They couldn't have made them reasonable cool looking villains,

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Well it looks like it's working, these guys have had an explosion of popularity since they were revealed.

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Want your opinion validated op?
Too bad. Time to post this cutie.

>>28219875
>reasonably cool = edgy

>>28219915
Sauce on the full pic, please anon.

>>28219909
That picture is a lot cooler, obviously I cherrypicked the awful one but she is supposed to be one of the leaders so you'd think they'd make her cool.

I can't see her half cloaked in shadows menacing like giovanni, I see her more on meth at at a club grinding her teeth and waving glowsticks desu.

>>28219938
That's all that I have dude, I don't remember the sauce.

>>28219875
Team skull is very well made, here I'll lay out what I think some cons/pros of the team there are.

Pros
- Guzma AKA our boi, he's wicked looking.

- Doesn't support just handing out gang uniforms, gotta get your own.

- They're actually close to eachother, it doesn't feel like it's just one boss and one admin and that nobody else matters.

Cons

- They seem a bit goofy, I'm hoping once their motivation is revealed it'll take off a bit of the goofy factor but I'm not getting my hopes up.

-They don't seem exceptionally strong, the leader uses an Ariados, maybe it gets a special Z-Move or mega evolution, who knows I really hope it's neither and they just buff it's stats but whatever.

That's all.

>>28219942
>Menacing
>Giovanni
>Literally just a guy in a suit

>>28220011
>They seem a bit goofy

I'd prefer goofy to bland (Team Flare)

>>28220097
I can agree with this 100%.

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>>28220011
I'm hoping they're more of a minor one area plot element that's funny this time. The team rocket taking over in GSC was pretty epic, I can't really see these guys pulling that off.

Guzma looks pretty funny too so yeah I'm okay with that, it's just the fucking plumeria girl, jesus christ. I mean the grunt girls look way better.

Ahh well, idc because we have BASED MAIN CHARACTERS AND STARTERS complete with WHAT ARE THOSE

>>28220011
I kind of like that they're a bit goofy, the bad guys don't have to be srs business all the time.

Tbh she looks like some of the girls who dress "hiphop" for the University of North Dakota dance group. I'd post pictures, but I won't risk saving that stuff to my phone in fear my wife would find out. Some of them are qt though.

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>>28220130
there will never be a kookier character

>>28220011
>They don't seem exceptionally strong, the leader uses an
This applies to every single leader bar Ghetsis, you know. And even then you could make an argument for N.

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I like them.

>>28220174
I am your wife, show pictures now

>>28219925
op's pic is more edgy than anything we had till now.

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>>28219875
we've come a long way since the 90s boys

>>28220011
nigger, ariados is TERYFYING if you know how to use it
i think a 10yo would be much more frustrated to have problems by a little bug than by impressive dragons

>>28220117
> WHAT ARE THOSE
> WHAT THE HELL ARE THOSE
My NINJA INFO CARDS

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>>28220174
>wife

>>28219875

She looks like the main character of that hentai where they reverse rape a bar owner for trying to screw them over.

What was it called again?
M Okui Last Order

>>28220011
>They seem a bit goofy
Do you want them to be another "We want to destroy the world" team ? Can't we just have a little group of thug goofy and adorable who does things just as a revenge ? I can relate to them so much I don't want them to be ruined

>>28220236

>no crotch tattoo

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>>28220522
that picture
oh lawd im laffin

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>>28220495
>ariados is terrifying

>>28220592
Look at that average attack score. It'll fuck shit up if you let it go first.

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>>28220573

They're not permanent. :^)

>>28220605

90 is below the average attack stat of all fully evolved pokemon.
It's mathematically garbage attack.

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>>28220605
>40 speed going first
>90 attack is literally below average

>>28219875
Will Plumeria be Team Skull's only admin? All other evil teams have a Boss and at least 2 admins.

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>>28220592
>>28220605

i think SM will prove BST isn't everything.
if people still didn't realize it already.
all is needed is a decent AI and the right evs.

>>28220564
I was mostly talking about the bright pink/blue hair style of the grunts, but yeah I don't want another nazi team.

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>>28220555
Nice taste.

>>28220462
That's nowhere near as edgy as Cyrus, BW2 Ghetsis, or Lysandre.

>>28220555

>reverse rape

What?

>>28220694
>NPC pokemon
>EVs

There is literally nothing good about the fucker.
Mediocre abilities, shit movepool outside of sucker punch/sticky web.
Highest BP move is fucking Psychic not accounting for stab.
It legitimately has no niche outside of being Not the Worst Sticky Web User.
Ariados is a genuinely awful pokemon and no amount of delusional karenfagging will change that.

>>28220750
i meant any of the thugs

Team Galactic was a good mix of goofy and serious. Team Flare was more goofy than serious but their leader made up for that with his lofty goals and sexiness.

Team Skull is just a bunch of ugly brats. They're the vomit sprinkle on top of the shit-mountain called Pokemon Sun & Moon.

>>28220694
>Right evs.
BST isn't everything, we already know that but even perfect IV + amazingly placed EV's doesn't help something with a base 40 speed and base 70 def/60 sp def, I wish it did Ariados is one of my favorite pokemon design wise.

>>28219875
Oh, i found the guy who thinks metal is actually music, lmao.

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>>28220592
>40 speed
>90 attack

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>>28220771
>NOT IN MY META U DONT
the post

it's friday

>>28220807
And now I want fucking fries, godfuckingdammit.

>>28220771
>new gen
>everything the same
if we can have new types, we might as well get evs on npc mons. after all, there are already npcs who use egg moves.

>>28220786
>it got low speed
agility, sticky web, scary face, etc
seriously don't underestimate sticky web. its better than stealth rocks.

>>28220807
Not even talking about meta. It's just boring that I'm going to oneshot all of the big bad's pokemon the first time I see the fucker.
It's pretty boring and breaks my immersion pretty hard.

>>28220821
>Being this garbage.
Listen, you don't fucking understand competitive friend unless you play in like PU which is generally considered the lowest tier of competitive play which even in that tier Kricketune and Leavanny do it's job way fucking better.

>>28220821
Ariados will get oneshotted with its nonexistent bulk before it can even set up because lmao 40 speed. Maybe it'll get off sucker punch beforehand, but ariados is not surviving a hit.
From what we saw in the trailer, its HP stat is still the same. We're judging it as it is now, and it's undeniably shit.
It can't even use agility well because it has such ass Attack, this is assuming it will even survive the first turn.

>>28220832
>I'm going to oneshot all of the big bad's pokemon the first time I see the fucker.

This isn't exactly new to this gen. They really need to implement difficulty settings, and you get a rare pokemon at the end if you put it on the hard difficulty that the casuals don't get or something.

>>28220011
ariados synchro confirmed?

>>28220892
>>28220883
When they set elite 4 difficulty at 12/256 I don't think the fact that they're using shitmons is gonna make much of a difference desu.

>>28220938
NPCs use their ace last usually. Ariados is literally just fodder.

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>>28220938
>synchro
I give it 2 years until pokemon starts looking like this

>>28220956
I hope this is true, but either way I would love to see Ariados get some much needed buffs.

>>28220975
That looks fuckin' wicked, it wouldn't become a pokemon though, I hope.

>>28220883
>competetive
pokemon games don't follow smogon. everything is allowed there. and in addition, its much harder to get maxed pokemon on a normal playtrough. do you use maxed ivs pokemon on a normal playtrough? ofc you don't, you never had to. how far will the tem you had in your last playtrough last in comptetive ladder?

>>28220892
there are items that let you survive longer. you can either use it to setup with web and focus evs and held items on bulk, or you can try being rackless with sniper and cross poison.

how would your current ingame team deal with an ariados, considering your current first pokemon will still be the first one to get sent?

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>>28220479
Honestly team rocket is the best.
I loved how serious they were,aside from Jesse and james.
And they had the best uniforms imo.

>>28221008
Pokemon in-game rarely have items and when they do, it's almost always the ace of the trainer. Ariados is not Guzma's ace since he sent it out first.
You could count the number of NPC EV trained pokemon in the entire series on your hands.

I'm just to send in Rowlet2, considering this is going to be level 25-30
He's going to use Acrobatics or Airslash and one shot ariados because it has 70/70/60 bulk.

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>>28220996
>fuckin' wicked

>>28221086
Radical!
I'll kill myself now.

>>28220770

It's when a girl rapes a boy

>>28221071
your current team has rowlet2 in the first spot? really? i somehow doubt it. even in SM i doubt rowlet will be in the first spot at the time, and switching giving your enemy a turn for agility.

>>28221122
I'm pretty sure it's just called rape..

>>28220060
have you watched The Godfather?

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>>28221070
Team rocket's taking over buildings and stuff made them believable. Once we got to "im going to cover the whole world in sea/lava because idklol" any sense of realism went out the window.

But it's still fun to play because memes and kawaiimons.

>>28221086
you have to be 18 or older to post here.
some are much older. problem?

>>28221136
its to identify in the tag. its not like reverse-harem are monogamy or something.

>>28221136
this

Fucking manchild are so disconnected from reality that they think rape is just a fetish when its literally the worst crime ever.

>>28221136

No it's called reverse rape. Google it.

>>28221165
alot of people forget the meaning of rape is "Hey I don't want this at all, not even a little bit, please."

>>28221123
Stop being retarded jesus fucking christ. Drop it.

>>28221123
I was assuming you're talking about the SM playthrough. And why would I even bother switching in game? Things rarely post a threat.
If isn't rowlet one shotting it, it'll be salandit, or minior or who the fuck ever.
If you mean one of my actual competitive teams, then my mega-manectric lead is going to use Overheat and Ariados is going to die.
Ariados gets one shotted even in PU, it's genuinely one of the worst fully evolved pokemon in the game.

>>28221171
>Being this disconnected.

Anon, rape is rape, the fetish in mind here is femdom, reverse rape isn't a term in the real world.

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>>28221162
>some are much older. problem?

hoo boy I caught a big one

>>28221188
>>28221234

But she does reverse rape the Bartender. He doesn't want it. She rapes him in front of his girlfriend who has a mental breakdown. It's not just femdom. She legitimately reverse rapes him and maked him cum insider her against his will.

>>28221262
As the guy who said "Fuckin' wicked"
I kekked at the picture.

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>>28221188
>>28221165
>>>tumblr

They're honestly so cool

I'm tired of the serious villains who want to rule the world or destroy it

Give me some badasses who just want to wreck shit and have a good time

>>28220975
Does that dragon have tits?

>>28221278
That is a female raping a male, doesn't make it "reverse rape", the only way "reverse rape" exists is if someone tried to rape another individual and the would-be victim kicks them back and rapes them instead in a fashion that they would dislike.

>>28221287
Dude you're trying so hard. I know you're new to this website but saying rape is nice unironically stopped being funny in 2007.

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>>28221312
works well in combination with this

>>28221287
>Only argument is tumblr
don't get me wrong, I am okay with dominance but we're describing what rape actually is, I'm sorry you are genuinely retarded and ignore the actual dictionary definition for the word 'rape'.

>>28221340

Well this is precisely the case. Usually the female is the rape victim but here the female rapes the male, hence "reverse rape"

I honestly don't get your problem

>>28221373
>>28221346
>>28221340
what the fuck, I'm not arguing, I literally dont care. I just want this discussion off the board, it has nothing to do with Pokemon and nobody wants to see it.

>>28221151
>complaining about realism in a universe inhabited by fire breathing monsters and godlike entities who could enact an outlandish goal like flooding or drying up the planet

Nigga u dumb.

>>28221373
>dictionary definition
irrelevant
Legal definition requires penetration otherwise it is just some form of sexual assault/harassment.

Can we go back to talking about how shit Ariados is?

The huge problem I have with Skull is that they remind me of the type of people I grew up around, especially Plumeria, who is the one who triggers me the most, like seriously holy shit she would fit in perfectly with those housing estate girls, from the tan and sleazy tattoo to the trackie bottoms.

SM is going to give me terrible flashbacks of my childhood.

>>28221465
This, please.
>Best ability prevents sleep
Not even a D tier pokemon jesus fucking christ.

>>28221482
I heard they're meant to represent a latino gang? I could be wrong, but go further in detail would like to hear some stories if it's not too terrible to talk about for you.

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>>28221430
>monster can breath fire and bring about the end of the world
>this justifies humans acting stupid

>>28221465

I want to be reverse raped by Plumeria!

>>28221482

W-well at least you can enjoy beating the crap outta her?

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>>28221482
>britfag detected

I was gonna type out a whole post but basically, I know this feel, A LOT. Pic not related.

>>28220011

Honestly a level 30 boss pokemon being a Ariados is not THAT bad.
At that point your starter should not even be in its final form.

There's nothing wrong with Team Skull. Like fuck I sympathize with being critical of things but you bitches are nitpicking every little fucking thing in Sun and Moon and it's clear you're looking for a problem. Just stop playing if you're not looking for anything new from the series. And stop calling everything edgy holy shit that word means nothing now.

>>28221627
It would still get one shotted by a level 25 litten2 or even rowlet2.

>>28221627
Mate, ariados doesn't even have 400 BST. Every starter second evo has higher BST than it.

>>28221652
>>28221667
None of this matters when they make the AI purposely retarded or have underlevelled pokemon compared to you (exp share etc.)

base stats aren't that big of a deal unless the rest of the playing field i.e. levels, player/npc skill etc. are reasonably even.

I just really hope the team has a more "family" atmosphere instead of the boss not giving a fuck about the underlings.

>>28221730
That's what it supposedly has and judging by the fact it's based off of Latin gangs, I feel like this very much might be the case.

>>28221867
Yakuza would have been a lot cooler but I guess this gen is based in kawaii so not much you can do about it.

>>28221801

And who are you to decide what reverse rape means? You never even heard that term until now! Reverse rape is a girl raping a boy! If I google reverse rape it's gonna return that.

Shut the fuck up or I'll reverse rape you

>>28221519

No worries anon, it really isn't hard to talk about. The type of people Skull are IRL are scum, here in Scotland we call them Neds, though the more commonly known name for them is Chavs. Here's a wiki link to them:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chav

They're a bunch of lowborn, inbred cunts who you would do very well to stay the fuck away from. They cause trouble wherever they go, and you'll usually find the younger chavs hanging out places like Mcdonalds on weekends, though many Mcdonalds and even KFC stores have actually had to ban ALL under 18's from eating there without adult supervisions because of the chavs and their anti social behaviour.

It's actually been bothering me how some people online ( who have clearly never spent time around these sort of people) have been crowing about how cool Team Skull are and how it would be nice to join them. No, these sort of people are NOT cool, and only a psycho would want join them. If you're ever unlucky enough to see this sort of group IRL, cross the fucking road and avoid them like a plague.

I swear to god, if GF tries to paint Team Skull like some sort of sympathetic, misunderstood group I'm going to lose my shit.

>>28221566
lol I wish, she's only pixels, but I will take great enjoyment in disbanding them. If only I could do that IRL :(

>>28221626
Fellow Britfag, we musn't let Team Chav get to us, we must ensure that their cancer isn't spread to the rest of the world!

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>>28221917

>This gen is based on kawaii

C-cute!

>>28221149
But those characters are written well as opposed to Giovanni who has zero personality.

>>28222179
Team skull is based off of a latin gang, granted all criminals are scum, I hope they start out as cunts but make a 180 and become good guys, I just like it when they do that even if it is cliche as fuck.

>>28219875
I think them being closer to a petty street gang is cooler and more logical. Could you imagine a 10 yr old taking down the mafia? It's more logical for you and co. to take down some edgy, rebellious teens/young adults.

Besides, would you really rather have another rich kid's club?

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Guzma a best

It's kind of hard to describe Team Skull.

But essentially, they feel like as if they came from the circus as this big tight family and then decided to go "fuck it, we're making our own team and no one's telling us what to do".

I dunno, their bright colorful hair contrasts their actual outfits.

Team Skull doesn't look like it's going to cause the end of the world, at least not on purpose anyway. I wouldn't be surprised if they tried futzing about with the Trials and ended up waking Solgaleo/Lunala on accident.

>>28220479
yes, 20 years in fact, and you don't expect the franchise to change in any way?

>>28224109
English please.

Some of us have not failed life so we have no interest in moonspeak

>>28224143

>Being fluent in more than one language is failing at life.

>>28220555
Seriously what the hell is reverse rape?

>>28220592
You'd think a bug would be faster somehow. Ariados. It like, implies aerodynamic, ie fast. Sadly, it's fucking slow as shit.

>>28221122
How can boys be raped? If the penis is flacid it will never accomplish a thing.

>>28224381
You've never gotten a fear-boner?

>>28220519
I understood this reference.

>>28224381
>sexual things don't cause a penis to become erect
Do you think it's a magical switch or something?

>>28221117
Easy there broham!

I like their designs.

>>28222179
>>28222273
Calm down, upstanding citizens, is just a fictional gang.

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>>28222179
>Guzma purifies the environment and improves life for his community by absorbing more than 80% of common poison types

they're going to be sympathetic as fuck