Just adding two more. Also sorry for the delay, I'll open submissions for 1 more day and then we can move on to voting!
Pokemon: Articuno
Type: Ice/Flying
BST: 70/60/100/115/100/125
Abilities: Water Absorb/Tinted Lens/Magic Guard
New Moves: Earth Power, Volt Switch, Quiver Dance
Removed Moves: None
Justification/Niche: Earth Power for coverage against Steels, Volt Switch for coverage and pivoting with Magic Guard. Water Absorb is for use in rain teams as Articuno fires off accurate Hurricanes, while using Volt Switch against enemy Water types. Quiver Dance gives it a boosting move. No type is immune to Ice or Flying moves, so using a Tinted Lens gives it extra power.
Pokemon: Archeaops
Type: Fighting/Flying
BST: 75/110/65/130/65/125
Abilities: No Guard/Guts/Reckless
New Moves: Brave Bird, Hi-Jump Kick, Hurricane
Removed Moves: None
Justification/Niche: Something new for the typing- a mixed sweeper that can utilise the Special Attacking stat! Archaeops has a small yet serviceable special movepool including Earth Power and Focus Blast- so why not give it a No Guard set abusing Hurricane/Focus Blast/Earth Power? Of course, you can still use its physical options such as No Guard Hi-Jump Kick or Reckless Brave Bird. It's still a glass cannon, but with more speed and better abilities, it's not as hard to use as it was before.
Pokemon: Articuno
Type: Ice/Flying
BST: 70/60/100/115/100/125
Abilities: Water Absorb/Tinted Lens/Magic Guard
New Moves: Earth Power, Volt Switch, Quiver Dance
Removed Moves: None
Justification/Niche: Earth Power for coverage against Steels, Volt Switch for coverage and pivoting with Magic Guard. Water Absorb is for use in rain teams as Articuno fires off accurate Hurricanes, while using Volt Switch against enemy Water types. Quiver Dance gives it a boosting move. No type is immune to Ice or Flying moves, so using a Tinted Lens gives it extra power.
Pokemon: Archeaops
Type: Fighting/Flying
BST: 75/110/65/130/65/125
Abilities: No Guard/Guts/Reckless
New Moves: Brave Bird, Hi-Jump Kick, Hurricane
Removed Moves: None
Justification/Niche: Something new for the typing- a mixed sweeper that can utilise the Special Attacking stat! Archaeops has a small yet serviceable special movepool including Earth Power and Focus Blast- so why not give it a No Guard set abusing Hurricane/Focus Blast/Earth Power? Of course, you can still use its physical options such as No Guard Hi-Jump Kick or Reckless Brave Bird. It's still a glass cannon, but with more speed and better abilities, it's not as hard to use as it was before.
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