to bug bite, as they both are based upon syclar's protruding teeth. Ice Beam is a "weaker" version of sheer cold and, again, syclar is not able to make a temperature at "ultimate cold." Ice Beam is an apt replacement because aurora beam and blizzard are not as related to sheer cold as ice beam and ice beam is a much more competitive option (even though it gets it by TM). The differences in levels in the final four moves were determined for joltik and anorith. (shelmet and karrablast differ and arcanine has its own shit level up movepool) and found that the differences are: ... 3, 6, 9, and 12 for Joltik and 3, 6, 12, and 12 for Anorith I then averaged them to get: ... 3, 6, 9, 10 (10.5 but nintendo rounds down) I subtracted these numbers from Syclar's levels for its last four moves to get: ... 29 37 39 48 Move Tutor Code: Bug Bite Counter Double Edge Fury Cutter Icy Wind Mimic Snore String Shot Superpower makes no sense on syclar becuase it means "Great Power" and is defined as "Attack with tremendous force" and The user attacks the target with great power" which Syclar can clearly cannot do. Earth Power might seem like a strange choice but here's my logic: think of all the things that can't learn Earth Power (i.e. Latios, Kyogre, Latias). Ice punch can't work because he has no hands or fists (lol its a spider). Egg Moves Code: Earth Power Pin Missile Spikes Superpower Tail Glow Have to be the same. End of story TMs 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 TM75 Swords Dance TM78 Captivate TM81 X-Scissor TM82 Sleep Talk TM83 Natural Gift TM87 Swagger TM89 U-turn TM90 Substitute Basically, this is just a repeat of everything i have already said. Focus Punch, Brick Break, Avalanche, Earthquake, and Stone edge are all no t there because Syclar could not physically do them. Focus Blast, Giga Impact, and Hyper Beam are exclusive to final evos usually. HMs Code: HM01 Cut HM06 Rock Smash Syclar can't learn strength because it is not all that strong. Edit: Method of evolution Evolves at Level 31. Explanation, I found the type of evolution that is most common among stage 2 ice and bug types at came up with: ... Stone- 2 Level-up- 16 Level up and- 4 Trade- 3 I then averaged all the levels at which the pokemon evolved at and got 31 (shared by venomoth and forretress). __________________ If you buy one completo, it's only one dollar. BUT, if you buy two completos, it's only two dollars. BUT, if you buy three completos, it's only three dollars. BUT, if you buy four completos, it's only four dollars... Do you like my three buts? Last edited by uxsee; Sep 5th, 2012 at 7:30:07 PM. Reason: Grammar Fail

Sep 5th, 2012, 9:10:43 AM	#12
DHR-107 Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 460 Their World	Okay so here we go... FINAL SUBMISSION Level Up Code: Level Move 0 Fury Attack 0 Leer 5 Leech Life 8 Ice Shard 13 Focus Energy 18 Icy Wind 23 X-Scissor 28 Hail 35 Bug Buzz 42 Ice Beam 49 Sheer Cold Evolve at Level 30 -> Ice Punch I chose the level for Evolution based on the original moveset. Much the same as Flaaffy evolving into Ampharos and learning Thunder Punch. I've tweaked the levels slightly (Which I know isn't that common) because the irregularity bugged the hell out of me (No pun intended). I also added Ice beam over Avalanche because flavour. TUTOR Move Code: Bug Bite Counter Earth Power Fury Cutter Icy Wind Mimic Snore String Shot Superpower I decided to remove Double Edge and Ice Punch (and wanted to remove Super Power + Earth Power, but they are egg moves) from this little guys Tutor moves as they just kinda didn't make sense to me. TM List Code: TM Move TM03 Water Pulse TM06 Toxic TM07 Hail TM10 Hidden Power TM12 Taunt TM13 Ice Beam TM14 Blizzard TM17 Protect 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 TM81 X-Scissor TM82 Sleep Talk TM83 Natural Gift TM87 Swagger TM89 U-turn TM90 Substitute HM01 Cut Pretty much the same as everyone elses. I removed Focus Punch, Brick Break, Focus Blast and Earthquake for obvious reasons. Hyper Beam and Giga Impact are generally moves for only fully evolved Pokémon (there are a few exceptions). I also removed Rock Slide and Stone Edge because this guy hasn't become the Mountaineer that Syclant is. Took away all of his HM's too, apart from Cut, because I looked up whether or not Joltik got it and he does.... Egg move list remains the same (as it must). EGG Moves Code: Earth Power Pin Missile Spikes Superpower Tail Glow There :) __________________ I'm on a mission to train every Pokemon Family during a playthrough of 3rd to 5th Gen! Currently at: 532/602! Current Team (White 2 [6 badges]): Ninetales/Zoroark/Mr Mime/Cherrim/Sawsbuck/Swampert Current Team (Black 2): Solrock/Emboar/Sunflora/Crobat/Dunsparce/Azumarill Last edited by DHR-107; Sep 5th, 2012 at 9:27:24 AM.

Sep 5th, 2012, 11:59:31 AM	#13
Drifblim Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 549 Brooklyn	Might as well give it a shot! Final Submission Level Up Moves Up until Lv 30, these were very simple decisions, just the same level Syclant gets them because they all make sense to me at those levels. I figured all of the Level 1 moves could be kept, none of them are truly strong. In game, would Syclar be on the field long enough to get a good multiplier on Fury Attack? Unlikely. Would also be odd for Syclant to get it at Level 1 when Syclar gets it later then that. After Level 30, I used Joltik/Galvantula as a model for level lowerings. Those two were used as examples for a fair bit of my movepool, I find them quite similar to Syclar/Syclant in their unique typing. Sheer Cold was an interesting thought, but I figured it could be kept, Syclars stats don't quite make us think of the baby its Pokedex entries do. And Spheal can learn Sheer Cold. What would he do, nuzzle us until we got a little chilly? 0 Fury Attack 0 Leer 0 Leech Life 5 Ice Shard 8 Focus Energy 14 Slash 18 Icy Wind 27 X Scissor 32 Hail 36 Bug Buzz 41 Avalanche 48 Sheer Cold TM Moves For some of these, I was thinking of Syclar's appendages being used primarily for cutting, like X Scissor and Slash being available there not Fling. I also took off the status moves that aren't available to all Mons, Taunt and Swords Dance. TM03 Water Pulse TM06 Toxic TM07 Hail TM10 Hidden Power TM13 Ice Beam TM14 Blizzard TM17 Protect TM21 Frustration TM27 Return TM31 Brick Break TM32 Double Team TM42 Facade TM43 Secret Power TM44 Rest TM45 Attract TM54 False Swipe TM58 Endure TM62 Silver Wind TM72 Avalanche TM78 Captivate TM81 X Scissor TM82 Sleep Talk TM83 Natural Gift TM87 Swagger TM89 U Turn TM90 Substitute HM01 Cut Tutor Moves Only removed Ice Punch. Thought about Counter and Double Edge, but usually when the evolution has either the pre-evo does as well. String Shot is a general bug thing, I couldn't see not having it. The rest of them are either egg moves, in Syclar's level up movepool, or generally available. Isn't Counter a Gen 3 only tutor? Bug Bite Counter Double Edge Earth Power Fury Cutter Icy Wind Mimic Snore String Shot Superpower Egg Moves All were kept the same. Earth Power Pin Missile Spikes Superpower Tail Glow Evolves at Level 30, so it gets Ice Punch upon evolution. How would I reformat these into those blue boxes, it feels messy as is Last edited by Drifblim; Sep 6th, 2012 at 1:48:57 AM. Reason: making final

Sep 5th, 2012, 4:31:31 PM	#15
kjt Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 214 New Zealand	~~Totally NOT final submission. I mean in terms of movepool yeah, but I'll definitely edit stuff (TM numbers, spoilers, etc) after school. Damned school >.<~~ EDIT: Final Submission As you've probably guessed, this is my submission. I've based my movepool off Nincada/Ninjask (and I guess Shedinja). And the level up is probably the most different from what Scylant has. I just did it to be different. Anyways, read on . . . Level Up Moves Code: Level Move 0 Leer 0 Leech Life 5 Ice Shard 8 Focus Energy 14 Fury Attack 18 Icy Wind 27 Fury Cutter 30 Ice Beam 35 Hail 42 Bug Buzz 49 Blizzard Justification So how does my movepool differ from Syclant's? Well it starts at (level) 14 with Fury Attack. I reckoned that Syclar wouldn't be the best with it's claws, being that they're teeny-tiny. Instead of using a powerful Slash, it would instead use a multitude of little stabs. 27 has Fury Cutter instead of X-Scissor for similar reasons, what with the teeny-tiny limbs. I don't imagine Syclar would learn those moves naturally (but not to worry, it gets X-Scissor as a TM). 30 has Ice Beam instead of Ice Punch (lack of limbs). 49 has Blizzard. I decided to put the focus on special moves (specifically these last two). Syclar doesn't seem to be especially powerful (appearance wise) so it can't use Avalanche. It requires less physical strength to make a blizzard, right? And I guess I should mention that it doens't get a move (aka Sheer Cold) at 60. That's just because of the ~~Nincada basement~~ being based off Nincada. It stops learning moves at 45, but both its evolutions learn moves after that. TMs/HMs Code: 03 Water Pulse 06 Toxic 07 Hail 10 Hidden Power 12 Taunt 13 Ice Beam 14 Blizzard 16 Protect 18 Rain Dance 21 Frustration 27 Return 31 Brick Break 32 Double Team 42 Façade 43 Secret Power 44 Rest 45 Attract 54 False Swipe 58 Endure 62 Silver Wind 72 Avalanche 75 Swords Dance 78 Captivate 81 X-Scissor 82 Sleep Talk 83 Natural Gift 87 Swagger 89 U-Turn 90 Substitute 01 Cut 06 Rock Smash Reasoning -Blablabla Hyper Beam/Giga Impact removed -Focus Punch, Earthquake, Focus Blast, Fling, Stone Edge, Rock Slide, Strength removed (IMO they're too powerful for Syclar). -I've included moves that I left out of the level up (X-Scissor + Avalanche) because I imagine a Syclar could learn them, but wouldn't in the wild. It also keeps U-Turn because it's a bug type move, and Syclar has quite a good speed stat (for a first stage). No reasons needed on egg moves. Egg Moves: Code: Earth Power Pin Missile Spikes Superpower Tail Glow Tutors Code: Bug Bite Counter Double Edge Fury Cutter Icy Wind Mimic Snore String Shot Explanation Simply, I removed Earth Power and Superpower because they didn't fit (but it's no big loss as they're egg moves). Ice Punch is gone because Syclar doesn't have arms. Method of Evolution Code: Trade Syclar After it being brought to my attention that evolving at the Ice Rock was specifically for a non-ice type, I decided on a different evolution method. But the reasoning for it is still the same . . . explanation Anyways, I thought this suited my level-up movepool. It's based around the idea that Syclar doesn't get all the moves that Syclant gets. It's weaker, so it gets Fury Attack instead of Slash, Fury Cutter instead of X-Scissor etc. This method of evolution essentially allows for a level 1 Syclant that could naturally learn all the Syclant-y moves (Slash, X-Scissor, Ice Punch) as it grows. I thought it was important for it to evolve early as the big change in moves comes at 14 (Fury Attack or Slash). It would seem stupid for it to have moves like Slash but never learn them (naturally) because it evolved at 30-something. If that makes sense. That didn't really make sense to me either. Point is that it would allow variations of in-game Syclant (theoretically). You want it to learn Blizzad naturally (for whatever reason)? Then you don't evolve it until 49. You honestly couldn't care about any of these moves? Okay then, evolve it straight away and have a level 1 Syclar. So that's the it :) Last edited by kjt; Sep 6th, 2012 at 4:11:05 PM.

Sep 5th, 2012, 10:36:20 PM	#16
nyttyn Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 642 Caw!	Final Submission Level Up Code: 0 Leech Life 0 Leer 0 Fury Attack 5 Ice Shard 8 Focus Energy 11 String Shot 14 Icy Wind 18 Hail 21 Bug Bite 24 Bug Buzz 28 Silver Wind 35 Fury Cutter 37 U-Turn 40 Blizzard 44 Swords Dance Modeled after Swinub, a similar pokemon. I went for a more heavily physical based level up pool. Swords Dance is a pretty iconic move(For physical Syclant/Syclar at least. And since Tail Glow is an egg move...), so it serves as a capstone at level 44. Otherwise they're spread out fairly evenly in ascending power. Blizzard at 40 is probably going to turn some heads, but I feel that obtaining it as a level up move is plenty incentive to keep a Syclar as a Syclar for awhile (from a ingame 4th gen standpoint). TMs Code: TM03 Water Pulse TM06 Toxic TM06 Hail TM10 Hidden Power TM13 Ice Beam TM14 Blizzard TM17 Protect TM21 Frustration TM27 Return TM31 Brick Break TM32 Double Team TM42 Facade TM43 Secret Power TM44 Rest TM45 Attract TM54 False Swipe TM58 Endure TM62 Silver Wind TM78 Captivate TM82 Sleep Talk TM83 Natural Gift TM87 Swagger TM89 U Turn TM90 Substitute HM01 Cut Egg Pool Code: Earth Power Pin Missile Spikes Superpower Tail Glow Egg pools gotta stay the same. Tutor Code: Bug Bite Counter Double Edge Earth Power Fury Cutter Icy Wind Mimic Snore String Shot Superpower Reasoning: Removed giga impact hyper beam etc because pre-evo (no pre-evo gets them). Removed all of the punches, because they make no sense (Syclar HAS NO ARMS OR FISTS TO PUNCH WITH). It doesn't really seem large enough to cause an Avalanche, so that's out too. Sheer Cold is out because, once again, Syclar doesn't really seem capable of pulling cold sufficent enough to kill things in one hit out of that tiny little butt. X-Scissor gets the cut (heh) because honestly, those tiny little appendeges just don't look big enough. Cut stays in, though, because it could still deal a nasty little cut with those razor sharp teeth. Strength gone because honestly, do you see this thing moving a boulder any time soon? Stone Edge scrapped because of size issues - there isn't really any conceivable way it could lift a hunk of stone. Evolution Method: Syclar levels up at level 33. __________________ http://i.imgur.com/M88s8ua.gif Last edited by nyttyn; Sep 6th, 2012 at 10:25:20 PM.

Sep 5th, 2012, 11:37:33 PM	#17
*Birkal We have the technology. Super Moderator** Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 3,070 The Mentor	Posting my official 24 hour warning now. I'm liking what I see so far; make sure to get your stuff finalized by this time tomorrow. __________________

Sep 6th, 2012, 9:17:57 AM	#18
ShinyDreamer Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 53	I've seen a couple of posts so far that think Syclar should evolve because of Icy Rock. Since I don't have time to build movepools and therefore can only comment on evolutions, I have to say I'm more in favor of evolves at level 30 because I'm positive only non-Ice types can evolve at Icy Rock (therefore becoming Ice types). Someday they should consider editing...definitely Shellder, possibly Seel, so that they need to level up at Icy Rock to gain those Ice-types. __________________ † I am a Christian and proud of it! Copy and paste this if you are too.† If Shiny Pokemon are rare and DreamWorld Pokemon are comparatively uncommon, then a Shiny Pokemon from the DreamWorld must be...

Sep 6th, 2012, 11:16:10 AM	#19
*Birkal We have the technology. Super Moderator** Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 3,070 The Mentor	I've done a lot of looking over each of these movepools and I have thoughts for every one of you. Catch me on #cap if you'd like me to dish out some personal comments. If you don't have IRC, get on it; it's really helpful for when it comes to discussing CAP matters. You can read the connection guide if you need some guidance. If that's an issue, just PM me on the forums. Also, I'm posting to say that I really really dislike all of the Ice Rock evolution methods going around. Eevee to Glaceon is the only case for it in game, and Eevee is a very atypical and unique for a variety of reasons. It's an incredibly shaky ground for evolution method, in my eyes. Go ahead and keep it if you like. Just know that if your movepool has some other fault along with that evolution method, there is an extremely low chance of you getting slated. Thanks for your time. __________________

Sep 6th, 2012, 5:22:16 PM	#21
Menshay Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 94 Italy (GMT+1)	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: - Focus Punch: Syclar lacks big limbs - Hyper Beam, Giga Impact, Focus Blast: mostly reserved to final forms - Stone Edge: mostly exclusives to final forms and certain types. - 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. - U-turn: not every bug gets it and it's mostly reserved for "swift-looking" stuff Kept: - Rock Slide: there are several examples of Pokémon with only Rock Slide evolving into Pokémon with Stone Edge (Cubone, Wooper, Pawniard...) - 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. - 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. Last edited by Menshay; Sep 6th, 2012 at 5:36:13 PM.

Sep 6th, 2012, 11:39:56 PM	#22
*Birkal We have the technology. Super Moderator** Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 3,070 The Mentor	Lock. Let me get my slate together; this will take some time. Edit: Here's the slate. I spent multiple hours pouring over these, so y'all better be content. If you did not make the slate, don't despair! There are going to be lots of CAP pre-evo movepools to participate in within our future projects. If you want some advice, you can always send me a PM asking for it; I have notes on each movepool that I wouldn't mind sharing with you. Anyways, here it is. Congrats to these four! bugmaniacbob jas61292 DHR-107 Menshay I'll get up the next thread; sit tight. __________________ Last edited by Birkal; Sep 7th, 2012 at 1:11:47 AM.