Ah, I should have guessed. Sometimes, eeveelutions can be a rather … loyal breed of pokémon.
In any case, I’m glad that it worked out well for you, anonymous! May they continue to bond with no complications!
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Heya! So I’ve always taken good care of my salamence, but now he’s acting very odd. He won’t allow me into the Haina Desert, or even allow me to leave our tent at night. What’s up with that?
Well, that could be due to any number of things, anonymous. For example, Haina Desert is known for extreme weather (both extremely hot sun and fierce sandstorms), so it could be that your salamence is attempting to protect you. Alternatively, it may also be aware that it isn’t as adept at flying in extreme weather, so it may be hesitant to go wherever it knows it won’t be able to fight or defend you to the best of its abilities. Or perhaps it could have something to do with the fact that Haina Desert is supposedly home to one of the legendary tapu, as well as other fantastically strong pokémon.
Whatever the reason may be, try communicating with your salamence to see if you can pick up any hints. Perhaps it has less to do with the Haina Desert specifically and has more to do with a general want to protect you. Perhaps it’s even something else entirely. Attempting to communicate with your salamence (or at least reassuring him that he can share with you whatever his concerns are) will help you narrow down the possibilities of what’s bothering him so you can easily come up with a solution.
Best of luck, anonymous.
How does a pokemon’s nature affect its stats? Why does a pokemon with a jolly nature get an increase in speed, while its special attack? How about a sassy pokemon getting lowered speed, with an increase in special defense?
Well, that’s an odd way to refer to capabilities. I may have to use that; it’s a far less unwieldy term.
In any case, anonymous, while it might seem odd, a pokémon’s personality has a lot to do with its battle capabilities because of the distribution of will. Let’s take your traits for an example. Let’s assume that you have two pikachu. One of them is a generally jolly pikachu (“generally” because this is what trainers mean by “jolly,” as really, a pokémon’s personality is a complex set of interacting traits, the same as a human’s or animal’s), and the other is a generally sassy pikachu.
Now, where personality comes into play is in a pokémon’s preferences in self-training and development. If you have two human beings, one may prefer to build their strength and stamina, while another may prefer studying to develop themselves intellectually. In the same way, consider the jolly pikachu. Jolly pikachu tend to be highly energetic and perky, and as such, they prefer running about and getting things done quickly, as the constant exercise of speed for them is an adequate outlet for their naturally energetic personalities. Consequently, jolly pikachu tend to be faster than others, simply because they’ve preferred to train themselves to be faster. By contrast, they’re not so adept at using special (or distance) attacks, as they focus more on releasing their energies via running. It isn’t that they never have energy to use special techniques; it’s just that they don’t release as much energy via using techniques as other pikachu do. Eventually, their ability to do so is very much like a bookish human’s ability to lift weights. Even if you attempted to train them to do so, it will take quite a bit of time before they can reach the sorts of levels an athlete may have achieved. Hence, to an outside observer, a jolly pikachu is a fast one, but it’s not particularly a hard hitter.
Meanwhile, there is the sassy pikachu. Unlike jolly pikachu, sassy pikachu tend to be more self-defensive, due to the fact that they are, well, rather cheeky. In order to get away with the mischief they’re inclined to make, sassy pikachu train themselves to be able to handle a few hits. The reason why they focus so much on their special defense (as opposed to physical defense) is because sassy pikachu are usually more intelligent and realize that their species is generally faster than anything they may pester. As such, these pikachu also realize that they can simply run out of arm’s reach, but they can’t outrun an Earthquake. For this reason, they see no point in developing their agility or offensive capabilities; instead, they focus completely on their defensive capabilities.
Any so-called nature follows this same form of logic. While, yes, all pokémon can receive special training to build up certain stats (you can, for example, train a jolly pikachu to launch more powerful distance attacks than other jolly pikachu), by and large, the differences between each nature are the results of pokémon developing skills in their own times, according to what they think would be best for themselves.
Litleo and Pyroar
Litleo
The Lion Cub Pokémon
Type: Fire/Normal
Official Registration #: 667
Entry: This small, lion cub-like pokémon is often found on the plains of Kalos, practicing its fighting, hunting, and pouncing skills. As noted in pop culture, it is normally hot-blooded and often actively seeks fights. Also noted in pop culture, it spews fire by heating up its mane to an incredible degree, which in turn increases its power. However, contrary to pop culture, it does not actually strike out on its own to find these fights, nor does it dance, sing, or team up with a pignite, a watchog, and a passimian in an attempt to kill its uncle.
Pyroar
The Royal Pokémon
Type: Fire/Normal
Official Registration #: 668
Entry: The evolved form of litleo, by battle experience. One of the most famous examples of sexual dimorphism in pokémon, male and female pyroar can be distinguished by their manes. While female pyroar almost always possess only a sleek, stream-like mane, male pyroar almost always possess a large, luxurious mane that burns with a brilliant fire. As with many other pokémon, the specimen with the largest signature trait—in this case, the male pyroar with the largest mane—is often considered to be the leader of their group (pride, in this case). Given its majestic look and its status as an apex predator on the Kalosean plains, male pyroar are often mistakenly considered to be the “king” of their prides and thus the jungle. This, of course, is a misconception; in actuality, male pyroar are often timid and lazy in comparison to the female pyroar, who not only do the majority of the hunting for their pride but also essentially keep the single male pyroar as a “pet” for breeding stock. In other words, while it’s commonly thought that pyroar form patriarchal societies, they do, in fact, form a matriarchal ones in a style that is very, very reminiscent of certain human organizations.
That reminds me, Bill. I assume you’ll be going to the next boxdev camp? The thirty other female administrators out of the forty-two manned regions have missed being able to send you out for coffee every day. —LH
Yes, ma’am. —Bill
I was thinking about geting a dragon type Pokemon, becuse dragon’s. Most likely goodra, or dragonite lines since I do know where to get one legally. I gess I’m looking for care tips for them or dragon types in general. And aslong as I could meet there needs would thire be any problems geting both?
Offering general tips on how to care for a particular type is a bit tricky, anonymous, and the reason why is because even within a type family, different species may require vastly different things. For example, you wouldn’t take care of a seviper the same way you would take care of a standard muk, even though they’re both purely poison-types. Or for a closer comparison, you wouldn’t care for a scyther the same way you would a vespiquen.
Similarly, dragon-types, while all draconic in nature (obviously speaking), all have slightly different variations in care requirements. For example, noivern are nocturnal, eat fruit, and require a perch; garchomp are diurnal, carnivorous, and require wide-open spaces they can burrow into. Axew and jangmo-o are both similar to take care of (as they are both primarily carnivorous dragon-types that dwell in mountains and caves, require a source of heat, and evolve into at least one aggressive stage), but haxorus has a completely different personality from kommo-o and thus requires a different sort of training and psychological support. Granted, this doesn’t necessarily mean they won’t get along at all—and in fact, haxorus gets along quite well with a number of different pokémon, not to mention kommo-o generally feel protective towards anything it considers to be part of its herd or team—but it’s worth keeping in mind.
Then you have pokémon like dragonite and goodra. Goodra, by necessity, needs to be kept moist at all times. Otherwise, the fluids coating and composing its body dry, resulting in cracked skin that may be open to infection—or worse, general tissue damage. Dragonite, meanwhile, don’t necessarily need water to survive (although dratini and dragonair, being lake and river pokémon, do), but as wild dragonite live in and around the ocean, a tame one would be happiest when given a large pool. Thus, these pokémon may be difficult to keep with the aforementioned dragons, but they do quite well with the likes of kingdra and dragalge.
Other than that, goodra are primarily vegetarian (and one of the few dragon-types that are, with noivern being the other), whereas dragonite is an omnivore. Dragonite, additionally, cannot be put onto a full vegan diet, as it needs protein from meat sources to fuel its fantastic draconic powers. Both don’t normally need toys or extensive bedding, but dragonite needs a large amount of space, as it’s both a marine pokémon and one that flies. Letting it out to stretch its wings (so to speak) for a few hours should be enough for it. Goodra, meanwhile, is a less active pokémon and will require very little beyond a normal training routine. It’s worth it to allow a goodra at least an hour to swim, however.
Finally, as both goodra and dragonite fill very similar roles on a team, they can actually train together rather well. It would be a good idea to allow them to work together as they grow and learn new moves, as one pokémon can easily help the other to adjust and perfect their techniques.
In other words, by and large, there are certain combinations of pokémon that may be difficult to raise together, but at the very least, dragonite and goodra are highly compatible. The only differences between them are diet and exercise, really, unlike other dragons that require environments and routines that differ vastly from the more aquatically-inclined dragonite or goodra. If you plan on collecting more dragons than these, it’s imperative to do basic research into the habitats of the dragons you’re considering, as their natural environments will tell you a lot about what you would need to know to raise them—such as, for example, whether or not you can house them in the same enclosures as either dragonite or goodra.
Best of luck, anonymous!
Bunnelby and Diggersby
Bunnelby
The Digging Pokémon
Type: Normal
Official Registration #: 659
Entry: Because of bunnelby’s cute appearance and prevalence in the grassy fields throughout Kalos, Kalosean artists and cartoonists have used this rabbit-like pokémon as a basis for cartoon characters for decades. Most notable of these characters is Barnaby Bunnelby, cultural icon and star of Silly Symphonies cartoons since the 1940s. Since the rise of Barnaby’s popularity, bunnelby has become one of the most sought-after pets for children in western regions such as Kalos and Unova. While this is certainly good news for bunnelby (who were previously often only kept to be raised as food), the bad news is that the Barnaby Bunnelby cartoons have also introduced the misconception that bunnelby enjoy eating carrots, based on Barnaby’s own habit. Unfortunately, real bunnelby do not eat carrots at all … and, in fact, the sugar content of said carrots have been the leading contributor to tooth decay in tame bunnelby since, well, the 1940s.
Diggersby
The Digging Pokémon
Type: Normal/Ground
Official Registration #: 660
Entry: The evolved form of bunnelby, by battle experience. Although small (just over three feet in height and only 94 pounds at that), diggersby is capable of heavy-duty work, including lifting loads of up to one ton and pounding through thick bedrock with its ears. They also adopt a less-active lifestyle and have a tendency to do heavy work (such as, for example, lifting one’s car and throwing it) in quick bursts before settling down for rest. This, of course, also comes as a surprise for children who might have adopted a bunnelby thanks to Barnaby Bunnelby cartoons.
The Solosis Line
Solosis
The Cell Pokémon
Type: Psychic
Official Registration #: 577
Entry: Scientists have taken a special interest in this cell-like pokémon’s body fluids. The reason why is because the specific composition of this fluid insulates solosis’s fragile body from extreme conditions and provides constant nourishment in the form of converted wastes and energy. Attempts to replicate this substance for human use has led to varying results. Apparently, when synthesized without the vital component that is the solosis itself, solosis fluid can be anything from, and the author quotes from the publication on the subject, “suffocating and toxic” to “quite pleasant in taste, reminiscent of Tang but otherwise highly hallucinogenic.”
Duosion
The Mitosis Pokémon
Type: Psychic
Official Registration #: 578
Entry: The evolved form of solosis, by battle experience. As cell-like pokémon, members of the solosis line undergo a process very similar to mitosis (except in the sense that these pokémon divide into distinct species), hence the designation of duosion. Unfortunately for duosion, the process the solosis undertake is a long and arduous one, and the middle stage of the family represents an awkward, half-divided stage. That is to say, duosion consists of two bodies embedded in the same body sac. One is the body proper, containing many of the organs the duosion needs to survive; the other is merely a second brain, which feeds off nutrients leeched from its parent mass. As these are two distinct beings in one body sac, disagreements may occur, resulting in duosion often attempting to take two actions at once. When working in tandem on the battlefield, this can often be advantageous, as duosion can combine the psychic abilities of both its brains to power its attacks. However, when the brains are not working in tandem, a duosion may attempt to use incompatible moves such as Psychic and Gyro Ball at the same time. On the positive side, a pokémon attempting to use two vastly different attacks is, at the very least, mildly entertaining.
Reuniclus
The Multiplying Pokémon
Type: Psychic
Official Registration #: 579
Entry: The evolved form of duosion, by battle experience. The species designation for reuniclus is misleading. Reuniclus itself is not multiplying. In fact, unlike duosion, all of the parts within a reuniclus’s body sac become unified in mind, resulting in a pokémon system that is functionally a single thinking organism. Rather, the species designation is more in reference to reuniclus’s signature habit of calling other reuniclus to itself and interacting with them. Not only does the act of joining hands with these other reuniclus heighten their respective psychic abilities exponentially, but it’s also the chief way reuniclus mate and breed, thereby making its designation literal in more than one way.
The Tympole Line
Tympole
The Tadpole Pokémon
Type: Water
Official Registration #: 535
Entry: As a note for future reference and therefore of more use to the author himself than his readers, when this tadpole-like pokémon vibrates its cheeks, it often emits a sound wave designed to warn other tympole of danger at a frequency imperceptible to humans. You, of course, already know this. What you may have forgotten by the time you consult this entry again is the fact that if you can hear a tympole’s vibrations, this is not a sign that your hearing has gotten inhumanly sharp but instead that the tympole feels that your presence is just enough of a threat to warrant summoning an army of seismitoad.
Palpitoad
The Vibration Pokémon
Type: Water/Ground
Official Registration #: 536
Entry: The evolved form of tympole, by battle experience. There is an old wives’ tale in Unova that states that touching a palpitoad’s bumps will cause a human to break out in warts. This is resoundingly not true; however, some subspecies can secrete liquids from their bumps that irritates human skin. Of course, this is less important than the fact that palpitoad vibrate these bumps at such a high frequency that when said bumps come in contact with water or earth, they can generate massive waves or mild earthquakes, respectively, but to be fair, having poison shoot out from these vibrating bumps shortly before contact with water or the ground would just be adding insult to injury—quite literally, even.
Seismitoad
The Vibration Pokémon
Type: Water/Ground
Official Registration #: 537
Entry: The evolved form of palpitoad, by battle experience. This large, frog-like pokémon is very much the culmination of its previous evolutionary stages. It possesses bumps that can vibrate, these vibrations can trigger waves or earthquakes, and, most importantly, it shoots poison from glands within these bumps to paralyze prey. It’s just that many of these abilities are much stronger than they were in seismitoad’s previous stages, and it’s very willing to use all of them in tandem with six other seismitoad to protect the tympole and palpitoad one happens to be studying.
Dwebble and Crustle
Dwebble
The Rock Inn Pokémon
Type: Bug/Rock
Official Registration #: 557
Entry: This small, hermit crab-like pokémon conceals much of its fragile body inside a shell it carves from a rock. Many dwebble are discerning about this rock and can spend days searching for the perfect one for its tastes and needs. However, this rock does not grow with each dwebble, and every few months to few years (depending on the age of the dwebble in question), it must search out a new rock to carve into a new shell. Therefore, one easy way to study dwebble is by putting it in a room full of nothing but clear synthetic shells right as it’s about to begin the hunt for a new home. Not only will this allow one to observe its rarely seen soft abdomen, but it will also be a great opportunity to discover just how hard and fast a dwebble can throw a roomful of synthetic shells at the head of a human observer.
Crustle
The Stone Home Pokémon
Type: Bug/Rock
Official Registration #: 558
Entry: The evolved form of dwebble, by battle experience. While crustle shells are among the hardest shells in the pokémon world, they can easily be broken by other crustle shells. This happens when two or more crustle engage in battle with one another over territory. These battles can be extremely vicious and never end until one crustle’s shell is broken, after which the crustle with the intact shell is declared the winner. The loser, meanwhile, walks away with not only a broken shell but also a broken sense of self-confidence, and it’s important for a trainer to reassure it that it’s beautiful, no matter what its shell looks like. (Of course, if the trainer also had a tub of cement or shell epoxy at the ready, that would be a good idea too.)
Hippopotas and Hippowdon
Hippopotas
The Hippo Pokémon
Type: Ground
Official Registration #: 449
Entry: A small, hippopotamus-like pokémon native to deserts and mountains. Although it looks docile, it is actually a fiercely defensive pokémon in the wild. It often forms herds of ten or more, and each member of these herds is apt to defend their herd with a vicious Bite or Sand Tomb. Unlike its mammalian counterpart, hippopotas dwells exclusively in dry, arid areas, as it doesn’t like being wet. This—in combination with the actual, non-pokémon hippopotamus’s predilection for wet, swampy areas and their penchant for forming herds that they protect by charging and biting invading territories—means very little territory on the planet is safe from the dangers of a hippo.
Hippowdon
The Heavyweight Pokémon
Type: Ground
Official Registration #: 450
Entry: The evolved form of hippopotas, by battle experience. It’s extremely important to b cautious whenever dealing with this pokémon. Hippowdon may look bulky and slow, but make no mistake. It can charge a target at speeds of up to twenty miles an hour, it routinely conceals itself by half-burying its body in the earth, it weighs over 660 pounds, and wild members of this species do not take kindly to most interactions with humans. This makes traversing its native mountains and deserts rather awkward for travelers, as it is prone to emerging and charging at humans on sight for seemingly no reason at all (besides simply existing), even if those humans happen to be studying entirely different pokémon a football field’s length away.
The Pokédex According to Bill 