Ludicolo or Shiftry?

Started by marcc5m February 10th, 2011 3:26 PM
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Ludicolo or Dhiftry?

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Shiftry and Ludicolo. Two Grass types released with the third versions as version exclusives, and both are elemental stone evolutions. But which do you prefer?
I prefer Ludicolo, as it is one of my favourite Pokemon, and I have used it in many teams. And how can you say no to such a happy Pokemon, dancing about like that? Shiftry is cool too I guess, but I like Ludicolo more.

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Actually, I don't particularly like either of them...

Ludicolo is a remarkable character in Rain Dance teams, while Shiftry makes a great addition in any Dark or Grass Monotype teams, but I've never really found myself willing to use them. I've never really been fond of Pokemon which are a combination of the four main elements (Fire/Water/Grass/Electricity), and I find Shiftry's design far too ugly for its own good. While I admire their usefulness, I simply don't like them as Pokemon, so I shall vote that I do not like either.

However, if the situation arose in which I had to choose one or the other, Ludicolo would be my choice.
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I have to agree and say I'm not a fan of either one but if I was battling competitively I would go with Ludicolo because it can be an amazing sweeper on a rain dance team or setup for it's own success with Swords Dance. It even has a very unique water/grass typing with less weaknesses than Shiftry's dark/grass typing.Design wise, Shiftry is terrible but Ludicolo is not much better.

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I'm definately a fan of Ludicolo. What's not to love about a pineapple dancing duck? =p

Certainly fans of Miror B are more inclined to respect Ludicolo after he takes you on with his team of Ludiolo in Colo/XD.

I do dislike the 5th gen sprite animation for Ludicolo though. =( Hopefully if an RSE remake occurs it'll be redone - it just looks plain lazy as-is.

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Ludicolo for sure. I despise Shiftry.
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Shiftry.

Miror B kinda forced his hand and made me not like Ludi much.
Can't say I have used either much as Nuzleaf gets Exp Share'd for the Extrasensory, then evolved and stuffed into the PC. Heck, the evo lines for both sit in my PC, rarely seeing action outside the daycare fence/wall.

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Shiftry has an amazing typing, but Cacturne does it with better stats.

Ludicolo has amazing stats but is ugly as sin. :/

they're both meh for me, but I'll give Ludicolo an edge simply for comedic value. XD
Hands down Shiftry. I remember back when generation III first came out I loved Seedot and desperately wanted one, but my first game for that generation was Sapphire so I was stuck with Lotad. :( Not that I don't like Ludicolo and its other family members, but they just don't compare to Shiftry.

Plus I ended up catching a Seedot on Emerald and evolving it into a Shiftry and I put that Shiftry on my Battle Frontier team which did amazing and so I've liked it ever since. c:

Then if I ignore my whole history with it I still think it's much better due to design. I always feel kind of silly when using a Ludicolo. xD Shiftry on the other hand is quite the intimidating Pokemon! I imagine it being one of the more creepy ones if it were real.
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Ludicolo never caught on to me, but Shiftry, oh gosh. I was in love with that Pokemon. It seems so intimidating at first, but its a big softie :3 I just love it.
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I like them both as much as eachother really, but I think I'm a little for Shiftry.

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I haven't used either of them much in my team, although I can recall using Ludicolo in the Battle Factory. I don't remember much about their stats, but I think I'd prefer a dancing pineapple over a... a.. I don't know what Shiftry is.

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Actually, I don't particularly like either of them...

Ludicolo is a remarkable character in Rain Dance teams, while Shiftry makes a great addition in any Dark or Grass Monotype teams, but I've never really found myself willing to use them. I've never really been fond of Pokemon which are a combination of the four main elements (Fire/Water/Grass/Electricity), and I find Shiftry's design far too ugly for its own good. While I admire their usefulness, I simply don't like them as Pokemon, so I shall vote that I do not like either.

However, if the situation arose in which I had to choose one or the other, Ludicolo would be my choice.
Both are rather ugly in design, and I can't forgive Ludicolo for making me lose in the Battle Arcade more than once. :(

The better choice is Ludicolo in terms of actual usefulness... yeah, that's about it.

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I love both pokemon. Both are just awesome to use, as long as you don't evolve them too early. After they learn some decent moves, then they are pretty good. Water/Grass typing on Ludicolo is pretty useful, and I like it's design. Same thing with Shiftry; except for it's lack of Grass-Type moves. :/

It tosses its enemies around with agility. It uses all its limbs to fight in its own unique style.

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I used to love Shiftry. Then I saw the light, and realised that Shiftry was awful in every single way, and that Ludicolo was awesome.

Seriously. It's a cross between a pineapple and a duck, with a hint of kappa. Wearing a sombrero. That has the same sort of creepy grin as Hannibal Lecter, and the eyes of a nightmare clown.

Plus, if you're into looking up the foreign-language names of Pokémon, you'll see that Ludicolo has the best Chinese name of all of them: 'Happy-Go-Lucky River Lad'.
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Got to be Ludicolo for me. It looks like it's wearing a poncho - that alone is just downright epic. Not to mention the fact I love using it in battle. I never thought I would but I ended up with one in a Nuzlocke and I've used it in most of my parties ever since. :)
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