>make coolest Pokemon ever>give it shut stats Golurk should have been a semi legendary
>>59432080Can’t have it overshadowing the pokemkn that matter the most to game freak
>>59432080Her Mega fixed her
>59432101>her
When has subverting expectations EVER been a good thing in regards to Pokemon?I'm serious. What does Game Freak have to achieve with giving a Pokemon that has a good design shit stats?
>59432101>extremely masculine design>her
>>59432080was it even bad in gen V? I assume gamefreak was worried about Terrakion in VGC so they designed Golurk as a counter
>>594322761. it's just a robot 2. it's wearing a skirt and no pants
>>59432122Fuck, I really liked tropius when I was a kid. Dino + looked like some sort of sub-legendary to me in line with Lapras. He kind of received the Onix treatment
>>59432080I always saw him as a counterpart to bisharp. They could've been given regional forms based on knights in gen VIII themed around swords and shields but what do I know
>>59432981Tropius is a HM slave, nothing more.
>>59432981Nah Onix comes right at the start of the game with Brock, him sucking serves a gameplay purpose.>>59433023Has the right of it. Tropius becomes available right at the point in Hoenn where you're rapidly thrown like 4 different Water HM's. Which necessitates you switch over your current hybrid HM slave (usually Linoone) for a dedicated Water slave and a dedicated Non-Water slave, which Tropius fits because he learns every non-water HM in the game.
>>59433045The entire HM shit could've been a more fun mechanic like using your pokemon for more than battle but they were really bad moves most of the time (except water type ones) and ended up being very limitative
>>59433155I wonder why they went on their way to make them bad, apart from 3 or so moves.
>>59432080hm no sweetie, this pokemon is actually BAD because it was designed by JAMES TURNER *thunders* *flower pot breaks* *cat screams*
>>59433312Cut, Flash, and Rock Smash were always introduced very early in the game. They probably didn't want the player to have unlimited access to a move that was actually good.Strength is usually given mid-game, and is a decent move to have unlimited access to. It's worse than Return, but it's also free and doesn't require grinding happiness.Fly isn't bad at all against AI that doesn't know how to switch out.
>>59433395I remember when I was a kid I thought Fly was OP as fuck
>>59433023>Tropius is a HM slave, nothing more.And HMs no longer exist in modern games so therefor Tropius is entitled to significant buff.
>>59433045Onix could still work with like, 70 Attack and even 70 Spa, as long as you make his movepoll shit at the level that Brock uses it. With mostly Bind or Wrap I think he could still serve his purpose while being slightly better later on.
>>59434182Special attacking Onix is certainly an idea.
>GF hired a westerner>One of the first things they design is a golemThis shit writes itself.
>I really like this pokemon>it's too weak and should be buffedsoulless
>>59434406Making a pokemon that looks strong as hell and is cool, just to give stats on par with Hypno is criminal.Im not even saying that its BAD, just that I wanted it to be stronger. Give it Arcanine stats at least.
>>59434407It's already stronger than arcanine with basically the exact same bulk.
>>59434416But if it had its stats value, it could put all the extra into being bulkier.
