#sandu the crobat

[sandupommelfrog]

i am just so amused by Jiang Cheng Yunmeng Gym Leader Sandu Shengshou with a team full of scary mons and they're named shit like princess and jasmine

[sandupommelfrog]

It’s Yunmeng’s Gym Leader, Jiang Cheng! (”You are challenged by....” template from Asmaee)

I started thinking ab Yunmeng Sibs pokemon teams in this post, and I could not stop!

In this au, the sects are towns/gyms. Yunmeng’s big with a lot of rivers and swamps, so the Yunmeng gym leader has historically also been in charge of the Yunmeng Rescue Ops. They’re kind of function like pokemon rangers but without capture stylists.

I watch competitive pokemon matches but am by no means an expert or strategist lol. ive put my thoughts on his team comp below the read more as well as some au thoughts

so he’s the master of 3 poisons so you fucking know he’s spamming toxic baybee!

Dragalge/Shore-lene

He got Shore-lene while on the gym circuit! She was the second pokemon he caught, and he found her near the shoreline so “shore-lene” like “Marlene.” It was originally spelled “Shoreline” but he got tired of correcting people.

He sets up toxic spikes w Shore-lene, and if they’re cleared or he doesn’t end up doing it, his other poke’s can use toxic. Shore-lene has flip turn in case she needs to get out and scald to help deal with steel types.

Scolipede/Scuttles

He got Scuttles from his mum when he was a kid, after he got Growlithe/Love, Eevee/Jasmine Totodile/Princess. Growlithe was sent away when WWX came, and Princess uhhh died later on. So Scuttles is very precious to him. Before she evolved, he would hold her up to people like “isn’t she so cute?!”

Scuttles is meant to be a hard hitter, and I was thinking of putting swords dance on him so he’d have more sweep potential, but I thought the type coverage granted by earthquake would be better idk.

Crobat/Sandu

Sandu was the first pokemon Jiang Cheng caught! He loves her dearly and as a kid, would secretly dote on her (as well as his other pokemon). He dotes on them more openly now that he’s Gym/Rescue Ops leader and has gone to therapy. She liked to just sit on his head when she was smaller but it’s much less feasible now.

Sandu’s super fang helps deal with steel types and other not great type matchups, and she can do some noice hits with acrobatics after her berry’s eaten. Toxic bc of course I had to put toxic on sandu and u-turn to get out of dodge.

Umbreon/Jasmine

It’s tradition in the Jiang family to give every kid an Eevee when they turn 5, and this was Jiang Cheng’s first pokemon! He’s very cat-like in personality, and JC complains about him all the time but always gives him treats and belly rubs.

Jasmine’s a wall/staller w/ wish and substitute as well as someone to deal with psychic types. If toxic spikes is still set up, then he can just vibe while the opponent loses health to bad poison. If not, he can use toxic.

Espeon/Suibian

As you can guess, Suibian was originally Wei Wuxian’s eevee. After WWX disappeared and came back with a god(?) and some very scary ghost pokemon, he stopped using Suibian, and JC started taking care of her, even though she wasn’t on his team in a formal capacity. After WWX disappeared again, and it didn’t seem like he was coming back, JC added her to his team, and she evolved under his care.

Suibian can set up reflect for some extra defense as well as deal with psychic types with shadow ball. She’s a heavy hitter, esp if she can get some calm minds off.

Gyrados/Sunshine

It’s Sunshine! Jiang Cheng won her in a festival when he was like 8 and was very adamant about keeping her, despite his parents being pretty judgemental. After a lot of hard work and determination, she evolved and is ready to wreck shop!

Sunshine has that moxie/dragon dance combo for sweeping as well as a lum berry to get rid of status conditions but esp burns/paralysis. Pretty straightforward.