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You know what, I wanna join in with a proper nightmare of a Pokemon:
Hydreigon
Behavior: 0/5
Hydreigon is known to actively hunt down and kill anything it sees move, and there are examples of it eradicating villages. It is one of the main contenders of the title "Most aggressive Pokémon", and has the classification of "Brutal Pokémon".
Housing: 0/5
Hydreigon is a very active predator and because of this needs an unreasonable amount of space to move around at. It also prefers caves, so unless your house is literally something like Mt. Silver, maybe don't.
Ease of care: 0/5
Hydreigon will try to kill you if you get close to it.
Safety: 0/5
Hydreigon definitely wants you, and everyone you've ever known and loved, dead.
Typing: 1.5/5 as a Dark/Dragon
Overall: 1.5/25
Don't get a Hydreigon. It will probably be the last mistake you'll ever make.
Can we get a perfect 0 here? It has to be Ghost or Poison and no other type so I can't choose Eternatus or Giratina, not very many pure poisons, Ghastly line not being a pure 0 because ease of care, same with stuff like Weezing...
I don't think so. I think the lowest you can go is either Spiritomb or Hydreigon. (Don't know enough about Spiritomb to score it, but Hydreigon only gets 1.5 due to extreme bloodlust. I assume Spiritomb would be in the 0.5-1.5 range... Although housing might actually be a 5/5 for it. Unsure on that.)
I stand corrected. Muk is a perfect 0.
"A twinned Koffing that forms on rare occasions where poisonous gases pool. Its two toxic gases appear to be different."
"If one of the twin Koffing inflates, the other one deflates. It constantly mixes its poisonous gases."
"Weezing alternately shrinks and inflates its twin bodies to mix together toxic gases inside. The more the gases are mixed, the more powerful the toxins become. The Pokémon also becomes more putrid."
And by the way, since it's said to be two Koffing, I wonder what Koffing do?
"Because it stores several kinds of toxic gases in its body, it is prone to exploding without warning."
"Its thin, flimsy body is filled with gases that cause constant sniffles, coughs and teary eyes"
"Getting up close to a Koffing will give you a chance to observe, through its thin skin, the toxic gases swirling inside. It blows up at the slightest stimulation."
"Lighter-than-air gases in its body keep it aloft. The gases not only smell, they are also explosive."
"Koffing embodies toxic substances. It mixes the toxins with raw garbage to set off a chemical reaction that results in a terribly powerful Poison Gas. The higher the temperature, the more gas is concocted by this Pokémon."
"In hot places, its internal gases could expand and explode without any warning. Be very careful!"
I don't think so. I think the lowest you can go is either Spiritomb or Hydreigon. (Don't know enough about Spiritomb to score it, but Hydreigon only gets 1.5 due to extreme bloodlust. I assume Spiritomb would be in the 0.5-1.5 range... Although housing might actually be a 5/5 for it. Unsure on that.)
Housing: Even the traces it leaves behind are poisonous and a single drop would contaminate the water. Additionally, it's 1.3m big and hence needs decently much space. Building a big high-security facility like that is gonna cost. +0
Behaviour: It already gets a +0 by the simple fact that it stinks so much that nobody could get even close to that thing. And any single touch will inevitably make you sick. It's terrible even if it does nothing.
Ease of Care: It enjoys eating stuff that is incredibly polluted. Not nice to get and not nice to handle +0.
Safety: Incredibly poisonous, ruins everything it touches and nobody wants to be near it. +0
Allright, let's get the elephant out of the room, the rules
All of these categories are ranked from 0-5 with a peak of 25 in total
simple concept, if you're buying a bird, you probably need a birdcage, if you're buying a cat, you probably need a litter box, if you're buying a dog, you probably need a dog bed
If you're buying what's essentially a ******* whale, you need a ******* pool that'll cost multi-millions of dollars. If you're getting a significant other, you need to probably double what you usually get for food and buy another bed and whatnot.
Pokemon who rank highly in this category take little to no preparation to house and pokemon who rank low are usually are usually borderline impossible to house without either extreme damage to your house(example, Raticate) or need so much room you might as well just buy a part of a state(Example: Wailord, Onyx)
While even the most nasty of pokemon can be trained to be well behaved(See the amount of gengars people have that don't eat baby souls) this category is to decide how easy that process is going to be, and whether or not you want the pokemon to know where you sleep.
Read their dex entries. If you want to know outside of the anime.
Pokémon that rank highly in this category are easy or effortless to train, pokemon that rank low are going to require extensive training to even get it to stop eating your soul when you sleep
How easy is the Pokémon going to be to groom, feed, and keep clean? Simple concept
pokémon who rank highly in this are either self-sufficient or very easy to care for(Example, Eevee, Venasaur) and Pokémon who rank low in this category eat baby souls and believe me they like those things fresh.
Will the pokemon be dangerous to you? Often a mix of behavior and typing, this decides whether you're bringing a pretty puppy who couldn't harm a fly(Eevee) or literal magma and flames the pokemon(Magmotar and Moltres are a couple examples)
Easy to rank, very high rankings are usually the work of safe pets who aren't a threat to the most stupid members of your family, and very low rankings are GOING to kill someone. It might not be on purpose, but it's going to happen.
A simple thing with a simple premise. Each type has a specific numerical value and dual types will be a middle ground between the two types, which means that yes, .5s are a thing.
Fire:+1 While Fire Types as a whole usually aren't bad behaved or anything like that, what hurts them a lot is 1 big thing: Most Fire Type dex entries go on about how high their temperatures are repeatedly making for terrible housing(Flammable stuff is terrible for them cause it will burn), Safety(Yes, the thing thats like 1000 degrees celcius sure is safe for your well-being), and Ease of Care(Good luck grooming or bathing something that melts the damn brush and vaporizes the water on contact)
Water: +4 Water types aren't +5 becuase housing one usually varies from Swimming Pool to God damn ocean, shit that ain't common, but their benefits are that they're usually easy to care for and Safety is often a cinch
Grass: +5 Grass Types are among the most bland types, as such they make for great pets because they're often self-sufficient or just need water and sun, are easy as hell to house, and often times aren't gonna be low on Safety too.
Ghost: +0 Yeah you know that eating fresh baby souls I joked about earlier in the ease of care section? That's most ghost types, usually scoring 0 in Safety and pretty low in behavior, the only upside to owning one are the fact housing one is usually easy, but when your pet is generally Devil incarnate in personality and Black Hole in Safety you find issues.
Dark: +1 usually Poor behavior and safety but decent housing makes Dark challenging to give higher then a +1.
Bug: +1 Most people are afraid of bugs, now imagine the fact these things are often hell to house and have low ease of care and safety and the +1 fits.
Rock: +2 Rock Types often are hard to house and somewhat low on safety but that's really it, they're not Satan personified and often are self-sufficient. Earning a middle of the road rating
Ground: +2 You could Copy/paste Rock's Justification here and it'd work. The types usually get paired together for a reason.
Dragon: +2 The thing with Dragon Types is they're often ******* massive and as such Housing, and Ease of Care dip as a result. Safety is usually mid on them though so... yeah. Low +2.
Psychic: +3 Having a pet that can do your ******* taxes for you and is probably smart enough to go buy the foot it wants and get a job, Ease of care is usually really ******* high. Housing is usually like inviting another person to your house though and Psychics can sometimes be assholes and that's why they're not +4.
Poison: +0 The difference between Ghost and Poison is that Ghost probably meant to kill you, but Poison probably did it just by existing, Housing is usually hell, Personality is often bad, and ease of care for eating literal garbage half the time is the literal only minute upside.
Fairy: +5 oh look, the good happy pink guy type, Personality, Ease of Care, and especially Safety are usually maxed on these.
Electric: +2 Unfortunately, Electrics often make bad pets because they have this nasty tendency to go into Electric plants and cause chaos plus the fact Electricity as a baseline is dangerous. Usually decent ease of care and housing though.
Fighting: +1 Inviting another person to live with you that's probably gonna try and sock you at least a few times is not a good time.
Flying: +3 It's a bird. The only reason flying isn't +2 is because it's basically getting a plane for way cheaper.
Ice: +3 Usually easy to care for and easy to house, the only issue is safety and that's only because of Elemental properties.
Normal: +5 Oh look, basic bitch=good pet. Next.
Steel: +3 Self-sufficient or easy to feed plus decent behavior usually equals positive type.
Now that all of that is over with, pick a pokemon and rate it!
Behaviour: 1.5/5
It's not clear if Eternatus does it intentionally -Although the anime has it able to target & control what Pokemon Dynamax & Gigantamax- but its presence causes Dyanamaxing, due to releasing Dynamax Energy.
As its profile says: Weather Manipulation, Madness Manipulation (Type 2) and Power Bestowal (Its body leaks Galar Particles, the substance which allows other Pokémon to Dynamax. Was the one behind the Darkest Day, an event which generated intense storms and Galar Particles across all the Galar Region, making the Pokémon Dynamaxed from such an event rage uncontrollably. Galar Particles are shown to uncontrollably increase both the power and rage of Zacian/Zamazenta if applied to them as well, even if they can't Dynamax), Energy Manipulation (Can generate Galar Particles), Absorption (Can absorb energy and the Galar Particles in the surrounding area, preventing the other Pokémon from Dynamaxing, can absorb many mystical forces via Cosmic Power and Meteor Beam)
Can The Real World's animals Dynamax as a result of exposure to Galar Particles?
The core on its chest absorbs energy emanating from the lands of the Galarregion. This energy is what allows Eternatus to stay active.
Unless it can absorb similar energy emanating from the real world, it'll probably, eventually go inactive.
Housing: 0/5
It is 20 meters in height & 950 kg in weight in its smaller form. You'd have trouble fitting it into a garage, let alone housing it.
Put another way, BASE Eternatus is bigger AND heavier than Wailord, which is only 14.5 meters & 398 kg.
Ease of Care: 1/5
Eternatus is kind of self-maintaining, since it absorbs energy to stay active, & as long as it has that, it's good.
However, you probably can't do anything about whether it succeeds in that or not, for better or for worse.
Beyond that, it's probably hostile. Oh & it also causes pieces of its body imbued with its power rain down throughout Galar in the form of Wishing Pieces and Wishing Stars.
So, have fun dealing with meteors, maybe?
Safety: 0/5
This thing is several weightclasses above any human, & big enough that it probably wouldn't notice accidentally smacking/impaling/crushing you.
It's known for causing "The Darkest Day", an apocalyptic event full of storms & berserk-inducing involuntary Dynamaxing for many species when awake, & even when not, it makes what are glorified meteors.
& if it ran out of energy, there's the possibility it might start draining that from your country, given all the energy absorption it does.
Literally an apocalypse waiting to happen when it wakes up, & it's not much better asleep.
Typing: 1/5 Poison/Dragon apparently means a 1 out of 5.
Behaviour: 1.5/5
It's not clear if Eternatus does it intentionally -Although the anime has it able to target & control what Pokemon Dynamax & Gigantamax- but its presence causes Dyanamaxing, due to releasing Dynamax Energy.
As its profile says: Weather Manipulation, Madness Manipulation (Type 2) and Power Bestowal (Its body leaks Galar Particles, the substance which allows other Pokémon to Dynamax. Was the one behind the Darkest Day, an event which generated intense storms and Galar Particles across all the Galar Region, making the Pokémon Dynamaxed from such an event rage uncontrollably. Galar Particles are shown to uncontrollably increase both the power and rage of Zacian/Zamazenta if applied to them as well, even if they can't Dynamax), Energy Manipulation (Can generate Galar Particles), Absorption (Can absorb energy and the Galar Particles in the surrounding area, preventing the other Pokémon from Dynamaxing, can absorb many mystical forces via Cosmic Power and Meteor Beam)
Can The Real World's animals Dynamax as a result of exposure to Galar Particles?
The core on its chest absorbs energy emanating from the lands of the Galarregion. This energy is what allows Eternatus to stay active.
Unless it can absorb similar energy emanating from the real world, it'll probably, eventually go inactive.
Housing: 0/5
It is 20 meters in height & 950 kg in weight in its smaller form. You'd have trouble fitting it into a garage, let alone housing it.
Put another way, BASE Eternatus is bigger AND heavier than Wailord, which is only 14.5 meters & 398 kg.
Ease of Care: 1/5
Eternatus is kind of self-maintaining, since it absorbs energy to stay active, & as long as it has that, it's good.
However, you probably can't do anything about whether it succeeds in that or not, for better or for worse.
Beyond that, it's probably hostile. Oh & it also causes pieces of its body imbued with its power rain down throughout Galar in the form of Wishing Pieces and Wishing Stars.
So, have fun dealing with meteors, maybe?
Safety: 0/5
This thing is several weightclasses above any human, & big enough that it probably wouldn't notice accidentally smacking/impaling/crushing you.
It's known for causing "The Darkest Day", an apocalyptic event full of storms & berserk-inducing involuntary Dynamaxing for many species when awake, & even when not, it makes what are glorified meteors.
& if it ran out of energy, there's the possibility it might start draining that from your country, given all the energy absorption it does.
Literally an apocalypse waiting to happen when it wakes up, & it's not much better asleep.
Typing: 1/5 Poison/Dragon apparently means a 1 out of 5.
If two or more Wobbuffet meet, they will turn competitive and try to outdo the other's endurance. However, they may try to see which one can endure the longest without food. Trainers need to beware of this habit.
Wobbuffet does nothing but endure attacks - it won't attack on its own. However, it won't endure an attack on its tail. When that happens, the Pokémon will try to take the foe with it using Destiny Bond.
It desperately tries to keep its black tail hidden. It is said to be proof the tail hides a secret.
Housing: 3.
Wobbuffet hates light & shock, & lives in caves & only moves about at night. You could put it in your basement, but it'd probably hate it whenever you turned on the lights, & might try to hide in dark spots. Behaviour: 4.
Wobbuffet hates light & shock, but will never attack first, only retaliating. However, if its tail is attacked, it won't endure the attack, but go for Destiny Bond. It's also known to strike back ferociously if said tail is attacked. It desperately tries to keep said tail hidden.
Its worst flaw though is if you get 2 together: They get competitive & try to out-endure each other, & may try to see which can last longest without food. The Pokedex says "Trainers need to beware of this habit.", for good reason.
Still, that's only a risk of malnourishment/starvation IF you let multiple of them get together, & this is a species that's stated to be "Usually docile". Ease of Care: 2.5
Do you have a dark room you can go without much light entering? Lots of space in it? That's probably where your Wobbuffet will want to stay, otherwise you probably don't have its niche. & as said, keep it away from other Wobbuffet, lights & shock. Safety: 4.5
Don't attack it, especially not its tail, don't startle it with light, nor "shock" it. I'm pretty sure even a child could follow these rules. Typing: Psychic is +3 apparently.
(If we consider abilities, Shadow Tag could be an annoyance.)
17/25
But yeah, the punching bag scores pretty high on the pet test. Not too surprising.
Housing: 0. Kyurem is 9'10 and over 700 pounds, combine that with the fact you well be spending a lot on heaters and the fact this thing prefers large caves and suddenly you realize that the massive ice dragon might be a bad idea to get!
Behavior: 0. Between the movie and the games, Kyurem is well-documented to be willing to put children into the ground with little proaction, and being heavily implied to be intelligent, makes this thing an easy 0.
Ease of Care: 5. This is another Pokémon that doesn't seem to actually need any cleaning/food, it doesn't even need an AC because it keeps itself cold.
Safety: 0. Kyurem is predisposed to violence with minor provocations, and is big and strong enough to bulldoze your entire city block into an ice cube.
Typing: Ice-Dragon is a 2.5.
7.5/25. Ease of care does a lot to boost this thing.
Okay if it's me, who's done a lot of the prior evaluations? (Also, glad to be reminded that this thread exists.)
Housing: In the games, Victini can be found at Liberty Garden, an island supposedly bought by an ultra rich family 200 years ago, & which is a place where people & Pokemon can live freely. Victini lives in the basement. If brought there in B2/W2:
"If the player enters the basement of the lighthouse with Victini, it will want to come out of its Poké Ball. If the player allows it to do so, Victini will pop out, look at several areas while dancing and calling out, and then return to its Ball, with a message saying it seems satisfied."
IIRC, it was energetic, benign & elusive; It'd power-up the attacks of Pokemon in battles to significantly higher levels, turn invisible at will....
Anyway, point is, this thing seems to be fine with living alone in one place for centuries in isolation.
It is 40 cm (1'4") & 4 kg (8.8 lbs) so any place should have plenty of room. The fact it didn't cause many major incidents in any of its locations for centuries suggests you probably don't need to worry about fireproofing the place in your lifetime.
Housing 4.5/5 - Give it reasonable living conditions & it'll live alone for centuries. It probably could do some damage, but it doesn't seem likely to unless there's already a fight happening.
Behaviour: As mentioned, other than powering up some Pokemon attacks in a friendly battle -& nobody got hurt then- it's not dangerous, & indeed benign. Heck, its only other anime appearance?
In Pikachu, What's This Key?, Pikachu and his friends visited a Victini courtesy of Klefki's keys. It rescued Pikachu and brought him back to safety as he was falling into a chasm.
Its Pokedex-entries support this:
When it shares the infinite energy it creates, that being's entire body will be overflowing with power.
Only about 3 unique Pokedex entries, not obtainable past Gen 7, & it didn't even GET any new Pokedex entries in Gen 7! Does GameFreak hate this thing?!
But yeah. It shares an infinite supply of energy, powering up others, though, being "overflowing with power" could be dangerous for some individuals.
Behaviour 4.5/5 It might make some targets dangerous when it powers them up, but Victini is shown to be helpful, if reclusive. If it causes danger, it's probably accidental or not the aggressor.
Ease of Care: At 40 cm & 4 kg, it weighs about as much as a housecat, & isn't much bigger. As Bulbapedia notes: "Victini's appearance seems to be based on うさぎリンゴ usagi-ringo, a method of cutting apple slices to make them look similar to rabbits"...So it's probably similar to a rabbit. Fur to brush.
It might be less tolerant of any water-based cleaning, since it's a Fire-type, but IIRC, sometimes Fire-types are shown to be tolerant of small amounts of water. Regardless, brushing is feasible, & it's a small creature, so the total area to clean is very manageably small.
It also may be energetic. The facts that it can fly & turn invisible at will according to the anime may make cleaning more difficult.
Ease of Care 3.5/5 It may or may not like water, but it's a small, if energetic, & benign animal. Brushing will probably suffice. Any good food &/or water should also be fine, like with a regular animal.
Safety: As mentioned earlier, it does power up others to very high, "overflowing" levels, but it's otherwise not known to do endangering stuff. Safety 4.5/5 Again, if it endangers anyone, it probably wasn't deliberately, & it likely wasn't the aggressor. Monitoring a small, potentially flying &/or invisible creature with the mass of a housecat might be difficult, but it likely isn't gonna bowl anyone over.
Typing: Fire is +1, Psychic is +3. Typing = +4
Total: 21/25
Friendly, helpful, benign small creature that's hard to keep a hold on -Small, & going by the anime, flies & goes invisible at will- that can seemingly live for centuries on its own & rarely does danger except maybe when others it likes are battling is a reasonable pet, apparently.
Okay if it's me, who's done a lot of the prior evaluations? (Also, glad to be reminded that this thread exists.)
Housing: In the games, Victini can be found at Liberty Garden, an island supposedly bought by an ultra rich family 200 years ago, & which is a place where people & Pokemon can live freely. Victini lives in the basement. If brought there in B2/W2:
"If the player enters the basement of the lighthouse with Victini, it will want to come out of its Poké Ball. If the player allows it to do so, Victini will pop out, look at several areas while dancing and calling out, and then return to its Ball, with a message saying it seems satisfied."
IIRC, it was energetic, bengign & elusive; It'd power-up the attacks of Pokemon in battles to significantly higher levels, turn invisible at will....
Anyway, point is, this thing seems to be fine with living alone for one place for centuries in isolation.
It is 40 cm (1'4") & 4 kg (8.8 lbs) so any place should have plenty of room. The fact it didn't cause many major incidents in any of its locations for centuries suggests you probably don't need to worry about fireproofing the place in your lifetime.
Housing 4.5/5 - Give it reasonable living conditions & it'll live alone for centuries. It probably could do some damage, but it doesn't seem likely to unless there's already a fight happening.
Behaviour: As mentioned, other than powering up some Pokemon attacks in a friendly battle -& nobody got hurt then- it's not dangerous, & indeed benign. Heck, its only other anime appearance?
In Pikachu, What's This Key?, Pikachu and his friends visited a Victini courtesy of Klefki's keys. It rescued Pikachu and brought him back to safety as he was falling into a chasm.
Its Pokedex-entries support this:
When it shares the infinite energy it creates, that being's entire body will be overflowing with power.
Only about 3 unique Pokedex entries, not obtainable past Gen 7, & it didn't even GET any new Pokedex entries in Gen 7! Does GameFreak hate this thing?!
But yeah. It shares an infinite supply of energy, powering up others, though, being "overflowing with power" could be dangerous for some individuals.
Behaviour 4.5/5 It might make some targets dangerous when it powers them up, but Victini is shown to be helpful, if reclusive. If it causes danger, it's probably accidental or not the aggressor.
Ease of Care: At 40 cm & 4 kg, it weighs about as much as a housecat, & isn't much bigger. As Bulbapedia notes: "Victini's appearance seems to be based on うさぎリンゴ usagi-ringo, a method of cutting apple slices to make them look similar to rabbits"... So it's probably similar to a rabbit. Fur to brush.
It might be less tolerant of any water-based cleaning, since it's a Fire-type, but IIRC, sometimes Fire-types are shown to be tolerant of small amounts of water. Regardless, brushing is feasible, & it's a small creature, so the total area to clean is very manageably small.
It also may be energetic. The facts that it can fly & turn invisible at will according to the anime may make cleaning more difficult.
Ease of Care 3.5/5 It may or may not like water, but it's a small, if energetic, & benign animal. Brushing will probably suffice. Any good food &/or water should also be fine, like with a regular animal.
Safety: As mentioned earlier, it does power up others to very high, "overflowing" levels, but it's otherwise not known to do endangering stuff. Safety 4.5/5 Again, if it endangers anyone, it probably wasn't deliberately, & it likely wasn't the aggressor. Monitoring a small, flying animal with the mass of a housecat might be difficult, but it likely isn't gonna bowl anyone over.
Typing: Fire is +1, Psychic is +3. Typing = +4
Total: 21/25
Friendly, helpful, benign small creature that's hard to keep a hold on -Small, & going by the anime, flies & goes invisible at will- that can seemingly live for centuries on its own & rarely does danger except maybe when others it likes are battling is a reasonable pet, apparently.
The eight feathers on its back are called blade birds, and they can launch off its body to attack foes independently.
At 2.2 meters (7'3".) & 75 kg (165.3 lbs), it's huge, although not much heavier than a person. It's apparently smart -Precedented by its pre-evolution, Corvisquire being smart already- & a skilled flier.
Also, it's literally Galar's flying Taxi Service of choice -Picks up the car & carries it-, & might be Paldea's, too, if not for its natural predator Tinkaton attacking it to use its metal for hammers.
1 inch is 2.54 cm. Corviknight's height is 220 cm. 80 * 2.54 = 203.2 cm. To house your Corviknight, please get extra large doorways throughout your house, or house your Corviknight outside.
Maybe a garage since they're apparently domesticated & willing to carry occupied cars?
You'll probably still need to clean it, so maybe the garage is better. I'm not sure it'd appreciate a birdcage anyway.
Housing: 2.5/5 You can keep it at your house, in the same way that you can keep a car at your house; Try to bring it into your living room & you'll likely run into sizing issues.
Behaviour: It's unlikely it maintains its Rookidee behaviours, but apparently will challenge any opponent to grow stronger, even from defeat. Also, female Rookidee are "fussier", & if another Pokemon dirties a female Rookidee's wings, it'll peck at them "in a burning rage". Corviknight's own wings have "partly turned to steel and become heavy as a result", so who knows if it still gets angry about wing dirtying.
Corvisquire can accurately judge opponent's strength thanks to harsh battles, & are known to pick up or fling rocks as well as use wrap up enemies in rope, & can apparently "quickly learn how to use any tool it can pick up in its beak or hold in its talons".
Corviknight are good taxi carriers, who fly while carrying taxis by their talons. So it's safe to say it probably knows how to fight good, & care for a taxi & a customer, & is likely domesticated enough to not attack you.
Though it might be fight-happy if pre-evolution behaviour is any precedent.
Oh, & since Tinkaton prey on it, don't let it see any big hammers, & don't let rocks get launched at it. But the latter should go without saying.
Oh, & ravens are omnivores. Try not to let it attack local small animals. But as a domesticated species, it probably doesn't do that.... But like a dog, there's the risk it might. Unlike a dog, it's a 75 kg, skilledly flying intelligent bird; How do you stop that from trying to gore a local squirrel?
Behaviour: 3/5 Seemingly domesticated & learned in battle. As long as you trust it not to get in fights or trust it not to immaturely get in a fuss if its wings are dirtied, it's probably reasonably passive, maybe even protective. As its likely an omnivore, beware of it possibly attacking small animals, for preying or otherwise.
Ease of Care: It is taller than you likely are, has "heavy" metal wings, with many "feathers", & is 75 kg total.
You probably need to give it as much food as a medium-large dog. Luckily, like real ravens -& to a limited extent, dogs, which can handle limited non-meats in their diet- ravens are omnivores. So feeding bill probably isn't too expensive. Cleaning partly metal feathers/wings may be difficult. Do you need a brush or polish? Both? Rust remover? It's apparently high-quality metal given Tinkaton goes after it for their precious hammers.... You may need a stepladder or something to clean the higher parts, & you should hope its wings don't move too much -Ex: Flapping restlessly- lest you get smacked, or worse, cut by sharp partly metal wings/feathers.
At least ravens preen themselves, but they can presumably only reach so much themselves.
Ease of Care: 2/5 It's probably well-behaved, preens itself, & eats anything, but a mix of steel & non-metal may be tricky to clean safely, & being a huge, intelligent, skilled flier, it may be difficult to keep your hands on it.
Safety: Implied to be domestic, doesn't work as a Flying Taxi in Paldea, likely by human decision because it isn't safe for Corviknight & thus its customers. As long as you mind it possibly being an omnivore, the risk of it being aggressive or fight-happy like its pre-evolutions -Rookidee especially, which, if female, also show a tendency to get aggressive to those who dirty their wings- then it's probably safe?
Keep it away from thrown rocks & big hammers, given it likely has instincts related to such things.
Safety: 3/5 If it weren't seemingly domesticated, it'd probably score lower. IRL, many people either already know, or learn not to pick fight with corvids, as their intellect makes them capable of not only holding a grudge, but spreading that grudge to their flock. Getting the ire of supersized, part metal, likely smarter, & superpowered corvids isn't a beef we need with these big-bodied, big-brained "beef eaters".
Oh, & if you have the means to Dynamax/Gigantamax it, it probably goes without saying that you shouldn't/don't want that to happen, for safety's sakes. Hurricanes & all that.
Typing: Flying & Steel are both +3. Typing: +6.
Total Score: 16.5/25
You could do worse than a 220 cm partly metal raven -That is thus likely an omnivore- with a regional enemy. Some real people keep real ravens as pets & they can apparently even learn limited human language. This one likely even knows how to carry you & your car to work.
If you don't have a car, maybe it can carry you on its back or by its talons!
But you probably can't keep it anywhere but your garage or your yard unless you get big doors & don't mind indoor big bird cleanup. Speaking of cleaning, mind that you don't get smacked by apparently heavy, partly metal, possibly sharp wings/feathers while cleaning what Corviknight doesn't get with preening. You may also need something so you can reach the heights of its upper body, too.
Should I? Must I?
I mean, I've done many already this thread, 2 alone today, so I'd like it if I didn't hog all the stuff.
Anyone else willing to tackle this task, please?
Behavior: 2. Archaludon has literally nothing detailing its behavior other than the fact it digs holes in mountains, and apparently whatever you feed this thing is in those mountains. Oh. Oh no.
Housing: 1. This thing survives in mountains, and gets it's food underground. very few people live on mountains, let alone are able to fit a 6 foot tall artillery cannon that Tunnels through the place in and around their home.
Safety: 3. It Weighs like 130 pounds, despite being metal, Archaludon isn't exactly heavy enough to cause harm... now that 10 foot across steaming path you once called an intruder definitely is!
Ease of care: 1. The ONLY thing saving this knucklehead from a fat 0 is the fact it can also eat specific berries like all Pokémon, but if it was that easy, it wouldn't dig around MOUNTAINS for food. Unless you live on a mountain, this thing does not have readily available food.
Typing: 2.5 for Steel/Dragon
Total: 9.5/25.
Oh look, the ARTILLERY CANNON is a bad pet, who woulda thought?
Safety: 2/5. I can hear you asking "what? Why?" Well... Goodra itself gets pissed off if you don't like being covered in it's slime. This damn thing can send garbage trucks flying with it's tail and hit for 100x the force of the strongest heavyweight boxer. oh and by the way it's rampages when it gets mad are described as "unstoppable". This can and WILL dip down lower if it retails the acid of Sliggoo or the extreme germs of Goomy, so the point where with Sliggoo it'd be a big fat 0.
Behavior: 3/5. It wants to make friends by hugging, not a lot of people like being covered in slime, the pokédex warns people not to get mad at being covered in slime. See Safety section.
Housing: 1/5. Goodra is 6'07 and Weighs over 300 pounds, prepare for a second person living in your house.
Ease of Care: 1/5. With the diet of most pokémon(berries), you're setting aside probably 500 USD per month just to feed your Goodra. That is more then almost any breed of dog or cat cost to buy food for an entire year. Per month.
Typing: Dragon is a 2/5.
Total: 9/25. Yeah, unless you love slime, and everyone you know loves slime, do NOT GET A GOODRA
Safety: 2/5. I can hear you asking "what? Why?" Well... Goodra itself gets pissed off if you don't like being covered in it's slime. This damn thing can send garbage trucks flying with it's tail and hit for 100x the force of the strongest heavyweight boxer. oh and by the way it's rampages when it gets mad are described as "unstoppable". This can and WILL dip down lower if it retails the acid of Sliggoo or the extreme germs of Goomy, so the point where with Sliggoo it'd be a big fat 0.
Behavior: 3/5. It wants to make friends by hugging, not a lot of people like being covered in slime, the pokédex warns people not to get mad at being covered in slime. See Safety section.
Housing: 1/5. Goodra is 6'07 and Weighs over 300 pounds, prepare for a second person living in your house.
Ease of Care: 1/5. With the diet of most pokémon(berries), you're setting aside probably 500 USD per month just to feed your Goodra. That is more then almost any breed of dog or cat cost to buy food for an entire year. Per month.
Typing: Dragon is a 2/5.
Total: 9/25. Yeah, unless you love slime, and everyone you know loves slime, do NOT GET A GOODRA
It gets picked on because it's meek. But then, whoever teased it gets to feel the full force of its horns and a good swatting from its thick tail.
Meek is good for a "pet" because that correlates with being docile.
But apparently it doesn't take well to being teased. & if its tail hits as hard as its horns....
It's very friendly toward people. If you grow close to it, Goodra will hug you with its sticky, slime-covered body. Don't get mad.
On one hand, good that it's friendly.
On the other hand, it apparently likes to hug those close to it. So at least it might not try that on strangers, but still.
It loves the rain. This mellow Pokémon can be seen walking around on the plains and in the mountains on rainy days.
Imagine trying to keep a pet in your house that actively seeks to go out into the rain, if not needs to do so for its health; A 2 meters tall, 150.5 kg slimy monster that's soaking wet from the rain is awful for any flooring.
Oh, & it's not certain how much Hisuian Goodra is like regular Goodra, since it only has 1 Pokedex entry, but....
Able to freely control the hardness of its metallic shell. It loathes solitude and is extremely clingy—it will fume and run riot if those dearest to it ever leave its side.
Basically: Goodra is about as good for you and your family members' health as something that almost definitely should've been poison/Dragon type should be
Prefers cold climes and appears along coasts. It's an adorable little thing—as cute as any child—but it's also prideful, unwilling to accept handouts from people.
For an anime-promoted, arguably, attestedly adorable 'mon & a starter, it's surprising Piplup only has like, FIVE, unique Pokedex entries.
First, let's ask a question: COULD or COULDN'T a Piplup in the real world evolve?
Since all that's needed for it to evolve is levels, AKA, experience, which can be gotten from battles. Who says enough real world animals won't do the job?
& also, Pokemon can be levelled up, not only by Rare Candies & EXP Candies, but juices at Lumiose City's Juice Shoppe: The Rare Soda is made from Lansat + Starf, & Ultra Rare Soda from Enima Berry + Roseli Berry.
These berries (Like almost all of the other berries.) are loosely based on real world fruits (& IIRC, sometimes vegetables.), so there's a SLIM possibility similar things could achieve similar effects.
Lansat Berry = Langsat, AKA lanzones. Has commercially cultivated edible versions & is edible raw.
Starf Berry = Star fruit, AKA carambola. Called "star fruit" for how it looks when cut in a cross section. Yellow-orange skin with yellow flesh when ripe. From what little info I can find, the core should be removed, but supposedly the skin, flesh & seeds are all edible raw when it's ripe!
Enima Berry = Okay, this one's actually shakier, & 1 of the few berries lacking a clear real world basis. Quote Bulbapedia:
"The Enigma Berry's name may be based on an enigma. Its design may be based on a question mark or a sunflower seed."
So in theory, assuming the "Rare Soda" & "Ultra Rare Soda" don't require ingredients like Rare Candy or EXP Candy (You only give the Juice Shoppe a Lansat Berry & a Starf Berry for Rare Soda, & an Enigma Berry & a Roseli Berry to make them), then it MIGHT be possible to make a drink with a loosely similar effect!
A potential alternative to battling, IF you're crazy enough to want to level up your pet Pokemon. (& that assumes they can even tolerate those ingredients. Many animals, especially in the real world, can't tolerate certain fruits or vegetables that are just fine for us humans.)
....But probably not. Our real world berries probably don't have the practically magical properties of Pokemon world berries.
Since ancient times, it has been revered by the people of Hisui, who call it the Master of the Waves. Its wings are a match for even master-crafted blades.
It avoids unnecessary disputes, but it will mercilessly decimate anything that threatens the safety of its colony.
Oddly enough, Empoleon may have a small mistranslation in its HG/SS entry, saying "anything that threatens its pride", but in Scarlet, it's "anything that that threatens the safety of its colony". So is this about it being defensive about anything that threatens its ego, or its group?
I in part bring these up because if evolved Pokemon are like their pre-evolutions, then unevolved Pokemon may be like their evolved forms, & so, those potential tendencies -Among other information- should also be considered, too.
Safety:
At 40 cm (1'4") & 5.2 kg (11.5 lbs), Piplup is a blubbery, baby-sized Pokemon. However, the fact that it is described as "A skilled swimmer, it dives for over 10 minutes to hunt.", & its evolution, Prinplup, searches for prey in icy seas tells us that it likely eats fish, & possibly other sea-dwelling creatures.
Supposedly, Piplup lives "along shores in northern countries" in the Pokemon world. Laventon of Hisui notes "Prefers cold climes and appears along coasts.".
In theory, this could extend to things like seals at the least. IRL animals will usually take what meat they can get, & if the meat of otters, bears, or other birds is on the menu, Piplup might take it.
Domesticated carnivores are not a new thing, either. But that doesn't mean there aren't some that get aggressive.
Piplup specifically is noted as "prideful, unwilling to accept handouts" by Laventon & it's said that "Because it is very proud, it hates accepting food from people." in other games; Since Laventon's entries precede the present day in the Pokemon world, does that mean Piplup went from unwilling to hating accepting handouts? Did it get MORE stuck-up with time?
Most concerningly, is this: "It doesn't like to be taken care of. It's difficult to bond with since it won't listen to its Trainer."
Starter Pokemon my foot. I guess Sinnoh's professors just gave way to tradition, or couldn't think of any better Pokemon to pick?
The good news is while it's good at swimming, it's a poor walker & often falls down, yet it ignores this with its pride & carelessly puffs up its chest in its pride.
Safety: 2/5 Piplup is very proud, is unwilling/hateful of accepting "handouts", doesn't like being taken care of, & is stated to be difficult to bond with & won't listen to its trainer.
Combined with being a carnivorous predator that's a good swimmer, this likely means it won't eat the food you give it & will instead run off to hunt on its own. Even if it is small, arguably domesticated, a poor walker, & foolhardily prideful, you do not want a carnivore going open season in your locale.
Let alone one with superpowers.
If it evolves, Prinplup can snap trees in 1 hit, & Empoleon can cleave through ice floes, & has wings that Laventon notes are "a match for even master-crafted blades.".
Behaviour:
As mentioned, Piplup is foolhardy in its pride, to the point of disobedience & not taking food.
Add on a risk of it going away to hunt, & you can see why it's troublesome.
Prinplup is even worse living alone because EVERY PRINPLUP thinks itself is the most important, & can't form a group as a result!
According to Laventon, Prinplup "swims gracefully through the frigid sea and sings with a voice like the roaring tide". Yay?
Empoleon have leaders & take their pride/their colony's safety seriously, & "avoid unnecessary disputes".
So crazily enough, it may actually be SAFER to have Empoleon than Piplup -Although it might long for a group- IF you can somehow evolve it. & also deal with the narcissist supreme that is Prinplup; What if it, your supposed "pet", considers itself more important than YOU?!
Behaviour: 3/5 There are worse things a Pokemon can be prone to doing than being disobedient, running off to hunt & being stupidly arrogant while it literally trips over its own tiny feet. But you can do a lot better. A-At least it's cute, right?
Still, Piplup's preferred climes are apparently cold climes coasts & shores in the northern countries, & it has thick down to guard it from cold. Hopefully your house isn't too warm. Otherwise, turn the AC down, & prepare some cold water. Got a swimming pool?
For Prinplup, I assume researchers engineered conditions to test its capabilities to see it splitting trees. Then again, it's also native to Hisui, which has trees, & IRL has penguins in the Galapagos, which has trees, too.... A-At least prideful Prinplup live solitarily?
& Empoleon presumably lives around ice floes, in groups.
Housing: 4/5 Piplup is tiny, somewhat lightweight, & wants cold & water. This is achievable in many regions, with some possible discomfort for some. If not, well.... Warm-blooded animals like penguins CAN self-regulate their body temperature, right...?
Ease of Care:
Many people take care of pets, like dogs or cats, some of which will refuse to eat certain food, like only eating wet food instead of say, dry kibble. Though in those cases it's more preference rather than outright refusing food out of pride like Piplup does.... It's unclear why this is a starter Pokemon given its disobedience, but that may indicate it's somewhat easy to care for.
If it's fine with just fish like real penguins, it's probably manageable.
Ease of Care: 3/5 Piplup is stuck-up to the point of disobedience, & possibly not eating, & it'll prefer a cold, wet environment with a diet of what is primarily fish, possibly other meat. If you can accomodate that & prevent it running off to hunt, & also mind tendencies related to evolution, it may be manageable.
Typing: Water-type is +4. Typing: 4/5
Total: 16/25
Piplup: Puny, predatory, prideful, primarily piscivorous penguin Pokemon.
It is disobedient to its trainer, known to be "difficult to bond with", & surprising that it's a starter choice, & you'll want a wet/cold environment.
Its evolution, Prinplup, is known to be able to split "even the thickest of trees in two in half with 1 hit" & its evolution can cleave through ice floes. Every Prinplup can't form a group because it considers itself the most important, but Empoleon can apparently get a group, protects it, & avoids "unnecessary disputes".
In other words, the middle evolution is problematically, practically narcissistic, but the final evolution has better behaviour.
If you want a Piplup as a pet, there would definitely be worse choices of Pokemon, but Piplup is cute & you might be able to handle it with some work.
Sorry about all the words & length for this.
Hopefully this is appreciable, &/or interesting/entertaining, rather than dull.
Even a glance at Litwick's pokedex entries paints it as an EXTREMELY unsafe Pokémon, absorbing the life energies of those around it and being stated to have access to the Spirit realm. Lampent eats souls, and Chandelure itself either absorbs souls, destroys them outright, or burns them to the point where they wander aimlessly for eternity!
Chandelure is about as safe as getting a Warhammer Daemon as a pet!
The only positive dex entry AT ALL for any part of the Chandelure line is Litwick's Sword Dex entry where it guides child's spirits by the hand to the afterlife... and then is immediately shat on by Shield implying it eats those ******* souls!
Chandelure also pulls a Hypno and hypnotizes people, but instead of leading them off, it just exposes them to it's flames! See safety on that one. It also eats souls.
Normally this would get a 1 or 0 for being a 3 foot tall chandelier with open flames it's swinging around, but it's actually implied those fires are only kinda warm, so it won't actually be setting anything ablaze. The only issue then is just having big enough doorways or a decent backyard.
It eats souls and life force for Arceus' sake, what did you expect it to get? Yeah you can feed it berries but as seen with my Archaludon and Goodra reviews, what they eat in the wild takes precedence and if they actually do eat berries you're setting aside nearly six grand USD per year just to feed it!
Typing: Ghost/Fire is a 0.5
Total: 2.5. -17.5 if you want to take me literally on shifting on it's abysmal behavior. Chandelure is out for your soul, and without the most steady hand on the planet, Or being a competent Pokémon trainer, see how many people have domesticated Gengar for that, it will just kill you.
