Pokemon Analyzation #5: Finneon and Lumineon

     Greetings to all of you, and welcome to Pokemon Analyzation, the series where I take a certain Pokemon or evolutionary line and review everything about it. Today, I will be reviewing Finneon and its evolution Lumineon. For most of these reviews, I have been perfectly capable of remaining positive and focusing on the brighter sides of Pokemon. With these two, however, it is very hard giving it any kind of recommendation. Without any further ado, let's take an in-depth look at these fish. Just... fish.



Name: Finneon and Lumineon

          


Description: Out of anything that I can say regarding Finneon and Lumineon, the most positive thing I can say about these two Pokemon are its designs, but even then the designs are pretty underwhelming, especially considering what we got in the fourth generation. As you can see, they are basically designed off of aquarium fish, and they look nice. That's it, just nice. This normally wouldn't be a bad thing, but again, this is the fourth generation we're talking about, where we got amazing looking Pokemon like Gallade, Lucario, the 4th gen Eeveelutions, and so many more great designs. Lumineon looks okay, and it looks nicer than other fish Pokemon, but it can be pretty forgettable.




Battle Style:

Generation 4: Let's just cut to the chase; Lumineon is atrocious in battle. It is nothing but weak and frail. It's highest stat is speed, with a 91! Everything else is completely lackluster. It can have one of two abilities. One is Swift Swim, which is pretty useless, and Storm Drain, which could raise special attack quite a bit, but with a special attack stat of 69, it isn't worth much. That, combined with one of the most shallow move pools in existence, makes Lumineon heavily outclassed and 100% WORTHLESS! It can also have Splash as an egg move. fun.

Generation 5: It gets Water Veil as a hidden ability. That's it. It still isn't good and it becomes overshadowed by even more water types in this generation.

Generation 6: Nothing has changed in generation 6. It's not that I don't want to talk about Lumineon, it's just that there isn't anything to say. I want to give Lumineon a fair shot, but it's not giving me anything to work with.



Personal Experience: Well, I have been pretty negative about everything so far, but maybe I had an amazing time using it, right? Well, asides from some random battles on Showdown, I have hardly ever used Lumineon. Even during the random battles I used it in, it was usually the throwaway Mon. I wouldn't even use it as an HM user, because Pokemon like Linoone and Bibarel do the job better.



Overall Rating: There is no reason to use Lumineon. Not inside of battle, not outside of battle, not anywhere. It is heavily outclassed and it does nothing to stand out. While Lumineon isn't my least favorite water type, it is definitely the most forgettable.
         3 Fen Badges out of 10

Thank you so much for reading, and I will see you next time with my review on Pinsir. BYE!

Pokemon Analyzation #4: Emolga

Greetings to all of you, and welcome to Pokemon Analyzation, the series where I take a certain Pokemon or evolutionary line and review everything about it. Today, I will be reviewing Emolga. This is the first Pokemon I'm reviewing that isn't part of an evolutionary line, and the second electric type I'm reviewing. It doesn't behave the same as Ampharos does and the way you use Emolga and Ampharos in battle are completely different. How different? Well let's take an in-depth look at this static squirrel.



Name: Emolga





Description: It's a Pikachu clone, so it looks terrible. Okay, no, I really like Emolga's design. It's nice to finally see a flying squirrel Pokemon and I would say that Emolga does look a lot nicer than Pikachu does. There's just something about its small body shape, face, and ears that I really like. It might be a Pikachu clone, but it is a nice looking Pikachu clone.


Battle Style:

Generation 5: Emolga might be a nice looking Pikachu clone, but it plays exactly like what you would expect from a Pikachu clone. It's fast, very frail, and only really good for setting up strategies, like Tailwind. The only other major positive I can say about Emolga is that it learns Baton Pass, as well as moves that support it, like Double Team and Agility. It's ability is Static, which can be useful. You can also have Motor Drive as an ability, which can also help set up with Baton Pass.
     However, support is the best thing Emolga can really do. It won't OhKO a lot of Pokemon and it won't stay in battle for long, unless you spam Double Team and get lucky. As a basic support Pokemon, you could do worse. As anything else, there are better electric types in the Unova region.

Generation 6: It's pretty much the same deal as before. It does gain the move Nuzzle, which is a damage dealing move that guarantees paralysis, so that's pretty cool. Otherwise, there is nothing really new to say.


Personal Experience: I have personally never used Emolga that much prior to my competitive days. The first time I have officially used Emolga was during a Random Battle on Showdown, and I was actually pleasantly surprised on how versatile Emolga was when it came to support. After my pleasant time with it on that one battle, I tried making my own set, which looked like this:

Emolga @ Focus Sash
Ability: Motor Drive
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Baton Pass
- Agility
- Acrobatics
- Nuzzle

It's not a great set, but this was made in my early Smogon days. I haven't used it in VGC because I didn't see it really fitting in to the format. Emolga was a pleasant surprise for me at the time. I wouldn't highly recommend using it, but it will provide a bit of fun.


Overall Rating: Emolga, like I said a million times already, was one of the biggest pleasant surprises for me in Pokemon. I know people that greatly dislike this Pokemon, and I used to be one of those people. However, when I came across using one, I found it to be a good support Pokemon. I was originally going to give Emolga a low score saying it was inferior to Ampharos and every electric type in every way, shape, and form. However, as I kept writing this, I recalled how much fun I had using one. It isn't the best support Pokemon in the game, but it will do

 6.5 Bolt Badges out of 10


     Thank you so much for reading, and I will see you next time with my review on Finneon and Lumineon. BYE!