CAP 29 - Art Poll 1

[QxC4eva]

It's time for the biggest and most anxiety inducing stage of CAP 29! Starting now is the first round where we decide the face of the CAP. Our artists have worked very hard for this day and their work has been nothing short of AMAZING -- big shout outs to you all!! Reminder to voters that you may list as many options as you like and the order of your preferences DOES NOT matter.

CAP 29 So Far

Topic Leadership Team:

Topic Leader: Birkal
Typing Stage Leader: quziel
Ability Stage Leader: Tadasuke
Stats Stage Leader: 2spoopy4u
Movepool Stage Leader: SHSP

Concept:

Name: Defective Ability

Description: This Pokemon manages to work around an ability that is generally considered harmful, and is viable, or even better for it.

Justification: Defective Ability is an Actualization concept; aiming to create a Pokemon that works around, or works with, an ability that would be considered bad on most pokemon.

There is not a single Pokemon ranked above NU that has a generally negative ability; for good reason, while most pokemon gain a benefit from their ability, these Pokemon are held back. Golisopod, the currently highest ranked pokemon with a negative ability is also unique among its brethren in that its movepool is set up to synergize, and benefit from its ability Emergency Exit, with First Impression benefiting heavily from being switched out directly after use. A non-exhaustive list of negative abilities is Color Change, Defeatist, Emergency Exit, Klutz, Normalize, Slow Start, Stall, Truant. These abilities are yet-untouched by CAP, and I believe that exploring them with typings, movepools, and stats specifically meant to work with, and work around their shortcomings can help us to understand more about how abilities interact with CAPs, and how important the ability slot really is. I do not consider a NCA to be a defective ability as it does not specifically have to be planned around.

This concept aims to question how impactful these abilities are when their downsides are specifically planned for, their strengths, if any, are accentuated, and how viable of a CAP we can make with a handicap in the ability stage.

Questions To Be Answered:

• How much of a drawback is a negative ability? How much should a negative ability be compensated for in the typing, move, and stats stages?
• Are there some negative abilities that are more suited to exploration in a CAP process? Why or Why not?
• If a negative ability is chosen for a primary what abilities are suitable for a secondary ability slot? Purely negative ones, or is there a situation where a pokemon would prefer an ability generally thought of as negative?
• How does typing interact with a negative ability like this; slow start obviously wants a Toxic immunity due to how long it'll stay on the field, but is it needed, do other abilities have strong typing-ability interactions.
• How can movepool change the impact of a harmful ability? Golisopod shows that it is possible to leverage the early switch out, are other negative abilities something that can be leveraged or minimized with the correct movepool?
• How much do stats have to compensate for a negative ability, what are the ideal stat spreads for each negative ability?
• How can we define a "generally harmful ability"? What are some metrics to define it? Are comparisons with neutral abilities helpful?
• Which abilities can be worked with? Which abilities can only be worked around? Is it better to choose an ability that can be worked with? or only around?

Primary Ability: Color Change

Typing: Dark/Poison

Concept Assessment 2 Closing Post

Defining Moves:
Required: Calm Mind, Consistent 50% Recovery, Sludge Bomb, Dark Pulse
Optional: Coil, Strength Sap, Gunk Shot, Knock Off, Scald, Ice Beam

Stats: 85 HP / 85 Atk / 115 Def / 115 SpA / 100 SpD / 100 Spe (600 BST)


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The voting options are:

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NoahIOTJ

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Meliiow

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JuanJohn

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Slickedbackartisan

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Yokaiju

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PsychLantern

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chuckeroo777

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Mos-Quitoxe

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Zephyri

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Pipotchi

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Z-nogyroP

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StephXPM

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Golurkyourself

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Yilx

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DrifblooomCF

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Mova

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Explosion Badger

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Magikarpet ride

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Sunfished

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Quotidian

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Brambane

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Slapperfish

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Shadowshocker

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Missing Dev 0

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Gravity Monkey

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Quanyails

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JAGFL

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Darek851

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House_of_Radiance

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KoA

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Amamama

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A_Magical_Liopleurodon

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Psy the Psychic Boss

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inkbug

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Morghulis

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paintseagull

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Glacios Ionic

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Magmajudis

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StarGirl686

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T-Okay

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DougJustDoug

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Pinesmoke

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BlorengeRhymes

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Those voting options without formatting:

NoahIOTJ
Meliiow
JuanJohn
Slickedbackartisan
Yokaiju
PsychLantern
chuckeroo777
Mos-Quitoxe
Zephyri
Pipotchi
Z-nogyroP
StephXPM
Golurkyourself
Yilx
DrifblooomCF
Mova
Explosion Badger
Magikarpet ride
Sunfished
Quotidian
Brambane
Slapperfish
Shadowshocker
Missing Dev 0
Gravity Monkey
Quanyails
JAGFL
Darek851
House_of_Radiance
KoA
Amamama
A_Magical_Liopleurodon
Psy the Psychic Boss
inkbug
Morghulis
paintseagull
Glacios Ionic
Magmajudis
StarGirl686
T-Okay
DougJustDoug
Pinesmoke
BlorengeRhymes

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This poll will be open for 48 hours.

 

[Mova]

NoahIOTJ
Meliiow
JuanJohn
Slickedbackartisan
Yokaiju
PsychLantern
chuckeroo777
Mos-Quitoxe
Zephyri
Pipotchi
Z-nogyroP
StephXPM
Golurkyourself
Yilx
DrifblooomCF
Mova
Explosion Badger
Magikarpet ride
Sunfished
Quotidian
Brambane
Slapperfish
Shadowshocker
Missing Dev 0
Gravity Monkey
Quanyails
JAGFL
Darek851
House_of_Radiance
KoA
Amamama
A_Magical_Liopleurodon
Psy the Psychic Boss
inkbug
Morghulis
paintseagull
Glacios Ionic
Magmajudis
StarGirl686
T-Okay
DougJustDoug
Pinesmoke
BlorengeRhymes

 

[Birkal]

Meliiow
Slickedbackartisan
Yokaiju
PsychLantern
Mos-Quitoxe
Pipotchi
Z-nogyroP
StephXPM
Golurkyourself
Yilx
Sunfished
Quotidian
Gravity Monkey
House_of_Radiance
KoA
Amamama
inkbug
paintseagull
T-Okay
DougJustDoug
Pinesmoke
BlorengeRhymes

 

[StarFalcon555]

Quotidian
House_of_Radiance
Gravity Monkey
Shadowshocker
DougJustDoug
inkbug
Morghulis
Amamama
Brambane
Explosion Badger
Darek851

Modedit: Fixing spelling of "Quotidian".

 

[Brown4Sides]

Mos-Quitoxe
Zephyri
Golurkyourself
Shadowshocker
Darek851
Morghulis
Glacios Ionic
DougJustDoug

 

[Quanyails]

NoahIOTJ
Meliiow
Yokaiju
Mos-Quitoxe
Pipotchi
Z-nogyroP
StephXPM
Golurkyourself
Sunfished
Gravity Monkey
Quanyails
JAGFL
Amamama
Psy the Psychic Boss
paintseagull
T-Okay
BlorengeRhymes

 

[Yoshiblaze]

Gravity Monkey
Mos-Quitoxe
Zephyri
Yilx
Mova
Sunfished
Brambane
House_of_Radiance
Amamama
StarGirl686
DougJustDoug

 

[BlorengeRhymes]

NoahIOTJ
Meliiow
Yokaiju
Mos-Quitoxe
Zephyri
Pipotchi
Z-nogyroP
StephXPM
Golurkyourself
Sunfished
Gravity Monkey
Amamama
Psy the Psychic Boss
inkbug
T-Okay
Pinesmoke
BlorengeRhymes

 

[Zetalz]

Meliiow
Yokaiju
Yilx
Quotidian
Brambane
Slapperfish
KoA
StarGirl686
Mos-Quitoxe

 

[kjnjkmjk1]

Meliiow
Slickedbackartisan
Yokaiju
Zephyri
Pipotchi
Z-nogyroP
Golurkyourself
Quotidian
Brambane
Slapperfish
Shadowshocker
Gravity Monkey
Darek851
KoA
Morghulis
StarGirl686

 

[MrDollSteak]

NoahIOTJ
Meliiow
Yokaiju
Pipotchi
Z-nogyroP
Golurkyourself
Sunfished
Gravity Monkey
Quanyails
House_of_Radiance
Psy the Psychic Boss
Morghulis
paintseagull
Amamama
T-Okay
DougJustDoug
BlorengeRhymes
Zephyri

 

[Z-nogyroP]

Meliiow
Pipotchi
Z-nogyroP
StephXPM
Quotidian
Gravity Monkey
T-Okay

 

[Pipotchi]

NoahIOTJ
Meliiow
Yokaiju
Zephyri
Pipotchi
StephXPM
Golurkyourself
Yilx
Sunfished
Quotidian
Slapperfish
Gravity Monkey
Quanyails
KoA
Amamama
inkbug
T-Okay
DougJustDoug
Pinesmoke
BlorengeRhymes

 

[Yilx]

Yilx
Mos-Quitoxe
Zephyri
StephXPM
Golurkyourself
Quanyails
DougJustDoug
Sunfished
Quotidian
Yokaiju
Explosion Badger
Slapperfish

 

[Panic Station]

NoahIOTJ
Slickedbackartisan
Mos-Quitoxe
Pipotchi
Z-nogyroP
StephXPM
Golurkyourself
Yilx
Explosion Badger
Sunfished
Quotidian
Slapperfish
Shadowshocker
Gravity Monkey
Quanyails
JAGFL
Darek851
House_of_Radiance
KoA
Amamama
A_Magical_Liopleurodon
Psy the Psychic Boss
Morghulis
Glacios Ionic
StarGirl686
DougJustDoug
Pinesmoke
BlorengeRhymes

 

[DrifblooomCF]

BlorengeRhymes
T-Okay
Mos-Quitoxe
Yokaiju
DrifblooomCF
Explosion Badger
Pipotchi
Pinesmoke
JAGFL
StephXPM
Slapperfish

 

[Brambane]

NoahIOTJ
Meliiow
Yokaiju
T-Okay
Gravity Monkey
KoA
Mos-Quitoxe
Quanyails
Psy the Psychic Boss
paintseagull
Quotidian
Slapperfish
Brambane
Mova
Sunfished
Yilx
Zephyri
Pipotchi
Z-nogyroP
PsychLantern
StephXPM

 

[Gravity Monkey]

NoahIOTJ
Meliiow
Slickedbackartisan
Yokaiju
Zephyri
Pipotchi
Z-nogyroP
StephXPM
Golurkyourself
Yilx
Sunfished
Quotidian
Gravity Monkey
Quanyails
JAGFL
Slapperfish
Shadowshocker
Amamama
A_Magical_Liopleurodon
KoA
BlorengeRhymes
Pinesmoke
T-Okay
paintseagull
inkbug

 

[Mos-Quitoxe]

Meliiow
Slickedbackartisan
Yokaiju
Mos-Quitoxe
Pipotchi
Z-nogyroP
StephXPM
Golurkyourself
Yilx
DrifblooomCF
Sunfished
Quotidian
Slapperfish
Gravity Monkey
Quanyails
House_of_Radiance
Amamama
Psy the Psychic Boss
inkbug
paintseagull
T-Okay
Pinesmoke
BlorengeRhymes

 

[sun_dew]

JAGFL
BlorengeRhymes
Inkbug
Sunfished
Golurkyourself
Z-nogyroP
Meliiow
Slickedbackartisan
Pipotchi
paintseagull

Modedit: Fixing spelling of "Slickedbackartisan".

 

[Deku Prince]

JuanJohn
Yokaiju
PsychLantern
Mos-Quitoxe
Pipotchi
Z-nogyroP
Golurkyourself
Sunfished
Gravity Monkey
Quanyails
Darek851
House_of_Radiance
KoA
Amamama
A_Magical_Liopleurodon
inkbug
Morghulis
paintseagull
Glacios Ionic
StarGirl686
Pinesmoke
BlorengeRhymes

Modedit: Fixing spelling of "inkbug".

 

[thundergoos]

Gravity Monkey
Pipotchi
Sunfished
Amamama
Quanyails
T-Okay
DougJustDoug
Quotidian
Golurkyourself

In order of most preferred:

In addition to going off of which designs I like the most, I’m also operating here based on which designs I feel best fulfill the concept and required/optional moves + typing. CAP29 is a pretty beefy Pokémon; having 600 BST pretty much immediately establishes it either as a Pseudo Legendary or a Mythical. I think the best, most cohesive designs here fit these criteria while also bringing other elements to the table.

I’ll touch a little bit on my top three and why I picked them.
1.) Gravity Monkey’s design is my personal favorite, as I feel that it accomplishes all the main points for CAP29’s design criteria and cements itself as an imposing but compelling concept. It definitely feels like it could be a Pseudo or just straight up a legendary.
2.) Pipotchi’s design fulfills the criteria as well, and definitely feels like it could be a Pseudo. It has a lot of cool design elements that could lend to some really cool animations if it eventually got modeled.
3.) Sunfished’s design is super fun and fulfilled the concept criteria as well. Where the other two designs in my top 3 easily could fit the mold of a Pseudo, Sunfished’s design feels much more like a Mythical. I could see some very cool lore being crafted around this design, and some very cool animations for its 3D model, like it bouncing on its tail and “five-star”-ing its limbs. It’s a very cohesive design.

Modedit: Fixing ballot format.

 

[Binacle Pinnacle]

Meliiow
Slickedbackartisan
Yokaiju
Mos-Quitoxe
Z-nogyroP
StephXPM
Explosion Badger
Brambane
Slapperfish
Gravity Monkey
JAGFL
Darek851
Amamama
paintseagull
StarGirl686
Pinesmoke
BlorengeRhymes

 

[Bughouse]

Sunfished
KoA
Yilx
Gravity Monkey
Amamama
paintseagull
Glacios Ionic
Pinesmoke

 

[NightStriker]

NoahIOTJ
Yokaiju
Pipotchi
Quotidian
Slapperfish
Gravity Monkey
House_of_Radiance
Amamama
Glacios Ionic
StarGirl686
T-Okay
DougJustDoug