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Mega Falinks
New Ability: The Power of Friendship (Whenever this Pokemon enters the field, or an opponent switches in, if one of this Pokemon’s stats are lower than the opponent, that stat gains +1. If one of this Pokemon’s stats are higher than the opponent, that stat gains -1. Ability can activate for all applicable stats.)
Type: Fighting / Bug
New stats:
HP: 65
Attack: 100
Defense: 100
Special Attack: 100 (+30)
Special Defense: 100 (+40)
Speed: 105 (+30)
(BST: 570)
New moves: Bug Buzz, Flash Cannon
Description:
Note: stat modifier calculation is akin to Shell Side Arm, i.e. it takes stat modifiers into account as well!
Competitive: if humanity had an ability, it will be this. When faced with small-ish problems, we bicker and quarrel. But when faced with a real, genuine and dangerous threat, we unite and conquer it (global warming doesn’t count because it hasn’t set-up yet XD). At least, that’s an optimistic view!
At a glance, Falinks is easy to use for beginners: send it in when faced with a stronger Pokemon, set-up with No Retreat if you want, and sweep! Or clean! Falinks is quite flexible.
But this Pokemon has a lot more depth to it when you take a closer look! For example, you have to choose when to send it in for it to be most effective! And it’s flexibility is reactive; sending it in against an attacker will give you an attacker, while using it against a wall will give you a wall! But Power of Friendship can also be used by the enemy! A well-timed Switch can give Falinks a debuff instead. And No Retreat’s self-trapping effect leaves it even more vulnerable now!
Nevertheless, Falinks is first and foremost a very flexible Pokemon, and you can use it for a myriad of possible roles, an advantage that undoubtedly makes up for its weaknesses (like its all around mediocre stats, not excelling in anything). Hope you have fun using them if they get chosen!
Flavor: “Mega Evolution has given it the merciless strength of it’s ancestors. It’s coordinated attacks and formations are a result of a deep understanding of one another.”
Mega Wishiwashi
New Ability: The Power of Friendship (Whenever this Pokemon enters the field, or an opponent switches in, if one of this Pokemon’s stats are lower than the opponent, that stat gains +1. If one of this Pokemon’s stats are higher than the opponent, that stat gains -1. Ability can activate for all applicable stats.)
Type: Water
New stats:
HP: 45
Attack: 165 (+25)
Defense: 155 (+25)
Special Attack: 165 (+25)
Special Defense: 160 (+25)
Speed: 30
(BST: 720)
Description:
Note: upon Mega Evolving, Wishiwashi is locked into school form, regardless of what form it was in prior to mega evolution.
Competitive: I won’t say ‘hey these stats may make this Pokemon look broken, but it isn’t broken!’, because everyone is saying that, and it’s stats can make it broken. They are also a very important part of it.
Power of friendship serves a very different role from Falinks: over here, it nerfs the Pokemon. This is actually quite realistic, since having more people in a group usually causes more conflict. Another factor that nerfs it is its coverage: you have to choose whether you want to go physical and lose out on Ice Beam, special and lose out on Earthquake or mixed and lose out on raw power in at least one stat. Of course, no denying that this is otherwise a very powerful Pokemon! (Fun fact: bring this up against a Pokemon with a stat higher than it’s, and see the opponent get shredded!)
Flavor: “Mega Evolution has caused the Wishiwashi that school together to grow enormously in size. It is often for the once-friendly Wishiwashi to suddenly fight and brawl with one another over minor disagreements, resulting in scars and even deaths.”
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