Kek

Yes that is the point of CAP. To experiment with different niches

>>32662493
Not familiar with CAP. Have they ever hit the nail on the head?
As, has a real pokémon been introduced that fills the exact same niche a CAP mon was made to fill?

>>32662516

>thinking gamefreak design Pokémon with the metagame in mind

HAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHA

>>32662493
>niche
didn't realize "do everything, and everything well" was considered a niche.

>>32662484
this CAP was controlled by a bug-obssessive who made a bunch of dumb decisions to make it super good and people weren't happy with them.

>>32662484
"""""""""the risky pokemon auromoth""""""""
post the retarded stats and the fact it can breed with other mons too

smogontards and its creator will still defend this
n

>>32662516
I'm not too familiar with CAP either. I just read up on it and saw the fakemons. I guess they did special Fire/Water before Volcanion and mixed pretty fast Rock/Poison before Nihilego

>>32662555
Yeah this particular one seems pretty stupid. Maybe it worked in gen 4 when it was created

Here's gen 7 CAP VR for interested: http://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/gen-7-cap-viability-ranking-thread.3597893/

>>32662555
The Jack-of-all-Trades is a really common niche, a reliable character that can fit on any strategy. Of course, Aurumoth is complete shit since the theme of its CAP was supposed to be a high-risk, high-reward Pokemon.

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>>32662484
>try to make a "high-risk, high reward" pokemon
>end up making the safest pokemon with the highest reward

thank you bug catcher faggot

>>32662591
>gen 4
>illusion

>CAP

anyone need any more proof that smogon is a bunch of retards who have no idea what makes something good?

>>32662516
I guess Volcarona carries more risk than Aurmoth but can definitely sweep with a boost

>>32662484
I can't believe they approved of this cancerous mess.

>>32662484
>String Shot is the only flavor move on level up
Absolutely garbage

>>32662484
I wish plasmanta was real

>>32662579
Did they ever end up being booted from the project completely? That mon seems ridiculous.

>>32664283
They were actually

>>32664279

Jesus. Jesus. Jesus. Jesus. Jesus.

man Aurumoth was a mistake

even the people who made it think it was a mistake

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>>32662516
About a year before Excadrill was revealed, CAP created Colossoil, a Ground/Dark mole-narwhal with pic related stat spread who filled mostly the same role Exca does nowadays.

>>32664393
>look up what people thought about it
>lots of people had problems with the guy who ran it all
>there's even a thread discussing where they went wrong during the whole process
apparently the dude who oversaw the whole thing forced his mary sue shit down everyone's throats