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[bellia-25]

My Guess On Final Evolutions/ Opinions on the New Starters:

(that nobody asked for..) 

So pokemon starter trio tend to be able to split between speed/agility based one, tank one that is big and bulky and and inbetween or a special attack based one. Speed, Defense, Attack. 

Grookey: 

So I saw a theory going around that the stick present in it’s little tuffed is going to get bigger as it evolves and become more prominent in it’s fighting style and I agree. We already have Ducideye who is based on an archer and sceptile who is based on stealth. So I think that they are probably going to do something along the lines of that. I know that Torterra and Venesaur and Chesnaught are kind of the Tank-like final forms of their respective trios, but it would be balanced out with this little guys third evolution if you include Sceptile, and Deuceye. I am not sure yet where Serperior  fits in yet. This makes me want to firmly put it in either the speed or attack category. 

The animal that it appears to be based on is the squirrel monkey.  And people seem to go with that image of them being foragers and climbers. But most of all I wonder if the intelligence aspect is going to carry over because monkeys are damn smart. 

Sooble: 

reptile-amphibian club with frogadier. But typically (see treeko,snivy and turtwig) the reptile starter is the grass type. So this is where it is deviating from the pattern. Also and  the large prominent fin on it’s head is giving a very strong connection to Mudkip (one of my personal favorite starters) but if Grooky is the attack based starter, and (as you will see) and scorbunny is the speed starter, then that would lend towards the idea of more of a swampert 2.0. Something big and bulkier that can take hits. This is something that we can see in Empoleon and Blastoise as well as obviously as in mentioned before, Swampert. In comparison to the other starters in it’s grouping you could even count Feraligatr. 

So they have done the water=tank thing so many times already. Which makes sense why they deviated from it for Greninja and Primarina. 

As for what animal it seems to be based on, right now I have seen stuff for both sides that it is based on a chameleon, or that it is based on a newt or salamander of some kind. A newt or salamander would support the fact that it is a water type, and that fin. Even though the tail and the way that the toes are split is a common trait of chameleon and false chameleon species. Which is supported by it’s ability to disappear (whether that is specifically in water, or in general is not clear yet) 

Scorbunny: 

The obvious choice that people seem to be gravitating towards is a fire fighting. Going with that a couple of people have mentioned that it seems to be inspired by a soccor player.  So it seems as though Scorbunny’s final evolution is going to be based on that and follow a trend similar to Blaziken. Other fire fightings include incineroar and tepigs final evolution. But outside of starters we also get bunny pokemon like Lopunny which it kind of reminds me of. Going back to blaziken I think it is going to be kick based attacks and fire ball based attacks.