#dex-entry

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Bulluble, the Hoax Pokemon Experts disagree on if this is a bull Pokemon pretending to be a shark, a shark Pokemon pretending to be a bull, or some secret third thing pretending to be both.

Types: Ghost / Water Ability: Tall Tales — This Pokemon deals 25% more damage to Pokemon that are shorter than it...but 25% less damage to Pokemon that are taller than it. Hidden Ability: Water Bubble

Bulluble can be seen crossing the riverways of Manaka, though rarely very far from the rivers. Despite its great size, it tends to attack by fashioning new limbs out of water and smacking foes with them. Moistquito may have evolved specifically to navigate this defensive measure by Bulluble.

Bulluble are based on Babe the Blue Ox, but also Bull Sharks, sharks that occasionally find their way up the Mississippi River that can cause quite the hysteria. We don't really have any instances of the river sharks attacking anyone, but large bullsharks on the ocean shore definitely have. Bulluble taps into this, is it all just an urban myth, or will the river really bite you given half a chance?

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Farmint, the Field Mouse Pokemon The two bodies can be separated, but hate to be. Together the bug and mouse plow tiny gardens and share their bounties with other Pokemon.

Types: Normal/Bug Ability: Slow Moving Vehicle — On this Pokemon's first attack, all its opponents move after it. Hidden Ability: Shield Dust

Roadint, the Rat Race Pokemon The two bodies can be separated, but hate to be. Together they race across the cities and highways of Manaka, never seeming to run out of energy.

Types: Normal/Steel Ability: Need for Speed — On this Pokemon's first attack, it moves before all its opponents. Hidden Ability: Overcoat

Farmint and Roadint are linked counterparts, like Volbeat and Illumise. They have pretty must the same BST, with Farmint having an extra 20 points in Defense and Roadint putting those in Special Defense instead. This, their typing, and Tidy Up makes them specialized counters versus the two premier hazard setters in Manaka Dex; Farmint resists Jakammer's Ground stabs and is neutral to its Fighting stabs, where those are both super effective on Roadint. Roadint in turn is better at fighting Capseelie, resisting its Fairy and hitting back super-effective in turn, and being immune to its Toxic Spikes. Boxoton poses more of a problem to them, but Tidy Up does clear Whammo! and it does not get either set of Spikes.

Farmint and Roadint's signature abilities help give them some oomph even when there's nothing worth Tidying Up, ensuring they get at least one hit in. With Bulldoze as a coverage move, this makes both of them a potential counter for Rolobyre as well, canceling its damage boost for the turn, hitting it super-effectively and doing a number to its speed stat. Alternatively, they can pick up their hidden ability for more defensive utility.

Farmint and Roadint are common in different parts of the region, but in their encounter tables there's always a small chance you will encounter the other, finding the country mouse or city mouse on their way to see their cousin. Finding them this way provides them with their Hidden Ability.

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Cockytrice, the Peafowl Pokemon After building perhaps too much confidence, Cockytrice can now turn their piercing gaze to the world and use their wings to fly instead of hide. People and Pokemon alike are entranced by the eyespots on Cockytrice's tails, making them shake in awe as it once shook in fear.

Types: Psychic/Flying Ability: Competitive Hidden Ability: Magic Bounce

Now that you've boosted your Peacower's fighting spirit, it can raise its Special Attack in the face of adversity instead of of running away. In the wild, Cockytrice are very territorial, mobbing the player even as they try to run away. Move-wise, Cockytrice's main pick up is Glare, and plays around with a pre-evolution move: Peacower learns Reflect and Light Screen in the 20s, a little later than it would evolve, and Cockytrice does not learn these by level up at all. Unlike Spore Breloom, the opportunity does return once Cockytrice evolves again.

Today's doodle based on a design by @void-deluz.

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Moistquito, the Drainage Pokemon Moistquito gorge on moisture in all its forms. It uses its long nozzle mouth to steal from people's drinks. A stream of water runs from Moistquito's mouth to its tank. It can pressurize the stream to create legs.

Types: Bug / Water Ability: Drain Tank — Moistquito is immune to draining effects, and its own at 50% more powerful. Hidden Ability: Water Absorb Signature Move: Get a Buzz — Bug | Special | 60BP | Up to half the damage dealt gets restored as HP. If the user's HP is already full, it lowers the target's Special Defense one stage instead.

Despite its small size, Moistquito is a fully evolved Pokemon, chewing up foes with double boosted drain moves. It wouldn't have a great HP stat to cap out how much it heals, but doesn't mind being at full HP, turning its signature ability into a better Bug Buzz while it's there. Just be careful of chip damage, healing 10 damage is still healing.

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Weargoyle, the Gargoyle Pokemon Much of its face and lower body have been etched and worn away by rushing water. It has developed a large shell to try to protect it from the rain.

Types: Poison / Rock Ability: Storm Drain / Intimidate Hidden Ability: Precipitate — Summons acid rain on entry.

While Weargoyle's primary purpose is as a free acid-rain setter, it can stack Storm Drain with Air Balloon to be quite switchinable for a Rock type. Weargoyle's attacking stats are equal, letting you take it either direction or invest in defenses and rock out as a mixed attacker.

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Abominaceon, the Market Research Pokemon The project began very simply, relatively speaking. Research the peculiarities of Eevee's evolutionary branches, and use it to genetically engineer the most universally beloved Pokemon possible. At first the goal was crystal clear, dragons are among the most popular Pokemon of all time, and Eevee's genome implied a natural draconic form should exist, but it was struggling to be expressed somehow. It took too long for the board, and they started pushing us elsewhere. If this project was to continue, and I did so want it to continue, we would need to branch out, provide data that this truly was the most lovable creature to ever walk this earth. And so, attached, you can see the hundreds upon hundreds of polls, meetings, and meta-analyses on preferences. It needed bat wings, a kaiju's prescence, but a friendly demeanor. It needed to be made of metal with the soft fluffiness of a Whimsicott, it needed the charm of a Joltik and the edge of an Absol. You would not believe how many kids want a Pokemon with cool shoes. One of these is just the word Pidgeot written thirty times, we never could figure out what to do with that one. We gave it extra arms to hug you with, a bell so it doesn't get lost. It can change to any color you like, breathe underwater, even photosynthesize so you can't forget to feed it. Somehow, we did it. I wish we didn't.

Types: Normal/Dragon Ability: Steelworker Hidden Ability: Polluted Eevee has no Hidden Ability Evolution: Polluted Eevee appears unable to evolve.

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You stare at the bizarre Pokemon, strangely both deeply unsettled and deeply attached to it. It struggles to stand up on its hind legs, planting reinforced legs in rubber shoes onto the glass between you, the look in its eyes begging you to set it free.

You don't get the chance "Hey!" Sounds like someone finally realized you broke in here. "What are you doing in here!" You pull out your Derelich's Pokeball. There's only one way out of this one.

The Glo-Co Security guard sneers as he comes through the door and sees both your Pokeball and the polluted Eevee. He throws out a Pokeball of his own...

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Thanks and apologies to the following for their unwitting part in crafting this poor creature: Crashington [Aggron's metal legs] Fleur [Lanturn the Heal Bell Enjoyer] NinjaPhoenix [Noivern's wing] Mako [Houndoom's horns] Matte [Pidgeot's makeup] Beees [Nidoking's horn] Crime? [Tangela's shoes] Splashcat [Swinub's nose] Emily [Whimiscott's floof] Mordi [Absol's hair] Juno [Absol's horn] Rachel [Galvantula's eyes] Wende [Dhelmise's ability] Toasty [Wooper's gill] Squidpizza [Omidge's rainbow patterning] PTM [Kecleon's stripe] Lih [Oddish's leaves] FifthDragon [Arcanine's leg warmers] Dravos [Volcarona's arms] Cajun [Stufful's tail] Viewers like you [Pikachu's cheeks]

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Caliglo, the Warning Pokemon Following the train derailment outside Bascule City, a great deal of hazardous material was left in the area. We have confirmed this is the cause of the recent outbreaks of caustic rain in the area, but this detail is not to be released to the public. The toxic air around the breached and spread materials has made cleanup difficult. One good thing has come of the disaster, however. A population of feral Calicozy had lived in the impact zone, and has adapted to the hostile environment rather than expire. Legal and Marketing are currently trying to figure out ways we can copyright these without raising the ire of the entire region. The Pokemon, currently codenamed "Caliglo" exhibits behavior far different from the other polluted specimens, in particular it is able to breed and evolve without extreme methods. Caliglo appears to be a natural evolution of Caliglo in the face of a new environment, such as the changes in Manakan Sneasel, or the evolution of Eevee around the mythical "Moss Rock." Caliglo are extremely tough, and completely immune to the toxic environment in the crash area. Even in areas of low contamination, the green patches on Caliglo's coat glow, alerting everyone to the nearby danger. This glow intensifies with contamination level, letting them be used as living sensors to help teams get deeper into the area with relative safety. The green color is muted outside the contaminated area, allowing the Pokemon to exist in most public spaces under the guise of being a particularly chubby Calicozy. Because of this, we have been planting Caliglo in important positions to be on the lookout for the contamination.

Types: Poison/Dark Ability: Geiger Counter — As Pokemon take damage from poison, Caliglo increases its most proficient stats in sequence. Toxic poison raises by two stages instead. [Best stat the first tick, second best the second tick, start at the best stat again on the sixth tick] Hidden Ability: Corrosion Evolution: Calicozy evolves into Caliglo when it levels up in an irradiated area. Gender Split: 75% Female, 25% Male Egg Group: Field; Unlike Calicozy, male Caliglo can breed.

No one at Glo-Co is watching on account of the holidays, go, quick, spread the word while we can! I'm going to try to get more documents before they realize what's going on.

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Capricard, the Referee Pokemon It has become a master of the Goatlie's game. It now acts as a referee when they play, and occasionally plays it with other Capricard. It stops plays by whistling into its horns, which blasts a loud sound from the openings in the top.

Types: Grass/Rock Ability: Mold Breaker / Throw Out — The first time this Pokemon is attacked, it will randomly switch out the attacker. This occurs before it faints, and not during Wild Battles. Hidden Ability: Grassy Surge

At level 33, Goatlie evolves into Capricard, changing from a little league goalie to a referee and changing the theming of its ability. Randomly across Manaka, you can encounter Goatlie and Capricorn already in the process of a soccer game, and encountering them in this state is how you get their Hidden Ability.