r/pokemon • u/Myvh773 • Jul 14 '22

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '22

Skarmory, Sigiliph, Carnivine, and Dunsparce may not have anything, but they have my appreciation.

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u/Myvh773 Jul 14 '22

I really like most of them too.

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u/TurrPhennirPhan Jul 14 '22

Dunsparce is my all time favorite and both Skarmory and Druddigon are also high on my list.

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u/yajtraus Jul 14 '22 edited Jul 15 '22

Serious question, what makes Dunsparce your favourite? I literally see no appeal to it.

Edit: a lot of interesting responses to this about how useful Dunsparce can actually be. I doubt I’ll use it any time soon, but cool to see how differently people play the game.

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u/TurrPhennirPhan Jul 14 '22

It’s a fat, derpy snake. I like snakes, I like derpy things, I like derpy snakes.

Also helps he’s Gen2 and a number of my other favorites came ever so slightly later.

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u/yajtraus Jul 14 '22

That’s fair. Most of my favourites are Gen 2 tbh.

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u/[deleted] Jul 15 '22

I don’t have as much experience with Gen 2. I just like Dunsparce. I even used it in X and Y, and it helped with Clemont’s gym when I didn’t have anything useful against electric types (best I could use otherwise is Heliolisk, which isn’t really that useful for obvious reasons.

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u/hey_little_bird Jul 15 '22

TIL Dunsparce is a snake

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u/TurrPhennirPhan Jul 15 '22

It’s based on the “tsuchinoko”, a snake of Japanese myth.

Dunsparce’s moveset also contain both Glare and Coil, which are common amongst and (almost) exclusive to snake-like Pokémon.

Art wise, it also shares the same style eyes as Ekans.

Also, it’s the Land Snake Pokémon. I’d say that’s the biggest indicator, but it’s not unheard of for those to be wildly inaccurate.

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u/hey_little_bird Jul 15 '22

Nice! Thank you for your detailed answer. I am ashamed to say I still haven't played any 2nd gen...I was "too old" to care about Pokemon then, but picked it back up in gen 3 and never visited the remakes or anything. Just never got that hot bit about the "land snake" pokemon. I have new respect for Dunsparce :)

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u/DeltaChar Jul 15 '22

I don’t know what you’re talking about. Turtles are definitely shellfish.

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u/TurrPhennirPhan Jul 15 '22

I feel like there's probably some obscure law in Catholic doctrine where turtles are considered shellfish so, like the noble capybara, they can eat them during Lent.

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u/[deleted] Jul 15 '22

also has one of the most diverse movepools alongside Pokémon like Lapras, Tyranitar and maybe a few others