Can you think of some more?
Golurk - 20+ Defense and Sp. Defense
Araquanid - 10+ HP
Golisopod - Emergency Exit activates at the end of the turn.
Spearow - Gets Keen Eye
Fearow - 20+ Attack and gets Defiant
What do you think?
>>32119265
For Spearow, I meant Big Pecks.
>>32119265
All good except for Fearow, you gotta give it something less shitty than Defiant. Maybe some real coverage, 10 speed and Moxie.
>>32119265
Add to Golisopod Expert or Make Emergency Exit buff priority moves.
Replace Steadfast with Defiant or Stamina
Give Dynamic Punch 120 BP
Won't make it OU, but enough to keep the offensive presence, some survivability and keeps it from being one trick pony with a new ability
At least that's the most i can do without tweaking the stats
>>32119276
OK, how about this?
Fearow - 20+ Attack and 10+ Speed, gets Moxie as an ability and gains Poison Jab
>>32119323
Oh and it also gets Knock Off and Brave Bird
>>32119323
Yes, wonderful. Also
>Fearow doesn't get brave bird
What kind of fuckery is this?
HP 95 -> 80
Def 90 -> 70
SpDef 90 -> 70
SpAtk 80 ->70
Atk 115 -> 125
Spd 60 -> 115
>>32119387
>Bulky, massive bodybuilder-type with stubby legs
>Fast
All signs point to no, have you SEEN Machamp, Conkeldurr, Buzzwole, etc.?
What it needs is a drastic cut in Sp Atk and an increase to bulk and attack
>>32119304
AV Stamina Machamp would be fucking unbreakable if it learns drain punch, I want it so bad
>>32119265
Liquid voice now gives the 1.2 boost
Atk: 74 > 70 (-4)
Def: 74 > 90 (+16)
SpAtk: 126 > 120 (-6)
SpDef: 116 > 110 (-6)
Gets calm mind and moonlight
>>32119490
Chop 20 out of ATK and put it into HP, it has to be bulky to make up for literally no recovery
>>32119490
Oh wait, are we thinking of the kinds of buffs gamefreak would give, like with this gen? Then I take back the stat changes
>>32119505
Durr I'm an idiot who only reads base stats, my bad. Fair changes then
>>32119506
What? GF gave TONS of stat buffs this gen, what are you talking about?
>>32119517
I mean stuff like redistributing the stats. Gamefreak never reduced certain stats, only increased them a bit. They would never do something like that for a starter either
Nidoking gets 10 speed
Give Araquanid recover.
Give Regis regenerator and regigigas rest
Give noctowl +20 def and a functional copy of compoundeyes for an ability. Also it learns hurricane now.
>>32119276
In Doubles (the only metagame Game Freak care about), Defiant is great.
>>32119464
I feel like GF isnt giving out Drain Punch anymore. It's like they want to keep it semi-exclusive to Conkeldurr, which I don't mind, but I really want Machamp to be viable again through some other way. Dude hasn't received any significant buff since Gen 4 and his only niche (NG+DP) even got nerfed this gen due to confusion. Meanwhile the other three original trade evos have gotten stat boosts and/or megas/Alolan forme. It's legitimately not fair
>>32120481
No Guard Assault Vest, son
Dynamic Punch, Ice Punch, Bullet Punch and Poison Jab. 10/10 Machamp
>>32120491
>no Stone Edge
And you're missing the point. This set seems decent but it does not take away the fact that Machamp is outclassed by too many fighting types. Even Conkeldurr is now only UU
Machamp needs a new niche on top of NG+DP
>>32120508
This set is the one I use in VGC, and it actually works really well. Changing Bullet Punch for Stone Edge might work, but I highly prefer the Steel coberture it grants me. And yeah, it might be not the best, but its not the worst either. Stills better than Hitmonlee, Hitmonchan, Hitmontop, and I'd say its better than Mienshao too. Anyway, I use Machamp more than Conkeldurr just because No Guard. Fighting type is really fucked up this gen. Pray for Gen 8 buffs, its the only thing we can do.
>>32120559
Good luck in the VGC bruh. I hope the champ gets another Dark Horse moment a-la 2013/2015 seniors divison
>Fighting type is really fucked up this gen. Pray for Gen 8 buffs, its the only thing we can do.
Unfortunately so