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[pliant violet]

I love some of the pokemon unite skins

the dragapult ones are good

detective garchomp

[snow cobalt]

no way???

[pliant violet]

like I said the skins are good

[sullen mesa]

how could you forget the goat cowboy Cramorant

[round perch]

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Bluesky · Aug 27, 2025, 5:03 PM

[glossy umbra]

New mega: https://youtu.be/RYCOc3SiU7A?si=Wlya3U3tz9A8HtuV

Put in your bets for which

[pliant violet]

lucha

[languid lichen]

machamp because gen 1, but lucha should because flying type

[glossy umbra]

||indeedee||

[sudden spade]

Lucha. Resists Machamps main stabs/Machamp rarely runs coverage that would hit it super effective.

[languid lichen]

can zone out machamp with range, has a type advantage, and is faster to take advantage of those

[glossy umbra]

honestly the new design for the mega is lovely

||literally just even more of a luchadore, but a face rather than heel||

[sudden spade]

Also: Lucha is much more of a 'face' pokemon.

[glossy umbra]

Finally, a counter to Incineroar for Wolfie.

[sudden spade]

Machamp would get a push in WWE because McMahon loves him some beefy guys but he's got more Heel Energy.

[glossy umbra]

yeah, being able to punch someone in the face whilst grappling will do that for ya.

[sudden spade]

...Machamp is basicly Vince's perfect pokemon.

[languid lichen]

okay yeah this mega design goes hard

[sudden spade]

It's like his favorite wrestlers except:

A) You don't need to pay pokemon.
B) It's fully expected you feed a pokemon drugs to make sure it develops properly.

[pliant violet]

oh it's changed from an americanised luchador to a traditional luchador (the shape of the mask is different and the style in general)

[round perch]

Reggie, can we get a lesson in the difference in luchadors?

[pliant violet]

I'm not super into the scene so I'm not the best to ask but aiui more traditional luchadors tend to have masks with a lot more covering

[round perch]

Ah.

[pliant violet]

also I think they have a tendency towards more strong style pro wrestling (so like, actually hitting and shit related to technical skill) due to cross pollination with luta livre

[round perch]

📝

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIoDSxuPju0

What would be a good direction for a mega Machamp?

[pliant violet]

is it just me or does mega hawlucha get a lot bulkier

[round perch]

A yeah, it does.

[pliant violet]

like upper body goes full dorito

[round perch]

I'm guessing it gets a defensive buff.

[pliant violet]

more hands, maybe a sumo slap inspiration

alternately, more legs, make it a four armed centaur

[round perch]

I meant more like stat wise, but that's also a cool idea.

Would you want a tyoe change or would it stay oure fighting?

[pliant violet]

Fighting Ground if it goes centaur and give it more speed

if hecatoncheires (hundred handed) also probably fighting ground, give it bulk and attack

[round perch]

Ground could work for a mma or traditional wrestling angle.

[sudden spade]

Have him be doing this with multiple belts and his multiple arms:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/Cherry_Bomb_with_three_belts.jpg

[pliant violet]

I was playing more into mythical with my choice of megas

[round perch]

Fair.

[pliant violet]

machamp has always struck me more like a bodybuilder than a martial artist or sports themed pokemon (two of the major fighting type themes)

but actually making it a power lifter, so making it thicker just overall, as it's mega could be fun

[round perch]

Oh!

[pliant violet]

machamp with a bit of a gut and thicker rounder arms

maybe make it fighting steel

with bump to defences and attack but maybe lose some speed

[pliant violet]

cmll is the oldest pro wrestling promotion still around iirc

do not ask me it's full name I do not speak spanish

[runic umbra]

I'm not sure why but somehow making it more greek could work. Hecatoncheires are also in that direction

[pliant violet]

cause it looks like a greek statue

I think all three suggested directions would be reasonable ways to take it

[runic umbra]

maybe a stylized corinthian helmet instead of its headcrest?

[pliant violet]

I'm actually most in favour of the powerlifter version followed by the centaur

[glossy umbra]

For a second I thought you just meant "give them breasts".

which would be a bold direction to go with it.

[runic umbra]

maybe they should handle all mega evolutions that way

[pliant violet]

tiddies

[glossy umbra]

On a different note, wonder what the ability for the luchadore will be.

[runic umbra]

just slap some mammaries on that magnezone

[glossy umbra]

Seems to be hinted at being some way to negate physical moves.

[sudden spade]

Joke option: 'Oh no, we did protean again with a new name'

[pliant violet]

joke answer 2: we made it's signature move's gimmick apply to all fighting and flying moves

[glossy umbra]

The power of having actual good flying moves.

aside from Tailwind ;p.

[pliant violet]

brave bird is good

if you're gonna be a glass cannon, like most flying types, embrace it

[runic umbra]

I feel like Haryama has the sumo territory firmly covered

[glossy umbra]

There is technically Chatter which is unironically a really good move with that 100% confuse rate

thank god it's exclusive to a bad pokemon

[pliant violet]

ok but hear me out, nuh uh

I really liked that hariyama was in alola, it's remarkably fitting since the only 3 officially recognised sumo stables outside japan are in hawaii

[runic umbra]

interesting, but I'm not sure how it relates to potentially adding sumo influences to machamp

[pliant violet]

oh it doesn't that was just a fun tidbit

I mostly just wasn't sure if there was a martial arts direction to pull a hundred handed one

[runic umbra]

that said I like the idea of chonk machamp

[pliant violet]

could also go for the buddhist inspiration I guess

[runic umbra]

I feel like the machamp line does have a lot of potential for regional pokémon since there are so many different national/regional styles of wrestling irl

[pliant violet]

machamp is not a wrestler, idc about it's belt

it's much more a bodybuilder type

[runic umbra]

fine

consider this tho

mongolian wrestling hariyama

[glossy umbra]

Yeah was going to say, Machamp is more than anything built for posing.

[languid lichen]

but what about hariyama

and throh

[runic umbra]

nobody cares about troh

[pliant violet]

bokh

[languid lichen]

i love the bert and ernie choose violence pokemon

[pliant violet]

this is why fighting steel bulked up but slower mega machamp is the way

bit of a gut, stouter arms, powerlifter build

[runic umbra]

that's probably the more reasonable interpretation.

I just look at them and see steven seagal at different points in his career.

[languid lichen]

i vaguely recognize that name as an actor

[pliant violet]

karate and judo pokemon in the american region was a little off, for me

[languid lichen]

that's all i'll get from him

[runic umbra]

good, he sucks

[languid lichen]

i mean, every region has Why Is This Here mons

except alola, i think

[pliant violet]

I know but still

[runic umbra]

my fave of that variety is still exeggcute.

I love it

it's just eggs

[pliant violet]

seeds

[languid lichen]

i'm glad you like it

[runic umbra]

also it evolves into a goofy palmtree

or a MIGHTY DRAGON

[languid lichen]

it's definitely one of the worst designs out there, yeah

[runic umbra]

you are not wrong.

but I love it

I was always a little confused by the remoraid/octillery line.

I get that they're both guns but there's not much that connects them besides that.

[azure crane]

I wish there were more moves like Flying Press.

[pliant violet]

I wish it picked the more effective of the two, as opposed to the combined

[azure crane]

It would have to have lower base power for that.

[pliant violet]

freeze dry is about the closest thing, and that just lets it be super effective on water types

there's also thousand arrows, a ground move that hits normally ground immune pokemon

[azure crane]

There should be a Poison move that can hit Steel types, called Aqua Regia.

[arctic dagger]

It looks like we'll have an ability that does that at least

[pliant violet]

we already do don't we? corrosion?

or does that only do the status

[languid lichen]

just status

[azure crane]

https://bsky.app/profile/zarla.bsky.social/post/3lbxzbhdwjc2z

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Bluesky · Nov 28, 2024, 2:26 AM

[timber vale]

old men yaoi...

[azure crane]

https://bsky.app/profile/tontarotaro.bsky.social/post/3lxjzudy37s2g

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ニャオハとドオー

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Bluesky · Aug 29, 2025, 12:13 PM

[runic umbra]

understandable. kabu's hot

[red rampart]

\ @merry hollow

[soft isle]

Zemyla recommends UNCLE 🌃🔔 ↩️

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[languid lichen]

https://www.kkinstagram.com/reel/DJdAMcaRIgR/

[azure crane]

So what's everyone running for Chi-Yu?

[languid lichen]

the question needs refining

ubers or vgc?

it's an overheat machine either way, but it does different things

[azure crane]

I mean the Chi-Yu Tera Raid.

[arctic dagger]

Ok so, wild share I know but

https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/125819/a-saga-of-tanya-the-chansey

Somehow this is really good

[azure crane]

I've got an Araquanid with barely enough speed to outspeed it and Entrainment.

[arctic dagger]

Tanya learning to get over her trauma and love her family is just somehow super cute

But like, warning for PTSD from being a fantasy-WWI veteran basically

[languid lichen]

ah, the secret third thing

[arctic dagger]

Me, looking this up.... Oh there's a shiny Chi-Yu event

Ok standard flip to blue from red

[azure crane]

If players beat it at least a million times, they distribute a shiny through Mystery Gift. The other three have already been beaten.

Also, it gives out really good rewards, and is only a 5 star raid.

[arctic dagger]

Baseline good shiny for a red fire type

Just Make It Blue

[pliant violet]

it's a good fish

[pliant violet]

grass types get autumn colours, water types get a green tint

[timber vale]

Autumn leafeon as its shiny would be super good

[arctic dagger]

Usually I like shinies when they're opposite-color palette swaps

[timber vale]

Ngl I like Mega Garchomp's hot pink shiny

[arctic dagger]

Like if it's blue, make it red. If it's red, make it blue.

If it's green, make it orange

Etc

[timber vale]

I would genuinely love it if the same eyebleeding pink was splashed over normal garchomp's shiny

[pliant violet]

If I'm honest I'm not the biggest on shinies, in that if it's better than the base my first response is always "why is this not the default"

[arctic dagger]

I like them as unnatural colors

[timber vale]

I think a lot of them are like... weird enough to be a variant

[arctic dagger]

Like if the normal pokemon looks natural in browns and goes in the dirt, then the shiny should be something that doesn't look like it fits in the dirt at all

IMO

I really dislike the ones that are just "This is a slightly different shade of brown"

[timber vale]

And also I think a lot of them just have a super different vibe

[arctic dagger]

Like if it's light blue vs dark blue I just cannot care

[timber vale]

Shiny vs. Non-shiny giratina, primal groudon, etc.

[arctic dagger]

If I can't immediately tell if it's shiny I do not like it

[timber vale]

I honestly don't mind subtler shines but I should still be able to immediately tell

Shade changes should be readily apparent and also not the one and only change

[arctic dagger]

Snorlax is a good example IMo where like...

I think it's slightly more blue?

[timber vale]

I love Archeops and I think its shiny is actually pretty good

I like the swap of the wing and plumage colors

I think it could've used a little more but it's definitely not a bad subtle shiny imo

[arctic dagger]

Ok I'm looking at it

I can't tell what's different

The.... color of the neck is different?

[pliant violet]

I think scrafty should have an evo

[arctic dagger]

Yeah it's a bit darker

Agreed!

It gives big middle evo vibes

[pliant violet]

if it was a middle evo it'd be one of the strongest middle evo designs

easily

[timber vale]

The feathers for the wings and the color of the feet plumage and head are swapped

Green and blue are swapped

[arctic dagger]

Gotchu

[snow cobalt]

https://bsky.app/profile/towateruka.bsky.social/post/3lxrf3upq6c2q

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#グレイシアの日
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Bluesky · Sep 1, 2025, 10:23 AM

[arctic dagger]

Cute

[manic kindle]

Pelipper!

drizzle, roost, aqua ring, surf, mist

[azure crane]

I was going to ask what it has over Kyogre, but it has Roost.

[manic kindle]

that and i dont have a kyogre built lmao

[azure crane]

lmfao the odds of this

[karmic imp]

Excellent fanwork lore, made as a scientific paper on the myth of starters
https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/unprecedented-times-a-pokemon-ranger-quest.121855/page-8#post-29071664

[azure crane]

Check the main page.

[snow cobalt]

beautiful

[umbral hound]

why?

[runic umbra]

pokémon ranger games mentioned

ngl they were a little wack, but I love the implication that catching and battling with pokémon isn't commonplace everywhere in that setting.

[azure crane]

Because the Pokémon social media is doing something with "My Friend Malamar", implying strongly that it's mind controlling them. I don't remember all the details.

It started shortly after Mega Malamar was revealed.

[arctic dagger]

Mega Malamar?

Oh it's teased not revealed

[mellow robin]

oh hey I wrote that one actually
diff username (long story but nothing bad) but I'm really proud of it

[pliant violet]

it's a small world after all

[karmic imp]

I like the thread's scientific papers

The deino line one is cute

[karmic imp]

https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/unprecedented-times-a-pokemon-ranger-quest.121855/page-174#post-33401792
https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/unprecedented-times-a-pokemon-ranger-quest.121855/page-56#post-30824717

[karmic imp]

Pokemon trainer rival who is a nervous massive failboy, transitions offscreen, and she is still a clumsy loser but has confidence and sense of style now

[obtuse ravine]

me

[manic kindle]

keeping this in mind for when i finally go back to working on my pokemon romhack, this is a fun idea

[timber vale]

Damn, that pokemon world HRT be working fast as hell

[karmic imp]

Synthesized from pokemon substances

[timber vale]

The pokemon HRT replaced half my genetic code with Lopunny DNA that shit is potent

[karmic imp]

I chugges toxapex hrt and am now covered in spikes

[timber vale]

took the Hatterene HRT and now I can hear and sense other people's emotions this shit be feeling like wet socks I gotta fucking kill someone

[karmic imp]

Took vespiquen hrt and my exoskeleton looks amazing
But also now have a bunch of kids to support

[umbral hound]

Medical science really is amazing

[mellow robin]

those were great
I love 'actually it has no idea how vision works and will be stressed out'

[karmic imp]

One article is about palafin and I like it

In game, it evolves from multiplayer mode

In the article, it evolves from beings it cares about being in danger, so it sacrifices itself, abd the wounds that should be fatal trigger the evolution

[karmic imp]

I also like the inkay
They also only evolve through stress, but the stress required is way lower.
In times of trouble, one member of the group gets chosen and forcibly flipped outside down, feeling the blood flow to their head. This triggers the evolution, malamar then fixes the problem (often kills being stolen) then goes to the deep levels of the sea and stays there

[karmic imp]

https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/unprecedented-times-a-pokemon-ranger-quest.121855/page-5

I do not recommend taking this approach with the other two Dragon/Flying Types native to Hoenn, Salamence and Rayquaza. If they are eating your berries, then I'm sorry, but those are now their berries.

[karmic imp]

Worst trainer class to run into
https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Chaser_(Trainer_class)

[snow cobalt]

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Bluesky · Sep 7, 2025, 5:28 AM

[karmic imp]

https://www.rxddit.com/r/pokemon/comments/1nbn29x/comic_about_an_emerald_mono_bug_run/

[manic kindle]

i love monotype runs and their little inspired stories

[runic umbra]

sidenote: Wattson is unironically one of my favourite gym leader designs, both in the original and the remake.
Just a stocky lil' guy living life to the fullest.

[lunar hinge]

https://youtu.be/eW_EtH4G_0I

[pliant violet]

sufficiently weird

[languid lichen]

MIROR M

[trail bridge]

I just wish it wasn't so thin

other than that

5/5 mega

[round perch]

https://youtu.be/wXMgbJfVSDw?si=688xS73_B_-Ymhma

It used to be called "My Friend Malamar."

[worldly plume]

looks like a disco villain

big shoulders, big hair

[umbral hound]

close enough, welcome back Mirror B

[karmic imp]

https://www.rxddit.com/r/pokemon/comments/1ndgpyt/we_truly_going_22_with_these_new_kalos_megas_uh/

https://www.rxddit.com/r/pokemon/comments/1ndji6e/a_little_meme_to_celebrate_the_megas_we_have_seen/

[karmic imp]

https://old.reddit.com/r/pokemon/comments/1ndffjs/now_that_just_aint_right/ndgsjrm/

Lol
Lumiose city: most dangerous pokemon city

[languid lichen]

gotta come prepared with a fucking bisharp-foil hat

got me a skorupi in my pocket, ready to slime a bitch with pin missile

[karmic imp]

Careful with the roving rollerblader gangs

They compete for territory with the lab escapees and actual fucking ghost

[karmic imp]

Also, lesbian furisode girl
https://www.tumblr.com/pokemas-conversation-repository/748130307490840577?source=share
https://www.tumblr.com/firecodex/734109418363518976?source=share

pokemas records

Transcript

Kali: To be honest, I've had a bit of confidence since I came to Pasio.

Kali: There's so many fashionable people, like Elesa and Nessa…

Kali: But I want to be close to Valerie… So I have to work even harder!...

Tumblr · Nov 16, 2023, 2:21 AM

[torpid pivot]

Lesbian talkin about those other lesbians

[karmic imp]

https://www.tumblr.com/jsketch12/793831322295631872?source=share

Juno's Art

this is how it probably feels being a trainer who genuinely likes Malamar in the midst of whatever brainwashing nonsense is going on in Lumiose City

-# #pokemon #pokemon legends za #malamar #harmony

Tumblr · Sep 5, 2025, 7:15 AM

[languid lichen]

the fucking bowser forward smash dropkick

[karmic imp]

Side b, motherfuckers!

Poor malamar

[arctic dagger]

Ok shiny koraidon looks sick

[signal glen]

https://legends.pokemon.com/en-us/news/mega-stones

So the Gen 6 megas can't be obtained single player.

[pliant violet]

have we seen a new non-mega pokemon?

[arctic dagger]

Not that I'm aware of

[mellow robin]

mega chesnaught has no sauce but I love him anyway

[pliant violet]

I'm gonna steamroll the game with my favourite mega

mega kangaskhan

[arctic dagger]

I like all the new mega except greninja

Helicopter just feels extra silly on a Pokemon that's usually a bit serious

[sudden spade]

Grenija also feels like one of those pokemons that didn't really need a Mega. I dunno.

[arctic dagger]

Yeah I mean

He kinda already has one

With Ash

Tbh

[pliant violet]

I don't think starters should get megas tbh

[sudden spade]

Yeah. I'm the sort who leans towards megas as 'more for pokemon who need the help' than 'pokemon that are already pretty damn scary'.

[pliant violet]

undeserving

[sudden spade]

Like if you need a Mega Ninja, I'd rather like Mega Ninjask or something 😛

[pliant violet]

mega accelgor

[languid lichen]

and yet, this is a balancing of the scales

[pliant violet]

no none of the starters that just got a mega have scales

[languid lichen]

charizard alone got more megas than the entirety of gen 5

[pliant violet]

so did Mew2

[languid lichen]

now, at least, the starters from the mega pokemon generation have megas

instead of it being a gen 1 privilege

[arctic dagger]

Shrug

I'm on the "anything over 500 bst shouldn't get a mega" camp

[pliant violet]

anyway, mega kangaskhan is the best mega because it's so simple but works so well

tbf a lot of pokemon that could get a mega should probably just get an evo tbh

[sudden spade]

'What if power up punch was two power up punches?'

Kangaskhan is very much in that 'I like the mega but I'd like an evolution for it' area.

It's a bit dated, the typing doesn't super hold up etc

[languid lichen]

most of the things >500 bst that got megas were

pretty bad

like, houndoom was not winning any awards by and large

i do agree that in some cases, an evolution would've been better

for some of the two-stages

but i like the things like mega heracross and mega garchomp, which changed them and offered different roles more than just acting as a straight upgrade

[arctic dagger]

Yeah sometimes it's fine

[languid lichen]

and also mega lopunny with a choice band would've been turbofucked

i appreciate the assorted balancing levers mega stones provided

[arctic dagger]

Megas that don't even change the ability or role though...

So sad

[languid lichen]

(and, more importantly, the fact that mix and mega exists because of them)

(mix & mega is such a fucking cool om)

[arctic dagger]

What's mix and mega

[languid lichen]

smogon other meta where any pokemon can mega evolve with any stone

gaining the stat changes, ability of the mega, and any secondary type change

[arctic dagger]

Oh that's neat

I was wondering if it just became the mega Pokemon

[languid lichen]

it's an ubers-based tier, with tiering-based evolution restrictions

[arctic dagger]

Or got the changes

[languid lichen]

so you can run groudon

and primal groudon

but not groudon @ another mega stone

[sudden spade]

New Mega: Mega Shedinja. It's like Shedinja but they gave it an actual HP value. 😛

[languid lichen]

(and also every mon gets to mega evolve, with no one-use limit)

there's a lot of fun to the tier

and i'm interested in seeing how it might get shaken up with the new stones

[arctic dagger]

I'm not even sure that would matter much TBH

You could add a lot of defensive stats to Shedinja before it lives more than one super effective hit anyway

[languid lichen]

shedinja with an hp value of like. 80 still dies to any supereffective hit, yeah

[sudden spade]

It would mostly just mean 'a shedinjia who's not instant KO'd by entry hazards/weather', yeah

[languid lichen]

because it has 45/30 defenses

and 40 speed

[arctic dagger]

Yeah but weather mostly doesn't matter anymore

Sandstorm is not a common weather

[languid lichen]

i would be interested in an evolved shedinja that does something, but not just

[arctic dagger]

And you just run heavy duty boots

[languid lichen]

Shedinja But With Real Mon Stats

because that would just be unfun to interact with

[arctic dagger]

And snow doesn't do damage

You just don't see weather than does chip very often anymore at all

[languid lichen]

but like turning wonder guard into some weird shit and making it a new mon would be neat

[arctic dagger]

The issue is

[languid lichen]

yeah, hippo and ttar don't show up too much anymore and nothing else deals weather chip

[arctic dagger]

It still needs to switch in

So it needs boots to not die to hazard

But would need the stone to evolve

You'd have to run it as lead

[languid lichen]

i just want an actual shedinja evolution that removes wonder guard for something thematically or texturally wonder guard-adjacent

that gives it like

a real bst

[arctic dagger]

Nah just make it a three way evo split imo

[sudden spade]

Mega Castform. Doesn't swap elements but gets Fire + Water + Ice Stab as it's become an elemental roil of all weathers at once.

[arctic dagger]

Nincada evolves into three things is way easier to do than trying to force an evo on shedinja

[sudden spade]

Castform is one of those pokemon that is conceptually cool but has Never Been Good.

[arctic dagger]

Or make it a regional shedinja

That's because it's only there to teach you weather exists

Like it's not intended as a real Pokemon

It's intended as a learning tool

[sudden spade]

That's fair.

[arctic dagger]

It's like wanting mega unown to some extent

Ok sure you could do something interesting maybe but you're better off probably just making a new Pokemon

Than taking the gimmick and trying to make it was

Real*

Regional shedinja without wonder guard but with actual stats actually would totally work

When I think about it

[karmic imp]

As ghost and bug fan, shedinja is sad

[sudden spade]

...I could see a regional variant of Ninjask that plays up the 'ninja duplicates' theme with it being All About That Substitute. High Speed + Renamed Shed Tail would be annoying support (If also basicly Cyclizar). So you get the vibes of the 'shed skin becomes a new thing' without it Being Shedjinja.

[karmic imp]

Shed nation army

@visual python had some idea for a bug ghost long ago

Lemme see if I find it

[visual python]

I dont remember

[karmic imp]

This

[karmic imp]

Oh sorry

I meant I had

And wanted to show you

[visual python]

oooo

[languid lichen]

https://bsky.app/profile/serebii.bsky.social/post/3lyngfzweqk2m

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Serebii Update: Official render for Mega Delphox www.serebii.net

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Bluesky · Sep 12, 2025, 2:01 PM

okay this goes crazy fucking hard

they cooked

also, i know some people are low on chesnaught but i fucking love the cape

[arctic dagger]

I think it's cool

[languid lichen]

this man looks like a fire emblem villain

[obtuse ravine]

lmao

cyndaquil please be out there somewhere 😔

I've almost given up hope

[languid lichen]

giant pauldrons? giant beard? giant crown? trailing cloak?

✅ this bitch is an ashnard

[timber vale]

Yo mega Chestnaught and Delphox look fucking awesome

I hope mega Delphox is viable

[arctic dagger]

It'll be viable in some format for sure

[languid lichen]

gotta see what ability it gets

[timber vale]

Not sure how I feel about Mega Greninja

[languid lichen]

will probably make it viable in either vgc or some smogon tier

[timber vale]

But I like the other two

[arctic dagger]

People were down on Mega Dragonite, but Mega Greninja is way worse for sure IMO

[timber vale]

If they shaft this thing I'm going to cry

[timber vale]

I honestly like mega dragonite

[languid lichen]

i'm ambivalent towards mega greninja

and dislike mega dragonite

[arctic dagger]

I like mega dragonite too

[languid lichen]

i wish mega greninja did something with its tongue

[arctic dagger]

Mega Greninja is a serious pokemon who becomes ridiculous, Mega Dragonite is a silly pokemon who remains silly.

[timber vale]

Yeah...

[arctic dagger]

Isn't it a helicopter tongue?

[snow cobalt]

This does rule

[timber vale]

Or maybe did something with the bubbles that the previous two mons in its chain have

[timber vale]

No

[languid lichen]

no, it's clinging upside-down to a giant shuriken

[timber vale]

It's upside down, helicopter is a water shuriken

[arctic dagger]

Oh, I saw the design and thought it was a helicopter-tongue lmao

[languid lichen]

i think i would have liked mega dragonite more if it just

had four feathery wings on its back

instead of the two dinky wings and the two headwings

[timber vale]

I think greninja should've kept something with the bubbles from Froakie and Frogadier

[languid lichen]

i now want mega hydreigon and goodra

since all the gen 1-4 pseudos have one now

[timber vale]

I think mega kommo-o would also be cool but idk what you'd do with a mega for that mon

[arctic dagger]

More Arms

[timber vale]

True...

[languid lichen]

so, do you know what kulve taroth is

[timber vale]

No

[arctic dagger]

It's a monster hunter thing apparently

From a quick google

Looks like a dragon walrus?

[languid lichen]

this is from monster hunter stories, not the mainline, but it's the highest res i could find

and the cartoonier visuals work with pokemon

[timber vale]

Looks cool

[languid lichen]

no, that's tail plating

[arctic dagger]

Yes but it still looks like a walrus

[languid lichen]

this is what it looks like without all of the gold

mega kommo-o should just get a massive mantle of all of its scales

maybe the tail can turn into a gong or something

[manic kindle]

like a boxer's cape

[languid lichen]

for the sound stuff

[arctic dagger]

The Luchador series continues

With Mega Kommo-o

[manic kindle]

or maybe more of a monk robe, given its inspo

[visual python]

Ive been low on chesnaut in tne past but that design is great

[languid lichen]

that could also work

and yeah, i'm a huge fan of mega chesnaught

this man looks like he should be wielding a giant polearm

like zephiel

or garon

whole-ass fire emblem final boss

[manic kindle]

he does have a polearm!

[languid lichen]

WAIT I WASN'T MAKING IT UP?

[manic kindle]

its not in the render but in the trailer you can see it

[languid lichen]

I THOUGHT I WAS DELULU SEEING IT IN THE VIDEO

[manic kindle]

you can see it here too

[languid lichen]

AND FUCKING MANIFESTED IT THROUGH SHEER FORCE OF FIRE EMBLEM MENTAL ILLNESS

OH MY GOD THIS MAN IS JUST FUCKING ZEPHIEL

[sudden spade]

Silly Pondering: Mega Regigigas gives it Literally Any Other Ability.

[manic kindle]

monkey's paw curls: megagigas gets truant

[arctic dagger]

...Truant would probably be better?

[languid lichen]

mega regigigas: +90 atk, +10 spe, pure power

[arctic dagger]

Like you see niche usage out of slaking more than regigigas I think

[deft path]

monkeys paw curls mega regigas gets Slowest Start

[timber vale]

Mega Regigigas with combination speed boost and moxie for the exact opposite of slow start

[runic umbra]

needs eyebags

this is just a promoted unit you get if one of the previous ones dies

[languid lichen]

nah, not with the cape

[runic umbra]

I'm pretty sure third tier knights/generals had capes in radiant dawn

[languid lichen]

i guess it could be a tauroneo, true

[azure crane]

I think Mega Delphox will get a different ability, because Magician literally does nothing.

[languid lichen]

i mean yeah

we just need to see what

[visual python]

I like pokemon.

Fakemon i mean

Also pokemon

[manic kindle]

I like pokemon!

[arctic dagger]

I like pokemon too

That's why I'm here

😄

[manic kindle]

Woah

[timber vale]

I also like pokemon

[honest cairn]

holy shit delphox becomes benimaru from fire force

or marisa touhou

[timber vale]

It's so fucking awesome I might need legends ZA

At the same time, iirc they won't have abilities in battle? Or smth? So maybe not...

[honest cairn]

i just dont like how it looks but i try to be positive, ill play it on pokeshowdown tho lol

[timber vale]

Real

[honest cairn]

i dont want to be too much of a hater but like, biggest media property of all time, come on thats all, i do like the designs stiill very consistently

[karmic imp]

https://www.rxddit.com/r/TwoBestFriendsPlay/comments/1nf5p0g/in_pokémon_legends_za_the_kalos_starter_mega/

Whyyy

[timber vale]

never fucking mind completely on getting this game

fuck you nintendo

[karmic imp]

Oh also

Pokemon home, if you send your pokemon to za

They can't be returned to Home

[timber vale]

fuuuuck

[karmic imp]

In fact, no pokemon can be sent from ZA to home

[timber vale]

:/

[manic kindle]

Im curious if youll be able to send them to Champions

[azure crane]

That is a 1-2 knockout to my interest in this game.

[karmic imp]

Apparently, you can send them to home
But any pokemon that has been put in the new games can never go back to older games

[lunar hinge]

Sending them to ZA requires a meeting with Truck-Kun.

[arctic dagger]

Probably they're set up to go to gen10

[soft isle]

We mean
That's always been the case right?

Pandora(She/her)(aka WaxMask) ↩️

[Reply to:](#1160615504562638910 message) Apparently, you can send them to home
But any pokemon that has been put in the new games can never g…

Not necessarily - you can send Pokemon from SwSh to SV and back

Rose (It/Its) | The Labrynth Doll ↩️

[Reply to:](#1160615504562638910 message) We mean
That's always been the case right? 📎

[arctic dagger]

It means it's probably gonna take longer to find out what abilities these pokemon have

Since they won't have any in ZA

If I understand correctly

IDK if they'll have any in Home either

[azure crane]

Yeah, but you can send Pokémon to LA and back.

Even though that doesn't have abilities.

[soft isle]

Oh

Makenzie ΘΔ (it/its) 🐺🌲 ↩️

[Reply to:](#1160615504562638910 message) Not necessarily - you can send Pokemon from SwSh to SV and back 📎

What an awful change then

[pliant violet]

the hooded cape robes are so cool

but actually mega scrafty gets that

[timber vale]

I think Scrafty should just get a 3rd stage evo

[pliant violet]

that would be ideal yes

scrafty would be one of the best designed middle stages if it did

also eviolite scrafty would be a menace

[pliant violet]

man now I'm thinking how much I like scraggy and scrafty again

I feel like they'd be a cool fit for a mystery dungeon game, honestly surprising they weren't associated with team skull in gen 7, and given alola is another american inspired region* them being there from unova would be sorta fitting

[manic kindle]

finally, an image with a solid view of his Hurts-You-Stick

[karmic imp]

What is good against clemont in pokemon y?

[pliant violet]

rock types, ground types

[karmic imp]

Well I won, but not a good performance

[pliant violet]

what'd you bring?

[karmic imp]

Lemme see
Golett, Delphox, amaura, I know lucario is at disadvantage but I brought him due to being high level. My other high level pokemon were vivilion and blastoise
And some pokemon I brought to level up
Everything was smooth except for his final pokemon

[pliant violet]

That’s uhh the solar panel lizard?

[karmic imp]

Yrah

[manic kindle]

Lucario's fine there hes a good choice

[karmic imp]

Thunderbolt hits like a truck

Don't remember what move was used on golett but it was already worn down so didn't last long

I think

Might be mixing up my battles a bit

[arctic dagger]

https://www.reddit.com/r/MoeMorphism/s/0lij00yYIh

I like this

[karmic imp]

Golett is surprisingly fragile

[manic kindle]

yeah, he's just a little guy

it gets a lot better once he evolves, but he's a bit of a late bloomer

[karmic imp]

Gonna see if I raise some backup tanks besides blastoise

[manic kindle]

theres some good options in x/y!

[karmic imp]

What are the tanks

[languid lichen]

sylveon is a special wall

golurk is...squishy

it's a kind of medium-bulk physical beat stick

god, what else is in x & y

aegislash ofc

or doublade if you just want pure phys

[manic kindle]

so for a general playthrough of just the story, Aegislash, Snorlax, Ferrothorn, vaporeon/umbreon/sylveon, hariyama, slowbro/slowking, goodra, quagsire, amoonguss, skarmory, and druddigon all work very well as-is

none of these require any Gamer Knowledge or Optimization or what have you

[languid lichen]

oh shit hariyama's in xy?

[manic kindle]

they just work out of the box

[languid lichen]

totally forgot about that

[manic kindle]

yeah, route 11

[languid lichen]

sick

tentacruel and alomomola are also in, i know

alo's a physical wall, tentacruel special

tent's the better mon for a normal run, though

magnezone is also reasonable to pick up

[manic kindle]

lots of funny little guys to use

[karmic imp]

I have eeve

Just got a quagsire

[languid lichen]

i forgor, can you get the based eevelutions in xy?

(leafeon and glaceon)

i swear there are rocks for them somewhere

but nothing rings a bell

[karmic imp]

Is there some advice to level pokemon fast?

[languid lichen]

audino and chansey grant a lot of xp

i don't remember if xy have the shaking-grass-with-audino feature in it, but there's probably a money maker mon somewhere

don't worry about it, though, xy are notoriously easy

enemy levels stay pretty low

[karmic imp]

Still, leveling pokemon from previous areas is a bit slow
Got a roselia in my back pocket for status and health drain

And she is still a bit below level
Might turn off exp share and just do "throw pokemon, swap to stronger one"

[manic kindle]

turning off the exp share would actually slow it down further

the XY era exp share is pretty generous; just keeping some of your 'mons with you all the time will get them there!

[languid lichen]

yeah the xy xp share is one of the big reasons for the general ease

combined with the low enemy levels

because the percentage split is i think quite a bit over 100%

so it makes it quite easy to outlevel npcs

okay yeah checking, gen 6 xp share doesn't reduce in-battle mon %

so it's 100% + 50% per non-participant

[azure crane]

I'm thinking about my Pokémon OC, Tess.

[pliant violet]

oh?

[azure crane]

She's originally from Kitakami. She's always been short, but strong, and often angry, which really wasn't helped when the other kids called her an "ogre".

She had her 9th birthday, but no one showed up to the party, so she got mad and stomped off into the woods without a Pokémon.

She ran into a wild Jangmo-o, which naturally attacked this big loud human on his territory. She fought back with her bare hands, and did so hard enough that he respected her strength and a bond was formed between them.

She came back, clothes torn up and covered in blood, with a Pokémon following behind her, and asked an adult for an empty Pokéball. After catching him, she fell unconscious.

She got in this fight and her mom got scared
She said, "You're going to live with your aunt and uncle in Paldea."

[karmic imp]

Oh my god. Fresh prince of bel air

[azure crane]

It was a chance for a fresh start, where she could undertake her Pokémon journey. Shortly after signing up at Naranja Academy, her aunt was planning to take her to learn to ride rental Cyclizar. However, she saw a group of wild ones, ran into the pack, and jumped on one, holding on for dear life until it accepted her.

[azure crane]

She caught her third Pokémon near Porto Marinada. After growing tired of sandwiches, she decided to try and make Hoenn style sushi rolls, so she went to the market to buy a bunch of seaweed. When it didn't work very well, she decided, "Might as not let it go to waste" and ate a handful, and bit the Skrelp that had been accidentally trawled with it. It squirted her in the face with poison, but she managed to pull out a Poké Ball and catch it before falling unconscious.

I'm unsure as to whether she can catch a Pokémon in a normal fashion.

[trail bridge]

does anyone know any pokemon romhacks that are available on Android?

I deleted the mobile port of League, so I need something to fill in the space while I exercise

[timber vale]

If you download an emulator like retroarch, and know how to navigate your phone's file system, pretty much all romhacks should function on the emulator

[trail bridge]

🤔

that could work

tho iirc a friend's romhack doesn't work well on android

so it might not apply to all romhacks

[manic kindle]

Theres so many good ones! I use pizzaboy to play roms on my phone, and pokecommunity has soooooo many

[arctic dagger]

I use my boy!

Which costs like $5 or something but

Has given me by far the best experience

It has basically all the features the good PC emulator do

And a customizable ui

After the third free app I tried that didn't do what I want or had an awful ui I just gave up and spent the money

[manic kindle]

yeah i was more than happy to pay $3 or smth for pizzaboy, it just works and i've had 0 rom issues which is nice

[pliant violet]

🅱️izza

[obtuse ravine]

reggie is that a pokemon

[pliant violet]

the name or my pfp

[karmic imp]

Pokopia is cute

[obtuse ravine]

the pfp

it reminds me of one but i can't remember the name

i think it has an s in it

[karmic imp]

Think my fave types atm are ghost, fairy and psychic

[manic kindle]

scrafty and scraggy!

[obtuse ravine]

yesss

[karmic imp]

Hm vultures could be used for poison or ghost types

Poison type that regurgitates infected and polluted waste

Or a pokemon that counters poison types being able to consume and neutralize poison

[languid lichen]

are buzzards in any way similar to vultures?

or is that just a weird americanism

[umbral hound]

...I tried to look it out and it's very unclear, but among the many species apparently referred to as buzzards, turkey vultures are sometimes called buzzards in parts of the US?

also a bunch of birds of prey, and also honey buzzards which are specialist wasp-eaters.

[languid lichen]

oh neat, didn't know that

...i also didn't know that "buzzard" was a (however improper) generic term, either

[umbral hound]

neither did I?

[languid lichen]

like i was gonna bring up mandibuzz as a vulture thing, but

i guess not

except maybe???

[snow cobalt]

https://bsky.app/profile/chaoschao.bsky.social/post/3lyyplipnnc2u

Chaoschao (@chaoschao.bsky.social)

Tinkaton gijinka because I love a gal with an oversized weapon.
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Bluesky · Sep 17, 2025, 1:45 AM

[languid lichen]

huh, that black dress makes the color palette look way better to me

i'm not a huge fan of tinkaton because i don't really like the pink-and-magenta scheme

but i guess adding some black on the body is all it needed to make me like it

neat

[soft isle]

https://tenor.com/view/tinkaton-cute-pokemon-heart-locket-my-beloved-gif-6746695186915905903

[karmic imp]

Tinkaton is so cute

[karmic imp]

Yeah, mandibuzz fits.
But there are other ways to do vultures, the poison connection seems fun

After reading of how some poison types clean the environment by eating waste

[languid lichen]

oh, that makes sense

that interpretated into a carrion eater

[karmic imp]

A carrion eater poison type pokemon or pokemon that is good against poison types

[languid lichen]

we haven't had a poison/flying type since gen 1 either, so

it'd be a neat niche to fill

[languid lichen]

could be both, even

[sudden spade]

Mega Tinkerton plx 😛

[karmic imp]

Poison pokemon: Oh just a scaveng-
Gets wrecked

[pliant violet]

this mod is a certified member of the scrafty gang

[karmic imp]

Ability that lets it fed off poison types and hurt them better

[timber vale]

Sap Sipper but for poison type moves

[obtuse ravine]

awesome sauce

[pliant violet]

Art is from Pokémon close combat wiki page on scrafty

[runic umbra]

I'm more of a croagunk kinda guy personally

[languid lichen]

croagunk goes hard

riolu is my baby boy, however

[pliant violet]

he's on my short list for sure, and for my gymleadersona he's part of my twin aces

[runic umbra]

Scrafty's a good choice too tho. Both have strong lil' hecker energy

[pliant violet]

Scrafty Marowak Toxtricity is my bad guy energy trio

[near flower]

very punk

[pliant violet]

I try

[exotic garden]

that's an extremely good squad

[runic umbra]

meanwhile I can't even decide on a favourite type.

[pliant violet]

Poison

[runic umbra]

Poisons pretty sick, yea

Water's been my favourite as a kid, later on I really got into plant, ghost and steel types

[languid lichen]

plant

haven't seen that mistype in years

surprisingly uncommon nowadays

my favorite type is probably dark, though

love too many of em

[runic umbra]

Blame torterra.

sickest looking starter.

[languid lichen]

?

[runic umbra]

is this a ? because of a general confusion or a ? because we just fundamentally disagree on what makes a good design?

[languid lichen]

no, i'm just confused at the reply

i agree that torterra is a very good mon design

i just dunno what that has to do with the typo

i'd understand perfectly if it were just a related thought

[runic umbra]

wait what

[languid lichen]

because yeah, torterra's def in my top 3 starters

[runic umbra]

now I'm confused

[languid lichen]

what about

[runic umbra]

wheres the typo in plant?

[languid lichen]

oh

grass type

i just haven't seen anyone accidentally call it plant in english in a while

[runic umbra]

ah you see

I'm swiss
ich spreche deutsch
and grass type in german is Pflanze

[languid lichen]

makes sense

[runic umbra]

which means plant

[languid lichen]

oh neat

surprised they didn't use a specific word for grass like the jp and en do, though

[runic umbra]

look forward to a lot more confuzzlement on my side when talking about pokémon

[languid lichen]

i wonder what other languages call it that

huh

indonesian's had three different translations for grass type over the years, apparently

and latam spanish used to translate it to grass, but now translates it to plant

wack

while spain's just always used plant

[runic umbra]

huh. interesting.

I guess all I can ask for is patience and understanding for when I suddenly start about things like Tragosso, Sumpex or Simsala

[runic umbra]

what's the other two besides spiky tree turtle?

[languid lichen]

i now have to ask if you know what the english names of those are

because i dunno what those're referring to

[languid lichen]

my other two favorites are meowscarada and hisuian samurott

[runic umbra]

off the top of my head it should be marowak, swampert and alakazam

[languid lichen]

ah neat

are those some of your other faves?

[runic umbra]

eh

swampert's my fsvourite hoenn starter

sorry chicken lovers

[languid lichen]

sceptile is mine, because pokemon mystery dungeon has endeared me to the treecko line extremely firmly

and mega sceptile is very good

but it was swampert for a while

[near flower]

i luv me mudkipz

[languid lichen]

wow

that's

[near flower]

god remember when that was the meme of the day

[languid lichen]

also a fucking throwback

[near flower]

i was like 8 or 9

and could barely use the internet

[worldly plume]

blast from le past

[languid lichen]

as long as no one starts spelling like liek...

[near flower]

my all time favorite starter and pokemon in general is the totodile line

my widdle guy...

[languid lichen]

riolu is pretty firmly in the top echelon of my favorite mons

it's just a goober

friend-shaped

[near flower]

one the top lil guys in pokemon for sure

[runic umbra]

Magnemite for me.
Love its nervous energy

[languid lichen]

floor-licking dogthing

[runic umbra]

I guess I do kinda gravitate towards steel types

[languid lichen]

steel is good

[runic umbra]

I just wish honedges evolutions weren't so rubbish looking

[languid lichen]

dark, steel, and...maybe ghost? are my favorite types

[runic umbra]

I'll say that every type has at least one critter I love.

[near flower]

water dragon
3rd is flex
today it feels like fairy

[pliant violet]

🅱️oison

[runic umbra]

I guess it boils down to steel, grass and ghost for me, with water being close behind

[pliant violet]

just realising that all three would be pretty cool with a third evo tbh

[runic umbra]

are you just actually guzma

[pliant violet]

no but guzma is one of my favourite guys

the fact scrafty and scraggy weren't in alola is a massive missed opportunity imo

[runic umbra]

fair. everybody loves guzma

[pliant violet]

they're spot on for team skull

poison and fighting are two of my favourite types, I think ghost is probably third?

or dark

[spring hedge]

i find i tend to like the weirder 'mons. i count the garganacl line among my shortlist of favorites, for one (three?)

[runic umbra]

I feel like my faves tend to be mostly from gen4

I didn't even know about garganacl

[spring hedge]

i haven't even engaged with pokémon media directly for the past couple gens (bar legends arceus), i just tend to pay attention to wikis and suchlike

[runic umbra]

anyway salt cube looks sick

@pliant violet thoughts on the alolan coconut crab boxer?

I always liked that one even if its evolution was a little eugh

[pliant violet]

the minecraft salt pigs are great

[pliant violet]

until it evolves it's great

[runic umbra]

I always liked its energy. this is a lil guy getting in the ring to make new friends

[pliant violet]

it is a bit punch drunk

[karmic imp]

Portuguese

[karmic imp]

A lot of crows also store a lot of food inside of them, to digest over time or give to their kids

[karmic imp]

Back on my pokemon y playthrough
Crushed galem again. I must carve defeat into his soul
Passed through the disappointing tourist trap house, reached Laverre town
Got a tank in the quagsire (wish this game had paldean wooper and clodsire). I'll use the route for a bit of training and seeing what I catch. Oh gotta fly to battle maison to farm money for items and pokeballs

Got to buy a lot of cute clothes in laverre town too!

[manic kindle]

yeah the real endgame in x/y is ultimate fashion

[mellow robin]

I think grovyle is probably my favorite middle evo
having said that, it is difficult to hold in my head that pikachu is a middle evo

[karmic imp]

Braixen is cute

[karmic imp]

If I manage to make good pics, I send

Got a frilly skirt with a shirt, and a frilly dress

I love laverre town and its gym

[obtuse ravine]

XY fashion is really nice yea

i liked swsh's a lot too, mostly because of the improved graphics, but I think it has less options

[karmic imp]

Gotta look up guides to find that beautiful blue dress coat. I think it's an endgame thing

[runic umbra]

poison type sports getup goes hard

[karmic imp]

Pyukumuku isn't poison type? Even though its signature move is poison and it has two other poison moves in its learnset

Man, I'm an edgy woman
"Yes I love poison and ghost types"
At least I am liking fairy and psychic too
Water has good ones, but then again it has a sheer amount of pokemons it will have stuff for me
And then there's mareep and ampharos, in the middle of all this

https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/unprecedented-times-a-pokemon-ranger-quest.121855/page-276#post-35531789
Pyukumuku ❤️

[soft isle]

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SB Torchic (@speedboosttorchic.bsky.social)

If you can't handle me at my wet, angry Umbreon, you don't deserve me at my soft, poofy Umbreon.

#Pokemon #fanart #comic #umbreon #pokemon-amie

Bluesky · Sep 19, 2025, 2:00 PM

[exotic garden]

oh that's a good umbie

[obtuse ravine]

🥺

[pliant violet]

If I described a team of Marowak Scrafty and Toxtricity, can y'all name a couple other pokemon to match the vibe

preferably avoiding type crossover where you can but not a necessity

[sullen mesa]

marowak alolan or kanto

[pliant violet]

I like both so dealer's choice, I personally think the vibes are similar enough

[sullen mesa]

sneasel/sneasler/weavile, shiftry, ambipom, toxicroak, hisuian samurott, krookodile

accelgor

also scizor

great vibe you started with though

[pliant violet]

ambipom is the only one there that I don't immediately agree with

[sullen mesa]

it was an oddball pick that i only chose for the "mischiefmaking" vibe

[pliant violet]

also thank you, I take great pride in my vibes

[sullen mesa]

pangoro, dare i say barbaracle

(i don't ljke him)

salazzle also fits

[pliant violet]

barbaracle has the advantage of having no type crossover

[sullen mesa]

oh! perrserker who i always forget

[pliant violet]

ohh that's an excelent choice

[sullen mesa]

i'm mostly sticking with bipedal guys here, adding scovillain

assuming kanto marowak is chosen

[pliant violet]

bipedal gets the vibe across better though I'm not inherently opposed to quadrupeds and other modes of standing

context is I like those first three and was thinking on a like oc that's like an inverse of the chariman rose and lusamine thing

where he seems sinister and villainous and shady and you run into him all over the region but he's actually just the champion, a nice guy travelling around helping people

he's just not good with people so he seems menacing/threatening

so pokemon matching that vibe which to me is like punk/street tough adjacent

[sullen mesa]

ah the team skull minus guzma vibe

(opposite intention, but)

[pliant violet]

yea basically

[arctic dagger]

Honestly Charizard

Nidoking

Crobat

Tentacruel

IDK why but Golem

Dodrio

Bisharp

Magmortar

Qwilfish

Sceptile a little

Slaking

Exploud

Zangoose

[pliant violet]

the problem is thinking of them and trying to avoid crossover

[arctic dagger]

Yeah a lot are poison or dark

[pliant violet]

which yeah, makes sense but also a little annoying

[arctic dagger]

I think you've got a good selection of normal types

As all

Well

Oh rampardos I think fits

[pliant violet]

I like dodrio but idk if it fits the vibe, exploud also cool but overlaps a bit with toxtricity, Zangoose is something though

Rampardos is lame unfortunately

[arctic dagger]

This is true

[pliant violet]

also I think only rock specialists should use fossils*

[arctic dagger]

Ok weird take but Gastrodon feels right to me

As like a flipside with toxtricity

Abomasnow maybe

Rhyperior if I didn't hate his design but I know some people don't

[pliant violet]

so far the team is Marowak (type not specifically chosen yet), Scrafty, Perrserker, Toxtricity

[arctic dagger]

Gliscor

[pliant violet]

Gliscor is a banger choice

[arctic dagger]

Could fit with alolan marowak

[pliant violet]

which also decides it's A Wak

[arctic dagger]

Yeah

And then zangoose I think is the best remaining we've said ATM and fits

But I'm gonna keep scrolling for a bit

Haxorus

Accelgor

I think you could do a furfrou haircut that would work

[pliant violet]

I hate that dog for no good reason

dogs with silly haircuts always look so cold

[arctic dagger]

Shiinotic

Is really good I think

And gives you some cool utility

[pliant violet]

what a weird guy, sure why not

A Marowak, Gliscor, Scrafty, Shiinotic, Perrserker, Toxtricity

[arctic dagger]

... Technically bruxish fits I think

[pliant violet]

fun team

[arctic dagger]

But screw that

I wish those lips never existed

[pliant violet]

that fish gives me nightmares

it's the teeth for me

[arctic dagger]

I think ursaluna is viable instead of gliscor

I like toedscruel but not more than the existing ground type options

And finally I could see hydrapple instead of shiinotic

[pliant violet]

I do really like hydrapple and that would give a different type of body plan

I'll probably stick with gliscor over ursaluna, since unless it's bloodmoon ursaluna seems more tired than intimidating to me

A Marowak, Gliscor, Scrafty, Perrserker, Toxtricity, Hydrapple

[arctic dagger]

It's a good team

And possible to be threatening but not unbeatable at a lot of levels

[pliant violet]

I think it's a solid champion team yeah

[arctic dagger]

I think you consider a B team of some of the less liked options for a team he fights you with early

And then pulls the final version out for the champ fight

I could see like a team of 3-4 that he hits you with halfway through the story

[pliant violet]

well yeah, he's got so many strays he's picked up on his travels

Shiinotic Loudred Bisharp Salazzle

[arctic dagger]

That's like zangoose/bisharp/crobat/something

[pliant violet]

also works

[arctic dagger]

Yeah it's pretty flexible

[pliant violet]

you battle him earlier in the story, mistaking him for a bad guy

[arctic dagger]

I think if you do that a golbat is key

And then you fight him later and it's a completely different team but with a crobat

And then the champ team

[pliant violet]

to be clear I don't intend to implement him anywhere, the idea is just rotating in my brain

[arctic dagger]

The first time you think he's evil and then his crobat has evolved and he's clearly a nice guy

And then you find out he's champion

Sure but like, it's fun to brainstorm story structure with team evolution imo

Something like a friendship evolve can indicate important story stuff

You think he's stealing the Pokemon and being mean but then the ace of his second team has friendship evolved and he's all "hey crobat is excited to get to fight you again" before he sends him out

[pliant violet]

yeah no also I just like the designs that fit this type of story and this type of story

plus given what pokemon does it's not too outside their usual stuff

[arctic dagger]

True

[pliant violet]

like the three I started with originally are all top 10 pokemon for me

because they rule

[arctic dagger]

They're great scrungly little guys

[runic umbra]

croagunk!

would sharpedo be a little too cool for the vibe you're going?

[pliant violet]

toxicroak was considered and excluded for overlapping type 2 different ways

sharpedo much the same

[arctic dagger]

Yeah I thought about those two and dismissed them as too overlap

[pliant violet]

as did I

especially cause I really like toxicroak

sharpedo is fine

[runic umbra]

maybe not quite fitting the vibe (and also from what I remember terrible type matchup), but consider
https://pokewiki.de/images/thumb/a/a8/Hauptartwork_460.png/600px-Hauptartwork_460.png?20190429065713****

[pliant violet]

awful type combo, yes

[timber vale]

...Zoroark, maybe? Hisuian?

[arctic dagger]

Personally I feel like Zoroark is too like, elegant-ish

It's a rude guy for sure, but it's too fancy about it.

My qualification was "What pokemon do I see being rude but not mean"

For the vibe that I was seeing from Reggie anyway

[timber vale]

Oh yeah that makes sense

Hisuian Zoroark definitely doesn't fit, then, it is violently aggressive

[arctic dagger]

Yeah, and normal is like... Too elegant/fancy. If I could see it in fancy dance fitting in, I immediately ruled it out.

[runic umbra]

shame, really like that critter

[pliant violet]

yeah, random teenagers on the street

[runic umbra]

and its mega form is just so angy

https://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/3/33/0460Abomasnow-Mega.png

[pliant violet]

or like, crowd at a skatepark in the evening

[manic kindle]

Kabutops/Sudowoodo, Yanmega, Slowking, Staraptor seem like fun fits

[pliant violet]

Kabutops fits but is tragically a fossil and is therefore reserved for rock specialists*

[manic kindle]

thats fair!

I think if i had to pick one to pitch to you it would be Slowking

i think its funny if he has a Thinker on his team

[pliant violet]

it's definitely pitchable

[snow cobalt]

https://bsky.app/profile/farfin.bsky.social/post/3lzedvqzza22q

farfin (@farfin.bsky.social)

sorta related I was playing cards at a friend's awhile back and the deck that came with the crib board had motorcycle babe Dawn and Hilda on them

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Bluesky · Sep 21, 2025, 4:48 PM

[near flower]

pogeyman team for one of my LANCER chars :)

explanations for each copied from the friend server i posted this in initially

sunflora for his flower motif
bouffalant to rep his mech
silvally and mewtwo are both products of experimentation designed to be weapons (silvally (previously type:null) to fight the extradimensional ultra beasts, mewtwo to be 'the most powerful pokemon')
and lokix because i liek it :) and it being a kamen rider expy is thematically appropriate (genesect could also be there since it's also another experimental pokemon like silvally/mewtwo but i didnt want to give him two legendaries/mythicals)
absol due to its lore (it can predict when disasters will occur and appears as a warning, but is mistaken as the cause of those disasters)

[round perch]

By ✦ビクター✍🏻✦VIKworks✦✦ (@VIK_works) on Twitter.com.

[round perch]

https://youtu.be/oDTe-QFKw5g?feature=shared

[languid lichen]

https://www.tpmblr.com/atompalace-official/795952019461505024/heres-how-the-other-eeveelutions-react-to

[obsidian stump]

I'm so leafeon core

[arctic dagger]

I hate showers... Until I'm under the water and then I'm like "Ah yes this is perfect."

[wispy yarrow]

same

[arctic dagger]

I hate to get into and then I hate to get out of the shower

[wispy yarrow]

The two worst parts of getting clean for sure

[runic umbra]

every time I get to the public pool I have to steel myself for the outside shower there, for its one temperature setting is bone chilling

[languid lichen]

https://bsky.app/profile/yumbrite.bsky.social/post/3m232deshth2v

yumbrite (@yumbrite.bsky.social)

Wooper and cutiefly having fun in a pond.

[ #art #pokemon ]

Bluesky · Sep 30, 2025, 5:27 PM

[fickle thicket]

the best part is that they could be having a dogshit awful time and you wouldn't be able to tell

[karmic imp]

@languid lichen
Vulture pokemon
Poison/flying
Ability: Rot eater
Immunity to poison type. Contact with poison-type or poisoned targets grants [benefit]
Thinking phys attack increase.

[languid lichen]

too snowbally if it's +atk imo, maybe spdef?

[karmic imp]

Hm

Could be

[azure crane]

It should also wipe out and gain benefit from Poison Spikes even if it's not grounded.

[languid lichen]

ehhhh

that's just tacking on extra bullshit

[mellow robin]

which type of contact- enemy hitting you or you hitting enemy?

[karmic imp]

Yes

[karmic imp]

Yeah
Can just give spin move

[arctic dagger]

Yeah I think like a minor heal then probably

1/8 probably

Any stat increase is going to be too good

Unless you compensate the pokemon itself by having bad stats

[languid lichen]

oh, in that case yeah that's fucked and grody

unless it has like, a 65 in everything

[karmic imp]

Is it?

Damn

Okay
Contact in which the pokémon with ability attacks the opponent

[arctic dagger]

Honestly not going to help you unless it's a special attacker

And has very low access to contact moves that are good

[karmic imp]

What
Special attacker would like an ability on contact hit?

[arctic dagger]

No they wouldn't

That's my point

Buff to stat on anything you could guarantee to go off every turn is very very strong.

Think of Speed Boost

[karmic imp]

I see

Hm, so instead maybe a small health recovery?

[arctic dagger]

That was what I said, yeah

1/8 of your hp is the high amount of ticking hp recovery

[mellow robin]

1/16 is the usual 'small value' for healing I think

leftovers, ice body, etc.

the other comparable ability here I think is Merciless, which is just 'autocrit vs. poisoned foes' (quite strong) but restricted to a Pokemon that has a better ability for its usual role, and also very low offensive stats

anyway the other angle I could see for this is that the ability only cares about poisoned Pokemon, but removes poison from them when it triggers
so you can set up toxic spikes then 'eat' the poison off to get stats or w/e

or even hit an ally with Helping Hand to cure them of poison maybe

[languid lichen]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBjGoKwkad0

it is october

and as such

time to repost this

[trail bridge]

hell yeah

[snow cobalt]

https://robertstoybox.tumblr.com/post/791092357987745792

UB 04 BLASTER

Not sorry

-# #pokemon #pokeplush #pokemon plush #plush #plush photography #plushblr #pokemon fit #pokemon sitting cuties #porygon #porygon z

Tumblr · Aug 6, 2025, 1:41 AM

[timber vale]

I love it so much....

[honest cairn]

cool idea i had, knight themed steel trainer pokemon character who has a beldum as a floating prosthetic claw arm and wields a honedge in that arm since it cant remove their soul that way

[manic kindle]

Oh! We fought someone similar to that idea in one of our PTU campaigns, very very evocative

[timber vale]

that would actually be so cool

[azure crane]

Wouldn't the Honedge remove the Beldum's soul?

[honest cairn]

beldum is a robot tho, i suppose its debatable whether it has one

[arctic dagger]

I think all pokemon have souls

[honest cairn]

also beldums hold things magnetically so i think it could work

[arctic dagger]

Would folks be interested in a cobblemon server?

[timber vale]

that's the minecraft pokemon thing, right?

[arctic dagger]

Yeah

They got through gen9 working and have Doubles mostly working apparently

[snow cobalt]

https://bsky.app/profile/zodacoo.bsky.social/post/3m2nbm2jb7k2f

zoda coo (@zodacoo.bsky.social)

Ppl out there calling Mega Dragonite silly looking forget that its what angels looked like during dinosaur times

Bluesky · Oct 7, 2025, 11:26 PM

[snow cobalt]

https://bsky.app/profile/dandock.bsky.social/post/3m2rhq6jres22

Daniel Dockery (@dandock.bsky.social)

Every once in a while, I see people wonder why, out of all of the available Pokémon to choose, Poliwhirl was so often shown front and center. Especially in the case of Pokémon's marketing in America.

Well, I'm going to do my best to answer that question now.

-# Retro Game Art 🎮🖼️🎃🦇 (@retrogameart.bsky.social)
Pokémon Time Magazine Cover (1999)

#retro #art #gaming #Pokemon

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Bluesky · Oct 9, 2025, 3:26 PM

[manic kindle]

Poliwhirl <3

[runic umbra]

It's also just a good showcase of the general concept. A lot of gen1 critters are just animals with a fantastical twist

[blissful needle]

Pokemon Legends Z - A has been leaked, I just saw it in 4chan
brace yourselves for spoilers or get ready to ban the word pokemon off your twitters or whatever social media you use

[snow cobalt]

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Bluesky · Oct 11, 2025, 9:04 PM

@glacial ore

@rocky zodiac

[arctic dagger]

OK I love it

[timber vale]

Apparently a buncha megas got leaked

||And mega zygarde is going to have 216 hp, 216 sp. atk, 100 speed, and a 100 base power dragon move that ignores fairy immunity||

[snow cobalt]

don't drop this without spoiler warnings

[timber vale]

Oh, sorry

[timber vale]

Mega spoiler from a leak

[arctic dagger]

Yeah we try to spoiler things that are, well, spoilers/leaks.

Lots of people want to find out in the game.

[languid lichen]

||I'm kind of shocked that mega zygarde either is locked to power construct, isn't locked to power construct but works with it if you tank to 50% hp, or 100% form zygarde will now be an out-of-battle form change like zydog vs snake||

||because 216 hp means one of those things||

[timber vale]

Yeah it seems fucked lmao

[languid lichen]

||since that's 100%'s hp and megas don't change hp stats||

[timber vale]

||from what I can tell it genuinely might not have any major coverage weaknesses besides like... flying/steel or steel types with levitate||