Pet Mod Paleomons - Slate 7 Submissions

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Paleomons​

Welcome to Paleomons! In this mod, we will be creating an SV OU-based micrometa of Pokémon based on real critters from the Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic eras. If you're a big dinosaur fan or if you just want another mod to play competitively, this is the place for you!

We'll have a few different kinds of slates, so be sure to check the slate opening post to see which we're currently using. The types of slates will be as follows:

Fossil Reworks

Fossil reworks will take existing fossil Pokémon and revert them into their ‘original’ forms, likely shedding the Rock typing and gaining new tools in order to fit within the Paleomons meta. These changes can be very broad, affecting typing, stats, movepool, and abilities.

Fossil Template

Name:
Typing:
Abilities:
Stats:

New Moves:
Removed Moves:

Role:
Flavor:

Ancient Forms

Ancient forms work similarly to regional variants. These will have the same Base Stat Total as their modern counterparts, but with new designs and flavor for their new, ancient environment.

Ancient Form Template

Name:
Original Pokémon:
Typing:
Abilities:
Stats:

New Moves:
Removed Moves:

Role:
Flavor:

Fakemon

Fakemon slates will involve creating your own completely original Pokemon based on concepts laid out in the slate OP.

Fakemon Template

Name:
Origin: (what was it based on?)
Typing:
Abilities:
Stats:

Movepool:

Role:
Flavor: (optional)

Past Paradoxes

Past Paradoxes will be a new addition this generation. These will likely be a bit different from the Past Paradoxes we see in SV, such as allowing abilities other than Protosynthesis in order to promote diversity, but details on these will be finalized in the near future, so stay tuned!

Past Paradox Template

Name:
Original Pokémon:
Typing:
Abilities:
Stats:

New Moves:
Removed Moves:

Role:
Flavor:

Council:
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lavarina

If you're interested in coding this mod, we would be super grateful for your help! If you want to code the mod, please join our Discord linked below.

Resources:
Showdown Server
Discord
Spreadsheet

 

[Beaf Cultist]

Hall of Fame

SLATE 1 - This Really Was a Paleomons (Kabutops, Omastar, Aerodactyl, Armaldo, Cradily)
Kabutops line by Totally_Odette
Omastar line by DenebStargazer
Aerodactyl by Beaf Cultist
Cradily line by Amaterasu32
Armaldo line by Beebos

SLATE 2 - Modern Dinosaurs (Heliolisk, Lapras, Meganium)
Heliolisk-Ancient by anaconja
Lapras-Abyss by Albatross
Meganium-Sonic by Totally_Odette

SLATE 3 - RATS (Volaticotherium, Castorocauda, Docofossor)
Alticombat by chemicalmines
Brawlutra by Beaf Cultist
Goldoco by Beaf Cultist

SLATE 4 - Jurassic Park (Rampardos, Bastiodon, Archeops, Carracosta, Tyrantrum, Aurorus)
Rampardos line by G-Luke
Bastiodon line by DenebStargazer
Archeops line by G-Luke
Carracosta line by Beaf Cultist
Tyrantrum line by anaconja
Aurorus line by Orangesodapop

SLATE 5 - Spooky Season (Skeledirge, Gourgeist, Crobat)
Skeledirge-Ancient by Beaf Cultist
Gourgeist-Ancient by anaconja
Crobat-Ancient by Beaf Cultist

SLATE 6 - Big Boys (Eobasileus, Moschops, Sivatherium)
Pesbasil by memebitatxt.
Moscourge by Totally_Odette
Shivertherium by chemicalmines

 

[Beaf Cultist]

reserved again

 

[Beaf Cultist]

and you'd never have guessed it... this one's reserved too

 

[Beaf Cultist]

and without further ado, let's open

SLATE 1- This Really Was a Paleomons (Kabutops, Omastar, Aerodactyl, Armaldo, Cradily)
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We'll start off with the Paleomons classic, fossil reworks! For this slate, we'll be covering fossil Pokemon introduced in the first 3 generations (specifically in Kanto and Hoenn). The rules for submission are as follows:

• You can sub 1 to 5 of the pokémons chosen in this slate (reworks on existing Pre-Evolutions can also be made if you want)
• Make sure your sub would be balanced in an SV OU power level (TERA IS BANNED so do not account for that), so no 200 Attack Huge Power Kabutops please.
• Custom Elements are allowed, as long as they have something different from already existing abilities/moves and are relatively simple to code (no custom field effects - we're learning from last gen lol. Also, if you think it's codable but our coder disagrees, then you'd better be prepared to code it yourself if it wins.)
• Also please don't resub winners from last gen lol. We're looking for a new meta here, not a repeat of last gen.
• edit: To clarify, any Pokemon not currently in Generation 9 will instead use its Generation 8 movepool minus dexited moves (aka moves that are unusable in SV).

Fossil Template

Name:
Typing:
Abilities:
Stats:

New Moves:
Removed Moves:

Role:
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Submissions will be open for about a week. If you have any questions, feel free to message me or ask in the mod's Discord. Happy subbing!

 

[Beaf Cultist]

The 6 post streak! How does he do it??

Kabutops

Name: Kabutops
Typing:

Abilities: Swift Swim / Battle Armor | Sharpness
Stats: 80 / 115 / 115 / 65 / 80 / 80 [535 BST]

New Moves: Aqua Cutter, Sacred Sword
Removed Moves: ...

Role: Funky utility guy to give both a good spinner and a rocker in the first slate. Does cool offensive spinner stuff with Sharpness.
Flavor: it cut

Kabuto

Name: Kabuto
Typing:

Abilities: Swift Swim / Battle Armor | Poison Heal
Stats: 50 / 80 / 80 / 55 / 65 / 45 [375 BST]

New Moves: Aqua Cutter
Removed Moves: ...

gen 8 reference!!!!

Omastar

Name: Omastar
Typing:

Abilities: Swift Swim / Shell Armor | Weak Armor
Stats: 70 / 95 / 105 / 110 / 70 / 85 [535 BST]

New Moves: ...
Removed Moves: ...

Role: Yeah, I did it. I made a smasher. And it's mixed, too! Should be a pretty funky offense tool, but likely isn't the best outside of that niche.
Flavor: Evil ammonite.

Omanyte

Name: Omanyte
Typing:

Abilities: Swift Swim / Shell Armor | Weak Armor
Stats: 35 / 40 / 100 / 90 / 55 / 35 [355 BST]

New Moves: ...
Removed Moves: ...

Aerodactyl

Name: Aerodactyl
Typing:

Abilities: Infiltrator / Intimidate | Unnerve
Stats: 90 / 105 / 95 / 40 / 75 / 130 [535 BST]

New Moves: Astonish, Destiny Bond, Memento, Poltergeist, Shadow Ball, Shadow Claw, Spite, U-Turn, Will-O-Wisp
Removed Moves: Dragon Dance, Rock Blast, Rock Polish, Rock Slide, Stealth Rock, Stone Edge, Meteor Beam, Rock Throw, Rock Tomb, Sandstorm, Smack Down

Role: Cool fast defensive pivot, with Poltergeist giving it a solid offensive tool as well, though its lack of a good Flying STAB and coverage should hold it back enough to make defensive counterplay fairly reasonable.
Flavor: Aerodactyl soared through the prehistoric skies at night, snatching prey from their nests as they slept.

MERCEDES

Cradily

Name: Cradily
Typing:

Abilities: Brutal | Storm Drain
Brutal: This Pokémon's attacks are always critical hits against statused targets.
Stats: 96 / 131 / 87 / 101 / 97 / 43 [555 BST]

New Moves: Aqua Jet, Chilling Water, Hydro Pump, Leech Life, Liquidation, Surf
Removed Moves: Rock Blast, Rock Slide, Stone Edge, Meteor Beam, Rock Tomb, Smack Down

Role: Funni gen 8 reference. BIG physical tank with wild power balanced by low speed and mediocre STABs.
Flavor: In its heyday, Cradily was an opportunist, taking advantage of weakened prey and absorbing its energy.

Lileep

Name: Lileep
Typing:

Abilities: Brutal | Storm Drain
Stats: 66 / 41 / 77 / 61 / 87 / 23 [355 BST]

New Moves: Aqua Jet, Chilling Water, Hydro Pump, Leech Life, Liquidation, Surf
Removed Moves: Rock Blast, Rock Slide, Stone Edge, Meteor Beam, Rock Tomb, Smack Down

Armaldo

Name: Armaldo
Typing:

Abilities: Battle Armor | Tinted Lens
Stats: 85 / 125 / 100 / 70 / 90 / 45 [515 BST]

New Moves: Bullet Punch, Iron Head, Metal Burst, U-Turn
Removed Moves: Rock Blast, Rock Polish, Meteor Beam, Rock Tomb, Smack Down

Role: Fat Steel to start us off right. Main distinguishing factor on this one besides the stellar utility options is Tinted Lens making its U-Turns hit everything hard.
Flavor: Before it was fossilized, Armaldo’s shell was hard and reflective, protecting it from any attacks that may have been directed towards it.

Anorith

Name: Anorith
Typing:

Abilities: Battle Armor | Tinted Lens
Stats: 45 / 95 / 50 / 40 / 50 / 75 [355 BST]

New Moves: Iron Head, Metal Burst, U-Turn
Removed Moves: Rock Blast, Rock Slide, Stone Edge, Meteor Beam, Rock Tomb, Smack Down

 

[Mossy Sandwich]

Name: Omastar
Typing: Bug/Steel
Abilities: Shell Armor/Weak Armor/(Shield Dust)
Stats: 70/60/120/100/80/60 (520 BST)

New Moves: Bug Bite, Bug Buzz, Flash Cannon, Infestation, Iron Head, Leech Life, Pollen Puff, Recover, Skitter Smack, Struggle Bug, U-Turn
Removed Moves: Ancient Power, Aurora Beam, Blizzard, Brine, Dive, Hail, Icy Wind, Liquidation, Meteor Beam, Rock Blast, Scald, Shell Smash, Toxic, Whirlpool

Role: Bulky Steel, sets hazards, knocks, pivots. Shield Dust to cope with my hatred of Salt Cure, but also helps against Ice Beams, Scalds and Discharges and shit. STABs kinda suck, but you have good coverage options and Knock to hit shit.
Flavor: Idk it's bug-like and has a steel shell.

 

[Beebos]

Cradily
Type:

Abilities: Suction Cups, Storm Drain, Natural Cure
Stats: 86 | 70 | 85 | 97 | 130 | 52 [BST= 520]

Added Moves: Growth, Recover, Toxic
Removed Moves: None!

Role: Cradily my beloved. Special wall and professional mbeamer. Storm Drain is better on offensive sets to match up better against waters and get that free +1, while Natural Cure is better on defensive sets to shrug off Toxics.
Lore: Not much different from vanilla Cradily. Giving it Toxic seems fair both competitively and lore-wise since the pokedex talks about it using acid/digestive fluid to eat prey.

Armaldo
Type:

Abilities: Battle Armor, Intimidate, Tough Claws
Stats: 95 | 110 | 110 | 55 | 80 | 70 [BST= 520]

Added Moves: Aqua Cutter, Iron Head, Night Slash
Removed Moves: Iron Defense, Rock Blast, Swords Dance

Role: Great Tusk-type beat. Backbone utility tank that can boost offense or defense with tough claws and intim respectively, though doesn't have boosting options
Lore: Gaining intim is based on Armaldo and its prevo having false eye patterns, Tough Claws is based on the pokedex mentioning its large, sharp claws multiple times

 

[Falchion]

PRAISE THE HELIX

Omastar (Rework/Variant)

(Image source from new151 on Tumblr)
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Typing: Fairy/Water
Abilities: Magic Bounce/Shell Armor (Hidden Ability: Weak Armor)
Stats: 70 HP/60 ATK/70 DEF/130 SP ATK/110 SP DEF/55 SPD = 515

Removed Moves: None, though move Crunch, Rollout, and Rock Blast to TMs, tutors, or egg moves as appropriate
Replacement Moves: Psychic, Dazzling Gleam, and Moonblast
New TMs/Tutors: All Fairy- and Psychic-type TMs

Role:
An excellent type combination defensively, Fairy/Water offers six different resistances, three of which are to types with a lot of powerful special attacks - making this kind of Omastar a reliable switch-in to Fire, Water, and Ice attackers and retaliating with a massively powerful Moonblast. Psychic as coverage is useful against Poison-types that might otherwise threaten it, and it still learns a lot of Ice-type moves to take care of Grass, and even against Electric it retains Earth Power - its main issue is arguably that there's so may different moves it can use that it will be forced to leave a blind spot open by picking just four. Alongside the usual useful item choices such as Heavy-Duty Boots, there's also something to be said for an Assault Vest set that simply goes all-in on two STAB moves and as many coverage options as possible, though a Shell Smash sweeper set to patch up its low Speed might be worth playing with as well. It's worth noting that its physical defense is actually lower than Kantonian Omastar's but since the types it has to worry about seem to bank more on special attacks, this isn't as much of a concern as it could be, though it obviously wouldn't appreciate a Solar Blade to the face. Magic Bounce is a solid insurance policy in case anyone tries to cripple it with a status that reduces its special-attacking power, as it's mainly here to wreck face instead of having to settle with support duty and would thus do well to ward off anything that could possibly hold it back from doing what it does best.

Flavor:
The above image by The New 151 is arguably what inspired me to make this variant and so its design takes a lot of design cues from it. That said, there's several differences from the pic itself - the eyes and beak are the same as Kantonian Omastar's, for one, and while it has six long tentacles around and under the beak (in a manner not unlike a wizard's beard), its body is purple, not blue. The spiraling, twisting shell is also entirely made of rainbow-colored opal, though probably with just four colors (red, yellow, green, light blue) instead of six for simplicity; the shape also invokes a wizard's tower with a large red crystal ball at the tip suggesting the jewel on the end of a wizard staff (and incidentally, this is where it fires its beam- and spell-like attacks from), which also keeps it from looking so... unfortunately shaped. The end of the shell itself splits into two short, curling "tails" that grip onto the sides of this orb, furthering the wizard staff imagery.

For both stages of this line, the shiny has a body color like Kantonian Omanyte and Omastar, but the shell has pink, orange, sea-blue, and purple colors, and a blue orb instead of red.

"These Omastar have colorful shells which radiate a mystical energy that they can use to attack. The sight of these shells entrances anyone who sees them, giving them an inexplicable urge to fiercely protect them."
"In the past, the fossilized shell of this Omastar was thought to have belonged to an ancient sea god. As reliable as it is in battle, many trainers who use one have spoken of many strange things happening around them."

Omanyte (Rework/Variant)

(Image source from new151 on Tumblr)​

Typing: Fairy/Water
Abilities: Magic Bounce/Shell Armor (Hidden Ability: Weak Armor)
Stats: 35 HP/40 ATK/55 DEF/100 SP ATK/90 SP DEF/35 SPD = 355

Removed Moves: None, though move Rollout and Rock Blast to TMs, tutors, or egg moves as appropriate
Replacement Moves: Dazzling Gleam and Moonblast
New TMs/Tutors: All Fairy- and Psychic-type TMs

Flavor:
See the above image for reference, again from The New 151, though just so this variant of mine is distinguishable from it, the body is purple and the shell is entirely made of opal, with just four colors (red, yellow, green, blue) for a less complex palette. The center of the shell also has the same red orb that the Omastar variant has on its tip, the shell itself coiling around it.

"Omanyte build their shells using minerals absorbed from the surrounding water. Sometimes, their shell becomes made of a particular kind of beautiful crystal with mysterious properties."
"For some reason, the shell of this kind of Omanyte is viewed with great reverence by many people. In the past, these shells were recovered specifically to be sold as good-luck charms."

♫ ~ Praise Thee Oh Blessed Helix / Who Doth Guide Me Past The Ledge... ~ ♫

Obvious TPP reference is obvious lol. That being said, though, there actually is a more legitimate reason for the flavor describing this guy as being revered as a deity in the past than just the memes - the very name "ammonite" comes from the Latin ammōnis (cornū) ("horn of Ammon"), as it was called by Pliny the Elder, referencing the way ammonite shells are curled like the horns of a ram, the symbol of the aforementioned Egyptian god. Since the Egyptian pantheon is frequently associated with magic in general, I felt it fitting to give this line a wizard theme as well to further justify the Fairy typing, with the way the orb that Omastar ponders is held on its shell being reminiscent of a solar disk motif.

The kind of mineral comprising the shell of this variant is opal, which is formed from minerals accumulating when water containing them flows through a space underground; as new151 notes in the link above, there is a kind of organic opal called ammolite that's formed from the minerals ammonite shells were made from in life - and that was what their own redesigns for this line were based on.

FOOL'S GOLD

Kabutops (Rework/Variant)

(Image source from new151 on Tumblr)
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Typing: Steel/Water
Abilities: Sharpness/Battle Armor (Hidden Ability: Weak Armor)
Stats: 60 HP/115 ATK/85 DEF/65 SP ATK/60 SP DEF/110 SPD = 495

Removed Moves: None, though move Absorb, Mud Shot, and Stone Edge to TMs, tutors, or egg moves as appropriate
Replacement Moves: Aqua Cutter, Metal Claw, Crosswise Cut*

Crosswise Cut

Name: Crosswise Cut
Type:

Category:

Base Points: 90
Power Points: 24
Accuracy: 100%
Effect: Ignores target's defense and evasion stat changes, boosted by Sharpness (Sacred Sword clone)

New TMs/Tutors: All other Steel-type TMs and all slicing moves that can be learned via TM/tutor

Role:
Ow, the edge! With its new Sharpness ability (owing to Kabutops often being stated to slice into prey with its claws) and a new signature move that takes full advantage of it, this variety of Kabutops is here to shred through the opposition with blinding speed. While it had to sacrifice a good chunk of its physical Defense and a smidge of its Special Defense to bump up its Speed, that's a small price to pay for making use of two STAB moves backed by a Sharpness boost to deadly effect on damn near anything that isn't resistant to either type (and only Water itself resists both). Its excellent typing packs so many resistances that it can switch into a variety of opponents and then hack them to bits with whichever of its STAB moves is needed, and with either Agility or Swords Dance along with the right EV investment for either, it can quickly become a terrifying sweeper in the right hands. Its main fault is that of the three types it's weak to, it only has Aerial Ace to take care of Fighting-types, but while Ground is easily bested by Aqua Cutter or whichever other Water attacks it chooses to run, Electric-types, especially special attackers, are basically in for a free shellfish entree as long as they can stay out of range of its lethal claws, which for many of those isn't difficult to do if it isn't running Agility.

Flavor:
The above image by new151 is probably the closest I can think of to what I have in mind for this Kabutops variant, in fact being an almost one-to-one match, even down to each of its hands having two claws instead of one: a long, razor-sharp, katana-shaped blade and a smaller, shorter hook like on a crab pincer. About the only things I'd change about this design would be to have its legs be digitigrade and resembling those of a theropod instead of the somewhat human-like legs of Kantonian Kabutops to match the speed increase, along with having the head be narrower laterally and a little more streamlined-looking (though I guess it could be in this artwork). Because it learns both Smart Strike and Iron Head via TM, the head also sports a laterally flattened, bladed horn extending from the pyrite crystal on its skull, shaped a bit like a wakizashi, in reference to the cranial horns some trilobite species evolved for territorial combat.

The shiny sprites for both stages would have darker yellowish gray crystals instead of gold, but otherwise resemble Kantonian Kabuto and Kabutops in their color scheme.

"The armor of this variety of Kabutops is surprisingly lightweight, and its sharp edges cut through water and air alike. It can swiftly chase down its prey both on land and in the sea."
"With blindingly quick slashes of its razor-sharp claws, it can cut down victims before they even get the chance to react. In the past, warriors used its claws as fearsome weapons."

Kabuto (Rework/Variant)

(Image source from new151 on Tumblr)​

Typing: Steel/Water
Abilities: Sharpness/Battle Armor (Hidden Ability: Weak Armor)
Stats: 30 HP/80 ATK/55 DEF/55 SP ATK/45 SP DEF/90 SPD = 495

Removed Moves: None, though move Absorb, Mud Shot, and Stone Edge to TMs, tutors, or egg moves as appropriate
Replacement Moves: Aqua Cutter, Metal Claw, Crosswise Cut*
New TMs/Tutors: All other Steel-type TMs and all slicing moves that can be learned via TM/tutor

Flavor:
The above Kabuto redesign by The New 151 is probably the best I can think of for this variant, but with one important difference: the frontmost crystal on its shell is replaced by a long, jagged, stalagmite-like horn made of pyrite, vertically flattened and razor-edged with a shape not unlike a combat knife or a flint arrowhead. Aimed forward like a swordfish snout but angled slightly upward, it's used for territorial combat, self-defense, and to cut apart prey into bite-sized pieces. Basically, this thing is what you'd get if you crossed a pyritized fossil with the "Knife Roomba" meme, along with a samurai helmet for good measure.

"A variety of Kabuto known for the knife-like horn on its head. It uses this horn to attack the legs and bellies of anything that tries to prey on it."
"To reinforce its shell and horn, it feeds on silt from the seabed and digests the metallic particles within. This gives its body a pretty, golden sheen."

♫ ~ And I knew that you turned it on for everyone you've met ~ ♫

Like the Omanyte line I also conceived for this slate, this line more closely integrates aspects of the fossilization process itself, though in this case it owes more to pyrite or "fool's gold", an iron disulfide mineral that sometimes takes up the space where buried bones and shells were, resulting in fossils basically made of a gold-like metal. The New 151's Kabuto line redesign informed much of this variant including the samurai armor theme and the fact that the claws are shaped like kabutowari, Japanese knives with a hook near the base of the blade, but because pyrite is technically mostly iron, this line replaces the Rock typing with Steel. Pyrite is also of a lighter weight than iron which is why this line can afford to be faster; granted, in reality its sulfur content makes it useless for making anything you could from iron, knives especially, but they don't need to know that...

DEATH FROM ABOVE

Aerodactyl (Rework/Variant)

Typing: Dark/Flying
Abilities: Hyper Cutter/Tough Claws (Hidden Ability: Unnerve)
Stats: 80 HP/95 ATK/65 DEF/80 SP ATK/65 SP DEF/130 SPD = 515

New Moves: Throat Chop, Tearing Talon*

Tearing Talon

Name: Tearing Talon
Type:

Category:

Base Points: 90
Power Points: 24
Accuracy: 100%
Effect: Increased critical hit ratio (Leaf Blade clone)

Removed Moves: None, though move Rock Slide and Stone Edge to TMs, tutors, or egg moves as appropriate
New TMs/Tutors: All other Dark-type TMs along with all Fire- and Dragon-type TMs except Draco Meteor, plus Spikes

Role:
Aerodactyl has a reasonably high BST in canon already, so I didn't feel the need to change it by adding any more points than it already has. What I did do however was add a little emphasis to the Dark-type moves it can learn, what with going for the throat of its prey with its teeth and all. Essentially, this is what would happen if you taped a jet turbine to a Honchkrow, shaved off some of its feathers, and gave it a shitload of knives: a blindingly fast and brutal Dark-type sweeper that's as durable as tissue paper, but which blithely ignores that as it tears its foes to pieces with such STAB options as Throat Chop and Tearing Talon. It also has the same speed as regular Aerodactyl which enables it to employ some fun support tricks like Taunt and Torment, and even Will-O-Wisp, Spikes, and Stealth Rock. In the right hands it can make a fun suicide lead that can set up hazards and take down at least one enemy before going down, but its capabilities in sweeping are hindered by its virtually nonexistent defenses and few coverage options to help it take care of its type weaknesses, Fire attacks as an anti-Ice policy notwithstanding. Since even neutral damage is fatal to it, though, type effectiveness means little here - its overall fragility is more than made up for by its aptitude for hitting as fast and hard as it can.

Flavor:
Overall, this design most closely resembles Mega Aerodactyl, complete with all those spikes sprouting from its everywhere, but with several differences. Most notable is the fact that its torso is covered in ratty, hair-like filaments like what Archeops has, but black in color; a ring of this same fluff forms a ruff arund the base of the stooped, vulture-like neck, and some more of it sticks out from the back of the head to form a crest that flares out backwards like a sort of mane. Its otherwise scaly skin is brick red with spikes and horns of pale gray - made of exposed bone here, not rock - and vivid yellow eyes with slitted pupils, and its wing membrane, which is bright red with striped black edging, extends all the way down to the lower leg instead of just stopping at the hip, for better control of the trailing edge of the wing in flight. The horns on its head curve upwards a bit to resemble devil horns, and its snout is longer and thinner than on Kantonian Aerodactyl; notably, in place of a long chin spike like the mega, there is a shorter triangular one, laterally flattened like a blade and pointing straight down, and a matching blade on the top of the snout invokes the beak crests of an Ornithocheirus. The upper jaw also has two long fangs near the front which are visible when the mouth is closed. The arrowhead on the end of the tail is gray like the body spikes and is also larger and longer, and can be used as a spear to stab at opponents. Its shiny coloration resembles Mega Aerodactyl, with the fluff on the torso having a purplish tint.

"The original form of Aerodactyl was discovered only recently. It seems to resemble a form of it from another region, except for the hair-like scales covering its body."
"Instead of stone, the blades jutting out of its body are made of bone - and constantly growing. It snaps the tips of its blades off as weapons so they can grow back stronger."

♫ ~ A cold blooded stab in the back ~ ♫

With its long tail and toothy jaws, Aerodactyl ironically seems to be based on basal pterosaurs such as Rhamphorhynchus rather than actual pterodactyloid pterosaurs, which are a more specific clade within the group. Keeping this in mind and also trying to balance more modern depictions of my favorite animal group with the monstrous, draconic feel of the original design, I based this form off of Sordes, the "hairy devil" pterosaur which was one of the first pterosaurs discovered to have had the hair-like scales or pycnofibers that pterosaurs in general are now known to have had. Given the name etymology and the fact that Aerodactyl learns a lot of Dark-type moves, I gave it a demonic theme as well as basing it a little off of the more retro-pterodactyl-like depictions of Ridley in the more recent Metroid games. It also owes a lot in its design to Mega Aerodactyl as well, due to some of the latter's dex entries stating that some scholars believe that was what Aerodactyl really looked like in prehistoric times.

9/19/23 Addendum: Fixed up the stats based on advice from Beaf Cultist!

 

[Orangesodapop]

Name: Aerodactyl
Typing: Dragon/Flying
Abilities: No Guard/Intimidate (HA)
Stats: 90/115/75/95/95/130 (600)

(Gen 8 movepool)

New Moves: U-Turn, Outrage, Draco Meteor, Hydro Pump, Surf, Dragon Rush
Moves Removed: Stone Edge, Rock Blast, Rock Slide, Stealth Rock, Ancient Power, Rock Polish, Rock Tomb, Sandstorm, Wide Guard, Rock Throw, Smack Down (Rock moves barring meteor beam)

Role: Aerodactyl has always had a decently large dragon movepool, especially getting dragon dance, a move usually reserved for only dragon like Pokémon. However this dragon typing gives it a potent and powerful offensive profile to use. Aerodactyl has always also felt like a very psuedo legendary style pokemon compared to the other fossils, with it being the only fossil with a mega evolution. These extra stats will give it a greater defensive and a better mixed offensive profile.
Lore: Past Aerodactyl was the lord of the skies, with nothing opposing it barring oneself (dragon)



Name: Omastar
Typing: Water/Steel
Abilities: Iron Barbs / Filter (HA)
Stats: 85/60/125/115/95/35 (515)

New Moves: Flash Cannon, Steel Beam, Flip Turn, Rapid Spin, Spiky Shield
Moves Removed: Toxic Spikes, Shell Smash, Rock Polish
Role: Ferrothorn style spiker and wall, with no recovery but exellent defenses and offenses. I’d imagine that being revived from a fossil made it lose its tough shell, which caused its shell easily be smashed (hence no shell smash) also I feel it can’t really be anything other than a water type




Name: Kabutops
Typing: Dark/Ground
Abilities: Sharpness / Technician/ Dry Skin (HA)
Stats: 90/120/105/65/70/80 (530)

New Moves: Desert Scythe, First Impression, Earthquake, Bulldoze, Spikes, Aqua Cutter
Moves Removed: Aqua Tail, Blizzard, Flip Turn, Giga Drain, Leech Life, Razor Shell, Hydro Pump, Ice Beam, Surf, Toxic, Waterfall, Absorb, Aurora Beam, Brine, Bubble Beam, Dive, Hail, Icy Wind, Mega Drain, Rock Throw, Rollout, Water Gun, Water Pulse, Whirlpool

Desert Scythe

Ground Type Slash Clone

Role: Bulky Dark/Ground that will provide a good offensive ground type with a strong dark stab that encourages other options than knock off, as well as a way to deal with the possible many waters that could be introduced (no it’s not getting cedge as that move is heavily cringe tbhh). Has enough tools anyways with rapid spin, rocks, spikes and knock in its movepool



Name: Cradily
Typing: Grass/Poison
Abilities: Sticky Hold/ Grassy Surge (HA)
Stats: 97/86/87/95/106/43 (514)

New Moves: Gunk Shot, Poison Jab, Sleep Powder, Apple Acid, Leaf Storm, Corrosive Gas
Moves Removed: Ancient Power, Rock Blast, Rock Polish, Stealth Rock, Stone Edge, Meteor Beam, Rock Tomb, Sandstorm, Smack Down,
Role: Bulky Grass type that is pretty generic but has a good set of abilities that allow it to retain its leftovers, or provide extra offensive/defensive potential



Name: Armaldo
Typing: Water/Fighting
Abilities: Sweating / Swift Swim (HA)
Stats: 85/125/100/70/80/55 (525)

Sweating

Effect: Sets Aqua Ring on Entry

New Moves: Flip Turn, Wave Crash, Spikes, Close Combat, Sacred Sword, Aqua Cutter
Moves Removed: Ancient Power, Rock Blast, Rock Polish, Stealth Rock, Bug Bite, Meteor Beam, Fury Cutter, String Shot, Struggle Bug
Role: good water type that will serve to check the many possible rock and water types that might exist, also hits VERY hard. Also is a swift swim abuser if that ever exists

Anorith

Name: Anorith
Typing: Water
Abilities: Water Bubble/ Swift Swim (HA)
Stats: 45/95/50/40/50/85 (365)

New Moves: Flip Turn, Wave Crash, Spikes
Moves Removed: Ancient Power, Rock Blast, Rock Polish, Stealth Rock, Bug Bite, Meteor Beam, Fury Cutter, String Shot, Struggle Bug
Role: niche water instakill Mon with zero bulk outside of evio

 

[Totally_Odette]

(get it because it's ancient)
Name: Kabutops
Typing: Water / Poison
Abilities: Natural Cure / Regenerator (Healer)
Stats: 88 / 67 / 79 / 119 / 92 / 95 (540 BST)

New Moves: +Blood Stream, Recover, U-Turn, Sludge Bomb, Gunk Shot, Poison Fang, Poison Tail, Calm Mind

Blood Stream

90 BP - Poison-Type - Special - 16 PP - 100% Accuracy - Protect, Mirror
Restores 50% of the dealt damage to the user.

Removed Moves: -Swords Dance

Role: Offensive Regenerator! Has solid utility with rocks and spin, good power, and many ways of healing between Regenerator, Recover, and Blood Stream.
Flavor: Based off of horseshoe crabs (relatives of ancient trilobites), and their blood, which is used as an antibiotic and in medicines.

 

[Gaboswampert]

Name: Omastar
Typing: Water/Fairy
Abilities: Swift Swim/Shell Armor | Natural Cure
Stats: 80/90/95/90/105/60 (515)
New Moves: Moonblast, Dazzling Gleam, Spikes, Flip Turn, Defog, Recover
Removed Moves: Meteor Beam, Ancient Power, Shell Smash
Role: Great status absorber to start the meta with, as well as a good hazard control mon and defensive pivot
Flavor: uhhh its Omastar so i thought it made sense to make it a Fairy type, since the Fairy type is normally asociated with mons from space, and stars are from space, will probably draw if it wins


Name: Cradily
Typing: Grass/Electric
Abilities: Suction Cups/Chlorophyll | Motor Drive
Stats: 90/50/115/130/95/60 (540)
New Moves: Thunderbolt, Thunder, Volt Switch, Calm Mind
Removed Moves: Stockpile, Ancient Power
Role: A slow wallbreaker, pivot and sweeper, that is also able to absorb incoming Volt Switches or other electric-type moves to increment its speed, nullifying its biggest weak spot, as well as being a potential sun sweeper later on
Flavor: Based on certain plants and fruits being able to generate very small amounts of electricity with specific nutrients (see every potato and lemon batery experiment done), will probably draw if it wins


Name: Kabutops
Typing: Water/Fighting
Abilities: Swift Swim/Defiant | Battle Armor
Stats: 80/120/70/75/70/125 (540)
New Moves: Close Combat, Brick Break, Karate Chop, Focus Blast
Removed Moves: Ancient Power, Scald, Iron Defense, Swords Dance
Role: An offensive wallbreaker, offensive pivot cus of Flip Turn, hazard control mon, since it has access to Rapid Spin + Stealth Rock, and potential sweeper if the opponent lets it take a boost from Defiant
Flavor: Angry crab

 

[DenebStargazer]

Name: Kabutops
Typing:

Abilities: Mold Breaker / Infiltrator / Hyper Cutter
Stats: 60/110/105/65/75/95 (510)

New Moves: Tear Open, First Impression, Shadow Claw

Tear Open

Name: Tear Open
Power: 80BP
Accuracy: 100%
PP: 15 PP
Category:

Type:

Effect: 100% chance to lower the targets Defense by 1 stage.
Priority: 0
Flags: Contact, Slicing

Removed Moves: Earth Power

Role: Physical wallbreaker that can chip away at physically bulkier mons with its new signature move.
Flavor: An apex predator of an era long past, Kabutops uses its scythe arms to tear open its prey's shells and drain their body fluids (real thing from the pokedex! what the hell! awesome). In terms of design changes, it now has more serrated, saw-like blades and a darker shell to blend in with the ocean floor.


Name: Omastar
Typing:

Abilities: Inner Focus / Synchronise / Regenerator
Stats: 73/59/127/89/113/53 (514)

New Moves: Cosmic Power, Dark Pulse, Moonblast, Psychic, Psyshock, Sludge Bomb
Removed Moves: Shell Smash, all Rock moves

Role: The obligatory big Regenerator mon with recovery, albeit one that's counteracted by the fact that it comes bundled with a weakness to Knock Off.
Flavor: Believed by a fringe cult to be a relic from an ancient, long-forgotten deity, the Helix Fossil was brought to life by their faith as Omastar. It feeds on the thoughts of its worshippers, and whispers to them of the great outer cosmos.


Name: Aerodactyl
Typing:

Abilities: Unnerve / Pressure / Analytic
Stats: 80/95/65/60/75/130 (500)

New Moves: Pursuit

Pursuit

its pursuit

Removed Moves:

Role: Silly hit and run wallbreaker that traps things with Pursuit. Isn't terribly threatening past that first turn, however.
Flavor: its aerodactyl. did you know its red pokedex entry says it "goes for the enemy's throat". thats cool.

 

[memebitatxt.]

Aerodactyl

Pokemon: Aerodactyl
Typing: Flying/Electric
Abilities: Volt Absorb/Competitive
Stats: 70/70/80/127/85/118

Movepool changes: -All Rock/Ground moves. +Air Slash, Charge, Discharge, Electro ball, Electroweb, Nuzzle, Rising Voltage, Shock Wave, Spark, Thunder, Thunder Wave, Thunderbolt, Volt Switch, Wild Charge.

Description: No way, budget Thundurus-T (and by an extent Kilowattrel)?! Jokes aside this is your basic fast special attacker, with good a speed tier and special attack, being able to use items such as Specs or Life Orb for a more instant damage with moves like Hurricane and Thunderbolt, or Heavy Duty Boots for a safe switch-in on rocks. Volt Absorb allows this pokemon to regain a bit of HP when getting hit with an Electric move, while also negating opposite Volt Switches, and Competitive works as a punishment for lowering stats, be it by Intimidate or moves with this second effect.

Flavor: basically an Anhanguerid (those pterosaurs with crests at the end of their beaks)

Cradily

Pokemon: Cradily
Typing: Grass/Fire
Stats: 80/125/80/65/75/100
Abilities: Sticky Hold/Flash Fire

Movepool: -All Poison Moves. +Burn Up, Burning Jealousy, Ember, Eruption, Fire Blast, Fire Lash, Flame Burst, Flame Charge, Flamethrower, Flare Blitz, Heat Crash, Heat Wave, Lava Plume, Overheat, Will-O-Wisp

Description: Ogerpon-Fire at home. Jokes aside, Cradily acts as your fast physical attacker, with powerful STAB options such as Power Whip, Seed Bomb, Fire Lash and Flare Blitz and having good coverage in Rock Slide, Stone Edge and Earthquake, while also having reliable recovery in Recover.

Flavor: Vulcanic Crinoid ( a crinoid is like a flower but underwater).

 

[chemicalmines]

Name: Kabutops
Typing:

Abilities: Battle Armor / Weak Armor / Technician
Stats: 75/115/90/65/75/95

New Moves: Metal Claw, Iron Head, Flash Cannon, Steel Beam
Removed Moves: None

Role: physical wallbreaker with a really good typing. can run either sd or band/scarf.
Flavor: one of kabutops' main features is its armor. many armored pokemon, like skarmory and aggron, are steel type, hence why kabutops is steel as well. kabutops gains technician bc of its large scythe hands resembling scyther's.

 

[anaconja]

Name: Omastar
Typing: Water / Rock
Abilities: Shell Armor / Filter / Swift Swim
Stats: 95 / 55 / 80 / 105 / 135 / 60 | 530
New Moves: Recover, Power Gem, Meteor Beam, Flip Turn
Role: weird special wall due to big spd and filter despite mediocre def typing. also smash if u want
Flavor: ammonites have a filter feeder. Lol!


Name: Kabutops
Typing: Dark / Rock
Abilities: Water Absorb / Sharpness / Swift Swim
Stats: 95 / 135 / 105 / 55 / 60 / 80 | 530
New Moves: Crunch, Bite, Sucker Punch, Sacred Sword
Hazardous Slash | Rock | Physical | 50 BP | 100% Acc | Contact, Slicing | Sets Stealth Rock when hitting neutral targets and Spikes when hitting resisted targets.
Role: big hitter with hazard setting move when you get walled
Flavor: edgy


Name: Armaldo
Typing: Water / Ground
Abilities: Swift Swim / Water Absorb / Restraint (If the user is hit by a pivoting move, the opponent is trapped for two turns instead.)
Stats: 85 / 115 / 100 / 70 / 80 / 80 | 530
New Moves: High Horsepower
Role: voltturn enemy or rain abuser
Flavor: the animal it was based would grab onto prey


Name: Cradily
Typing: Grass / Poison
Abilities: Hydration / Regenerator / Aquatic (This Pokemon’s Water-type moves have 1.5x power.)
Stats: 91 / 91 / 107 / 91 / 107 / 43 | 530
New Moves: Liquidation, Waterfall, Dive, Hydro Pump, Surf, Scald, Water Pulse, Water Gun, Aqua Ring, Withdraw, Rain Dance, Gunk Shot, Poison Jab, Poison Sting, Sludge, Venoshock, Toxic, Toxic Spikes, Venom Drench, Spikes
Removed Moves: all Rock-type moves besides Ancient Power
Role: fat regen
Flavor: some of these guys are probably poisonous right

 

[SparkRolf]

Omastar

Omastar
Typing:

Ability: Sticky Hold/Shell Armor/Strong Jaw
Stats: HP 70 / Atk 105 / Def 130 / SpA 85 / SpD 70 / Spe 40 / BST 500
Movepool Changes:

• Pressure Crush |
  
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  | 10/16 PP | 70 BP | 100% acc | Lowers the target's defense by 1 stage. | +0 priority | Flags: Bite, Contact, Mirror, Protect
• +Dark Pulse, Lash Out, Nasty Plot, Switcheroo, Poison Fang, Ice Fang, Recover
• -All Rock-type moves (Excluding Stealth Rock), Earth Power, Shell Smash, Blizzard, Aurora Beam, Scald

Description: Omastar goes through some significant changes here, going from being primarily a special attacker to now being able to wield both its attacking stats effectively- for physical it has a good stat in combination with the equivalent of a slightly-weaker, but Strong Jaw boosted Water-type Fire Lash, along with it also having a Strong Jaw-boosted, STAB Crunch, and access to coverage in Ice Fang and Toxic spread with Poison Fang, and for special an average stat but with access to Nasty Plot or the ability to have a non-knockable Choice Specs, but if with the former it can also have a non-knockable Life Orb with access to recovery, and it overall has good STABs. Of course, while it's now arguably ever so slightly more offense-orientated, it can still play defensively, very much so with, again, access to consistent recovery, in, well, Recover, hazards in Spikes and Toxic Spikes, and it can again play status spreader with the aforementioned Toxic Spikes and Poison Fang, and Sticky Hold can be quite useful, as it allows Omastar to keep its item from Knock Off while also having a resistance to said move.

Omanyte

Omanyte
Typing:

Ability: Sticky Hold/Shell Armor/Big Pecks
Stats: HP 30 / Atk 80 / Def 100 / SpA 50 / SpD 70 / Spe 30 / BST 360

Kabutops

Kabutops
Typing:

Ability: Swift Swim/Battle Armor/Sharpness
Stats: HP 65 / Atk 110 / Def 110 / SpA 55 / SpD 70 / Spe 90 / BST 500
Movepool Changes:

• +High Horsepower, Shore Up, Aqua Cutter, Muddy Water
• -Ancient Power, Metal Sound, Blizzard, Iron Defense, Scald, Aurora Beam, Meteor Beam

Description: Ultimately some very simple, yet effective changes. Not too much in the way of flavor, just a few things I'd think fit. Otherwise, Kabutops is a potent set-up sweeper with a nasty Aqua Cutter, along with access to a good STAB in High Horsepower and consistent recovery in Shore Up; as for Muddy Water, it's really just flavor more than anything, especially given that Kabutop isn't definitely not going to be running any special sets with its miserable 55 Special Attack (not like Muddy Water is commonly used in Singles anyways).

Kabuto

Kabuto
Typing:

Ability: Swift Swim/Battle Armor/Hyper Cutter
Stats: HP 40 / Atk 70 / Def 100 / SpA 40 / SpD 50 / Spe 60 / BST 360

Aerodactyl

Aerodactyl
Typing:

Ability: Scrapper (This Pokémon's attacks deal 1.5x damage against Steel-types.)/Pressure/Wind Rider
Stats: HP 75 / Atk 110 / Def 60 / SpA 60 / SpD 75 / Spe 140 / BST 520
Movepool Changes:

• +Crush Claw, Fury Attack, Guillotine, Super Fang, Work Up, Brave Bird, U-Turn, Snowscape
• -Ancient Power, Meteor Beam, Sandstorm, Stealth Rock, Rock Polish, Wide Guard, Earthquake, Earth Power, Dragon Dance,

Description: It's said to be able to tear up Steel-types, so why not make that a reality? Anyways, in short it's a fast frail menace to the currently non-existent meta with the propensity for ruining the career of Steel-types, it's probably either going to be a fast-bander or Life Orb junkie, that said it's Normal/Flying typing balances it out by giving it an overall mid typing, both offensively and defensively.

 

[Lapzaplerq]

Name: Cradily
Typing:

Abilities: Suction Cups / Poison Heal | Storm Drain (HA)
Stats: 86 / 81 / 107 / 91 / 107 / 43 [BST: 515]

New Moves: Astral Barrage, Hex, Leaf Storm, Night Shade, Phantom Force, Poison Jab, Shadow Ball, Shadow Sneak, Switcheroo, Venoshock
Removed Moves: Rock Blast, Rock Polish, Rock Slide, Rock Tomb, Sandstorm, Smack Down, Stone Edge

Role: Simply set SD up, then go crazy with Whip/EQ/Sneak while Poison Heal keeping it alive as long as possible. Special set has more immediate power with Astral Barrage and Leaf Storm, but with no setup move... meaning that you would have a slot for Recover or Toxic!
Flavor: Nightshade is a poisonous plant that is coincidentally sharing a name with a Ghost-type moves. I just combined both basically. Nightshade itself is also a pretty old plant. Might not be old enough, but whatever.

 

[LOrd Fernado]

Name: Aerodactyl
Typing: Dark / Dragon
Abilities: Unburden / Levitate / Moxie(HA)
Stats: 65 / 110 / 105 / 95 / 65 / 80
New Moves: N/A
Removed Moves: N/A
Role: DDance Sweeper / Unburden Sweeper
Flavor: When I thought of Aerodactyl, I randomly generated Pokemon until I got the one I wanted. Ended up getting , and I though it was a good fit so, here we are. Can run funny Meteor Beam sets with Unburden it it wants to

 

[Beaf Cultist]

24 hour warning, yall! make sure to get those subs in before vetos drop this time tomorrow!

 

[G-Luke]

Name: Aerodactyl
Typing:

Abilities: Beast Boost
Stats: 89 HP / 61 Atk / 97 Def / 113 SpA / 71 SpD / 139 Spe [570 BST]

New Moves: Psychic, Psyshock, Hurricane, Focus Blast, Dazzling Gleam, Psybeam, Confusion, Cosmic Power, Dream Eater, Future Sight, Healing Wish, Hypnosis, Psychic Fangs, Calm Mind, Reflect, Light Screen, Psycho Cut, Zen Headbutt, Trick Room, Taunt, Air Slash, Shadow Ball
Removed Moves: Dragon Dance, Earthquake, Earth Power, Rock Blast, Rock Polish, Rock Slide, Stealth Rock, Stone Edge, Meteor Beam, Rock Throw, Rock Tomb, Sandstorm, Smack Down, Fire Blast, Flamethrower, Iron Head, Iron Tail, Wide Guard, Bulldoze

Role: Really fast Psychic type wallbreaker / sweeper with Calm Mind + Beast Boost.
Flavor: The reason why Aerodactyl does not preserve the same way other fossils do is due to it not really being a native of Earth, it is an ancient species from Ultra Space that landed on Earth millions of years ago. Their intelligence made them the dominant species on Earth, even allowing them to predict the future. Unfortunately they could do nothing to prevent their own extinction except watch in horror as it happened.


Name: Armaldo
Typing:

Abilities: Battle Armor / Swift Swim | HA: Tough Claws
Stats: 90 HP / 125 Atk / 115 Def / 70 SpA / 80 SpD / 45 Spe [525 BST]

New Moves: Iron Head, Bullet Punch, Mach Punch, Spikes, Lunge, Body Press, Superpower, U-turn, First Impression
Removed Moves: Stone Edge, Smack Down, Toxic, Rock Blast, Rock Tomb, Earthquake, All dexited moves

Role: Bulky Steel type with plenty of utility both offensively and defensively early on, held in check with an exploitable weakness and lack of any form of recovery outside of Rest Talk and Leftovers.
Flavor: Armaldo of the past were the first animals to ever leave the water, and used it to take advantage of the new resources. They were very slow and bunkered on land, but their powerful and speedy claws made quick work if foes and land alike. The metal armor protected it from foes like Kabutops and protected its innards from the pressures of the deep. Unfortunately the warming temperatures and drying of large water sources made their own metallic armor praised for keeping them safe the means of which they died out as they essentially got cooked alive.

 

[Amaterasu32]

Name: Cradily
Typing: Grass / Water
Abilities: Storm Drain, Solid Rock, Poison Heal (HA)
Stats: 76 HP / 88 Atk / 103 Def / 98 SpA / 113 SpD / 47 Spe (Total: 525)

New Moves: [NEW] Storm Surge (120BP / 100% Acc, Lowers SpA by 1 stage) Water, Special…. Muddy Water, Chilling Water, Leaf Storm, Acid Spray, Liquidation, Earthquake, Leech Life, Pursuit, Strength Sap, Sticky Web, Barrier
Deleted Moves: Stealth Rock, Stockpile, Spit Up, Swallow, Rest, Sleep Talk, Block

Role: This mon would work similar to Gliscor in today’s metagame being a hard to kill lead using poison heal to tank hits and heal back up each turn and set hazards for the team as well as switch in to tank hits, it otherwise tho can’t do a whole lot a damage on its own despite its new strong stab move)
Flavor: Cradily often live deep under the sea where they are difficult to take down, many of its predators get worn down by Cradily over time due to its impressive bulk before it feasts on their remains.

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Name: Lileep
Typing: Grass / Water
Abilities: Storm Drain, Suction Cups, Poison Heal (HA)
Stats: 58 / 62 / 75 / 67 / 89 / 24 (Total: 375)

New Moves: Muddy Water, Chilling Water, Acid Spray, Earthquake, Leech Life, Pursuit, Strength Sap, Sticky Web, Barrier
Removed Moves: Stealth Rock, Rock Slide, Stone Edge, Stockpile, Spit Up, Swallow, Rest, Sleep Talk, Block

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Name: Armaldo
Typing: Bug / Dragon
Abilities: Battle Armor, Solid Rock, Rock Head (HA)
Stats: 71 / 128 / 104 / 47 / 82 / 93 (Total: 525)

New Moves: [NEW] Draconic Sting (70BP / 100% Acc, Raisers the users Attack by 2 if this KO’s the Target) Dragon, Physical... Dragon Claw, Breaking Swipe, Outrage, Draco Meteor, First Impression, Head Smash, Dual Wingbeat, Scald, Flamethrower, Fire Blast, Overheat, Noble Roar
Removed Moves: N/A

Role: This mon is built to snowball a revenge kill into a sweep, it’s just fast enough to be able to revenge and then with a +2 attack it can get to work, it still has access to rapid spin and knock off making it a threatening sweeper under the right conditions
Flavor: Armaldo adapted to the harsher environment of the Paleolithic Period by covering their body in strong Draconic Scales, a Noble roar from one of these Pokémon can stir up quite the fright

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Name: Anorith
Typing: Bug / Dragon
Abilities: Battle Armor, Iron Barbs, Rock Head (HA)
Stats: 47 / 98 / 75 / 32 / 54 / 69 (Total: 375)

New Moves: Breaking Swipe, Dual Wingbeat, Scald, Flamethrower
Removed Moves: N/A

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Name: Aerodactyl
Typing: Rock / Fighting
Abilities: Levitate, Mold Breaker (HA)
Stats: 80 / 120 / 50 / 105 / 40 / 130 (Total: 525)

New Moves: [NEW] Sharp Turn (70BP / 100% Acc, User switches out damaging the target) Rock, Physical... Close Combat, Metal Claw, Shadow Claw, Crush Claw, Ancient Power, Power Gem, Focus Blast, Dark Pulse, Nasty Plot
Removed Moves: N/A

Role: Sweeper, this mon wants to clean house with taking as few hits as possible, one hit tho likely means death, so think before you attack…
Flavor: Aerodactyl of this period were known to be ferocious beasts attacking with all their might and using their talons as sharp weapons against their pray

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Name: Omastar
Type: Dark / Poison
Ability: Spiked Armor (Iron Barbs Clone)
Stats: 90 / 110 / 75 / 90 / 60 / 100 (Total: 525)
New Moves: Toxic Charge (130BP / 90% Acc, Charges Turn 1 boosting the SpA by 1 stage, then Fires the second turn) Poison, Special... Spiky Shield, Toxic, Toxic Spikes, Poison Jab, Gunk Shot, X-Scissor, Sucker Punch, Pursuit, Shadow Sneak, Ice Spinner, Meteor Mash, Venoshock, Sludge Bomb, Dark Pulse, Night Shade
Removed Moves: All Rock Moves, Shell Smash
Role: An offensive mixed attacker with decent speed that can punish switches with pursuit and also head on attacks with its signature Ability: Spiked Armor
Flavor: This creature represents the mythological creature Cthulhu in the world of Pokémon it’s a terrifying creature shrouded in darkness that poisons its victims.



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Name: Omanyte
Typing: Dark / Poison
Ability: Shell Armor
Stats: 45 / 60 / 70 / 55 / 70 / 60 (Total: 360)

New Moves: Venoshock, Sucker Punch, Shadow Sneak, Toxic Spikes, Acid Armor
Removed Moves: N/A

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Name: Kabutops
Typing: Ice/Steel
Abilities: Ice Body, Slush Rush, Sharpness (HA)
Stats: 60 / 115 / 130 / 70 / 55 / 95 (Total: 525)

New Moves: [NEW] Ice Blade (70BP / 100% Acc, High Critical Hit Ratio, Slicing Move) Ice, Physical… Aqua Cutter, Sacred Sword, Psycho Cut, Fury Cutter, Night Slash, Slash
Removed Moves: N/A

Role: Kabutops is a good physical mon, being able to dish out massive damage with a solid STAB combo and a new signature move with a high crit chance, although it has two 4x weaknesses it can still dish out the pain and sharpness boosts it even further
Flavor: Kabutops were often found in very frigid areas during this time and because of that they used their razor sharp claws as a pickaxe sort of weapon, chipping away at ice for it to eat as well as to chop down its prey…

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Name: Kabuto
Typing: Ice/Steel
Abilities: Ice Body, Slush Rush, Sharpness (HA)
Stats: 43 / 81 / 105 / 26 / 38 / 67 (Total: 360)

New Moves: [NEW] Ice Blade (70BP / 100% Acc, High Critical Hit Ratio, Slicing Move) Ice, Physical… Fury Cutter, Slash
Removed Moves: N/A

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Anyway that's all I got, Hopefully some of these do well but we'll have to see what y'all think

 

[Beaf Cultist]

veto time :)

Name: Omastar
Typing: Bug/Steel
Abilities: Shell Armor/Weak Armor/(Shield Dust)
Stats: 80/60/120/100/100/60 (520 BST)

New Moves: Bug Bite, Bug Buzz, Flash Cannon, Infestation, Iron Head, Leech Life, Pollen Puff, Recover, Skitter Smack, Struggle Bug, U-Turn
Removed Moves: Ancient Power, Aurora Beam, Blizzard, Brine, Dive, Hail, Icy Wind, Liquidation, Meteor Beam, Rock Blast, Scald, Shell Smash, Toxic, Whirlpool

Role: Bulky Steel, sets hazards, knocks, pivots. Shield Dust to cope with my hatred of Salt Cure, but also helps against Ice Beams, Scalds and Discharges and shit. STABs kinda suck, but you have good coverage options and Knock to hit shit.
Flavor: Idk it's bug-like and has a steel shell.

This mon would be totally fine without Recover, but with it plus that bulk and typing, it's a bit worrying. Please remove Recover.

DEATH FROM ABOVEAerodactyl (Rework/Variant)

Aerodactyl (Rework/Variant) Typing: Dark/Flying
Abilities: Hyper Cutter/Tough Claws (Hidden Ability: Unnerve)
Stats: 80 HP/145 ATK/50 DEF/60 SP ATK/50 SP DEF/130 SPD = 515

New Moves: Throat Chop, Tearing Talon*

Umm... yeah. Not exactly sure how you thought this would be balanced, but 145 Attack and 130 Speed with Tough Claws is absolutely ridiculous. Aerodactyl last gen was a strong threat even with 95 Attack, so preferably lower Attack to be around that level, or remove Tough Claws and lower Attack to somewhere around 120.

Name: Kabutops
Typing: Dark/Ground
Abilities: Sharpness / Technician/ Dry Skin (HA)
Stats: 90/120/105/65/70/80 (530)

New Moves: Desert Scythe, First Impression, Earthquake, Bulldoze, Spikes, Water moves barring Aqua Cutter and Aqua Jet
Moves Removed: Rock moves barring Stone Edge and Stealth Rock, Ice moves

Not a veto for balance reasons, but your move additions don't make sense. I assume the part about Water moves was supposed to go under removals? But even then, Kabutops doesn't learn Aqua Cutter, so you'd need to add that if you wanted it. Additionally, please make sure to clarify exactly which moves are being removed instead of just listing types, as it makes things much easier for our coders. Thanks!

Name: Omastar
Typing: Water/Fairy
Abilities: Swift Swim/Shell Armor | Purifying Salt
Stats: 90/90/100/90/110/60 (540)
New Moves: Moonblast, Dazzling Gleam, Spikes, Flip Turn, Defog, Recover
Removed Moves: Meteor Beam, Ancient Power, Shell Smash
Role: Great status absorber to start the meta with, as well as a good hazard control mon and defensive pivot
Flavor: uhhh its Omastar so i thought it made sense to make it a Fairy type, since the Fairy type is normally asociated with mons from space, and stars are from space, will probably draw if it wins

This is very overtuned. Best way to nerf it would be to remove Purifying Salt and nerf its bulk a bit as well.

Name: Omastar
Typing:

Abilities: Inner Focus / Synchronise / Regenerator
Stats: 73/59/127/89/113/53 (514)

New Moves: Cosmic Power, Dark Pulse, Moonblast, Psychic, Psyshock, Recover, Sludge Bomb
Removed Moves: Shell Smash, all Rock moves

Role: The obligatory big Regenerator mon with recovery, albeit one that's counteracted by the fact that it comes bundled with a weakness to Knock Off.
Flavor: Believed by a fringe cult to be a relic from an ancient, long-forgotten deity, the Helix Fossil was brought to life by their faith as Omastar. It feeds on the thoughts of its worshippers, and whispers to them of the great outer cosmos.

Regen mon is too big. Council thinks the best option to nerf this would be to remove Recover, as it means the mon needs to pivot around to stay healthy (and thus prevents it from sitting on everything with Cosmic Power sets).

Name: Aerodactyl
Typing:

Abilities: Unnerve / Pressure / Ambush (The first turn this Pokemon is active, its attacking moves are guaranteed to land critical hits.)
Stats: 80/95/65/60/75/130 (500)

New Moves: Pursuit

Pursuit

its pursuit

Removed Moves:

Role: Silly hit and run wallbreaker that traps things with Pursuit. Isn't terribly threatening past that first turn, however.
Flavor: its aerodactyl. did you know its red pokedex entry says it "goes for the enemy's throat". thats cool.

After much deliberation, council decided that this concept likely isn't particularly good for a micrometa, as it greatly limits future submissions by being such an effective revenge killer. If you want to keep the ability, please remove Pursuit. Otherwise, Analytic would be acceptable.

Aerodactyl

Aerodactyl
Typing:

Ability: Scrapper (This Pokémon's attacks deal double damage against Steel-types.)/Pressure/Wind Rider
Stats: HP 75 / Atk 110 / Def 60 / SpA 60 / SpD 75 / Spe 140 / BST 520
Movepool Changes:

• +Crush Claw, Fury Attack, Guillotine, Super Fang, Work Up, Brave Bird, U-Turn, Snowscape
• -Ancient Power, Meteor Beam, Sandstorm, Stealth Rock, Rock Polish, Wide Guard, Earthquake, Earth Power, Dragon Dance,

While it is certainly true that this mon has a quite poor offensive typing and is very prone to chip (particularly hazards and recoil), we feel the ability pushes this over the edge. A good solution would be to lower the amount the damage is increased to something like 1.5x.

Name: Omastar (Shell Form)
Tying: Dark / Ghost
Abilities: Shell Breaker (Switches forms when using Shell Smash)
Stats: 90 / 35 / 140 / 70 / 140 / 20 (Total: 495)

Name: Omastar (Smashed Shell Form)
Typing: Dark / Poison
Ability: Shell Breaker (Switches forms when using Shell Smash)
Stats: 90 / 105 / 40 / 120 / 40 / 100 (Total: 495)

New Moves: [NEW] Toxic Charge (130BP / 100% Acc, 2 Turn Attack (first turn charges +1 Special Attack, second turn fires) Poison, Special… Dark Pulse, Sludge Bomb, Venoshock, Sucker Punch, Poison Jab, Gunk Shot, Shadow Sneak, Toxic, Toxic Spikes, Acid Armor
Removed Moves: N/A

Role: Omastar is my attempt at a gimmick mon, prior to using the move shell smash it is very slow and weak, with high defense, and after it does a complete 180, going from a weak bulky mon to a fast, frail, mixed attacker with +2 to its big 3 stats and -1 to its lesser two making it a very daunting sweeper that can almost always get the shell smash off due to its great typing and bulk in its “Shell Form”
Flavor: Omastar live inside their shells, when they finally grow to big for them they get angry and fly into a great rage, thrashing everything in sight including its own shell, these Pokémon are not to be messed with in this state.

Council feels this mon is a bit overtuned for its own good. It's an incredibly effective smasher with its amazing bulk and typing, while also being extremely dangerous once it has set up. This concept likely needs to be reworked from the ground up, but if you want to salvage the form change you'll need to cut both bulk on the Shell Form and offenses on Smashed Shell form.

You all will have 24 hours to fix your submissions (or less if everyone finishes sooner), and then voting will begin!

 

[Falchion]

Umm... yeah. Not exactly sure how you thought this would be balanced, but 145 Attack and 130 Speed with Tough Claws is absolutely ridiculous. Aerodactyl last gen was a strong threat even with 95 Attack, so preferably lower Attack to be around that level, or remove Tough Claws and lower Attack to somewhere around 120.

I have just done the former, redistributing the remaining 50 points among the defenses and Special Attack. I'm keeping Tough Claws specifically as a reference to Mega Aerodactyl but if it really is that good, I guess nerfing its Attack stat to what you suggested would keep it from being too overpowered (though in hindsight, 145 Attack is likely overkill enough on its own!).

 

[Beaf Cultist]

Alright, all the vetos have been corrected, so voting can begin! The voting rules will be the same as last gen:

• Each Pokémon will be voted for separately.
• There is no limit on the amount of submissions you can vote for. First Place will count for 3 points, Second Place for 2, and all others will count for 1 point.
• Self Votes may not be First Place, and have a limit of 6 points total.

Example

Kabutops: First Place, Second Place, Third Place
Omastar: First Place, Second Place
Aerodactyl: First Place, Second Place, Third Place, Fourth Place, Fifth Place
Armaldo: First Place, Second Place, Third Place
Cradily: First Place

You’ll have 48 hours to vote, so get those votes in!