You are a type specialist in a hostile region. How do you best represent your chosen element?

[Pikachu315111]

These are just some general comments I have, I'll put them in a spoiler tag incase no one is interested in my musings:

It is on your time

Y'know what, I'm quite taken by Just A Seaking's take on this concept - you win this round! Your approach was an interesting one, and each pick was justified well while also establishing some good synergy.

Don't remember whether I voted for Just A Seaking, I think I did, though eitherway I want to comment I do like what they did:

The three Poison types - Scolipede, Amoongus, and Garbodor - are givens. (...)

Seismitoad

is a natural choice. Its Water type allows it to counter Ground types that otherwise threaten Poison types, and its HA Water Absorb makes it an excellent choice if you're cleaning a sewer or public restroom as a sanitation worker in the Pokemon world. It also gets quite a few Poison TMs and learns Acid by level-up, so it slots in nicely with the other Poison types here.

Klinklang

is a work of machinery come to life, helping to automate the process of keeping Unova's streets clean. Being a Steel type means it isn't affected by any substance, no matter how toxic it may be. It also helps that it resists Psychic, acting as a check (if not a counter) and strengthening the team.

Cincinno

is here because it's a Pokemon that's just naturally clean, covered in a special oil that keeps itself clean and not letting a speck of dirt cover it. Such a naturally clean Pokemon makes for a nice visual contrast to the other Poison types, and its oil gives it utility for the Gym Leader's profession. Seismitoad and Klinklang already cover Poison's two weaknesses, so I don't think we need another 'mon that's very high in synergy.

While we're not developing a trainer to be using our team, with what they did I can still sorta "see" the trainer who would use this team. Or, rather, I could relate it to one I had made one in an old thought experiment. I imagine this team could potentially be used by some kind of Poison-type specialist who runs a cleaning service, because what are cleaning supplies but just (toxic) chemicals mixed together to make a solution which breaks apart dirt & grime. And as they described the other three picks help with the clean-up.

The old thought experiment I mentioned was developing a Type Specialist whose profession didn't match-up (or was even opposite) of their chosen Type BUT there was an explanation in how that Type helps them. Like my Flying-type Specialist was a Spelunker, aka cave explorer. Seems contradictory until you remember spelunking often involves a lot of climbing steep vertical surfaces; a Flying-type not only can help secure climbing handles but be there to catch someone if they fall or fly out of the cave to get help in a big emergency. And, going back to the topic, my Poison-type expert was as I said, a person who ran a cleaning service (using their Pokemon's toxic chemicals to make cleaning solutions or consume the dirt & grime).

While I understand why we're prohibited from making a trainer for these Types, I do feel this helps show what I mean by a trainer's concept being used to make some team choices that may otherwise not have been considered. I think from here on I'm going to imagine what Type of trainer would use the team I made, even if I can't describe them maybe the Pokemon I'm able to choose can help put an image of said trainer in the background.

There is no criteria to have movesets at all, so I don't think there's much need to worry about having a lot of them other than how far you're willing to get into the weeds.

The only point I would consider looking at the Movepool is if you're stuck on a Type. Seeing if any Pokemon can at least learn a Move of the Type (and use if effectively) I would say would qualify it being used by a Type Specialist.

I don't feel like doing items, but I will do movesets and abilities.

Well for the "full sprite" you do the following between colons:

(Game's initials)/(Pokemon's species)

So, if you wanted to post a picture of Gen I Mewtwo, you'd type rb/mewtwo and put colons before the "r" and after the "o".

rb/mewtwo

Not sure how to do the menu sprites. BTW if you want a Mega Pokemon or Regional Variant, just put "-mega" or "-(region's name)" after the Pokemon's species (be sure that Mega or Regional Variant is in the game you used the initial's for).

xy/lucario-mega
sm/ninetales-alola

 

[CTNC]

I probably don't need to do this after every one else has done this, but let's start with the list of (Fully Evolved) Fairy Types.

If she needs any introduction, how have you not accidentally seen the Rule 34 stuff? I envy you.
Between Huge Power and the bulk, how could you say no? Not being weak to Steel is a very nice bonus too.
Even with the OP Steel/Fairy typing, Mawile kind of sucks without Mega Evolution. It could be worse.
Even without Clefable outclassing it, Wigglytuff kind of sucks. Period. It is be worse.
My favorite Pokemon. It's only a Fairy Type with Mega Evolution, but ORAS feels like it needs to include a Mega Evolution because it's Gen 6.
Fairy Tale Girls were added to ORAS because Fairy types were new in Gen 6 and there's one on Route 111 with a Spoink. Good enough?
There's a Fairy Tale Girl with Skitty on the Jagged Pass... Game Freak, you know Marill is a Fairy, right? Why don't Fairy Tale Girls use Marill?
Doesn't learn any Fairy Moves, but it can be a Fairy Type. That's more than the rest of the Dex can say! It's an almost tempting sixth just for that...

If I don't ignore the last three, there's two unserious ways I can do this. I can slap on Kecleon for a team of 6 Pokemon that can be Fairy Types or use Grumpig and Delcatty over the Fairy that no Fairy Tale Girl uses and call that a team.



Gardevoir
Synchronize
-Draining Kiss
-Charm
-Hypnosis
-Calm Mind

I'm just going to say it, I went with one of the unserious team ideas. The first two moves were lock ins the instant I decided to not be serious because of Rule 34. (I'm so sorry to Gardevoir fans that aren't that kind of "fan.") Calm Mind turns Gardevoir into a tank with Special Defence boosts complimenting Charm's Physical Attack drops and the Special Attack boost boosting Draining Kiss's healing by boosting its damage. I could've gone with Stored Power for a second STAB, but then I noticed Hypnosis. This is the internet and Gardevoir is a very feminine humanoid Pokemon, so they practically use Hypnosis by existing.

After this moveset, I couldn't let anyone on this team have Cute Charm. It goes the entire point if infatuation is caused by anyone other than the Rule 34 bait.


Wigglytuff
Competitive
-Play Rough
-Hyper Voice
-Sing
-Wake-Up Slap

If there's one thing Jigglypuff is known for, it's Sing. If there's one thing Wigglytuff is known for, it's YOOM-TAH! (I was going to use Hyper Voice as STAB even without a Mystery Dungeon reference as an excuse, but I just wanted to say that. :P) Play Rough is for the Fairy STAB needed for a Fairy team and Wake-Up Slap is a Fighting Attack for Steel Types that fits very thematicly with the anime's Jigglypuff's claim to fame. In case you don't know what Wake-Up Slap does, it's a Power 70 Fighting Attack that has double power if the target is asleep but wakes them up. It's like Jigglypuff's markers, but deadly!


Grumpig
Thick Fat
-Psyshock
-Focus Blast
-Power Gem
-Torment

The list of Fairy moves Grumpig can learn in ORAS is... none. It learns Dazzling Gleam 3 Generations later in SV though! Maybe I should've gone with Kecleon instead...

I just went with moves that hit Pokemon that resist Fairy. Psyshock is STAB and his Poison, Focus Blast takes care of Steel, Power Gem is Super Effective agaisnt Fire. I don't have a good reason for Psyshock over Psychic. I just went with the stranger STAB because it's for a type that's associated with tricksetrs. For the sake of a somewhat interesting moveset, I went with Torment as the fourth move for making you switch moves every turn.


Delcatty
Normalize
-Play Rough
-Hidden Power
-Double Team
-Swagger

There are niche situations where Normalize is useful. This isn't one of them. The alternate Ability was Cute Charm. The good news is Normalize lets Delcatty use their Fairy Attack as their Normal STAB. For coverage, I'm going to assume this is a boss with 31 IVs in every stat, which means Hidden Power Dark. Why does that matter? Hidden Power isn't affected by Normalize so Delcatty can hit Ghost Types! Using Double Team and Swagger is pretty much admitting that you that you're not good enough to win without luck and... well, just look at Delcatty's stats. Delcatty needs Double Team and Swagger to stand a chance!


Altaria
Natural Cure
-Moonblast
-Dragon Claw
-Sky Attack
-Perish Song

I wanted to build my team without reading into anyone else's team building, but I saw this quote.

Swerving M-Altaria for M-Mawile, the true curveball option

I think an even bigger curve ball would be having Altaria without it Mega Evolving. I like Non-Mega Altaria more anyway.

This is almost the Altairia from my first Emerald playthrough. My first Altaria's moveset was Return/Dragon Claw/Sky Attack/Perish Song. Pretty much nothing but awesome moves. (Even Return. I though it was cool.) I just replaced Return with Moonblast for the Fairy Move.


Mega Mawile
Intimidate
-Play Rough
-Iron Head
-Sucker Punch
-Sword Dance

After not taking this that seriously, I thought a funny way to finish would be with a Pokemon that makes the poor opponent think, "Oh crap! They're serious after all!" with a shamelessly Copy/Pasted competitive moveset.

I know we're supposed to make these teams in a vacuum, pretty much ignoring the existence of other in game trainers, but I'd like to point out that Mega Gardevoir is the Mega of XY's Champion Diantha, Mega Altaria is the signature Pokemon of Lisia, (that one girl added to showcase contests more) and no one uses Mega Mawile. (Not even in competitive because it's Uber in Gen 6. :P)




I'm not going to say this is a good team but I am going to say that, judging by the Fairy Tale Girl Trainers, it's good enough for Game Freak! :P

 

[guys the ret]

Wigglytuff @ Mental Herb
Ability: Competitive
EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpD / 4 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
- Stealth Rock
- Toxic
- Dazzling Gleam
- Hyper Voice

Best I could do for Wigglytuff, at least it has a lot of HP

Delcatty @ Focus Sash
Ability: Cute Charm
EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 Spe
- Baton Pass
- Calm Mind
- Fake Out
- Mud Bomb

It's Fairy Egg Group and cute, so obviously it's a Fairy, right? Man Delcatty keeps getting shafted, like this moveset. Hopefully Baton Pass gets passed to Gardevoir

Azumarill @ Sitrus Berry
Ability: Huge Power
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Belly Drum
- Aqua Jet
- Waterfall
- Play Rough

Ta-da! Standard Belly Drum moveset, nothing to see here

Gardevoir @ Life Orb
Ability: Trace
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Calm Mind
- Moonblast
- Psychic
- Shadow Ball

I had to have a special attacker for Delcatty to Swords Dance to and Gardevoir is one of the few Fairy types!

Breloom @ Coba Berry
Ability: Technician
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Bullet Seed
- Rock Tomb
- Power-Up Punch
- Spore

Hey, Breloom's Fairy Egg group, what more can I say. Sure, so is Froslass and Froslass fits more, but just look at it! Also I'm limiting myself to one copy of each item per team so Coba berry it is.

Mawile-Mega @ Mawilite
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4SpD
Adamant Nature
- Sucker Punch
- Iron Head
- Play Rough
- Swords Dance

And my ace, Mega Mawile. As detailed above, nobody uses Mega Mawile and also I just like Mawile better than the others

 

[QuentinQuonce]

Seeing so much hate for Wigglytuff is making me regret this round

I'm typing from my phone and hate doing anything that requires formatting on it so if anyone else wants to do the "number roundup" Hugin and I did for the last two for this one in the next day or two, feel free.

 

[QuentinQuonce]

Evening all! Time to vote once more: and again we have 15 candidates.

As mentioned, experimenting with a ranked voting model this time around so let's hope this works smoothly/at all.

Cast your vote here: www.rcv123.org/ballot/99aaWyvbDudQcMnVQaAizq

...and view the results here: www.rcv123.org/results/99aaWyvbDudQcMnVQaAizq (edit: or not, apparently it only shows the number of votes cast. Well, that's dumb)

You have until 16th June 9.30 GMT to cast your vote. and then I'll be back and this won't be such a ballache to do on my phone

 

[R_N]

Re-reviewing the candidates teams I realize a lot of people saw the Breloom was in the Fairy egg group and latched on for dear life.

That's not a dig it's just funny how similar we can get on these things.

 

[Hugin]

This is the first one of these that's honestly felt easy to me. There's a lot of options, and the fairy-type has broad enough theming that it feels fine grabbing other stuff to fit. The lack of pre-evos and evolutionary relatives is probably evidence of that.
Final count, usual disclaimers apply:

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Gardevoir 15
Azumarill 13
Mawile 13
Wigglytuff 12
Altaria 8

Delcatty 5
Ninetails 4
Milotic 3

Absol 2
Breloom 2
Roserade 2

Froslass 1
Glalie 1
Gallade 1
Chimecho 1
Lunatone 1
Jigglypuff 1
Ludicolo 1
Raichu 1
Gorebyss 1
Vileplume 1
Grumpig 1

What's interesting here is that the "Main 5" ended up so different, while in previous runs the members of that actual type were very tight. Gardevoir is an excellent ace, and iconic fairy, no surprise it's highest. Altaria's low result compared to the others is probably due to only being fairy as a Mega and the megastone being contested. The other 3, though...it's not apparent from these numbers, but a lot of teams only had 1-2 out of Azu/Mawile/Wiggly. And they did that so often that the 3 of them ended up even at the end anyways.

Delcatty/Ninetails/Milotic aren't a huge surprise, either. They just fit. They're not hugely more popular than everything else, and I'm a little surprised certain other ones didn't end that high, but...

The 1s are interesting. It's not that I disagree with more than a couple of them, they're mostly reasonable. But a lot of them have clear issues that are keeping them from popularity. Chimecho is a good fit, but it overlaps the Psychic type with Gardevoir and also sucks. Jigglypuff is a pre-evo. Gallade is explicitly not a fairy to differentiate it from Gardevoir. Gorebyss is obscure. They're none of them bad choices, but it's clear looking at the list why those didn't make more teams.

And then the 2s. Absol, Breloom, Roserade. Thing is, they feel a bit less like good fits than, say, Froslass or Lunatone, but they're close enough, and just happen to also be good pokemon that don't overlap with anything in the "main" slots. The fact that this is a competitive forum may be showing through. (I say as an Absol user).

 

[R_N]

OK seeing there's only 2 listings for breloom, I realize now that maybe looking over teams with rapid fire page up/page downs across 2 tabs was perhaps giving me a skewed perceptoin.

 

[Hugin]

OK seeing there's only 2 listings for breloom, I realize now that maybe looking over teams with rapid fire page up/page downs across 2 tabs was perhaps giving me a skewed perceptoin.

That's part of why I do this, it's so easy to get screwed up in your assumptions when viewing these posts over a week. (Breloom was mentioned as an alternate a couple times as well, which is probably why).

Also, QuentinQuonce even as a voter it's not letting us view results, since it's ongoing and Ranked Choice makes it harder to count. Which I'm not complaining about, to be clear, I just wanted to let you know.

 

[R_N]

That's part of why I do this, it's so easy to get screwed up in your assumptions when viewing these posts over a week. (Breloom was mentioned as an alternate a couple times as well, which is probably why).

Also, QuentinQuonce even as a voter it's not letting us view results, since it's ongoing and Ranked Choice makes it harder to count. Which I'm not complaining about, to be clear, I just wanted to let you know.

Ranked Choice won't influence the count displayed at the end, it's not tracking total number of votes, its tracking total number of voters

 

[QuentinQuonce]

This is the first one of these that's honestly felt easy to me. There's a lot of options, and the fairy-type has broad enough theming that it feels fine grabbing other stuff to fit. The lack of pre-evos and evolutionary relatives is probably evidence of that.
Final count, usual disclaimers apply:

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Gardevoir 15
Azumarill 13
Mawile 13
Wigglytuff 12
Altaria 8

Delcatty 5
Ninetails 4
Milotic 3

Absol 2
Breloom 2
Roserade 2

Froslass 1
Glalie 1
Gallade 1
Chimecho 1
Lunatone 1
Jigglypuff 1
Ludicolo 1
Raichu 1
Gorebyss 1
Vileplume 1
Grumpig 1

What's interesting here is that the "Main 5" ended up so different, while in previous runs the members of that actual type were very tight. Gardevoir is an excellent ace, and iconic fairy, no surprise it's highest. Altaria's low result compared to the others is probably due to only being fairy as a Mega and the megastone being contested. The other 3, though...it's not apparent from these numbers, but a lot of teams only had 1-2 out of Azu/Mawile/Wiggly. And they did that so often that the 3 of them ended up even at the end anyways.

Delcatty/Ninetails/Milotic aren't a huge surprise, either. They just fit. They're not hugely more popular than everything else, and I'm a little surprised certain other ones didn't end that high, but...

The 1s are interesting. It's not that I disagree with more than a couple of them, they're mostly reasonable. But a lot of them have clear issues that are keeping them from popularity. Chimecho is a good fit, but it overlaps the Psychic type with Gardevoir and also sucks. Jigglypuff is a pre-evo. Gallade is explicitly not a fairy to differentiate it from Gardevoir. Gorebyss is obscure. They're none of them bad choices, but it's clear looking at the list why those didn't make more teams.

And then the 2s. Absol, Breloom, Roserade. Thing is, they feel a bit less like good fits than, say, Froslass or Lunatone, but they're close enough, and just happen to also be good pokemon that don't overlap with anything in the "main" slots. The fact that this is a competitive forum may be showing through. (I say as an Absol user).

I was expecting to see Raichu, Gallade, and Froslass more. And honestly very surprised that Delcatty was as popular as it ended up being, since it's on par statwise with Wigglytuff.

WRT this being an easier round, I was actually really interested in how much variance that would produce. When there are 4 or 5 and you only need 1 or 2 wildcards, you end up with some intriguing variety the previous rounds didn't yield. And the question of who gets to Mega Evolve means that Altaria's inclusion wasn't necessarily a sure thing. There's much more individuality to the wildcards than in the past two instances; I could predict most of the picks for the others, but I honestly didn't see Breloom (for instance) coming.

That's part of why I do this, it's so easy to get screwed up in your assumptions when viewing these posts over a week. (Breloom was mentioned as an alternate a couple times as well, which is probably why).

Also, QuentinQuonce even as a voter it's not letting us view results, since it's ongoing and Ranked Choice makes it harder to count. Which I'm not complaining about, to be clear, I just wanted to let you know.

Yeah I only noticed this after creating the poll. Guess it's a secret ballot this time!

 

[Pikachu315111]

I was expecting to see Raichu, Gallade, and Froslass more. And honestly very surprised that Delcatty was as popular as it ended up being, since it's on par statwise with Wigglytuff.

WRT this being an easier round, I was actually really interested in how much variance that would produce. When there are 4 or 5 and you only need 1 or 2 wildcards, you end up with some intriguing variety the previous rounds didn't yield. And the question of who gets to Mega Evolve means that Altaria's inclusion wasn't necessarily a sure thing. There's much more individuality to the wildcards than in the past two instances; I could predict most of the picks for the others, but I honestly didn't see Breloom (for instance) coming.

• While it seems like an obvious duo, with Gardevoir being a Fairy-type and Gallade's only qualification is being its counterpart, the "theme" of people's team were likely heavily influenced by Gardevoir's traits (femininity, elegance, magical (aka Special stats)) that including Gallade would have to be given a justified (heh) reason.
  
  
• Raichu's lack of inclusion is simply because no one would think of it. Like, already the Pikachu's line just being in the Fairy Egg Group is very odd as there's nothing "fairy" about them, is an electrical mouse really odd in a world filled with elemental animals? Even if you're searching through the Fairy Egg Group list, as I said above you're probably looking for more "elegant" or "cooler" colored Pokemon (greens & blue) which Raichu isn't (it's more tougher and orange is a warm color); people went for the cuter Delcatty and prettier Roserade.
  
  
• Froslass would at first seem like an obvious choice off the Fairy Egg Group list, having two gals on the team, though it could be Froslass's design origin preventing it as a more often pick. In many eye's a Yuki-onna probably more falls on the side of "ghostly" than "ethereal", they are vengeful spirits more than supernatural beings (though making a Yuki-onna a Winter Archfey in an Asian-theme D&D campaign wouldn't be a bad idea). With Gardevoir being more "European" fairy, and being a centerpiece for some teams, it's presence trumps Froslass. It's notable NORMAL Ninetales was picked more than it, not only because people relating it to its Fairy-type Alolan counterpart, but because the trickster kitsune exhibits more European fairy-like behavior than Yuki-onna.
  
  
• Delcatty is not only an elegant cat, a very fitting companion to a proper lady such as Gardevoir, but it has a subtle moon theme which has become associated with Fairy-types.
  
  
• I'm surprised Breloom wasn't picked more. Mushrooms have been a popular symbol of fairy association (hence why Shroomish is even in the Fairy Egg Group and why the Morelull family is part Fairy). Though I will admit, if you're going with an elegance theme, Roserade is probably a better match (though Imperial Magala's using a Vileplume is an amusing subversion).

Fun Fact: There are 3 fully-evolved Pokemon in the Fairy Egg Group no one considered (or at least added to their team): Minun, Plusle, & Castform.

 

[R_N]

A lot of things in the Fairy egg group are just there because they're cute, small and often round.

 

[Hugin]

Fun Fact: There are 3 fully-evolved Pokemon in the Fairy Egg Group no one considered (or at least added to their team): Minun, Plusle, & Castform.

I did specifically consider Castform, since I'm basically it's only fan. And it's possible to make a rain team while staying on theme. But...ugh. Castform is bad, making a rain team with Milotic/Azumarril as your water types is bad, and I decided the simpler option of standard fairy was best.

 

[QuentinQuonce]

And the results are in - congratulations to Imperial Magala on becoming the third winner! Will DM you pronto.

 

[R_N]

And looking at the full results, Cleverer came in second, Ironmage in third

 

[QuentinQuonce]

And looking at the full results, Cleverer came in second, Ironmage in third

Indeed. Was just trying to see if I could export them but I think screenshotting is simpler:

...eh, not very elegant though.

 

[Celever]

And looking at the full results, Cleverer came in second, Ironmage in third

Been on the site for 11 years and people still don't know my name

These results are interesting (and fun, for me lol) because it was a real W for the "not including existing mons from the type" club. Magala did this more than I did -- I only didn't include Mawile -- since they didn't include Wigglytuff or Altaria. A little surprising to me is that I was 1 point from winning while including a mon no one else used in Chimecho, though I would guess being the first to Delcatty (the most popular non-Fairy-Type) probably helped, and perhaps it means I'm not the only one who thinks Chimecho gives off the Fairy-Type vibes

Or maybe it's just because I put Azumarill on hookah duty.

 

[QuentinQuonce]

We have our next question (and a proper toughie it is)...

You are a Ghost-type specialist in GSC Johto. How do you best represent your chosen type?​

You have until June 19th, 9PM GMT to make your case! After that, I'll list the usernames of everyone who responded and people can vote for the winner.

Sticking with the ranked choice site I used before since it seemed to work well.

 

[R_N]

Gengar, Misdreavus, Arbok, Crobat, Weezing and Marowak




okay but really I need to ruminate on it, but I also need clarification. By "GSC JOhto" do you mean, specifically Johto or do you mean GSC in general because those are 2 very different questions.

 

[PokePoindexter]

The actual Ghost-types.


In Gen 2, it could learn both Curse and Shadow Ball.


"Grabbing one of its many tails could result in a 1000-year curse." Enough said.


Seven generations later, it would evolve into a Ghost-type.


There's an actual ghost of one in Pokemon Tower the prior generation, not to mention it has a Ghost-type regional variant.

 

[WinterArcanine]

Everything except Misdreavus.

 

[Imperial Magala]

Now with movesets

-Shadow Ball
-Dynamic Punch
-Ice Punch
-Destiny Bond

The only 3rd stage Ghost type available, and is luckily powerful. Meant to be an ace that can come in earlier or as a last stand. Dynamic Punch is a pretty trollish move that fits Gengar and covers Dark types.


-Shadow Ball
-Mean Look
-Curse
-Perish Song

"Somehow not used by Morty despite being mid-game appropriate and a Johto mon"™ I wanted one of the Ghost members to be entirely spiteful (despite not useing Spite), and Gengar is too fast and powerful to use only for status.


-Bonemerang
-Ancient Power
-Iron Tail
-Curse

Already Ghost affiliated due to Pokemon Tower, getting a Ghost regional form, and wearing bones. I also want to showcase Curse on a non-ghost type, and Marowak appreciates the Attack and Defense buff while not caring for the Speed drop. Ancient Power just sounds appropriate for Ghost adjacency.


-Crunch
-Flamethrower
-Shadow Ball
-Spite

It's a hellhound/Black Dog that's a powerful Johto Pokemon, not much more for its lore reasons to be part of the team. Shadow Ball runs off of Houndoom's respectable physical attack stat and has a chance of lowering Special Defense, so it's too bad of coverage loss. Also, how many people before today knew Houndoom learned Spite as an egg move? I didn't even mentioned Marowak getting Perish Song as an egg move too.


-Psychic
-Reflect
-Light Screen
-Future Sight

Hypno would fit better as a sleep demon and can actually put opponents to sleep to use Nightmare, but I remembered two things, poltergeists are a thing, and Alakazam's cooler fast enough to set up screens. Future Sight is meant to play similarly to G-Slowking, bait out Dark types switching in, swap in Houndoom/Umbreon, then punish Fighting types who switch in.


-Faint Attack
-Toxic
-Mean Look
-Moonlight

Umbreon has lots of set potential, with Curse+Shadow Ball and Confuse Ray considered. I went Big Stall™ and brought in Moonlight since full moons are spooky.

If Nightmare was easier to use, more Pokemon here would use it. Besides Hypno, Noctowl was considered, but its movepool feels more "Psychic-lite" than spirit of the night.

 

[SturdyShedinja]

Movesets here!

Gengar and misdreavus are givens as the only fully evolved ghost types. Marowak references both its alolan form and the ghost marowak in the Pokemon tower. Stantler’s pokedex entries describe it having strange, supernatural powers. It’s also only found at night in Crystal and learns a weird amount of ghost moves. I chose murkrow next because of its design surrounding witchcraft and it being a nocturnal trouble maker alongside the ghosts. Lastly, parasect is here for being an empty husk controlled by it’s mushroom, though weirdly it doesn’t learn any ghost moves.

Movesets are designed to be trolly and obnoxious to go along with the type. They’re definitely suboptimal, but most trainers especially in Johto have terrible movesets.

 

[Pikachu315111]

Opinion on results:

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Imperial Magala: Got my #1 vote, one reason cause we both picked Gardevoir as our Mega, lol. I also like the Type diversity as well as how colorful it is (not sure if that was something you were going for).
Celever: I like this team justifies having Mega Altaria being its headliner as it has a musical theme, also allowing for the unique inclusion of Chimecho.
Ironmage: What's more interesting here is not the theme but the picks, Lunatone and especially Jigglypuff. Certianly makes you do a double take, lol.
Hugin: Interesting that you still included Altaria even though Mawile was your Mega. Absol is also a unique pick, sorta leaning into the darker side of the fey (I say this while I look over to Azumarill's and Wigglytuff's cute & goofy smiles).
R_N: The "feminine/girly" Fairy team, an obvious theme though one I just feel needs a bit "specialization" for it to really stand out: cutesy, "sexy", pink colored, Infatuation-focused, etc..
CTNC: Grumpig is very much a unique pick, but thought it catches the eye it's also one I feel needs a good reason. Okay, a Fairytale Girl uses one (or rather a Spoink), though that just makes me wonder GF's reason.

However, a thing I noticed with the top winners is that they didn't use all the Fairy-types available even if they could fill more than half a team with them. I think that speaks volume that in this contest "theming" is a stronger factor than just listing 6 Pokemon who are/have a semi-relation with the Type. So that said, and now with the new one up, here's my team:

Watch Your Eyes

My theme is GLOWING.

• Gengar's eyes glow red. And of course Gengar just in general is a very good Pokemon, essentially the poster Ghost-type. I was really considering also adding in Haunter as its stats weren't as bad, BUT it doesn't really benefit from the Eviolite and I have another Pokemon on my team that's NVE with Eviolite and I don't want to double up. Besides, I'm trying to make this team unique from Agatha's and Morty's.
  
  
• Misdreavus has the red orbs around its neck which I can see glowing (though admittedly no Dex entry says it does). Look, I know Misdreavus isn't really that groundbreaking of a
  Ghost-type, but it is Johto's Ghost-type. Not all Pokemon of the specialized Type need to be major hitters, Misdreavus may not be powerful but I can see her playing more of a trickster/annoyer role with Spite, Confuse Ray, Mean Look, Pain Split, Perish Song, and Double Team. And yes being an annoyer is a legitimate strategy.
  
  
• Ampharos has the red orb on its head and tail which glow; it's also used in lighthouses which can be spooky spots, especially at night (and foggy). Can't really say Ampharos covers any weaknesses that Ghost-types have or my other teammates, though Electric-type itself is a nice neutral Type for doing damage and can afflict Paralysis; make your Pokemon literally unable to move while in fear.
  
  
• Golduck's red forehead jewel glows. There are a LOT of Water-types I could have picked, but I decided to go with Golduck as it's based on a kappa. While my team's theme is glowing, I also tried to stick with the Pokemon that were also more mythical in origin, feels it more matches with the Ghost-types. While kappa aren't the most paranormal yokai, they are fearsome monsters if you don't know how to deal with them or sneak up on you.
  
  
• Espeon's red forehead jewel glows. I know a lot of people are going to pick Umbreon cause it's dark and menacing, and would fit my team as it does glow. But to stick with my mythical secondary theme I'm going with Espeon as it's more directly based on the nekomata (and possibly the mythical carbuncle). Also, while Umbreon is fine, I'm more of an attacker; Umbreon is more defensive, but Espeon has high SpA and Spe which fits my liking more.
  
  
• And finally Dragonair (which, yes, has the Eviolite) has those blue orbs around its neck and tail which, like Misdreavus, I can see glow even if no Dex entry mention they do. And, much like my previous two picks, is a mythical creature: a sea serpent/dragon. As we gone over, the middle Evo of Pseudo Legendaries aren't bad picks, especially if they can make use of the Eviolite. Dragonair can and, though it may not hit hard, has plenty of Moves which can make it hard to predict what'll do, as Lance has shown. May be stepping on Clair's shoes here, though honestly she should be using a Dragonite anyway.