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Sunday 30 January 2011

Is this Pokemon viable?

Excadrill

For those who aren't aware, Excadrill is one of the new 5th Generation Pokemon, and one that is immensely powerful. There are a lot of very cool things this 'mon can do. Let's go down the line of things I immediately notice when looking at him. 

Base 88 Speed that doubles in a sandstorm

That's a big number. With no investment and a neutral nature, it hits 212 Speed, 414 after the Sand Throw boost. 

Access to Swords Dance

With Swords Dance, he boosts his already stellar Attack stat to even higher levels.

Access to Rapid Spin

Ignoring his support movepool would be a tragedy. Let's pair Doryuuzu with Hippowdon or Tyranitar and use him as one of the best offensive Rapid Spinners that exist.

21 comments:

  1. He looks badass.
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  2. Not familiar with the newer generation guys, this is a good resource. Followin dis

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  3. Man, oh man. 5th gen pokemon frighten me. It's like Nintendo said, "Forget the budget, have as much LSD as you want."

    Still, interesting stuff you've got here. Follow't, etcetera.

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  4. Oh god I'm pretty lost right now, I stopped playing with silver and gold. Seems like the battle mechanic is more complex now.

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  5. One of the few black and white pokemons that doesn't feel like a complete ripoff of the earlier pokemons.

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  6. Wow, this Pokémon seems really cool! I think it's still very possible to create original Pokémon no matter how many there already are :)
    I'll be following this blog. I don't actually play Pokémon games much, but your analysis is to-the-point yet very detailed. I like it!

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  7. Excadrill confirmed for total badass.

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  8. How many pokemons are there nowadays? I wanna learn about the new ones

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  9. Sounds neat. I haven't been following what pokemon will be in Black and White, but I do know that I'm choosing smugleaf.

    anyway, nice blog.

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  10. Not viable. It is not Butterfree. Any Pokemon that is not Butterfree is a bad pokemon. QED.

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  11. I really want to get into Pokemon. I haven't played sing Gold version was released, but it looks so fun! Following for sure. :D

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  12. completely forgot about the release of white and black. definitely gonna check it out.

    nice blog! following.

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  13. sweet i miss pokemon.

    following and supporting

    therichesthappiest.blogspot.com errbody come n follow and I do the same.

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  14. awesome. would love to see more og pokemon up in this.

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  15. I am so buying Black/White when it's released over here in the UK. Still nothing can beat my nostalgia days of Pogeymonz Yellow back in the day!

    Following for my daily pokemon dose!

    www.thefactsofvidya.co.uk

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  16. That's a pretty intimidating pokemon. Bad-ass enough to give me hope for the future of the franchise atleast.

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  17. better than most of the new one's, following!

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  18. I kinda want to buy a new pokemon game now, haha...
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