I was playing through XY and was rather interested when they mentioned the "Pokemon War". I briefly remembered LT. Surges comment about how he fought in the war and it got me thinking...What Pokemon would be useful in a modern war? How would a war with Pokemon be fought? Discuss.
I imagine, some pokemon like voltorb and electrode would be heavily used as their natural in using explosion. Regions with them naturally would have a high advantage against those with none or those having to illegally import and breed them. So Kanto would have an advantage against places like Kalos or Hoenn.
megaskhan
>>29047959
Zoroark. Rotom. Gengar. Turtonator. Anything with Damp.
Can't Luxray see through walls or something? Sounds pretty useful.
shuckle
Mythicals clearly would be the equivalent of wmds.
Legends are ass rape as well
>>29049399
Command shapeshifting Pokémon to seduce enemy soldiers and dispose of them?
>>29047959
Aggron would be an asset in a human war.
>SOLrock and LUNAtone
OH SHIT GUYS
>>29048017
You could just mass breed them with a ditto. Some pokemon were probably created for war, like Golurk for example. Maybe Claydol too, it seems like a kind of sentry pokemon.
>>29049399
Most of them wouldn't really fight in a war though, they only very rarely hang out with trainers and tend to be smarter than normal pokemon (notice how many of them are psychic type) or are created with a very specific role in mind (Kyogre, Groudon, Rayquaza, Dialga, Palkia, ect) that basically rules them out of seriously taking part in a war.
I mean yeah Mewtwo was kind of evil but he's also a manmade pokemon who was resentful of his origins, but eventually came to terms with existence and ended up kind of a moralfag if the anime is any guide.
I'd imagine Magmortar would be used as, well, a mortar firing pokemon. Rhyperior would be a tank. Clawitzer and Octillery would be water-based artillery