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Daily Pokemon Discussions

RNG told me that the bud pokemon budew would be today's Pokemon.
(it hasn't already been used, has it?)
So anyway, budew budew
So go ahead and discuss if it hasn't already been discussed.
I've used one in diamond and it was pretty good. Healed itself and was a good addition throughout it's line.
I like how I could get it early on in diamond. It's a good addition to an early team and can become a nice powerhouse later.
The fact that it is different from its evolutions is cool too. Plus it is always smiling happily.
 
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I'm currently training it in my Platinum Rocket Challenge, and I must say, it is amazing. And it only has absorb and growth :3
 
budew always annoyed the crap out of me because roselia is really cool but I could never get budew to evolve before it had learnt all its moves and started to become pretty average in comparison to my other pokemon.
 
Budew is adorable. I can't not picture it wiggling its arms around and being just generally socuteugh.

I also rather love it when pokémon look quite different from (but still related to) their evolutions.
 
I used a Budew/Roselia/Roserade in my first Diamond playthrough and it's moveset at the start was terrible. Now I end up starting with Turtwig and trading over a Lapras!
 
Budew is truly a niche at the begining of it's training. Luckily the first two gyms are fairly easy on it. (Though a Stun Spore/Growth/Absorb-off with Roselias and other Budew is fairly time consuming)

It's well worth it in the end, as Roserade is quite powerful and very useful as a specialist. (Though you often have to wait until Iron Island to get the Shiny Stone needed...)

I like it's design, and I like it, it's, personally, one of the better baby forms, and muc more capably implemented.
 
Shellder: Silly. And low Special Defense. But at least it doesn't evolve into a fish.

Braviary: Oh me, Nidoking was also the one with the higher offensive stats.
It seems to have a Klingon-like warrior personality.
The duo are basically babies until level 54.
Are there any stories about a colonist man falling in love with a native woman that this might be referencing?
Do they kidnap Ditto to reproduce?

Cloyster: More dignified than Shellder, and generally looks better. But aren't seashells supposed to close the other way?

Budew: I like it. I like Grass-types in general. And it has decent Special Defense.
But why doesn't the shiny have black and purple flowers?



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Hm, 316...
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Argh! Gulpin.

Half biological, half one of those Poison-types. My theory is that it was created when a Munchlax and a Grimer attempted to eat each other.

Wait, shouldn't its Defense be lower than its Special Attack? It looks squishy.
 
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Wah! That thing?! I never battle them in the wild and never use them, so I have no idea what they're like, apart from squisy and horrible and annoying with Yawn. =P
 
I love love love Swalot. It's possibly my favourite Poison-type after Crobat. Gulpin isn't Swalot, but it's pretty cool, too.
 
Ah, I love Gulpin a lot. It's a simple design, but it works really well. Same with Swalot. (its noodly whiskers combined with its expression is hilarious) I'm kinda disappointed at the amount of hate they tend to get.
 
sv_01 said:
Wait, shouldn't its Defense be lower than its Special Attack? It looks squishy.
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I dunno, I can just imagine a Pokemon throwing itself at a Gulpin and then bouncing back, precisely 'cuz it's so squishy.

I find the Gulpin line hilarious. They're just like one gigantic stomach with a hilariously derpy expression. -3-
 
I quite adore Gulpin, it's just so...cute..? Or something along those lines, it's a blob for goodness sake! And later it grows a moustache, which always is a plus.
 
RNG says we discuss...

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:DDDDD Zangoose! I always make sure to have one of these guys on my team (and a Seviper for that matter). Not great in battling due to its poor defenses, but a couple swords dances + close combat can make it rather useful. Besides, it learns false swipe. So it's pretty handy in-game.
 
I have Sapphire...

It's supposed to be an anthropomorphic mongoose. With... a cat face, sloth claws, squirrel ears and a squirrel tail with the fluff divided into an M-shape. It also has a big asymmetrical M on its chest and the fur on its ears makes little "M"s.

I've already compared two duos of Star Trek alien species to these two guys.

In Mystery Dungeon, it looks good when walking.

Pink eyes? Wait, they are slightly purplish. And Seviper's aren't. It is another connection between them.
 
sv_01 said:
Pink eyes? Wait, they are slightly purplish. And Seviper's aren't. It is another connection between them.
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Actually, Seviper and Zangoose have the same eyes, just flipped:
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anyway, eh. Zangoose does a good job at being a mongoose (I guess), but Seviper is like my favourite pokemon, so.
 
ultraviolet said:
Actually, Seviper and Zangoose have the same eyes, just flipped:
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anyway, eh. Zangoose does a good job at being a mongoose (I guess), but Seviper is like my favourite pokemon, so.
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I have equal love for both Zangoose and Seviper. My old username was Zangviper for a reason.
 
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