Pokémon: Girafarig
Ability Modified: Early Bird
New Ability Name: Earthly Wizard
New Ability Effect: On switch-in, Gravity begins until this ability is not active in battle.
Typing: Electric / Psychic
Stats: 70 / 80 / 90 (+25) / 105 (+15) / 75 (+10) / 105 (+20) {BST: 535}
Movepool Changes:
- + Earth Power, Fire Blast, Volt Switch
- - Zap Cannon
Competitive Role: No fast electrics, so here’s one with some unique stuff due to Gravity, allowing it to use Earth Power on Flyings and click Thunder and Blizzard for big damage.
Pokemon: Gourgeist
Ability Modified: Pickup
New Ability Name: Wick Up
New Ability Effect: This Pokemon draws Fire moves to itself to raise its Speed by 1, Fire immunity.
Typing: Ghost / Grass
Stats:
(Super) 95 (+10) / 110 (+10) / 122 / 58 / 75 / 64 (+10)
(Large) 85 (+10) / 105 (+10) / 122 / 58 / 75 / 79 (+10)
(Normal) 75 (+10) / 100 (+10) / 122 / 58 / 75 / 94 (+10)
(Small) 65 (+10) / 95 (+10) / 122 / 58 / 75 / 109 (+10)
{BST: 524}
Movepool Changes:
Competitive Role: Halloween pumpkins are often lit with a candle, so I thought an ability based around that could be pretty nice considering it could synergize well with its Grass-typing. Fire Lash also acts as an excellent move for more offensive sets on this mon too, and its defensive sets are quite viable too.
Pokemon: Vespiquen
Ability Modified: Pressure
New Ability Name: Oppressor
New Ability Effect: Prevents other Pokemon from lowering this Pokemon’s stat stages, reflects stat changes back at opponent(s).
Typing: Bug / Fighting
Stats: 70 / 100(+20) / 117 (+15) / 80 / 117 (+15) / 40 {BST: 524}
Movepool Changes:
- + Bulk Up, Close Combat, Drain Punch, Superpower
Competitive Role: Defensive option that can support teammates through Sableye’s Mean Eye / other stat dropping abilities or moves. Good Defogger, also has a pretty usable typing both offensively and defensively to do this.
Pokemon: Kabutops
Ability Modified: Weak Armor
New Ability Name: Wear Armor
New Ability Effect: Ground-/Water-type attacks deal damage to this Pokemon with a halved attacking stat.
Typing: Rock / Water
Stats: 90 (+30) / 115 / 105 / 65 / 70 / 90 (+10) {BST: 535}
Movepool Changes:
Competitive Role: Wear as in erosion, the elements, etc. - it has extra protection against them. Kabutops’ performance is often limited by its mediocre defensive typing and stats when compared to other options. This ability allows it to offer more defensively, now resisting water and no longer being weak to ground, while being more fast and bulky statwise, and having First Impression to beat grasses more consistently.
Pokemon: Aerodactyl
Ability Modified: Rock Head
New Ability Name: Crackhead
New Ability Effect: If this Pokemon becomes confused, it cures its confusion and restores ¼ of its max HP
Typing: Dragon / Flying
Stats: 90 (+10) / 110 (+5) / 85(+20) / 60 / 85 (+10) / 120 (-10) {BST: 550}
Movepool Changes:
Competitive Role: Kind of a mix between offensive prowess and defensive utility due to its movepool and ability, which allows it to use Outrage quite well, which can be really nice especially when paired with DD, however it is a bit slower to compensate. Its movepool is already quite solid as is, so I didn’t change that.