Board 8 > Pokémon Leak Topic 2: Sound off if you survived the snap.

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Orbeetle stats and ability - https://i.imgur.com/UqKcmSZ.png

Blipbug, Dottler, Orbeetle Pokedex entries (text):

Blipbug
Larva Pokemon
1'4"
17.6 lbs
Often found in gardens, this Pokemon has hairs on its body that it uses to assess its surroundings.

Dottler
Radome Pokemon
1'4"
43 lbs
As it grows inside its shell, it uses its psychic abilities to monitor the outside world and prepare for evolution.

Orbeetle
Seven Spot Pokemon
1'4"
89.9 lbs
It emits psychic energy to observe and study what's around it-and what's around it can include things over six miles away.


Sandaconda stats and ability - https://i.imgur.com/tg81Xba.png

Silicobra and Sandaconda Pokedex entries (text):

Silicobra
Sand Snake Pokemon
7'3"
16.8 lbs
It spews sand from its nostrils. While the enemy is blinded, it burrows into the ground to hide.

Sandaconda
Sand Snake Pokemon
12'6"
144.4 lbs
Its unique style of coiling allows it to blast sand out of its sand sac more efficiently.


Runerigus stats and ability - https://i.imgur.com/mpVAJmx.png

Galarian Yamask and Runerigus Pokedex entries (text):

Yamask
Spirit Pokemon
1'8"
3.3 lbs
It's said that this Pokemon was formed when an ancient clay tablet was drawn to a vengeful spirit.

Runerigus
Grudge Pokemon
5'3
146.8 lbs
Never touch its shadowlike body, or you'll be shown the horrific memories behind the picture carved into it.
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I look forward to meeting you all. :S
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Their choice of regional birds is one of the worst things imo. Noctowl and Unfezant are by far the worst of them, while Starraptor and Talonflame are fantastic Pokemon, Pidgeot being cool as well.

I think my favorites are somewhat evenly split, so I guess that's nice considering less than half are in. I'd have to count.
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I also noticed that as of the Galar dex, there are now no Pokemon that has been available in every single regional dex to date, as Zubat/Golbat, Psyduck/Golduck and Magnemite/Magneton have all been excluded.
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Man, competitive Pokemon is gonna have a hell of a shake. It was heavily dominated by legendaries, mythicals, ultra beasts and mega evolutions, so there's so little left up there. From gen VII meta:

Ubers:
Aegislash

Overused:
Clefable
Excadrill
Ferrothorn
Hawlucha
Kommo-o
Pelipper
Rotom-Wash
Toxapex
Tyranitar

Aegislash is one of two Pokemon in Ubers that are none of the categories mentioned before, the other one being Blaziken, so that was bound to be short. No way Aegislash isn't banned another gen now that we have whatever the opposite of a power creep is. I guess the three legendaries will join in.

Overused has also been heavily dominated by the above categories, but there's good amount that could've been in that isn't too. Without Z-stones, Kommo-o will fall completely out of favor. Pelipper will be able to continue to do what it does, but for who? Mega Swampert, Kingdra and Ash Greninja are all gone, so something new perhaps. Maybe Qwilfish will be a prime rain check pick now, it had a niche before. Hawlucha will be nearly as dangerous without Tapu Koko to set up electric terrain.

I suppose we'll see many Pokemon in OU for the first time, along with perhaps some returners from the first gens. Probably almost everything of UU and what it banned will be good picks in OU now. It's gonna be quite different.
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The Dream Ball makes a return in this game. It's uncertain if this is the same Dream Ball that debuted in Gen 5 as the ball used to catch Pokemon in the Dream World. But in this game, the Dream Ball has a higher catch rate when used on a sleeping Pokemon.

A handful of images from the Battle Tower have just appeared. These seem to come from several preset teams that you can choose from.

Falinks stats, ability, and moves - https://imgur.com/a/gTNt7k7
Duraludon stats and ability - https://i.imgur.com/eb7t2hQ.png
Another Grimmsnarl stats and ability image - https://i.imgur.com/Yt27Hs7.png
Rillaboom stats, ability, and moves - https://imgur.com/a/gbqGz1u
Cinderace stats, ability, and moves - https://imgur.com/a/wgTVays
Inteleon stats, ability, and moves - https://imgur.com/a/dxMj6LK
Dragapult stats, ability, and moves - https://imgur.com/a/SE0sWFt
Barraskewda stats, ability, and moves - https://imgur.com/a/f6JuEyY
Hatterene stats, ability, and moves - https://imgur.com/a/XF8a0mP
Copperajah stats, ability, and moves - https://imgur.com/a/wFMtwqB
Toxtricity stats and ability - https://i.imgur.com/fnnVl1l.png
Eiscue stats and ability - https://i.imgur.com/9T30095.png
Eldegoss Pokedex entry - https://i.imgur.com/wfNYJOr.png
List of preset Battle Tower teams - https://imgur.com/a/OYNsjuJ
New item Throat Spray - https://i.imgur.com/N84NuQf.png


Toxel and Toxtricity Pokedex entries (text):

Toxel
Baby Pokemon
1'4"
24.3 lbs
It manipulates the chemical makeup of its poison to produce electricity. The voltage is weak, but it can cause a tingling paralysis.

Toxtricity
5'3"
88.2 lbs
Low Key Form
It has an electrical organ on its chest. While generating electricity, it fills its surroundings with what sounds like the strumming of a bass guitar.


Eiscue Pokedex entries (text):

Eiscue
Penguin Pokemon
4'7"
196.2 lbs
Ice Face
This Pokemon keeps its heat-sensitive head cool with ice. It fishes for its food, dangling its single hair into the sea to lure in prey.

Eiscue
Penguin Pokemon
4'7"
196.2 lbs
Noice Face
The hair on its head connects to the surface of its brain. When this Pokemon has something on its mind, its hair chills the air around it.
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So many slow ones. At least 2 of the starters are fast. Hatterene slower than the elephant...at least it gets Trick Room, but I was hoping for a speedy special attacker from it. Wonder what other moves it can learn other than the shown ones

I'm so glad we got the other shot of Falinks. I went from really not liking it to thinking it's a super fun design. No Retreat is a neat idea for a move. Hopefully it still works even if it's your last Pokemon.

Drum Beating is cool. Whoa, Cinderace gets a great new move. Inteleon's is clearly meant for doubles, but I wonder if for singles it still ignores the effects of abilities like Storm Drain or something. Fire and Water starters both have great sweeper stats.

Wasn't expecting those stats from Barraskewda. It just looked unremarkable, like destined to be Gen VIII's most forgotten Pokemon.

Copperajah seems to have some nice move diversity for a pure Steel.

I don't like Toxtricity's ability, hope it's not the only one easily available.

Eiscue is like a replenishable but less effective Mimikyu. Another defensive Ice type, lol.
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Oh the official website updated today to go over various competitive QoL changes.

- Parent Pokemon of the same species can now pass egg moves to each other in the daycare. The example given was two Sylveons being placed in the daycare. One of them had the egg moves Wish, Charm, and Yawn, the other didn't. When withdrawn, both Sylveons had the three egg moves (note this only works if the Pokemon has empty moveslots).
- They mentioned the nature changing mints. Use a specific nature mint and the Pokemon will change to reflect the stat modifiers of that nature (though like with bottlecaps, the nature itself doesn't actually change and thus doesn't help you when breeding)
- You can now max EVs solely through vitamins, no more arbitrary limit of 10.
- There's various Exp candies gained from doing Max Raids (and possibly other ways). XL candies were shown giving 30k exp.
- You can finally nickname Pokemon received in trades, provided they don't already have a nickname. But once you give it a nickname, you can't change it again.

Also we know from the leaker that bottlecaps cost 25 BP and mints cost 50. And Pokemon still have to be level 100 to use bottlecaps. At least the Battle Tower offers rental teams now, so you can actually have access to competitive Pokemon while grinding for the items to make your own Pokemon competitive.

The site also detailed that there will indeed be online influence over Max Raid battles. From release through early January, while connected online, it'll be easier to find Gigantamax Butterfree, as well as G-Drednaw in Sword and G-Corviknight in Shield.
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mnkboy907 posted...

- You can finally nickname Pokemon received in trades, provided they don't already have a nickname. But once you give it a nickname, you can't change it again.

oh my goddd FINALLY, I no longer have to hate people who wondertrade without nicknaming (although, still, why would you wondertrade without nicknaming?)

This alone almost makes up for the fact that this game will be on par with the GBA games for pokemon selection.
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The mints sound a little confusing. Does your Pokmon stay the nature forever after eating the mint until it eats a different mint? Its kinda weird they dont keep it for breeding purposes

swordz9 posted...

The mints sound a little confusing. Does your Pokmon stay the nature forever after eating the mint until it eats a different mint? Its kinda weird they dont keep it for breeding purposes

For 50 BP a pop, it had better be permanent.
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Classic Game Freak. They add so many new features to try to make breeding obsolete, but they still haven't fixed Hyper Training. Sounds like your choices are to breed or to grind for XL candies, and breeding might be the faster option. That is unless Indeedee is Blissey on steroids.
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So there's 100 TMs and 100 TRs, or Technical Records. TMs are still multi-use, but TRs are single-use. They're basically like itemized Move Tutors. Unfortunately it seems like some TMs have been turned into TRs, like Scald. Many TRs can be purchased in the Wild Area with the Watts currency.
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I just want the damn TM and TR list now.

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Power Gem is one of them so that's cool.

Also between what is effectively Move Tutors and the fact Eternatus is already relevant to the story, I'm thinking there won't be another Galar game. Though I guess they could always still make a new legendary to be plot relevant in a theoretical third version/sequel. But it just seems like they tried to make Sword/Shield a complete Galar experience on the first try.
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My (perhaps too optimistic) prediction is that next year's Sinnoh remakes will bring back 150-200 to the gen, and then the gen 8 sequels/gen 9 will bring the rest, and they'll use an "everybody's here" Smash Ultimate-tier marketing campaign to sell it as a must-buy

mnkboy907 posted...

Oh the official website updated today to go over various competitive QoL changes.

- Parent Pokemon of the same species can now pass egg moves to each other in the daycare. The example given was two Sylveons being placed in the daycare. One of them had the egg moves Wish, Charm, and Yawn, the other didn't. When withdrawn, both Sylveons had the three egg moves (note this only works if the Pokemon has empty moveslots).
- They mentioned the nature changing mints. Use a specific nature mint and the Pokemon will change to reflect the stat modifiers of that nature (though like with bottlecaps, the nature itself doesn't actually change and thus doesn't help you when breeding)
- You can now max EVs solely through vitamins, no more arbitrary limit of 10.
- There's various Exp candies gained from doing Max Raids (and possibly other ways). XL candies were shown giving 30k exp.
- You can finally nickname Pokemon received in trades, provided they don't already have a nickname. But once you give it a nickname, you can't change it again.

Also we know from the leaker that bottlecaps cost 25 BP and mints cost 50. And Pokemon still have to be level 100 to use bottlecaps. At least the Battle Tower offers rental teams now, so you can actually have access to competitive Pokemon while grinding for the items to make your own Pokemon competitive.

The site also detailed that there will indeed be online influence over Max Raid battles. From release through early January, while connected online, it'll be easier to find Gigantamax Butterfree, as well as G-Drednaw in Sword and G-Corviknight in Shield.

Lots of good shit here. I especially approve of the decision to include rental Pokemon in the Battle Tower, and the new egg move trick is also nice.
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ScepterOfLove posted...

My (perhaps too optimistic) prediction is that next year's Sinnoh remakes will bring back 150-200 to the gen, and then the gen 8 sequels/gen 9 will bring the rest, and they'll use an "everybody's here" Smash Ultimate-tier marketing campaign to sell it as a must-buy

I want the colder Sinnoh from Platinum.

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ScepterOfLove posted...

My (perhaps too optimistic) prediction is that next year's Sinnoh remakes will bring back 150-200 to the gen

I mean the alternative is putting less pokemon in the Sinnoh remakes than was initially there.

which, if this game sells well enough, I wouldn't be surprised if they did.
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Love that egg move change, and being able to buy bottle caps and nature candies for cheap.

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curious if PP ups/maxes are easier to get though

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I wish they'd change it so a PP up affects the slot rather than the move, so you don't lose it if you teach another move.
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Now that we've got the portable PC, I think the next big QoL shake up should just be Pokemon not forgetting moves, and instead just selecting four out of everything they've learned.
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mnkboy907 posted...

Now that we've got the portable PC, I think the next big QoL shake up should just be Pokemon not forgetting moves, and instead just selecting four out of everything they've learned.

I don't see that happening any time soon since it takes a lot of strategy out of deciding what kind of coverage a Pokemon should have if you can just pick anything at any time.
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I mean you still only go into battle with 4, and like portable PC they can just prevent switching while doing the league or whatever.
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Yeah but it takes a big chunk of strategy out of making a competitive team, and the main game itself is kinda too easy already to warrant it.
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The move relearner is available from the start now and doesn't even require Heart Scales anymore. It's basically already the case, just with an extra step of inconvenience.
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Yeah, with infinite use TMs and the move relearner you can pretty much change your moveset at will. That change would just take an extra step out of something you can already do.
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Maybe I'm misunderstanding what you're wanting

If it's just to change moves any time on the field, then okay, yeah, there's no issue.

If it's being able to select moves when going into battle, that's what'd cause problems.
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HashtagSEP posted...

If it's just to change moves any time on the field, then okay, yeah, there's no issue.

Yes.
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mnkboy907 posted...

So there's 100 TMs and 100 TRs, or Technical Records. TMs are still multi-use, but TRs are single-use. They're basically like itemized Move Tutors. Unfortunately it seems like some TMs have been turned into TRs, like Scald. Many TRs can be purchased in the Wild Area with the Watts currency.

This seems like a weird QOL downgrade. Hopefully TRs can at least be passed down with the breeding method as well.

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mnkboy907 posted...

HashtagSEP posted...

If it's just to change moves any time on the field, then okay, yeah, there's no issue.

Yes.

Then yeah, I have no argument against it.

I thought you were suggesting being able to select moves as you went into battle.
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HeroDelTiempo17 posted...

This seems like a weird QOL downgrade. Hopefully TRs can at least be passed down with the breeding method as well.

Nothing is downgraded. It's literally, exactly, identically the same as the Move Tutors from every other game since 2004, they just renamed them.

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Ooh, there's a new held item called Heavy-Duty Boots with the effect "These boots prevent the effects of traps set on the battlefield". Frosmoth is saved!
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Yeah, but it's going to take up an item slot that would be better off with a Life Orb or something. I'd rather just stick with Defog unless nothing good that learns it made it in.

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mnkboy907 posted...

Ooh, there's a new held item called Heavy-Duty Boots with the effect "These boots prevent the effects of traps set on the battlefield". Frosmoth is saved!

Well, that's a nerf to Stealth Rock at least. I'd say the primary use is on those with the 4x Stealth Rock weakness, but it could be used to prevent damage from Spikes or prevent Toxic Spikes and Sticky Web from applying their effect.
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More Pokedex entries:

Pincurchin
Sea Urchin Pokemon
1'
2.2 lbs
It stores electricity in each spine. Even if one gets broken off, it still continues to emit electricity for at least three hours.


Cramorant
Gulp Pokemon
2.7"
39.7 lbs
This hungry Pokemon swallows Arrokuda whole. Occasionally, it makes a mistake and tries to swallow a Pokemon other than its preferred prey.


Gossifleur
Flowering Pokemon
1'4"
4.9 lbs
It whirls around in the wind while singing a joyous song. This delightful display has charmed many into raising this Pokemon.

Eldegoss
Cotton Bloom Pokemon
1'8"
5.5 lbs
The cotton on the head of this Pokemon can be spun into a glossy, gorgeous yearn-a Galar region specialty.


Rolycoly
Coal Pokemon
1'
26.5 lbs
It can race around like a unicycle, even on rough, rocky terrain. Burning coal sustains it.

Carkol
Coal Pokemon
3'7"
172 lbs
By rapidly rolling its legs, it can travel at over 18 mph. The temperature of the flames it breathes exceeds 1,800 degrees Fahrenheit.

Coalossal
Coal Pokemon
9'2"
684.5 lbs
While it's engaged in battle, its mountains of coal will burn bright red, sending off sparks that scorch the surrounding area.


Zigzagoon
Tiny Raccoon Pokemon
1'4"
38.6 lbs
Galarian Form
Thought to be the oldest form of Zigzagoon, it moves in zigzags and wreaks havoc upon its surroundings.

Linoone
Rushing Pokemon
1'8"
71.7 lbs
Galarian Form
This very aggressive Pokemon will recklessly challenge opponents stronger than itself.

Obstagoon
Blocking Pokemon
5'3"
101.4 lbs
It evolved after experiencing numerous fights. While crossing its arms, it lets out a shout that would make any opponent flinch.
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Steam Engine does not negate damage from Water/Fire moves. Poor Coalossal has to tank them to get the speed boost.
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Sounds like Applin and Sinistea need an item to evolve. Milcery might be an item + trade evo.
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Pincurchin stats and ability - https://i.imgur.com/RaFqryo.png
Cramorant stats and ability - https://i.imgur.com/wzpNy44.png
Cursola stats and ability - https://i.imgur.com/2UU1Ony.png
Eldegoss stats and ability - https://i.imgur.com/LN7ctHY.png
Coalossal stats and ability - https://i.imgur.com/LMRUUBD.png
Obstagoon stats and ability - https://i.imgur.com/3ieW0et.png
Perrserker stats and ability - https://i.imgur.com/GGPRf2C.png
Galarian Weezing stats and abillity - https://i.imgur.com/ixPTnVJ.png
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Did Obstagoon even get any stats from evolving? Those stats look like what a Linoone's would be LOL
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Zigzagoon posted...

Did Obstagoon even get any stats from evolving? Those stats look like what a Linoone's would be LOL

Someone posted these base stat estimates on Smogon:

HP: 89-104
Atk: 77-92
Def: 93-109
SpA: 47-63
SpD: 77-93
Spe: 88-104

It seems to have gotten even more bulky and probably has the same speed stat Linoone has, but still doesn't have a good offensive stat.
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Oh okay so it's useless. Cool
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I don't know why they'd make something with a 4x weakness to Fighting a physical wall, but these are the same people who think Ice types make good defensive Pokemon, so I'm not surprised.

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It's got Guts so give it a Flame Orb and it'll be strong enough.
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Yeah maybe strong enough for NU lol
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Based on regular Linoone, here's the most likely stat boosts for Obstagoon:

HP: +20
Atk: +20
Def: +40
SpA: +0
SpD: +20
Spe: +0

This would put Obstagoon at 520 BST (Linoone is 420 BST).
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Oh giving Milcery one of the items it likes and playing with it in camp seemed to be all it needed to evolve (though maybe still level based).

Alcremie has a new move that boosts the target's Atk and Sp Atk by two stages.

https://i.imgur.com/7ywbpk1.png
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Alcremie can decorate my Dragapult
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