Recent content by Thunderbuckets

Hello, I'm just a lurker on CAP, thought I'd drop a name off. Sparkmantle IPA: spɑrkmæntəl Obviously derived from spark + mantle As Cattail Prophet mentioned above, mantle is a cool root word for this CAP, since it refers to the hood of a squid and also to the fiery underground depths of the...

Contrary Analytic

I'd like to talk about Kecleon. He got several buffs this gen which I think make him extremely viable as a revenge-killer/late-game sweeper. Obviously he has stiff competition for this kind of job, but take a look at some of the things he brings to the table: Protean: The only other pokemon in...

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Psychic is a hard typing to pull off visually; most pokemon in the game either resort to props (Alakazam, Slowking), stereotypes (Mr Mime, Jynx), or just throwing pink and purple colours in a blender (Mesprit, Grumpig) to get the point across. The trick is that a psychic types is supposed to be...

Bug/Psychic

Foreword What's up, smogonites, I'm pretty new to online pokemon and I wanted to pick the brains of all you more experienced people. I've put together a team that works pretty well for me, while staying true to a few key principles: • No ludicrously common pokemon, for a few reasons...

Kittihawk

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As far as typing goes, remember that with a Normal/Flying type, Togekiss has the following traits: Super Effective STAB moves against Grass, Fighting, and Bug Weak STAB moves against Rock, Steel, and Electric (Rock and Steel are especially important to cover since it resists both Normal and...

The problem with your model is that your example of Gyarados + Jolteon is only really viable because of Gyarados' excellent typing which leaves only one big weakness to exploit. Pretty much anyone that wants to take down Gyarados is going to have to be using an electric attack, which makes...

Pokemon Name: Froslass Why this Pokemon? Froslass enjoyed a fair bit of use in UU before being moved to BL, and for good reason. She has a unique strategy as a ghost type with access to spikes, making her an ideal Rapid Spin blocker. She hasn't seen much use in OU, but with the right teammate...

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