Rowlet, Litten, Popplio and Iwanko all hide a secret! But what is it?

[Z25]

Remind me if the leak also mentioned the types for each of Rockruff's split evolutions (I know it didn't mention the types for the starter evolution forms).

From what I have seen the starters forms types are mentioned as fire dark, grass flying, and water fairy in one of the accurate leaks but I don't know which one. The rockruff typings have been guessed as a secret shared with the starters and "leaks" have given typing, but we don't have anything to truly prove it yet.

I can post them still if you'd like though.

 

[Corruptodile]

I think the most likely secret is they have a secret form that rivals Mega Evolution, much like Ash-Greninja (or Satoshi-Gekkouga, which sounds much better).

I would be happy with a secret fourth starter though. They've already shaken things up with rumours of no gyms and stuff. Besides, in Pokémon Go, there's a secret method to start with Pikachu despite Willow showing you the three Kanto starters to catch.

 

[skyburial]

From what I was reading in the CoroCoro translation, the secret is related to Rockruff's evolution. It lends a bit of credibility to the "various" typings of Rockruff and the starters.

 

[Hikamaru]

So, the fake leaked Pokedex list (yes it is fake, CoroCoro scans confirmed it's fake) said Rockruff's possible evolutions could be part Dark, Steel, Fighting and Fairy.

Of those I could see Dark being very probable since I think a werewolf fits with Dark-type very well. Steel and Fighting I could see happening, but then there's the fourth one - I don't know how they'd pull of a Fairy-type here but we'll wait and see what next month brings.

 

[Caaethil]

So, the fake leaked Pokedex list (yes it is fake, CoroCoro scans confirmed it's fake) said Rockruff's possible evolutions could be part Dark, Steel, Fighting and Fairy.

Of those I could see Dark being very probable since I think a werewolf fits with Dark-type very well. Steel and Fighting I could see happening, but then there's the fourth one - I don't know how they'd pull of a Fairy-type here but we'll wait and see what next month brings.

While I'm quite unsure why we're making guesses based on confirmed fake leaks, a Fairy Rockruff evolution isn't too farfetched. The Fairy type can represent mythical creatures similarly to how Dragon does. Werewolves aren't exactly real, so a Fairy-Type Rockruff evolution would probably exemplify the magical, elusive, mysterious nature of the werewolf, I suppose.

 

[Mis]

It's an attack move called Z-power. Everybody has one.

 

[Hikamaru]

It's an attack move called Z-power. Everybody has one.

Since Z-Moves can be used by any Pokemon, it's not the so-called "secret". It is said that Rockruff's secret will be explained in the next issue of CoroCoro.