Pokémon Scarlet & Violet - Dropped a Bridge - Feb 17 24 C
9Before the Pokémon Direct 2024 debuts, something I noticed about Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, at least as it currently is: every Hisuian form can be brought over. Every Alolan form can be brought over except for Marowak. But when it comes to Galarian forms, only a minority can be brought over, and notably, this excludes all Galarian forms with a further evolutionary stage not present in the originally introduced form.
Currently, there are 5 Pokémon lines with Galarian forms available, meaning their Galarian forms can be brought over (though only Galarian Slowpoke can be caught in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet via Indigo Disk):
Weezing
Slowpoke/Slowbro/Slowking
Articuno
Zapdos
Moltres
(Perrserker)
Meanwhile, the following Pokémon with Galarian forms are not usable in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet:
Ponyta/Rapidash
Stunfisk
Darumaka line
Corsola (and Cursola)
Farfetch’d (and Sirfetch’d)
Mime Jr. line (and Mr. Rime)
Zigzagoon line (and Obstagoon)
Yamask (and Runerigus)
I wonder why this is the case, and if this means for Generation 10, that the Wooper line will be one of the Pokémon lines excluded all generation long because Paldean Wooper evolves into something other than Quagsire.
Type: Single Battle
Opponent: ニコパパ (Nikopapa)
Battle Court: Cabo Poco
Music: BB Academy Trainer
My Pokémon: Wilbur (Oinkologne) (Male), Hyacinth (Florges), Carver (Veluza)
Opponent's Pokémon: ドーブル (Smeargle), ブリジュラス (Archaludon), カイリュウ (Dragonite)
I should’ve known that they’d open with Smeargle, since while Smeargle is, in theory, one of the least predictable Pokémon due to being able to know nearly any combination of moves (despite having extremely low stats, Smeargle has been the cause of more bans and rule changes at official events and nerfs in the gmaes themselves due to people getting real creative), over 95% of all Smeargle used in Ranked so far have one move in common: Spore. I should’ve figured that the opponent would look at Team Preview, not see any obvious counters to a Pokémon with Spore, and pick Smeargle as a safe bet. There actually ARE countermeasures against Spore users, including Smeargle, but they’re not obvious and certainly not typical.
And through that, I also should’ve figured that my opponent is the savvy sort, the sort to constantly gather information based on what I do and apply it accordingly. For instance, you’ll see Hyacinth, my Florges, has had a change in moves upon arriving on the Oinkologne team. That includes Wish and Protect. Having used both of these moves once, I was banking on my opponent barging on, straightforward, as the majority of opponents I find tend to do. If they analyzed my team and saw no obvious counters to Spore, then they would also figure how Wish and Protect go together.
Last but certainly not least, this is my first encounter with Archaludon, at least in a single battle. I know it could learn Iron Defense, but, having not actually used one going through Indigo Disk, I had overlooked that it can also learn Body Press. I know it’s a powerful Special Attacker, and people like to put Dragon Pulse, Flash Cannon, and Electro Shot on Archaludon, but I hadn’t thought of Body Press, which means it needed to not have one of those three special moves.
No big deal though—because, as it seems, I would face this same opponent again immediately afterwards.
Type: Single Battle
Opponent: ニコパパ (Nikopapa)
Battle Court: Naranja Academy/Uva Academy
Music: Northern Pokémon
My Pokémon: Isaac (Iron Jugulis), Shelby (Magcargo), Hyacinth (Florges))
Opponent's Pokémon: メタグロス (Metagross), ハバタクカミ (Flutter Mane), カイリュウ (Dragonite)
What we both had in common with our Pokémon selection was that we picked two Pokémon that weren’t in the original match, and one Pokémon that was. This time, I managed to select a Pokémon with a type advantage over their opening Pokémon, though the real reason was because Isaac (Iron Jugulis) is my most reliable counter to Sleep-based strategies. If you recall, it has Electric Terrain, which prevents any Sleep from occurring. To my knowledge, the team used by ニコパパ has no moves or Abilities that cancel or replace terrain (though you never know), so for the following five turns, Spore is useless.
For this one, now that I know that メタグロス predicts and plans accordingly, I figured they would use moves that can work even when Hyacinth’s (Florges’s) Protect is up, so now I don’t do what they expect me to do. This allowed me to avoid losing my momentum.
Though Archaludon really threw me for a loop because I hadn’t had any practice fighting against that Pokémon yet, Flutter Mane is such a common sight that I know how to deal with one using a variety of different Pokémon. Here’s another matchup that turned out to not be as bad as I originally thought. Here’s another unconventional matchup that turned out to not be as bad as I originally thought: Hyacinth (Florges) has insanely high Sp. Attack that, combined with her healing, allows her to outlast even the terrifying Flutter Mane.
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