Pet Mod [Gen 1] RBY CAP - Revived! [CAP3 - Stats]

[gastlies]

Onto CAP3! Like CAP2, there will be a slightly longer deadline this time so we can think of new ideas.

Slate 1 Part 3C: Stats​

We will now begin developing the third CAP, a Fire/Ghost-type Anti-Lead. You will have 5 days to submit a stat spread for this Pokemon. Please give an HP, Attack, Defense, Special, and Speed stat and specify which is which. Some guidelines:

• Keep the concept in mind! This CAP's major niche is that it should function as a good anti-lead, so aim for a stat spread that facilitates this without making the CAP one-dimensional.
• Be careful not to go overboard with the stats. Remember that the goal is for the CAP to be somewhere in the range of 9th-20th in power on a theoretical viability rankings.
• Similarly, be careful not to directly outclass Gengar, or anything else relevant in OU. There should be reasons to use Gengar over this mon, and vice versa.

Have fun!

 

[eshe0]

HP: 51
Attack: 75
Defense: 69
Speed: 109
Special: 120
BST: 424

Since the target was something similar to Burgundy Ninetales I just went for a slightly more specialised BST and low HP cause ghost type. Likewise, the calcs are fairly similar to those of Ninetales. On top of this, here are a few things that I think this mon should not have in order to be a Gengar alternative and not just cooler Gengar: boom, hypnosis, the same coverage, counter.

 

[BugCatcherBoat]

HP: 60
Attack: 65
Defense: 60
Special: 110
Speed: 95
BST: 390

I went for the speed tie with Jynx, risking sleep but threatening a fire blast. I imagine Alakazam & Starmie will still have the advantage at this speed. Like gastlies said in the discord, I agreed in thinking of keeping it slower than Tauros. I thought the special should be relatively high and wanted to limit the attack from going to high to prevent it from being too strong against Chansey.

 

[gastlies]

HP: 56
Attack: 56
Defense: 56
Special: 133
Speed: 97
BST: 398 (531)

97 Speed outspeeds Jynx while being slower than Zapdos. 133 Special almost always OHKOes Jynx with Fire Blast (ur more likely to miss the move than you are to hit and not get the roll). If this mon gets hypnosis too, it forces a mindgame on whether to Blast or hypnosis turn 1, as Blast beats a stay while Hypnosis is favored against something like a Starmie switch. Speaking of Starmie, this mon is balanced by doing basically nothing to it, and Starmie's Surf cleanly 2HKOes it. 55HP combined with the 133 Special is ideal since Alakazam is favored to 3HKO it with Psychic, while Exeggutor is not. The mon should be physically weak and Frail, so I gave it 56 in attack and defense.

 

[CoralReaper707]

HP: 59
Attack: 58
Defense: 57
Special: 136
Speed: 95
Bst: 405 (541)
Has slightly less physical bulk than gengar, but it is also much stronger on the special side and has actually got stab. It speed ties with Jynx, but stab fire blast on top of the burn chance is a nasty combo. It dents exeggutor decently well, but it is gonna have to be wary of mons exploiting it's weaknesses.

 

[Sabelette]

Vote time! 48 hours.

eshe0
BugCatcherBoat
gastlies

I'm going to veto CoralReaper707's submission for being nearly the exact same as gastlies's submission. Every stat is within 3 points and it removes the greatest strength of gastlies's submission (outspeeding Jynx) for no real reason.

 

[The Faz]

gastlies

 

[Kaosdone]

Gastlies