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I'd lower the evolution level for the entire Deino line from 50 and 64 to like 30 and 40.
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Why has nobody mentioned the most obvious one
Sunflora: Grass/Fire
I'd lower the evolution level for the entire Deino line from 50 and 64 to like 30 and 40.
That probably should've been different to begin with yeah, and that's one of my biggest wishes, but it's not too late to get it. I can easily see Sunflora getting a regional variant in a future game that pushes the sun theme even further to the point of being able to channel fire.
40's too low for a FE pseudo-legend, 30 and 50 would be better.
And there's a lot of Unova Pokemon that had late evolution levels because they weren't available until late in the game, Hydreigon is just the most egregious. Larvesta evolves into Volcarona at Lv. 59, Rufflet/Vullaby evolves into Braviary/Mandibuzz at Lv. 54, Pawniard evolves into Bisharp at Lv. 52, and Mienfoo evolves into Mienshao at Lv. 50. A lot of these Lv. 50+ evolutions would probably be better off retconned lower.
I'm so glad someone else agrees. If Normal/Flying seemed odd, the solution is to make Flying more of a distinct identity, not just say "Yeah it really is just your everyday birds".Rookidee and Corvisquire: Normal/Flying - And the fandom is wrong about this one. I'm all for breaking patterns, but having the common birds be Normal/Flying always made sense, and these two breaking the mold and being mono-Flying after all these years is just awkward. Mono-Flying works perfectly for something like Tornadus, a literal embodiment of the wind, but there's no meaningful difference in the characterization or lore of Rookidee and that of Pidgey, Hoothoot, Taillow, Starly, Fletchling, and Pikipek. The Normal type gives them the substance of everyday creatures.
Tynamo, Eelektrik, and Eelektross: Electric/Water - It is... odd, that a family based on the electric eel, and which explicitly does live in the sea (at least according to the Pokédex, as opposed to in-game evidence), is not a Water type. Plus, it's another of those combinations that we really don't have that many of, while having plenty of mono-Electric choices.
Honestly, I really liked the choice of making the Tynamo line just Electric, because it made water environments feel a little more diverse. Tall grass has always gotten to have Pokemon from all types, but even caves get to have -bats and other Pokemon that aren't Rock/Ground/Steel. With water, anytime you surfed or fished, you were guaranteed to face a Water-type. It's nice to have a Pokemon that clearly lives in water but has a different types from all the others.Clobbopus and Grapploct: Fighting/Water - Same logic as the Tynamo family. They live in the ocean, so it makes sense for that to be reflected in their type profile. On the face of it, it just makes more sense for them to be part-Water than it does for them not to be.
Its dex entries make a point about mentioning how its core sends waves off into space and it can regenerate itself, both two things pretty associated with Psychic-types.And Starmie being part Psychic never made sense
I get the annoyance at counting an arachnid as a bug, but Spinarak's moves and abilities have a lot less in common with Grass than they do Bug.the main one for me, I'd change based on a pet peeve of mine - arachnids aren't bug, wish they remove that type for them
Spinark and Ariados - Poison/Grass
Also, it's not the only series that does that *points at Yu-Gi-Oh!*I get the annoyance at counting an arachnid as a bug, but Spinarak's moves and abilities have a lot less in common with Grass than they do Bug.
Solosis, Duosion, and Reuniclus: Psychic/Electric - Not wanting the Solosis line to seem less-interesting by comparison, I started thinking about what other type they could feasibly support. I arrived at Psychic/Electric by thinking about the ways that our bodies use electricity, specifically the way that cells are built to use ions in order to generate electricity. The Solosis line is clearly based on cells and cell membranes, and when you think about the Psychic type, you often think about the brain, which runs on electrochemistry. Furthermore, it's a pretty unique type combination - only currently available via Alolan Raichu.
Florges: Fairy/Grass - It literally says that the flower becomes part of its body.
Briviary/Mandibuzz (Lvl 38)
Honestly, I really liked the choice of making the Tynamo line just Electric, because it made water environments feel a little more diverse. Tall grass has always gotten to have Pokemon from all types, but even caves get to have -bats and other Pokemon that aren't Rock/Ground/Steel. With water, anytime you surfed or fished, you were guaranteed to face a Water-type. It's nice to have a Pokemon that clearly lives in water but has a different types from all the others.
This one confuses me a bit. What about Gorebyss screams Fairy? If anything it leans more Psychic because it learns several Psychic moves.
At the very least, the Chikorita line needs a stat update and better movepool. And frankly, I’d like to see it get Fairy as a secondary typing, at least by the time it evolves into Bayleef.
I know that it would throw off the whole “Johto starters being monotype from start to finish”; but its stats are horrible for a Grass type. And between its design (big sparkly eyes, and happy smile) combined with ‘dex entries that talk about its healing properties, it begs to be part Fairy.
I would remove Jynx from the games.
Because it sucks.Why?
I mean, you can do it by giving Feraligatr and Typhlosion dual typings too (Water/Dark or Water/Dragon and Fire/Rock or Fire/Ground). Then again, it's not really that much of an issue. Venusaur and Charizard are dual types while Blastoise, through all forms, stays mono-water as the only one. Meganium could easily get an additional typing while the other 2 stay behind in the dust.
Honestly, props for this take. I genuinely never once considered the idea of making Jynx a penguin, which is kinda genius. I once toyed around with a Jynx redesign roughly six eternities ago and what I ended up going with was making her based on the goddess Hel, resulting in Jynx essentially looking something like a pokemonified Two-FaceI think this artist's take on a Jynx redesign is just SOOO good. It's pretty different but it still works.
(Also I KNEW I wasn't the only one who thought Smoochum looked like a little penguin)