Hold on a Second, Charjabug gets the "Battery" Ability,

>>27947689
Who cares it's a shit doubles ability

It's gonna be for totem pokemon bullshittery where vikavolt summons a charjabug and powers itself up.

vikavolt is probably a totem fight and it'll use an ally charjabug with battery

>>27947689
Or Charjabug is min/maxed enough to be a viable eviolite user. I could see it, if it got the right defense/HP spread and a good support moveset, if the BST is in the upper 300-low 400 range. Could be viable in trick room, though the typing doesn't really do it many favors in doubles.

>>27947707
I can 100% see this happening.

Vikavolt's pokedex description says it uses Charjabugs to power it up iirc.

>>27947689
Eviolite Charjabug is already meta

>>27947689
We dont even know of Charjabig/Grubbin evolve into Vikavolt

>>27947751
>>27947800
These niggas know what's up. I'm already using Eviolite Charjabug no matter what and if Vikavolt has good Special Attack I'll be using them in tandem.

>>27947894
If Charjabug has Whirlipede tier stats then its good to go

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>>27947886
http://www.pokemon-sunmoon.com/en-us/pokemon/vikavolt/

It literally shows at the bottom of the page that they do.

Vikavolt will be a totem pokemon that summons charjabugs

it's a doubles gimmick that will actually effect you in the single player game

>>27947689
is vikavolt going to actually be decent or will it just be another early route bug shitmon?

>>27948390
Early bug shitmons have been getting better and better, Vivillion is actually almost usable.

>>27948390
It's got higher HP and special attack than Manectric, according to calcs. Plus it's probably going to be very fast. Combine that with Volt Switch + Specs and it's already better than Jolteon.

>>27947700
>muh singles stallfest
You must be so fun at parties.

>>27948449
>muh doubles protectfest

>>27948442
i think you're going to be disappointed. it's going to be a poor man's galvantula and galvantula isn't very good

>>27948492
Well, who am I to hold you back from enjoying 100+ turn switchshows?

>>27948390
It's probably going to be like Scolipede, evolves late and has good stats to back it up.

>>27948414
I've swept many people with Vivillon. Compound eyes with Sleep Powder and Quiver Dance can really catch people off guard.

Doubles/multi is the shitiest way to play Pokemom. Call it stall/whatever the fuck, but I'll take singles any day of the fucking week.

>>27948591
Doubles >>>>> Singles > Triples >>>>> """Rotation"""

>>27948591
Singles is literally the worst format now.

>>27948591
Why is that? Is it because they just do singles in the anime? Or is it because you can't handle things changing ever since the GB days?
Is it because they rekt your shit on VGC with a M-Kang?

But yeah, fuck multis

I think GF is getting the gist that they need to give early bug mons better stats to make them more competitive, or at least stronger for adventure purposes. I wouldn't even mind if they pushed off evolution for awhile to give better stats.

>>27948517
>poor man's Galvantula
It's already confirmed to be stronger than Galvantula, and Levitate allows it to ignore EQ and most hazards (Toxic Spikes and Sticky Web won't slow it down). It's a different role, but it still may be more viable than the spider.

>>27947700
>It's an "anon pretend doubles have any depth" episode

>>27948719
Meant to reply >>27948449

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>>27948542
This here.

>>27948449
i'm the guy you replied to
singles is stupid too
competitive pokemon sucks, single player is single battles and that's what matters

>>27948719
>it's an "anon samefags but fucks up" episode

>>27948542
Covert cobblestone prevents 100+ turn switch shows retard.

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>>27948746
>not sneaky_pebbles.png

>>27948798
Yes, everyone disagreeing with (You) is samefagging.

>>27948746
>>27948806
>not running a spinner in your team
The only thing worse than singles is shit players like you.

>>27948758
>competitive pokemon sucks, single player is single battles and that's what matters

who hurt you

>>27948710

The real question is: Will Vikavolt be a Special Attacker or Physical?

That shit is really going to make a world of difference as far as its movepool.

I hope it's special, due to electric having better special moves IMO, but then what would be the point of that mandible if he ain't hitting things with X-scissor?

There's a similar doubles ability called Friend Guard that only unevolved Pokemon get. Battery might be similar.

>>27948912
The mandible could just be a railgun and remain a special attacker.

Maybe it'll be mixed.

>>27948912
I'm seeing a fragile af mixed attacker with slightly above average speed.
A shitmon.

>>27948872
nobody? I just don't find competitive gaming exciting, I mainly play rpgs for the story

>>27947700

>shit

Better than plus and minus where you NEED both Pokemon to have matching abilites or that other ability where you have to be a grass type or Cherrim needing it to be sunny

Atleast here your guranteed a special attack boost regardless of who you are

>>27949037
Well, I personally wouldn't even touch Pokémon for the story. It's babby's-first-book-tier narrative. But hey, the single-player gameplay is certainly enjoyable.

>>27949037
>thinking video games have good stories
read a book

>>27947722
That made me remind of the thread were the anons were thinking of smt tier totem fights

>>27949082
confirmed for only playing pokemon
go play a story rich game like final fantasy or xenoblade, the interactivity and combination of visuals, story, and sound make them much better than books

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>>27948820
>catering to memes

>>27948857
I have never once needed one. Then again I play Ubers so my team is already beyond your comprehension.

>>27948912
Charjabug raises special

see

>>27948218

Vikavolt is likely to be a special attacker which uses them for buffs

>>27947707
Absolutely. It'll be the Whitney's Miltank of Gen VII.

>>27948857
>not Defogger
Come on people, it's 2016 !

>>27950008

>Defog

Yeah, I'd rather not have Bisharp sweep me, thank you very much.

>>27948969
Vivillion gets it as it's HA
>>27949594
>implying Ubers isn't absolute shit
Enjoy the sooper dooper complex meta game that is Primals, Xerneas and Mega Mew2: the experience

>>27947689
Friend Guard and Shield Dust exist. Not prevo exclusive, but damn near close to it.

>>27950158
Rattled is another good example.

>>27950127
>MM2
>PKyogre
Not overpowered, only around a third of teams use them.
>PGroudon
>Xerneas
Can't argue too much with that.

>>27947700

Every other partner boost ability has a gimmick

Battery is literally just that, boosts your partners special ability

No special conditions, no specific rules, none of that bullshit

>>27950127
>Enjoy the sooper dooper complex meta game that is Primals, Xerneas

Sounds like doubles right now.

It's the Option to Vikavolt's Gradius.

>Vikivolt is levitate

For what purpose, because it's flying without being part flying

>>27952497
yes

That' the cool thing about it though. Its a mid stager that gets a bonus and not useless till it evolves, and its evolution is actually dependant on it for setting up a proper strategy. I actually love this angle cause its completely unique, and its perfect for Totem shenanigans.

>>27952497
They need to make "sub abilities" a mechanic, for stupid shit like Levitate, Soundproof, Oblivious, etc, so those pokemon can have room for real abilities.

>>27947751
>if the BST is in the upper 300-low 400 range
>Route 1 Bug midevo with stats like that

>>27952648
Solves nothing. People will still complain if something got a bad ability or sub ability.

It's not like Levitate is a bad ability by any means, immunity to EQ is great.

>>27947886

Are you literally retarded?

>>27947689
It's possible that other pokemon will get Battery. Maybe not, but the website doesn't specify that Battery is unique to Charjabug, it says "an ability never before seen" or something. I dunno, fingers crossed I guess.

>>27952724
I hope they simply replace Plus and Minus with it.

>>27952648
I feel like they should have npcs that can teach certain pokemon abilities, like a dittzy npc that can teach pokemon oblivious and unaware.

>>27947689
Is that a fucking truck?

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>>27953613
no but this is

>>27952688
Although you could always use an Air Balloon if you can get around the fact it pops.

>>27952669
I'm assuming you never caught/used a Scolipede (yes, it's Unova's regional bug alongside Leavanny).

>>27947689
They're both shit abilities

>>27947689
why does grubbin even exist just to evolve into another grub lookin' bug?

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>>27949200
>go play a story rich game like
>final fantasy
Jesus Christ anon...

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>>27947689
I am going to leave these here

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>>27959715

>>27952669
If it follows Unova's regional bugs then yes, it would have BSTs in that range