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CAP 35 Prevo - Part 2 - Typing Discussion

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We have a critter in need of a typing!

For reference, here is the design, by Scepticskep

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Now that we have our design for Shox's:shox:pre-evo, it's time to discuss what typing it should receive! Shox's:shox:typing, Electric/Normal, will automatically be slated. If you have other suggestions for this design's type, or if you want to support Electric/Normal, this is the thread for discussion! If someone already posted a typing you like, you can answer by showing your support to it.

When proposing typings, you must submit them in the following format:

Typing for stage 1 -> Electric/Normal
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You have 48 hours to discuss!
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Normal -> Electric/Normal

I really like it when a mon gains a new typing upon evolving, it just gives more of a satisfaction when evolving it. I also believe there isnt quite enough electricity to justify the electric typing aside in my opinion. But overall, this design kills.
 
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Normal/Electric -> Normal/Electric

Now, while on one hand I support the prevo being the same type as Shox, I'm not as sold on the line being specifically Electric/Normal.

To me, this is something more along the lines akin to :Deerling: & :Sawsbuck:, it being a Normal creature that just also happens to have Electric capabilities, than say the :Pyroar: line or even the :Heliolisk: line, who both have extremely clear attributes (fiery mane that literally has the fire kanji, or a yellow body with a built in solar panel frill) that demonstrate their non-Normal typing. This prevo fits in more aesthetically with :Wooloo: and :Lechonk: more than :Mareep:, despite Amamama's supporting art; if you just take away the electric currents in their artwork for a moment, it would be incredibly difficult for anyone to notice that either are Electric-types at all.

That, and it's also not as if we can't swap the types. Hemogoblin was at one point Fire/Fairy before it had pre-evos, and so was Kitsunoh who was Steel/Ghost before Nohface was born. Would also help differentiate our current Normal types (Chromera got its secondary Normal-type afterward, while Shox was primarily designed with a Normal-typing in hand) if we do swap them.
 
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Normal -> Electric/Normal

I’m throwing my lot in with aSimpleUnderscore, mostly because I like that CAP LC has a good number of monotypes compared to CAP proper, where there’s only Stratagem and Saharaja. The little dude should earn his electric typing. I did consider Fairy/Normal since he’s an adorable little guy and Samirsin said things, but it’s still really hard to imagine him as anything but Electric/Normal.
 
Normal/Electric -> Electric/Normal

This seems more normal than electric type and Shox seems more electric than normal type. Also I think it would be interesting to have a pokemon that keeps its typing but swaps its order when evolving to show the shift towards one type over the other.
 
Normal/Electric -> Electric/Normal
It's being discussed in the CAP Discord rn, but the Pokemon that are primarily normal-type look mostly like normal animals with only a slight supernatural element. Shox's pre-evolution looks more like standard cattle compared to its evolved form, it's not as crazy exaggerated, but still obviously electric type. Plus I like the reasoning Luigi183333 brought up.
 
Electric/Normal -> Electric/Normal

as much as I want to throw in my support for the type swap, I feel like we have to maintain the Electric/Normal typing as the primary typing in this instance due to EnderTrenton's winning Pokedex entry. An internal generator that the mon has would make sense primarily as something it was born with rather than obtained at a later point.
 
Here is the slate!

  • Normal/Electric -> Normal/Electric
  • Normal -> Normal/Electric
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Now, something will happen here, Shox's typing is Electric/Normal, but that was due to the competitive reasons, and the order of typing was decided without flavor in mind.

With this in mind, it was decided after some discussion that the primary typing of Shox will become Normal/Electric making Normal the primary type and Electric the secondary type, and will be changed in a later update for consistency, with this also applying to the pre evo.

This has precedents, more recently with Hemogoblin and pre evos, and also with Colossoil and Dorsoil.

I'll see you in the poll!
 
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