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CAP 2 Smogon "Create a Pokemon" Part Deux: Poll 7
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So...in order words, 50 BP was the only spot the attack could go in power without being too strong, too weak, or invading another attack slot.
Dry Skin, Shed Skin. They both go together well and are good on something like this.
That's the short version, yeah. I wanted to fix the flaws of partial trapping moves without, to turn a phrase, creating a monster.
Trust me, if Sand Tomb were 50/90 Acc physical, I'd probably make a Steelix set with it. As it stands, 15 BP is basically saying "yes, I do want to give you a free switchin where I basically do 20 damage to you and nullify your Leftovers for an effect that may end next attack."
Insomnia
C'mon this is a mummy. You just can't go without Insomnia. Sleeping for thousands of years, woken up and pissed off that it was awakened and can't be returned to its sleep -- that's a mummy and it is so clearly Insomnia we've gotta go there. I like Shed Skin also, but I don't want both, and Insomnia is just too perfect for the concept.
Snare Trap
Because trapping is cool and not enough pokemon can do it. But the name Snare Trap doesn't really fit. I'd like to suggest a different name for the ability that captures the essence of a mummy. How about: Entomb
C'mon this is a mummy. You just can't go without Insomnia. Sleeping for thousands of years, woken up and pissed off that it was awakened and can't be returned to its sleep -- that's a mummy and it is so clearly Insomnia we've gotta go there. I like Shed Skin also, but I don't want both, and Insomnia is just too perfect for the concept.
Snare Trap
Because trapping is cool and not enough pokemon can do it. But the name Snare Trap doesn't really fit. I'd like to suggest a different name for the ability that captures the essence of a mummy. How about: Entomb
Shed Skin
Synchronize
I DONT like the idea of another custom ability. It's both that much harder to encode and makes it that much easier for nintendo to reject. not that that's my main priority.
also, wrap rby style is pretty cheap, imho. it's almost as bad as shadow tag, AND with the changes since, you being able to move while they can't is pretty heinous. maybe if it just locked them into one move....but still, i don't like it.
shed skin is more useful on a relatively defensive poke, lessening the fear of random status blocking your stat up attempts. and synchronize totally fits with the ghostly/mummy nature of this dude, and is also incredibly interesting on a fighter.
just DON'T vote for snare trap. its a great idea for an ability, but as is, it's too much to ask....
Synchronize
I DONT like the idea of another custom ability. It's both that much harder to encode and makes it that much easier for nintendo to reject. not that that's my main priority.
also, wrap rby style is pretty cheap, imho. it's almost as bad as shadow tag, AND with the changes since, you being able to move while they can't is pretty heinous. maybe if it just locked them into one move....but still, i don't like it.
shed skin is more useful on a relatively defensive poke, lessening the fear of random status blocking your stat up attempts. and synchronize totally fits with the ghostly/mummy nature of this dude, and is also incredibly interesting on a fighter.
just DON'T vote for snare trap. its a great idea for an ability, but as is, it's too much to ask....
I really think that we should not create a new ability here, or even rename one. We already took a step and created a tank with the ability to hit everything in the game neutral or better with just its STAB. This thing is going to be a great Pokemon. I'd prefer to stay away from Snare Trap, personally.
Agree with you there FSS execpt for the renaming of an ability name since they did it with Clear Body and White Smoke =/
Insomnia makes the most since, so it gets my vote.
I couldn't imagine someone that would actually want sand veil, we all learned with our "friend" Garchomp -_-
I couldn't imagine someone that would actually want sand veil, we all learned with our "friend" Garchomp -_-
Air Lock and Dry Skin.
Dear Nintendo:
We needs more pokemon with Sand Veil as their ability to make little children cry as they fail to hit their target(s) when they needed it the most. Please and Thank you.
Signed
Garchomp and friends.
Air Lock and Shed Skin
Out of curiosity, Hyra, why not Cloud Nine instead of Air Lock?
Can i make a suggestion? Since he's a Ghost/Fighting type, why don't we make an ability that enables him to hit other Ghost types with Fighting/Normal moves and hit Normal types with Ghost moves.
We've already toyed with the idea of Scrappy and discarded it quite quickly.
air lock and snare trap (dont like the name)
are we going to make this a two ability pokemon?
are we going to make this a two ability pokemon?
First of all, my votes go to Insomnia and Shed Skin. Yes, I know I proposed Synchronize, but... Well, I'm voting what has a chance to pass to the next round.
And now, a small rant:
Not only TOO awesome, but also pretty un-fitting. As I've said previously, the ONLY thing that makes Dry Skin somewhat fitting to a mummy is the really, really weak (less than a Life Orb boost) weakness to fire. But I really don't get the loss of health under bright sun, and even less the immunity AND recovery of health against water attacks and the healing in the rain. It just makes no sense and is potentially overpowered in a tank like this.
This is what I'm talking about: Dry Skin in a frog or in a crab/mushroom hybrid makes sense, they need to be hydrated to survive. But a mummy not, on th contrary: It is inherently dry, and is fine with that.
And now, a small rant:
Not only TOO awesome, but also pretty un-fitting. As I've said previously, the ONLY thing that makes Dry Skin somewhat fitting to a mummy is the really, really weak (less than a Life Orb boost) weakness to fire. But I really don't get the loss of health under bright sun, and even less the immunity AND recovery of health against water attacks and the healing in the rain. It just makes no sense and is potentially overpowered in a tank like this.
This is what I'm talking about: Dry Skin in a frog or in a crab/mushroom hybrid makes sense, they need to be hydrated to survive. But a mummy not, on th contrary: It is inherently dry, and is fine with that.
Snare Trap and Insomnia
Snare Trap because I'm a sucker for original abilities, Insomnia because Time Mage makes a good point. (Though Stallrein 2.0 is quite tempting...)
Snare Trap because I'm a sucker for original abilities, Insomnia because Time Mage makes a good point. (Though Stallrein 2.0 is quite tempting...)
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