Fighting Friday is a go

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The OG Rape Ape is by far my favorite Fighting type. Hella customizable with tons of offensive options and mixed attacking stats, access to both SD and NP, plus good speed to back it up. You can even run it as fast support with Wisp + Slack Off, but it wastes its offensive potential and can only wall specific threats. Savior of Fire back in Gen 4, power creeped but underrated nowadays.

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>>32564798
inb4 dank types

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Did you people like the Fighting type from the begining, or did the preference develope over time?
For me it was some years ago, not sure why to be honest.

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>>32565500
The beginning

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>>32565631
At least post nice fanart dude

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Hariyama has won worlds VGC, everybody else can suck his dick

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Breloom has higher attack than Arceus. It literally punches harder than God. and it's just some random mushroom kangaroo thing with stretchy arms. Coem to think of it, mega Mewtwo X has stretchy arms too. Do stretchy arms really add divine-level striking power?

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Who is the best fighting trainer and why is it Unova Battle girl?

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>>32565500
Hard to tell. Been a Machamp fan since Gen 1, but never been interested with other fighting types as a whole until Gen 4. Gen 5 brought in the golden age, which heightened my interest for the type.

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Anyone else think it would be cool if there were more fighting types that didn't have arms? Like, not just sword-deers although I love the sword-deers, but like, a kickboxer that's so kick-based it stopped growing arms or something like that?

>>32565917
>unova is supposed to be america
>it's much more based on china

Gen 5 was a trainwreck.

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Did you know that Mega Mewtwo X has elastic limbs?

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>>32565891
nobody cares about your mr fantastic limbs

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I like Emboar best out of the Fire/Fighting types. All 3 lines are pretty rad though.

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>>32566340
>I like Emboar best out of the Fire/Fighting types
same

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>>32565649

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>>32566292

>>32565891
Don't be dumb. Base stats are game mechanics.

>>32566653
is it female

>>32566700
Kill yourself you fucking revolting subhuman.

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>>32566140
>Kalos is based on France
>introduced a masked wrestler

Whatever your point is, it's dumb.

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i dug up something

>>32566340
>>32566588
Too bad we may never get a non-starter Fire/Fighting mon because three starters in a row left people exhausted.

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>>32566875
There isn't much room for another anyway, in fact, I'm sick of part-fighting type starters in general.

>>32566340
>>32566588
>>32566875
tbH i would like a new Fire/Fighting starter

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>>32567175
once this becomes a trio, then you guys can have your fourth fire/fighting starter

Should fighting types and phsychic types be mutually weak to each other? The later because they are all brain and no muscle so they can't take a punch or something like that.

>>32567432
No, but fairies need to lose either offensive or defensive advantage over fighting types

I loved the Keldeo movie, and wished there was a full animated series about him and the Swords of Justice. The Three Musketeers of nature sounds like a great concept.
Actually, the movie kind of felt like it was an adaptation of a series or manga that doesn't exist, some kind of grand finale, that crossovers with the Pokemon anime while at it. No other Pokemon movie made me feel like this because no other Pokemon movie puts so little focus on Ash and friends, they reallly are secondary characters here.
Point is I'm glad I felt like this for a movie about the first Fighting type legendaries. It's become my favorite.

>>32567441
No because it's the same concept: is martial arts vs magic. Magic wins on all the sides.

>>32567239
I do agree it would be cool to have another Machamp/Conkeldurr in a future generation!

>>32567639
>I loved the Keldeo movie
Stopped reading here.

How the fuck you liked such an awful movie?

>>32567441
Why? Fighting is still an amazing type that most Pokemon run if they have access to it. If Fairies need to be weakened it should be done through shit tier types like Grass or Ice.

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>>32568600
I can't believe I found another fan of both pokemon that would like to see a third incarnation. 10/10 would hang out with

>>32568628
He's an Unovabortion. The only way one could like shitty concepts like the gen 5 legends is if they were what you grew up with.

>>32568678
>Why? Fighting is still an amazing type that most Pokemon run if they have access to it
so why are the only OU fighting types the two ultrabeasts before Pheromosa's ban, and currently replaced by a mega that's part Psychic? Where are the pure fighting types that used to have decent presence in the meta?

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>>32567175
>>32567239
>>32568600
Alright lads, design the fighter you want for gen 8

aesthetics, stats, build, etc

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Alright this is old but just to get things started

>Type
Fighting
>Role
A defensive mon that relies on utility/support moves to bring some variety in monofighting type teams instead of the usual slow bulky tank or speedy mixed sweeper roles.
>Concept
mixture of Kabuki theatrics (like how Meloetta-P uses performance art as a fighting specialty), oni and warrior
>Abilities
Guts, Intimidate, Provoke (HA)
Guts appears to be standard for bruiser fighting types, Intimidate due to Kabuki mask/make up, Provoke is auto-taunt ability, also due to Kabuki mask
>stat spread
HP: 105
Atk: 120
Def: 100
Sp. Atk: 45
Sp. Def: 100
Spe: 35
BST: 505
the slow speed references the slow (start) of Kabuki theatre, and so it could be of use with Trick Room, and to balance out its good bulk and decent attack
>moves
nothing unique but definitely has Sucker Punch to make use of the Auto-taunt ability and to avoid overlap with priority of other fighting types (Bullet/Mach punch), Close Combat (you sacrifice the defensive aspect if you go full-offense), Trick Room (again to reference the theatrical aspect of the pokemon), Healing Pulse, Helping Hand, Follow Me, Me First, Fake Out

Guts can make it a decent offensive threat as a curveball

There. A third Machamp/second Conkeldurr without taking away the exact same niche. Think an improved Hariyama mixed with Hitmontop with better BST--aka the four pure fighting types who were relevant in the VGCs of years past

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How about some comfy in this dead thread

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>>32568897
>shitty concepts
There's nothing shitty about Musketeers

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chilling on a cool spring night

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Kommo-o deserved better

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Keldeo a cute
Virizion a beauty

>>32569949
Same can be said for a lot of Gen 7 mons

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>>32569191
>ghost/fighting

based in zombie

>>32570403
why not the Chinese zombie? Also, how will you differentiate this from Marshadow?

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>>32570403
>ice/fighting

male counterpart to jynx

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>>32570420
ok

>>32570425
r34 when

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Thoughts on the common theory that Fighting is supposed to be the "good" type that opposes the "evil" Dark type instead of some more straightforward "Light type"?

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>>32570696
"A strong man stands up for himself a stronger man stands up for others"

>>32570696
>That Machamp
Is this?

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>>32570696
It's true. There's nothing to argue about it is there?

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>>32571291
I don't see how the likes of Bewear and Scrafty are heroic, unless the later is supposed to be like pic.

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>>32571127

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>>32571443
Well Scrafty is part dark so there's his excuse, bewear just has tard strength. A shame. Stufful is adorable

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>>32571443

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>>32571443

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BEST RIVALRY
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Fight, Dark, Normal, and Ghosts are great. I wish >>32570495 was a real thing because that shit looks dope.

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What is he shitposting about?

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>>32564798

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>>32573509
About psychic types being autistic, fairy types being faggots, dark types being edgelords, and getting triggered when reading that fighting types are not that different from normal types.

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What's the best partner for Medicham a la Machamp/Conkeldur?
I think the biggest contenders are Gallade (because typing), Scrafty (because pants), Lucario (because aura sensing) and Mienshao (because dancing moves).

What's this group's opinion on a (vintage) boxing-styled Betta pokemon?

I'm working on a dex for a greco-roman region. As astrology is well tied to the area, we're attempting to incorporate all 12 signs as major signs (3 starters, 2 pseudos, 4 lesser legendaries and 3 "major one-stages" a la Kangaskhan). And the best we've established for Pisces is... well Piscecuffs.

>>32574331
Gallade or somebody was arguing for Hariyama before but that was a reach

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Keeping the fighting spirit alive

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Fighting type threads are as dead as the type in today's meta

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What could have been

There was a time I only played the tcg and so much, that when I went back to the games it was a weird transicion where a lot of pokemon I had come to see as "fighting" were actually ground ord rock, and actual fighting mons were sadly not effective against electric.

Should Machamp and Conkeldur get Mega Evolutions? Or are they strong enough as they are?
Hard mode: no secondary type.

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>>32577778
They are still decent and among the strongest (pure) fighting types but they definitely got left behind by the meta.

Introduction of Fairies, faster and stronger Flying types, bulkier amd/or stronger Fighting types with their own new toys and techniques, not to mention Machamp is indirectly nerfed due to confusion nerf

Machamp needs his BST retweaked and Steadfast needs to be replaced with something like Stamina or Defiant to open up new niches. Conkeldurr is still decent but only just.

If I can adjust their BSTs as wishful thinking, I'd change their total from 505 to at least 525

Machamp gets +20 to Attack for 150 base, his Special Attack gets reduced from 65 to 35 and the 30 points are redistributed to HP (+15), Defense (+10) and Special Defense (+5)

Conkeldurr will have his Defense boosted by 20 points.

This way, Machamp becomes geared offensively with well rounded bulk while Conkeldurr becomes an even better physical tank while keeping his recovery advantage and STAB priority

I chose not to give them megas because unless the megas are incredibly great, they would face stiff competition with pre-existing fighting type megas (nevermind that there are excellent megas of other types too)

But since BST fix is kinda delusional, throwing in Dynamic Punch base power boost from 100 to 120 and giving the guy a physical quiver dance would already do small wonders.

I'd keep Drain Punch limited to whoever has them now. I don't want Bewear entrenching on Conkeldurr's niche.

No offense to fans of other fighting types, I just think these two are among the best representatives of the type's brute strength AND mastery of technique, not to mention their aesthetics are what sets the type apart from other types even if they usually get hated for it.

>>32578001
>best representatives of the type's brute strength AND mastery of technique
>Conkeldurr
ehhhh

>>32578170
I respect your doubt on this one. I can point out some supporting evidence but you'd probably consider them reaching

>>32577778
>Should Machamp and Conkeldurr get Mega Evolutions? Or are they strong enough as they are?

Alakazam and Gengar are good enough as they are and they got megas. So were Gallade and Lucario. Even moreso the pseudos.

>>32578170
>Conkeldurr dex entries
Rather than rely on force, they master moves that utilize the centrifugal force of spinning concrete.

It is thought that Conkeldurr taught humans how to make concrete more than 2,000 years ago.

>Most common offensive moves
Drain Punch - a combination of offense and defense/recovery instead of straight up high-BP moves like Focus Punch or Super Power. Can't even learn Close Combat iirc.

Mach Punch - priority

When in doubles:

It's not as obvious as many other fighting types, but using Conkeldurr does rely on technique

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most fighting types are either tanks or sweepers, closest thing we have to a support-based fighter is Breloom. What would you want a support-based Fighting type to be like? I've heard people throw around ideas like Terracotta warriors with stuff like Spikes and Baton Pass before. I think a Psychic/Fighting that can put up screens might be cool too, instead of the same old Gallade/Medicham/Mewtwo X style wallbreaker. Hell, Fighting/Ice with Snow Warning and Aurora Veil would be cool as fuck.

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>>32578611
>closest thing we have to a support-based fighter is Breloom
isn't it more Hariyama/Hitmontop? I mean there's a reason those two are popular for doubles. Hell, even the likes of Machamp and Conkeldurr run Wide or Quick Guards in doubles for support

>What would you want a support-based Fighting type to be like?
Like this >>32569331
An entirely different niche, with defensive, utility and clerical elements. Would be a great asset for fighting monotypes.

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>>32578611
>>32578649
alternatively, a combination of a round girl and a referee whose playstyle is to alter the game mechanics/field with moves like Trick Room, Magic Room, Reversal, a Red Card-like ability/move, etc.

Would also be nice to have another feminine design

>>32578649
Hitmontop leaving his brothers in the dust wew

Should Machamp or Breloom even get mega evolutions design-wise? They are already look perfect imo.

>>32579863
>They are already look perfect imo
This is true. I'm for Machamp getting buffed in other ways instead of a mega

Woo fighting types

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>>32584414
NEVER FORGET

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>>32584592
Cut it out! Voters were bullying Lucario! The reset was fair!

>>32584662
kek

>>32584662
Sure, Jan

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>>32584592
>caring about some meaningless poll

>>32564832
>come in this thread
>see this picture
>experience extreme discontent that i will never live that life
>tfw no pokemang liftbro

>>32585430
Sorry anon