#combee combo

[gelicarrotcake]

Would you like to order the combee combo?

[aster-pkmn-irl-real]

café remix themed ask game just dropped baybee!!!!

DRINKS

Eevee Latte: How do you take your coffee?

Lilligant Floral Tea: What's your favorite type of berry?

Nutty Buneary Frappe: How long did it take you to befriend your first Pokemon?

Hot Litwick Cocoa: What's the spookiest ghost story you can think of?

Poppin' Pachirisu Float: How are your swimming skills?

Miltank Mix au Lait: Have you ever been to a farm? What's your favorite farm Pokemon?

Bouncy Brionne Soda: What do you like to do at the beach?

Teddiursa Iced Coffee: What's your favorite thing to do in the winter?

Roasted Furret Latte: What's your favorite thing to do in the summer?

ENTREES

Gratin a la Pumpkaboo: What's something that scares you?

Piquant Pikachu Curry: What's your favorite gigantamax Pokemon?

Glossifleur Combo Plate: Is there anybody in your life who you disliked at first, but are close with now?

Happy Snorlax Loco Moco: How much sleep do you get on average?

Torchic Rice over Omelet: What do you usually eat for breakfast?

Cheesy Whimsicott Meatloaf: How much have you changed over the past 10 years?

Playful Pancham Fried Rice: What was your favorite game as a kid?

SMALL PLATES

Dugtrio Sandwich Trio: If you had to give up all of your belongings but could pick three things to keep, what would they be?

Yummy Yamper Pasta: Lights, camera, action! How are you in front of a camera? Do you like the spotlight or do you prefer to be backstage?

Cheesy Rowlet Pizza: What's somewhere you'd like to go for a vacation? What would you do there?

Rainbow Oricorio Popcorn: What's your favorite movie? What about your least favorite?

Eiscue Caprese Salad: Did you eat your vegetables as a kid? What about now?

Chikorita Bruschetta: Tell us about a legend/myth from your home region!

Sneasel Burger with Pickles: Do you have a friend you would do anything for, no questions asked? What about a friend who would do anything for you?

Comfey Fruity Sandwich: Have you ever been to the hospital? What was the reason for your last hospital stay?

SWEETS

Fluffy Eevee Pancakes: How tall are you? Do you wish your height was different?

Combee Waffles with Honey: Do you like bug-types? Do you have a favorite bug?

Swablu Shaved Ice: What are your favorite weather patterns?

Burnt Caramel Vulpix Sundae: What's your favorite regional variant Pokemon? Is there a Pokemon that you like the 'regular' form of over it's regional variant?

Decorated Alcremie Cupcakes: How is your room/home decorated?

Ribombee Chocolate Cake: What's something you want or want to do for your next birthday?

Pikachu Fruit Flan: What's something really popular that you're not the biggest fan of?

Scorbunny Berry Sandwich: Do you have a favorite sport? Do you watch any sports on TV or in person?

Sylveon Custard Slice: @ another user you appreciate and tell them why!

[nomsfaultau]

scp sbi as pokemon

Tommy:

A little painty Red boy! Marks his cell/territory with Red, which gains intensity in extreme emotions. Perfect match. Plus Tommy can be a silly little puppy guy, as a treat. Knows Taunt and Outrage.

Tubbo:

I mean what else could Tubbo be except a three-in-one bug hivemind. Technically Tubbo should be a bug/fairy type, but combee won over ribombee bc i mean come on look at that derpy smile. Could also argue wishiwashi school form.

Philza:

A big dragon made out of pure light and honestly one of the closet to a zilant there is. While not a fire type, I think the psychic typing conveys how Philza is a conceptual being, and anyways ultra necrozma's body temperature exceeds 10,000 F so I think that's covered.

Wilbur:

I mean, shadowy mysterious emergent hands, check. Insanely jealous and desperate to mimic humanity/pikachu, check. If you try to look in the void you'll probably die painfully.

The Blade:

Was there a number of pig pokemon to chose from? Yes. But I mean look at this dex entry:

It covers both the voice's violence AND The Blade's ADHD. Perfect combo. Also hungry from rampaging! And then they evolve into Slaking, who has the ability Truant, which covers post-battle hibernations.

[transgenderwaterrat]

All Pokemon Cafe Remix Offerings Because I Felt Like It (Pt. 1)

Looooong post!

All images from here.

Eevee Latte

Category: Drinks

"A signature latte with a comforting flavor. Enjoy the cute latte art of Eevee!"

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Lilligant Floral Tea

Category: Drinks

"Original blended tea. The soothing scent has calming benefits, just like the flower on Lilligant's head."

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Fluffy Eevee Pancakes

Category: Sweets

"The whipped cream (as fluffy as Eevee's fur!) is a huge hit. Pure delight until the very last bite!"

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Dugtrio Sandwich Trio

Category: Small Plates

"A hearty sandwich set that even satisfies a Dugtrio. Enjoy the fresh tomatoes bursting with flavor."

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Nutty Buneary Frappé

Category: Drinks

"A refreshing frappé with cookies shaped like Buneary's ears. The combination of the sweet cream and toasted nuts is superb."

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Yummy Yamper Pasta

Category: Small Plates

"A pasta bolognese depicting a playful Yamper. This cute and yummy dish will surely delight your taste buds and heart!"

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Combee Waffles with Honey

Category: Sweets

"Combee-inspired waffles drizzled with honey. This sweet delight goes well with tea."

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Hot Litwick Cocoa

Category: Drinks

"Hot cocoa, warm like a Litwick's flame, topped with yummy marshmallows. Fortunately, drinking it won't drain your life-force."

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Cheesy Rowlet Pizza

Category: Small Plates

"A Rowlet-shaped pizza with gooey, stretchy cheese that's simply irresistible. Enjoy it while it's hot!"

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Poppin' Pachirisu Float

Category: Drinks

"A soda float that's zappy like Pachirisu's electricity! Only a pro can top it off with even more ice cream."

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Piquant Pikachu Curry

Category: Entrées

"A vegetable-loaded curry with a kick to it. Enjoy a big plate and fuel your energy with Pikachu's smile."

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Swablu Shaved Ice

Category: Sweets

"Shaved ice shaped like a Swablu. Make sure you eat up before it melts!"

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Burnt-Caramel Vulpix Sundae

Category: Sweets

"A sweet and bitter dessert that depicts the cuteness and beauty of Vulpix. It tastes as good as it looks!"

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Gratin a la Pumpkaboo

Category: Entrées

"A gratin as generously sized as a large Pumpkaboo. This will surely satisfy your hunger!"

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Rainbow Oricorio Popcorn

Category: Small Plates

"Multicolored popcorn inspired by the different styles of Oricorio. You can enjoy a variety of flavors all at once!"

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Decorated Alcremie Cupcakes

Category: Sweets

"These decorated cupcakes are as cute as Alcremie. Share the sweetness with others!"

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Gossifleur Combo Plate

Category: Entrées

"A combo plate loaded with vegatables just like the vibrant colors of Glossifleur. Enjoy it with our homemade mayo."

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Miltank Mix au Lait

Category: Drinks

"Fresh Moomoo Milk is used in this mix au lait. The sweet and tart flavor of the berries really stands out."

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Eiscue Caprese Salad

Category: Small Plates

"A cooling caprese salad like Eiscue. Drizzle a generous amount of olive oil and enjoy!"

[paldean-sandwich-rater]

Grilled bees

(Not sure who's been sending the anons like this, but yeah, I'm not them)

Ingredients: I guess. Combee? Sure. The ingredients are Combee honey and cheese on a grilled cheese sandwich.

Smell: A sweet grilled cheese. Not bad. 5/5

Taste: Grilled cheese but with an extra sweetness. It’s a good combo. Especially if you use the honey to grill the sandwich. 5/5

Texture: The same as a normal grilled cheese. 5/5

Would Chunk Eat It?: Yes. 5/5

Final Score: 5/5

Critic’s Notes: Sounds good to me.

[alddente]

Doing an X bug type hardcore Nuzlocke because I was really into those in middle school and haven’t done one in a long while but. God is it hard early game. You’d think being fully evolved at level 12 would make it easier but I lost Beedrill and Vivillon before gym 2. I don’t mind losing Beedrill as much but Vivillon hurt. It didn’t have compound eyes but sleep powder quiver dance hurricane is such a fun combo to run. As of rn I have a (male) Combee, a (male) Burmy, a Venipede and an Illumise.

God that second gym is going to end my run and if it does I’ll do ground type instead.

[lordgolden]

what if...cas get budew

CRIES

[bellafragolina]

(Chatting)

Things I would do to mess with Jubilife Village if I got isekai’d

-Have my starter walk around with me when I am in the village. No matter which evo stage.

-Customize my Pokeballs so I can tell who is in what.

-Get my hair dyed every two weeks to fit into the crazy haired world, Beni has green so…

-Fly or ride any of my own Pokémon that are big enough cause this isn’t a game.

-Find out whether they are cartoonish or realistic like the Detective Pikachu movie.

-Learn Kalosian even if most regions spoke English, might as well learn a new language in between surveying.

-See if my psychic type Pokémon can translate what my team is saying. Learn how to use Aura so I can do so on my own no matter how hard.

-Act like I can understand my Pokémon word-for-word around any D/P Clan members. I can fuck with them too and Ingo is always in sync with his Pokémon so they’ll think it’s normal.

-Have any Pokémon that is smart enough to go get groceries which includes paying for them.

-Talk with Beni about different recipes if he truly can’t make anything other than potato mochi.

-Give every kid their first Pokémon that is a safe species cause I am playful not stupid.

-Learn under Captain Zisu to teach my Pokémon what should be egg/tm moves. Plus if I have to save another timeline I can use that.

-Kick the Security Corps into gear on having stronger partners even if this comes to kick me in the butt during banishment.

-Have the various Corps communicate better so the Surveyors don’t have to play errand person.

-Figure out which regions various Galaxy Hall workers are from and find out why they chose to come here. Not really mind-screwy I would just be genuinely curious.

-Gift Captain Cyllene various items Bug Type Pokémon produce. Honey from Combee, Silk rope from Wurmple line, some spare rock shards from Kleavor, and maybe shed Scyther scythes. (I won’t be poking fun at her bug-type fear who knows the horrors she has seen them do. Just showing their usefulness.)

-Practice Contest routines so my Pokémon can get down the more agile move combos.

-Go shiny hunting for any species I want. Doubt they live long back then due to bright colors.

-Adopt Lian and Sabi as my kids/siblings (depends on if I am de-aged which one) cause they should be allowed some fun. I know both have serious duties as wardens, but they look to not even be young teens so young…

-Organize a semi-monthly play date between the village and clan children. I will use my Pokémon to transport them every single time if need be since these kids deserve some fun.

-Help the poor pasture workers make habitats suitable for my Pokémon. You cannot tell me an ice type would be comfortable in sunny Jubilife. Shouldn’t be too hard to make small caves for them to freeze like a small cooler. Also making specific farms for the mass amount of mons.

-Record a time capsule for the future pokémon world dropping cryptic hints on ancestry. Ginter would be “I hope his laziness isn’t inherited too much”… Kamado’s after the banishment needs to be “this mans family needs to know no more direct violence, perhaps take a scholarly pursuit”. Volo would definitely be “enthusiastic but misses the point history tries to teach it appears”.

-I would definitely make sure to have Ingo write a bunch of letters to Emmet as his memory slowly comes back. And then make sure they stay with the Pearl Clan marked “Send to Emmet [Last Name] when Ingo disappears”. So his brother won’t worry for how many months or years Ingo will be gone.

-Make sure teaching how to read and right is a something everybody gets no matter how old. Introduce the concept of certain students getting overstimulated by noise or attention so make different fidget toys. No fidget spinners.

-Mentor Rei, Akari, or both in the ways of modern battling so they don’t feel inadequate compared to me… I probably will never get the hang of crafting pokeballs. But my understanding of Pokémon will probably put me in the Galaxy Team Spotlight.

-Desensitize the Jubilife residents from panicking at the sight of even mostly harmless Pokémon like freaking Bidoof.

-Get different apricorn colors imported so we can make specific Pokeballs (Dive, Net etc).

-Make sure everyone knows about conservation so species don’t go instinct. Yes, we need to watch our affect on the environment. Unlikely it would change too much, but who knows.

-Tell all kinds of other fiction as stories. I will play into subverting standard tropes like damsel in distress. Most used meeting places.

-Grill Professor Laventon for information about what the Galarian people know about giant Pokémon. Explain we have it mostly under control back where I am from, technically true.

-Post a public letter after the banishment thing. Explaining that I didn’t chose to fall from the freaking sky however long ago. How I felt betrayed after doing so many tasks for the town helping them to understand Pokemon. The anger I felt when Kamado failed to recognize my quelling the Nobles was all on his orders. I could have just been shoved to pasture keeping duty to let someone else do it… That I feared for my life during each Noble fight and probably almost died in a few of them. You would think the fact I bleed just like everyone else would prove I wasn’t a disguised Pokémon/monster. Of course, I do in fact get Pokémon could seem like the worst monsters from your mind come to life. They are still dangerous back where I’m from, but you cannot hold an individual of a species as the standard. Also, the Clans were hardly better for not realizing two physical statues meant two different Pokémon! How much blood was spilt in either clan for refusing to admit they both could be right?!

(Probably ask permission from Cyllene if there was a public notice board everyone saw. And organize it so I was out of the village for a few days after posting my grievances. Just to let them think on that for a while without me~)

—Might make a part two for post-game shenanigans. If it’s not already taken, call me Checklist Anon if that is okay.

Damn! You’ve got it planned out!! Respect, my dude! You know what you’re about and you’re ready to do shit as efficiently as you can!

Hell, I wanna fic about you just steamrolling through Hisui and fixing shit people didn’t even realize need fixing!!

Keep it coming, babe!

~Renee

[hasspartacusdoneanythingwrong]

while we're impatiently waiting for gudaguda to finally show up, we've been playing through pokemon White 2 again because it is the best pokemon game out there fight me.

so the thing we're doing this time around is pretty simple- every time we catch a pokemon, one of us can claim it. during the gym challenge and saving the world and all that shit we can only have one pokemon on the team each, mostly bc there's seven of us and we're trying to make this remotely fair.

once we hit the elite four though, that's where things get interesting. we'll each split up and take our teams, train up any stragglers, then tackle the elite four one at a time. no real prize or anything, just something to do, y'know?

anyways, we like bragging, so here's our teams. going over all seven of them will make this post a little lengthy, so we're dropping it under a readmore.

going alphabetically, first up is Calamity. she got first dibs on the few fish pokemon we've found so far, as well as tynamo since I guess it's kinda fish-like. she's also got a solrock for obvious thematic purposes, and a maractus to team up with it. surprisingly not monotype given her domain.

Cat's is very... fluffy, aside from gligar. I think she just kinda picked the ones she thought were cute. that being said, it gives her a good type spread with woobat, cottonee, joltik, frillish, and cinccino.

Jeanne's team is pretty sturdy thanks to pawniard, klang, nosepass, and crustle. (she does know shelmet loses that armor later, right?) also she's got a combee, that's cute.

my team's pretty eclectic- I'd say the poison-grass combo is pretty unique, but almost every grass pokemon from gen 1 had the same idea. I also snagged a yamask to continue a decade-long inside joke, and a scraggy. love that little guy.

Mara, unsurprisingly, has an entire team based around being a huge bitch. a zorua, foongus, and liepard to mess with people, as well as an absol and seviper for aesthetics.

also unsurpisingly, Sitna's going for brute force with a gurdurr, zangoose, skorupi, pinsir, cobalion, and darumaka.

I don't think I'll ever quite understand what's going through Victor's head, but I trust he's got a plan. emolga and solosis are nice picks from the region, litwick's just plain adorable... and then there's skitty and dunsparce. gonna be an interesting elite 4 fight.

[pokemonhackslash1and2]

Gym #1 - Nestflame City Gym

Location: Nestflame City

Gym Leader: Candyman/Daniel

Item: Potion

Specialty: Bug Type

Rewards: Candy Badge, HM01, Can now use HM01 - Cut

Puzzle: It's more like a simple maze but you need to go to a mirror to battle Daniel. You might battle a Bug Catcher and a Bug Maniac.

Pokemon:

- Combee LV 12

Moves: Sweet Scent and Gust

- Beedrill LV 14

Moves: Poison Sting, Cut, Focus Energy, Fury Attack

Story: Before you can go to Chamberlain City, Daniel comes to you to tell you that his Combee was stolen by people in black suits. You went on a search to find the people in black suits calling themselves "Team Dread." After you defeat them, they apologize because they didn't meant to stole it, they thought the Combee was wild. They went away and you return Combee to Daniel and he gave you a rare candy (you know that reference)

Introduction:

Prologue:

[wroammin]

So they all have gen 6 Pokemon because guess what Emma!! X&Y are MY favorite Pokemon games (in fact, I've completed the Pokedex in X!) Anyway, if I remember correctly.. Roman: Dragonite, Aegislash, Jigglypuff, Bisharp, Chatot, and Mew. Patton: Togepi, Sylveon, Audio, Cinccino, Lopunny, and Shaymin. Logan: Alakazam, Malamar, Reuniclus, Cherrim, Combee, and Genesect. Virgil: Gengar, Ariados, Crobat, Gothitelle, Umbreon, and Hoops 1/2

first of all, absolutely exquisite taste in favorite generations ty. second of all, chatot for roman is incredibly cute bc all i can imagine is roman & jigglypuff & chatot performing as a trio and 🥺

audino & patton. very good combo. both of them give great hugs but sometimes you need to be given a great hug so they are perfect ty.

i have always loved reuniclus for logan so you’re valid. i can def. picture logan pressing his face up to it just to look at its weird insides & taking notes on its anatomy fhdkhfjf

virgil and his goth squad. iconic.

lmao remus with jinx & lickilicky would be a force to be reckoned with

and janus’ team is literally just a bunch of pokémon that he could swivel around in a chair whilst petting (even rayquaza if he tries hard enough) and tbh? love that for him

[tieria-erde]

image text: "A level 100 Shuckle can potentially deal the most damage in one single attack through the use of numerous stat boosters; by using Helping Hand by two different Pokemon in a Triple battle, holding a Metronome, Power Trick, a Skill Swap to Pure Power or Huge Power, 6 Attack boosts, and a Mimiced Me First used on a slower Pokemon using the Defense Curl/Rollout combo. also, Shuckle's partner must have the ability Flower Gift and the weather must be sunny. On the 5th turn of using Rollout consecutively without any misses, if used against a level 1 Ledyba, Yanma or Combee with minimum defense stats, that have been hit with negative Defense modifiers (such as Screech), it can deal 481,266,036 damage with a critical hit." -Bulbapedia

my favorite useless pokemon fact is still

[pokemaniacal]

Cutiefly and Ribombee

Today’s Pokémon are… not bees.  We think.

As their species designation – the Bee Fly Pokémon – attests, Cutiefly and Ribombee are based (in Ribombee’s case, somewhat loosely and with the addition of fairy-like traits) on bee flies.  Bee flies, as their remarkably inventive name suggests, are a family of insects within the fly order, Diptera, that pollinate flowers and look like bees, though they are usually smaller.  They are related to predatory robber flies, and despite their fuzzy appearance, most bee flies are parasites that will lay their eggs on the larvae of other insects, typically beetles or solitary bees, resulting in the slow and gruesome death of the larvae.  There are over 5000 species of bee fly around the world (because clearly the world needed that many), but the particular one referenced by Cutiefly is the adorable internet celebrity Anastoechus nitidulus, a rare species that lives only in southwest Japan, in the area around the city of Okayama.  As far as I can tell, this species is so rare, and bee flies in general are so poorly studied by entomologists, that it doesn’t even have an English name – I’ve seen them called “tiger bee flies,” which I think is an attempt to translate the Japanese name toratsuri-abu, but in English the name “tiger bee fly” ought to refer to a different species of bee fly, the larger, blacker and more sinister-looking Xenox tigrinus, which can be found throughout North America.  Thankfully, Cutiefly already represents a fully adult bee fly, so we don’t have to observe first hand the family’s parasitic tendencies; instead we see only the adults’ more palatable diet of nectar, which they harvest with their mosquito-like proboscises.  Cutiefly and Ribombee express this through their flavour text, through the Honey Gather ability they share with Combee, and through their in-game distribution in the areas in and around Alola’s Oricorio meadows.

Unlike real bee flies (as far as we know), Cutiefly and Ribombee have the ability to sense the “auras” of living things.  “Aura” here, we should notice, is not the same thing as the spiritual power that can be manipulated by Lucario and other Pokémon that learn the Aura Sphere attack (which Ribombee doesn’t get).  This more famous and consequential “Aura” (capital A) translates a Japanese phrase (nami shirube) meaning something like “wave-guiding power,” whereas the “aura” that Cutiefly can see is referred to in Japanese by a simple transliteration of the English word “aura” (ora), presumably in reference to the colourful energy fields that New Age psychics can see around people and other living things.  This latter phenomenon is perhaps best known for being bull$#!t, but we can’t hold that against Cutiefly; after all, we’re in an escapist fantasy world in which “life force” does seem to be a thing.  What all this means is that, instead of being able to destroy their enemies with destructive blasts of radiant energy, Cutiefly and Ribombee can see flowers sometimes.

Don’t worry; I’m sure it’s worth it.

Cutiefly and Ribombee apparently use their supernatural sense mainly to locate flowers in bloom, because their auras shine particularly bright at that point in their life cycle.  This allows them to pillage the flowers’ sweet, sweet nectar.  They also sometimes cluster around certain people whose auras resemble those of flowers in bloom when they are emotional, presumably because those people are also frivolous attention-seeking decorations whose only real purpose in life is reproduction (listen, I’m a Grass-type specialist; I care about how flowers actually work; if you want someone to romanticise them, go talk to one of those hippy Fairy trainers).  According to the Ultra Moon Pokédex, Cutiefly can also read opponents’ intentions in their auras to predict their actions, not unlike Espeon’s ability to sense the subtle movements of an imminent attack by reading air currents, thus explaining how such a small and fluffy Pokémon hasn’t yet been squashed into extinction.  Given all that, it’s interesting that these Pokémon aren’t Psychic-types, especially since Bug/Psychic would be just as new a combination as Bug/Fairy, and even compared to other Bug Pokémon like Butterfree they can develop a fairly wide range of psychic powers.  The lines are further blurred by the fact that “classic” fairies have insectoid traits – what is that makes Butterfree, for instance, not a Fairy-type?  It could be that we should consider empathy-related abilities to be more a Fairy-type than a Psychic-type characteristic: consider here the addition of the Fairy type to the Ralts line, who formerly had the most overt focus on empathic powers of any Psychic-type, or the emotion-focused abilities of Fairy-types like Togekiss and Sylveon.  That doesn’t really tell us anything new about Ribombee, but I’m willing to jump on anything I can get to try and understand what the Fairy type’s identity is supposed to be.

All of this aura-sensing stuff is done in aid of gathering the nectar and pollen of flowers to create a variety of different types of pollen balls.  Adult bee flies, of course, feed on nectar, and in the process of gathering it they tend to pick up quite a bit of pollen in the same way as bees do.  They don’t really do anything with pollen, though; that’s where the bee-like side of Cutiefly and Ribombee becomes more important.  Adult honeybee workers mainly live off a portion of the nectar they collect for the hive, storing the rest of it as honey so they can eat during the winter.  Growing larvae, on the other hand, need more protein as they develop, and they get this from pollen, which worker bees mix with a little bit of nectar and their own saliva and pack into hard pellets to store.  The pollen then ferments into a highly nutritious substance called bee bread, which is an important part of the diet of larval bees.  As far as I know, honeybees have never been recorded launching explosive pollen balls at their enemies in an attempt to cause them misery and dismay, but they are mysterious creatures whose ways are manifold and enigmatic, so it’s possible we just haven’t observed that yet.  Like bee flies, Ribombee seems to be solitary, or at least the Pokédex makes no mention of complex social structures like those of honeybees, so they aren’t using their pollen balls to feed larvae.  However, we know that Ribombee hates rain – she shares honeybees’ ability to predict weather conditions from changes in air pressure, and only goes foraging when the skies are clear for several days in a row.  The ability to store food for her down time must therefore be quite important.  Finally, to continue Cutiefly and Ribombee’s theme of things that are essentially bull$#!t, Ribombee’s pollen balls are sold in Alola as a “super-food,” much like bee pollen is in the real world.  Real bee pollen is rich in protein and other nutrients, but like all “super-foods” its actual health benefits don’t even begin to live up to the marketing hype, and harvesting it in large quantities is extraordinarily wasteful because of its importance to the hive’s own life cycle.  Of course, Ribombee is literally magic, and can produce a wide variety of different pollen mixtures with distinct positive and negative effects, so it’s just possible that the Alolans aren’t credulous morons for thinking it cures cancer or whatever.  For more on what Ribombee’s pollen definitely can do for you, let’s talk about her Pollen Puff attack.

Pollen Puff is Ribombee’s signature move, a respectable Bug-type special attack that bombards a target with explosive pollen balls.  In singles, whether to take this over Bug Buzz is kind of a matter of taste.  Pollen Puff has 15 PP where Bug Buzz only has 10, but… eh, how often do you actually run out of PP on moves with more than 5, especially if you can afford PP Up?  Bug Buzz is probably marginally better because of its 10% chance to reduce a target’s special defence.  In doubles, though, Pollen Puff has a cool little dual-use utility function – if you target an ally with it, Pollen Puff will restore 50% of their health.  Ribombee basically gets to know Heal Pulse without actually giving up a move slot for it, which is pretty nifty.  That should already clue us in that Ribombee is meant to be a supporter.  She’s deathly fragile against both physical and special attacks, but is actually the second-fastest Fairy-type in the game after Tapu Koko, and possessed of a very impressive support movepool.  Want to slow or disable the enemy team?  She’s got Stun Spore, and picks up Trick and Sticky Web (the speed-lowering field hazard) in Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, from a new move tutor and as a new egg move, respectively.  Maybe protecting and healing your own team is more your style?  Ribombee can learn Reflect, Light Screen and Aromatherapy.  Prefer to play cheerleader with Baton Pass?  Ribombee learns Quiver Dance, and the only other Pokémon with both are Venomoth and Masquerain, who have slightly better defences but are much slower and have weaker type combinations.  Want to do something really weird and super dumb?  Well, Ribombee’s got you covered there too, for what it’s worth, because she’s got Skill Swap, Magic Room, Wonder Room, Helping Hand, After You and Ally Switch.  There’s even Speed Swap, an interesting new move from Sun and Moon that Ribombee can get as an egg move from Alolan Raichu, one of only two Pokémon that learn it naturally (the other is Pheromosa).  Like Diamond and Pearl’s Guard Swap and Power Swap, it’s a fairly self-explanatory move: the user swaps the relevant stats with the target.  Obviously this is a terrible thing for Ribombee to do in singles, where she’ll be faster than most of her opponents, but it could create some interesting combos in doubles by allowing her to bestow her excellent speed on a slow but powerful ally.

When Ribombee tries to do any fighting for herself, the picture gets somewhat less rosy.  As we’ve already seen she gets Quiver Dance, and she has a respectable special attack score, so there might be an argument there for just taking three attacks – probably Bug Buzz, Moonblast and Psychic – and going to town.  Fairy is such a good type that a boosted Moonblast is scary coming from just about anything; the trouble is that Ribombee has no special attacks worth using against Fire or Steel Pokémon, barring Hidden Power, so as Quiver Dancers go, she’s fairly easy to stop.  Also, although Quiver Dance bolsters special defence, her physical defences will still have the consistency of fruit yoghurt.  I don’t want to undersell Quiver Dance, because that move alone can work wonders for an otherwise mediocre Pokémon, but eventually you’re going to have to ask yourself why you aren’t using Volcarona, or even Venomoth, who has many shortcomings but outshines Ribombee on offence because the Tinted Lens ability makes his attacks almost impossible to resist.  Ribombee can heal herself with Roost, but her defences are so flimsy that this is unlikely ever to be the best use of her time; better to use her speed with Baton Pass or U-Turn to just keep her from taking damage as much as possible in the first place.  Despite a large and interesting support movepool, Ribombee has relatively few good options to add spice to a straightforward offence gameplan.  Support is what she’s good at, and she has a large enough range of tricks that she won’t necessarily be predictable if she sticks to the utility side of things.

You might have noticed that I haven’t mentioned Ribombee’s abilities yet, and that’s because they’re frankly not very important to her playstyle, or particularly inspiring.  The Shield Dust ability negates the side effects of damaging moves, things like the burn chance of Fire attacks or the special defence penalty caused by Psychic (moves that don’t cause damage, like Will’o’Wisp, work normally).  This is fine, but you don’t really need fancy debuffs to knock out Ribombee; plain old damage will do that.  If you can be bothered chasing down a Cutiefly with their hidden ability, Sweet Veil, immunity to sleep is nice, especially in multiple battles where it will be shared with partners, and if nothing else it’s pleasingly thematic.  The only other alternative is Honey Gather, which does nothing in battle, and… honestly it basically does nothing out of battle either; honey is only useful in Sinnoh (where it’s the only way to attract certain Pokémon like Cherubi and Munchlax) and Kalos (where it can trigger wild horde battles – but even then, Sweet Scent does the same thing and has unlimited uses).  The ability is basically in the game to make absolutely sure that everyone knows how worthless Combee is – which I think is something we can all get behind.

The main draw of Cutiefly and Ribombee is their relationship to a particularly rare Japanese insect that has become surprisingly iconic in recent years, mostly for its obvious cuteness, which is probably a big part of why they’re Fairy-types (the most important attributes of most Fairy Pokémon being “cute” and “pink”).  The result is appealing but a little bland – pollinating isn’t unusual enough a trait for Bug Pokémon to be particularly interesting, the similarity between flying insects and traditional Western fairies is a bit of an obvious direction to take for this type combination, and even weather sensitivity has sort of been done before with Masquerain (albeit in a way that seems at odds with his in-game characteristics).  On the other hand, it’s a bit of exposure for an unusual insect that’s endangered and not yet very well studied by scientists.  A wide range of support powers, combined with the possibility of going on the offensive with Quiver Dance, makes Ribombee interesting to use, though it’s a shame that her ability choices are so dull.  Her fragility makes it difficult to claim that she can be top tier, and like many seventh generation Pokémon she’s much stronger and more flexible in doubles than in singles, but I don’t think there’s anything clearly wrong with her, and there are a couple of things she does arguably better than any other Pokémon.  All said and done, I have to call this one at least passable.

[viviotakamachi-old]

I’ll note that you can get higher!

"A level 100 Shuckle can potentially deal the most damage in one single attack through the use of numerous stat boosters; by using Helping Hand by two different Pokémon in a Triple battle, holding a Metronome, Power Trick, a Skill Swap to Pure Power or Huge Power, 6 Attack boosts, and a Mimiced Me First used on a slower Pokémon using the Defense Curl/Rollout combo. Also, Shuckle's partner must have the ability Flower Gift and the weather must be sunny. On the 5th turn of using Rollout consecutively without any misses, if used against a level 1 Ledyba, Yanma or Combee with minimum Defense stats, that have been hit with negative Defense modifiers (such as Screech), it can deal 481,266,036 damage with a critical hit." -Bulbapedia

[victoryroadhq]

JULIAN JIN

AGE: Twenty-eight. BIRTHDAY: October 3rd. HOMETOWN: Santalune City, Unova. OCCUPATION: Bug Catcher. STARTER: Combee, female, Calm FACECLAIM: Ludi Lin. STATUS: Open.  

BEGINNINGS IN SANTALUNE CITY…

Santalune City is a place in Kalos where many begin their Pokemon journey. Jia and Ju-Long Jin moved to the city to start their own dry cleaning business originally but moved on to tailoring clothes when they realized they could make extra money that way. Ju-Long had been sewing his own clothes since he was a child and when it became clear he was talented at it people from all over town began coming to Jin Cleaners to request custom designs. Eventually their demands grew to the point that they no longer had time to run their cleaning services and they converted the business into a small boutique, selling hats and accessories designed by Jia as well as custom pieces. Julian was born two years after the new business opened and spent much of his young life running around and playing with the mannequins displaying his parent’s work or attempting to stand still while his parents used him to fit clothes for the children in town. Julian’s favorite thing to do though was to sit out by the red flower bushes in front of the shop, he’d spend hours out there watching Flabebes flutter in between the buds. He’d seen a ton of red Flabebes, some orange, and even the rare white Pokemon occasionally, but he’d heard there were blue and yellow ones somewhere else in Kalos and he desperately wanted to see them.

Julian knew that leaving Santalune was kind of a pipe dream though. His parents already had his future planned for him, enrolling him in sewing classes as soon as they were able and art classes when he was school aged. His stitches were nothing like his father’s intricate movements and embroidery no matter how hard he tried though and his mother was the designer in the family. The only design-related skill Julian could outpace them in was knitting, which helped him sell some very successful scarves s a teenager when the infinity scarf craze happened but not much else. It seemed like people got enough knit blankets and gloves from their grandmothers. When the Jins managed to have a late in life miracle baby, Julian was relieved but tried his best not to put too many expectations on his little sister, June. He knew what it was like to have people hold you on too high a pedestal and he didn’t want her to feel like he was letting her down constantly. Luckily, June actually liked working in the shop. She proved to be even faster at sewing than their father and she took to her mother’s design lessons easily, often improving her sketches with little details that didn’t add much time or money to their bottom line but enable them to sell pieces for increased prices. With his parents off his back, Julian was free to pursue his own passions but his family was still shocked when he announced he’d been hired as a trainer at Santalune Gym.

Julian immediately felt like he belonged in the Gym in a way he never had in the shop. He easily bonded with the Combee he’d been given by Leader Viola and they became an unbeatable combo, lowering the evasion of other Pokemon and attacking until they fell. He also began spending a lot of time with the other trainers outside of the gym, hunting down Bug-Pokemon in the tall hedges of Route 4 or just reading up on other bugs that were out there somewhere, many of them photographed by Viola herself. One day while Julian was having practice battles with another Lass, Viola pulled him aside. Julian, being very used to parental disappointment, was immediately worried he’d done something to upset her. When she suggested that perhaps Julian and his Combee were becoming too powerful considering they were the first gym in the Kalos League, he was shocked. He’d never stopped to consider that getting to be too good at training would become a problem. He began to panic thinking he’d have to go back and work for his parents again when Viola handed him a flyer for Professor Oak’s Pokedex Challenge. She explained that she’d helped take pictures for the Pokedex and had been considering him for the challenge since before it had been announced. Julian was touched by the gesture and immediately agreed to travel to Pallet Town. His parents had started their own journey by leaving home and it was time for him to start his.

JULIAN JIN IS CURRENTLY OPEN (NAME, AGE, PRONOUNS, TIMEZONE)

[memeathon]

do every single fucking one of those question things do it

you dont even know pokemon omg

have fun googling

Lonely- Favorite song in a pokemon game?

anything from sinnoh,, i grew up on diamond and platinum and literally every song from those games are my shit. i found on orchestral cover of some sinnoh songs and i actually started crying funfact 

Brave- Give me two pokemon to pick a favorite between: -blank- or -blank-?

ASSHOLE U DIDNT EVEN GIVE ME ANY POKEMON

Hardy- What was your first pokemon game and when?

ah,,, Pokemon Diamond, Christmas 2008. the first video game i ever played in my life. I already loed pokemon by then and i ate that shit up and im still a hoe for sinnoh

Adamant- What role would you have if you lived in the pokemon world?

i think about this a lot omg, i bet id be a photographer tbh?? or just travel the world with my Pokes to get writing inspiration omg,

Naughty- If you had to choose, which villainous team would you be on?

tough one :V

i guess rocket bc theyre just normal criminals instead of like “IM GONNA DESTROY THE E N T I R E WORLD” or “EVERYONE WHO DOESNT FIT MY AESTHETIC IS GONNA DIE”

Bold- What is your favorite pokemon game outside of the the main series?

pokemon mystery dungeon explorers of sky NO contest. i got to play as riolu my all time favorite pokemon and with such a good plot that it was my favorite video game ever for a long time

(tho i have a special fondess for pokemon ranger shadows of almnia,,)

Docile- Rate -blank- pokemon character 1-10

YOU DONT EVEN KNOW POKEMON SO U CANT GIVE ME THESE PFPF

Relaxed- Where would you take a vacation in the pokemon world?

kalOS FOR SURE,

i love sinnoh but kalos is absolutely breathtaking omg,, it also has 

Impish- Which pokemon do you dislike the design of?

i just went thru the dex and typed out a few omg,, 

grimer/muk, pineco, snubbull, shroomish (but i ADORE breloom), slakoth and slaking (but vigoroth is ok), castform (iT HAS BOOBS THAT ARE BETTER THAN MINE-), timburr/gerdurr/conkeldurr (they have those creepy veins eugh), throh/sawk, klink/klang/klinklang, binacle/barbacle, bergmite/avalugg, crabrawler/CRABOMINABLE (god its so ugly), BRUXISH, 

Mild- Secret bases, Underground bases,

this is a good question

Lax- How would you spend your freetime in the pokemon world?

bitch you know im petting tf outta my babies!!! i also watch way too many contests and shows like “my glameow from hell” while shoving berries into my face omg

Timid- Your favorite pokeball?

the heal ball is honestly really cute and instantly heals ur babus?? (also i used to have a toy of it omg)

but the luxury ball is #aesthetic and befitting of my elegant pokes, such as my absol from x

(bring back ball capsules and seals tho #sinnohhoe)

Hasty- If you could cosplay any pokemon character who would you choose?

if i could pull them off-

may, harley, or cynthia : 00

sadly, i dont have the hot bod needed to pull off harley OR cynthia,,

i might be able to do may tho,,, one day,,

Serious- Cool, you’re suddenly a gym leader. Which type is your specialty and what is your team?

GRASS GRASS GRASS IS MY FAVORITE TYPE

Bulbasaur, Skiddo, Roserade, Decidueye, Torterra, Mow Rotom or Leafeon

if u let me have half my team as starters and also a legendary omg-

(maggie pls look up mow rotom its a SENTIENT LAWNMOWER)

Jolly- Who is your favorite character in any form of pokemon media?

oof tough one tbh,,,

may always has and always will be my favorite girl from the anime,, but game-wise i rlly love sycamore and hau hhh

Naive- Have you played any Pokemon rom hacks or fan games?

i downloaded uranium but i never got around to playing it : V

i have the rom randomizer does that count?

Modest- Take a selfie with your pokemon merch

IM ON VACATION remind me when i get back and i will

Quiet- Your favorite pokemon of -blank- type(s)

ill do each type >: V

Normal- Lopunny or Dunsparce

Fire- the Fennekin line (with weaknesses for Vulpix and Pansear as well)

Fighting- RIOLU

Water- Vaporeon, Milotic, Lapras, Empoleon

Flying- Drifloon

Grass-SO MANYY,,, Skiddo, Bulbasaur, Budew, Rowlett

Poison- The Bublasaur family, Budew, Salazzle.

Electric- Raichu (Normal AND Alolan), Ampharos, the Shinx family

Ground- Sandsgrew/Sandslash and Flygon

Psychic- Mew, Espeon, the lake guardians, Reuniclus, the Ralts family

Rock- Amaura and Nosepass/Probopass

Ice- Glaceon, Froslass, Lapras, Amaura, Weavile

Bug- Masquerain, Leavanny, Mothim, Combee, Ledian, Kricketune

Dragon- Goodra, THE JANGMO-O FAMILY, Altaria

Ghost- um ALL OF THEM?? (Banette, Misdreavus/Mismagius, Drifloon, the Litwick family, MIMIKYU, Sableye)

Dark- Absol, Zorua, Sableye

Steel- Jirachi, Klefki, Lucario

Fairy- Sylveon, Xerneas, the Ralts family, Klefki, Mimikyu

im bad at narrowing down :’D

Bashful- Any pokemon ships?

Contestshipping, Rocketshipping, Namelessshipping, whatever the ship is between kukui and his wife,

Rash- Who is your favorite pokemon Go team leader?

blanche everyday mystic 4 lyfe

Calm- If you could summon any one legendary pokemon, which would it be?

well mews my fav legendary,, but i gotta say jirachi to get that sweet Wish

Gentle- If you were a pokemon trainer, how would you take your journey?

id bring along maggie and madison and cheer them on while i catch all the cute pokes and take lots of pics omg,

Sassy- What would be your favorite pokemon food?

poke puffs yo theyre just cupcakes, 

Careful- Have you ever played your games in nuzlocke mode?

i actually recently started to!! (maggie since u dont know ill save u a google- nuzlocke is u can only catch the first pokemon u see in each area and if ur pokemon faints its dead and u cant use it any more)

star moments include:

-my rattata being poisoned and taking damage died ON THE SPACE BEFORE THE POKEMON CENTER

- my zubat dying immediately after i was done grinding it

-being annoyed with my randomizer including giving me all the possible water types and at one point a caterpie instead of WILD MEWTWO

Quirky- Come up with a concept for a pokemon with new type combo

dark/fairy type based on the more violent fairy myths,

fire/grass type based on a forest fire