even with accelerock dusk Lycanroc's sharp claws make up for the atk discrepancy and make them nearly identical in power.
Powercreep has left Rampardos far in the dust there are just pokemon now that just have Rampardos's atk with none of the the drawbacks or abilities that make them just as nuclear if not more.
Maybe if Rampardos got rock head and lowered it's speed even more, filled out it's def and spdef, gained accelerock and got rock head it would be good in trick room.
It would need massive base stat buffs to make it either fast or a tank in order to become viable. Being both frail and slow is a death sentence no matter what.
honestly fossilmons in general need higher bsts baring Archeops and the gen 8 "fossils" that have insane signature moves and abilities that patch their speed.
My bro Bastiodon was robbed, he looks like a ground/steel but was still made a rock/steel instead because gf was still autistic with giving that typing to every fossil back then
Reckless and Accelerock, go full Crawdaunt with it.
Reckless Head Smash lets it put gigantic fricking holes in walls (If you feel like popping tera, it can even OHKO Dondozo) and Accelerock makes it not entirely dead weight against offensive teams.
Fossil Fueled
Physical
BP : 200
PP : 5
Acc : 75%
The user becomes fixated on using this move even if knocked out, however if this move misses, the user faints instead.
I imagine if something out speeds and 1 hit KOs the Pokemon, it doesn't faint yet. It will use the move and then it faints.
If you click the move at any point and you miss, it faints like a dodged self destruct.
The other way (and what gamefreak probably would do) is that it'll be stuck using the move constantly and won't faint until the move misses or runs out of PP, even if a hit would otherwise take it out.
Because the anime is totally moronic. Remember when they had megas and the charizardgay was fighting someone with a mega absol that was just using megahorn over and over. A bug type move vs a fire/dragon type lol.
>New Signature Move >Rampage >Rock >150BP >100% accuracy >+5 priority >40PP >hits twice >if the first attack knocks out the opponent, the second attack will target whichever opponent replaces it >now gets Moxie
>gains Rock Head & Accelerock >97/165/60/65/50/58 > 97/165/60/50/40/83
That should make it usable as a wallbreaker, right? Mamoswine still sees a lot of use and it has 80 speed
It hits hard enough, trying to make it hit harder would be silly. Making it significantly faster would be dumb to fight against.
Current stats are
HP: 97
Attack:165
Defense:60
Sp. Atk:65
Sp. Def:50
Speed:58
Stats should be
HP: 97
Attack:165
Defense:110
Sp. Atk: 65
Sp. Def: 80
Speed: 66
>nerfing its attack
that's like its one thing, just take away more special attack instead. It wouldn't even be as minmaxed as stuff like Paldean Tauros
They have 40 points less in attack. And less hp.
The only stat it would rival is defence by 5 points and it's speed.
And if you want to just make it a speed sweeper you may as well just crank everything to speed and attack. I was making it more bulky in general since it's already suffering from a rock type.
>252+ Atk Mold Breaker Rampardos Accelerock vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Dondozo: 57-67 (11.3 - 13.2%) -- possible 8HKO >252+ Atk Tough Claws Lycanroc-Dusk Accelerock vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Dondozo: 58-69 (11.5 - 13.6%) -- possible 8HKO
it's ober, can't even be a better Accelerock user than Lycanroc
Ramparados is a weird pokemon. You can take it in a few ways.
Either crank it's speed up and make it a suicide bomb.
Or boost it's defences and try to make it bulk. 90HP is something you can work with. But I think it's either going to be boost it's stats. Or Give it a new form.
Present ramparados, steel type. Little less offence more def
Present Bastiodon Steel type. Little less defence more hp
He gets Rock Head as a secondary ability.
*Speed Boost
I don't think that would be enough, give it more
+30 in attack?
>aggron at home
Aggron with 165 attack
Carries a remote with a big red button that when pressed kills the entire opposing team.
Gets a rock move similar to glaive rush
Ability boosts it's speed with less health.
even with accelerock dusk Lycanroc's sharp claws make up for the atk discrepancy and make them nearly identical in power.
Powercreep has left Rampardos far in the dust there are just pokemon now that just have Rampardos's atk with none of the the drawbacks or abilities that make them just as nuclear if not more.
Maybe if Rampardos got rock head and lowered it's speed even more, filled out it's def and spdef, gained accelerock and got rock head it would be good in trick room.
He could make it out with grassy GLide
It would need massive base stat buffs to make it either fast or a tank in order to become viable. Being both frail and slow is a death sentence no matter what.
Hard mode: give a reasonable fix to Bastiodon
honestly fossilmons in general need higher bsts baring Archeops and the gen 8 "fossils" that have insane signature moves and abilities that patch their speed.
My bro Bastiodon was robbed, he looks like a ground/steel but was still made a rock/steel instead because gf was still autistic with giving that typing to every fossil back then
stamina like ability that boosts, defense and sp. defense.
I honestly don't think even Wonder Guard would save him.
>rock/steel
There's a reason it's extinct
Reckless and Accelerock, go full Crawdaunt with it.
Reckless Head Smash lets it put gigantic fricking holes in walls (If you feel like popping tera, it can even OHKO Dondozo) and Accelerock makes it not entirely dead weight against offensive teams.
>97/165/60/65/50/58
becomes
>99/165/77/1/1/152
there, fixed it while keeping the same BST :^)
Fossil Fueled
Physical
BP : 200
PP : 5
Acc : 75%
The user becomes fixated on using this move even if knocked out, however if this move misses, the user faints instead.
>The user becomes fixated on using this move even if knocked out
how tf does that work
I imagine if something out speeds and 1 hit KOs the Pokemon, it doesn't faint yet. It will use the move and then it faints.
If you click the move at any point and you miss, it faints like a dodged self destruct.
The other way (and what gamefreak probably would do) is that it'll be stuck using the move constantly and won't faint until the move misses or runs out of PP, even if a hit would otherwise take it out.
I guess that's kinda cool
>Pidgey used protect
moron helmetmon faited
Is that gamefreak!
He will get Close Combat and you will like it.
take away its scarf
why would rampardos ever use flamethrower
Because the anime is totally moronic. Remember when they had megas and the charizardgay was fighting someone with a mega absol that was just using megahorn over and over. A bug type move vs a fire/dragon type lol.
Sheer Force. Smogon actually recommends running Rampardos as a mixed attacker in whatever bottom tier he ends up in.
Give it Normal Typing
give him defense curl + rollout
huge power and accelrock
he's still shit but now you can ohko resists with choice banded head smashes for the lulz
>New Signature Move
>Rampage
>Rock
>150BP
>100% accuracy
>+5 priority
>40PP
>hits twice
>if the first attack knocks out the opponent, the second attack will target whichever opponent replaces it
>now gets Moxie
>tfw only way to make your favorite shitmon good is giving him a completely busted move
grim
The other route is a ROM hack or fan game that buffs said Pokemon.
gf has given old Pokémon new abilities & improved stats before, even if its rare
give him +70 attack
anyone giving him speed or priority is a coward
Accelrock + Technician
>gains Rock Head & Accelerock
>97/165/60/65/50/58 > 97/165/60/50/40/83
That should make it usable as a wallbreaker, right? Mamoswine still sees a lot of use and it has 80 speed
+6 in all defenses upon entry
Recoil moves get priority.
It hits hard enough, trying to make it hit harder would be silly. Making it significantly faster would be dumb to fight against.
Current stats are
HP: 97
Attack:165
Defense:60
Sp. Atk:65
Sp. Def:50
Speed:58
Stats should be
HP: 97
Attack:165
Defense:110
Sp. Atk: 65
Sp. Def: 80
Speed: 66
Stats are to high on your boost.
HP: 90
Attack: 150
Defense: 100
Satk:65
Sdef: 80
Speed: 60
It's no longer pseudo stats.
>nerfing its attack
that's like its one thing, just take away more special attack instead. It wouldn't even be as minmaxed as stuff like Paldean Tauros
They have 40 points less in attack. And less hp.
The only stat it would rival is defence by 5 points and it's speed.
And if you want to just make it a speed sweeper you may as well just crank everything to speed and attack. I was making it more bulky in general since it's already suffering from a rock type.
would sand rush save him or would he still be too slow?
>252+ Atk Mold Breaker Rampardos Accelerock vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Dondozo: 57-67 (11.3 - 13.2%) -- possible 8HKO
>252+ Atk Tough Claws Lycanroc-Dusk Accelerock vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Dondozo: 58-69 (11.5 - 13.6%) -- possible 8HKO
it's ober, can't even be a better Accelerock user than Lycanroc
Ramparados is a weird pokemon. You can take it in a few ways.
Either crank it's speed up and make it a suicide bomb.
Or boost it's defences and try to make it bulk. 90HP is something you can work with. But I think it's either going to be boost it's stats. Or Give it a new form.
Present ramparados, steel type. Little less offence more def
Present Bastiodon Steel type. Little less defence more hp