I hope I'm doing this right, cause I'm not 100% sure on how the Wildcard thing works, and I never really messed with these kinda threads much haha. But I do have some changes I could definitely visualize.
Mind putting a decent example post in the OP?
New Move:
Spikes Jolteon
Flavor (I refuse to succumb to your old English way of spelling crap): Jolteon's body is covered in pointy bristles, and one of its Pokedex entries literally reads: "
If agitated, it uses electricity to straighten out its fur and launch it in small bunches." Of course this mainly suggests the move Pin Missile, which it does get, but a more heightened version of this concept could lead to something akin to laying Spikes.
With Spikes in its movepool, Jolteon can maintain a role similar to Spikes Greninja in OU (and I guess Accelgor to some extent?) being a fast, hard-hitting Pokemon with access to the move. Thanks to Mew's absence, being an Electric-type allows it to be pretty much the only user of Spikes capable of beating every single Defog user (and majority of Rapid Spin users) in the tier one-on-one. While this may bring a similar parallel in mind to Galvantula, another fast Electric-type hazard user, it hits
significantly harder, and blazing fast base 130 Speed means Jolteon outspeeds Stallbreaker Crobat (at the very worst, ties if for whatever reason they're running max Speed on it), and outruns standard Mega Aerodactyl pre-Mega Evolution (unless said Aero is also for whatever wack reason, running max Speed Jolly, then you just tie). Empoleon, Forretress, Blastoise, and Starmie really can't answer to this thing by themselves, and Donphan is the only Pokemon in the meta able to go toe-to-toe with Jolteon just to get rid of its hazards.
This in itself would probably cause a spike (hahaha) in either Spinners/Defoggers (basically Donphan and SpD Gligar, who is only 2HKOed by HP Ice) who can still handle Jolteon, or it would cause an increase in things like Scarf
Dugtrio Krookodile just to trap it and keep it in check due to its awesome Speed and ability to gain momentum. Most likely would get this guy to B- on the Viability Rankings at the absolute worst because it has a bit of everything the other Spikes users lack, which would give it a solid niche...Froslass
and Accelgor is forced to be used as a lead, whereas Jolteon can just come in at any point in a match and set up Spikes. Unlike Roserade and Chesnaught, it isn't forced out by the Flying-types coming in to use Defog (Aero, Crobat), and Empoleon can't even risk taking a from it hit just to use Defog. And unlike Forretress, it isn't so brutally passive that it can easily be set up on.
Stat Change:
+20 Def on Goodra
Flavor: Goodra's big, round, friendly, and huggable. While its SpD is titanic, you'd really think it could also take some physical hits too.
Honestly it's not a huge gamechanger overall as it is the fact it really irritates me that it has a high chance to get 2HKOed by
SCARF Darmanitan's Flare Blitz when it freaking resists the move. The extra Defense would make it an all-around better Pokemon at tanking hits with a ridiculous spread of 90/90/150 defenses, and if you just believe hard enough you might actually be able to pull off a Physically Defensive set and not get clowned for it, considering it wouldn't be too far from Mega Ampharos' 90/105 physical defenses. Only difference is Goodra has one less (somewhat annoying) weakness, allowing it more switch initiative, on top of ability to use Leftovers, which keeps it going longer.
252 Atk Sheer Force Darmanitan Flare Blitz vs. 248 HP / 0 Def Goodra: 180-213 (46.9 - 55.6%) -- 75% chance to 2HKO <-- This is regular Goodra
252 Atk Sheer Force Darmanitan Flare Blitz vs. 248 HP / 0 Def Goodra: 147-173 (38.3 - 45.1%) -- guaranteed 3HKO <-- This is new and improved Goodra w/more hugging capacity
New Ability:
Guts Escavalier
Flavor: Took me a while to think this one through and I was looking at its Dex description, which reads: "
They fly around at high speed, striking with their pointed spears. Even when in trouble, they face opponents bravely." You gotta have heart to do something like that, and pretty much in turn that screamed "GUTS" to me. Because what better way to face someone bravely when in trouble than to get a boost from the thing that's plaguing you, where most other people would've given up?
This lets Escavalier be the Heracross in our hearts now that he's departed from UU, and this in turn means if Escavalier switches into a Scald and gets burned... He. Hits. HARD. Bonus points if you get paralyzed somehow, it's pretty much game over. Escavalier's immune to Toxic which means you have to rely on being burned or paralyzed to trigger the ability, but on the positive note, unlike Heracross (and to some extent, Machamp, who likes a bit of Speed on his plate), Escavalier has zero qualms about being randomly paralyzed by Ampharos' Static ability or switching into a stray Thunder Wave. And bulky Water-types that normally checked it and dismissed it with a Scald burn are now getting knocked into next year. If you thought Heracross was strong with its base 125 Atk...Notice Escav has base 135. It'd pretty much be among the BEST wallbreakers in the tier hands down, especially under Trick Room (another thing Heracross couldn't do quite as nicely). Well on the plus side unlike with Heracross, you won't be breaking through Mega Aggron anytime soon, even with CB Guts Drill Run. :[
252+ Atk Choice Band Guts Escavalier Megahorn vs. 232 HP / 252+ Def Alomomola: 414-487 (78.2 - 92%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
252+ Atk Choice Band Guts Escavalier Megahorn vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Hippowdon: 319-376 (75.9 - 89.5%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
^ BRUH basically you kill stuff. If its name isn't Mega Aggron, it's taking an L. Sableye couldn't even handle you, Stall in general lacking Mega Aggron or defensive Arcanine couldn't even handle you. Forry is only 3HKOed by Knock Off I guess but it's not hard to wear that guy down.
Edit: Oh yeah, extra points if you use some kinda RestTalk SD set. Big cojones, man. Or just RestTalk period.
New Typing:
Water/Fairy Slowking
Flavor: Okay this one pushes the bounds of even my imagination a bit, and I don't have much to show for this except the fact Slowking's pink, friendly-looking, and has access to Psychic-type moves. This encompasses a surprising number of Fairy-types, not gonna lie.
Water/Fairy Slowking is something I thought about when I looked at how being part Psychic-type is a liability for a number of Pokemon due to the huge influx of Dark-types and the abuse of Knock Off
and my Guts Escavalier in UU. This with poor physical Defense (when uninvested) are what really hold Slowking back, so what if we could change it by giving it a typing that lets it check a huge chunk of the Meta? On one hand Slowking's somewhat balanced in that it has no Fairy-type moves of its own to abuse, so the typing is strictly for defensive benefits. But those benefits honestly give it a ton of switch-in opportunities that allow it to be a pivot that checks so many relevant mons by itself, so the point it's pretty much 100% worth it. Hydreigon, Houndoom, Mienshao, Machamp, in fact, screw it, every Dragon-type not named Ampharos tbh, every Dark-type, every Fighting-type not named Toxicroak (Funny you still lost to this because of +2 Sucker Punch being a thing and Gunk Shot hurting like heck), and every Bug-type not named Galvantula (unless you were AV, then you prolly still crush this) in the tier is put into a box. It'd be so ridiculously easy to build cores with Slowking, and that's just off typing and stats alone, with no regard to the sets it might be running. Being a Fairy-type who doesn't give a crap about Fire-types or Steel-types (what up Scald/Fire Blast) AND still able to check Crobat (what up Ice Beam/Psyshock) would put Slowking into A rank, no doubt. In my opinion at least.
