For me, it's pokemon #212, Scizor.
>charmander used ember!
>>728422587>Bullet punch
>>728422629>charmander toughen it up so you wouldn't feel sad!
>>728422510Would.
>>728422692>
He kinda looks like a Velvet Ant.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velvet_antThese things are so tough that you can try and cut them with scissors and fail.Flatten them with a brick, and you'll only make a crater.They're absurd.
if the pokemon is not part of gen 9's powercreep then it's useless
>>728422692What the hell were they thinking with this?
Well I'll tell you what I love. I love Scolipede
>>728422848scizor is OU right now doe
>bug/steelthrow it in the trash
>>728422629Scizor bros we got too cocky...
>>728422951why do people who don't play the games feel the need to give their opinion
>>728422510Fuck yeah.I'm an Aggron guy but Scizor is fucking sick.
>>728423349i could never get over how mega aggron's horns start on its shoulders and go through its head platemotherfucker can't turn its head
For me, it's Ceruledge and Chandelure
>>728422823They make a weird squeaky noise when theyre pissed
The modern mon designs are so gay it's unbelievable.
>>728423818ok man
>>728422848I don't give a shit because I only play gen 1-4 with qol romhacks.
>>728422951Elite type combo btw
>>728423854>from 1/280th of the roster looks bad>to 1/280 of the roster looks good
>>728423854It really is something how shitty he looks.
>>728422510Scizor's pretty great, but I prefer Weavile.
>>728422510>good type>good ability>good moves>good mega>perfect attendance (it's even in Pokken)Hasn't let me down yet
>>728424283shes my fav too
for me, it's pokemon #573, chillachino
>>728422510>way better stats and typing than scyther, only lacks speed>looks so lame compared to scyther, even the name is lameWhy are they like this?
>>728422510For me it's the honey badger
>>728425030t.hisuian little girl
Why does scizor always present her pussy?
>>728423854>>728424097>>728423997filtered
Most disappointing boring evo ever fuck this fag and fuck bullet punch everything bad and that’s gone wrong can be traced to this shit
>>728425153
>>7284225102008 was the cutoff date for it being cool to like Scizor. As soon as Pokemon Platinum gave it Bullet Punch, anyone who started liking Scizor afterward is a metafag poser.
>>728422510Coolest looking Jobbermon.
>>728424882It has the same stats as Scyther rearranged.
>>728422951
>>728425249Don't reply to me.
>The chimeric inclusion of multiple animal inspirations which makes it a unique creature instead of just 'This animal but it's a Pokemon's>Fierce, intimidating design (spikes) that still leaves room for cute charm points (big floppy ears)>Ground/Poison, the two coolest types>Learns Ice Beam and Thunderbolt and Flamethrower anyway because kaiju>Evolves early, never a bad point in any run to catch a Nidoran>One of the best cries in the series>The shinies switch gender colors and both look greatFor me? It's gotta be the king.
>>728425430But enough about "can't learn any bug moves to cover for psychic types 'til level 50" Heracross.
>>728425726>>The chimeric inclusion of multiple animal inspirations which makes it a unique creature instead of just 'This animal but it's a Pokemon'sit's just Baragon, bro.
>>728422510For me, it's Heracross. Love this nigga like you wouldn't believe.
>>728425673i'll keep that in mind
>>728425783Baragon is my favorite animal
>>728425748It has 125 attack dude, just hit them with whatever physical move you have and psychic nerds die anyway.
>>728425726>loses his dick CANONICALLY once you evolve himeunuch the pokemon
>>728425748Thank good the pokemon stadium cups were lv 50-55 or up to lv 100
>>728422510Shiny Scizor for me
>>728422510For me, it's pokemon #376, Metagross.
i am the only one who like this thing
>>728426207yeah
>>728426207I certainly hope so because that shit is hideous
>"We have Scizor at home.">Really good attack, defense and speed>Hustle kinda sucks but is fixed with Hones Claws>Pretty good coverage to slap fire types, flying, and other steel typesDurant is alright. Scizor still has the best design out of the bug/steels but Durant is a homie.Did Gen 5 really need three bug/steels?
>>728426207Still better than HeatranHoly FUCK that thing shouldn't exist
For me, it's pokemon #55, Golduck
>mogs your shitty games
>>728426207It's ugly but so is the real life turtle it's based off so
>>728425428I levelled 2 scizor to level 100 by just grinding the elite 4 every night in silver back in the day and I'm not gonna stop liking it because of some tourneyfag autism.
>>728425975Maybe so, but that won't stop me from feeling even slightly peeved over the fact that you can't even teach U-Turn to the fucking thing despite how practical and useful it is as a move (not to mention how early you get its TM in his region of origin)
>>728426376He looks chill and happy
i just think he's neat
Do any of you have stories about you using a shitmon or a pokemon you didn't really care about before but through battle or some clutch you've warmed up to them? For me its Kecleon.>Used it gen 3 and quickly boxed it due to color change being ass>Was doing a randomizer for UltraSun/UltraMoon and got it early in the game>Had its hidden ability before it got nerfed (fuck you greninja)>Slapped a assault vest onto it which transformed it into a Blissey>Gave it Feint/SuckerPunch/ShadowSneak/DrainPunch>Kept being able to switch types to force as many 'Not Very Effective' or 'It Doesn't Effect' Kecleon with the moveset>Single-handedly took out Ultra NecrozmaI'm happy ZA brought him back.
>>728426301NOBODY TELL THIS ANON ABOUT MEGA HEATRAN
This is probably what late 90s Capcom would send game freak if they asked to design some pokemon for them.
>>728422510I'm more of a Haxorus guy myself, can't go wrong with any design resembling an axe.
>>728426312Too bad he ass, ese.
>>728426207I actually do like it. It's not my favorite by far but it's a goofy little guy and I appreciate that.
>>728426714Weirdly, Chairzard YI avoided using charizard for over 20 years because it's so popular, but then I used it in ZA online (wanted to make a starter trio team) and my god it does work.I'm running-Heatwave-Scorched sand-solar beam-protect
>>728426207I think that particular kind of weird turtle has a place in the game like anything animal-like, but it isn't a dragon.
>>728422510>grinded a Scyther to level 100 back in Silver>didn't understand why it didn't evolvePokemon that only evolve by trading is bullshit.
>Fast as fuck>Still the only Poison/Flying>Fuck Fighting>Fuck Grass>Evolves early>Even earlier if it likes you>It's a batWhenever a Pokemon game doesn't have Zubat, everyone should be asking 'Where are the Zubat?'
>>728426714i'm a certified obstagoon hater but he was the absolute mvp of one of my pokerogue teams
>>728426862He's one of the few kanto mon that hasn't received any love. The only saving grace is, he's in every single game (until ZA)
>>728422510>>728426106For me, it's Scizor's beta design.
>>728426885No Flying STAB?
>>728427484what? air slash?>but hurricane50% accuracy in sun.
>>728427484flying moves aren't as valuable onlineheatwave for stabsolar beam for water pokeonscortched sand for electricprotect to save my from tbolt spam
>>728425726>The chimeric inclusion of multiple animal inspirations which makes it a unique creature instead of just 'This animal but it's a Pokemon'sThis is so weird to see cause I was autistically ruminating about this earlier today. I think if you can make something look like nothing but itself you've excelled at creature design.
For me, its Slowlix
>>728426714i remember swalot saving my ass while i was playing some edgy fangame whose name i can't remember, i reached a double battle against some sort of demon galvantula(?) and i started spamming acid spray while my companion did all the damage
>>728426714For me it was Ursaring, the Ignored Bear pokemon no one cared about. I had one as an HM slave and thought that, like all HM slaves, if you were down to just that Pokemon, you probably lost. When that transpired for real, he got statused and gigafucked the enemy team like they were paper. For a literal who Normal type, you'd be surprised how heavy one can hit.
>>728426207Every Pokemon has a person who has it as a favorite. Hell, that Japanese poll from ages ago showed that everything has at least one person who likes it. Save for Simisear that one time, but people immediately pretended they liked it next time there was a poll.
Haunter, #93
I like venomoth
>>728426457it's not a dragonfly, of course it can't learn u-turn. Only dragonfly bugs and every single nonbug is allowed that one. Next you'll be mad about the distribution of stealth rock or volt tackle.
>>728427727That's the best example. Slowpoke is Slowpoke. I don't know how else to describe it, it's a Slowpoke. Bulbasaur. It's like a frog dinosaur with cat ears. But I never think of it as those things, it's just Bulbasaur. Mostly the early gens did this, I think it's superior design. It's also hard to do.
>>728428654>Butterfree at 10>Venomoth at 31Patience is rewarded with the superior bug.
>>728426714Skuntank in a recent platinum playthrough. Had absolutely no idea how strong poison/dark was
>>728425748megahorn is all you need for psychics or anything else in your path
>>728423349>"I'm an aggron guy">post mega AggronC'monAlso this dude should be steel ground or just steel. Rock is a shit type.
Scizor and Umbreon are 2 of my favorite mons of all time
>>728428654Venomoth had some real clown shit it could do with each of its abilities, it's one of my favorites still.
>>728425726Simple kajui/monster mons are far and aways the very best pokemon gets.
>>728429167Rock needs buffs not aggron
Any azumarillfags here? I have no idea how popular pikableu is
Pidgeot has been one of my all time favorites since I was 8>catch a pidgeotto in viridian forest>proceed to use it the entire game by itselfWas lvl 100 by the 8th gym while every other pokemon I owned was in the 30sBeen my bro ever since
>>728426207>too many angles>too many colors>design too complicatedNot a pokemon to me. Gen 1 and 2 were as pokemon as it gets, then the number of designs that were actually good went down each generation until it turned into a handful of good ones each gen.
>>728428920>erm heracross doesn't learn an obvious move for its type which you get access to in the same city where you can catch it because... it doesn't have wingsRefer to https://files.catbox.moe/r2axt0.gif>>728429089Then maybe it shouldn't fucking learn it at level 55
xatu 4 life
>>728429167buddy, aggron has literally one positive trait and that's that it has a 150 base power stab move with an ability that removes its downside. making it steel/ground would turn it into a shitty steelix, and making it mono steel would just put it into limbo where it has no niche over any other steel type.
>>728429559>aggron has one positive traitNot an aggron guy, I see
all fat normal type pokemonMainly Snorlax, Chansey/Blissey and Miltank
>>728429489I was glad when Radical Red included Ceruledge and Armarouge so that I could use them in a game. I'm not paying for Pokemon anymore after it consistently got worse game after game, but those two were cool as fuck.
for me, it's Bagon
For me it was Starmie until this happened to it. There is no future for Starmie anymore.
>>728422510>swords dance 1st turn>roost 2nd turn>bullet punch 3rd turn>ability: technicianoh yeah, it's time to game
for me, it's annihilape
>>728429898>tfw no manic pixie dream girl to bully mescizor gets all the luck...
>>728429829You are a sad old man
>>728426457At least it can get Lunge now. I agree it should learn some more bug moves but I'm not too bothered, bug is a terrible attacking type and it's rare for me to wish I had a bug move other than Megahorn
>>728429829Ermmm where's your heckin' whimsy?
>>728426714Is Zangoose considered a shitmon? It probably is with how low most of its stats are compared to its attack, so I'll roll with that rather than saying I didn't care about it, cause if what I'm about to mention isn't caring, then I don't know what is.Anyhow, my memory's a bit blurry here, but this is what I can remember:>wanted it for my first emerald playthrough, not knowing that it was exclusive to ruby>as soon as I found out about this, my emerald progress came to a halt, immediately booted up my ruby rom and started working my way up to the point where you can find Zangoose>finally caught one, immediately transferred it to my emerald save through trading>as I went on, I discovered how much of a glass cannon the poor thing actually was, can't remember a single fight where it wasn't downed in 1 hit>still kept it in my team, a cool design will force you to make stupid choices like those>taught it crush claw, strength, swords dance and detect, pretty sure those last two moves helped it keep up a lot more in fights>made it all the way to the elite four, can't say I remember using it a lot throughout the whole thing, until I reached Wallace, at least>my team barely kept up with his, everytime I took down one of his 'mons, the next one immediately knocked out mine>eventually, it all came down to his Milotic and my Sceptile yes I chose Treecko, not exactly proud of that now>managed to weaken it before Sceptile died to blizzard>ran out of revives by this point>Zangoose was my only pokemon left, sent it out hoping for the best>it fucking tanked Milotic's attack>then killed it with Strength>I won the fight by the skin of my teeth thanks to the weakest pokemon in my team, all because I liked its designIf I ever touched Hoenn again, I wouldn't think twice before repeating this exact same process, Zangoose fucking rocks.
>>728430440zangoose is the posterboy for wasted potential shitmons
favorite trainer?
>>728430546Yeah that sounds about right, but it still holds a special place in my heart
>>728426714Azumarill. I was a kid at the perfect age when emerald came out but I never bothered with him because marill's were literally just blue mouses and I didn't give a fuck. Fast forward 2 decades later I play HeartGold every few years when I get the pokemon itch and just randomly decided to try him >Ability: Huge Power>this pokemon's attack stat is DOUBLED>Move: Belly Drum>Raises the user's Attack by 12 stages in exchange for the user losing 1/2 of its maximum HP, rounded downThis little egg shit is insane. Get Aqua Jet on him and you have a stab move that has priority. Get Aqua Ring on him and couple it with a Leftovers and you heal 1/8th of your hp per turn which helps mitigate Belly Drum's hp costHonestly one of my favorite pokemon now this setup is so fun. I've even learned to like his design
>>728430564ClayNo waifus, only head honcho activities
>>728424394>perfect attendanceIt isn't in gen 1
>>728425863Fuck yeah
>catch this cute little gremlin>but his stats fucking suck and even his move list is worse than the version counterpartwhy does gamefreak always sabotage the pokemons I like?
>>728431586pretty sure this fucker has been in world championship winning teams multiple times, the prankster tailwind combo alone makes him an s-tier supportmon
>>728431586yeah they really sabotaged it with prankster
>>728426207more like turdonator lmao
>>728429862need clussy
>>728431586 Because Game Freak designs 80% of the dex like they're throwing darts at a wall labeled "useless", "mid", and "someone’s favorite childhood plush". Your gremlin probably hit all three. But then they hand it one busted ability like Prankster or Intimidate just so competitive nuts can scream "it’s viable bro, trust".It’s the eternal Pokécycle: >neat design >trash stats >dependent on one gimmick to stay afloat >gets ignored next gen anywayStill better than being Flareon.
>>728433536>talking like you know everything >doesn't know whimsicott is a top tier pokemoncome on anon you took the bait, hook line and sinker
>>728433285what are you straight and a good taste haver?https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCusMA5ox-o9FPSdgNU6LUpA
>>728431586>consistently makes appearances in high-level play in the official format>durr it's le sabotagedabsolute fucking retard.
I like playing only from gen 1 to gen 4 (and the romhack of the same gen range that doesn't include gen 5+ Pokémon and fairy type).I have BW more than a decade but just thinking about this game is giving nausea. I fucking hate gen 5 for ruining this series
>>728429829It was pretty funny for 15 min.
Slugma
>>728434479slugma what?
I miss this lil nigga like you wouldn't BELIEVE
>>728422510>>728422889>>728425726>>728426157>>728426834>>728429167>>728430440Love these little niggas like you wouldn’t believe. Add on Marowak and Noivern and the list is complete.
For ME it's MonKE
>>728429446>Was lvl 100 by the 8th gymHow?
>>728435310profuse grinding
>>728423487She cute
>>728435310I literally only used that one pokemon and grinded for funI was 8
>>728434167>Brings up 5th Gen completely unprompted just to talk about how he hates it
Hello, I love Gliscor
>>728423487I've never seen this before and this just looks like a yugioh card
>>728436310my favorite poison/ground/bug/flying type!
https://www.smogon.com/dex/bw/pokemon/whimsicott/this says he's ru are you guys trying to prank me?
>>728436310I got a shiny gligar in my recent Platinum playthrough and boxed it because it wasn't in my team plans.
>>728425627This thing's going to be broken isn't he
>>728436565>I got a shiny gligarWas it actually a shiny? Gligar has a fucked up color scheme in Gen 4, I literally see someone say they found a shiny Gligar in Platinum like once a month and it turns out they were just duped by its weird colors lol.It's funny Gliscor is one of the best Pokemon in the game but always gets cucked by Gible you can catch in the cave right next to Gligar, lol.
>>728423487Armarouge > Ceruledge
>>728436546you're trying way too hard
>>728436546>candyland fanfic meta
>>728436750no I don't know anything about pokemon tourneyfags. I still play like I did when I was 10 and give all of my pokemons 4 attack moves.
>>728436691it better be, I have PRAYED every day ever since the leak so that the my nigga Golisopod would finally get his flowers.
>>728436806whimsicott is a lot worse in singles, and smogon pretty much exclusively cares about singles metagames. in doubles VGC meta, whimsicott is much better because speed control is everything and you don't waste an entire turn setting up speed when your partner pokemon will also get a move that turnthere's other reasons as well, like being able to lock pokemon into protect/setup moves with encore, trick room if you want that kind of speed setup instead, endeavor for cheeky KOs, there's lots of support sets it can run. but prankster tailwind is by far the main reason why it is goated in doubles.
>>728429167Mono steel would make it unable to kill anything.
>>728436546heysee where it says "Formats: RU"? try clicking on VGC12.
>>728426157How did they put something this unbelievably brutal and badass in a Pokemon game. When I first saw Steven send this thing out I nearly shit myself in fear.
>>728437162double battles are like 2% of the actual single player game though so for the content I'm actually playing I don't see how I'm wrong.
>>728436310I love Gliscor too
If a flying type can't learn fly it has no point.
>>728438210i've never been able to use any of the bug/flying mons because of thisnot having fly is so incredibly inconvenientsorry yanmega, i know your dex entries say you can carry an adult human in flight but you don't learn fly so it's the box for you
>>728436691The raw stats are good but like most of the new megas, it'll depend on the ability. Knowing gamefreak they'll more than likely give it yet another renamed Emergency Exit to keep up the joke.
>>728438210It feels extra good to make some kind of sandstorm or toxic stall moveset on your Fly pokemon so that even your Fly turns help kill the enemy.
>>72842671499% of the fun of Pokémon PvP battling for me comes from hitting people with the silliest knowledge checks. Some of the "shitters" down there have options for days.Lots of Pokémon can rep that but i'll go for Shiftry for brevity's sake. Cool ass tengu can be used in sun, he can explode, he can boost his Spa or Atk, he's got Fake Out for the lead metagame or VGC peeps, Tailwind for support, mixed attacker, access to Flying/Fire/Fighting/Ice coverage, he can defog, he can Will-O-Wisp, he's got Toxic Spikes.Can I run a Pokémon that does all of this better or is safer? Probably. But in something like Draft or if you're fucking around with friends, he'll raise eyebrows and look cool as shit doing it. Really shows the potential of the franchise (and how it squanders it, like practically all of its aspects).
I just realized 90% of these humanoid / bipedal. Pokemon really isn't that creative
For me, it's Skarmory. Though I never realized it's a defensive pokemon when I was a kid, it just looks cool
>>728439418>Explosion>near every Flying moveWhat the fuck Shiftry? Explain this bullshit NOW.
>>728439693Tengu are bird people.Actually, why the fuck wasn't it a flying type? Whys it grass?
>>728429726haha headbutt
>>728422823>Velvet AntIs that the one with the extremely painful sting?They say it's worse than a Wandering Spider bite. And that's saying A LOT.
>>728436691You're using your mega slot for ferrothorn with +1/+19/+4 in bulk?
>>728439693Seedot Nuzleaf and Shiftry have three completely different and often mutually exclusive learnsets in earlier games. in later games they just kinda let shiftry learn everything at the same time.
>>728439418I've always wanted to use Shiftry but I always get hit by a realization that my current set would have been better as a Cacturne or something else. How do you balance it so that your 4 moves are both powerful and unique?
>>728422629>It's not very effective...
>>728437840If you can't win the piss easy games with a single Pokemon that's a you issue
>>728422629>252+ Atk Life Orb Technician Scizor Bullet Punch vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Charmander: 135-160 (61.6 - 73%) -- guaranteed 2HKO>0 SpA Charmander Flamethrower vs. 120 HP / 0 SpD Scizor: 312-372 (100.3 - 119.6%) -- guaranteed OHKO
>>728439627Good taste. Picking the coolest mons and disregarding their stats is the best way to play anyway. I wish I was still clueless about stats, natures, IVs, etc. It was way more fun to just click the moves with the coolest animations and catching everything rather than having my enjoyment ruined by my autism subtly telling me to optimize my team in these piss easy baby games.
>>728429726IT'S BAGON!!!I LOVE YOU I LOVE BAGON I LOVE YOU I LOVE BAGON
No one replied to my azumarill post even hours later. I am disappointed
>>728440101Ferro was pretty popular on rain teams in Swsh, depending on what Pokemon are available it wouldn’t surprise me to see him
>>728422510For me, it's the McChicken.
>>728443582the McChicken:
purugly
>>728441550>life orb instead of choice band>120 hp scizor instead of 252 hpretard.
>>728423997He just pointed out one, not that it was the only one.
>>728438713I feel like the massively increased focus on defense would let them get rid of it, maybe in favor of something involving those extra arms
>>728429489>>too many colors>>design too complicatedAre you retarded?
For me it's red Genesect from Pokemon movie: Pokémon the Movie Genesect and the Legend Awakened
>>728426714Yes, the immortal MvP of my BW1 team.Also have this story with ORAS release>breed this one Sigilyph set with STORED POWER/Psycho Shift/Cosmic Power/Roost>allegedly easy to use and win with>unstoppable by anything that isn't dark/fire at the same time>wanna try it online>first match>"Anon sends out Houndoom">ragequit
>>728426312Is Golduck meant to be vaguely jewish or am I reaching?
>>728446335na, he's a kappa platypus hybrid
I like turtles
>>728426714I dont know if its meta but I put one of these goobers in my Platinum team becuase I thought it looked funny and it ended doing alot of leg work all the way up to Cynthia. I now try to keep one on my team in future games.
>>728448128I wish I could like these but their cry is absolute ear torture. It makes them completely unusable.
>>728429726I LOVE THIS LITTLE NIGGER WITH ALL MY HEART I DONT CARE IF YOU SUCK YOURE A WINNER BAGEL A WINNER
#52 Meowth and #53 Persiani loved the idea of Pay Day back when first playing it, and we had a pet cat.
>>728439983that's the bullet ant, maybe a different name? I'm not opening another tab today.
>>728444213why would you give scizor HP investment when it's not a defensive monalso>Needing HP investment to survive CharmanderPathetic
For me, it's this low poly duck
>>728448428Nta but if Scizor is going to frequently unga bunga bullet punch there’s no reason to invest speed. Doubly so if we’re playing the new game where speed does fucking nothing
>>728449525>Doubly so if we’re playing the new game where speed does fucking nothingeh? qrd?
>>728441550dude wtf...
>>728434605Slugmal'Ganis
>>728449604In Legends Zygarde real time combat system speed reduces your cooldowns but the conversion rate is so low that nobody EVs for speed
>>728449938Hello cheese, finish the premium already
Cherubi
>>728452438I have shitmon fatigue
>>728453081
>>728426669Venonat was one of my earliest favorites.Such a neat little guy.
>>728426714Fearow.>playing a emerald randomizer back in the early 2010s, probably like 2012/2013 or so>get a spearow as one of my first encounters>had randomized movesets on and it got both recover and protect super early>proceeds to become the defensive backbone of my team despite being relatively frail>eventually get to norman>one slaking was replaced with a salamence>the other was replaced with a moltres>half my team is NFE, presume i'm about to wipe>fearow proceeds to 1v1 both of them>became one of my favourite pokemon after that
>>728444213>>728449889It's a set on smogon
>>728444213>le life orb is bad may mayQuit playing your shitty boots metas
>>728434605Pizza
I love this bird. Arrest whoever came up with sky battles.
>>728422510Torterra is my absolute NIGGER
>>72845364290s, library after school, friend had a Fearow and I'd never seen it, it was so cool. I think he caught it outside Saffron, not leveling Spearowturns out I like Pidgeot more so all good
>>728457190Fuschia* the one below cycling road
>>728439627>Love skarmory>Sky battles ruin its cool-factor for multiple generations with shitty gliding in place animations>Gets a mega>It's just painted gold and given big feetSuffering.At least the mega's strong.
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