>tfw you will evolve into yet another slow Ice type

>>29648108
> fighting/water

>>29648130
>Water
>when Crabrawler's whole deal is to aim for the higher ground

>>29648108
>slow
it will be like one of this fat and old DBZ characters that looks like an easy win and surprise the main characters how fast they move and hard they hit

>>29648108
>ice shard
>mach punch

>>29648108
I don't think they're related outside being like sawk and throh, or hitmonchan/lee.

>>29648948
Oh god I hope this is it

>>29648948
Hitmonlee is a kickboxer with a torso-face and springy legs. Hitmonchan is a boxer that wears clothes. The only shared trait is their drab, brown color.

Throh is a very stout, bulky judo master with bright red skin. Sawk is a tall, slender karate master with bright blue skin. They have more traits in common than the Hitmons, since they both wear uniforms and look like muppets, but they're still clearly counterparts.

Now look at Crabrawler and... I'mma call him Crabrute.
Crabrute has the same colors that Crabrawler has + white. Their body types are very similar. If they're counterparts, where is the contrast in fighting styles? We've had boxing versus kicking, striking vs grappling, and now we have... boxing vs yeti boxing?

>>29651297
boxer vs trainer, stupid, like lil mac and doc

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>>29651297
Boxer and Trainer, really. Crabrawler and Crabrute resemble pic related.

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>>29648108
>MFW its HA is technician and it has both mach punch and ice shard.

>>29648948
You do realize Crabrawler is catchable before the first trial, right?

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>>29651297
>>29651429
Crabominable**

Please GF, just give it Fur Coat with a M-Gallade/Conk-like build so we can have an actual "defensive" Ice Type

>>29648811
Are you retarded?

>>29651410
>>29651429
Those aren't counterparts though.
The boxer evolving into a trainer makes perfect sense.

>>29648108
>tfw destined for PU

Watch it have

> 120 attack
< 80 def and sp def
< 50 speed

It's shit desu

>tfw you will evolve to have SE STAB against more mons than anything else not named Mamoswine

>>29648108
>Eviolite
Plenty of mons can do wonders with eviolite, hopefully Crabrawler falls into that category.

>>29652653
So it'll be slightly faster with worse HP and attack and no ice stab, but it might 2 hits to take it out instead of 1.

>>29651591
>4x weak to fire

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>>29652360
It hurts.

>>29651658
Mamoswine gets used in OU because of Ice Shard and high attack

What if the snow crab is a counterpart?
What if it has an ability that made it immune to punch attacks?

>>29652818
Because Ice/Ground with Thick Fat is actually a decent typing. It resists ice, and takes neutral damage from fire and rock.

>>29652861
Fighting/Ice is also an incredible typing offensively and takes neutral damage from rocks. If it gets any priority and a decent Attack stat it'll be at least UU.

>>29652860

>The counterpart meme again

Stop. It's an evolution. Crabrawler and Crabrute are on every island's dex, but the only snowy place is the last island. You can catch a Crabrawler before the first trial, even.

>>29652861

Ice/Fighting resists Ice and takes neutral damage from Rock. It also resists Knock Off and U-Turn.

>>29652885
I never thought to check how good that coverage is. Mach Punch, Ice Shard, and Sucker Punch is entirely unresisted.

They introduced Crabrawler specifically to the competitive scene first and had it slapping the shit out of a bunch of Smogonmons

It's entirely possible they'll fuck it up of course but everything about its reveal implies that they're actually specifically setting out to make this guy a comp mainstay

>>29652757
>Fur Coat =/= Fluffy

>>29648156

IT'S OVER KINGLER, I HAVE THE HIGH GROUND

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>>29652952
mfw it gets none of these

>>29648108
ill remeber you for ever

>>29653059
It'll at least get Mach Punch.

>>29653100
I have no faith in GF not to be incompetent

>>29653100

>Mach Punch was introduced in 1999
>In 2016 Machamp still can't learn it