>>55851573In the very early days I was contemplating whether or not to give Alex a Hydreigon. I decided against it because of Ghetsis and also because it would take too much effort to raise for Alex. I did have the idea of him having a Deino in Act 1 before giving it away due to it being too rambunctious.
That Deino is supposed to become Ghetsis's Hydreigon.I'm actually going to push back on myself on this one. Hydreigon is said to be "very intelligent, but it only thinks of destruction". EQ, obviously, is a very destructive and spammable attack. I don't agree with the sentiment that EQ requires some kind of action like stomping on the ground to trigger it.
When you are using a Physical attack, you are literally using your mind to imbue the power of the Type into your body and using it as a conductor to deliver the energy into your opponent's face. You are PHYSICALLY hitting the target with the energy. This is also why attacks like Rock Wrecker and Icicle Crash are still Physical despite being ranged, you are using your mind to imbue the Type into an object that you summon (also using your mind). EQ is literally using the power in your mind to imbue Ground energy into the ground and hit your opponent. And since Hydreigon is an inherently violent and powerful species, it should probably be capable of using its mind for EQ. This is opposed to Special attacks which are a direct manifestation of the Type's energy. When you are using a Dark Pulse you are channeling the Dark type in its raw form and firing it at your opponent, no conductor necessary. This is also probably why Hydreigon can learn Focus Blast, it has a very intelligent mind and can use it to Focus its energy and fire it out through its two other hand-mouth-head-things, even though traditionally the move is only used by Pokemon like Machamp. This does raise the question of how Hydreigon got access to Flash Cannon and Steel Wing, however. Perhaps an evolutionary adaptation against Fairy
