So we're intending to judge soon and we're still missing a Bellsprout submission. Anyone up for it?
EDIT:
Dark Mage Ewan is a hero
Wish that I had replied to this before my father set to work to completely restore my computer yesterday. My computer had a bad hard drive that needed to be replaced.
Honestly, I thought you guys would be on to the next slate by now!
I've had this idea of an Electric/Grass type Victreebel, and even though up what I was going to do with it.
But I'm stuck on my phone for the time being, and it is much harder to do research and type this sort of stuff up than on an actual keyboard. I haven't tried copying and pasting on a touchscreen yet, but I predict difficulty and frustration.
I might come back and try to do it anyways later, but I have stuff I need to do first before I can devote myself to what will likely take hours to accomplish, due to the difficulty of editing with a touchscreen.
Finally, after being stuck off my laptop for a couple of weeks, I'm back!
Last minute entry (which I have to do again, because I accidentally clicked Youtube of all things)!
Introducing:
Pokemon: Bulbsocket the Bellsprout
New typing: Grass/Electric
New abilities: Chlorophyll/Heatproof (I wanted to add Volt Absorb, but the Bellsprout family only has two abilities :()
New stats: 50/35/35/75/70/50 (and believe me: I wanted to make it much faster).
New/removed moves:
Added: Charge Beam, Light Screen, Rain Dance, Thunderbolt, Thunder, Thunder Wave, Volt Switch (+9)
Subtracted: Acid, Acid Spray, Belch, Clear Smog, Gastro Acid, Infestation, Poison Powder, Sludge Bomb, Venoshock (-9)
If Didn't Care About Rules: Discharge, Electro Ball, Electroweb, Hyper Voice, Shock Wave, Sonic Boom, Supersonic, Thunder Shock, Wild Charge (++9)
Flavor/Design: Has a more yellowish set of leaves from storing electricity. The roots are black and more like cable than anything else, through which Bellsprout absorbs electricity. Has a pair of antennae which glow, which is used to attract the bugs that Bellsprout and co eat. Entire family glows like a lightbulb if agitated, excited, or attacking.
Pokemon: Weepinbulb the Weepinbel
New typing: Grass/Electric
New abilities: Chlorophyll/Heatproof (H/A) (I wanted to add Volt Absorb, but the Bellsprout family only has two abilities :()
New stats: 65/45/50/90/55/65
New/removed moves:
Added: Charge Beam, Light Screen, Rain Dance, Thunderbolt, Thunder, Thunder Wave, Volt Switch (+7)
Subtracted: Acid, Acid Spray, Belch, Clear Smog, Gastro Acid, Infestation, Poison Powder, Sludge Bomb, Venoshock (-9)
If Didn't Care About Rules: Discharge, Electro Ball, Electroweb, Hyper Voice, Shock Wave, Sonic Boom, Supersonic, Thunder Shock, Wild Charge (++9)
Flavor/Design: The antennae are now a little bit longer, while the vine from which Weepinbel hangs is more like a tail, with a bulb like appendage at the end.
Pokemon: Victreebolt the Victreebel
New typing: Grass/Electric
New abilities: Chlorophyll/Heatproof (H/A)
New stats: 80/60/65/105/100/80 (0/-45/0/+5/+30/+10)
New/removed moves:
Added: Boomburst, Charge Beam, Light Screen, Overheat, Rain Dance, Thunderbolt, Thunder, Thunder Wave, Volt Switch (+9)
Subtracted: Acid, Acid Spray, Belch, Clear Smog, Gastro Acid, Infestation, Poison Powder, Sludge Bomb, Venoshock (-9)
If Didn't Care About Rules: Discharge, Electro Ball, Electroweb, Hyper Voice, Shock Wave, Sonic Boom, Supersonic, Thunder Shock, Wild Charge (++9)
Flavor/Design: Other than the previous changes, the antennae have been moved towards the stem of the top leaf. The rear vine is even longer.
This subspecies of the Victreebel family absorbs electricity from the roots (and later the cable-like vine on the back), and stores it in the leaves like a capacitor. They can be a PITFA around power plants and power cables. They will pierce cables or other electrical sources of electricity using their roots or vines, but normally live in areas with naturally occuring magnetic fields. The guts of the Alolan Bellsprout is tougher, with Victreebel being able to charge enough electricity and heat to momentarily create a strong flame, while notedly being in possession of a somewhat fire-retardant skin. Could this be to adapt to the local Marowak that normally would pose no threat? The tongue-like sensory organ can ring like a bell similar to the Chimecho family, but louder, which is used to scare off would-be predators and to make territorial/hierarchical claims.
Those ill-prepared who enter into areas inhabited by these Victreebel are known to disappear, much like the Common Victreebel. Apparently, they are just as aggressive as their cousins.
Concept: Why not? A flower that can act like a light bulb and generator! Plus, also based off of this idea:
Some more unorthodox academics say that this depicts a lightbulb used in ancient times, explaining why there are no burn marks from torches deep in the pyramids. Mainstream academics say this just depicts the aroma of a lotus flower.
Speaking of aroma, the Sweet Scent of an Alola Victreebel family is said to smell like scented candles. The more you know.
I'd like to say that they live in a magnetically charged area similar to Chargestone Cave or any of the areas with the rock you use to evolve Magneton and others, but we'll see if Alola has anything like that!
And yes, I gave Victreebel the same Special Defense it had before the Special split.