>>28123679Conkeldurr IS a good Pokemon. Even more than good.
Conkeldurr manages to evoke Machamp without being a complete carbon copy.
See, whereas Machamp's proof of strength and bodybuilding are muscles, Conkeldurr's trademark is vascularity (used by some people as indicator of being fit). I also like how the vascularity doubles as its construction vest.
Notice how both lines start having more "artificial" objects as they progress, most obvious at the middle stage, with Machoke having a "belt" and Gurdurr having a girder (Timburr has perfectly shaped timber, yeah, but it's still more natural to it).
At the final stage, they both double their weapons--Machamp develops 4 arms while Conkeldurr caries twice the amount of construction material.
>but it looks uglyConkeldurr isn't supposed to look pretty, m8. It's supposed to look menacing, and it fits its overall theme. And as much as I like Machamp, what people say about strongman physique vs body builder is true. A strongman will not have as defined muscles as bodybuilders, because the latter prefer to have them defined and ripped for show, but the former need bulk for function, and the strongmen are the true powerhouses, hence Conkeldurr having higher offenses than Machamp.
