I feel that Shieldon and Bastodion are given a lot of hate, but to be honest I think that they're both pretty cool. Who else has a fossil they think should get more love?
I'll have to say Bastiodon has some "friendly knight" appearance on it. So that way I'd say he's cool. Shieldon has some spice on him, too. He's like a "amiable but stubborn" type of character.
One major credit going to them is their ability to stop sweepers on their feet. They have two 4x weaknesses and Fighting and Ground moves are really common, so they've got a lot to worry about. But! They have this peculiar ability called Sturdy. That'd make them able to survive a hit, and they use Metal Burst. That's a very useful tactic to stop those Earthquakers or Close Combaters.
Generally, Carracosta has always gotten hate because of it's not-so-respectable Special Attack and not-very-dangerous attack. Of course, with Shell Smash it can turn over the cards, but I reckon it won't be able to KO the other guy purely with one Shell Smash, and Sturdy only allows one-time resistance against Special Attack moves.
This means always the defense-oriented Fossils are picked upon. Archeops can't stand a second Stealth Rock without it's ability activating, and Rampardos is too damn slow, and Choice Scarf doesn't help a lot if it's looking for a KO with it's gigantic attack.
But seriously, it's just that these fossils boderline between deadly and impractical. I mean, they still look cute and cool, right? And some of their names are really just swag.
Take Omastar for instance. Omastar. Oh-mah-star, see? And Kabutops and Aerodactyl somewhat. The Hoenn Fossils don't have much zing, I'd admit, but then the non-fossil fossil Relicanth has a lot of zing in it. Rampardos just sounds cool, the way it's built. Bastiodon is also pretty awesome. Then Archeops also seems rather interesting, but say Carracosta fast. The way the name is built is also pretty swag. All the fossil Pokémon names are swag, tbh. Especially the evolved ones.
PS - What do you guys think of the new fossil names?
Personally, I feel "Jaw Fossil" doesn't have much depth in it. Considering the first time I had to pick between two fossils, I always took the one whose name sounded better. Jaw doesn't stand off that much, so I'd say "Sail Fossil" sounds better. I think "Sail Fossil" is also a bit of a misnomer, though. I would think I'm getting another Water/Rock type fossil or a Dark/Rock that looks like a pirate.
