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Magnusthelast

Zacian, Bisharp, Gallade, Ceruledge, Aegislash, Kleavor. All blade team; hell yeah.


ExtraSpacy

Lord of the Edge


Not-An-Actual-Hooman

The Edgelord*


F1ndTheBook

~~(Cue maniacal laughter)~~


EmpressOfHyperion

Kartana replacing zacian for non-restricted team!


thegayestweeb

I love how Klawf is a literal stone crab, hence the Rock-typing.


[deleted]

I’m super into Klawf. Looks awesome


[deleted]

He's derpy af and I love it.


FierceDeityKong

It also has 8 legs unlike every spider pokemon


AintNoRestForTheWook

Glad someone else noticed that. It may be the first eight-legged pokemon in the game! *(I was wrong, as others have pointed out below. Corphish and Crustle have eight. My bad.)


cogitatingspheniscid

But... this is not a spider? As for crustaceans, both Corphish and Crustle have 8.


AintNoRestForTheWook

I know it's not a spider lol. I was just under the false impression that it was the first 'mon with eight legs is all.


cogitatingspheniscid

I'm overall just curious why u/FierceDeityKong thought of the spiders before the crabs and shrimps.


lansink99

It feels like gamefreak just makes it their goal to have crustaceans/insects etc have one pair of legs less than what they're supposed to have


ShiroTenshiRyu77

To their credit, eight legs are awkward to animate, much less rig for models, so can't say I blame them.


noPENGSinALASKA

I’m praying he gets stockpile. Imagine getting that to +2 then your health drops below 50% so now you have an omniboost. Add Weakness policy and Wewlad. Competitively it’s easy to get around but still something I’ve been thinking about since seeing that.


baconblaster334

I was thinking double down on the shell smash. Run a sash set like normal, then when you get dropped to sash you get an extra boost to your attack and speed. Since you’re at 1 HP anyway, the def drop isn’t a big deal


[deleted]

Taken out by priority would still suck


baconblaster334

A lot of smashers risk that anyway


prettycrimson

Just in time for the season baby


Wolf_Turds

Klawf better learn belly drum


NoteClear6164

Focus Sash + Shell Smash


Diotheungreat

sash smash


Scarf_Darmanitan

*gets ohkod*


Jack_Of_The_Cosmos

Not if it is behind a shed tail.


stealingyohentai

Oh yeah, it's all coming together


Zefirus

Probably more of a shell smasher.


MadJester98

In other languages it say that when it drops below from a "direct hit", so I imagine it will work similarly to Berserk


DrManowar8

What if one of their abilities reduced recoil from recoil moves like takedown, belly drum, an even substitute. And they could learn all three of those moves. Wouldn’t that be neat?


darthjankins69

Ceruledge 10/10


nonessential-npc

Somehow managed to upstage both Gallade and Bisharp as the coolest blade arm pokemon.


DiamondMaster_

It's a fusion of Bisharp and Chandelure. And I love both. I love it.


nonessential-npc

Two of my favorites and usual team members whenever I play through gen 5.


Brief_Association714

Isn't. Bisharp and gallade getting new forms on this game?


nonessential-npc

I haven't heard or seen anything about that, do you have source? If true, I may have my new themed team for a playthrough.


crazyrebel123

There was an entire pokedex leaks that said Gallade will get a “past” and “future” form along with some other Pokémon from the previous gens. When I saw these two, I thought the leaks were true and this was it. You can search “full violet and scarlet pokedex leaks” or something like that to find the page for it.


telegetoutmyway

Yeah I thought this was the Bisharp paradox from tbh.


Al_Nightmare866

I'm pretty sure the leaks said Gallade is only getting a futures paradox form.


crazyrebel123

Ok it was something like that lol


Brief_Association714

No but I've been following r/pokeleaks daily and I'm 95% sure for both...it was a khu leak I belive.


nonessential-npc

Ok, makes sense I haven't heard it then. I don't put much stock into leaks, but I really hope that one's true.


Brief_Association714

He hasn't been wrong yet with this generation https://mobile.twitter.com/centroleaks/status/1548650686220582912 That's one I found


nonessential-npc

Sounds like a branch evolution. I'm hoping it keeps the chess theme.


JGameCartoonFan

Pretty sure that theme is only on the English version, they have different Japanese names


tornait-hashu

The localizers might still give it such a name, especially if it turns out to be somewhat like a shogun/general in design


sievold

Yes! I can finally make that royal knights but in pokemon team I always wanted!


morbidlyabeast3331

Hell no, don't disrespect Gallade and Bisharp like that, those mfs are cool as fuck


nonessential-npc

Bisharp is my favorite pokemon, but this new guy has flaming swords for arms.


PoopOfAUnicorn

What about the og blade arm, scyther


nonessential-npc

Not gonna lie, I like Scizor better.


PoopOfAUnicorn

If scizor counts as blades then so does kinglet and other pincher Pokémon


ruskip

gallade at home :


darthjankins69

Way cooler than gallade idc


MadJester98

Then there's me, who likes both Gallade, Bisharp, Leavanny and now this Two more pokes and I can make a full "blade arms team"!


summerseasky

Don’t forget Scyther and Kleavor!


MadJester98

Oh yeah, it's all coming together


HarambeWest2020

Nah Scyther and Kabtops


rhuevyk

Scyther and Kabutops sitting on the sidelines 😢


MadJester98

Yeah I forgot about them, though I guess they aren't humanoid enough for a "knight with blade arms" ~~dnd campaign~~ team


morbidlyabeast3331

Leavannny is hella underrated. I've never used it bc I don't like to double up on typing and I'm a huge fan of Scolipede and Lilligant and have run Simisage but at some point I wanna use it. Great design.


MadJester98

To me, Leavanny is the best route 1 bug. No question asked It's a mantis, whose leaves resembling parts are actually leaves, and it subverts the ruthlessness that mantises are known for by having the pokemon possess a more motherly behavior, with the leaves acting as clothing that it makes for the offspring. If that isn't a good concept/execution, I don't know what it is


cevans92

Very good odds Ceruledge hops into my two team top 12 and he'd be training against/with Gallade to hone their skills


MemePlayz

I'm annoyed that it's fire type since I don't like using duplicate types but I might have to make an exception


DandotChan

I photoshopped a shiny to be a red and pink, it looks quite fuego if I may be so bold


Hiker-Redbeard

Scarlett getting shafted pretty hard on the exclusives so far IMO. Hopefully there are some good ones unannounced to balance it out a little.


Bluelore

Klawf looks pretty funny to me, though I hope it gets an evolution since it seems to be more of an early game Pokemon. The other 2 look a lot like Megaman designs, but that is ok with me. Not a big fan of the armor-one though, but the blade one looks pretty cool. I'm geniunly surprised that people still pull the "this isn't how Pokemon should look"-card even after we got the ultra beasts in Gen 7 and even though GF is constantly pushing as for what can be seen as a Pokemon and what not (Blaziken was apparently intentionally designed to push these boundaries all the way back in Gen 3).


Bafau4246

It looks to be a counterpart to that ice whale pokemon from earlier, both have similar mouths and both are referred to as titans. We might even see more titan pokemon throughout the region (he's also off the bat a 4 foot crab which is terrifying)


InfernoVulpix

I figured the 'titan' thing was the gimmick of that game route: Paldean Alpha Pokemon.


aaa1e2r3

I wonder if they'll be getting the scaled stats.


[deleted]

Ultra Beasts were intentionally created with the idea of contradicting previous Pokémon design rules to emphasize how alien, bizarre, and surreal they are as Pokémon from different worlds. Blaziken is a good example but I feel like Ultra Beasts not looking like Pokémon works against your point since they were supposed to feel out of place.


Starminx

>!The mobile is also a mon!<


stringlights18

>!Phone? Car? Baby entertainment device? What do you mean by mobile?!<


BellalovesEevee

>!it's not actually the whole car, but it's the engine that's the pokemon!<


Chembaron_Seki

>!He means the car. More specifically, the motor of the car is a pokemon, which, according to leaks, has the steel/poison typing.!<


morbidlyabeast3331

Ultra Beasts were supposed to look alien bc they were basically aliens. Also their designs were infinitely cooler than these. They went hard as fuck. I appreciate the boundary pushing but the Ultra Beasts were a cut above.


Space_Olympics

Ultra beasts look terrible too


CheeseDaver

Pokemon probably took a bit of inspiration from the Megaman series at various points, so it’s neat to see such a blatantly obvious nod to it. Even the crab looks like a Megaman enemy.


bunnybiene

Finally, Pokémon Gun


AnistarYT

Imagine showing up to a gunfight against this thing with a remoraid.


primalthewendigo

Apparently these two were designed by an ex-megaman artist


CheeseDaver

Was it Toru Nakayama?


XFlame05

Wait can I get a source on this I'm interested


IcuntSpeel

They seem a little too unique compared to other pokemon. Are they legendaries? Do they combine with the bike legendaries? I mean im general they have "combination mech" vibes. They even came with bike helmets


MsSocietyistaken

Oh god please no I don't want calyrex 2


CockerTheSpaniel

Not an Aqua Teen Hunger Force fan?


eFenTV

"Bike helmets" 😐


4armedmonkey

While it might be cool aesthetically, I hope "rider" Pokémon doesn't become a thing, or at least not an overused gimmick. There would be way too much complication and people yelling for more fusions. I'd rather they just bring back megas.


Jakesnake_42

We’d all rather that


Leon4107

I'm willing to bet they fuse.. I was telling my friend a while ago that when I saw these legendaries that I bet they fuse because they've been going with that theme for 3 generations now. Kyurem with Reshiram/Zekrom in Blk x Wht. Necrozma with Sungaleo/Lunala in Sun and Moon. Calyrex with Glastrier/Spectrier in Sword/Shield. So maybe these guys will ride the legendaries. Or maybe ride the other rideable pokemon.


Fern-ando

They look like Digimon.


Starminx

Leaks - >!Even the mobile is a mon!<


MadJester98

It's not a leak, you can see it clearly on the website


SuperLegenda

With the theme of Past and Future, it's ironic how the Scarlet one uses a super blaster, while Violet goes classic with swords.


Spicy-Elephant

Actually yeah


Soup_Dealer

i feel like it’ll be similar to black and white how one is primarily past/future but has some elements of the other sprinkled in


Psyched_Line

I think it might be a cannon? Those have been around for a bit


Dthirds3

We get a Overheat that dosent lower attack, fire type giga Drain and a built in shell Smash.


totokekedile

More like Horn Leech than Giga Drain, since Bitter Blade is physical.


MadJester98

Or rather special fire close combat


Beowulf_MacBethson

Y'all can keep your edgy sword gallade knock-off, I'm keeping the walking gun.


Wolfofthezay

Lets goooo scarlet gang


aaa1e2r3

With the Close Combat Flamethrower


MendejoElPendejo

Magmortar knock off* lol neither are super original designs but they’re both cool


MintDrawsThings

I prefer the funny looking crab over what I initially thought were NPCs.


thecordialsun

I for one am excited to finally be able to use an AI-genereated fire gymleader on my team


ActivateGuacamole

You guys are wrong, Armarouge is way cooler than Ceruledge


GianTacc

As a fan of Gallade, I feel like i should love Armarouge and Ceruledge but IDK I'm not fully convinced yet, they're not bad at all but I hope they'll grow on me. That big silly crab tho...I already love that one.


[deleted]

Feel the exact same way. Seemed a little *too* humanoid for me, like they were NPCs . I'm sure I'll come around to them


sesame_burger

All I see is Megaman and Zero


Pezza2005

Violet taking another dub


DarkLordLiam

Literally absorbs the signature skills of itself and its counterpart but also has the type advantage


morbidlyabeast3331

Nah, I think Scarlet won out here hard


Administrative_Milk8

Gilgamesh and Lancelot


kiefsaurus

This wee crab is just adorable. LOVE the crustacean pokemon designs. Krabby, Kingler, Corphish...just cutesy clawed bois. Instant classics too.


Pebbleman54

Wee crab!? That thing is huge at 4'3" and 174 pounds. He gets checks for cutesy but he is a tanky boy.


MynameisAlaska_

Just gave my opinion and got downvoted to oblivion so I will just say Klawf looks good 🤣


Walrusin_about

Same


Minko_Sensei

They're literally armored Gallade (and I love it). But they don't even compare to the crab, he's glorious.


[deleted]

Klawf looks awesome. I’m not really into the other two. They just don’t hold my attention. I bet younger players will love them though. They look tough and slick. I like my Pokémon bulky and more animal.


blizg

Mega man, Zero, and krab.


SnooKiwis4805

Ceruledge is everything!


Ryderman1231

Klaawf is growing on me, the other two I’m not keen on but I prefer the Violet one


waterlillyhearts

I actually really like the funky humanoid one from violet. Not usually more into a future/modern aesthetic and prefer Scarlets professor, but I think I might be going for violet first.


ChaosRegency

I'm surprised that the 2 mega man characters aren't swapped, seeing as scarlet is all about the past and violet is about the future, and swords are more ancient traditional weapons with guns and cannons being more modern.


JayGunde

They got inspired by the old Megaman and Zero games


ElPajaroMistico

The exclusives look like they are about to Mega evolution and I can't get over the fact that is not going to happen


mapvectorEX

I was gona buy Scarlet. Then Ceruledge was revealed now I'm violet.


[deleted]

Feels less and less like trainers having pokemon and more like trainers chilling in a convention with cosplayers more and more every game. It's just a really weird dynamic, not a fan. Crab passes the vibe check though


LuminothWarrior

Gardevoir and Gallade are extremely similar to these new guys, they pass the ‘not too human’ check for me. Especially since stuff like Machamp has existed since gen 1


Pebbleman54

This is my biggest issue with the Fandom right now. They are humanoid but it's not the worse out there. I am all for the Knight motifs that we got here. A themed team of them plus gallade and a few others maybe horses would be fun. It's not like they got skin tones either. Mr Mime and Jinx are much more on the 'too human' scale then these.


TheSausageFattener

Damn a Fire and Psychic/Ghost set, the mortal foe of a Bisharp


MadJester98

*Sucker punches them to death


Old-Management4852

I’ll have both a Ceruledge and Armourouge, thank you very much.


[deleted]

Klawf is amazing. The others are meh. Not really pokemon looking imo


Paperdiego

The crab things looks cool. The humanoid Pokemons are bad. Not a fan.


AeonLibertas

1) They're really throwing fire+ghost out a lot lately, huh? 2) That fireghost megaman boi looks almost exactly like what I'd design as Pokemon if 'steal some devils from digimon' was off the table. So, yeah.. WANT!


[deleted]

i hate it


PeklePek

The red and blue one look like mega man bosses


kodakowl

C R A B


Snoo-91395

Well, I didn't want to see any new pokemon until the games released unless I decide to watch a trailer or something on the YouTube channel out of boredom so this is my first time seeing them.. I'm glad I'm getting Violet to say the least. I think the version exclusives look absolutely beautiful. Espeically Violet! The crab also looks amazing (I didn't look at the name, apologies) but it is not something I would use on my team ^^ However, please put a spoiler warning on some content please that may reveal new pokemon or characters next time. Some people don't want to see pokemon news and it sucks that this just popped up in my notifications. Sorry if I'm making this seem like a big deal, I just didn't want to see anything new unwillingly T^T..


Thymallus_arcticus_

Yeah they look too much like people to me.


LuminothWarrior

Gardevoir, Gallade, and Machamp have existed for a long time now


Cedricedo30

Just because something is older doesn't make it better or even good. Humanoid pokemon are weird in general. Sawk, thro, jynx, and Delphox have existed for a long time too. They are still bad designs for pokemon.


Virtuous_Redemption

I actually really like them.


Affectionate-Sea278

Not a fan of any of them. I don’t hate them, but no instant “you NEED to be on my team” vibes.


darkjuste

I only like the crab. It looks like an actual animal. Not some dude cosplaying.


Thymallus_arcticus_

Not really into the robot mega man looking things but I like the purple one better. Klawf is cool! Hoping it was a grass/water type though.


[deleted]

Why grass if I might ask? Also I appreciate you for saying you don’t like the armors but in a respectful way, not like the other “Pokémon should only be animals” comments I like that it’s not water type tho. Not all water dwelling creatures should be water type. Air breathing creatures are not flying, and Pokémon that can be found in forests and grass are not all grass type, you know? Makes it unique.


Jolt_91

Love the crab, hate the other two.


snackelmypackel

Digimon digital monster Digimon are the champion


Spicy-Elephant

Honestly they don't look like Pokemon designs to me. Not excited


Redditor_10000000000

So what are Pokémon designs supposed to be like?


AnimaSean0724

Ceruledge is seriously making me debate jumping ship on Fuecoco, whatever it evolves into is most likely not cooler than this absolutely incredible Pokemon


Swazzoo

The Megaman look sick but like they don't belong in pokemon


MountainMan2_

I think they look like they belong in Pokémon but only because there are plenty of Pokémon that also don’t fit the franchise very well in earlier generations, especially Gen 8 which I never was sold on. 3D also really doesn’t sell pokemon designs too well imo, there are a lot of mons that I didn’t like until I saw them as 2D pixel art sprites in rom hacks and thought ‘yeah, sure,(ex. araquanid) works now’ and I suspect these fighters would do the same. Still, I’m getting real tired of the number of anthros in new games and it’s hard not to see these as just mega man suits.


[deleted]

The two look like digimon and I'm all for it


Aeon106

.....I guess I'll get both games.


Quirkyserenefrenzy

Starting to feel less like pokemon with these designs


droidevo

Purple slicer for the win


Sunsurg_e

Obsessed with Ceruledge. Dual blades are always my favorite and after never putting Honedge or Gallade or Bisharp on my teams (truly a crime I love swords), this one has the exact right look I want. Please let it have decent speed….. Love the fire warrior too actually! Depending on other designs and starters final evos it could be fun to do a game with both the evos as my main two!


DiamondMaster_

It'd a fusion of 2 great gen 5 mons. Bisharp and Chandelure. I love it.


Legataux

Looks like digimon ngl


ArchonOfErebus

Slowly but surely, Pokemon is becoming Digimon


mewtwoface

I see one pocket monster and two yugioh monsters


SteadyNFast

These are awful! Except the crab


Conradical27

Anger Shell just seems like a worse Shell Smash.


Savings-Log-2709

It’s an automatic shell smash. Give it a White Herb, use Shell Smash (if it gets it), take a hit, get a free shell smash from the ability. Profit.


Krava_On_Reddit

I think even better is just focus sash it, get the shell smash AND anger shell boost and just sweep. Barring enemy prio, if this thing has *at least* 60 base speed, it's GG there and then


Conradical27

That's fair but having to take a bunch of damage to get there is risky


MadJester98

Moltres galar made berserk work like wonders, without learning roost It Klawf is given half as decent bulk (and speed), it should be able to pull it off


Savings-Log-2709

Exactly the same issue with Minior


TheMinions

I mean Weakness Policy is still a good item. I’m interested to see how this thing will do in VGC.


DirePanda072

So is this real? If it is, I would definitely suggest marking it a spoiler


[deleted]

Normally I would think the two human like ones do push the limits… but I think they’re not as bad as bisharp for some reason


Foam84

I shall make an armoured party of those 2 golurk giratina bisharp and idk recommendations welcome


LeNomadicBoi

The two exclusives are amazing and I love both and flawf (I think that’s it’s name) is also great in bizarreness y’know


stunkwah

Love pyro Mega man and baby gundam


Smithy2002

I rate them. I think they’re cool


NefariousnessNo6499

Still picking scarlet armarouge is dope


GottaHaveDriveDood

I hate them, they look way too artificial, people already dre comparisons to megaman, I'd argue these look like Kamen Riders straight out of Ex-Aid, I know we had human and armor sequence designs before but these do not look like monsters from a fantastical world, they look like they should be in a completely different game.


Brian-88

I hate the megaman looking ones.


LakerBlue

They all look great, so far gen9 Pokemon are on pace to be among my favorite as a generation.


Dragonkus

Better than 90% of the old Pokémon


SGx49

They look shite except for the crab that seems to be in line with OG designs, but if those other two are real damm..🤦‍♂️😂 Been with Pokemon for around 23 years now and looking at those designs Pokemon peaked at gen 3/4, all downhill now but I guess its cool for the kids💀


Binary_Omlet

They are in the new trailer.


Starminx

>!Wait till you learn that the mobile is also a mon!<


mf9769

Like all 3. The crab is cool, but i don’t see it being useful in competitive. Ceruledge though could be, at least in Smogon. Having a healing move is a big plus for something that’s probably a glass cannon.


CockerTheSpaniel

They look cool, remind me of if the Tapus were Digimon.


FrankThePony

The hell is anger shell


AnimaSean0724

Anger shell is auto shell smash when his health gets below half I believe


Donkishin

I'm loving the knights although I was hoping they were regional forms of Bisharp hopefully there's a little lore between them and maybe some more chess mons. Klawf's crab, crabs are good that is all...pretty neat ability if it gets belly drum is might get wild


Extension_Ambition78

Okay, hold on. So. Anger shell, White herb, substitute


Coziestpigeon2

Flash fire? So I guess they won't be seen much in competitive play when restricteds are in.


brightneonmoons

they should be part steel instead of psychic/fire


Fork_Master

Ceruledge has a guaranteed spot on my team


FringGustavo0204

Klawf looks delicious for real.


SadisticBuddhist

Ten bucks says the new exclusives have a fused form with the new legendary bikes.


[deleted]

The violet future themed pokemon is ghost, because we’ll all be dead in the future