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KorpiklaaniVodka March 1st, 2015 7:43 AM

GARBODOR WANTS REVENGE.
 
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Garbodor is a Pokemon that nobody seems to like, due to his design and awful movepool. I wanna ask you guys if you share the same thoughts, because I sure don't.

I used to hate him until recently, when I found out how cool he actually is. Garbodor has a mighty STAB Gunk Shot that will penetrate anything that doesn't resist it, considering Garbodor has a decent base 95 attack stat. For God's sake, it hits harder than Electivire's Wild Charge, Gyarados's Waterfall and Sawsbuck's Return. Of course, I can hear you "but it only has 70% accuracy! (or 80% if you're playing XY)"... however, that doesn't really seem to concern me. Also, Garbodor can use Drain Punch to hit Steel-types that give him some trouble, and launch Spikes and Toxic Spikes to your opponent's field to put further pressure on him/her. And even special attacks aren't useless on him, since Thunderbolt was actually one of the main reasons he got banned from PU. Then 75 base Speed is not awful in-game nor competitively, considering you guys like Emboar and Reuniclus... which are much slower.

Then I warmed up to its design as well, since it feels like a new, original concept (unlike Eeveelutions). Garbodor is a Pokemon that heavily contributes to the overall sanity of the Pokemon world.

What do you think about Garbodor?

Sydian March 1st, 2015 9:05 AM

tbh I think Garbodor, as well as Trubbish for that matter, are pretty adorable and I had fun using him back when I did my Hall of Fame Challenge in White. I think his name was Cutie even, haha.

pkmin3033 March 1st, 2015 9:35 AM

I have nothing against Garbodor in particular. It's not as worthless or ugly as some other Pokemon I can think of in the fifth generation - the elemental monkeys, Throh and Sawk, the lazily recoloured Kami trio - but it's not as awesome as, say, Golurk, or Lilligant, or Meloetta. It's a comfortable "in the middle" Pokemon for me in that I like its design and think it's fairly creative, but it isn't something I'd really stand up and proclaim as one of my favourite Pokemon ever, or use unless I was feeling a little crazy.

In short: I've seen worse than Garbodor, both in and out of the fifth gen.

Gardevoir the Dragon Slayer March 1st, 2015 10:10 AM

Its a steaming smelly pile of filth and rubbish. So no
Judging by its face even it hates itself.
Trubbish is as bad it looks like a dog poo bag, Yuk!!!
I also doubt that if pokemon was real any trainers would have one, in fact the local environmental health authority would be doing their best to keep them out of the way of the public!!!

KorpiklaaniVodka March 1st, 2015 10:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Gardevoir the Dragon Slayer (Post 8638097)
I also doubt that if pokemon was real any trainers would have one, in fact the local environmental health authority would be doing their best to keep them out of the way of the public!!!

If Pokemon was real, I would seriously sue the autorithies if they dared to ban Garbodor from the public. They would need to understand that Garbodor is a freakin' Pokemon just like Eevee or Weavile or Scizor. Not only would they commit a double standard, but they would also hurt Garbodor's image even more.

pkmin3033 March 1st, 2015 11:28 AM

If Pokemon were real, I'd expect Garbodor would be both widespread and actually fairly popular to a point; as it eats waste, it would be extremely useful at landfill sites...or for bin men. Of course, if there was one wandering around on the streets there would likely be hell to pay, but economically speaking it's a very useful Pokemon to have around.

Gardevoir the Dragon Slayer March 1st, 2015 11:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Meloetta (Post 8638206)
If Pokemon were real, I'd expect Garbodor would be both widespread and actually fairly popular to a point; as it eats waste, it would be extremely useful at landfill sites...or for bin men. Of course, if there was one wandering around on the streets there would likely be hell to pay, but economically speaking it's a very useful Pokemon to have around.

Yes quite so, thats assuming that the waste conversion was environmentally friendly (i.e When Garbodoe eats rubbish, it doesn't expel harmful toxic fumes or high levels of Co2 etc).

Pendraflare March 1st, 2015 1:47 PM

Turkey from Marriland's Black Wedlocke. That is all.

To put that in a bit of perspective, a Garbodor was shoehorned onto his team after his Carracosta suddenly died on Route 10, and he REALLY didn't want to use it, but he knew it was what he needed for Marshal since his team was horribly weak to Fighting. Once the time came for Marshal, Turkey managed to solo him and not even need Rest for it (which he forgot to get before entering the Elite Four), and with Shauntal she managed to knock off two of his Special Defense boosts with her very first Pokémon, but his partner, Chickadee the Sawsbuck, helped quite well. And with N and Ghetsis it held up quite good too - it may have succumbed in the latter fight, but Chickadee went on a serious rampage and tore through Ghetsis' remaining team members.

After that, I hope to get to use a Garbodor someday, but i've never found room to fit it on my team. One of these days, though.

Alfieri March 1st, 2015 2:04 PM

I've seen worse designs but it's up there.

Nah March 1st, 2015 3:09 PM

From a purely design standpoint, no, I don't like Garbodor. I love Gen 5, I like a lot of Pokemon from it. Garbodor is not one of them.

How it fares in battle is a another story. I've never used one before, so I can't really comment on that side of things.

Qibli March 1st, 2015 6:20 PM

The design and stats is ok, but the movepool aside from powerful gunk shot it's just terrible and... Weak Armor just to get some speed with sacrificing defense for that.. nyah

Precious~Dark March 2nd, 2015 2:30 PM

I like the idea that Trubbish and Garbodor are based on dust bunnies I only wished they made their appearance a little bit more like a bunny. I never had a problem with Garbodor it is not prettiest pokemon but I think a few pokemon look worse than Garbodor, however I like the expression of Trubbish & Garbodor faces.

bobandbill March 2nd, 2015 3:21 PM

I'm indifferent about it. Not a fan, but I don't hate it. I also find that fanart can do wonders about one's opinion of a Pokemon, haha. There's some cute pictures out there.

Foxrally March 3rd, 2015 1:10 AM

Trubbish and Garbodor are absolutely Garbadorable. Aside from the farting noise they make in Black/White, I absolutely love them. My love for him began when I started playing Trubbish a lot in Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity. He's just so derpy it's impossible not to love him.

Gligar March 3rd, 2015 3:56 AM

Garbodor looks like a perfect 360 no scope person to me! He just looks so idiotic it makes me actually like him.

After a while, I began seeing trubbish kinda, cute. Now my worst nightmare is to see Garbador as cute. I would despise the day that would happen.

CoffeeDrink March 3rd, 2015 11:18 PM

As a user of the Poison type, I feel like I am obligated to take it in, so to speak, because the Poison type is, I think, the most underrated type in the game. Garbodor has some decent stats and a nice pool of Poison type moves to choose from and I think it could see more use.

Hiatus March 4th, 2015 1:07 PM

I could appreciate the reasoning behind Garbodor, generally speaking.

If I'm not wrong, Garbodor was meant to be the fifth generation version of Muk, and I liked seeing them attempting a throwback like this. Have I personally liked this Pokémon, however? I would have to no on that question, unfortunately.

To me, its design seemed to have been a little over-done, which is one thing that made me keep away from it. On top of that, it wasn't very great when it came to battling, either (for in-game, it's a-OK, but not competitive), which made me dislike the Pokémon even more. It would've been nice if they had put more thought, I feel.

Megan March 4th, 2015 2:29 PM

Garbodor is one of these Pokes that I don't really care too much. I suppose, if I ever used one, I'd actually start liking it, because that's what happened with most gen 5 Pokemon I used in the past (which also includes the Vanillite line).

Charlie Brown March 4th, 2015 4:31 PM

I've never used Garbodor in battle for some reason but I absolutely love Garbodor (and Trubbish). I can sort of see why some people might not be a fan of its design or might think it looks trashy or whatever but I think they both look adorable. There's just something about its smile that makes me like it a lot haha.

Hikamaru March 5th, 2015 11:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pendraflare (Post 8638423)
Turkey from Marriland's Black Wedlocke. That is all.

To put that in a bit of perspective, a Garbodor was shoehorned onto his team after his Carracosta suddenly died on Route 10, and he REALLY didn't want to use it, but he knew it was what he needed for Marshal since his team was horribly weak to Fighting. Once the time came for Marshal, Turkey managed to solo him and not even need Rest for it (which he forgot to get before entering the Elite Four), and with Shauntal she managed to knock off two of his Special Defense boosts with her very first Pokémon, but his partner, Chickadee the Sawsbuck, helped quite well. And with N and Ghetsis it held up quite good too - it may have succumbed in the latter fight, but Chickadee went on a serious rampage and tore through Ghetsis' remaining team members.

After that, I hope to get to use a Garbodor someday, but i've never found room to fit it on my team. One of these days, though.

Never forget Turkey. He pretty much changed my whole opinion on Garbodor itself thanks to his amazing performance on the team in the final battles.

Garbodor is still one of my least fave 5th Gen Pokemon because it looked ugly, and its stats were very wonky (having a high Attack stat and not learning any physical STAB other than Gunk Shot) but it does have an interesting movepool. Sadly I never used one on my team because I always had better options.

Kirbychu March 6th, 2015 10:30 PM

It's a disgusting and horrid monstrosity, but seeing how it's literal garbage, that's okay.

I thought Garbador was alright until I heard its voice in the anime. Yikes.

Nakala Pri March 7th, 2015 2:55 AM

I LOVE GARBODOR!!

Garbage is awesome and so are mice so like YAY

I can't stand all the hate. >:( It'd be fun to hug and you could puke on its feet and it'd be happy about it. ^-^ Makes my favourite Pokemon list >:p

Tetra March 7th, 2015 7:28 AM

Ew. No. I find it horrid. I wouldn't use it on my playthrough unless I got a Shiny Trubbish or something, but still. I guess Shiny Trubbish is okay, that one's semi-cute ish heh

Kirbychu March 7th, 2015 8:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nakala Pri (Post 8645462)
you could puke on its feet and it'd be happy about it. ^-^

This is my favorite reasoning in this thread.

Palkia March 11th, 2015 12:10 PM

It's one of the better gen v pokemon as it's design actually has some flair to it and weak armour is a fun ability to mess around with. Much better poison types, even in the same generation, though.


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