Avalerion posted:

I know it sucked in early gens but flareon did learn flare blitz for a while now.

Avalerion posted:

I know it sucked in early gens but flareon did learn flare blitz for a while now.

Avalerion posted:

I know it sucked in early gens but flareon did learn flare blitz for a while now.

Zuzie posted:

I guess most people wanted Flareon to learn Flare Blitz due to its English name alone. There aren't that many physical fire moves to begin with, and almost all of them either too weak (Fire Fang), involve anatomy Flareon doesn't have (Fire Punch), or are signature attacks of Legendaries (Sacred Fire). Even if Flareon could learn that perfect fire move, it still has problems like being very slow and having paper thin defense (which is never a good combination in a game like Pokémon).

Bad movepools are a common problem among Eeveelutions, but Flareon and Glaceon get the worst of it due to being quadrupeds in a game where bipedal monsters have wider movepools due to "realism".

Avalerion posted:

I know it sucked in early gens but flareon did learn flare blitz for a while now.

Rudoku posted:

I honestly wanted to give it an -ate ability so it can turn those Returns and Double-edges into crazy Fire tackles.

less laughter posted:

...Incinerate...

Super No Vacancy posted:

all eevees are good

Solumin posted:

Eeveelutions are really cool and super cute but there's never any reason to use half of them because they're bad. Flareon is the most egregious of them all.

Avalerion posted:

I know it sucked in early gens but flareon did learn flare blitz for a while now.

Rudoku posted:

I honestly wanted to give it an -ate ability so it can turn those Returns and Double-edges into crazy Fire tackles.

Brother Entropy posted:

one good stab move is the bare minimum every 'mon should get

U.T. Raptor posted:

Every type should have at least two good, solid 80-90 BP moves without any drawbacks (one physical, and one special) that basically everything of that type learns. Also Nasty Plot should be as widespread as Swords Dance is (or the latter should be much rarer, pick one and stick to it Gamefreak).

In particular there's a bunch of types whose physical options go from "move with 60-ish BP" to "100+BP move that has low PP and/or hurts you" with nothing except the occasional signature move in between. Fire's probably the worst of the lot, especially for things that miss out on Fire Punch/Fang for beep boop flavor reasons (Talonflame, for example, gets nothing between Flame Charge and Flare Blitz, because giving it Fire Fang on the grounds that beaks count as fangs would be thinking too far outside the box, I guess), followed extremely closely by special Rock and physical Ghost.

Ultima66 posted:

I'm of two minds about this. It's something I felt like I really wanted originally, but then I played TPDP (Touhou Pokemon built from the ground up with Pokemon mechanics but all items/moves/abilities/etc are renamed and the type chart is different) and they do this. Everything in the game's moveset ends up looking like 90 power STAB of one type, 90 power STAB of second type, 90 power coverage move, flex slot. Sometimes you replace the 90 power moves with 110 power moves with drawbacks a la Fire Blast/Hydro Pump. Everything following the same template really makes things in the game feel a lot less distinct.

Bruceski posted:

Nth Doctor posted:

I got codes. I got gimmicks. I don't got a spreadsheet of codes yet. Expect a giveaway of five whenever I find the gumption to cover my desk in scratch off dust.

quote:

I think it would be fun to draw a mega-form for your favorite pokemon that doesn't have one. Plenty of room for creativity and it's a topic of endless wish listing and meta-theory crafting. Show the mega-form, give a description of the stat changes, ability changes, and so on. Alternatively, new Z moves if that's your jam.

Nth Doctor posted:

I did all the scratch-offs and have everything set so here we go.
TIME FOR A GIVEAWAY
This month's gimmick comes from Dr. Red Ranger:

quote:

I think it would be fun to draw a mega-form for your favorite pokemon that doesn't have one. Plenty of room for creativity and it's a topic of endless wish listing and meta-theory crafting. Show the mega-form, give a description of the stat changes, ability changes, and so on. Alternatively, new Z moves if that's your jam.

I have Kyogre / Groudon Codes for the first FIVE goons to MSPaint up a mega-form of a pokemon that doesn't currently have a mega. Show us your spin on your favorite trash dex filler, folks!
Deets on the changes are nice to have, but not required for the prize. Happy sketching!

indigi posted:

this image is anti-trans

Diet Poison posted:

The changes are subtle but if you look real hard... you will get punched 16 times at once.

Diet Poison posted:

The changes are subtle but if you look real hard... you will get punched 16 times at once.

Abundant Atrophy posted:

Toxicroak is objectively the coolest Gen 4 pokemon, so giving it a mega is a long over-due. For this evolution the stats go from the kind dull, 83/106/65/85/65/85 to a breakneck 83/136/50/130/50/130. Taking a page from the Mega Beedrill school of stat changes. By keeping the unique poison/fighting, it can utilize the strong moves and with an ability change to Merciless, this dirty frog will punch, poison, and, ironically, clean-up the battlefield.

If it's based on a tropical frog that can break its bones, going in a gauze direction, but also multiply the spikes into a psuedo-studded-jacket seemed the way to go.

Diet Poison posted:

The changes are subtle but if you look real hard... you will get punched 16 times at once.

Ariong posted:

Mega Unown! Way higher special attack, with additional boosts to special defense, defense, and speed. Attack and defense either stay the same or go down, but who needs it?

Though unable to evolve, the surge of evolutionary energy provided by the Key Stone has a strange effect on Unown's physiology. Mega Unown do not resemble the english alphabet, but rather take the form of strange sigils which seem to resonate with a certain pokemon type. These new shapes amplify the odd power contained within the Unown. The main body changes shape to maintain the form best suited to fighting the current opponent. Additionally, smaller runes constantly break off from and are reabsorbed into the main body.



Mega Unown has an ability which does 2 things.

1) Makes it so its Hidden Power always takes the same type is its current form.
2) Causes it to shift into an advantageous form whenever it or an enemy pokemon enters battle.

So, if your opponent swaps in a Weavile, Mega Unown will immediately shift into Fighting Form. (right) The pupils are color coded to allow both players to tell at a glance what the current form is. There's a form for every type.


This is good, but I think that each Machamp hand should be a Machoke body, and each Machoke hand should be a Machop body.