#iron boulder

[legendling]

Which one of you.... was made to be the very best....

[jadeazora]

Some new HOME stickers via Mattyoukhana.

[front-facing-pokemon]

[cosmopoliturtle]

Pokemon Redesign #1022 - Iron Boulder

Ancestor

[tidiestpegasus]

paradox… uh… deers? ungulates? idk man have some robo sword fellas

+shiny versions (aka no paint jobs lmao)

[trustyalt]

got to draw this beautiful girl for the scarvi art collab 🥰

[1r0n-m0th-d3f3n53]

Thought this meme was appropriate for the blog

[n0rtist]

Here are the Paradox Swords of Justice as emojis

[cupcakedex]

Scarlet and Viiolet DLC Pokemon cookies by YKTBKic!

[adobe-outdesign]

Since all the future paradox mons have the same shiny concept, instead of asking you about each individual shiny you could explain which ones rock the unpainted look and which ones could use a better shiny

I know a lot of people don't like the future paradox shinies, but honestly, I'm okay with them. I think the unpainted look is a cool concept that works well conceptually, and the chrome look also fits the theme well. Granted, I do wish they were allowed to have more variation in their shinies instead of all being forced into the exact same template (swapping the remaining accent colors instead of just leaving them would've helped a lot with this), but overall they're neat.

The big make-or-break thing is just how different they look from the originals. The worst paradoxes are the ones where their base forms are already pretty silver in color, so the change isn't that noticeable, such as with these three:

Iron Treads: All they did was make the black areas silver, which isn't that noticeable as there wasn't a lot of black on it to begin with. The red areas also feel like they clash with the gray too much. If they had swapped the red for a blue or something and lightened the grey, there could've been something here.

Iron Moth: Once again, the gray's a bit too low-contrast here, and the body was mostly white to begin with, making the change only somewhat noticeable. Going for red wings could've helped spruce it up. Not terrible, but not great.

Iron Boulder: Same issue of just negating relatively minor black accents to gray when the body was already gray, resulting in a low-contrast design that's hard to tell apart from the originals. Also they left the hooves black for some reason and that bugs me more than it should.

Meanwhile, shinies for 'mons that aren't gray by default work a lot better. These include:

Iron Bundle: Because Iron Bundle is normally red and white with no gray whatsoever, the shiny really stands out. The gray gives it a bit of a colder, icier look, and the cyan accents really pop nicely.

Iron Leaves: Similar to Iron Bundle, the entire body is normally green, only this time with very minimal gray on the underside. This means that the shiny really stands out as being shiny, and the bright print accents look very nice. I do think it could've used a bit more black for contrast's sake, but that's not a big deal.

Iron Thorns: This one has a double concept going for it, as in addition to the unpainted thing it also looks even more like mechagodzilla now. The black accents give it a good amount of contrast, and the greens stand out all the more compared to the green-on-green look of the original.

Overall: Paradox shinies work decently overall, but it mostly depends on the base color. Changing more accent colors and allowing for a little more variation could've helped while still keeping the concept intact.

[tealmaskmybeloved]

I may be Pokémon Scarlet's Number One Fan but I gotta say the NEO Swords are awesome

[claitea]

commission for @haveyouusedthispokemon! :D

[jadeazora]

New stacking tins coming out on Mar7! The Treasures of Ruin 👀

[trainerjoshie]

Pokémon TCG SV Temporal Forces (2024) illustrations by nagimiso (removed card text)

[turning-n-into-random-pokemon]

hi i love iron boulder. turn him into iron boulder

[goddess-of-eyes]

I feel like the Neo Swords don't get enough credit. Like sure they're not as drastically different as the Legendary Beasts are but I feel like there's so many subtle details about them that people haven't noticed yet.

Let's start off with Iron Crown's Scarlet dex entry.

>It resembles a mysterious object introduced in a paranormal magazine as a cutting-edge weapon shaped like a Cobalion.

Let's think about the context of that for a second. Of that wording. A weapon shaped like a Cobalion. Now, why would anybody build a robo-Cobalion in the first place? What purpose would it serve?

Well, let's take a look at Iron Crown's Base Stat Total and compare it to Cobalion's!

Iron Crown has a slightly higher base stat total than Cobalion does, but take a look at how different some of their stats are. Iron Crown is a VERY strong special attacker, with a special attack of 122. Then compare that to Cobalion's special defense. It's their weakest stat at 72.

Take their typings into consideration too. Iron Crown is Steel/Psychic, while Cobalion is Steel/Fighting. What are fighting type Pokemon weak to? Psychic types.

You could probably brush this off as a coincidence, but I fully believe that this was intentional. Let's compare Iron Leaves' Base Stats and Virizion's Base Stats as well real quick.

Once again, we've got a huge difference in stat distribution. Iron Leaves? Very strong physical attacker. Virizion's lowest stat? Physical defense. Iron Leaves' physical attack has almost twice as many points as Virizion's physical defense.

So coupled with the fact that not only do the Neo Swords have a higher base stat total than the Swords of Justice, but they all seem to exceed in places where the Swords of Justice falter, not just in stats, but also in type matchups.

Iron Crown and Iron Leaves were built to kill and replace Virizion and Cobalion. By taking advantage of the strengths that the Swords of Justice lacked, they could bring them down from just how much stronger and more powerful they are, having the higher up in advantages in every single way.

But things get a bit different when we look at Iron Boulder and Terrakion.

In contrast to Iron Crown and Iron Leaves, Iron Boulder doesn't outclass Terrakion in any stats other than special defense and speed. Sure, it can move faster than Terrakion, but Terrakion isn't much of a special attacker anyway and it's still much bulkier and stronger than Iron Boulder.

Not only that, but it could still reasonably go toe to toe with Iron Boulder. Sure, fighting types are weak to psychic types, but Iron Boulder is still a rock type, and rock types are weak to fighting types. So, what gives? Why do Iron Crown and Iron Leaves take advantage of Cobalion and Virizion's weaknesses while Iron Boulder doesn't?

Let's refer to Scarlet's dex entry on Iron Boulder.

>It resembles a Pokémon described in a dubious magazine as a Terrakion that had been modified by an evil organization.

And therein lies the difference. It's not a robot made to take down Terrakion, it IS Terrakion.

When you compare them side by side it's clear they had to take a few liberties to get Iron Boulder to be as fast as it is. Terrakion is much bulkier while Iron Boulder has more of an armored shell thing going on with its body. Its structural integrity probably leaves much to be desired, but perhaps the idea is you wouldn't need to worry about it getting hit when it's too agile to get hit in the first place.

Iron Leaves and Iron Crown were built to kill Virizion and Cobalion, and then when those two were gone, they likely had to weaken Terrakion so they could bring it back to be modified, since Iron Leaves and Iron Crown all outclass Terrakion in terms of stats and typing, leaving Terrakion with no advantages at all.

Living beings tend to make mistakes, lapses in judgement. Often times, it might be critical, and in the heat of the moment, one might slip up, miss something, leading to justice not being served as it should be.

The Swords of Justice cut themselves off from humanity after the war ended, hid themselves away after realizing how much of a burden people were to Pokemon, and the harm they could bring. Even in the years past, they still refused to believe humans and Pokemon could co-exist, attacking anyone who drew near for the longest time. A stubborn mindset, a flawed one, the fault of the mind. A machine would have no sense of selfishness.

Why waste time with human error when a machine is less likely to make mistakes, if at all? Surely, a machine must have a better understanding of justice, of righteousness than a living being. Thousands of calculations per minute to determine the best possible outcome, the best course of action. A machine would be a far better protector than the Swords of Justice ever could be.

Right?