>>32961973Don't worry, it's second only to delphox (chesnaught>emboar>delphox>samurott). Where the hell is that thing's neck.
I think the reason all of these things are so bad is that you can see a good design in there somewhere. Already covered delphox (hat + staff) and chesnaught (it's a glyptodon, put it on all fours and bulk it up). Samurott is one of those rare cases where a mon would be better off on two legs instead of four. Even if they did a sort of conkeldurr thing, where it used the swords as braces to stand itself up and fought with them, that could be neat. You can really sum up the bug problem with two words: quadrupedal swordsman.
>>32962023Ok, back it up with in game footage and I'll concede. Not tripoding on three legs, standing up on two.
Emboar is delphox before delphox existed; pretty solid first stage, then it stands up. But again, if they had such a hard on for Journey to the West they could do something cool with it. Give it a neck, a proper pig like snout instead of that muppet head, change the physique so it's less "round circle with stick arms" and more "strong demon pig." Make the belt thing feel less tacked on, I don't know. Swap it and samurott's stances; make it a bulky quadruped who can rear up and attack, make samurott a bipedal swordsman.