i don't remem what i was searching. . . THIS is what i deserved to find tho
"There's no different angle, no clever solution, no trickity trick that's gonna move that rock. You gotta face it head-on."
"No way was I gonna pass up the chance to stick a toe in the brand spankin' new version of this pet mod! MWAHAHAHA!! Get ready to have all your butts kicked, people - The Blind Bandit is back and BETTER THAN EVER!!!"
- Pokémon: Toph Beifong
- Franchise/Origin: Avatar: The Last Airbender
- Category: Western Animation
- Type:
- Regional Variation: "If you wanna play as my grown-up self from those flashbacks in The Legend of Korra or... well, how I was in the latter half of that show, swap out my Rock type for Steel instead, use Mold Breaker instead of Steelworker for my Hidden Ability, and mmmmmmaybe gimme higher Defense but lower Speed while you're at it? You could make a real good tank outta me at that age, y'know!"
- Ability: Long Reach, Mind's Eye, Steelworker (Hidden)
- Stats: 55 HP/125 Atk/85 Def/90 SpA/55 SpD/100 Spe = 510
- Competitive moves: Accelerock, Agility, Brick Break, Bulldoze, Bullet Punch, Diamond Storm, Drain Punch, Drill Run, Earthquake, Earth Power, Hard Press, Headlong Rush, Head Smash, Iron Defense, Iron Head, Knock Off, Meteor Mash, Play Rough, Rock Polish, Spikes, Stealth Rock, Stone Edge, Taunt
- Flavor moves: Body Press, Brutal Swing, Dig, Double-Edge, Endure, Fissure, Fling, Focus Punch, Giga Impact, Helping Hand, Lash Out, Low Kick, Magnitude, Metal Burst, Mud Bomb, Mud Shot, Mud Slap, Outrage, Payback, Power Gem, Rest, Rock Blast, Rock Slide, Rock Throw, Rock Tomb, Rock Wrecker, Scary Face, Shelter, Shore Up, Smack Down, Smart Strike, Spite, Steel Roller, Stomping Tantrum, Substitute, Thrash
- Custom elements:
- Earthbending (Rock, Physical, 100 BP, 16 PP max, 95% accuracy) - "Whaddya mean, Stone Edge has a one-in-five chance to whiff?! Do you know how hard it is for a Rock-type physical attacker to get a non-signature move above 80 Base Power that doesn't force them to aim like the blind person I am?! Ugh, heck with it, I'm doing this my way. Here, a Rock-type Flying Press clone that deals either Rock- or Ground-type damage depending on which is more effective! Single-target, doesn't make contact. Happy now, playerbase? Huh?!"
"I am the greatest Earthbender in the world! Don't you two dunderheads ever forget it!"Reasoning:
- Z-Move: Metalbending (Physical, Steel, 200 BP, requires Meteor Mash) - "That boast quoted above was not for nothing - finding out that there's a lotta dirt particles even in refined metal was how I literally invented Metalbending! As such, this Z-move works like both Flying Press and my very own Earthbending move in that it deals either Steel- or Ground-type damage, again, depending on which is more effective."
"Do I really need to explain the typing I picked? I already had to talk Aang into helping me fill out this form since my blindness means I can't even read or write, I don't have time to get into the nitty-gritty here! ...Hm? The other stuff? Fine. Fiiiiiine. If you really wanna know, my abilities, along with my attack-focused stat spread with pretty solid Speed to back it up, were inspired by all the stuff I could pull off in both of the shows I'm in. Long Reach in particular is 'cuz I use my bending to fight rather than actually having to hit people like, y'know, most other physical attackers do. Mind's Eye is based on how I use vibrations in the ground to 'see', which I remember I had to make up a custom ability to represent when I signed up for the last version of this mod (wherein my accuracy couldn't be lowered and my damaging moves ignored any type negation like how Flying is immune to Ground). I had to limit my custom stuff to two this time around, though, and what I came up with seemed pretty broken, so the custom ability had to go. Good thing Mind's Eye works just as well without being as ridiculous, and on top of that it's also the signature ability of Ursaluna, who's got the same Ground-type that I do. I like that just...-a-bear's style! For my Hidden Ability, I couldn't not go with Steelworker, which should hopefully help with my Z-move along with all the other Steel-type moves I can learn. The rest of my moves were lovingly stolen from fellow Rock-type Tyranitar - which, for the record, would absolutely be my ace if I was a Pokémon trainer!"
Competitive Info:
"If ya couldn't guess what I'm like just from the fact that my name sounds like 'tough', I'd have to hit you on the head with a boulder to make it clear! I mean, to be fair, I'm not quite a jack-of-all-stats, but I feel like I come rather close for such a dedicated offensive powerhouse - you could put me up for any of the four roles offered for this slate, but I think I'll go with the Wallbreaker one plus a smidge of Sweeper, if it makes Angel-Face happy. With Mind's Eye, you'd have to be really trying to wrong-foot me with any accuracy debuffs or evasion-boosting shenanigans, so you can bet I'll be coming for you with all the Ground- and Rock-type STAB I've got under my belt! Ooooooor, I could go with Steelworker to gimme a third STAB option, but then I'd actually have to deal with my aim being thrown off... Still, I'll be able to hit a whopping ten different types super-effectively and all but four types for neutral damage at worst. Soooo tempting... Anyway, Headlong Rush, Earthquake, Head Smash, Diamond Storm, Meteor Mash, Iron Head, Earthbending (and Metalbending)... The list goes on and on! Fighting- and Dark-type coverage (along with Play Rough in case of Fighting-types) only sweeten the deal, with Drain Punch offering a decent recovery option, Brick Break being perfect for wallbreaking in the most literal way possible, and Knock Off screwing with item-based strats and just being so fitting for me in general. I've even got a few support moves like Spikes, Stealth Rock and Taunt, and wand if I find myself up against somebody quicker, I can always boost my already solid Speed with Rock Polish or Agility, or maybe get someone else to lend me a speed boost. I don't see why I can't use these options for a Stealth-Rock-slash-Spikes-setting Lead role, but while I've learned a lot about how to be good at both teaching and emotional support throughout my journey with the rest of the Gaang and my other friends and allies since then, to me there's just no better feeling than switching into an unprepared opponent and wrecking their faces like nobody's business!
"I'll be the first to admit, though... Even I've got my limits. Y'see, Ground/Rock was pooped on as a type combo for the longest time, and having given it some thought, I suppose it's 'cuz all the canon 'mons with those types are way too slow to take advantage of the offensive potential of both of them, which is why I decided to go for a speedier build so I could do just that. I can still see why that typing got a bad rap back in the day, though, what with its weaknesses to so many common attacking types. I guess the double-weakness to Water does track with how I can't even swim, but... wait, Grass, too?! Okay, that's just inexcusable! But yeah, unlike Golem and the like, I'm not exactly one to take a hit even without taking my typing into account, at least without my Earthbending to stop incoming hits. My Special Defense especially is basically my dump stat, so if you put me in front of an incoming Surf or Solar Beam, well... You'll only have yourself to blame, let's leave it at that! I also have no other recovery options aside from Rest or the aforementioned Drain Punch, the first of which'll put me to sleep for a bit and the second being a bit too wimpy for my liking. So... *sigh* Much as I hate to say it out loud, I'm really gonna need all the help I can get to keep myself relevant.
"As for the three defensive cores this meta's got so far, my confidence in taking 'em is mixed to pretty good, since all three have at least one type that's weak to one of mine. I mean... 'Smaug the Terrible'? Pfft, with a Physical Defense stat that low, a double-weakness to my Rock-type STAB, and a Stealth Rock weakness to boot, he might as well be Smaug the Pathetic, and those Heavy Duty Boots in his hoard? Those're just asking for a good solid Knock Off! Though, hmmm... With his higher Speed and my own ironic weakness to Ground, I guess I shouldn't underestimate him in case he decides to break out a surprise Earthquake. Still, Black Arrows? Who needs 'em? As for Nino, I suppose he's got more of an edge against me by way of his Water typing alone, but I doubt he'd be down to run Surf with a Special Attack like that, though Aqua Step might be more of an issue... Still, my Ground STAB and Fighting coverage should hopefully be enough to rip right through his shell like paper! The Tick is probably the one who'll give me the most trouble, since his Fighting type negates his weakness to Rock and his Bug type resists Ground, leaving Play Rough as my only way to deal with him, and I've got better stuff to make use of than a Fairy-type move, even if it does make Fighting-type foes less of a problem. Be that as it may, though, something tells me we'd get along enough that he probably wouldn't mind either way. My guess is he'd call it a sparring match, and maybe he could even be a big help against whatever other counters I'd be up against if we ever end up fighting on the same side!
"...Ya know what? I think I'm gonna fit in with this micrometa juuuuuust fine."
"The unholy offspring of lightning and death itself. Never engage this dragon. Your only chance: Hide and pray it does not find you."
"Hey, Hiccup here! Did you know that in the previous version of this pet mod, Falchion actually once submitted Smaug himself, and got him in at that? Times were different then, of course, but it's funny how this new version of Crossover Chaos Expanded has already given us a different playstyle for the King Under the Mountain, though that of course meant Falchion couldn't resubmit the build he had in mind for him. So we offered to repurpose that build just for this slate - and give it a couple of tweaks to fit the current competitive scene, while we were at it!"
- Pokémon: Toothless (+Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III)
- Franchise/Origin: How To Train Your Dragon
- Category: Films (Animation)
- Type:
- Ability: Dragon Rider
- Stats: 85 HP/95 Atk/60 Def/105 SpA/60 SpD/115 Spe = 520
- Competitive moves: Aerial Ace, Agility, Crunch, Dazzling Gleam, Draco Meteor, Dragon Claw, Dragon Pulse, Dragon Dance, Dragon Rush, Dragon Tail, Electric Terrain, Energy Ball, Fire Blast, Flamethrower, Hurricane, Iron Head, Iron Tail, Nasty Plot, Outrage, Play Rough, Roost, Solar Beam, Steel Wing, Supercell Slam, Thunder, Thunderbolt, Thunder Fang, Thunder Wave, Volt Switch, Wild Charge
- Flavor moves: Acrobatics, Bite, Breaking Swipe, Brick Break, Bulldoze, Burn Up, Burning Jealousy, Charge, Charge Beam, Discharge, Double-Edge, Dragon Breath, Dragon Rage, Dragon Rush, Dual Wingbeat, Electro Ball, Ember, Endure, Fire Fang, Fire Lash, Fire Spin, Flare Blitz, Fly, Hard Press, Heat Crash, Heat Wave, Heavy Slam, Hyper Voice, Incinerate, Inferno, Ion Deluge, Leer, Magnet Rise, Metal Claw, Overheat, Protect, Raging Fury, Roar, Scale Shot, Scary Face, Shock Wave, Sky Attack, Sky Drop, Spark, Take Down, Temper Flare, Thrash, Thunder Shock, Twister, Wing Attack, Zap Cannon
"But the ultimate prize is the dragon no one has ever seen. We call it the-"
"NIGHT FURY!"
"GET DOWN!"
[SFX: *ENORMOUS EXPLOSION*]
"This thing never steals food, never shows itself, and... never misses."
- Custom elements:
- Dragon Rider: "Because I so stupidly cut off Toothless's tail fin in our first movie, he had to depend on me to fly up until the third one - though with the loss of my own foot, I'd consider us even! To reflect our once-forbidden friendship, I came up with an ability for the both of us that's basically a combo of Levitate and a slightly nerfed version of Parental Bond. That is, not only do we have an immunity to Ground-type attacks, but we can also attack twice in succession when we use an attacking move! This isn't without risk, though: the second attack will only hit with half the power of the first, and more importantly, if we're forced to land, such as when hit by Smack Down or after using Roost, both of these benefits will be gone until we re-enter battle, preferably by switching back in after we've made a hasty exit."
- Plasma Blast (Electric, Special, 70 BP, 16 PP) - "Toothless's breath weapon is an Electric-type rather than Fire-type move like most other dragons would have because of its sheer speed and devastating explosive power, more like a lightning bolt than a flamethrower. For this submission, I styled it as a clone of Flower Trick, Meowscarada's signature move, in that it not only always hits, bypassing any need for an accuracy check, but always results in a critical hit. Its power is a bit underwhelming, but a couple of Nasty Plot boosts can turn it into a truly fearsome long-range technique!"
- Z-Move: Boltstrike Blitz (Special, Electric, 180 BP, requires Plasma Blast) - "Based on our use of a rapid-fire volley of breath blasts against the giant villainous dragons in both the first and second movies, this Z-move, like its base move, bypasses accuracy checks and always crits, and hits with a lot more power as you might expect. That being said, Toothless's breath weapon does have a limited number of shots, so after this version of the move is used, he'll lose his Electric typing in the same fashion as Double Shock! ...that is, until we switch out and then back in."
Reasoning:
"It'd be hard to talk about this submission without a ton of comparisons to the build for Smaug that Falchion came up with before, so let's give that a run-down first. To keep it... kinda sorta brief, that entry was a Dragon/Fire-type with Steelworker, Levitate, and Berserk as his Hidden Ability, with stats leaning towards a speedy mixed attacker with rather low defenses, high Attack, and slightly higher Special Attack. That submission also had a lot of Steel- and Flying-type moves to go with Smaug's golden armor and his flying ability, respectively, along with some miscellaneous coverage types and moves for dramatic flair; the plan was to make him a hard-hitting mixed attacker with decent (though not great) mixed defenses, five resistances plus a potential Ground immunity with Levitate, but also vulnerability to Stealth Rock and no hazard clear to take care of it without help. Fairly simple stuff! When I looked through the original document to see what I could make use of for Toothless's benefit, though, two particular coverage moves caught my eye: Thunderbolt and Thunder. According to Falchion, this was a reference to Smaug's boast in the Hobbit book that 'the shock of [his] tail is a thunderbolt', which he ended up taking literally for the heck of it, but it wasn't exactly useful coverage since it wasn't super-effective against any of the types he was weak to, and one of those is immune to Electric on top of that.
"Let's just say the moment I learned about Smaug now being a Flying-type, and after recovering from the sheer irony of the greatest dragon in modern fantasy literature not being a Dragon-type himself, I remembered those two coverage options and it all but literally struck me. Simply put, what could possibly go wrong with dolling up the kit that Falchion had originally meant for Smaug - before Orangesodapop gave him a better one - so that those two moves were not only usable, but essential? Two of the defensive cores from the first slate are weak to the Electric type, after all, and even more ironic is that Smaug himself is one of them!
"Although this wouldn't be confirmed outright until The Hidden World movie, Toothless actually has the ability to make his own electricity! I know, I was... shocked to find that out, too. From the standpoint of the makers of our movie series of origin, this was likely meant as a thematic extension of his incredible flight speed, but especially the devastating accuracy of his explosive plasma breath (which I converted into a custom signature move and the Z-move derived from it by extension). All of this led me to make him a Dragon/Electric-type instead of Dragon/Fire because I see him as being more akin to a literal bolt from the blue than a devastating firestorm, though he does carry a bunch of Fire-type coverage options anyway to deal with any Steel-types that might otherwise wall him. On that note, the Steel-type attacks in his competitive movepool are meant to take care of the obvious threat of Fairy-types, but Iron Tail in particular is also a reference to the reason we ended up becoming partners in the first place - when I first tried to capture him, my bolas tore off one of his tailfins, so I had to build a metal prosthetic to help him fly again. This is also what led me to replace all the abilities for Falchion's take on Smaug with a single custom ability in Dragon Rider, which I made the only one we have because of how much it can do with the two of us basically fighting as one. Of course, Toothless normally can't fly without my help - though I did, on two separate occasions, give him a replacement fin he could operate on his own - grounding us with stuff like Gravity, Smack Down, or Tricking us into receiving a Heavy Ball (or if Toothless himself uses Roost) will take away all the benefits of this ability, essentially leaving us ability-less until we make ourselves scarce!"
Competitive Info:
"Technically speaking, Toothless and I are considered a single 'Pokémon' in the vein of Mega Kangaskhan, except we don't really have or need a Mega Stone and can thus work with other fun stuff like Choice items, Berries, or type-enhancing things such as the Dragon Fang or Magnet. Thanks to our years of working together and understanding each other, we're practically a single Sweeper (with some bonus potential as a Lead or Cleaner) in two separate bodies, and with either Dragon Dance or Nasty Plot, we can boost either of our attack stats and make use of a variety of different STAB options: Dragon Rush, Dragon Claw, Draco Meteor, Charge Beam, Thunder, Thunder Fang, Supercell Slam, and Wild Charge, just to name a few! And of course his signature Plasma Blast, just to make sure he doesn't miss with his boosted Special Attack. Coverage options include Fire Blast, Iron Tail, Dazzling Gleam, Play Rough, Energy Ball, and Solar Beam, giving us options against each of the four types the two of us are weak to, although Four Moveslot Syndrome is not fun. I bet Solar Beam at least would be an excellent anti-Ground policy once Sun teams become a thing here in CCER, though with Thunder being useless in those conditions I'd probably have to talk my buddy into running Thunderbolt instead! On the topic of setup, I did mention both of the boosting moves we can use depending on whether I feel we'd be better off going physical or special, but we could also make use of Agility to hopefully outspeed even faster opponents like Smaug after a boost or two, or possibly even slow 'em down with Thunder Wave, but unless we run an offensive boost move as well and sacrifice our coverage attack, Toothless probably wouldn't be able to hit as hard as we'd like, which totally won't come back to bite us in the butt later, nope, not at all. But yeah, I should also mention that our reliance on speed and attack power comes at the cost of both of our defenses, forcing us to rely on our speed alone to avoid getting hit by any hard-hitting attacks that Toothless would be weak to, and if worse comes to worse we may have to even run Volt Switch in case we need to get to safety... though the painful cost of losing all our hard-won boosts in the process isn't exactly worth it in my own very humble opinion!
"All the same, I think the two of us are more or less spoiled for choice when it comes to who we can handle so far. Our typing resists all the STAB options for both Smaug and Carapace, and Toothless's own Electric STAB allows him to punish either of them with the right boosts in play. It'd be more of a challenge to take down the former since his greater Speed would force us to run either Dragon Dance or Agility, but with his physical Defense being surprisingly lacking despite his treasure armor, I don't see why we can't go for a physical moveset to exploit that, though Wild Charge being our best physical Electric attack that doesn't carry a nasty drawback is a serious problem. I don't see why we couldn't take the risk with Supercell Slam and hope the potential crash damage doesn't do us in, but with Roost leaving us vulnerable to Earthquake until we switch out, I suppose it'd be too much of a gamble to stick around for the long game anyway. The Tick, for his part, would be an only slightly more even fight in my mind, since his STAB just isn't significant to us from the perspective of type advantages, but the opposite is also true. I suppose he could try his luck with Ice Punch or maybe get rid of all our stat boosts with Circle Throw, but that measly Special Defense of his is practically begging for a Fire Blast to the face, or maybe even a Hurricane if we decide to join a Rain team eventually.
"Alright, that should be more or less it! Let's hope this mod gives the two of us the chance to shine, either now or in the future. Isn't that right, bud? Thought so! Now, let's get out there and show 'em what we're made of!"
"I don't need to be at peace. I don't care if I have to bloody my hands. Even if it means living a life that could end at any moment."
"What am I even doing, signing up for such a crazy pet mod as this? Again?! Granted, it was Anya who suggested that I give these auditions another go and not the Shopkeeper, so... well, I suppose I shouldn't let her down. Get it together, Yor, it's just Crossover Chaos Expanded again, how bad could it-WAITAMINUTE, IS THAT SMAUG?!?
"...o-on second thought, m-maybe this wasn't such a good idea after all."
- Pokémon: Yor Forger (nee Briar)
- Franchise/Origin: Spy X Family
- Category: Anime and Manga
- Type:
- Ability: Poison Heal, Moxie, Klutz (Hidden Ability)
- Stats: 75 HP/120 Atk/75 Def/55 SpA/55 SpD/120 Spe = 500
- Competitive moves: Aerial Ace, Axe Kick, Beat Up, Body Slam, Brick Break, Bullet Punch, Close Combat, Foul Play, Fury Cutter, Gunk Shot, Knock Off, Leaf Blade, Mega Kick, Metal Claw, Meteor Mash, Night Slash, Parting Shot, Poison Jab, Psycho Cut, Shadow Claw, Stone Edge, Sucker Punch, Take Down, Taunt, Throat Chop, Trick, Trop Kick, X-Scissor
- Flavor moves: Acrobatics, Assurance, Brutal Swing, Comeuppance, Cross Chop, Cross Poison, Darkest Lariat, Double Kick, Endure, Facade, Fake Tears, False Swipe, Feint Attack, Fling, Hard Press, High Jump Kick, Jump Kick, Karate Chop, Lash Out, Leer, Low Kick, Low Sweep, Mega Punch, Metal Burst, Needle Arm, Payback, Poison Sting, Punishment, Retaliate, Reversal, Scary Face, Slash, Smart Strike, Snarl, Snatch, Thief, Torment, Toxic, Toxic Spikes
- Custom elements:
- Assassinate (Ghost, Physical, 90 BP, 24 PP max, 100% accuracy) - "Reliable Ghost-type physical STAB is rare beyond belief, and I'm not sure if I can trust Shadow Claw to hit hard enough even with an Attack Stat as high as mine! So instead, I've decided to make use of my iconic assassin's daggers (and maybe any kitchen knives I've got handy at home, too...) with this Leaf Blade clone, complete with an increased critical hit ratio. Since my weapons can be thrown to the same effect as if I used them up close, this move won't make contact, and it also gets a 50% base power boost from Sharpness in the same way that Leaf Blade does. Oh! And speaking of which..."
"I apologize for the intrusion, but... may I have the honor of taking your life?"
Mega Evolution: "Upon donning my Mega Stone equivalent, which I'm unofficially dubbing the Gown of Thorns, my primary typing becomes changed to Steel, and my ability is replaced with Sharpness. My Attack stat actually wouldn't be buffed that much in my Thorn Princess identity, but for what it's worth, I'd also be slightly tougher defensively, at least on the physical side. It's my Speed that sees the most improvement, though, allowing me to outrun even Smaug to some degree - hopefully that'd give me the chance to make a tactical retreat before he even tries to burn me down!"
Reasoning:
- Type:
- Stats: 75 HP/130 Atk/95 Def/75 SpA/75 SpD/150 Spe = 600
"W-well... I did at least start the process for this audition, and I really don't want to disappoint little Anya by backing out, s-so... let's just hope this goes well, even with the very clear and obvious risk of spontaneous dragon-related combustion! A-anyway... my first thought when I sat down to work on my application for the previous iteration of this mod was actually to just go straight to my Thorn Princess persona and give it a Dark/Steel typing for reasons that should be fairly self-explanatory, but that would've resulted in a playstyle similar to Kingambit but with ridiculous Speed instead of Defense. I think you can guess how bad an idea that would've been! At Falchion's insistence, I settled for making it my equivalent to a Mega Evolution instead, with my domestic persona as the pretend wife of Loid Forger (hence my current surname) being my standard form. With this in mind, the type combination I'd gone with previously was Dark/Normal, since I do still keep my assassin-like mentality even in the safety of home (though I'm not sure if that really is the source of Anya's discomfort like I was once told), and Normal still works as one of the types for my domestic self. Since that'd leave me without the Steel type's immunity to Poison, though, I picked Poison Heal as one of my abilities to make up for that - I do have a poison resistance, after all, which also means I've got a high tolerance for alcohol, though holding my liquor is a different matter. Still, what with both my drinking habit and my occasional use of toxins in my line of work, I also took the time to add a few Poison-type attacks to my movepool to go with Poison Heal. Moxie and Klutz refer respectively to my talent as a professional killer and, from what I've been told, my having only one brain cell... whatever that means. Perhaps that's why, despite all the physical attack power at my disposal, my special stats are absolutely abysmal - my only focus in battle is on my own survival, which part of my client to stab first, or both if it has to come to it, so any know-how needed for magic tricks and such wouldn't matter, right? R-right?!
"The one major change I decided on for this slate specifically, as tough a call as it was to make in light of how much it affected my planned competitive role, was my typing (and that of my custom STAB move besides). Like I said before, the last couple of times I tried to audition for Crossover Chaos Expanded had my types be Dark/Normal and Dark/Steel for my homewife and assassin personas, respectively, but I had to change them to Normal/Ghost and Steel/Ghost this time around for one very important reason: The Tick's Fighting-type STAB. Both of the type combos for my original application were doubly weak to Fighting, so I swapped out the Dark typing for Ghost so I could actually face him and live, though I do still have plenty of Dark-type coverage in case I have to deal with other Ghost-types in the future (assuming I even get in!). There is precedent for Ghost as a secondary type for Pokémon that are very much not dead, with both Decidueye and the Hisuian Zorua line being less, well, that, and more like living users of spooky powers with additional themes of dread, mystery, and the termination of their victims' mortal coils - all of which definitely fit with my line of work! I suppose I could've stuck with the Dark typing after all and done my best to ignore the threat of dying to a single Mach Punch, but like some canonical representatives of the Ghost type, I don't really see myself as being evil despite my choice of career, what with my love of Anya, Loid, and the other friends I've made along the way. Besides... Did you honestly think I became the most lethal woman in all of Ostania by taking any chances?"
Competitive Info:
"Regardless of the changes I had to make to my primary STAB options, my playstyle remains largely the same: swift, precise, and very, very deadly. As a dedicated Cleaner, with some potential as a Wallbreaker on the side, my impressive physical Attack and blinding Speed are backed up by a number of moves with an increased critical hit ratio, with my main STAB option in this regard being Shadow Claw - Poltergeist just didn't seem fitting in my mind. Despite arguably being my best STAB option if I had to stick to canon moves only, though, not only is its base power rather lacking, but it weirdly doesn't get a Sharpness boost, so my best bet STAB-wise would of course be my custom move, Assassinate, which can be considered an upgrade of Shadow Claw specifically with my Thorn Princess self's ability in mind. My Normal STAB moves include Double-Edge, which hits reliably and hard despite inducing recoil, Mega Kick for potentially dealing even more damage despite less consistency, and Body Slam to help spread paralysis (though I'd say my use of it'd take the form of striking the pressure points of my target rather than, you know, actually slamming into them!). While my Normal attacks obviously aren't meant for super-effective damage and my Ghost attacks would ironically be blocked by Normal-types, I do also have a broad range of coverage types to choose from, namely Dark, Steel, Poison, Fighting, Flying (Aerial Ace is named after a sword technique in Japanese!), Psychic (in case of The Tick), Grass (as per my Thorn Princess moniker), and even the Bug-type Fury Cutter and X-Scissor to deal with any future Dark-types that might otherwise counter me. My abilities aren't much compared to all of this - Poison Heal is probably the least useful choice, though to be fair I don't even have any recovery options at all either way - but Moxie with its Attack-boosting effect is arguably my best option, though there's also something to be said for using a combination of Klutz and Trick to slap a harmful or restrictive item such as a Flame Orb or Choice Specs on an unsuspecting client before going in for the kill. Despite being slightly more durable than most other cleaners, though, my special stats still leave a lot to be desired, and I'll have to be especially careful around Dark-type special attacks, with Dark Pulse itself being pretty popular as a special coverage option last I checked. Despite being quick on my feet, or maybe because of it, I'd also need to watch out for momentum-stopping status effects like paralysis or freezing, as well as priority attacks in general - with my below-average defenses at best, I don't think I'd do so well against anyone who could get a good hit in before I could get the chance to strike back.
"As noted above, my identity as the Thorn Princess came very close to being set up as what was basically a speedy Kingambit, and I still owe a lot to the Big Blade Pokémon in terms of playstyle in that form, but now I'd say I'm closer to Blade Form Aegislash with my stats and typing. Upon 'Mega-Evolving' as the meta would call it, I'd obviously be less reliant on the defensive strategies either of those Pokémon are known for, but my terrifying Speed buff and the Sharpness boost to my Assassinations in this 'form' more or less speak for themselves. I purposely avoided giving myself Swords Dance for this reason, and with such a high Attack stat as it is, I arguably wouldn't need it! As oppressive as I could potentially be, though, my nonexistent defensive bulk is not improved even with my Thorn Princess outfit, which ended up getting torn in my very first appearance in my home series - though getting it fixed was how I met Loid for the first time, so perhaps it was a lot luckier that that happened than I thought! Still, my vulnerability to special attacks is only made even worse by my added weaknesses to Ground and especially Fire... See what I meant when I worried about spontaneous dragon-related combustion?!
"This brings me to my likely odds against the winners of CCER's first slate, which... honestly don't seem that great, now that I think about it! I hinted a lot at Smaug being the target I'd be most afraid of, and between his Fire-type STAB and the typing of my 'Mega', it's unfortunately not too hard to see why - my only hope would arguably be a lucky shot with a Sharpness-boosted Stone Edge, but its imperfect accuracy would make it too risky to bet on against the dragon's Flare Blitz, Fire Blast (if he gets it upon being coded), and possibly Earthquake (and possibly Earth Power) just to be even crueler! The other option would probably be to simply debuff him with Parting Shot and see if I can call in someone else to take care of him, because after all, I am meant for contract killing - ahem, late-game cleaning rather than the early-game frontline action most walling builds would be more comfortable with. Nino... well, I honestly worry for him, what with being thrust into such a dangerous metagame at such a young age, but if I had to confront him in battle, I bet my Fighting coverage would put a serious dent in his Steel-type shell, but with Earthquake or High Horsepower he might still have at least some advantage against my own Steel typing, and had he included Earth Power in his moveset, I might even be forced to surrender to him altogether. Whatever happens, I wish him all the best! And as for The Tick, I had to change my typing specifically so his Fighting STAB wouldn't be a problem, and my Ghost typing in both outfits being immune to that made this a smart decision, but that left me without any options to deal with him from an offensive standpoint, so I made sure to add Aerial Ace and Psycho Cut, both of which I could pull off with my weaponry of choice, just so I had some ways to deal with him properly. That double-weakness to Flying was right there for me to take advantage of, after all! I also have a double-resistance to his U-Turn and Leech Life as the Thorn Princess, so ironically enough, he's now the one I'd have the best chance to dispatch if I ever do finally get accepted into CCE. So... all in all, as frightening as my stat spread and type combination might be on paper, it seems I've got my work cut out for me when it comes to exploiting their potential strengths, especially given just who I'd be hypothetically facing. Fair warning, though: If you're going to take on the Garden's master assassin...
"...you better be prepared to finish the job."
In space, no one can hear you scream.
slush puppy: literally why does it have fire and electric coverage. i can accept water 100% and even grass although even that is pushing it imo but realistically him having fire and electric coverage is just not warranted. also stealth rocks makes no sense. balance wise looks fine if you remove that stuff cuz 1) it makes sense 2) it likely overtunes him
toph: the earthbending move is super lame and makes it really hard to predict against her. honestly id just remove it. otherwise i really like her.
poison ivy: remove chloroblast. absolutely broken on her. also the sig move is crazy, id lower the bp of it to 80 so it actually has a drawback to use on her
shinobu: that insect breather ability boosting megahorn as much as it does is pretty ridiculous. id lower the boost down to 1.2x with the sig just because of how much power megahorn has normally, otherwise seems fine
kurapika: not finished. finish it or it wont be counted
homestar runner: mega is absolutely broken bc of victory dance espeed off of stab and 160/150 offensive stats (atk and speed). tbh i dont like this sub at all but if i were to balance the mega youd have to have it increase the attack by like at most 20-30 points (so like 110 or 120 attack max)
I've taken this feedback into account and adjusted her accordingly!
CHANGELOG:
OK, all of my veto changes are done, so Slush Puppy loses his Fire and Electric coverage, and Rena Rouge loses Intrepid Sword and, with a heavy heart, Battle Bond, because, turns out....Well, well, the biggest, proudest shock to me is one of my entries being a first slate winner...but now, it's time to go on the offense...LITERALLY! There's a character for each of the four roles, and each one is tailor made to counter either Carapace, the Tick, or Smaug...except for one, who's really just here to give Carapace the company he needs. LET'S DO THIS!
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"The original slush since 1970. SLUSH PUPPiE is the iconic brand that consumers crave and rave about. Our SLUSH PUPPiE flavors use quality ingredients and tried-and-true recipes that are dog-gone delicious!"
Entry from the Slush Puppy website
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[*]Reasoning:
- Pokémon: Slush Puppie
- Role: Lead
- Franchise/Origin: Slush Puppie
- Category: Advertising
- Weight: 12.4 lbs.
- Gender: Male
- Type:
- Ability: Snow Warning/Dry Skin/Slush Rush
- Stats: 72/65/79/120/78/140 (554)
- Competitive moves: Aqua Jet,Blizzard,Body Slam,Crunch,Encore,Endure,Energy Ball,Facade,Giga Impact,Haze,Hyper Beam,Hyper Voice,Ice Beam,Ice Spinner,Icicle Spear,Liquidation,Mountain Gale,Protect,Rest,Seed Bomb,Sleep Talk,Snowscape,Solar Beam,Solar Blade,Spikes,Stealth Rock,Sticky Web,Substitute,Sunny Day,Super Fang,Surf,Take Down,Tera Blast
- Flavor moves: Bite,Dig,Ice Fang,Ice Punch,Icy Wind,Mist,Powder Snow,Uproar,Water Pulse,Whirlpool
- Custom elements: None
Slush Puppie is the mascot of his own slushie, which only makes it even more appropriate for his Ice/Normal typing and his ability distribution: An ability that works well in the sun suits when a slushie should be drunken very well! Sticky Web represents the slush itsel, slowing down enemies as they suffer from brain freeze. The rest of his movepool's non-STAB types are related to the colors of the different flavors of Slush Puppie:Fire to represent the red of Cherry Chill,Grass to represent the Watermelon Wave, Water to represent the Blue Raspberry, andElectric to represent Classic Lemonade. ...Asides from Bite, Crunch, and Dig, he gets those because he's a dog!
Competitive Info:
If the stats weren't clear enough, Slush Puppie has one purpose: To go in as a Suicide Lead and freeze everything before he gets crunched like a tin can by...well, pretty much any Fighting move! All three walls can pulverize him easily, but his high speed and Special Attack ensures he'll either get out a good entry hazard or hit really hard with STAB Blizzard, which never misses under the Snow he sets up from Snow Warning.
"Business, business, business, numbers...is this working?"
Unikitty
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[*]Reasoning:
- Pokémon: Unikitty
- Role: Wallbreaker
- Franchise/Origin: The LEGO Movie
- Category: Films (Live-Action...Technically)
- Weight: 13.4 lbs.
- Gender: Female
- Type:
- Ability: Anger Point/Berserk/Magic Bounce
- Stats: 92/125/80/100/75/75 (547)
- Competitive moves: Acrobatics,Air Slash,Belch,Body Slam,Cross Poison,Dazzling Gleam,Draining Kiss,Endeavor,Endure,Expanding Force,Facade,Fire Blast,Flamethrower,Giga Impact,Heat Crash,Helping Hand,Hyper Beam,Liquidation,Misty Explosion,Moonblast,Outrage,Overheat,Play Rough,Poison Jab,Protect,Psychic,Psychic Noise,Raging Fury,Rain Dance,Recover,Rest,Sleep Talk,Sludge Bomb,Sludge Wave,Smart Strike,Spirit Break,Substitute,Sunny Day,Surf,Tailwind,Take Down,Tera Blast,Toxic,Trick Room,Will-O-Wisp,Zen Headbutt
- Flavor moves: After You,Attract,Burning Jealousy,Charm,Disarming Voice,Fake Tears,Follow Me,Misty Terrain,Psybeam,Teeter Dance,Temper Flare
- Custom elements: None
"HAIIIIIIIIII!!! I am Princess Unikitty, and I welcome you all to my very own submission! I'm a magical flying cat who always believes that everything should stay positive, and I definitley have the magic to keep it up...with all the crazy powers I've been showing off at Cloud Cuckoo Land and the Unikingdom, I bet I could whip up a healing spell in no time! As for my moveset, most of them are based off the various emotions I, uh, have.
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[*]There's Water when I get really, REALLY sad....
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[*]Poison when I get a bit queasy.....
[*]And...wait, he's taking THAT element of me into account, for the Fire-type moves, Anger Point, Berserk, and Outrage? No...no...think happy thoughts, think happy thoughts, always stay POSITIVE...."
Competitive Info:
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[*]"AHHHHH, FORGET IT!!! YOU WANT A WALLBREAKER? I'LL GIVE YOU A WALLBREAKER, WITH MAGIC BOUNCE AND A FAIRY/FLYING TYPING THAT LETS ME SWITCH INTO EARTHQUAKE SAFELY, I CAN RESIST SMAUG'S ATTACKS AND DESTROY BOTH HIM AND THE TICK WITH A HIGH PHYSICAL ATTACK STAT!!! BUT AGAINST CARAPACE, I STRUGGLE AGAINST HIM BECAUSE STEEL BEATS FAIRY!"
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"Oops, uh, sorry, I just let a little bit of anger get the better of me...also, I have Recover and Draining Kiss to heal myself, and Tailwind and Will-O-Wisp if you wanna use me as support! So...see you at the vote!"- View attachment 850382
- "Meet Captain Teggs Stegosaur and the crew of the amazing spaceship DSS Sauropod as the ASTROSAURS fight evil across the galaxy!"
[*]Reasoning:
- Pokémon: Teggs
- Role: Sweeper
- Franchise/Origin: Astrosaurs
- Category: Literature
- Weight: 332.4 lbs.
- Gender: Male
- Type:
- Ability: Gluttony/Download/Rock Head
- Stats: 92/100/75/100/85/105 (557)
- Competitive moves: Body Press,Body Slam,Brick Break,Bulk Up,Calm Mind,Double-Edge,Dragon Claw,Dragon Dance,Dragon Pulse,Dragon Tail,Earth Power,Earthquake,Endure,Explosion,Facade,Flash Cannon,Focus Punch,Giga Impact,Head Smash,Headlong Rush,Heavy Slam,High Horsepower,Hyper Beam,Iron Head,Metal Sound,Meteor Beam,Power Gem,Protect,Rest,Roar,Rock Slide,Sleep Talk,Stone Edge,Substitute,Supercell Slam,Take Down,Tera Blast,Thunder,Thunder Cage,Thunder Wave,Thunderbolt,Thunderclap,Trick Room,Volt Tackle,Wild Charge,Zen Headbutt
- Flavor moves: Breaking Swipe,Bulldoze,Charge,Cosmic Power,Electric Terrain,Iron Deluge,Mud Shot,Smack Down,Spark,Tackle
- Custom elements: None
"Howdy there! The name's Captain Teggs Horatio Stegosaur, commander of the DSS Sauropod! You may think that dinosaurs went extinct, but in reality they went up into space and explored the galaxy! As for me, as a Stegosaurus I'm pretty good natured with the Ground, and I wield several electrical weapons full of Steel courtesy of Iggy, including my signature tail spike! Being a Dinosaur, I can also use some Dragon-type moves. I also LOVE food a lot, so I'm quite the glutton!"
Competitive Info:
"I have been called here because an answer to Carapace is needed...my battle plan is to set up with Dragon Dance, Bulk Up, or Calm Mind, optionally using Download's boost, before sweeping the enemy team with powerful Headlong Rushes, Volt Tackles, and Head Smashes, the latter two synergizing well with my Rock Head ability. Both of my STAB moves happen to be two of the weaknesses of a Water/Steel type, and Smaug also goes down easily from my Ground-type moves! However, I have no reliable way to destroy the Tick, as he can defeat me before I get the chance to set up, and using Thunder Wave to deal with him costs me a valuable move slot. I basically need a setup move on hand at all times due to my less than average attacking stats otherwise!"
"Hey, spider! What would you do if the man you supposedly don't love was about to fall from a great height?"
Rena Rouge
"A superhero would never allow THAT! She'd never put an innocent person in danger. I know what your power is. This is an ILLUSION, YOU'RE BLUFFING!"
Sadanansi
"Are you sure? Maybe I'm like you and I love no-one. So, who do you think is bluffing?"
Rena Rogue
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- Pokémon:
- Role: Cleaner
- Franchise/Origin: Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir
- Category: Western Animation
- Weight: 75.4 lbs.
- Gender: Female
- Type:
- Ability: Illusion/Unify
- Stats: 85/115/55/115/55/115 (540)
- Competitive moves: Amnesia,Aura Sphere,Body Press,Brick Break,Close Combat,Competitive moves: X-Scissor,Darkest Lariat,Dazzling Gleam,Endure,Facade,False Surrender,Focus Blast,Foul Play,Giga Impact,Hyper Beam,Hyper Voice,Ice Spinner,Iron Head,Knock Off,Low Kick,Lunge,Outrage,Phantom Force,Play Rough,Protect,Psych Up,Rest,Shadow Ball,Shadow Claw,Skitter Smack,Sleep Talk,Substitute,Tailwind,Take Down,Taunt,Teleport,Tera Blast,Throat Chop,Thunderous Kick,Zen Headbutt
- Flavor moves: Coaching,Dragon Cheer,Feint Attack,Lash Out,Memento,Metronome,Mimic,Misty Terrain,Pounce,Pound,Snarl,Spite,Tail Whip,Trailblaze
[*]Reasoning:
- Custom elements: Unify: When Rena Rogue knocks out a Pokémon, she transforms into Renabug. As Renabug, Rena Rogue's stats become 85/145/55/145/55/125 (630), and Knock Off always has its power boost at all times.
"I get the chance to be in Crossover Chaos with Ni_I mean, Carapace? That...is so...AWESOME! OK, OK, calm down, I gotta explain how I can access those moves...the power of Illusion is apparently an essence of darkness, and I'm pretty good at Fighting too! I'm slick like a fox, and I can create Mirages/Illusions of anything I'd wish, to make my opponents believe that I had Teleported or even given a false surrender! Oh, that reminds me, have you heard of Ladybug? I'm like totally her number one fan...in the future, I get to unify with her Miraculous of Creation, it's like a Battle Bond come to fruitition! And...wait...why do I have Outrage, again?" I'M SORRY I LIED TO YOU
Competitive Info:
"I can serve two roles in your team...first, much like Zoroark, my power of Illusion can make your opponent worry about whether or not they're actually facing a real teammate, especially if they use a Psychic move on me...are there actually any in the metagame yet? They might know I'm coming thanks to Team Preview, but my wide variety of moves can ensure I can keep my cover as long as possible. The other option is to use me as a finisher...if I can get a kill with Battle Bond, it's pretty much over for the other team as I can then sweep with STAB Knock Off and Brick Break! ...Though, I do kinda find it ironic that my best matchup is against Carapace himself. My weaknesses are my poor defences and lack of recovery, meaning I can only really be used late into the match when your opponent's out of options to deal with me!"
