Wormadam's Cloaks

[TheBaron]

I noticed that the different Wormadam Cloaks were improperly labeled on the B/W Tier list. They were listed by their types and not by their cloaks. They should say "Wormadam-T" for the Bug-Steel type Trash Cloak, "Wormadam-P" for the Bug-Grass type Plant Cloak, and "Wormadam-S" for the Bug-Ground type Sandy Cloak. I know many people will assume that "S" means Steel and "P" means Poison, but I don't think that Rotom's Formes should get special treatment. I realize that Wormadam is bad, but just because it is a bad fully-evolved pokemon, it should not be given an improper name.

 

[Moo]

I noticed that the different Wormadam Cloaks were improperly labeled on the B/W Tier list. They were listed by their types and not by their cloaks. They should say "Wormadam-T" for the Bug-Steel type Trash Cloak, "Wormadam-G" for the Bug-Grass type Plant Cloak, and "Wormadam-S" for the Bug-Ground type Sandy Cloak. I know many people will assume that "S" means Steel and "G" means Ground or Grass, but I don't think that Rotom's Formes should get special treatment. I realize that Wormadam is bad, but just because it is a bad fully-evolved pokemon, it should not be given an improper name.

There's only 2 formes, the Bug / Grass one is just "Wormadam". They've been used last gen, and they're even used on PO, Marriland, pretty much everywhere from what I can see. It must be used for a reason, and if it were to be changed, it'd have to be changed everywhere

 

[TheBaron]

No, all three cloaks have names. I am absolutely positive that I am correct. This pokemon has just been looked over.

 

[Delta 2777]

Well I guess we'll take your word for it.

 

[TheBaron]

Taking my word for it is not enough. We need to make a commotion for Wormadam!

 

[Fatecrashers]

finally! someone who gives a wormadam!

 

[Chieliee]

@above: lol

But I think we should name them the same as all other sites and stuff like that do.

 

[Res Ipsa Loquitur]

Wormadam is not at all the only Pokemon we get "wrong" in this way. We call the Rotom that knows Leaf Storm "Rotom-C" when it's official name is "Mow Rotom," so it should be "Rotom-M." Not to mention the fact that the Blizzard and Air Slash versions should both be called "Rotom-F," for Frost Rotom and Fan Rotom, but we use "Rotom-S" instead.

The bottom line is that Game Freak almost never uses Name-X format, and when they do it is only ever for legendary Pokemon with true "formes." Deoxys-A, Shaymin-S, and Giratina-O are official. But "Wormadam-S" is a fan name. With fan jargon, the point is to avoid ambiguity by doing what other sites do. This far outweighs the limited interest of coming as close as we can to what abbreviation Game Freak would probably use if they did make one.