Pokemon Scarlet & Violet - 18th Nov 2022! **OFFICIAL INFO ONLY**

I don't think theres any difference between this region and past regions. Once you get the Champion tittle once, you've effectively been the champion of the region. Another completely different thing is to say that you are the current champion. When I read "among the region's Champions", what I understand is that several people have reached at one point or another the tittle of Champion.

So that makes her the actual, current champion of the region.
 
pokemon fans when they see a humanoid creature with sword arms
Well some Pokemon fans think of 2 other things that I can’t mention because this is a family friendly forum without adult rated or anti-semitic posts.
but anyways I ask since they are both knights, which Gardevoir and Gallade are also based on. The Scarlet one having a cannon and the Violet one having swords.
 
That crab looks so silly lol, not sure about it being pure Rock-type but I guess it's better than having another Shell Smashin Water/Rock.

Also this looks familiar.

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I love how it uses its own armor to make the cannon

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Cant wait to see it ingame.


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I can’t be the only one who thought Klauf was going to be rock/electric, right? It has the pikachu cheeks, and I assumed that the hair was iron filings a la alolan golem
 
I'll post more elaborate thoughts later but:
  • Brassica is the name of the genus of plant that Cabbages are in. The grass gym leader is the Cabbage Man.
  • Depending on stat distributions the two new Net Navis Fire-types could be pretty good Fire Terastallizers. Odds good enough to bet on that are they're going to do the whole "One is slow & bulky, the other is fast & frail" counterpart thing and you can guess which is which. Which also means Ceruledge is likely to work out better than Armarouge.
  • Klawf is based even if it is going to be Klawful.
  • Multiple Champions means we'll probably see our first Rival become Champion outside if Kanto games. Neat!
  • Penny is probably involved in the Team Star storyline.
 
I like the fire bros but their sig moves feel kinda like they're on the wrong mon. Armarogue is described as having stalwart defenses, but has the move that lower said defenses. Meanwhile Ceruledge is fast and all about getting up in there, but has a draining attack which historically are not strong damage wise and won't help it much on a fast and frail guy. Don't know if it was intentional on GF's part or not, but it is only a slight disappointment for such killer designs.
It's intelligent design-wise tho. He uses his armor as a weapon to attack, so feels legit that he's more fragile afterwards. And, call it a big shot, but I really think that the Blade signature move is going to be 100< BP, stingy as hell.
 
the engine mon... its probably steel poison, right?

a steel poison with levitate would be interesting. Poison loses its weakness to psychic and ground, and steel loses its weakness to ground and fighting. Ultimately, a poison steel with levitate has 1 weakness: fire, and a ton of resistances. Looks great.

Its most likely not going to have levitate.

Ceruledge clears every other design shown so far. That's all I got for now sorry. Fire/Ghost bros keep winning

I like it but I actually prefer Armarouge. Ceruledge's deisgn is too edgy for me. Literally and figuratively.
 
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I like Klawf's design, but Rock-typing just ain't it for me. At least its ability is cool since it will be a mini Shell Smash at lower HP, kinda like Minior.

Armarouge and Ceruledge are two really cool mons that seem like they'd be version exclusive legendaries. That being said, considering their themes, they seem like they've been introduced a generation too late? Wouldn't be surprised if they were in the planning stages for SwSh but scrapped from those games. I like that we have another Fire / Psychic type since its been a while since that type was last used, but I'm definitely gonna be picking Violet now since Ceruledge is way cooler imo.

Also it would be a crime if Magmortar doesn't also get Armor Cannon since its got those Cannon arms.
 
I like the fire bros but their sig moves feel kinda like they're on the wrong mon. Armarogue is described as having stalwart defenses, but has the move that lower said defenses. Meanwhile Ceruledge is fast and all about getting up in there, but has a draining attack which historically are not strong damage wise and won't help it much on a fast and frail guy. Don't know if it was intentional on GF's part or not, but it is only a slight disappointment for such killer designs.
Inverted perspective: Strong Armor could make a powerful impact, but the armor itself is compromised by doing so, either through damage to itself or simply not being worn properly after the strike. At the same time, Armor is heavy and Cumbersome, and given Armarouge's design, might be energy based, meaning it could also "shut down" after firing a big shot. This one is mostly a flavor discussion because I assume this move is mostly used for hit and run Tactics, so the Defense drops probably won't impact much if running this Pokemon.

As for Ceruledge consider what his biggest threat would be if he's a fast Glass Cannon type of attacker: Passive damage, since he's going to either want to KO his target without being struck or get the hell out if he can't. Ghost/Fire w/ Flash Fire is a pretty cool type for a Physical attacker (Fighting and Fire Immunity, a decent few Resists like Ice/Grass/Fairy, no Burns), but even assuming he never gets hit directly by a major attack, there's still concerns of being stalled/walled by Weather, defensive pivoting, Entry Hazards, recovering targets, Contact Damage/Punishment, etc. Healing off that scratch damage would do wonders for longevity on a Pokemon like that, and Fire is a more spammable type than Fighting or Bug, for example.

This is also considering that its main STAB is probably going to want to be a Ghost Type move for better neutral coverage, so you'd be using the hypothetical ~75 BP STAB on a specific set of targets anyway. Would have to make defensive teams wary about their answers or switches, because if Gen 8 is any indication, several Pokemon like Weavile, Melmetal, or U-Turn Pivots have to REALLY watch out for chip damage taking them out against their intended targets, with the inverse being true that a Life-Drain Sac at a bad time could undo a lot of progress on a potential Offensive thorn.

And this is all assuming Ceruledge is indeed too frail to meaningfully take neutral or resisted hits, despite having a prominent if less extreme amount of armor in its design. It could end up being akin to Hitmonlee and Hitmonchan, where one of those two is ostensibly the defensive one, but the reality is moreso both being attackers and one just having MORE Attack. Ceruledge could still be reasonable for neutral damage and just not be made to outright tank opponents the way Armarouge is meant to. The similarly built (but unarmored) Gallade actually had decent Special Defense, so I feel reasonable assuming that visible armor is supposed to suggest some amount of defensive prowess.
 
I am really glad that we’re getting a Special Fire type version of Close Combat. If it was widely distributed, it would be even better since Fire type Special Attackers don’t have to rely on inaccurate moves for a power move.
 
The Grass gym leader having a Sudowoodo that he Terastallizes (complete with special dialogue similar to when Galar gym leaders used their Dynamax) implies that all the gym leaders this time around will have an off-type Pokemon as their ace that they'll Terastallize into their type. Which makes me very curious what they're gonna do for Grusha, because I can't think of many non-Ice Pokemon that could pass for an Ice-type. There's Seel, but unless Grusha is a super early gym that's unlikely, and also it doesn't really work if gym leaders are ever fought later with evolved teams. There's Hisiuan Zoroark, but given their track record I doubt Game Freak's gonna have regional variants be native to a region that isn't the one they're named after. I guess Wailord to match Cetitan?
 
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