Presumably it uses its tail as a lightningrod.
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Yeah, I didn't get Lightningrod at first either, but Stellar explained it in Orange Islands IRC channel:
(1:56:37 PM) Stellar: why do people say lightningrod makes no sense on sceptile
(1:56:45 PM) Stellar: its tail now looks like an evergreen
(1:56:50 PM) Stellar: and it has a lightningrod at its top
(1:56:59 PM) Stellar: putting lightningrods on tall trees to protect from storms
(1:57:05 PM) Stellar: is common...
(1:56:37 PM) Stellar: why do people say lightningrod makes no sense on sceptile
(1:56:45 PM) Stellar: its tail now looks like an evergreen
(1:56:50 PM) Stellar: and it has a lightningrod at its top
(1:56:59 PM) Stellar: putting lightningrods on tall trees to protect from storms
(1:57:05 PM) Stellar: is common...
That's almost certainly the case, but Lightningrod on a Grass-type? Who saw that coming?
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Ah, Hulavuta makes a good point.
Free +100 boost to its stats mean it will see use outside of Rain too, especially since it's likely to get a significant Atk boost at the very least (and defensive boosts too).
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Swamperts speed could get worse
Then it's more viable for TR. With Swampert's movepool, and typing, it's pretty hard for it to lose out.
Why Brendan and May look so fucking retarded lol. May looks like the second coming of Bianca (WHY) and Brendan is just derpy. I hope there are more customizable options like in XY so i dont have to deal with these designs. This is weird because the other characters look just fine...
You must've not seen any speculation threads, Sceptile getting dragon type was by far the most expected.
There is another reason why Lightning Rod makes perfect sense on MScep. GameFreak must've loved what the anime did when Ash attempted to catch his Treecko, and that specific Treecko "grounded" his tail to avoid getting majorly damaged by Thunderbolt.
Am I the only one who immediately thought of this?
Anyways, I have my Sceptilite, I will not riot. Oh, I hope that the main boost that MScep gets isn't in its Attack, Rotom-W do tend to carry WoW buuuuuuuut averting from competitive talk (>'-')>
I LOVE that they're adding more "personalized" admins to the their respective teams just like what they did to TR in HG/SS. It bothered me that the higher ups all looked like each other.
Does Maxie look... younger? Maybe it's just me
Anyways, I have my Sceptilite, I will not riot. Oh, I hope that the main boost that MScep gets isn't in its Attack, Rotom-W do tend to carry WoW buuuuuuuut averting from competitive talk (>'-')>
I LOVE that they're adding more "personalized" admins to the their respective teams just like what they did to TR in HG/SS. It bothered me that the higher ups all looked like each other.
Does Maxie look... younger? Maybe it's just me
Maxie looks amazing this time around for sure. and Tabitha is qt
Holy shit I confused tabitha with courtney
I understand Hoenn is supposed to have a tropical climate, but the tan on literally almost every character is somewhat overkill. Kinda surprised Maxie is white as all hell, though.
I wouldn't be surprised if Steven Stone having a Mega Charizard is related to a Mega Evo plot arc and he won't actually use it on his team. Maybe he might even gift it to you after you beat him with it 1on1, like how Korrina gives you her Lucario after you beat her. Charizard-X in Ruby, Charizard-Y in Sapphire?
I love the designs of the evil teams they have a lot more personality, the protagonists look weird though.
Every mega gets +100 stats so that doesn't mean much. At this point I wouldn't waste my mega slot on it if I wasn't using Politoed or rain dance.
Water/Ground type with 635 BST and huge movepool is good, even without rain.
That doesn't stop some people from using Mega Houndoom on non-sun teams or the fact that they just really like the 'mon..
So one-minded...
I don't know if this has been posted before, but I've been playing White 2 recently and there's evidence in the game that heavily implies Mirage Tower (the tower appearing randomly in Gen 3 won't be returning. There's lots of speak about how the desert ruins will soon be buried entirely under the sandstorm, and there's even a backpacker there who says "I come from Hoenn. There used to be this tower in the desert there, but now it got buried by sand!"
As for the leaks, Mega-Sceptile is Sceptile with red stripes and a Christmas Tree for a tail. I have no idea what Mega-Swampert is (it looks like they tried to make him look bulky and tough but failed magnificently). Mega-Kyogre just looks like an Orca to me, but with some kind of trident thing with its tail (tridents have 3 points p sure - not 4!). Yveltal has been looking at Mega-Groudon though and has found some pretty interesting stuff. Things which hint to it being (at least Part-) Fire type finally!
As for the leaks, Mega-Sceptile is Sceptile with red stripes and a Christmas Tree for a tail. I have no idea what Mega-Swampert is (it looks like they tried to make him look bulky and tough but failed magnificently). Mega-Kyogre just looks like an Orca to me, but with some kind of trident thing with its tail (tridents have 3 points p sure - not 4!). Yveltal has been looking at Mega-Groudon though and has found some pretty interesting stuff. Things which hint to it being (at least Part-) Fire type finally!
Man, how terrible is Mega Swamp ability? Why don't give him Drizzle? I'm not saying it will be a terrible mega, but almost always he's got no ability.
I meant personally I didn't think it would happen, (I didn't think any of them would get type changes to be honest) but yeah I guess you are right.
Hoenn games are supposed to take place before Unova, so it may still be there, but Gamefreak doesn't seem to be very concerned about continuity (also, if Gen 3 Pokemon banked to the Hoenn say traveled long way through time and space...).
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