Farigiraf appreciation thread

[Orion☆]

Honestly, this Mon deserves an appreciation thread all to itself. I believe it's one of the damned best designed cross-generational evolutions.

I mean, most Fakemon designers so far had Girafarig's potential evolution become a creepy Siamese twin giraffe or worse, have the back head become the main one. Nothing wrong with that, but it seemed a bit too edgy for my liking. Here, though, the designer had a clever idea; the back head becomes a hoodie of sorts which powers up the giraffe-like head! It's adorable. It reminds me of those Pikachu plushies wearing hoods resembling other Mons, except Farigiraf is doing that with itself.

Whoever designed this Mon deserves to have a bigger part in making more cross-gen evolutions and regional variants, because they nail exactly what the essence of new Pokémon should be - the unexpected and yet strangely clever.

 

[.hack]

it's a good mon with a good design! Much better than Wiglett but not as iconic as Lechonk imo.

A good reveal for SV overall tho!

 

[Sweet Serenity]

From what I saw in the trailer, Farigiraf definitely has some good abilities. Its ability Cud Chew, which allows it to eat the same berry twice, is always useful in a pinch. Its other ability, Armor Tail, is useful for blocking those aggravating priority moves, which is always a good thing. It also has a pretty good typing too. Normal/Psychic, despite not doing that much super-effective damage to many types, is a type-combination that works surprisingly well together. Normal-type protects the Psychic-type from Ghost-type attacks and the Psychic-type neutralizes its Fighting-type weakness. It is also only resisted by Steel-type too. Defensively, it only has to worry about Dark and Bug-types. I am just curious about a possible hidden ability or the possible convoluted evolution method it might has. Nevertheless, I definitely plan on putting one on at least one of my battle teams. I also like the name too. It's another palindrome, just like Girafarig.

 

[Zeostar]

Happy for Girafarig and I think this is long overdue.

 

[Devalue]

Improved it over the original design. Ranks up among one of the better reveals so far.

I am just curious about a possible hidden ability or the possible convoluted evolution method it might has.

Doubts anything too complex. Showed Girafarig evolving after crushing a random Venonat with Psybeam. Also caught Farigiraf's level in the Tera Raid Battle: 33. Seems reasonable. Cannot rule out methods like hold items or taking X damage, of course.

(Also: 122 hitpoints for Farigiraf. Other allies: 142 hitpoint Drifblim and level 30 Sableye with 70 hitpoints. Suggests 0 IVs and 0 EVs for Hitpoints on Sableye. May be similar for others. Means base 120 hitpoints for Farigiraf, if so.)

 

[Catgirl Rika]

The best mon ever!

 

[Janp]

Really cool design. I'm glad Johto is getting a lot of love in SV. But the 3D model once again seemed a little weird.

I'm also predicting there will be official Farigiraf hoodie merch released.

 

[Fairy]

Yes to this precious boi!!

A badass Chain Chomp inspired hood, casually implied auto cannibalism, a palindrome name, and a connection to Spanish paleontology? Yes ma'am mmhmm this one is fun and sign me up!

Also definitely hoping that inside Farigiraf's actual mouth is yet another Chain Chomp à la the Alien franchise lol.