>They gave Kukui's rockruff to ash Why?

>>31909421

It's not his Rockruff.

Wait they did? I thought it was a random rockruff, I haven't watched since the first two episodes.

>>31909442
>>31909435

It was supposed to be Kukui's based on the games but they turned it into a wild rockruff at the last minute

>>31909421

They explain in the episode that it was never actually Kukui's.

It was a wild Pokemon that started living with Kukui after he fed it.

>>31909421
The more important question is why after 6 generations or the anime you're asking this as if someone has never given a pokémon to a trainer to look after.

>>31909421
So Ash's Midnight Lycanroc can fight Kukui's Midday Lycanroc in the finale

Rockruff wants to get stronger and evolve

Ash helped it learn Rock Throw, so it has a better chance of accomplishing that goal with Ash than with Kukui

Also because Rockruff and its evolutions are among the most marketed Pokemon this gen, and being on Ash's team will give it more screentime and focus

>>31909498
It'll never evolve because of friendship or some fagshit like that

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>>31909636

It's stated in the episode that Rockruff WANTS to evolve though.

There's also a placeholder image for another Lycanroc form on the PGL, so it'll probably evolve into that form instead of one of the two currenly existing ones.

https://twitter.com/SciresM/status/799420279697117184

>>31909659
De fucking lete this.

>>31909659
I wish Ash wasn't such a special little snowflake

They're probably gonna give it a special twilight form whose base stats are 530 or possibly 600. I mean, they need something to market to sell units of the switch ports of the game since gen 8 is so far away and there is no data whatsoever for them to make it an event pokemon for the 3DS games

>>31909659
Please god, don't make it be a Battle bond form.

>>31909699
Does it matter if he is one? He doesn't win shit anyway

It'll evolve into a eldritch fusion of both forms

If a Rockruff is locked in a room with no way to tell the time will it evolve?

>>31909901

Ash usually bullshits his way through everything except for the league where the writers have to introduce an even bigger Gary Stu for him to lose to so the show can continue

>>31909421

when the fuck is ash gonna catch Pikapek?

>>31909659
We're getting Ash-Lycanroc aren't we

>>31909932
Hopefully soon, I really love the angriest bird

>>31909939
T-they wouldn't dare to do that retarded thing twice, r-right?

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>>31909932

He already did, his Pikipek just looks like a Rowlet for some reason.

>>31909659
That remins me. It says forme 4 so does that mean there's an "eclipse" version for day and night?

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>>31909421
>Leaving a champion-level trainer to join an immortal loser

INB4 it becomes the fall guy of the series

>>31910082

As far as we know, Kukui isn't a "Champion-level trainer" in the anime, he's just a school teacher.

Lillie isn't living with him, and he apparently isn't married (no wedding ring), so he's already very different from his game counterpart.

>>31910082

Nah, that's gonna be Rowlet once Litten joins the team

It'll be Infernape and Torterra 2.0

>>31909802
No mustache, no sale.

>>31909659
Let me guess, it's just going to be a mix of the Day and Midnight forms

>>31910288
The most obvious/reasonable change I imagine is making a special version of day/night with their 115 atk and 55 special attack swapped

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>>31909421
Believe me, I'll never understand why the hell they did...

>>31909911
>Alain
>Gary Stu

>>31909659

IKU Z

MOTTO

>Kukui's Snorlax used Pulverizing Pancake!

>>31910634
He's strong so he must be. Anyone who isn't weak is a Gary Stu.

>>31909659
What third form could even exist? Lycanroc Dawn/Dusk?

>>31910710
12AM lycanroc

literally mid day

>>31910792
>12am
>mid day

Anon...wat?

>>31909659
Forme ID 4?
So what are the other 3?
Don't tell me they're going to have morning and evening formes too. Maybe it's just some speshul snowflake literal blue moon forme.

>>31909465
so OP is a faggot since he should know this to beging with

>>31910862
Day and Night are obviously one and two. The random skip over 3 is the weird part.

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>>31909659
or it could be...

>>31909932

Never? Rowlet fills his regional Bird quota.

>>31910862
>speshul snowflake literal blue moon forme

So, a shiny midnight?

>>31910887
it's gonna be a cave forme that's rock/ground
:^)

>>31909659
Do other E4 signiture pokemon have these? they could have planned on them each having a totem pokemon on there team

>>31910710
The Eclipse form. It's basically Night form but with Accelerock and can go fast.

>>31909421
Because Kuikui already has a Lycanroc Midday (the only one with an exclusive move) and thus has no need for any more specimens of the species

>>31909421
They gave ash kukui's rockruff so, so kukui can have a open hand for litten.

Some literal "Why isn't Pikachu level 100 >:(" tier arguments in this thread.

>>31909957
Anyone else feels like there's more to rowlets back story then we think. Quick reminder, we only sall tocanons side of the story. But I want to know what happened to rowlet himself. How did his egg get into another bird's nest.

This and more will be answered on the next episode of dragonball z

>>31910220
So your referring to litten being the knockoff of tortarra. And rowlet being the infernape of gen7, right

>>31909421
>not posting this shit in the anime thread
A thread died for this

>>31911869
Have you ever heard of a cowbird?

>>31911869
No.

>>31911918
What? Cowwhat?

>>31909905

>If a Rockruff is locked in a room with no way to tell the time will it evolve?

No, because it wouldn't level up

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So Kukui gets Litten all for himself later.

>>31909659
>I don't want it to be yet another special snowflake bond form

>It's gonna be another special snowflake bond form

Is there any more we may be missing or is this all Michael could find?

>>31911869

Logic leap that most might jump into: Rowlet's parents lost the egg, which Toucannon later found and raised and are somewhere deep in a forest, there might even be a meeting episode of them sooner or later

Conclusion most people hope isn't the case: Rowlet's parents are actually dead and Toucannon and the Pikipek family is all he has as a actual family.

uh

yeah

Goes great with the Ghost type and all.

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>>31909659
MOTTO


>we gong to get Ash-Lycanroc
>we going to get battle bond to more pokemons

YES

>>31909905
So Schrodinger's Rockruff?

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Ash helped it learn Rock Throw

>>31913696
Anon, I can't help but notice that you misspelled something.

Here let me fix it for you, it's spelled
>Ash-decidueye

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>>31911745
>no guard stone edge
>accel rock
>night version's defenses
>day's 112 spe

rip birds

>>31911901
>going to the anime thread for anime

That's not how this place works

>>31909421
It was obvious Ash would get Rockruff before the anime even started airing. The instant they announced Rockruff I knew he'd get one.

>>31915459
>Tries to ask meaningful question on anime thread
>Gets ignored for hours
>ded thread
>Serenaposting
>defending/ calling out Serenaposting
>Shut up Scott
>le ratings
>What does Lillie's left elbow smell like?
>Why is Serena bessss gurl?
SM isn't the best Pokemon series but it doesn't deserve all that

>>31909659
>It's stated in the episode that Rockruff WANTS to evolve though.
>Axew

>>31909460

>based on the games

Kukui's Rockruff is still in his Lab

It's not the same one as his Lycanroc

>>31910703

So we are just going to ignore the battle he lost in the ORAS special?

>>31909421
nice fakemon faggot.

>>31910703

There's a huuuuuuuge difference between being strong and collecting 8 badges in 7 episodes, and then making it to the Final of the League using nothing but Charizard and Metagross. The latter is Mary Sue territory.

>>31911763
This. Rock ruff is just a wild pokemon that he befriended. He hasn't caught it because he's already got a lycanroc

>>31911763
If they make him based on the games, kukui has both day an night dogs actually...if they ever bring the masked royal into the anime

>>31920798
>If they make him based on the games,

Which they haven't, considering that Ash lives in his loft instead of Lillie, and he isn't married (no wedding ring).

>>31909802
oh fuck that's disgusting

>>31912578
There is another placeholder for Mimikyu

>>31909421
Lack of creativity

Alola has a similar to problem to Kalos in that the low number of new Pokemon means fewer that actually suit Ash.

Other than the three he has now + Litten, the only ones I can think of to fill the last two spots that actually suit him are Passimian, Hakamo-o, and Alolan Sandslash.

>>31909435

>It's not his Rockruff
Appears with him in the ending

Obviously the writters turned Rockruff into a wild pokémon on the past episode.

>>31921807
>Appears with him in the ending

Because it lived with him.

Rockruff was always shown interacting with Ash and Pikachu more than Kukui, and a point was made about how much Rockruff liked Ash long before this episode, so they clearly always intended Ash to catch it. Anime episodes are written and produced several months before they air.

>>31915527
Not him, but maybe the anime thread wouldn't be so shitty if more people actually went there to ask their questions, including ones like the one in this OP. Can't even begin to count the number of times in recent weeks that people have made threads outside the anime thread, only to have a bunch of idiots who never watch the show flood it with garbage answers and misinformation, including mistranslations from Google translate-tier shitsubs.

The way to combat the shitposting in the anime thread is with a critical mass of good posting. When that critical mass isn't there, you get what you've just described. Basically, you guys get the anime thread you deserve.

>>31909659
>Ash-Lycanroc Continental Crush

IT'S HAPPENING

>>31910874
Luckily someone who actually watched the episode and speaks Japanese was actually here. Otherwise he might've stayed totally oblivious.

>>31912355
What if there's a Rare Candy in the room?

>>31910882
Hi, this is Jhon Gamefreak. We skipped 3 so people mining pgl etc. would assume there is no third form and not look at 4 and beyond. Apparently wrong so from now on formes will have random ID associated with them.

>>31909885
Battle Bond forms are good for a healthy meta.

>>31915554
Axew never did get cool hinted promo art leaks though.

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>>31921191
no there isn't, dumbass

>Mimikyu
>Mimikyu busted
>Totem Mimikyu
>Totem Mimikyu, busted

>>31923744
Why would Totems need a slot for Dream World art when they share shapes with regulars?

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>>31909802
MOTTO MOTTO TSUYOKU!

>>31909421
>>31909659
Ash-Lycanroc

>>31915323
>Decidueye
>Relevant
PFFFAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

>>31909911
>OS
Charizard isn't bullshit

>AG
Sceptile isn't bullshit

>DP

Infernape is kinda bullshit I guess? its just it using the Blaze ability but its shown as being way more powerful in the anime

>BW

Didn't even watch

>XY

I can give you this one but Ash-Greninja is as powerful as a Mega Evolution and is used to contend with Mega Evolutions, not to mention that while it has some boons like telepathy and Ash being able to see through Greninja's eyes it also has massive cons like Ash feeling the pain that Greninja feels to the point that he has heart problems so its not like Ash-Greninja is overpowered or anything but yeah I guess it kinda is a Special Snowflake form.

>>31912355
It will evolve and it will not evolve.
Never heard of schrodinger's rockruff?

>>31909957
>Aaw, is that your bastard?