>>24628795Yes because Conkeldurr has a different concept that it needs to channel through its design
>>24628813Exactly. Machamp is a super powered body builder/wrestler with some Hindu deity influence while Conkeldurr is an ogre/construction worker/strongman carnie.
What's interesting is that they both start having artificial objects by the middle stage (Machoke's belt and Gurdurr's Girder) and the last stage doubles their weapons (Machamp gets an extra pair of arms and Conkeldurr holds two construction materials instead of one) and despite the similarity in evolutionary patterns, they are still aesthetically different. Look at fighting type fakemons of the "premier" regional fighting type before gen V--they are simply muscular humanoids with no defining feature. Basically Machamp with a different color, hair, shorts but still a wrestler/body builder. Conkeldurr showed that GF could still make another Machamp without recycling their old inspirations.
However this isn't to say they have done excellently in gameplay as they should have done more to differentiate the two in terms of stats and movepool. Shame especially because I think both are amazing and would like to use both in a team
