If there's at least one Pokemon from a previous generation that has become one of your favorites within the past few months or so, feel free to share it and how it did here.
So to start us off, these are the most recent additions to my personal list of all-time favorites:
Can't really talk about one without also including the other, so I may as well talk about both. I've been feeling a bit burned out from online battling for a couple weeks now and wanted to take a break from it, so leave it to revisiting the Pokeathlon in HGSS and Contests in ORAS to provide it. I've always liked both Grumpig and Lumineon (and the former is actually pretty good in-game even if overshadowed), but now that both have become Medalists and Contest Stars, they've grown on me infinitely more than I ever would've expected. Sure, a lot of other Pokemon can excel in Contests and the Pokeathlon as well, but Grumpig and Lumineon were two mons that I had on hand and managed to pull through every time. They now join Umbreon, Drapion, Volcarona, and Beartic as the six Pokemon that I've won all 5 Master Rank Contests with (as well as Umbreon and Drapion in being the only mons to win every Pokeathlon event in addition to every Contest).
In the Pokeathlon, Grumpig gets up to 5 stars in Power, Skill, and Stamina, making it a full-on powerhouse in Block Smash and Snow Throw especially if all of those stats are maxed out, while Lumineon gets 3 stars in Power, 5 in Stamina, and 4 in everything else, making it all-around reliable in most events, particularly Relay Run, Ring Drop, Pennant Capture, and Hurdle Dash.
As for Contests, Grumpig is especially strong in Clever and Toughness Contests, with the respective sets I'd recommend being Psychic/Shadow Ball/Calm Mind/Psych Up and Payback/Giga Impact/Thief/Calm Mind (Endure would be even better, but you have to breed to get it), while Lumineon is amazing in Beauty and Cuteness Contests (Aqua Ring/Silver Wind/Aqua Tail/Rain Dance and Water Gun/U-Turn/Rest/Snore respectively).
So I wouldn't recommend using either for a serious online battle; Game Freak constantly seems to find yet another way to do both even dirtier than before with each new generation, and it pisses me off every time they do. But who says that being OU- or Uber-caliber in terms of usefulness in battle has to be the only metric that someone uses to determine how much they like a Pokemon? I certainly don't, and while I would still say they're a few steps behind the likes of Volcarona, Garchomp, Umbreon, and Alolan Ninetales for my all-time favorites, if I were a professional YouTube countdown maker who made a list of his top 10 favorite Pokemon, there would most certainly be places for Grumpig and Lumineon on that list that wouldn't have existed six months ago.
So, that's what I have to say regarding two of my newest favorites. Feel free to share your own.
So to start us off, these are the most recent additions to my personal list of all-time favorites:
Can't really talk about one without also including the other, so I may as well talk about both. I've been feeling a bit burned out from online battling for a couple weeks now and wanted to take a break from it, so leave it to revisiting the Pokeathlon in HGSS and Contests in ORAS to provide it. I've always liked both Grumpig and Lumineon (and the former is actually pretty good in-game even if overshadowed), but now that both have become Medalists and Contest Stars, they've grown on me infinitely more than I ever would've expected. Sure, a lot of other Pokemon can excel in Contests and the Pokeathlon as well, but Grumpig and Lumineon were two mons that I had on hand and managed to pull through every time. They now join Umbreon, Drapion, Volcarona, and Beartic as the six Pokemon that I've won all 5 Master Rank Contests with (as well as Umbreon and Drapion in being the only mons to win every Pokeathlon event in addition to every Contest).
In the Pokeathlon, Grumpig gets up to 5 stars in Power, Skill, and Stamina, making it a full-on powerhouse in Block Smash and Snow Throw especially if all of those stats are maxed out, while Lumineon gets 3 stars in Power, 5 in Stamina, and 4 in everything else, making it all-around reliable in most events, particularly Relay Run, Ring Drop, Pennant Capture, and Hurdle Dash.
As for Contests, Grumpig is especially strong in Clever and Toughness Contests, with the respective sets I'd recommend being Psychic/Shadow Ball/Calm Mind/Psych Up and Payback/Giga Impact/Thief/Calm Mind (Endure would be even better, but you have to breed to get it), while Lumineon is amazing in Beauty and Cuteness Contests (Aqua Ring/Silver Wind/Aqua Tail/Rain Dance and Water Gun/U-Turn/Rest/Snore respectively).
So I wouldn't recommend using either for a serious online battle; Game Freak constantly seems to find yet another way to do both even dirtier than before with each new generation, and it pisses me off every time they do. But who says that being OU- or Uber-caliber in terms of usefulness in battle has to be the only metric that someone uses to determine how much they like a Pokemon? I certainly don't, and while I would still say they're a few steps behind the likes of Volcarona, Garchomp, Umbreon, and Alolan Ninetales for my all-time favorites, if I were a professional YouTube countdown maker who made a list of his top 10 favorite Pokemon, there would most certainly be places for Grumpig and Lumineon on that list that wouldn't have existed six months ago.
So, that's what I have to say regarding two of my newest favorites. Feel free to share your own.
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