>>55436117>is now a true physical attacker rather than sceptile 2.0It's just swapping the two attack stats, and while everyone focuses on the swords Samurott's original design has elements of all traditional weapons: spear-like horn, war fan tail, and slightly more skilled in special attack because samurai usually used bows and arrows in actual wartime
>abilities are better nowNo argument here sharpness is insanely good
>no longer a monotype shitmonunfortunately true
>ceasless edgesee better abilities
>cooler mane and swordsthis is subjective, for the record I like both Samurotts though
>it's obvious that someone at GF really liked sammurott and wanted to fix the problem the original hadI really think that it was just the idea of basing a game off early Japan makes the Samurai pokemon an obvious inclusion. Giving it a more evil bend to emphasize the chaotic era they're emulating.
