18 Feb 2010, 3:30 am
Water absorb owns!
I vanguard my double-battle team with the vaporeon brothers.
Torrent, the eldest, has lower special attack, but all his other stats are higher. his moves are:
Surf
Brine
Aqua ring
Acid armor
Tide, the younger, has higher special attack, but all his other stats are lower
Surf
Ice beam
Aqua ring
Mist
It is very hard to take down the vaporeon brothers when they keep healing each other with surf.
I feel so stupid now for never having used an area attack like this.
18 Feb 2010, 3:25 pm
BeauZa
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28 Feb 2010, 11:50 pm
Water absorb owns!
I vanguard my double-battle team with the vaporeon brothers.
Torrent, the eldest, has lower special attack, but all his other stats are higher. his moves are:
Surf
Brine
Aqua ring
Acid armor
Tide, the younger, has higher special attack, but all his other stats are lower
Surf
Ice beam
Aqua ring
Mist
It is very hard to take down the vaporeon brothers when they keep healing each other with surf.
Do you ever have difficulties regarding type matchups? I mean, it must be pretty difficult to quickly take down an opponent's Pokemon without a wide variety of attack types. I like the healing combos though!
01 Mar 2010, 6:01 am
Water absorb owns!
I vanguard my double-battle team with the vaporeon brothers.
Torrent, the eldest, has lower special attack, but all his other stats are higher. his moves are:
Surf
Brine
Aqua ring
Acid armor
Tide, the younger, has higher special attack, but all his other stats are lower
Surf
Ice beam
Aqua ring
Mist
It is very hard to take down the vaporeon brothers when they keep healing each other with surf.
Do you ever have difficulties regarding type matchups? I mean, it must be pretty difficult to quickly take down an opponent's Pokemon without a wide variety of attack types. I like the healing combos though!
Since there is an Ice Beam in there, only other Water types and pokemon with high Sp. Defense should be particularly frustrating to wear down. Still, I would personally exchange Brine for something else.
01 Mar 2010, 11:19 am
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BeauZa
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01 Mar 2010, 11:47 pm
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02 Mar 2010, 10:59 am
02 Mar 2010, 1:24 pm
Since we're on this topic anyway, I might as well have a glance at the old 'dex.
Ye olde Char-family has a basis in the flaming salamander, and in the final stage resembles a kind of european firebreathing dragon.
Vulpix and Ninetales stem from certain japanese myths regarding foxes.
I suppose Meowth even poses like a lucky "beckoning cat".
Golduck is a kappa.
Arcanine seems to be a Kirin.
I guess Uri Geller doesn't count, huh?
Arguably Golem, but there are much better examples of that myth.
Drowzee is just a tapir, but the relevant myth is that tapirs eat dreams.
Carps turn into dragons if they supersalt the Dragon Gate - hence the hardworking Magikarp's transformation into Gyarados.
Lapras does look like a generic lake monster.
Zapdos is a thunderbird, and Moltres a phoenix.
Espeon has already been noted for its connection to the japanese grimalkin.
Dunsparce takes most of its traits from old folktales of a strange snake.
Sneasel has similarities to a Kamaitachi yokai.
Care to guess what inspired Delibird?
Houndoom just seems to be a generic hellhound.
Ho-oh is pretty much the japanese name for the chinese Feng Huang. So yeah.
Ludicolo and Lombre do share some Kappa-like traits, but Ludicolo is very, very bizarre.
Shiftry, yeah. It even has the appropriate temper.
Whiscash is based on a catfish that caused earthquakes. I note that it can learn Foresight. In some tellings, it only predicts earthquakes.
Absol is physically near identical to the Kutabe or Bai Ze.
The Regis are more golem-like than Golem.
Kyogre, Groudon and Rayquaza fit into the myth of Leviathan, Behemoth and Ziz - if you disregard their physical appearance: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... eh-Ziz.jpg
However, these appearances had been reinterpreted many times before the pokemon.
Infernape has some likeness to Sun Wukong.
The Gible family might be a reference to the modern notion of a landshark. May not count.
Abomasnow is an abominable snowman.
Frosslass is probably an enchanting snow woman.
I tried to limit this to the most glaring examples.
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BeauZa
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07 Mar 2010, 11:17 pm
BeauZa
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07 Mar 2010, 11:25 pm
you can tell from the nose sandal like feet and the fans for hands. I believe Lapras is based on the Loch Ness monster.
That's pretty cool that!
I'd say LAPRAS is a likeness of the Loch Ness... monster! ^_^
And BONSLY is based on a bonsai, yeeeeaaaaahhh??? :3
BeauZa
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07 Mar 2010, 11:40 pm
Golduck is a kappa.
Drowzee is just a tapir, but the relevant myth is that tapirs eat dreams.
Carps turn into dragons if they supersalt the Dragon Gate - hence the hardworking Magikarp's transformation into Gyarados.
You've made some very interesting points in your post, and here are some of my favourites that I quoted above. ^_^
Did you already know about these from past sleuthing or did you look 'em up?
Ohhh, I knooooow! Santa Clause...? :3
