Nominated by: Kamekguy
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Has it ever happened to you that you got to love a pokémon (almost) solely for a move that it could use?
It happened to me with Armaldo. I was having trouble with Substitutes at the time, and I was trying to think of something that would counter them. The answer that I came up with was ROCK BLAST. After checking who could learn it, I noticed Armaldo, whom I had never even considered before and I barely even knew that it existed.
ROCK BLAST is now easily my favorite Rock move: finally a multi-hit move that didn't suck AND could abuse some sweet STAB. I owe it all to Armaldo, I couldn't have a better partner in my quest to crush Suckstitutes.
After that, I started realizing all the other amazing things about it, especially its versatility and its design. I know that its face is a bit dumb, but retractile claws are a flawless victory on their own. I mean, a second before it has no arms and then it goes all "Oh look I stabbed you to death and you didn't even notice!". That definitely cuts off the predictability issues that Creepbutops has.
It also made me discover these, which are apparently where they took the inspiration for it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantis_shrimp
I didn't even know that these things existed. Sea animals are the best, they never cease to amaze and fascinate me.
Last but not least, another pokémon with an A+ shiny form:
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SuperNiceDog won the Guru contest super nicely!