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Pokémon Sword and Shield: Sirfetch'd Reveal
- Thread starter NotLiquid
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Dang, that duck went to the gym to get that top heavy and that leek is probably pretty heavy. It explains that absurb weight increase when Farfetch'd evolved. Also, it's radiating some big handsomely smug energy. I like the design of the evolution, but I'm afraid that it will still be a jokemon with a bad stat-spread and so far it has a blah ability.
This is actually pretty great.
Sirfetch'd face... says "THINK YOU CAN LEEK ME? DON'T FORGET ME!"
Fighting type only is a bit of a shame but in all fairness it is not flying anywhere. I hope it is not cursed with the horrible stats of its dear child Farfetch'd. Regardless I love it and now I'm upset because I was planning on getting shield but now...
Fighting type only is a bit of a shame but in all fairness it is not flying anywhere. I hope it is not cursed with the horrible stats of its dear child Farfetch'd. Regardless I love it and now I'm upset because I was planning on getting shield but now...
I'm guessing its Attack (which already got a nice beef up to 90 in gen 7) and Defense will see a big surge with a slight bump (like idk maybe +`10) to hp & special defense with Special Attack & Speed either remaining the same or getting drained to shuffle into its key stats.
While I'm glad that it's a typo, pure fire has also already been done, though not to the same extent. Infernape is still just Blaziken 2.0 (though still okay) and Emboar is trash.
They can have a clear theme without repeating the same overused type combo.
It's also starters in general thanks to gen 6.
My guess is that this Pokemon's counterpart in Shield will be a Ghost type Pokemon since the fighting type leader is Sword exclusive.
I appreciated Incineroar's typing despite him being bipedal.
Yeah, but I just want a non-bipedal fire type that doesn't look like a fighting type. I know that Incineroar's typing makes sense for the Heel that it is.
Huh. Good point, we probably should be looking for Gym leader aces.
I really like Delphox, best fire starter since Typhlosion. Although I do feel like I'm in the minority on that one, haha!
Having high hopes for Scorbunny.
There has never been a non-bipedel final form Fire starter though? Typhlosion is the closest thing, and he stands on two legs in his official art.
Deliwizard is now DELINECROMANCER.
Agreed
Hence the disappointment people felt for Incineroar lol
Unless GameFreak is playing the long game we already know everyone's Aces so far.
I see. Although I think that Scorbunny being based on a rabbit has already made the non-biped Fire starter a lost cause in gen 8.
We know Milo and Nessa. Ghost gym could be Polteageist or its evo, Fighting should be Sirfetch'd. Impidimp in the Fairy gym?
People only get particularly upset about it when the previous Pokemon were bipedal, only to suddenly switch. It just feels like a cruel tease. With Scorbunny, you already know what you're getting, so it's whatever.
I think that whatever evolution that they are going to reserve for Shield will meet the following criteria:
- Evolution touches upon a motif of the British/Anglo-Saxon culture
- (Speculative) Typing diverges from other regional form/evolutions
- (Speculative) Said family has not been shown in any footage so far
- Defensively-oriented
- (Speculative) Said family has not been prominent competitively
Bea was revealed with her Hitmontop and Allister was revealed with Mimikyu. Unless they're pulling a bait-and-switch, Milo and Nessa were shown with their presumed aces first as well.
Wouldn't be the first time they hid something to reveal later. They removed all npcs and Pokemon for the announcement trailer, for instance.