#kantonian Raticate

[ourpokemonteamtournament]

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[juvian]

One Pokemon a day ! - Raticate #0020

[which-is-the-very-best]

[This is part of a larger poll! Pick your favorite, 1 Pokémon from each chain will advance to the bracket rounds!]

(yes regional variants are going to be part of the polls! Form changes sadly will not be. Variants will show up in their respective generations!)

[tbh-pokemon]

Day 20 - Raticate (Kantonian and Alolan)

[Image ID: Two Raticates, one Kantonian and one Alolan, two Pokemon, mixed together with the TBH autism creature. End ID]

[battle-subway-ghost]

🔪: Have you ever been a victim of a team or organization?

// answering the closest one to this since this has already been answered ^^

🥂- Have you ever been part of a team or organization?

No but for a few weeks I did command a small mischief (colony) of subway Rattata after I gained their trust and got accepted as their sort-of substitute head Raticate. Would that count? I think it counts.

[teshadraws]

Nia references Trubbish and Garboder in one of the earlier chapters when counterin Tobias' argument about the oddities of the human world…

How could such a species even exist if humans never naturally came to be in this Pokemon world of Seekers?

One of Trubbish' Pokedex entries says, "... was created when garbage and industrial waste mixed, causing a reaction that generated Trubbish."

Unless you may have an entirely different origin in mind for them, lmao.

Same goes for both forms of Muk and Grimer.

… Do Kantonian Voltorb and Electrode exist in Seekers? I can't remember if either have ever appeared...

And I guess the regional forms directly affected by humankind's actions (i.e. Alolan Ratata and Raticate, Alolan Meowth and Persian, Galarian Weezing, Galarian Meowth and Perrserker, Hisuian Zorua and Zoroark) could technically have unique ways of comin to existence due to certain historical or cultural events in the past.

Apparently the Vanillish and Klink lines came first and are what inspired the creation of ice cream and gears…

What about Golett and Golurk and Baltoy and Claydoll? Both lines were created by ancient civilizations… Same POSSIBLY goes for Bronzong and Bronzor.

And I can see Rotom existin... they jus can't inhabit appliances because those jus don't exist in Seekers' pokeworld.

And what of the Magnemite line? Castform? Castform was shockinly actually artificially created in Hoenn to help predict weather! I could see them existin somehow through natural means (clouds that became sentient through mystical means).

What about Deoxys? Deoxys simply came from space when its virus inside a meteorite mutates in the planet's atmosphere… Not from any manmade means.

Does Spiritomb exist and would it be comprised of 108 Pokemon spirits?

The ones I can def rule out from previous asks and convos are Mewtwo, Porygon line, Genesect, Megearna, Type: Null/Silvally, the Galarian fossilmon, Future Paradox Pokemon… And that would also go for Past Parodox Pokemon as well.

I'm also guessin that rules out Meltan and Melmetal as well (can't remember if you mentioned that).

And ya said Ultrabeasts don't exist purely because of no Ultra Wormholes, so no Lunala, Necrozma, Solgaleo, Cosmog, nor Cosmeon. (Though someone made a point in the server about that tombstone possibly havin a depiction of Lunala on it…) I do like the idea that Lunala and Solgaleo have existed once in this world, but someday jus... vanished.

Eternatus is said to be from another world as well… I'm guessin it doesn't exist, or maybe it does to some compacity? Do Zacian and Zamazenta exist in some shape or form?

And since gimmicks like Z-Moves, Dynamax, Gigantamax, and Mega Evolution also don't exist, it'd only make sense the Terrastalization phenomenon also doesn't exist, so no Teragapos either… (Maybe they did at one time but have all vanished or gone extinct).

Could the Treasures of Ruin (Chien-Pao, Wo-Chien, Chi-Yu, and Ting-Lu) also exist in some capacity? It could've been some long forgotten or scarcely known Legendary crafted the items they possess and planted them as precious artifacts across rhe world that intrepid explorers or passersby found and the resultin avarice of whomever owned the treasures caused their curses to bring them to life and take on their corporeal forms as a form of punishment or some sick pleasure from that Legendary? I dunno, I jus really love this quartet! They're so fascinatin and I myself have actually found a way to incorporate them into my PMD EOS AU lore!!

I know this is an enormously long ask, but thanks tons if ya take the time to comb through this and offer some answers! I know a lot of this is reachin and not really pertinant to Seekers' main plot, but it'd be really cool supplementary material! Sorta like what ya guessed for Zekrom and Reshiram.

Oh dang, this is a beefy ask, haha! Here we go.

The Pokemon in Seekers still create waste, even if most of it isn't nearly as manufactured and toxic as the human world's! Plus, the runoff from natural poison types like the gulpin and clodsire lines contributes to the natural poison waste in the environment. I will say that poison types like trubbish and grimer are much less common in Seekers than in the mainline Pokemon worlds, though!

Kantonian voltorb and electrode exist as a natural steel-type offshoot of the Hisuian variant! They just happen to look a lot like the pokeballs of other Pokemon worlds. :]

Hm...I'm going to say the golett/baltoy/bronzor lines just came from ancient Pokemon civilizations' artifacts, rather than human ones!

Magnemite aren't artificially created, so they're present in the Seekers world! I agree that castform could exist through different means, but it's likely a rare occurrence since they would have to come together through a sort of "freak accident" of weather phenomena.

Deoxys isn't currently present in Seekers, but they would have the potential to show up at some point if the space virus made its way to the planet!

Spiritomb does exist, but it's Pokemon spirits instead of human ones as is usually implied in Pokemon's canon.

The meltan/melmetal line exists, though they're rare! They're not manmade and are born from natural steel components.

Whoops. Forgot that I mentioned Lunala on the crobat's tombstone, haha!!! 😅 Let's say that Lunala and Solgaleo are largely considered legends, then, even more so than other Legendary Pokemon. They were thought to exist once, but have long since returned to their own dimensions and are no longer present in the Seekers canon.

Similar to Deoxys, Eternatus isn't currently present in the Seekers world, but could potentially show up if the meteorite it was born from in canon showed up in the world!

Zacian and Zamazenta exist, just without the same lore from Sword and Shield (so no Darkest Day). Instead, they simply guard their territory from threats. I don't think they'll be considered Legendary in Seekers, though. They feel more like regular (albeit powerful) Pokemon to me. I don't have an area in mind for where they dwell, though! 

Terapagos probably exists, but its ambient power isn't enough to cause terrastalization in other Pokemon. No game gimmicks here.

The Treasures of Ruin might exist, but that's another quartet that I wouldn't really consider "Legendaries" in Seekers canon! I'd say they're lying dormant in their shrines throughout the Seekers world, but I don't have any lore currently on who sealed them away. They were sealed away due to being dangerous, though, since they were created from negative emotions! Not that that nixes the possibility for redemption down the line. 👀

Hope that satisfies some of your curiosity!

[normal-paldean-student]

Cerise 101

Name: Cerise Akasaki (née Rene/Renée, mainly relevant for flashback stories as Cerise was adopted as a name very recently)

Gender: female (transgender)

Pronouns: she/her

Born: February 27, 1986

Age: 17 (approximately)

Notable abilities: psychic foresight (about five seconds)

Languages spoken: Japanese*, French*, Unovan, Paldean

Canon counterpart: Red

*Notably, she's referred to the languages she spoke as a child as Japanese and French rather than Kantonian and Kalosian, as well as mentioning that animals existed back home, suggesting that her original universe may have been much more similar to the real world than modern Pokémon canon is.

Cerise was raised by a single mother in Pallet Town, Kanto, with her father out of the picture earlier than her first memories. She had a close childhood friend, a boy named Green, and a takeover event during Muse Mixup Madness indicated there was a girl named Blue around as well. (Her own family name, Akasaki, means red.) Green was friendly as a young child, only taking on the less savory traits of his canon counterpart after an unspecified incident when he and Cerise were about six years old. Cerise has stated that she considers the incident to have been her fault.

When Cerise was ten years old, well... she's a Red. I'm sure I don't need to rehash the entire plot of Pokémon Red Version to you. Her starter Pokémon was a Charmander, which she named Charm, and the first Pokémon she caught was a Rattata named Whisker, which was in her party at least long enough to evolve into Raticate before being replaced.

As proper rivals along their respective journeys, Cerise and Green were able to begin healing their relationship, and they became proper friends again after she defeated him at the Indigo Plateau. Cerise's final team was Charm (a Charizard by that point), as well as a Raichu, a Tauros, a Slowbro, a Fearow, and a Primeape.

Well... friendship wasn't the only thing between them by the time everything was over. Both of them were around the age to start having their first crushes, and there was something mutual between them. However, it was the 90s, and as far as both of them knew, they were both boys. It's unknown how Green processed his feelings (though in a timeline where Cerise never left her home universe and Blue was the protagonist instead, he did end up marrying her at some point), but Cerise, well... between the spotlight she was getting as Champion and the growing realization that she might not be straight, she eventually decided that the best way to handle the situation was to disappear to Mt. Silver for a while while she tried to process everything.

End Act 1.

Cerise didn't end up staying on Mt. Silver for long. Definitely not long enough for a certain Johto protagonist to come by and challenge her. Unfortunately, though, that wasn't because she decided to return home. It was because was pulled through space directly out of her home universe and into... her home in Pallet Town? But it wasn't her home. It looked like it, but everything was off, and even the people weren't the same as the versions of them she knew.

Cerise hasn't elaborated much about what happened in that second universe. She especially hasn't talked about what happened to her mental state when she realized she had no way to get back to anything or anyone she knew, though it can be reasonably inferred that it was nothing good. There are, of course, some things that we do know happened, but I'm sure I don't need to rehash the plot of Pokémon Green Version to you.

End Act 2.

Again, Cerise woke up in "her home" in an alien Pallet Town. She hasn't said anything at all about what happened in this universe, though logically it must have been another blow to realize being pulled out of one universe and into another wasn't just a one-off event. Other than that, all we can know is that overall, events must have followed the plot of Pokémon Blue Version.

End Act 3.

There's an obvious pattern here, isn't there? Cerise hasn't said anything about it, but it can be reasonably inferred that this universe followed the plot of Pokémon Yellow Version.

End Act 4... actually, end the acts completely. There have been so many worlds, so many universes. It's hard to keep track of the numbers after a point.

Obviously, her first universe after Yellow clued her in that it wasn't always going to be variations of the same story. Then she got to Crystal, and finally decided she was going to be a girl. And so on and so forth, through universe after universe, living through the stories of every main series game and several side games as well—the Ranger and Mystery Dungeon games have been confirmed, but they're not the only ones. And always as the protagonist.

She's gotten several injuries along the way, ranging from minor nuisances to disabling ones that should have been permanent, only for her body to be back in pristine condition in the next universe without even a scar, as if none of what she'd just been through was real. She's not ungrateful for having a fully functional body, but the disconnect between her experiences and her physical reality causes a lot of distress at times.

At an unspecified point during one of her many journeys, she went back into the closet, pretending to be a boy from that world on and only coming out as a girl again in this most recent universe. She hasn't pursued more than social transition, though, as the physical reset isn't limited to unwanted injuries—any and all physical changes disappear in each new world, regardless of the type. She can't pierce her ears, for example, and the few times she managed to get HRT, the few months' effects she was able to get disappeared the next time the cycle advanced. Without being able to access the long term effects of anything, it doesn't feel worth going through all the effort it takes to get it.

Cerise isn't actually completely certain of her age. She knows her birthday, and the year she was born, but she's definitely not in her 30s. 17 (18 on February 27, 2024) is the age on this world's legal documents, so that's what she's going with. It's not wrong—she is an older teenager at this point—but the amount of time she's experienced feels like it's been longer than seven years.

After the events of The Way Home in this Violet universe, Cerise ended up staying in Paldea much longer than she expected to. She got involved with Pokédex research with Mr. Jacq—both filling out the complete Pokédex and some more in-depth work with Dudunsparce and the Pokémon in Area Zero—and also may or may not have done a few things with Ms. Raifort. Nothing can be proven on that second front.

She also became close friends with Ella @oh-shinx and Mare @aura-acolyte, though her relationship with Ella is more sisterly and her relationship with Mare is, well... after a long mutual pining period with both of them being silly about their feelings, they eventually had to talk about it after a heat-of-the-moment kiss happened between them between the events of The Teal Mask and The Indigo Disc. Cerise isn't comfortable dating when she knows she's going to disappear any day and lose her, but everything's out in the open now.

The most notable things about The Teal Mask were as follows: Cerise thought Carmine was pretty, Kieran had latent psychic abilities that resonated with Cerise's during his breakdown and caused her to lose her composure too, and after Cerise tracked down and caught the Loyal Three to prevent them from causing any more trouble, she temporarily got replaced by a younger version of herself who somehow managed to rehabilitate them through the power of friendship and the power of knowing absolutely nothing about the situation, much to the normal Cerise's confusion when she returned.

The events of The Indigo Disc more or less followed canon as well, though Cerise expressed a strong dislike of Unova before going to Blueberry. Carmine was particularly upset about Drayton referring to his cafeteria meeting with Cerise as a date, on top of her normal dislike of him. Cerise did not notice this, as she was too busy thinking both Drayton and Carmine were cute. Cerise was also able to recognize Kieran's psychic abilities during their Championship battle. She hasn't said anything about what happened in Area Zero during the DLC's events, besides saying that the group was successful in what they were trying to do and there were no major injuries.

Also this world's Arven is basically a were-Lycanroc and I couldn't find anywhere to fit that in properly.

On February 27, 2024, Cerise disappeared, pulled into her next universe. Nemona, Penny, Arven, Kieran, and Carmine took over maintaining the blog, though none of them made very many posts.

Almost a month later, on March 26, 2024, Cerise was discovered to have been pulled into Kalos when one of her friends from her new universe, Tierno @santalune-swords-dance, made a post about how she'd chosen to name a Luvdisc Mare. So far, this journey seems to roughly mirror the plot of Pokémon X/Y, though with the timeframe updated to be in 2024 and with some of the cities now having contest halls. Her other new friends are Trevor @pokedex-parfaite, Calem @friendly-neighborhood-calem, and Shauna @poke-mon-amie.

Caught in Paldea:

Cerise's current Pokémon are as follows.

Caught in Kalos:

???

Blossom (Meowscarada F) (with Hazel @grass-pokemon-appreciator)

Ribbon (Annihilape F) (with Nemona)

Tim (Dragapult M) (with Nemona)

Lady (Palafin F) (with Nemona)

Cheese (Espathra F) (with Nemona)

Chonk (Clodsire F) (with Nemona)

Chime of Eternity (Iron Valiant) (has not been seen since Cerise's disappearance)

Gluttonous Beast (Miraidon) (with Arven)

entirely too many Dudunsparce (with Jacq)

Caught in Kitakami:

Ember (shiny Arcanine M) (with Carmine)

Ogerpon (with Kieran)

Munkidori (with Mare)

Fezandipiti (with Mare)

Caught in the Terarium (all currently unnamed and currently with the League Club):

Okidogi (with Mare)

Pecharunt (with Mare)

Alolan Dugtrio F

Dodrio F

Alolan Ninetales F

Duraludon M

Whimsicott F

Flygon F

[kitsumidori]

Soooo........ I've ended up staying up late, typing a Borderlands/Pokemon au and it was going to be something small but it ended up being a lot more long..........

Unlike the last few, this au is basically the Borderlands characters in the actual pokemon universe (no vaults, no eridian's ECT) and I've since changed a few teams because I wasn't satisfied with the previous choices.

(I've put it under the cut so it wouldn't come out long)

✨ = Shiny

♀️/♂️ = Gender

⭕ = Genderless

Main cast

PKMN Trainer Ava

Team: Stunky ♂️, Zubat ♀️, Cyndaquil ♀️, Oshawott ♂️, Rowlet ♂️, Applin ✨ ♂️

Streamer Girl Tyreen

Team: Lycanroc ♂️ (Midnight form)

Stewartisbot Claptrap

Team: Trubbish ♂️, Alolan Grimer ♂️, Kantonian Meowth ♀️, Koffing ♂️

Gym Leader's

Sasha Dillon the Hollow Point Gym Leader

Specialty: Dragon type

Team: Noibat ♀️, Fraxure ✨♀️

Gaige DiMartino the Overlook Gym Leader

Specialty: Electric type

Team: Pikachu ♀️, Magneton ⭕, Vikavolt ♂️

Wainwright Jakobs the Cursehaven Gym Leader

Specialty: Normal type

Team: Stoutland ♂️, Dundunsparce ♂️, Ursaring ♂️, Drampa ✨♂️

Mad Moxxi the New Haven Gym Leader

Specialty: Poison type

Team: Salazzle ✨♀️, Toxapex ♀️, Roserade ♀️, Arbok ♀️

Maya the Sanctuary Gym Leader and Ava's mom

Specialty: Psychic type

Team: Orbeetle ♂️, Meowstic ♀️, Espeon ♀️, Hatterene ♀️, Gardevoir ✨♂️

Vaughn Sunwalker the Backburner Gym Leader

Specialty: Ground type

Team: Kantonian Sandslash ♂️, Clodsier ♂️, Palossand ♂️, Rhyperior ♂️, Marowak ♂️

Salvador the Ovejas Gym Leader

Specialty: Dark type

Team: Sableye ♀️, Mightyena ♂️, Grimmsnarl ♂️, Urshifu (Single Strike) ♂️, Krookodile ♂️

Aurelia Hammerlock the Liarsburg Gym Leader

Specialty: Ice type

Team: Weavile ♀️, Froslass ♀️, Glaceon ♀️, Frosmoth ♀️, Alolan Ninetales ♀️

Elite 4 and Champion

Mordecai

Specialty: Flying type

Team: Dodrio ♂️, Mandibuzz ♀️, Hisuian Braviary ♂️, Staraptor ♂️, Altaria ♀️, Skarmory ♀️

Brick

Specialty: Steel type

Team: Bastiodon ♂️, Lucario ♀️, Perrserker ♂️, Archaludon ♂️, Steelix ♂️, Tinkaton ♀️

Tina

Specialty: Rock type

Team: Minimor ⭕, Hisuian Arcanine ♂️, Carbink ⭕, Probopass ♀️, Alolan Golem ♀️, Tyranitar ♀️

Dr. Patricia Tannis

Specialty: Ghost type

Team: Spiritomb ♀️, Polteageist ⭕, Rotom ⭕, Golurk ⭕, Chandelure ♀️, Basculegion ♀️

Champion Lilith

Specialty: Fire type

Team: Talonflame ♀️, Blaziken ♀️, Flareon ♀️, Kantonian Ninetales ♀️, Salazzle ♀️, Charizard ✨♀️

Other Characters

Krieg, Owner of the Pokemon Daycare in Sanctuary, Maya's husband and Ava's dad

Team: Kantonian Raticate ♀️, Annihilape ♂️, Bloodmoon Ursaluna ♂️, Hydreigon ♀️, Alolan Marowak ♂️, Silvally ⭕

Timothy Lawrence, Moxxi's husband and bartender at her bar/gym

Team: Clefable ♀️, Skitty ♂️

Angel Coldwell, adopted daughter of Lilith and Gaige’s fiance

Team: Absol ♀️, Corvisquire ♀️, Maushold (Family of Four) ⭕, Galarian Rapidash ✨♂️, Alolan Raichu ♂️, Kantonian Articuno ⭕

Professor Alistair Hammerlock, Wainwright’s husband and pokemon researcher

Team: Decidueye ♂️, Crabominable ♂️, Galarian Wheezing ♂️

Janey Sprigs

Team: Lopunny ♀️, Revavroom ♀️

Athena, Pokemon ranger and Janey’s wife

Team: Armarouge ♀️, Ceruledge ♂️

Naoko Katagawa Kitagawa

Team: Galarian Darumaka ♀️, Lurantis ♂️, Bewear ♀️

Zer0

Greninja ♂️, Ninjask ♂️, Shiftry ♂️

Rhys Strongfork, Sasha's husband

Team: Porygon Z ⭕, Klink ⭕

Fiona Dillon

Team: Hounchkrow ♂️, Thievul ♀️

Ace trainer Fl4k

Houndstone ♂️, Ariados ♀️, Aipom ♂️, Magearna ⭕, Falinks ⭕, A whole bunch of Zubats

Ace trainer Amara

Incineroar ♀️, Machamp ♀️, Pyroar ♀️, Sneasler ♀️, Conkeldurr ♀️

Ace trainer Moze

Hisuian Ursaluna ✨♀️, Bewear ♂️, Pangoro ♂️, Tinkatink ♀️

Ace trainer Zane Flynt

Dragapult ♂️, Manectric ♂️, Galvantula ♀️

Antagonist (Team Hyperion)

Nisha the Sheriff of Lynchwood

Team: Banette ♀️, Kantonian Rapidash ♀️, Dusknoir ♂️

Troy Calypso

Team: Bisharp ♂️, Scizor ♀️, Obstagoon ♂️

Hansuke Katagawa (Katagawa jr)

Team: Aegislash ♂️, Unovan Darmanitan ♂️

Handsome Jack, Leader of Team Hyperion

Team: Galarian Rapidash ♀️, Alakazam ♂️, Malamar ♂️, Kantonian Persian ♂️, Hatterene ♀️, Hydreigon ✨♂️

[turning-n-into-random-pokemon]

for reference, these are the Pokémon i have not made edits of:

Kanto: Ivysaur, Venasaur, Charmander, charmeleon, charizard, squirtle, wartortle, blastoise, caterpie, metapod, butterfree, weedle, Kakuna, beedrill, pidgey, pidgeotto, pidgeot, Rattata, raticate, spearow, fearow, ekans, arbok, sandslash, nidoran(F/M), Nidorina, nidorino, nidoking, nidoqueen, clefairy, vulpix, ninetails, jigglypuff, wigglytuff, Zubat, golbat, oddish, gloom, vileplume, paras, parasect, venonat, venomoth, diglett, dugtrio, meowth, Persian, psyduck, golduck, mankey,  primeape, growlithe, poliwag, poliwhirl, poliwrath, abra, kadabra, alakazam, machop, machoke, machamp, bellsprout, weepinbell, victreebel, tentacool, tentacruel, Geodude, graveler, golem, ponyta (Kantonian), Rapidash, slowbro, magnemite, magneton, farfetchd, doduo, dodrio, seel, grimer, muk, shellder, cloyster, Haunter, Onix, drowzee, krabby, kingler, voltorb, electrode, exeggute, exeggutor, marowak, hitmonlee, hitmonchan, Lickitung, koffing, weezing, rhyhorn, rhydon, chansey, Tangela, kangaskhan, horsea, seadra, goldeen, seaking, Staryu, starmie, Mr. Mime, scyther, jynx, electabuzz, Magmar, Pinsir, tauros, magikarp, gyrados, Lapras, vaporeon, porygon, omanyte, omastar, kabuto, kabutops, aerodactyl, Articuno, Zapdos, moltres, dratini, Dragonair, dragonite, mew

Johto: Chikorita, Bayleef, Cyndaquil, quilava, typhlosion, Totodile, croconaw, ferligatr, sentret, furret, hoothoot, noctowl, ledyba, ledian, spinarak, Aradios, Crobat, chinchou, lanturn, pichu, cleffa, igglybuff, togepi, togetic, Natu, xatu, mareep, Flaafy, Ampharos, bellossom, marill, sudowoodo, politoed, hoppip, skiploom, jumpluff, aipom, sunkern, sunflora, yanma, quagsire, slowking, misdreavus, unown, wobbuffet, girafarig, pineco, forretress, gligar, steelix, snubbull, granbull, qwilfish, Scizor, shuckle, heracross, teddiursa, ursaring, slugma, magcargo, swinub, piloswine, Corsola, remoraid, octillery, delibird, mantine, skarmory, houndour, houndoom, kingdra, Donphan, porygon2, tyrogue, hitmontop, smoochum, Elekid, magby, miltank, blissey, Raikou, Entei, Suicune, larvitar, pupitar, tyranitar, lugia, Ho-oh, celebi 

Hoenn: Treeko, sceptile, combusken, blaziken, swampert, poochyena, mightyena, Zigzagoon, linoone, Wurmple, silcoon, beautifly, cascoon, Dustox, lotad, lombre, ludicolo, seedot, nuzleaf, shiftry, taillow, swellow, wingull, pelipper, ralts, kirlia, surskit, masquerain, breloom, slakoth, vigoroth, slaking, Nincada, shedinja, whismur, loudred, exploud, makuhita, hariyama, azurill, skitty, delcatty, sableye, Aron, lairon, Meditite, medicham, electrike, plusle, minun, volbeat, illumise, Roselia, gulpin, swalot, carvanha, sharpedo, wailmer, wailord, numel, camerupt, torkoal, spoink, grumpig, spinda, Trapinch, cacnea, cacturne, Altaria, za goose, seviper, lunatone, solrock, barboach, whiscash, corphish, crawdaunt, baltoy, claydol, lileep, cradily, anorith, armaldo, feebas, castform, kecleon, shuppet, banette, duskull, dusclops, chimecho, wynaut, snorunt, glalie, spheal, sealeo, walrein, clamperl, huntail, gorebyss, relicanth, luvdisc, Bagon, shelgon, salamence, beldum, metang, metagross, regirock, regice, registeel, latios, Kyogre, Rayquaza

Sinnoh: Turtwig, grotle, torterra, chimchar, monferno, infernape, Piplup, prinplup, starly, staravia, staraptor, bidoof, bibarel, kricketot, shinx, luxio, budew, Roserade, Cranidos, rampardos, shieldon, bastiodon, burmy, wormadam, mothim, buizel, floatzel, charubi, cherrim, shellos, ambipom, drifloon, drifblim, buneary, honchkrow, glameow, chingling, bronzor, bonsly, mime jr, happiny, gible, Gabite, Garchomp, munchkax, riolu, hippotas, drapion, Croagunk, toxicroak, carvine, finneon, lumineon, mantyke, snover, abomasnow, magnezone, lickilicky, rhypherior, tangrowth, magmortar, yanmega, gliscor, mamoswine, gallade, probopass, dusknoir, frosslass, uxie, mesprit, azelf, heatran, regigigas, cresselia, phione, manaphy, darkrai, arceus

Unova: Snivy, Servine, Serperior, tepig, pignite, emboar, dewott, patrat, watchdog, lillipup, stoutland, purrloin, liepard , pansage, simisage, pansear, simisear, panpour, simipour, munna, Musharna, pidove, tranquil, unfezant, blitzle, roggenrola, boldore, gigalith, drilbur, excadrill, audino, timburr, gurdurr, conkeldurr, tympol, palpitoad, seismitoad, throh, sawk, sewaddle, cottonee, petilil, basculin, Sandile, krokorok, krookodile, darumaka, darmanitan, maractus, crustle, scraggy, scrafty, yamask, cofagrigus, tirtouga, careacosta, archen, trubbish, garbodor, minccino, cinccino, gothita, gothorita, Solosis, duosion, ducklett, swanna, vanillite, vanillish, vanilluxe, deerling, emolga, karrablast, escavalier, foongus, amoonguss, frillish, jellicent, alomomola, galvantula, ferroseed, ferrothorn, klink, klang, klinklang, tynamo, eelektrik, eelektross, elgyem, beheeyem, litwick, lampent, axew, fraxure, cubchoo, beartic, cryogonal, shelmet, accelgor, mienfoo, mienshao, Druddigon, golett, bisharp, bouffalant, rufflet, braviary, vullaby, mandibuzz, heatmor, Durant, Deino, zweilous, larvesta, cobalion, terrakion, virizion, tornadus, thundurus, landorus, white kyurem, keldeo

Kalos: Chespin, Quilladin, chesnaught, fennekin, braixen, Delphox, froakie, drogadier, greninja, bunnelby, diggersby, fletchling, fletchinder, talonflame, scatterbug, spewpa, litleo, pyroar, flabebe, floette, florges, skiddo, gogoat, pancham, pangoro, espurr, honedge, doublade, aegislash, soritzee, aromatisse, swirlix, slurpuff, Inkay, malamar, binacle, barbaracle, skrelp, dragalge, clawitzer, helioptile, heliolisk, Tyrunt, Tyrantrum, aurorus, dedenne, Carbink, goomy, sliggoo, phantump, trevenant, pumpkaboo, gourgeist, bergmite, avalugg, noivern, Zygarde, hoopa, volcanion

Alola: dartrix, litten, torracat, incineroar, popplio, brionne, pikipek, trumbeak, yungoos, gumshoos, grubbin, charjabug, crabrawler, crablminable, oricorio, cutiefly, ribombee, rockruff, lycanroc (midday, dusk), mareanie, toxapex, mudbray, mudsdale, dewpider, araquanid, formantis, morelull, shiinotic, salandit, salazzle, stufful, bewear, bounsweet, steenee, passimian, wimpod, sandygast, palossand, pyukumuku, type: null, silvally, komala, turtonator, togedemaru, dhelmise, jangmo-o, hakamo-o, tapu koko, tapu lele, tapu bulu, tapu fini, cosmog, cosmoem, solgaleo, buzzwole, pheromosa, kartana, guzzlord, necrozma (normal, dawn wings), marshadow, poipole, naganadel, stakataka, meltan, melmetal 

Galar: Grookey, thwackey, rillaboom, scorbunny, sobble, drizzile, inteleon, greedent, rookiedee, corvisquire, corviknight, blupbug, dottler, orbeetle, nickit, gossifleur, eldegoss, wooloo, dubwool, chewtle, drednaw, yamper, boltund, rolycoly, carkol, coalossal, applin, flapple, appletun, silicobra, sandaconda, cramorant, arrokuda, barraskewda, toxel, sizzlipede, centiscorch, clobbopus. Grapploct, sinistea, poltageist, hatenna, hattrem, impidimp, grimmsnarl, obstagoon, perrserker, cursola, sirfetchd, mr. Rime, runerigus, milcery, falinks l pinurchin, stonjourner, eiscue (ice/noise face), indeedee, morpeko, cufant, copperajah, dracozolt, arctozolt, dracovish, arctovish, duraldon, dreepy, drakloak, dragapult, zacian, zamazenta, kubfu, urshifu, zarude, regieleki, regidrago, glastrier, spectrier, calyrex, wyrdeer, kleavor, ursaluna, basculegion, overquwil, enamorus

Paldea: Sprigatito, floragato, crocalor, skeledirge, quaxly, quaxwell, lechonk, oinkologne, tarountula, spidops, nymble, lokix, pawmi, pawmo, Pawmot, fidough, dachsbun, smoliv, dolliv, arboliva, squakabilly, nacli, naclstack, garganacl, chsrcadet, tadbulb, bellibolt, wattrel, kilowattrel, maschiff, mabosstiff, shroodle, grafaiai, brambleghast, toedscool, toedscruel, klawf k capsakid, rellor, rabsca, flittle, espathra, tinkatink, tinkatuff, wiglett, wugtrio, bombirdier, finizen, palafin, varoom, revavroom, orthworm, glimmet m glimmora, greavard, houndstone, flamigo, cetoddle, cetitan k veluza k dondozo, annihilape, farigiraf, dudunsparce, kingambit, great tusk, scream tail, brute bonnet, sandyshocks, iron bundle, iron hands, iron jugulis, iron moth, iron thorns, Frigibax, arctibax, baxcalibur, gimmighoul, chien-pao, ting-lu, chi-yu, iron leaves, dipplin, poltchageist, sinistcha, okidogi, munkidori, gouging fire, raging bolt, iron boulder, trapagos, pecharunt 

[Note: this includes forms of different regions, evolutions, etc. if you do not see a Pokémon on this list, that’s because I have already done that said Pokemon.]

[mumusmarket]

Pinkumon 13 to 24!  - Weedle Kakuna Beedrill - Pidgey Pidgeotto Pidgeot - Kantonian & Alolan Rattata Raticate - Spearow Fearow - Ekans Arbok Pinkumon is my series where I redraw or redesign pokemon in my personal favorite aesthetics and colors!

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[the-antiapocalyptic-man]

Another batch of Pokemon redesigns:

Growlithe and Arcanine are clearly more based on their Hisuian forms. The idea is that the fur of wild Growlithe grow incredibly thick, functioning as a layer of armor against attack. Once introduced to a strong enough source of extreme heat (commonly in Fire Stones, for captured Growlithe) they'll evolve into Arcanine. Brock has a Growlithe (and a Larvitar) in this AU, but we'll get into the human characters later.

Rattata and Raticate, I just wanted to give a general update. I had Raticate keep the purple to maintain the visual continuity between stages a bit more. As far as typing, I think I might just go for pure Dark? Malicious little guys, invasive species vibes.

Goldeen and Seaking I actually got down while I was on the phone with my grandma. The idea here is that ancient Kantonians would see Goldeen all the time and sometimes keep them as pets, but otherwise think they were weak single stage fish.

Seaking, on the other hand, were encountered incredibly rarely. On the occasion they rose up from the water, fishermen would report seeing the face of fallen warriors and river gods rising up from the depths. It was only centuries later that the rarity of Seaking was explained: Goldeen were used as a food source for so many other Kanto Pokemon, only a very small percentage ever survived long enough to evolve, Goldeen in captivity never attaining the battling experience to do so. Despite their majestic appearance, Seaking are still not great fighters, but are beloved by the people of Kanto, especially older Kantonians elated to share the old stories and Legends of Japan.

[pwnyta]

Pokemon Sun/Moon, Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon question-

... Anyone got a Porygon z, Dusk Lycanroc(or Own Tempo Rockruff), Lunala, Kantonian Rattata/Raticate, Vullaby/Mandibuzz, Milotic(/Feebas with Prism scale), Magmortar, Electivire, Scizor, Stakataka, Celesteela, Marshadow, and Zeraora.

I only need Legendaries for the Pokedex so I’ll give them back right away~

[randompokemonfacts]

Random Fact of the Day

Daily Pokémon that was randomly selected: Raticate!

Did you know that restaurants where Alolan Raticate live have a good reputation? This gourmet Pokémon is particular about the taste and freshness of its food, filling its nest with so much food gathered by Rattata at its direction that it couldn’t possibly eat it all. Raticate makes its Rattata underlings gather food for it, dining solely on the most nutritious and delicious fare!

Prior Post about Raticate (Kantonian)

[crystalelemental]

Unit Teambuilding - Winter Jasmine

You all have no idea how excited I was for this.  Jasmine and Ampharos has been a long standing hope for me, and I had really wanted the winter alt with a cute outfit and oh my god did they nail it.

General Overview Not the Electric Terrain Support of our dreams.  So that’s no good.  But setting that disappointment aside, I’m...surprised this Jasmine isn’t gaining more attention.

She’s Supereffective Up Next!  With 3/5 adding in stacks of Physical or Special Moves Up Next!  She’s got paralysis guaranteed any time she takes damage for Gauntlet purposes, and because it’s on foe’s attack, it’s a guarantee Tornadus can’t be a shithead about it!  These are ridiculously good traits!  Add in that she’s a defenses and crit buffer with access to Double Potion MPR, and Jasmine’s...frankly nuts.  I love this kit.

Her flaws are noticeable, however.  The big one being, her trainer move is single-target.  +3 to both defenses isn’t terrible, but to a single target?  That’s really bad.  She supplements her own needs by getting +1 to both defenses each use of a trainer skill (+2 if mega evolved), so Jasmine does cap defenses over time.  But in an era of Aura Cynthia capping on turn 1, and access to now two BP units that give the whole team +2 defenses at once, it’s notably slow.  Static Cling 9 is a fantastic Gauntlet tool, but the energy required to get it is absurd.  In fact, Double Potion MPR comes with giving up more than the two SEUN effects.  If you want MPR on it, you have to give up Potion support.  I wouldn’t recommend giving up the moves up next effects, because that’s her entire niche over C!Red.  Speaking of whom!

Yes, inevitably competition between the two will arise, and I can promise, people will favor Red.  Not because he’s actually better, though there is an argument, singular, for it.  More because he’s Kantonian.  The thing Red does do better than Jasmine is fast-ramping.  His trainer move supplies -1 sync cooldown per use, meaning with an ally that provides -1, two uses of his trainer move gets early access to sync.  Buuuuut, I’d argue his flaws are way more severe.  Combining +2 crit with SEUN means Red is woefully lacking, effectively losing the ally a use of it, or potentially just whiffing on their needed crit because it can’t be capped.  Mini Potion All has been consistently reviled as a worse Potion, and he has far less refresh on it.  Rock Smash and Body Slam are nice utility, but Red’s slower than Jasmine and using twice as many gauges to make it work, and has worse paralysis potential.  So I do feel like this Jasmine is just stronger C!Red.  For the moment, anyway.  5/5 grids exist for Pokefairs, but there’s no indication of it for seasonals.  So the tides will turn, I’m sure.  But for now, I’m living for this.

Team 1: W!Jasmine, SS Red, Blaine While the man himself can now just double up with the update, we're going to ignore that and pretend it didn't happen.  SS Red has Supereffective Up Next access now!  That's exciting.  With what continues to be some of the best self-setup offensively, Red has no need for anything Jasmine does aside from her crit buffing.  Jasmine is also fairly optimal, thanks to buffed defenses, offsetting the drawback of his trainer move. Just add sun from Blaine, and you're good to go.

Team 2: W!Jasmine, Kris, Winona/May You know how Kris got like...a ridiculously good grid expansion that made her super self-sufficient and provides 250% bonus sync damage?  What if we also just threw super-effective up next onto that, alongside defenses?  What then?

Team 3: W!Jasmine, SST Red/Ash, Tech Farfetch'd/Tech Raticate Ugh, fine, here.  We all know why Jasmine doesn't buff offensive stats, and it's because of the rats.  They don't need help, and obviously everyone just wants to run them, right?  Bite me.  SST Red already solos the game, why are you even teambuilding with him?

Team 4: W!Jasmine, Hau/Eevee Kris, Volkner/Lucian Hey Aaron, look at me.  Bitch.  Supereffective Up Next with stacks of Special Moves Up Next means these two can fire off a lot of damage under Terrain. With Kris setting up her own terrain, you can bring Lucian for debuffing.  My 2/5 Eevee Kris does really respectable move damage, hitting something like 14k on Discharge without debuffs, so it's definitely workable.

Team 5: W!Jasmine, SS Hilda/Serena, Tech Ninetales You know what's better than SS Hilda?  SS Hilda with Supereffective Up Next and stacks of physical moves up next.  Imagine that 200BP V-Create being backed up by both of those effects and Sun.  I would also like to state that this raw increase in power very likely means that a unit like Serena can one-shot Cobalion, even outside of Sun, preventing the resistance boosting.

Team 6: W!Jasmine, Noland, SC Ingo/Nanu Anti-Azelf. Jasmine can be immune to defense debuffs, meaning she shuts down its nonsense.  Noland is capable of buffing all his needed stats to cap, making him an ideal partner to Jasmine.  SC Ingo can provide Bug Zone, while Nanu can provide debuffs and potential flinch thanks to Jasmine's supplied crit rate.

Team 7: W!Jasmine, Wikstrom/Lodge Rosa, Support Arbok/Masked Royal Another fun aspect of Jasmine is the combination with built-in Vigilance offensive units like Wikstrom and Lodge Rosa.  Her natural defense boosting is ideal for a Vigilance unit, with pop heals to spare in keeping them alive.  Support Arbok and Masked Royal are good picks, because of speed boosting to help facilitate gauges that otherwise become quite the problem.  Masked Royal is also good for debuffing defense for them, but I did want to note Arbok since Regirock, the inspiration for this, is immune to debuffs.

Final Thoughts Winter Jasmine is...fun.  I really like her a lot.  I initially undersold her quite a bit, but I'm coming around on this.  She has a lot of fun attributes, with some really devastating plays in her arsenal.  And her outfit is adorable.  I love her.

[gnzma]

@tohjofallsexile​:

Guzma's favorite non bug pokemon? [ asks pls? ; ACCEPTING ]

[ the typical Evil Grunt pokemon. Rattata and Raticate, (both Alolan and Kantonian, even if he leans on the former) Zubat and Woobats, Yungoos. he has a soft spot for Salandit too tho ]

[battle-subway-ghost]

oh for the theme team ask game, rodent pokemons!!

Oh hell yeah, I've actually thought about this a lot.

Azumarill - Emolga - Excadrill - Raticate(Kantonian) - Raichu(Kantonian) - Watchog

Bit of a problem with fighting types, but I'm not about to try and fix that. This team doesn't exist anyways.

Also, I'd say Cinccino but that feels too easy, because I already have Cashmere.