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Anonymous Tue 28 Apr 2015 22:04:27 No.23329943 View View Reply Original Report

Why was my previous thread about the Jurassic World modified dino becoming a fossil removed? Are we not allowed to talk about movies here?

Anyway, fossil thread, post your favourite fossilmons and what would you like to see in the future

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 28 Apr 2015 22:27:25 No.23330040 Report

Quoted By: >>23330247 >>23330292

I love him, but defeatist just sucks so hard. Still use him though.
Hopefully gf just gives him ANY other ability soon

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 28 Apr 2015 22:31:40 No.23330058 Report

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>>23329943
It's against the rules to repost a deleted thread, brace for the worst.
Favourite fossil is Cradily, would love to see an indricotherium fossilmon

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 28 Apr 2015 23:10:37 No.23330247 Report

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>>23330040
Without defiant he will be easily OU
>that stats
>that movepool

Give him Rock head and brave bird he will do fine

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 28 Apr 2015 23:22:48 No.23330292 Report

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>>23330040
>Hopefully gf just gives him ANY other ability soon
God damn this this rustles me so hard
Archeops' whole thing is that it has above average stats for a fossil and is "balanced" by its ability. Asking for Archeops without Defeatist is like asking for Slaking without Truant; the Pokemon IS the ability.

My favorite fossil is probably Armaldo. The combination of insect/reptilian/bird features is just so perfect. Plus he's been a buddy in my Ruby and OR runs.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 28 Apr 2015 23:37:22 No.23330370 Report

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>>23330292
The ability makes it a dead weight. Make Defeatist to raise Atacks by 25% when above 50% HP to compensate, and we may talk about balanced.
While we are on it, make Truant to heal 1/3 HP on the useless turn, like that Smogon project proposed.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 29 Apr 2015 00:03:56 No.23330481 Report

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>>23330370
>The ability makes it a dead weight. Make Defeatist to raise Atacks by 25% when above 50% HP to compensate, and we may talk about balanced.
What you're missing is that its attack has already BEEN raised. Before gen 5, every single pair of fossils had BST of 495. Archeops got a bump to 567 while its counterpart, Carracosta, retained the standard 495. Why? Because Defeatist plays into the concept of a dumb extinct bird and the extra BST is there to make the ability matter.

Archeops' concept is a bird that went extinct because it's a bad flyer. Slaking's concept is that it's a beefy but lazy sloth. Changing their abilities violates the concepts they were designed around.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 29 Apr 2015 00:08:42 No.23330492 Report

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>>23330481
You're forgetting that said species of birds went extinct because they jumped and either they flew or died, so it's fitting to be amazing at the first try (as in it sweeps without being hit) or it crashes in a ball of fire to the ground.
And for slaking, I don't see why a sloth wouldn't SLACK OFF at their lazy turn.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 29 Apr 2015 00:22:14 No.23330579 Report

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>>23330492
>You're forgetting that said species of birds went extinct because they jumped and either they flew or died
No, they went extinct because the species with poor flying skills couldn't escape predators as efficiently as the good flyers. Skilled fliers also benefited from more availability of food, since they were able to cover more ground and see more. Did you learn about evolution in an Alabama classroom, or just from Pokemon?

>And for slaking, I don't see why a sloth wouldn't SLACK OFF at their lazy turn.
Slaking is an ornery sloth. Slaking won't do what you tell it to. Say what you will about Truant's viability, but it gives Slaking a lot of personality and plays into the jerkish lazy sloth concept very, very well.

I mean your ideas are cool and all, but they're not what Archeops, or even Slaking, are based on. (Though it would be nice and still on-concept if Slaking got back some HP on its lazy turns.)

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 29 Apr 2015 00:50:11 No.23330741 Report

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>>23330579

I've always thought Slaking loafs around because that enormous BST strains him too much to be used twice in a row.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 29 Apr 2015 12:27:54 No.23333495 Report

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I just think it's retarded to have a pokemon be almost complete garbage because of "muh conceps".
We get it gf, it's a bird that died since it's a bad flier, now please make it useable.

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