A PowerPoint about Fake Pokemon

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[@Magic_Ice]

I still believe Crabominable is a fake Pokémon. I have not once seen it in a real game and therefore must be a fake lie by the woke.

[@InsertFunnyThingHere]

The liberal agenda caused Crabrawler to not get a real evolution, the west has fallen

[@MeatbagSlayer]

Crabominable becomes a real Pokemon when it gets a real priority move and SD

[@Magic_Ice]

@@MeatbagSlayer you are thinking of Crawdaunt who is a real Pokémon.

[@DrGandW]

I remember blindly evolving my Crabrawler near the end of my Moon run and getting super excited then being extremely dismayed and wanting to go back immediately

[@andre-8420]

Its hideously ugly too.

[@mrfezzerton664]

Eelektross got that Hoenn statspread in a gen where minmaxxing started to become noticeable :( …

[@InsertFunnyThingHere]

They really made an ability specifically so poison can hit steel on like the singular poison type Pokemon that can already deal with steels. I mean you can hit them on switchin that's nice but like golyl

[@terabytewarrior2019]

It only affecting status moves that inflict poison is so dumb too, especially on such a frail Pokémon. I bet Gamefreak originally planned for it to allow any poison type move to hit steels but got cold feet and changed it at the last minute thinking it would be OP.

[@just_a_folk95]

It's so dumb that it only work on status. It'd be cool to hit Steel/Fairies with that

[@theman6422]

⁠​⁠@@terabytewarrior2019 that sounds like a Game Freak decision. I mean, if it was just doing neutral damage to a pure steel type, then the only pokemon who are threatened by this are steel/grass and steel/fairy. Most steel types are tanky anyways, so it wouldn’t really matter unless you got the status proc. Just such a weird decision

[@maxspecs]

I mean, it can poison poison types?

[@FriendOfHatkid]

Imagine if Salazzle and Toxapex switched their abilities. Corrosion to Toxapex and merciless to Salazzle. Guaranteed crit venoshocks seem good.

[@Hexodroid]

CAP mentioned? Idk vid hasn't started CAP was in fact: not mentioned

[@Rose-85]

Eelektross looks like a leech, if any pokemon should have good recovery options it's this guy

[@ElectricWindGirlFriend]

it should have a move that drains 30% of the opponent's maximum HP and gives it back to Eelektross. it'd be a bit wild but i like the idea

[@MeatbagSlayer]

Buff Parabolic Charge to 75 BP and give it to Eelektross

[@Bird-wz7nx]

Reverse leech triage regional variant?

[@noahthecrazy1632]

@@ElectricWindGirlFriendit doesn’t even get leech life

[@just_a_folk95]

@@noahthecrazy1632which is INSANE, like, it's a basically a Leech 😭

[@navaldeus1327]

It would be fun if Corrosion was basically Poison Scrappy on top of allowing the user to poison normally immune types. Sure, Salazzle being part Fire means she already has a tool to deal with Steels not called Heatran easily, but it would be fun.

[@KelKav]

Maybe the real fake Pokémon were the fake friends we made along the way

[@InsertFunnyThingHere]

Was the way also fake?

[@MannyMetronome]

real.

[@FederalBulgeInvestigator]

*Unreal. Maybe even fake.*

[@variumi]

Eelektross, one of hoenn’s slow, ‘bulky’ mixed attackers stuck in a unova Pokémon’s body

[@HeyDaki]

I will tell my therapist about you for talking smack on my boy Eelektross

[@10carflo22]

This video is sponsored by Jimothy Cool

[@InsertFunnyThingHere]

That's insane

[@MaahirMomtaz12]

Corrosion should also allow Poison moves to hit Steels

[@Bird-wz7nx]

ikr?

[@MannyMetronome]

NO WEAKNESSES! 😊 NO BULK? 😮 NO SPEEEEED?? 😢

[@the_bookworm8281]

This reminds me of an old WatchMojo video on broken game characters (or something like that, been years since I've seen the video). They included some actual busted stuff across different games, but they included Eelektross for some reason. 🤣 I think this was back when ORAS was fresh off the press, so Mega Ray was literally right there.

[@noahthecrazy1632]

Thank so much for putting eelektross to rest for me, But get ready for eviolite support eelektrik.

[@TheLaXandro]

I think there should be a level-balanced regular format on Showdown. Initialize it with regular ranks as template (say, PU at level 100 and then 3 levels down for every tier up), and then readjust with usage stats every week.

[@Bird-wz7nx]

I want a Pokemon Stadium mod like this with rentals retooled in this way. Also 4v4

[@tonberry2670]

Isn't that just how they do randbats?

[@Hockeystick213]

​@@tonberry2670I think the commenter means a non-random format

[@joeywang4638]

The problem I have with Eelektross is that its base stats are min-maxed to be bad: Cut some Speed and put them into HP, decent Trick Room member Cut one of the offense stat in half and put them into Speed or other defensive stats would give it more room for its niche

[@LunarSoul255]

Klawf is my favorite fake pokemon, it's so goofy and so bad but I love my mooing crab friend

[@Rocketsnail1000]

I mean eelektross does get giga drain, so it has *some* recovery 😅

[@BetterCaulipowerSall-vq9yn]

where is zarude i refuse to believe zarude is a real pokemon

[@banditrests]

I play like, way to much ranbats doubles and the things that are good are often hilarious. Plusle and minun are pretty threatening. Salazzle and Toxtricity have a staggering amount of resistances when you have very limited switch in options.

[@LexSchilperoord]

And here I was thinking the Fakemon community might have gotten a mention somehow, alas we have slightly different definitions of Fake Pokémon 😂

[@janner2006]

Eelektross is in such a weird spot as a mixed attacker it kind of reminds me of other bad mixed attacks like Decidueye in which its best STAB options come from its weaker offensive stat (for the Eel, Thunderbolt is almost always more desireable to click than Thunder Punch and even Supercell Slam). But the other part about Eelektross is how it works defensively. Having no weaknesses sounds amazing on paper but the electric typing has shit for resistances too - only resisting itself, Flying and Steel plus the Ground immunity from Levitate. Compare it to Rotom-Wash: Rotom has _marginally_ less effective bulk (we're talking about a 1% difference) and it even has one weakness as opposed to zero, but it also has important resistances to Water, Fire and Ice on top of the requisite resistances to Flying and Steel. Of course that's ignoring Rotom-W's other great attributes like its superior speed, Will-O-Wisp, Pain Split and Defog in previous gens but I think the point still stands that mono-Electric is just kind of a bad defensive type even if you do eliminate its only weakness to Ground.

[@pigperfect9831]

I think Eelektross shouldn’t necessarily get a move like recover because its existence is based on leeching off of healthy things to survive. It should get as many draining moves as possible including Leech Life, Leech Seed, Draining Kiss, and most of all, Parabolic charge. If celesteela can learn leech seed idk why this thing can’t. Looking at team Plasma leader’s team Eelektross has the least bulk besides Bisharp on the special side, and it doesn’t have the speed to make up for it.

[@generalpigeon1740]

Should be said, Eelektross is p good in draft. A low point ground immunity with that many moves to pick from is fantastic. I recently used AV sets to counter volcarona and iron bundle and it did great.

[@therealegr]

These Pokemon might be fake but Heracross is real

[@elijahpark5344]

salazzle was a staple in my poison-monotype teams. Being able to hit and stall toxic is huge, and while toxapex is usually better at this, being able to both ko and poison poison/steel types, it's really useful

[@nicolasromani3523]

I don't know what to comment, so i will just say that i love Phanpy and wish it was real.

[@Thefishyguyyt]

I will not accept this eelektross slander

[@ElectricWindGirlFriend]

hey, i also like eelektross' design, and it has seen success. just has a bit of wasted potential

[@InsertFunnyThingHere]

Hoenn mixed attacker looking as

[@InsertFunnyThingHere]

Hoenn mixed attacker stats ain't it, deeply unfortunate

[@just_a_folk95]

They should've gone for one atk stat and make it specially Bulky

[@usernametaken017]

just give it 60 extra speed

[@diegodankquixote-wry3242]

Elektross is the #1 reason why you should never fall for the super effective swindle.

[@tangerinepaint3643]

I read “fake pokemon” before the thumbnail loaded and thought you were gonna talk about Smogon’s CAP project ngl.

[@tangerinepaint3643]

That being said I would love to see a powerpoint on those little creatures. One of my favorites is their grass starter, Caribolt, mainly because it’s a physical electric that actually works.

[@fiaTheFae]

Random battles' level balancing makes me wonder what a format where all BSTs are set to 600 would be like...

[@YourDoom-by7ms]

Gotta say supercell slam on electross is great because it’s drawback is mostly negated by using coil once

[@jdrmanmusiqking]

Electross was good in its debut generation. I used it with alot of success and i believe it has some decent VGC results as well

[@noahthecrazy1632]

It got second in 2011 worlds, but that was when the power level was way low, plus it was considered a niche pick

[@ElectricWindGirlFriend]

Yeah, especially before powercreep exploded it had some usage, albeit niche. in vgc 2011 it did pretty well at worlds specifically, as a life orb attacker with good coverage. However, to my knowledge, it never performed well again. it was really in the right place a the right time

[@Mr.Cynical]

I bet all those Pokémon are just Zoroark in disguise. 🤔

[@noahthecrazy1632]

I hope eelektrik gets access to leech life and parabolic charge in legends ZA with its mega that sets magnet rise on switch in.

[@londegel]

eelektross does have recovery in drain punch

[@Alex_Barbosa]

What does this have to do with fake pokemon?

[@maxspecs]

Fighting types in Gen 1 aren’t real.

[@Cthulhunoms]

"Levitate makes you *completely* immune to those moves...", barring Mold Breaker of course. lol

[@ElectricWindGirlFriend]

yeah there are a few exceptions, but i decided that they weren't seen often enough to really mention. could've had a little blurb about them tho

[@InsertFunnyThingHere]

She breaking on my mold till I Excadrill

[@noahthecrazy1632]

I hope mega eelektross sets up magnet rise

[@Cthulhunoms]

@@ElectricWindGirlFriend to be honest has mold breaker even been relevant in the past few gens as much as release?

[@noahthecrazy1632]

@@Cthulhunomshaxorus will always be relevant to my heart. Also it ignores unaware.

[@alixbeile]

Do you think this will be on the test?

[@doctorplague6967]

I remember using Coil + Drain Punch Eelektross very early into the BW, boosting your defense and attack while people expect a special set

[@noahthecrazy1632]

It can also do mixed with that, running zap cannon

[@HENRIQUEKOUTAROSAGAHARA]

RoyalPear cant watch this

[@jasonbarry3301]

LEAVE MEWTHREE ALONE OLD MAN!

[@fortello7219]

Would Parabolic Charge help Eelectross?

[@noahthecrazy1632]

I think leech life would be better, but both is good.

[@ysshuu]

Eelektross is so cool

[@JusticeForIanRobb]

52 seconds and no views, bro fell off

[@simpdemarie3]

Counterpoint eelektross animation in 3d is really sick