MistahDude
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If you wonder what Hihidaruma is based on, it's based on a Daruma doll, a toy modeled after Bodhidharma (hence the name, Hi, fire in Japanese, plus Bodhidaruma), founder of the Zen sect of Buddhism. According to Wiki, 'Daruma has a design that is rich in symbolism and is regarded more as a talisman of good luck to the Japanese. Daruma dolls are seen as a symbol of perseverance and good luck, making them a popular gift of encouragement.'. Also, supposedly, at the end of the year, all the Daruma are brought back to the temple they were purchased from for a traditional burning ceremony.
I was browsing serebii's old posts and I saw that he elaborated on the Encourage ability in the new ability page.
On serebii's ability page: https://www.serebii.net/blackwhite/ability.shtml
Hihidaruma (ヒヒダルマ), the Flaming PokeMon, is a pure fire-type, 1.3m tall, weighs 92.9kg. It has an ability called 'Encourage'.
The ability Encourage boosts the power of attacks but disables all of their secondary effects. This freaked me out. I do not think that they will make his stats bad to compensate, because there are more disadvantages to this ability than advantages. It disables all secondary effects. That means moves like Superpower do not lower his stats. That is the good side. It also means that he cannot cause flinch/burn/paralysis etc, to the opposing pokemon. It also means he cannot boost his stats with moves like Ancient power. Moves like bulk up that have one effect would still work though.
Depending on his typing, stats, and evolutionary line he may or may not become UBER or OU in Smogon Tiers. This ability basically makes Hihidaruma a brute force attacker, not a strategy attacker. You would use him to destroy the opponent with all of your force, rather than hindering their abilities. I could also see Hihidaruma being a pain in the butt to beat in game if a member of the elite four had one.
What do you guys think of this lovably creepy babboon/daruma doll thing? I like him and his ability as long as I do not have to fight him.
Mega Punch has the effect of damage. That effect is PRIMARY. Mud Slap has the effect of damage and accuracy drop. The accuracy drop is SECONDARY.
FROM XANDER0:
"What he was saying is, Mud Slap's Secondary effect that has a "Chance" to drop accuracy is nulled.
But say, Hyper Beam's recharge won't. Or Overheat's Sp Atk drop won't happen either.
This ability also isn't that OP or great even for that matter. You sacrifice the ability to induce status damage.
Its Pure Power transferred to all attacks pretty much. They had to ignore part of an attack some how.
Pure Power is also insane if you think about it. Powers up all Physical Attacks. Then Technician powers up anything below 60 base power. That's really good too seeing as you never have an extremely weak attack. Even the consecutive hit ones like Fury Swipes.
Encourage is about equal to those and its down side is you can't burn your enemies using Fire attacks, Freeze using Ice attacks, Flinch if you use an attack that causes that."
I was browsing serebii's old posts and I saw that he elaborated on the Encourage ability in the new ability page.
On serebii's ability page: https://www.serebii.net/blackwhite/ability.shtml
Hihidaruma (ヒヒダルマ), the Flaming PokeMon, is a pure fire-type, 1.3m tall, weighs 92.9kg. It has an ability called 'Encourage'.
The ability Encourage boosts the power of attacks but disables all of their secondary effects. This freaked me out. I do not think that they will make his stats bad to compensate, because there are more disadvantages to this ability than advantages. It disables all secondary effects. That means moves like Superpower do not lower his stats. That is the good side. It also means that he cannot cause flinch/burn/paralysis etc, to the opposing pokemon. It also means he cannot boost his stats with moves like Ancient power. Moves like bulk up that have one effect would still work though.
Depending on his typing, stats, and evolutionary line he may or may not become UBER or OU in Smogon Tiers. This ability basically makes Hihidaruma a brute force attacker, not a strategy attacker. You would use him to destroy the opponent with all of your force, rather than hindering their abilities. I could also see Hihidaruma being a pain in the butt to beat in game if a member of the elite four had one.
What do you guys think of this lovably creepy babboon/daruma doll thing? I like him and his ability as long as I do not have to fight him.
Mega Punch has the effect of damage. That effect is PRIMARY. Mud Slap has the effect of damage and accuracy drop. The accuracy drop is SECONDARY.
FROM XANDER0:
"What he was saying is, Mud Slap's Secondary effect that has a "Chance" to drop accuracy is nulled.
But say, Hyper Beam's recharge won't. Or Overheat's Sp Atk drop won't happen either.
This ability also isn't that OP or great even for that matter. You sacrifice the ability to induce status damage.
Its Pure Power transferred to all attacks pretty much. They had to ignore part of an attack some how.
Pure Power is also insane if you think about it. Powers up all Physical Attacks. Then Technician powers up anything below 60 base power. That's really good too seeing as you never have an extremely weak attack. Even the consecutive hit ones like Fury Swipes.
Encourage is about equal to those and its down side is you can't burn your enemies using Fire attacks, Freeze using Ice attacks, Flinch if you use an attack that causes that."
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