Recent content by Chillysundance

Yeah, I wouldn't expect infestation to become standard, but it's a really overlooked move and it certainly has a place on some specific sets, I'm sure.

Obligatory reminder that Infestation is actually a considerable source of passive damage now that burn has been nerfed. It stacks with poison or burn too, so you can easily run it alongside Scald if you really want.

I wouldn't compare this to Araqunid, honestly. Araqunid's purpose is to somehow survive one hit and then hit back really hard with a water attack, then it probably has expended it's usage. Golisopod is meant to pop up repeatedly through the duration of a long battle, wear various physical...

Don't forget, if you Anchor something unfavorable as it switches in, the trapping effect prevents your opponent from switching on the same turn, so you'll deal some damage to whatever came in ,and have full freedom to switch in a counter in your favor without giving the opponent the option to...

So figures you have to choose if you want to deal with taunt or substitute. Then again, running scald and infestation on the same set could work just fine. You can stack them together along with Toxic or Toxic spikes and then you still have one slot left for Recover.

Kind of reminds me of some of the other route rodents like Linoone and Bibarel. They have these clear situations where they can be very strong, but it's not very reliable or practical and if pulled off probably still isn't going to take over the game. Linoone gets Belly Drum Extremespeed...

This Pokemon is most likely based on an Australian starfish called the Crown of Thorns. An extremely oppressive and tenacious pest that feeds on coral polyps, is almost impossible to kill off due to fast reproduction, natural defenses, and adaptation. These beasties threaten to devastate reef...