Giant Octopodes
Member
- Joined
- Mar 23, 2020
- Messages
- 137
- Reaction score
- 121
Darkrai:
Cool looking, super dark, but unnecessarily so. It relies on putting folks to sleep, which it can do using a move which was tremendously OP, to the point where they nerfed it AND made it only able to be used by Darkrai. However, once folks are asleep, the move which makes the most sense to use, Dream Eater, is a Psychic type move! Considering Hypnosis and Dream Eater, combined with the themes of nightmares and such, it really feels more like a Psychic Type or Ghost type Pokemon, who was given Dark as a typing because of its superior defensive capabilities. That combined with the stat spread, which is high in primary attacking stats and speed, lower elsewhere, makes it feel like a Pokemon which was designed to be OP. Fair, I guess, considering it's a Mythical Pokemon, but ultimately uninteresting. Interesting lore and cool appearance help it considerably.
Escavalier
Cool looking, super dark, but unnecessarily so. It relies on putting folks to sleep, which it can do using a move which was tremendously OP, to the point where they nerfed it AND made it only able to be used by Darkrai. However, once folks are asleep, the move which makes the most sense to use, Dream Eater, is a Psychic type move! Considering Hypnosis and Dream Eater, combined with the themes of nightmares and such, it really feels more like a Psychic Type or Ghost type Pokemon, who was given Dark as a typing because of its superior defensive capabilities. That combined with the stat spread, which is high in primary attacking stats and speed, lower elsewhere, makes it feel like a Pokemon which was designed to be OP. Fair, I guess, considering it's a Mythical Pokemon, but ultimately uninteresting. Interesting lore and cool appearance help it considerably.
Escavalier