OG Kingambit, Samtendo09 (SV) OG Puffache, Beaf Cultist, Rasdanation Orangesodapop, Beaf Cultist, DenebStargazer Orangesodapop, Beebos, OG Dragaplunge OG Crabominable, Beaf Cultist, Beebos
Glacial Majesty
Name: Queenialis
Type: Ice / Dark
Abilities: Defiant / Queenly Majesty | Ice Body
Stats: 85 HP / 100 Atk / 80 Def / 105 SpA / 80 SpD / 100 Spe | BST: 550
Movepool Changes:
Ice Punch, Ice Spinner, Ice Beam, Ice Shard, Blizzard, Icy Wind, Powder Snow, Cleave Wave, Calm Mind
Kowtow Cleave
Cleave Wave: Dark-type Psyshock, Sharpness boosted
Explanation:
Flavor: Despite it’s elegant, glacial look, it is as ruthless as a Kingambit, and is able to move fast to catch opponents that other members of the clan cannot catch. It’s signature Special move, Cleave Wave, sends a sinister, painful, spiked wave that hits the opponent’s Defense.
Name: Forotten (Forgotten + Rotten)
Original Pokemon: Puffache
Type:
Abilities: Stench / Sheer Force / Well-Baked Body [HA]
Stats: 97 / 55 / 96 / 95 / 85 / 52 [480 BST]
Movepool Changes:
+ Burning Jealousy, Curse, Grudge, Lash Out, Lick, Phantom Force, Poltergeist, Shadow Ball, Spite (+9)
- Charm, Cotton Guard, Cotton Spore, Dazzling Gleam, Draining Kiss, Energy Ball, Fairy Wind, Misty Explosion, Play Rough (-9)
Explanation: We were running low on Ghosts so I wanted to add a new ghost to the pool. This takes a different turn from our current ghosts, taking up the mantle of being a slow & bulky sheer force breaker.
Flavor: Puffache’s very strength was also a weakness. They excelled at combat, but their foul odors left few willing trainers to catch and train them. These remaining Puffaches, without help, would be unable to maintain themselves. Their bodies would grow stale, and their icing rancid. These Puffaches would act bitter and hostile as a result of their neglect.
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Name: Iron Shrimp
Original Pokemon: Iron Blimp
Type:
Abilities: Slush Rush | Motor Drive
Stats: 94 / 94 / 116 / 96 / 68 / 92 [560 BST]
Movepool Changes:
Explanation: Special Ices are nowhere to be found since 4/5 of the Ices got nuked out of the meta, so here's a replacement for those guys. The biggest draw of this mon is it has an incredible matchup into Iron Blimp, easily switching into and threatening it, and potentially even sweeping from there if you get a Motor Drive boost. Electric/Ice is a pretty scary offensive typing in this meta, but that's balanced out by middling Speed and poor coverage.
Flavor: Iron Blimp evolved to live in water, and what's the blimp of the sea? That's right - shrimp cocktail. Don't believe me? Well, think of it this way - both sound better than they actually are, and both can go bad if they get too hot.
The day is dim and cloudy. Rain falls quietly for as far as the eye can see. Puffache exits his car wearing a full black suit, tears gently falling down his face. Rookada approaches him standing strong. "Hey buddy, I know how much he meant to you. I'm so sorry." The two of them walk together with Rookada's hands firmly planted on Puffache's shoulder and take two open seats next to one another. Puffache begins sobbing hysterically out of nowhere. "Why was he taken from us so soon? To hell with this cruel world!" Before the crowd of seats sits a podium where a man would soon begin to speak about the death of everyone'sName: Blimplin
Original Pokemon: Iron Blimp
Type:
Abilities: Cloud Nine / Motor Drive
Stats: 119/80/104/98/70/80
Movepool Changes:
+ Air Slash, Bleakwind Storm, Hurricane, Springtide Storm, Weather Ball, Wildbolt Storm
- Discharge, Roost, Toxic, Thunderbolt, Volt Switch
Explanation: Iron Blimp but worse (still a good mon!). Gets to keep Nuzzle and Encore, but loses Roost and Toxic, making it play something of a faster game instead of just sitting there and eating hits forever. Gets a tiny bit more mixed bulk for its troubles.+ Amnesia, Astonish, Body Slam, Copycat, Covet, Defense Curl, Disable, Echoed Voice, Endeavor, Gust, Gyro Ball, Hyper Voice, Mimic, Minimize, Spit Up, Stockpile, Swallow
- Charge, Eerie Impulse, Electro Ball, Electroweb, Rising Voltage, Shock Wave, Thunder Shock
Flavor: The present-day form of Iron Blimp, Blimplin are a strange species that resemble weather balloons. Much like weather balloons, they follow storms and unusual weather patterns. Their rubbery skin makes them resilient against the highly charged air in storm clouds.
Name: Monoritor (monitor lizard + nori, dried seaweed)
Original Pokemon: Dragaplunge
Type:
Abilities: Leaf Guard, Infiltrator, Filter
Stats: 105 / 110 / 82 / 105 / 88 / 110 [BST= 600]
Movepool Changes:
+ Bullet Seed, Energy Ball, Giga Drain, Flip Turn, Hydro Steam, Mega Drain, Power Whip, Seed Bomb, Worry Seed
- Blizzard, Draco Meteor, Ice Beam, Shadow Ball
Explanation: New offensive grass option, which can opt into either physical DDance sets, with STAB pivoting via Flip Turn to differentiate it from the other pult species, or special sets that are boosted in sun thanks to STAB Hydro Steam and Solar Beam. Monoritor is not a flashy sub, but it is a solid middle-ground voting option: if Dragaplunge is removed it can fill in its role in the meta, albeit less effectively, and if plunge stays it still has the sun niche.
Flavor: Dragaplunges expand to the shallower waters of kelp forests and river mouths, covering their bodies in seagrasses to camoflauge better in the new environment.
And so Dragaplunge will also be removed. Rest in piss you might be missed
Name: dragapex
Original Pokemon: dragaplunge
Type: Poison/Water
Abilities: Clear Body / Sticky Hold | Merciless
Stats: 110/85/75/88/132/110
Movepool Changes:
+ chilling water, toxic spikes, toxic, poison jab, gunk shot, flip turn, sludge bomb, earthquake, life dew
- draco meteor, flamethrower, u-turn, blizzard, fire blast, dragon dance, thunder wave,
Explanation: The few fairies and waters in this meta all have very potent presences in the meta. You get a defensive mon that you now need to be smart with your switches rather than U-turn spam. By acting as a spd wall, dragapex is vulnerable to the offensive grounds and electrics. You still have great offensive potential via merciless but the stats leave much to be desired. Doesn’t have recovery but has stats to back it up, with pain split for emergencies. Eq ice beam pult realized
Flavor: i hate dragaplunge.
Name: Crabrobber
Original Pokemon: Crabominable
Type:
Abilities: Technician / Seed Sower | Anger Point
Stats: 112 / 132 / 82 / 53 / 67 / 62 [508 BST]
Movepool Changes:
Bullet Seed, Energy Ball, Leech Seed, Grass Knot, Grassy Glide, Obstruct, Rock Blast, Seed Bomb, Stealth Rock, Synthesis, Trailblaze
Avalanche, Blizzard, Ice Beam, Ice Shard, Ice Spinner, Icy Wind, Snowscape
Explanation: More Dragaplunge counterplay. Crabrobber also offers an option for screwing over defensive cores that rely on the new Jellicent as their Fighting resist, as Technician Bullet Seed blows it up.
Flavor: Crabominable expanded its habitat into more tropical areas of the region, developing the ability to punch rocks hard enough and with enough precision to knock coconuts out of trees.
Pretty cool dude, tho a bit less necessary with the addition of Shrimp. Not a huge fan of how this makes Jelli/Fushimmer better and Mandi/Slowbro worse, but Special Ices were smth we lacked so that's good at least.
Button clicker. Munki HATES this thing existing, but aside from that this looks like a pretty strong CM guy.
RIP Blimp, here's Shrimp. This thing's bulk is lowkey kinda nutty, but it has its weaknesses, like uh... uhh.....
Blimp tuah. Still not a huge fan of this thing getting Motor Drive, since it completely denies Eelektross, but at least Shrimp still has a Nuzzle to absorb.
Dragaplunge if it was based. Being a Water that beats Sun gives it an instant niche, and I expect this to be pretty good if not even a bit too strong (we have no fat Grasses/Dragons that would want to switch into this thing's Special sets).
Cringe but hopefully not overbearing. Probably the single best answer to Monoritor atm, so that's one big upside, but EQ+Toxic with Merciless is rlly annoying.
My baby. Love the flavor on this guy, also cool that it immediately checks Monoritor, though unfortunately that thing keeping Fire coverage makes you a pretty bad answer to Sun sets.
