Trumprat Thread
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Discuss the potential competitive viability of Trumprat.
>rat
>>26762609
Stakeout sounds really strong in theory. but the problem is there's no fast way to force switches and just keeping something in on him will counteract it. give him pursuit though and he'd be pretty good for fucking with ghost types i suppose
>>26762609
Registeel is RU and steels only get better from there, so unless this gets Fighting or Ground as a secondary typing, Stakeout is useless when enormously bulky steels resist its entire movepool. Might have better luck with a Strong Jaw set.
Unless its stats and movepool are obsurdly specialized it's not doing any better in VGC either, as evidenced by any Normal type that isn't Kanga in that meta.
>>26762751
it's literally a shitmon for RU / NU if we speak in smogon
most likely scarf / band stab spam with gunk shot or crunch to bake up
i feel like it's gonna evolve into normal/dark
a very good typing to pull some choiced sets
i feel like it's gonna have skuntank like stats or raticate and purugly ones except slower
it's not gonna be furret or watchog at least
>>26762609
Gonna end up in RU because of its ability most likely, won't make any splash in vgc.
Ability: Stakeout
-Roar
-Pursuit
Probably shit, but I find it kind of interesting
>Type: Normal
Almost definitely not going to be competitive
>>26762609
>stakeout
>looks like it has potential to be ground type
>earthquake
It will depend entirely on stats, typing and movepool, but both of its abilities are pretty fucking good. Strong Jaw Hyperfang. Wouldn't be surprised to see it being really good in lower tiers.
>>26762609
First of all, it's a mongoose. Get it right.
Secondly, mongeese were introduced to Hawaii from India.
>>26763503
Not Pursuit because no one would switch out on it. Roar is a cool idea though. Maybe Circle Throw/ Dragon Tail will be in its learnset. Red Card as its item, maybe? That'd probably work really well.
>>26763689
Does this mean eight gen will be based on India? There are no toilets in the Pokémon world so it's a pretty obvious candidate.
>>26762781
>so unless this gets Fighting or Ground as a secondary typing
Most normal types get fighting moves anyways so steel typing isn't that big of deal but you are right that it will probably not be that viable.
They wouldn't give something a really powerful ability without some sort of drawback. It either has really shit stats or it will lose the ability upon evolution
>>26766398
Just like Azumarill, right?
>>26766398
Diggersby, Talonflame, and Vivillon all got great abilities. I can see Trumprat being RU as long as it gets Crunch and Earthquake.
>>26766423
but being able to hit someone switching with any type of attack is a big deal
>>26766423
All three which would be shit if not for said abilities
