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pyresword: Emergency Exit is stupid.

Luster Soldier: Well, at least it's better than the other Bug/Water evolutionary line introduced in this generation. It's an okay design that happens to be better than Dewpider/Araquanid. Golisopod is also known as Guzma's signature Pokemon in the game and this fact probably helps improve its popularity among fans. If not for being Guzma's signature Pokemon, it probably finishes lower in the overall rankings. This is also the first Pokemon whose gimmick is based around the idea of priority moves, with it having access to Aqua Jet, Sucker Punch, and its signature move First Impression. The gimmick comes at the cost of the Emergency Exit ability, which forces Golisopod to switch when it drops under 50% HP. This could lead to Golisopod not getting in an attack before this happens, if it chooses not to use a priority move (since it's otherwise quite slow). The ability does work very well with First Impression, a move that only works on the first turn that Golisopod is sent into battle.

ctes: When I first saw this thing, I thought it looked super cool. Then I saw its typing and was super excited to use it. I thought it outclassed Araquanid in its design, which is a pretty great looking Pokemon too. However, that all completely fell on the floor when it turned out thing has a reason for the player to commit murder in its ability. Man is it ass. It is beyond my understanding that they went ahead and make two abilities with the same function for these stupid line. Only difference is in the descreption, where Wimpod is a coward and apparently Golisopod senses danger or some s***, it's a coward too obviously. The failure learns several stat boosting moves by itself, which are all utter trash with this ability, that are only useful under extremely situtional conditions that never happen and doesn't make it the slightest bit good. It's speed is a complete joke too along along with the rest of the generation despite not looking slow. Design makes this Pokemon a bit higher than it should, but don't be fooled, it's utter trash.