>>38054445>This would render both machamp and conkeldurr obsolete, I thinkIt's actually mostly inferior to both of them.
Lack of Drain Punch and any sort of recovery outside of Rest causes it to lose out on the longevity that Conkeldurr thrives on.
Lack of Mach Punch and Bullet Punch combined with cripplingly low speed makes it unable to revenge kill anything, unlike Conkeldurr in the higher tiers and Machamp in the lower tiers.
Hammer Arm as a stab move is much weaker and less accurate than Machamp's Close Combat, and has no beneficial aspects like Machamp's Dynamic Punch.
Intimidate is a great ability but arguably inferior to Machamp's Guts (and sometimes No Guard) and arguably inferior to Conkeldurr's Guts, Iron Fist, and Sheer Force because it is a solely defensive ability on a mon that struggles to recover the damage it's trying to take.
I don't know what its mega's stats are so I don't know if it would push the other two to the side or not.
I like the idea of all three having separate niches in their own way.
Machamp: Most damage, best coverage.
Conkeldurr: Best STABs, most versatile, best longevity.
Bulker: Highest stats, best defensive capability.
Fuck it. I could add Tripex to the swole squad too. It has a cool niche over the other three as the fastest by a huge margin.
