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Gen VII: Pokemon Sun and Moon Discussion MKII
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Great now I can't thank away the jazzy fighting game remix out of my head....
I'm like 90% sure that the Yellow Tauros is another Alola form. Maybe electric type because Gamefreak likes to play on phrases and they could play on "charging bull."
Exeggutor's new typing & form change is awesome. I think we might see some stat distribution changes.
Like others, I feel it would be neat if Ninetales and Vulpix kept opposite forms of their HA. It will be interesting to see if all Alola born old Pokemon will strictly be these types. Perhaps the new forms will be Kanto-only, to give greater importance to RBY transfer.
Also. It's so cool you can ride a Charizard.
Exeggutor's new typing & form change is awesome. I think we might see some stat distribution changes.
Like others, I feel it would be neat if Ninetales and Vulpix kept opposite forms of their HA. It will be interesting to see if all Alola born old Pokemon will strictly be these types. Perhaps the new forms will be Kanto-only, to give greater importance to RBY transfer.
Also. It's so cool you can ride a Charizard.
Watching these trailers, while I was getting very hyped, the other half of me was yelling;
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Constantly.
I'm just so excited, this is amazing. I especially like new forms for older Pokemon, which like megas could bring the light on to lesser known ones. Everyone is going to know Exeggutor now, and Ninetails is going to be loved even more.
I really like Lurantis, I've secretly wanted another Praying Mantis Pokemon for a while now and it's perfect. Oricorio is also pretty cool and I'll probably end up using one.
Yungoos/Gumshoos are obviously Trump now though, just look at Gumshoos.
On the other hand, I might name mine Dick Gumshoe after one of my favorite Ace Attorney characters.
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Constantly.
I'm just so excited, this is amazing. I especially like new forms for older Pokemon, which like megas could bring the light on to lesser known ones. Everyone is going to know Exeggutor now, and Ninetails is going to be loved even more.
I really like Lurantis, I've secretly wanted another Praying Mantis Pokemon for a while now and it's perfect. Oricorio is also pretty cool and I'll probably end up using one.
Yungoos/Gumshoos are obviously Trump now though, just look at Gumshoos.
On the other hand, I might name mine Dick Gumshoe after one of my favorite Ace Attorney characters.
That would be absolutly terrifying and I love it
Think of it how defog works on defiant on triples even if the user moved already it's going to get 3 tries to rise its attack or more if you aim at the ally
CTNC
Doesn't know how to attack
This makes me think they didn't think through everything with Z moves...
An even more WTF example is Inferno Overdrive Ludicolo.
Edit: Flying Z-Move Dugtrio.
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Mq
It's Megaqwer's Time!
I have a bad memory rip, ice shard can be useful as I hope zygarde 100% will still be Gorund/Dragon...
BARA TIGER CONFIRMED
Damn, I wasn't even planning on picking Litten, but that's disappointing. Oh well. At least Rowlet stayed awesome. It's got an Assassin's Creed vibe to it. Though I'm also liking Popplio's final form. I've wanted a mermaid pokemon for a while now. Now I'm conflicted lol
So no stupid things like this.Pokémon SM Official website said:
Ludicolo learns Fire Punch and Sunny Day (and Hidden Power Fire).
I'm curious though, What will be the priority of Z-Moves? Mega Evolution has +6 priority IIRC and if Z attacks are the same they could be pretty damn nuts.
Hidden Power.
Wait. Now I thought of something.
Maybe...
maybe...
Kyurem-B is going to get a good physical Ice-type move!? O.O (Even if one-time, it's still better than Freeze Shock. Maybe)
By the looks of how it's worded, I think you need to have that move in the moveset, then it gets a one-time replacement.
I want an awesome looking Fire Marowak where there is lava dripping out of the eye sockets.
Or tar.
I really want a La Brea Tar Pits inspired Pokemon.
Or tar.
I really want a La Brea Tar Pits inspired Pokemon.
mermaid Pokemon exist: Vaporeon
So Inferno Overdrive Ludicolo is a thing. And I just checked Heatran learns Solar Beam, so nevermind me, Bloom Doom Heatran is a thing as well..
Btw, on another note, I noticed something interesting in the website, where they talk about the Totem Pokémon:
Bold by me. That can mean when you're almost beating a Pokémon in a 1 on 1 battle, they might call for backups, and them you'll be facing a two on one battle against two random wild Pokémon. Imagine what hell you could be through if both of them happen to be shiny or one is a shiny and the other is a rare Pokémon in the route. That could be neat.
"Why is Alola Exeggutor Grass/Dragon type?" Power Swap. Back in 4th gen, I had a Sunny Day Doubles team with Exeggutor: It would use Leaf Storm, then Power Swap to simultaneously give its lowered SpAtk to an opponent and restore its own SpAtk. Sometimes it would also be passing off Intimidate debuffs or stealing Swords Dances or whatever. Good times. Anyway, Alola Exeggutor can most likely have both Leaf Storm and Draco Meteor, making this little gimmick far more versatile. That's likely the idea here.
"Why is Alola Sandslash Ice/Steel type?" Ice Ball + Gyro Ball. This is less certain, since Alola Sandshrew's description says it can't roll itself into a ball, but I wouldn't be surprised if it could still learn Defense Curl, Ice Ball, and Gyro Ball anyway, since it can curl itself into that spinning curling stone as seen in the trailer. And if the description's correct about its Speed being lower than Sandslash's, that's another boost for Gyro Ball on top of STAB.
I'm not saying that these gimmicks will necessarily be competitively viable, but I'm pretty sure this is GameFreak's line of thinking. It's similar to how lots of the 6th-gen mega-evolutions tried to push a specific gimmick, like Volt Switch Mega Manectric, Me First Mega Absol, and Bullet Seed/Rock Blast/Pin Missile Mega Heracross.
I have no idea if Mega Ninetales has such a gimmick. Any ideas?
"Why is Alola Sandslash Ice/Steel type?" Ice Ball + Gyro Ball. This is less certain, since Alola Sandshrew's description says it can't roll itself into a ball, but I wouldn't be surprised if it could still learn Defense Curl, Ice Ball, and Gyro Ball anyway, since it can curl itself into that spinning curling stone as seen in the trailer. And if the description's correct about its Speed being lower than Sandslash's, that's another boost for Gyro Ball on top of STAB.
I'm not saying that these gimmicks will necessarily be competitively viable, but I'm pretty sure this is GameFreak's line of thinking. It's similar to how lots of the 6th-gen mega-evolutions tried to push a specific gimmick, like Volt Switch Mega Manectric, Me First Mega Absol, and Bullet Seed/Rock Blast/Pin Missile Mega Heracross.
I have no idea if Mega Ninetales has such a gimmick. Any ideas?
INB4 Alolan Flygon, Bug/Dragon.
Regarding Oricorio, I personally think Sensu-Style has the most potential. Ghost/Flying's three immunities can distinguish it from the overall better defensive typing of Pom-Pom-Style, and it seems like the type to have decent supporting moves. Also, I can't help but wonder if the Styles will have differing learnsets, like Male and Female Meowstic.
sin(pi)
lucky n bad
Hmm, hadn't checked the main site. I'll take it with a pinch of salt though, remembering Escavalier.
As for more speculation:
Parental bond HA Egg confirmed?Official site said:
also am I the only one sad that Yungoos doesn't evolve into Olgoos?
I honestly see this Z boost as amazing in VGC since it's only 4 mons (but protect against a z boost, that would suck lol) but in OU....I just don't see sacking an item would be good for anybody in the long run, I can only see it on tanks who don't need an item like Hippowdon and maybe defensive Landorus-T. It wouldn't be anything more but a lure for everything else.
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