>First stage pokemon designs ruined by their evolution line.

If you like a pre-evo more than its final evolution you're literally a pedophile

>>28710485
Dusclops is cool, but not as an evo to Duskull

>>28710485
Pretty much every starter.

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>>28710506
are you an idiot?

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>>28710506

Evolving is a completely different process from aging. A Pokemon can go through its entire lifespan without ever evolving.

>>28710513
This. Dusclops is more bland compared to duskull.

>>28710517
>blaziken
>sceptile
>swampert
>Feraligatr
>typhlosion
>meganium
>Emboar
>serperior
>chesnaught
>greninja
>kanto starter evolutions

>hating any of these

Wooper

>>28710544
b-but vaporeon..

>>28710485
>based stylized mini reaper ghost with perfect design
>ruin it with the 2nd evo by turning it into a rayman yokai with bicycle streamers

I share your pain OP.

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Seriously did they need to make raticate look like its about to have a heart attack?

>>28710485
What's even the appeal of Duskull ? It's just a small ghost with a skull on its face. How is it better than a Yokai mummy thing or a creepy floating reaper with its mouth on its stomach ?

>>28710686
reminds me of that laughing italian guy missing a bunch of teeth

>>28710654
Atleast dusknoir saves it somewhat. Not nearly enough though.

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>>28710485

Eh, Dusknoir's alright.

The only member of the line I don't like much is Dusclops, and that's because of how bland it looks.

The only thing really tying the three together is that they all only have one eye, but Dusknoir manages to be spooky in its own way with the stomach-mouth. Dusclops is just a boring design.

>>28710485
Surskit

>>28710704
Dusknoir is fine. dusclops is bland and unimaginative.

>>28710686
the design really grew on me since it's description made a lot of sense.

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>>28710771
rhydon is fine to me, but rhyperior looks disgusting.

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>>28710704

The eye. It just has one eye that floats between two sockets.

>>28710704
It's a cute little reapermon ruined by a wanna be mummy with ugly streamers.

>>28710852
>>28710704
Dusknoir isn't a mummy.

>>28710930
Dusknoir really isn't a problem dusclops is.

>>28710930
>>28710941
Fuck, I mean Dusclops, sorry. But yeah Dusknoir isn't also a mummy.

>>28710704
Duskull is the only ghost type with a skull/bone motif, and then the evos completely drop it.

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I wish elekid and electivire were never a thing.

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>>28710543
>litten as Nonon
>not litten as Ryuko
DELET THIS

>>28710959
elekid > electabuzz

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>>28710945
You're in denial. its definitely based on a corpse in bandages i.e. a mummy.

>>28710959
Elekid is better

>>28710964
Swampert is pretty cool but it took me months to kind of like marshtomp

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>>28710973
>>28710995
its also irrelevant and not usable.

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>>28710978
It's a chochin obake.

>>28711019
>thread about first stage pokemon
>lol it's not good in competetive
No one's talking about how good it is in battle

>>28710796
rhydon is a simplistic design that only shares two traits with rhyhorn: the horn on both their heads and that they share the same type

its a garbage evo

>>28711058
Well the thing is electabuzz came first.

>>28711001
>Swampert is pretty cool
Not really. It's ugly and derpy.

>>28711053
But I don't a paper ghost lamp, I want a cuter/unnerving looking floating skull

>>28711154
The mega redeems it.

>>28711177
The Mega looks like a Barafag's wet dream.

>>28711206
how would you have changed the line?

>>28711206
Not a barafag but i love mega swampthing. Probrably the only thing i liked about oras was beating the whole game with just swampert and metagross.

>>28711237
I couldn't possibly change the line to make it better. It was always destined to suck.

>>28710485
>doesn't become a grim reaper
Huge disappointment.
>>28710510
Sluggoo is good too, though.
>>28710543
Litten was shit to begin with.
>>28710544
So is Eevee.
>>28710618
Wooper may be better than Quagsire, but I wouldn't say Quagsire ruined Wooper.
>>28710959
But Elekid and Electivire are both way better than Electabuzz.

>>28711375
Not sure if you're being sarcastic about duskull; but sluggoo could've been much better.

>>28710485
Fuck, don't remind me.

>>28710485
Pic unrelated right?

>>28711432
Dusknoir doesn't really resemble a grim reaper at all, though. Like the other anon said, it continues to just drop the skull-and-bones motif.

As for Sluggoo, yeah, it could've been better, but compared to Goodra it's a 5 star pokemon.

>>28711267
Just like your mom.

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>>28711587

>>28710549
LEGAL BRAIXEN HERE I GO.

>>28711966
Delphox > braixshit

>>28711082
well the thing is the thread isn't about who came first, is just about how you feel about the pokemon in regards its evolution line.

>>28712006
No fucking shit. That's my point.

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Not that either of it's evos are bad (especially Froslass), but coming off this design I think they could have been better.

>>28710549

I always thought that was dumb.

>It's possible for caterpillars to be really old

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Frillish

>>28712092
Male jellicent is good. Too bad about female.

>>28710716
B-but Dusclop's cry gives you the sp00p...

>>28711206
>someone likes a muscular pokemon
>"b-b-barafag!"

Maybe i just like it because it's a giant swamp monster

>>28710485
Duskull is the best example I can think of too. Also Pumpkaboo, Frillish, Murkrow, Tangela, Meditite, Shellos, Spheal. Togepi, Goomy, Rhyhorn and Flabébé have good second stages but the third kills it for me.

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>>28712153

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Dratini and Dragonaire are both great, then you get this asshole.

>>28710485
>>28710544
>>28710686
>>28710964
>>28712408
fuck off

>>28710510
sliggoo is good
people just hate goodra because of f.emale only

I agree with the rest

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>>28710562
I disagree, chespin got screwed on that deal if anything.

I keep an everstone on this guy.

>>28712502
>I keep an everstone on this guy.
>trade evolution
u dumb?

>>28712153
Both Frillishes are better than their evolutions.

>>28710704
It's a spooky Zaku

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Delcatty both looks like complete shit and has an ear raping cry.

>>28712502
They both got screwed, really.

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>>28712502
>not liking gourgeist

>>28712537
Only thing shit about Delcatty is its battle prowess.

>>28712528
I like Mr. Pringles more.

>>28712583
Endyourlife anytimenow

>>28710485
>>28710618
>>28710959
>>28710964
>>28712408
>Shit Taste: The Thread

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>>28712583

>>28712524
I guess so. I have three everstones so ain't care.

>>28712583
honestly not even that bad but pumpkaboo is just so much cuter.

>>28712576
how so? my delphox is male. or do you just want a quadraped

>>28712732
Agree.

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>>28712238
Dusclops is great.

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I like Mismagius, but Misdreavus has this certain charm that its evolution lacks.

>>28713146
this

>>28713494
>it just gets bigger
>somehow ruined

>>28713522
red ear > red hat

>>28712091
It's possible, metamorphosis is hormonally controlled, so interrupting the process can stop it.

>>28712091
Pokemon evolution is not metamorphosis

>>28710828
The Principality of Zeon approves of this.

Ivysaur and grovyle are both ruined by their evos.

>>28713589
The person implied it wasn't possible for caterpillars to get old, not Pokemon. What I'm trying to say is Pokemon don't work like real life.

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If those leaks are real, which is pretty hard to deny at this point, it looks like this guy is heading right to the box.

The Gen 7 first stages look fantastic, I don't understand how they could drop the ball on all three so terribly.

>>28713146
Most of those gen 4 cross gen evos were complete garbage

>>28713686
Most of them range from great to GOAT, but keep peddling /vp/ memes pham.

>>28713686
Gen 4 had the worst designs overall.

>>28712984
>hands floating and not part of his body
This... puts him in a bit better perspective.

>>28713620
Sceptile was somewhat fixed with mega tho

>>28710485
Only kind of sticking to first stages.

>Squirtle/Wartortle. Blastiose is great, but it drops the interesting tail and ears for random cannons.
>Tepig. Lost potential.
>Oshawatt/Dewott. Samurott is okay, but it doesn't really fit.
>Fennekin/Braixen. Braixen is no longer quadrupedal, Delphox looks bad in 3d.
>Dratini/Dragonair. Dragonite doesn't look like the other two and loses all of the elegance of them.
>Marill is cuter than Azumarill.
>Trapinch had its own cool thing but becomes a dragonfly.
>Rhyhorn. Rhydon is okay on its own, Rhyperior is ugly.
>Mareep. Flaffy isn't great, Ampharos is neat but it doesn't have any wool aside from Mega evolution.
>Hoppip is cuter and more memorable than its evolutions.
>Swinub/Piloswine. Mamoswine another that is okay on its own, but it loses the shaggy, low to the ground design of the other two.
>Magmar. Magmar was never a great design, but Magby and and Magmortar are just terrible.
>Surskit. Interesting water bug, gets turned into generic moth/butterfly.
>Carvanha. Sharpedo is great, but it doesn't fit as an evolution. Mega-Sharpedo is one of the worst designs in Pokemon.
>Goomy. Sligoo is okay, Goodra is bad and completely loses the slug/snail motif.
>Pumpkaboo. Cuter than gourgeist.