Unnerve
Anticipation
Forewarn
Anticipation
Forewarn
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CAP 13 CAP 2 - Part 5 - Flavor Ability Poll 1
- Thread starter Rising_Dusk
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Bartman101
Banned deucer.
Liquid Ooze
Forewarn
Forewarn
Anticipation
Unnerve
Anticipation is pretty much a nerfed version of Forewarn, in that it can only reveal super-effective moves. With that in mind, most of the time CAP 2, with the obscene amount of weaknesses granted by the Grass typing, will see super effective moves that are standard on the opposing pokemon's set.
Unnerve seems like it would work well simply because of the flavor. It's a ghostly Venus Fly Trap, of course it's going to freak other pokemon out a little bit!
In my mind, every other ability on the slate is a competitive ability.
Unnerve
Anticipation is pretty much a nerfed version of Forewarn, in that it can only reveal super-effective moves. With that in mind, most of the time CAP 2, with the obscene amount of weaknesses granted by the Grass typing, will see super effective moves that are standard on the opposing pokemon's set.
Unnerve seems like it would work well simply because of the flavor. It's a ghostly Venus Fly Trap, of course it's going to freak other pokemon out a little bit!
In my mind, every other ability on the slate is a competitive ability.
Forewarn
Sticky Hold
Unnerve
Sticky Hold
Unnerve
Liquid Ooze
Unnerve
Forewarn
Sticky Hold
Unnerve
Forewarn
Sticky Hold
Unnerve
Sticky Hold
Anticipation
Sticky Hold
Anticipation
Sticky Hold
Forewarn
Anticipation
Unnerve
When I see this design, I see "flytrap" more than anything else. That is the most distinctive visual feature. Appealing to the flavor that it is a ghost is pretty lame. C'mon, there are tons of ghosts in the game and damn near all of them are supposed to be scary in some way. I'm not saying the ghostiness of this design isn't part of the appeal; I'm just saying it doesn't set this design apart from dozens of other pokemon out there. Flytrap, on the other hand, is quite distinctive and is only shared by a few other pokemon. So Sticky Hold is my most preferred.
Moving behind the visuals and emphasizing the shrine maiden/"commune with the dead" angle is my next favorite, so Forwarn and Anticipation seem good enough there. I wish Pokemon had better non-competitive abilities to represent this aspect of our miko, but we make do with what we have.
Liquid Ooze just doesn't work at all for me.
Forewarn
Anticipation
Unnerve
When I see this design, I see "flytrap" more than anything else. That is the most distinctive visual feature. Appealing to the flavor that it is a ghost is pretty lame. C'mon, there are tons of ghosts in the game and damn near all of them are supposed to be scary in some way. I'm not saying the ghostiness of this design isn't part of the appeal; I'm just saying it doesn't set this design apart from dozens of other pokemon out there. Flytrap, on the other hand, is quite distinctive and is only shared by a few other pokemon. So Sticky Hold is my most preferred.
Moving behind the visuals and emphasizing the shrine maiden/"commune with the dead" angle is my next favorite, so Forwarn and Anticipation seem good enough there. I wish Pokemon had better non-competitive abilities to represent this aspect of our miko, but we make do with what we have.
Liquid Ooze just doesn't work at all for me.
Unnerve
Sticky Hold
Sticky Hold
Forewarn
Anticipation
Sticky Hold
Unnerve
Liquid Ooze
Anticipation
Sticky Hold
Unnerve
Liquid Ooze
Liquid Ooze
Sticky Hold
Unnerve
Sticky Hold
Unnerve
Anticipation
Forewarn
Forewarn
Unnerve
Forewarn
Sticky Hold
Anticipation
Liquid Ooze
Forewarn
Sticky Hold
Anticipation
Liquid Ooze
Unnerve
Forewarn
Forewarn
Unnerve
Forewarn
At last, I get to do something again! My ability choices are based squarely on YilxMon's eerie aesthetic, though I also like Forewarn from a battle standpoint ("competitively negligible" or not).
Forewarn
At last, I get to do something again! My ability choices are based squarely on YilxMon's eerie aesthetic, though I also like Forewarn from a battle standpoint ("competitively negligible" or not).
Sticky Hold
Anticipation
Forewarn
Forewarn
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