[Meta thread] Iron's PokeRole Adventure: The Skull Ruins

[Lord Windos]

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Well, we'll just have to wait and see what happens.  Mika already turned down one chance to get a Sableye, but maybe someone will get one to use eventually.


Honestly, Calam's Mega is probably going to look almost exactly the same as a standard Mega Absol.  They can be described as 'Dark Angels' because of their appearance, and even if they aren't Fairy types, they can almost be described as being similar to some fairies as is.  An actual Dark/Fairy Mega Absol...well, the differences are probably going to be subtle.  Unless you know what to look for, it's kinda hard to tell Calam is part Fairy type until you attack him with a move that has its effectiveness affected by the additional Fairy type or he uses an actual Fairy type move.

Charmeleon prefers Y, but I don't think he'd be against X either.  And honestly, since I have both Mega Stones, I can kinda just pick and choose whichever one I want to use at a whim.  M-'Zard is flexible like that, and it'll keep my opponents guessing even if they already know I have a Mega Charizard.  Having Megas that can drastically alter your pokemon's immunities, weaknesses, and strategies can allow you to play some serious mind games with your opponent.  M-Gyarados, M-Arbok, and M-Charizard are all great for that.  M-Sceptile, M-Altaria, and M-Audino can all do that as well to a certain degree, so long as it isn't obvious that they're going to go Mega.  M-Pinsir, M-Aggron, M-Ampharos, M-Mewtwo, and M-Lopunny don't have drastic enough type changes for it to make a significant difference when trying to predict what they're going to be weak to, as they still retain most (if not all) of their most common weaknesses when going Mega.

If anything else, Terra probably will catch a Sabes for Nathan if you want, out of the justification of knowing your super good with Pokemon + super good period, and so can reform/make the gem fiend a good Pokemon instead of bad. Still wouldn't want to be remotely around it, but if he has a chance to remove a problem Pokemon and turn it into a good one, he'll take it.

Terra can easily spot the differences imo, as he's extremely familiar and knowledgeable on all Hoen species of Pokemon, but in the same vein he probably wouldn't be able to tell those changes are due to it being a Fairy type unless its behavior suddenly starts mirroring that of Genie's. The funny thing about Dark/Fairy types is that they are basically just Fairy types in terms of Weaknesses, but gains another immunity and resistance + Double STAB, so that just makes them better than vanilla fae! Unseelie rules!

On the subject of M-Aggron, he basically has no weakness in Pokerole, as Pure Steel typing + PR Filter = Neutral Damage for everything but resisted hits, which combined with a Defense Buff can make the darn thing damn near impentrable without Moves that ignore Defense entirely or EXTREME firepower. Its probably one of the best Megas in the group, beyond Mega Manetric (Intimidate!), Calam (Ignore Debuffs/Non Offensive Status, and bounce them back along with Hazards!), and Charizard Y and X (If only for the Sun for the former, as Iron's interp of Weather means Weather Setters are even more special than before).

If I remember correctly, the only other Pokemon in the game with Filter is Mr. Mime, and he too has no Weaknesses in Pokerole due to it, which combined with its potential to learn Barrier, Calm Mind, and/or Nasty Plot + a slew of debilitating Moves....yeah, he's one beast of a 'mon in Iron's game. Now that I say this, I want one Filter Mime on my wishlist pronto!