Which bug pokemon has the best design?
Honestly, I really like Shedinja's design for some reason. I think its mainly due to the fact that, they fit the description of what its meant to be perfectly, 'A Pokemon that is pretty much immune to everything except for things like status and super effective moves'. The way they used an angel's halo to represent immunity was really clever in my opinion. And it's pretty cute actually- I gotta say I wasn't as much of a fan of it when I first saw it, but I'm slowly getting attached to it. Just that happy little creature, safely contained in its shell from the world. I've always thought it had a brilliant design but honestly I don't think it'd be that from first glance. Once you take a deeper look, you really appreciate it though. At least in my eyes. XD
I am growing attached to Shedinja. Upon learning about how it's immune to 12 of the 17 (now 18 types with the introduction of Fairy, but we don't know if Shedinja is immune to it too) and how you need an empty slot in your party to obtain it from an evolving Nincada, it just adds to the intrigue. All these other facts are interesting too:
-From Generation IV onwards, a basic Poké Ball (a requirement for evolution) is removed from the bag upon evolution to produce a Shedinja. In Generation III, Shedinja instead copied the ball Nincada was in; this is the only legitimate way to get a Shedinja in a non-standard Poké Ball.
-Shedinja is the lightest fully-evolved Pokémon at 2.6 lbs.
-No other Pokémon has the same type combination as Shedinja.
-Shedinja has the lowest base stat total of all fully evolved Pokémon.
-Shedinja is also the only fully evolved Pokémon that has lower base stat total than its pre-evolved form.
-It has the lowest average stat of any evolved Pokémon as well.
-It is the only Ghost-type Pokémon to have a unique base stat total.
-Shedinja is one of only three Pokémon (other than baby Pokémon) to have a different Egg Group than its evolutionary relatives, being in the Mineral Egg Group while Nincada and Ninjask are in the Bug Egg Group. It cannot breed normally with Mineral group Pokémon either way, however, as it has no gender. The other two Pokémon that share this trait are Nidorina and Nidoqueen, which are both in the Undiscovered group.
-Shedinja inherits the same personality value, IVs, EVs, OT and ID number as the Nincada that shed it. Among other things, due to retaining personality value, if the Nincada was Shiny, Shedinja will be Shiny as well.
-The Shedinja shed from a Nincada has no nickname, and the player is not given an opportunity to nickname it. The only way to give Shedinja a nickname is for the Nincada's original Trainer to take it to a Name Rater.
-Shedinja's Ability (Wonder Guard) renders it immune to 12 of 17 attack types, the most of any Pokémon. This also gives it a number of further distinctions; Shedinja is the only Pokémon immune to Dragon Rage, which otherwise has the same effect against all types. Even if Foresight is used, Shedinja is still immune to Normal and Fighting-type attacks. If Soak is used to make Shedinja a Water type, it will have immunities to 15 of 17 attack types.
-Prior to Generation V, if Nincada learns a move upon evolving into Ninjask, Shedinja will also know this move. This means that Shedinja can learn any of Ninjask's level up moves starting at level 20, but only the ones learned at the same level. In Generation V, Shedinja starts with the moves Nincada knew prior to evolution.
-Shedinja is the only genderless Pokémon that can learn Egg moves (as a Nincada). However, Staryu and Starmie could also learn moves via breeding in Gold and Silver.
-Even though looking into the crack on Shedinja's back is said to steal one's spirit, all of Shedinja's back sprites display it perfectly, yet no negative effects happen to the player in-game.