Kommo-o
Okay, I admit, I was totally wrong this would be Dragon / Steel. I got my hopes up too high and that came crashing down with the leaks on serebii. I cry my eyes out for a couple of minutes. I guess it's okay because Hakamo-o and Kommo-o have a unique Dragon / Fighting typing. The first that we ever have in Pokemon history.
- Even though Kommo-o is Dragon / Fighting and doesn't exactly strengthen the Dragon vs Fairy matchup, it's still able to perform other roles well.
- Can increase their matchup vs Dark especially against Ice, Normal, and Steel. I know how Dragon struggles against these three and my god does Mega Scizor pose a huge threat towards them after a Swords Dance boost while Stealth Rock is on the field (because I almost swept someone in Mono Seasonals before they forfeit).
- Soundproof can be a great free switch against those that try to utilize sound-based moves such as Bug Buzz, Hyper Voice, and Boomburst (naming only the more important ones here. Especially Fairy- and Ice-types that tend to abuse Pixilate and Refrigerate. Would like to say it'll be even more trouble for those that are Choice locked. Still worried about this because opposing Pokemon can just predict the switch and go for Moonblast, Dazzling Gleam, Ice Beam, etc.
- Bulletproof, I think would be used more because it nullifies Focus Blast, Gyro Ball, Sludge Bomb, Shadow Ball, Aura Sphere, and I guess Energy Ball / Seed Bomb (not that it really matters because Dragon-types resist it but then again, it would be good from keeping your teammates from taking damage. But I just don't see who would use those two moves on them).
- Reminds me of the word Komodo dragon (curse you)
- I guess I like its design too (please don't let this fool you. It's not a shiny just c/p from Deviant Art). Kind of makes me think of some ancient dragon or urban legend.
- I'm positive that Kommo-o will be able to replace...I suppose Dragonite (because you know....uhhh Fighting STAB over Fire Punch for Steel-types I guess? I don't really use Dragon, I forget they're even a type at times because I rarely fight against them).
- Kommo-o looks like it could be a potential Dragon Dance user. I would hope so. But I think it can be either physical or special orientated because I saw in the trailer a new move it did that was super effective on Dragonite and Garchomp.
- Resistance to Stealth Rock and Rock moves in general.
- I'd say the only problem I see is, it kind of appears to not be that fast.
- Another issue is another Pokemon for Psychic to crap on so I'd make sure that you carry Hydreigon on your team for any psychic attacks.
- Another Pokemon for Fairy to take a crap on 4x weakness whatever.
- Skarmory <3 will just laugh at it if it's all physical.
Silvally
EH?
Uh...I didn't know what to make of this because its design is so weird because it has a trait for a variety of...I guess animals and robots? Mechanical arms, fishy fishy tail, purple body, gray fur, a helmet....okay...But who cares! More Normal-types for me to utilize!
And then again
: The reason is that Type: Null was constructed to synthesize the strengths of various Pokémon, enabling it to adapt to any situation.
It did make me conclude that we would get some type of Pokemon that is able to change its own type but I didn't know how that would come to be until we received this Pokemon. I figured we might get an item to change its forme or...something that would involve its type being changed. I mean, come on now it was kind of obvious.
Anyway, I was right about it being able to change its type but I was incorrect about how it would be done: Evolving. So that's where Silvally comes in. Again, it looks like a freaking beast / fish / machine mixed together.
- It reminds me of Yu-Gi-Oh....
- Once released from that heavy mask, the Pokémon’s speed increases substantially. With that being said, this Pokemon may be very fast. I'm thinking 110+ base Speed stat.
- RKS System allows it to change its typing in correspond to the item it's holding. With that in mind, it can be used on any type.
- Multi-Attack acts just like Arceus Judgement with the type changing, but I think it's a more physical attack.
- I would assume it'll have a huge movepool given that it has this ability. Just like how Arceus has Multitype. However, I think its movepool might be a bit smaller.
- Some problems I have with it is it might be somehow suspected and even banned from Monotype given its stats and movepool.
- It's rivaled to that "spoken of legends" (Thanks Acast for bringing that up because it is indeed a good guess).
Ribombee
Okay, I and many of us knew that Cutiefly was going to evolve but I figured it would be something much more intimidating. Ugh...how am I suppose to resist something so adorable such as this thing? Oh right, I'm not a fan of bug types so its typing kind of makes me turn away from it.
- Its Fairy typing strengthens Bug matchup against Dragon, Fighting, and Dark-types.
- It's super duper cute with its scarf and wings and purtty eyes.
- Some concerns here: That's all there is that's positive about Ribombee.
- Bug can still handle Dark-types anyway and are a close match up to Fighting (I guess Ribombee can help against Heracross and Terrakion that tend to carry Stone Edge but even I think it won't even outspeed Terrakion).
- I don't think it'll be bulky either. Maybe special defensively but not physically defensive.
- Just that many Bug-types are still going to be more viable than this little critter.
- Let's not forget, it's abilities are useless with Shield Dust being the only thing useful on it. Hope it gets a good Hidden Ability.
Tsareena
I just didn't expect Bonusweet to evolve into this. I can't even make out what Tsareena is...a food dancer? I expected its evolutions to look more...foodish. Based on the description, I expected Tsareena to be a Grass / Fighting type but whatever, oh well. There you go Juleo, another Grass-type for you to "possibly" abuse (probably not).
- Queenly Majesty is another ability that prevents priority from other Pokemon. Why make two of the same abilities? It would make a lot more sense to just give it Dazzling instead of a different name with the same ability.
- It might be a more physical attacker because it was shown to have Trop Kick, which lowers its target's Attack stat.
- It might get Swords Dance and it seems to be kind of fast as well.
- Some concerns I have for Tsareena: Very annoyed it gets Leaf Guard because that ability is useless without the support of sunlight.
- It's not a Grass- and Fighting-type which also annoys me because that'll probably help with a couple of matchups as well (Then again we have Virizion so...).
- I just don't see much competitive use from it and I hope it also gets a helpful Hidden Ability.
Alolan Muk
Congratulations Dream Eater Gengar, you get a
disgusting slop of melted ice cream mixed with sewer water with marshmallows to top it off that is another Dark-type! Seriously GameFreak, stop giving Alolan formes Dark-type and introduce Gen 7 Pokemon with a Dark-type please. Okay...it's gross looking. It kind of reminds me of Super Mario Sunshine if you ever played it on GameCube with that goop stuff you have to clean up.
- It still keeps its Poison typing which is nice against Fairy-types for Dark.
- It can be a helpful asset for Mono Poison against Psychic-types as well because of its Dark typing.
- Gluttony is the "new" ability it gets and I think it might be able to use that. Who knows.
- It also keeps Poison Touch which can come in handy in trying to poison the opposing Pokemon so it makes me come to conclusion that it will be physical.
- Some things that concern me: It'll still be weak to Ground-types like always.
- Scolipede and Drapion will probably still do a better job in checking Psychic-types.
- Hoopa-U has Gunk Shot for Fairy-types and I have no idea who Alolan Muk can possibly replace on Monotype Dark.
Passimian
Hey, a rugby monkey! It looks so cute and probably feisty. Well...I knew it would be a Fighting-type all because of rugby. I was hoping for a soccer monkey because it's such an awesome sport but oh well. But, I suppose we have to get one or two Pokemon that are more doubles orientated. We have a Plusle and Minun (they're fun to use In-Game in Battle Frontier and Battle Subway), why not two monkeys now?
- It has a pure Fighting typing.
- It's great for teamwork and it'll be more for double battles.
- Who am I kidding? That's all I can come up with it.
- My concerns: My Fighting-types are going to outclass it. No questions asked.
- Its ability is more towards double battles, which makes it pretty useless single battle.
Oranguru
User: (Inserts harambe meme here)
Stop, like no. It's not even a gorilla. It's a guru + orangutan mixed together....Oranguru is on the same level as Passimian and I don't see much competitive use from it either.
- Another Pokemon with a Normal / Psychic typing.
- Another way for Normal-types to check Fighting instead of all the pressure going to Meloetta and Staraptor most of the time.
- Some concerns: Its abilities are useless as well.
- Meloetta with Serene Grace clearly outclasses it.
- Maybe it can be used for Monotype UU (whenever Meloetta gets banned from that format) because I don't even see it able to replace any Pokemon on Normal teams.