comments anyone? does it sound pokemon material or naaw?Agilicient
Agility to represent it's speed, and ancient because it looks ancient.
Merquick
A rock from Mercury + it's quickness.
comments anyone? does it sound pokemon material or naaw?Agilicient
Agility to represent it's speed, and ancient because it looks ancient.
Merquick
A rock from Mercury + it's quickness.
I think agilicient sounds forced. Also, the only parts that come through is Agility and Quick, Mer and Cient are kinda... wthcomments anyone? does it sound pokemon material or naaw?
For the record I think Stratagem is off because it is an actual noun in English with a proper spelling. (As opposed to Onix, which replaces a Y with an I). It is also a noun for an abstract idea and not a physical thing, which is why Onix works because Onyx is a physical, tangible thing. The only places a stratagem can be is in your mind or on paper.I just want to remind everyone that a plot or scheme (or stratagem) doesn't need to be nasty. Hence why this Pokemon doesn't learn Nasty Plot! This Pokemon's schemes are for the better, not for the worse... hence it schemes with a Calm Mind and not through a Nasty Plot.
So people cannot associate the word 'gem' with this Pokemon even though it has at least 8 attached to its body (two of which are its eyes)? I appreciate that not all of you know what rock strata are (in which case I'll kindly link you), but how can you possibly say that 'gem' is forced on this Pokemon? :(
Thing is most pokemon are like that and msot of them don't make sense.I think agilicient sounds forced. Also, the only parts that come through is Agility and Quick, Mer and Cient are kinda... wth
Still a horrible name for a floating clawed pile of rock, in my estimation.That can be changed fairly easily, change the second "a" to an "i" or something like that. I'd hate to see one little quarrel over spelling to keep this name from winning (Which, as of now, I think it should).
Gastly is a ghost, not a rock, so it works perfectly (As does Haunter), and Farfetchc'd is fairly clever for a pokemon as singularly absurd as Farfetch'd. Leek Sword ftw?That's a difficult thing to judge, since we already have names like Gastly and Farfetch'd, which aren't really abstract, but aren't "physical" characteristics either. I guess I'm just saying that I really feel Stratagem should be the winner at this point, but it's still fairly early.
Or hell, change the "g" to a "j."That can be changed fairly easily, change the second "a" to an "i" or something like that. I'd hate to see one little quarrel over spelling to keep this name from winning (Which, as of now, I think it should).
I vaguely remember it being called Scheme on Serebii before it was given it's official name.But... the Jap name for Nastly plot it Scheme iirc?
obsetite I think would give negative connotations, being a little too close to obselite. but I REALLY like your first one.Obselix/Obsetite
Obsidian/Obelisk + "ix" or "ite"
Sort of an amalgam of a bunch of things.
Obsidian is a type of dark colored, very precious rock. Obelisks were Egyptian monuments that had square bases that ended in pyramidal tops; they were made of stone and were placed in pairs at the entrances of temples. ( Click )
"Ix" was sort of a random sound derived from "isk" while "ite" is more reminiscent of stone.
As a fast Pokémon, I believe it would make sense to have a multisyllabic name, so I tried to incorporate that. That's just my opinion, though.
See Magnemite, Haunter, and Electrode for examples of pokemon that have real words as names.For the record I think Stratagem is off because it is an actual noun in English with a proper spelling. (As opposed to Onix, which replaces a Y with an I). It is also a noun for an abstract idea and not a physical thing, which is why Onix works because Onyx is a physical, tangible thing. The only places a stratagem can be is in your mind or on paper.
That and it doesn't really look all that stratified, at best it has two alternating rock colors. And I don't associate this with planning too much, it looks more like "KILL KILL KILL," but that's just me.
So now common sense is cowardly? I've been trying to keep my mouth shut for most of this CAP and this poll in particular, but this crosses the line. You're basically suggesting that we should have given this Pokemon one of the most broken moves in the game, a move that only 5 OU Pokemon get (Not including Weavile and including Syclant). Of those Pokemon, none of them have the movepool, the special attack, and the speed that this has. Azelf is the only one that comes close, but it still gets stopped dead by Blissey unless it goes mixed. Its one of the more broken things we could have done with this, and would have probably pushed it to uber, because then it turns into Sub/NP/Salac Darkrai with better speed. Granted, without subs Scizor and Metagross can easily revenge kill, but that doesn't make it any less broken. To suggest that we have no balls for making this Pokemon a little less powerful by not giving it Nasty Plot is absurd. It has 120 Special Attack, 130 Speed, two amazing abilities, two ways to boost special attack outside of Nasty Plot, and a movepool that rivals Azelf. This is what's wrong with CAP, people inherently want more. Next time around, I'm suggesting a one time Uber project just so you all can let it all out and get it out of your systems (and to see what an Uber really does to the metagame).There have been several good names suggested, and I hope that people will not be silly enough to vote for a name that implies a move that we, the cowardly electorate for CAP, were not brave enough to give Rockmon.