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Sword & Shield **Official news only** DLC Crown Tundra 22nd October
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Eh it'll get extra stab, could be more minmaxed, gets to ignore spore moves and prankster
It'll probably have some niche.
Prankstertrollo
Banned deucer.
Base 103-119 HP.
It will be bulky!
Also we heard that it can heal itself with the vines around its body. Will be a bulky monkey/tank with an unique healing move, imo.
It will be bulky!
Also we heard that it can heal itself with the vines around its body. Will be a bulky monkey/tank with an unique healing move, imo.
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That should refer it having Leaf Guard as ability.
That's... quite the thicc monkey actually if they didn't go overboard with maximizing the stats.
I do wonder if they'll go with a unique archetype of fast+bulky with small offences
Prankstertrollo
Banned deucer.
I really do not think, that they maximized / Ev-trained it in this showcase. Also it is Lvl 60, like it was just caught in the wild. And Marshadow is also classified as a mythical with a base 90 HP and not base 100.
And yet, 103-119 is what it has.
I love this idea and will now be disappointed when it doesn't happen. Though I hope that if it did somehow happen they're not all dark, but the types that the starters "should have" been! How about... Water/ghost (pleeeease), and just to make it even more hilarious, fire/fighting.
Zarude's design is fine by me, looks kind of gremlin-esque, which I like but was also not that surprising based on the silhouette. I like the effect of its wrist vines. I wouldn't be surprised if we don't get it until the movie it features in, but I hope that with the new era of dlc they actually distribute it globally this time instead of making non-Japanese players wait an extra several months.
I'm in awe at how elegant Zarude's inspiration is. Monkeys use their long prehensile tails to grab and swing, and are usually depicted as swinging on vines (not sure how accurate that actually is, but whatever). It seems so obvious to make a grass monkey that uses vines just like a monkey would use its tail, and when it uses them to swing, it is literally swinging on vines.
How was this not already a thing?
How was this not already a thing?
Most likely because for whatever reason excluding the Simi- (which were meant to mimic starters), all other monkeys so far for whatever reason are Fighting or Psychic type.
Darmanitan and Rillaboom.
Chimchar, Slakoth, Aipom... I think there's only a single psychic-type monkey, actually.
wait. darmanitan is based off a monkey? Well i suppose it's tecnically based off a... Gorilla?
Gorillas, and apes in general, don't have tails while monkeys do, making Darmanitan more gorilla/ape-like than monkey-like.
I gotcha, thanks for the biology explanation o.o
Thinking of it, I should have said "fighting or normal type" before the introduction of Rillaboom.
(When I said Psychic i was thinking of Oranguru in fact)
From what the preview shows, it gets Power Whip & Swagger as moves.
That’s all I can tell in regards to moves.
Possibly bulky physical powerhouse?
That’s all I can tell in regards to moves.
Possibly bulky physical powerhouse?
Well the one screenshot we have shows a HP stat that could range around 100-120 so there's a good chance it's a bulky phisical type.
Ah yes my favorite mythical:
Black-colored Crash Bandicoot with a Purgly mask and green floaties on the arms.
Ah yes my favorite mythical:
Black-colored Crash Bandicoot with a Purgly mask and green floaties on the arms.
I don't see the resemblance.
I think Zarude is pretty cool. I'm not surprised about it being a monkey since it seems like the upcoming movie will have be jungle themed, so that makes sense. I like how they made it battle a Rillaboom in the trailer, two grass monkeys against each other. I get the impression that Zarude will be a Physical attacker going by its design, but who knows? Looking forward to more details about it.
