Thundurus is actually S-rank. Tornadus suggestions are fine though.
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Trick Room Camerupt, maybe? Who needs speed?
I like AeriLeaf (that's what I'm calling it). This stands a good chance of being accepted.
Also, what about Flash Fire for Glaceon? Or Thick Fat? One removes a 4x weakness, the other reduces both 4x to 2x.
Oh, must've missed it. T-forme is open though.
Interesting. I'll think on it.
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Eh, even with HP, Farfetch'd's stats are so mediocre it's not even worth it. It has almost nonexistent bulk with pitiful speed, so as mlg said, it's kinda...
FARFETCH'D
Still not a bad suggestion, but outside of Wonder Guard, Steel/Fairy, and Light Of Ruin, there's not much you can do to make that thing viable.
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Virizion is Fairy/Fighting, gains Will O Wisp, and has the Ability Pixilate.
That's all I've got, I'm not good at the crazy creativity thing. Maybe more later.
That's all I've got, I'm not good at the crazy creativity thing. Maybe more later.
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Not bad. I'll consider it.
M-Altaria has better offensive stats, though Virizion could tank Special damage better and doesn't take up a Mega slot. That said, M-Alt doesn't itself have great offense in a high power meta such as ORAS's, so without setup, I'm not sure if Virizion would be that great. However, we'll know for sure if it's accepted.
Not sure it would be the best user of Will-O-Wisp, but it does get Synthesis for a defensive role. The problem is Fairy/Fight has five weaknesses.
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Lucario is in the B's for viability, so it's not eligible. I'd say up to three per round. ALSO provide some reasoning beforehand for each please.
And just for clarity, people submit ideas, I consider them, and pick one to three. Undecided on that.
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canno
formerly The Reptile
I should probably look at the viability ranks before posting a submission lol (I thought Luke would be a lot lower...)
Anyways here's my 3 (not counting Lucario obviously because that was a fluke(ario))
- Arcanine is now a Normal / Ghost with Tough Claws and now has Shadow Claw
- Salamence is now a Dragon / Fairy with Thick Fat and now has Play Rough
- Sandslash is now a Ground / Steel with Levitate and now has Slack Off
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- Parasect is now Dark/Steel with Speed Boost over Dry Skin and has Gear Grind (I would have said Heavy Slam plus increase is weight by a Megagross for LOLs).
- Hydreigon is now Dragon/Steel, gains Sniper and has access to Doom Desire.
- Cacturne is now Water/Bug, has Skill Link and gains access to Water Shuriken.
Ehhh... like I said, superior defensive types will be under heavy consideration, so Normal/Ghost isn't likely to pass. Not saying it won't.
Sandslash is actually decent defense-wise, and with Steel being a very defining type and not being bad with Ground, this is a good possibility. It also is immune to two status, Para and Poison. Levitate removes a weakness entirely, which, interestingly, makes it a great switch in for itself if it carries a move that can counter it. It has a solid Attack stat for a bulky set, but lacks speed for even a Scarf set. This has a pretty good chance.
Salamence is interesting. Maybe.
Ground/Normal Flygon with Download and gets Perish Song
Poison/Ground Arbok with Magnet Pull and gets Thousand Arrows
Ghost/Ice Mega Abomasnow with Speed Boost (30 base Speed) and gets Phantom Force
I love this concept
Poison/Ground Arbok with Magnet Pull and gets Thousand Arrows
Ghost/Ice Mega Abomasnow with Speed Boost (30 base Speed) and gets Phantom Force
I love this concept
The best Dark move Parasect gets is Knock Off, which is powerful the first time, but doesn't do much against Megas, esp. off a 95 Atk. Also, it's speed is so bad, it would have to stall for 4-6 turns just to match most 'mons, and it's defensive stats are pretty low, though not the worst. It also lacks Baton Pass even.
Dragon/Steel is one of the high watch types, so isn't likely.
Cacturne could possibly use Fell Stinger and Pin Missile, though Bullet Seed is superior, and this Pokemon once again lacks bulk and speed. It might benefit more from keeping Grass and getting Speed Boost, as it has enough speed to make use of it.
I agree that Parasect's changes aren't enough to make it worth using, if you can somewhat force a switch, spore something, set up swords dance and at least kill something and keep gaining speed it may be cool otherwise it is still bad. Hydreigon's typing might be too much, it would probably fit Druddrigon better, Cacturne was just my attempt to get the classic, gimmicky King's Rock Skill Link Water Shuriken with access to a multi-hit moves.
I'm not convinced Speed Boost would be a good trade for Snow Warning, which gives it a perfect acc. Blizzard. I don't know how viable Phantom Force is as a move, suffering from many of the problems of a two turn attack.
I like the idea of Arbok. It's a good Steel trapper that can hit Flying types, but suffers from low stats, especially in a high stat metagame like ORAS's. IT doesn't fear Steel as much as most Poison types would, but it's low stats mean that most Steel types could probably still take hits from Thousand Arrows. However, with a Choice Scarf, it could be pretty good against Flying Types that would fear Thousand Arrows if it can out-speed them.
And Flygon...?
Dragalge now gets Flamethrower and now is Water/Dragon.
Dusknoir is now Ghost/Fighting, and gets Drain Punch.
Gogoat is now Grass/Ground with Thick Fat and gets Close Combat.
Scrafty is now Fairy/Fighting and gets Shadow Sneak.
This concept is p. cool btw, Dialga
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Dusknoir is now Ghost/Fighting, and gets Drain Punch.
Gogoat is now Grass/Ground with Thick Fat and gets Close Combat.
Scrafty is now Fairy/Fighting and gets Shadow Sneak.
This concept is p. cool btw, Dialga
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Dark Mage Ewan By the way, what do you not like about FE: Awakening?
Scrafty doesn't have any way to use it's Fairy STAB.
Dusknoir... sucks. Bad HP, bad speed. It can't use it's defenses very well and can't act fast enough.
Gogoat... perhaps. Why CC?
Dragalge... Why Flamethrower? Also, Water/Dragon is a little more close to flavor than I'd like. Slack Off may be the better one to keep. Thanks to Dragon, Grass is of little concern anyway. Same with Ice thanks to Water.
Thanks, but as I said, only three please, and explain a bit.
Scrafty doesn't have any way to use it's Fairy STAB.
Dusknoir... sucks. Bad HP, bad speed. It can't use it's defenses very well and can't act fast enough.
Gogoat... perhaps. Why CC?
Dragalge... Why Flamethrower? Also, Water/Dragon is a little more close to flavor than I'd like. Slack Off may be the better one to keep. Thanks to Dragon, Grass is of little concern anyway. Same with Ice thanks to Water.
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If you're willing to trade Entei for Arcanine, I'll consider it. Entei seems a bit too bulky for Normal/Ghost.
Only one move per mon (at least the OP said that) as the OP said.
Phantom Force is actually Protect so with it you get a Speed boost (no pun). Abomasnow has Ice Beam still and Shadow Ball, but Phantom Force would be mainly for physical SD/Phantom Force/Ice Punch/EQ.
It'd be mostly to trap defensive steels, like Ferrothorn (Fire Fang) and Skarmory, also has speed enough to outspeed Heatran. It has also Switcheroo. Better than Magneton in OU imo.
Flygon would have STAB Boomburst now as well as Return (and Quick Attack). With Download, it'd be a Genesect 0.5. Perish Song is for Nonsense factor, but could use something like Ice Beam/Punch
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