Manaphy gets Water Bubble as an HA. How does this change the meta?

It can't run calm mind anymore without rest + hydration.

>>31739406
Loses Hydration, which is a shame, but now it has 180 power Surf before STAB, so gg

>>31739406
physical manaphy becomes semiviable

>Z-rain dance + water bubble boosted attacks
It goes to ubers.

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>>31739406
if manaphy is based on a slug then how come it's not part bug?

>>31740863
Gf is actually pretty consistent with mollusks, like snails, slugs, octopuses, clams, and squids, not being Bug-types. I think they could do it at some point, but apparently they aren't "bug" enough in their eyes, which is fair.

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>>31740877

>>31740877
Shelmet and Accelgor, though.

>>31740889
>>31740895
I rescind my earlier statement. It still holds true for all others, though, for whatever reason.

>>31740889
>>31740895
Shelmet and especially Accelgor always struck me as not really based on anything specific, like Shuckle.

>>31740951
Shelmet is quite clearly a snail though.

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>>31740978
It could also be a nautilus, actually

>>31740863
Manaphy is also an abstraction of the H2O molecule itself.

Any "bug" influence is kind of diluted in consideration of the whole design.

>>31741041
Shelmet and Escavalier both make more sense as nautiluses. I love Escavalier, but he just floats and there isn't really any reason why.