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Trip Since: Mar, 2012
#480951: Feb 17th 2016 at 2:37:15 PM

QUAD WEAKNESS

TO THE SECOND MOST COMMON MOVE IN THE GAAAAAME

Azure Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Fist from The World Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: We finish each other's sandwiches
Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Fist
#480952: Feb 17th 2016 at 2:37:34 PM

Infernape sucks ass though.

Empoleon is alright but piplup will always be that one pokemon that Dawn never let grow up just because it was jealous of Pikachu.

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WonderSquid Since: May, 2012
#480953: Feb 17th 2016 at 2:38:16 PM

To the rarest type in the gaaaaaame

HilarityEnsues Since: Sep, 2009
#480954: Feb 17th 2016 at 2:39:43 PM

infernape is awesome

who cares about 4th gen starters anyways, charizard for life

Trip Since: Mar, 2012
#480955: Feb 17th 2016 at 2:40:55 PM

matey every water type worth their salt has ice beam on them, even against in-game teams

infernape i can at least name goku, spam "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA" in the chat and then use Blast Burn

[up] troo

gen 3 starters trump em all anyway

edited 17th Feb '16 2:41:30 PM by Trip

WonderSquid Since: May, 2012
#480956: Feb 17th 2016 at 2:41:59 PM

you can't tell but i'm rolling my eyes right now

if i do it hard enough you'll be able to hear it all the way on the eastern seaboard

WackyPancake from My computer. Since: May, 2011
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Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Fist
#480958: Feb 17th 2016 at 2:44:18 PM

Thing is.

Infernape already existed before gen 4.

Its called Blaziken.

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Trip Since: Mar, 2012
#480959: Feb 17th 2016 at 2:44:30 PM

im flipping the bird so hard you'll hear friction boom like thunder all the way to japan

[up] suddenly monkies are chickens now

edited 17th Feb '16 2:44:45 PM by Trip

HilarityEnsues Since: Sep, 2009
#480960: Feb 17th 2016 at 2:57:16 PM

they're both fire/fighting but they don't really look that similar

at least both of them are better than emboar

Trip Since: Mar, 2012
#480961: Feb 17th 2016 at 3:01:49 PM

i even like emboar even if it's the epitome of repetitiveness

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#480962: Feb 17th 2016 at 3:06:36 PM

Yeah they look different.

But mechanically they are pretty much the same Pokemon.

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SR3NORMANDY Problem Child from N/A - In constant flux Since: Jul, 2012
WackyPancake from My computer. Since: May, 2011
#480964: Feb 17th 2016 at 3:13:08 PM

blaziken started the trend of fire-fighting starters, which got pretty old by the time emboar arrived

at least delphox broke the pattern

and yet, for reasons i just cannot understand, charizard is not fire-dragon

"I like girls, but now, it's about justice."
Trip Since: Mar, 2012
#480965: Feb 17th 2016 at 3:20:56 PM

same type /=/ same pokemon

just taking a look at their stats

blaziken has better attacking stats, but is much slower and has a moveset inclined to physical attacks

infernape has quite less in its stats but is much faster and can go special as well (grass knot, vacuum wave, fire blast, and nasty plot make a nasty combo), mixed or physical

so one isn't as fast but nails things harder, while the other is pretty damn fast and can hit more things, but for less damage without boosts

y'know until gen V came along, gave blaziken speed boost and turned it from The Worse Infernape to an unstoppable force of terror which could sweep entire teams after one protect, and then if it was feeling spiteful would baton pass those boosts to something else when it was low on health

so now the distinction is "one won't get you called shit"

meanwhile emboar is just pitifully average

Trip Since: Mar, 2012
#480967: Feb 17th 2016 at 3:38:25 PM

gtfo's a pretty good mon, unfortunately it struggles to compete with common foes such as farfetch'D, arino, and gutsman

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#480968: Feb 17th 2016 at 3:41:54 PM

No one Cares about the meta TRIP.

I'm talking about when you play Pokémon.

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ThanatoSeraph ARE WA DARE DA from The Land Down Under Since: Feb, 2012
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#480969: Feb 17th 2016 at 3:42:49 PM

fav starter by gen

1: not bulbasaur. historically probably charmander line but I do have a soft spot for squirtle
2: totodile
3: treecko is the best and I will die on this hill he's like the one starter I like that no-one else does
4: torterra
5: snivy. Could have been the emboar line, if they had made Emboar fire/dark like he should be
6: froakie, no contest, my other options are eventually a witch furry and I'm not too fond of chespin's middle evolution

ramuf Electric Heart from the Shining Throne Since: Jan, 2013
Electric Heart
#480970: Feb 17th 2016 at 3:42:58 PM

Well I care about the meta.

Trip Since: Mar, 2012
#480971: Feb 17th 2016 at 3:44:50 PM

@pyro: >another treeko man

it's been 3000 years...

ThanatoSeraph ARE WA DARE DA from The Land Down Under Since: Feb, 2012
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#480972: Feb 17th 2016 at 3:47:47 PM

[1]

it's a leafraptor why do people hate it

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#480973: Feb 17th 2016 at 3:52:54 PM

I don't know why people go on about The Meta.

Its a bad Pokémon.

Terrible Stats, limited move pool, ugly design.

What was gamefreak thinking?

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Trip Since: Mar, 2012
#480974: Feb 17th 2016 at 3:53:57 PM

because fire chicken!

even though in order to GET to blaziken you have to get through "eh, cute" torchic to "that's a penis" combusken

and even gen 6 seems to be throwing sceptile a bone since its mega is by far the biggest overhaul (dragon type, and an ability that, while it SEEMS worthless considering the type, lets it switch into volt switch which is painfully common) as opposed to blaziken (literally Hidden Ability blaziken with more stats)

plus christmas tree tail missile

FUCK i love sceptile its my favorite pokemon

[up] bitch that thing's a fucking monster once you master wavedashing

edited 17th Feb '16 3:54:24 PM by Trip

ThanatoSeraph ARE WA DARE DA from The Land Down Under Since: Feb, 2012
ARE WA DARE DA
#480975: Feb 17th 2016 at 3:56:48 PM

@Jam: you do realise you went in the space of two lines from "the meta sucks" to "because it's stats are bad"

But seriously no its design is great.

Its aesthetically pleasing, it has a clear theme, and there's no other Pokemon line quite like it.


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