Here's a redo of an old mantis shrimp mon of mine. This time, I leaned more heavily into the cone cell theme.
The prevo is now based on a rod cell which is one of the two light-sensitive cells in our eye. The rod cell can detect light but not exactly color. The other kind, the cone cell, is worse at detecting light, but it can detect color, and most people have three kinds of cone cells that can detect roughly red, green, and blue.
Btw, the forms of Chromato are just aesthetic, no stat changes nor different move pools.
Rhodopto (Fighting/Normal): Rhodoptoes are pretty fierce even when they are really young as they try to jab at others with their claws. Rhodoptoes are attracted to the light and would sometimes be seen in the periphery of some bodies of water.
Chromato [Long-Wave Form] (Fighting/Fairy): Reportedly, Chromatoes can see light that humans, and most other beings, cannot see. Chromatoes are very fierce in their natural habitats as a single strike from their modified claws can cave in any shell.
Chromato [Medium-Wave Form] (Fighting/Fairy): Chromatoes reel back their claws to prepare as they can then quickly spring their claws forward to attack. Chromatoes like to go deeper into the center of the body of water to fight larger battles.
Chromato [Short-Wave Form] (Fighting/Fairy): Chromatoes are generally less interested in the light, unlike their pre-evolution, but Chromatoes are attracted by certain colors. A Chromato's blow is so hard that there is a pocket of air formed underwater when they unleash their attack.
