2nd Gen Skarmory or Mantine?

[strangerhypno]

Gold exclusive:

Silver exclusive:

Which one do you prefer?

 

[Swithdas]

I've used Mantine on Gold and Crystal before, so Mantine for me purely from my enjoyment in using them.

But looking at these Pokemon side by side is very, very interesting as they both have the same base stat total of 465. They both have 65HP and 70SPD (Although in GenVII, Mantines HP was buffed to 85, but we'll pretend that didnt happen :P) But when you look at their Attacking stats, Skarmory has 80ATK and 40 SP.ATK, whilst Mantines is the opposite with 40 and 80 respectively. The same thing happens with Defensive stats. Skarmory 140 DEF, 70SP.DEF whilst Mantine has 70 and 140 respectively. They're also both flying types of course.

I always find these things interesting and helpful when picking a Pokemon but your pick should never come to stats and should be what you like the most :) Which is why regardless I'd pick Mantine again and again!

 

[Sydian]

Oh man uhhh. I like them both so much. :( Mantine has saved me a ton in various games, but so has Skarmory. I think I'll go with Skarmory just because it's edgier and cooler.

 

[Cool_Porygon]

I didn't catch a Skarmory until gen 3 so I'll go with Mantine.

 

[Absolitetion]

I'm really 50/50 on this one, but I think I'll say Mantine because I like it design-wise just a tad better.

 

[Radiating]

I prefer Skarmory, it looks better imo, and it's more useful in battle.

 

[BlazingCobaltX]

I-I didn't know these were exclusives?

Skarmory is cooler.

 

[Hikamaru]

I voted for Mantine, since I find Skarmory annoying to fight plus I love Water-types better.

 

[Desert Stream~]

idk why but for some reason I always thought that mantine was the silver exclusive and corsola was the gold exclusive lol... anyways I voted skarmory but kinda regretting that choice now xD

 

[Sylphiel]

Always loved Skarmory far more than I did Mantine. That's the one drawback to me preferring Gold, I know I can't get Skarmory on my own then. :(

 

[EC]

Oh Skarmory for sure. One of the first cool steel types.

 

[Sirfetch’d]

I quite like both but as a competitive player, Skarmory has been a staple of teams since....forever. I'll go with it!

 

[Sawsbuck]

Mantine has the better design imo

 

[VisionofMilotic]

Skarmory! His typing is stronger for a wall if being a cool bird with swords for wings and the party leader of Steven Stone weren't enough! Skarmory resists more than half of the pokemon elemental types, normal, flying, psychic, bug, dragon, fairy other steel types, even ghosts and dark Pokemon in this gen. He has not just one but 2 immunities in poison and ground. With only a mere 2 weaknesses electricity and fire, and no 4x weakness.

 

[strangerhypno]

I've used Mantine on Gold and Crystal before, so Mantine for me purely from my enjoyment in using them.

But looking at these Pokemon side by side is very, very interesting as they both have the same base stat total of 465. They both have 65HP and 70SPD (Although in GenVII, Mantines HP was buffed to 85, but we'll pretend that didnt happen :P) But when you look at their Attacking stats, Skarmory has 80ATK and 40 SP.ATK, whilst Mantines is the opposite with 40 and 80 respectively. The same thing happens with Defensive stats. Skarmory 140 DEF, 70SP.DEF whilst Mantine has 70 and 140 respectively. They're also both flying types of course.

I always find these things interesting and helpful when picking a Pokemon but your pick should never come to stats and should be what you like the most :) Which is why regardless I'd pick Mantine again and again!

I love your way of thinking, stats shouldn't be the main reason of liking a Pokemon. More fans should think this way tbh. Although to even out the Mantine HP boost they should give Skarmory 85 HP too as it both make them more defensive and parallel again.

 

[Ho-Oh]

Mantine! It was always joyous to find it appear near the Whirl Islands... as a kid I thought it was actually one of the legitimate coolest Pokemon. :') Mainly because it was like, uncommon and wasn't Tentacool but y'know.