As one of the first GEN V Pokemon revealed to us, Hihidaruma's been widely known about for quite a while. Perhaps the reason no-one has taken note of just how interesting a pokemon he's become upon release?
Hihidaruma has 2 very strange, and potentially deadly abilities. Those being Encourage and Daruma Mode.
While the full effects of encourage are unknown, the access to both of these abilities gives Hihidaruma a reason to be feared.
Hihidaruma has 2 forme's. Interesting enough. But more interesting when he becomes the only pokemon that can utilize 2 of these forme's in battle! Giving him astounding unpredictability.
But that may seem useless right? Hihidaruma's mixed stats are terrible and it's not like he can work as both forme's at the same time!
Well let's look at Hihidaruma's stats.
Hihidaruma:
105/140/55/30/55/95
Wowee Zowee. 140 Attack and 95 Speed is something to be feared for sure. The pokemon who've previously touched on an attack stat close to this one are typically much slower. Those defenses may leave something to be desired as well, but that's not to say that 105 HP won't allow him to take a hit, especially when backed by...
Hihidaruma (DARUMA MODE!):
105/30/105/140/105/55
Shanderaa is scary sure. But 105/105/105 defenses and 140 Special Attack? What the fuck gamefreak. However, Hihidaruma can only enter this mode at 50% health! What does this mean?
Well for one, Hihidaruma get's belly drum, which will leave him in Daruma mode for the rest of the turn he used Belly Drum, allowing him to actually survive a hit maybe? While 30 base attack is nothing to brag about, Belly Drum will leave Daruma mode with 696 Attack (Assuming max) and a possible 379 Sp. Atk. Nothing to scoff at especially when it can hit any dark/type counters that attempt a switch in with Hammer Arm.
Now this is nowhere near the only thing Daruma Mode will be able to accomplish, and even more fear lies in the fact that you won't know if you're facing a Daruma Mode or Encourage Hihidaruma until it's either hit you in the face with an Encourage Boosted attack or increased it's defenses by ridiculous amounts.
Fire/Psychic may not be ideal typing but I think Hihidaruma will be a pokemon to look out for in the Gen V metagame. Discuss. :)