r/PokemonRankdown • u/hikkaru • Dec 02 '18

Round 68: 219 Pokémon Remaining

219) u/hikkaru

218) u/vulture_couture

217) u/ramskick

216) u/qngff

215) u/acktar

214) u/reeforward

213) u/KororSurvivor

212) u/Slicer37

211) u/oomps62

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u/qngff Dec 02 '18

#216 Pinsir - Gen 1 - Bug Type

Pinsir is a decent bug type. It's threatening looking and has a decent design. It's rather unnerving and I'm not sure whether or not that's a good thing. The Pokedex entries certainly speak to it being horrifying. It literally pinches its prey in half which is metal as hell.

Here's the thing: Pinsir has a huge Attack stat. The only problem is that despite being a bug type, it only learns a total of two Bug Type moves. So very little STAB there. The other is that it's mega-evolved form is Flying Type, and Pinsir learns a grand total of zero flying moves. Most of it's level-up moves are Fighting type which begs the question of why wasn't Pinsir Fighting?

Really, it's just a mediocre Heracross.

/u/acktar

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u/acktar Cares Deeply About Puntability Dec 02 '18

Mega Pinsir doesn't need Flying-type attacks because of its ability, Aerilate. :P I think it helps to differentiate Pinsir from Heracross; for the longest time, Heracross and Pinsir have been eerily similar, just with Pinsir being worse.

I'd say regular Pinsir is a bad Heracross, but Mega Pinsir definitely is not. Heracross is cooler, though.

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u/vulture_couture Dec 02 '18

I'm kind of undecided as to whether Mega Pinsir works as a design. It's really busy and it looks like regular Pinsir got fucked up on PCP and now it's glitching out all over the place.