Last time was Heatmor, today will be about its "prey", the metal ant Pokemon Durant.
My thoughts: It's funny how gameplay wise, the prey is stronger than the predator. I admit, I thought Durant would be a pretty mediocre Pokemon, but I've heard really good things about it. In short, I've heard some attribute it to being like a slightly faster Scizor. I've also heard that it's a good Poke to use it the Battle Maison, something about its truant ability being a counter to the hax within that battle facility. Also, it appears that Durant is our first ant based Pokemon.
Overall, I would think Gen 5's good bug streak would end here, but Durant's a pretty good Pokemon.
>>26421739
Durant is bro tier
>>26421739
I originally thought durant was nothing short of a gimmick pokemon, something to complement Heatmor, and it was dumb for me to see it in the very end of the game. However, after hearing about how good it is, I gave it a try, and now I love it.
I still think scizor is better, and he is my favourite bug pokemon, but durant is so close. I love ants in general, since being a kid I've always been fascinated by their strength, and durant is testament of that, with its humongous attack, couple this with Hustle (I know it sucks competitively, but I still like it) and a choice band, and this guy can reach ATK levels that a swords dance scizor would take several turns to reach.
I like the design, its competitive nieche, and its playstile in general. Top bug for me, even better than volcarona imo
>>26421739
one of my favourites, by the sheer virtue of being the best sweep mon in my B/W RU team
Bug/Steel meant it had a lot of favourable matchups and a hone claws can easily lead to a sweep because of hustle. Fire types can't switch in safely as well due to rock slide.
even though it can't deal with qwilfish well, as long as I find the time for it to set up once, it's usually enough to sweep the opponent
>>26421739
Extremely underrated mon. It just works on multiple layers. Builds on the strength of an ant, the "iron vice", and has a generally simplistic design overall.
>>26421739
I always thought Durant was just the gimmick counterpart to Heatmor and never bothered even catching one until I got fucking slammed by a wild one in Victory Road on a nuzlocke romhack run. Looks cool, surprisingly effective.
