Hey Im new to raising pokemon for competative play I have a ferrothorn I trained with maxed hp and def evs but I didnt give it any moves like stealth rock, spikes, or leech seed so I was wondering is it worthless?
Short answer: no
Longer answer: The point of the CAP Project is really to design Pokemon to test concepts for new niches in the OU metagame, whereas the pre-evos are just fun little side-projects with no real underlying concept beyond what makes sense from a flavour perspective. In this case, we had already designed them casually for fun, we're only just now trying to officialise them, purely for the fun of it (and I guess for sake of CAP ASB, but I don't know much about that). Will they ever be implemented on Pokemon Showdown? Probably not, unless there are huge calls for it or something; the only thing it would really accomplish though would be to annoy more people in random battles. Will we ever make a CAP specifically designed for Little Cup instead of OU? Hard to say, I mean it's a possibility if the PRC decided it would be worth while, and many people do seem to think it would be interesting, but Little Cup has comparatively a lot less support for it and fewer people know the metagame than would be ideal for a Project that is trying to maximise community participation; if you're interested I recommend reading the PRC threads on the subject.
Correct me if I'm mistaken, but doesn't a Pokémon have to be the first stage in an evolutionary line to be eligible for Little Cup? That is, Pokémon that don't evolve can't get in. So a CAP for Little Cup would have to be something's pre-evo - either the pre-evo of an existing CAP or an official GF Pokémon. This severely limits possibilities for movepools and stat spreads, making an LC CAP rather difficult to design.
I don't mean to sound stupid.., but can someone give me a brief summarisation of the CAP project?
We have never considered creating new items, nor do we ever plan on doing so. There was a time where custom abilities and moves were created within individual projects, but nowadays the CAP Project is strongly opposed to altering or circumventing GameFreak's mechanics in this way.Really didn't know where to put this, but has the forum ever considering creating items as well? Each generation brings up some interesting new ones and I had an interesting thought for an item. Don't have a name for it or anything, but what about an item that grants a pokemon a 5th moveslot, at the cost of 1/8th HP each turn? Maybe something like Cursed Scroll? I was just thinking about it because I always hear the 4MSS that people talk about with pokemon, and thought it would interesting to have an item to help alleviate that.
Where can I find the process for submitting art to the CAP project? I'd like to participate in this part of the next CAP in particular, and am wondering if there is a certain process or requirements I need to be aware of when the time comes.
I notice a current discussion as to whether the project would ever create a CAP with a Mega-evolution. Has the anybody considered and/or discussed the possibility of giving a Mega-evolution to a currently existing Pokemon that doesn't have one?