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u/Dry_Emergency_5512 Wishing UnO was mainstream 2d ago
John really picked up a puppy from the side of the road and beat a god with it a while later . Definitely in character . For both John and Smeargle . But what about having Spore on it ?
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u/thinmintssss 2d ago
The puppy gets lots of treats later so it’s all good
I thought about putting Spore on Smeargle, but figured that John would be a brute force kind of guy. He likes fighting his opponents at 100%, and leaves most status/set-up stuff to Arlo
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u/Dry_Emergency_5512 Wishing UnO was mainstream 2d ago
Yeah but Smeargle also has 2 other setup moves so I didnt think he'd be averse to it . Still it's your awesome fanart do what you do
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u/thinmintssss 2d ago
Strengthening his own team (for emergencies like this) is fair game, but beating up a sleeping Pokemon wouldn’t be fun lol
Trust me though, Arlo doesn’t care at all about it and would toxic, sleep, paralyze, set up stones/spikes to his heart’s content
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u/Dry_Emergency_5512 Wishing UnO was mainstream 2d ago
Arlo definitely has that mf Gigantamax Copperajah
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u/Due-Creme-6930 2d ago
Imagine John cheesing gods with that stuff. Fighting god? Ditto---god, merge, batton pass from boosted smeargle, smurfffffff
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u/thinmintssss 2d ago
After John lost to Mewtwo the first time, he knew exactly what kind of moveset he had to get
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u/Due-Creme-6930 2d ago
John is just an average nuzlocker i see. Also, so now John got both mew and Mewtwo??
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u/thinmintssss 2d ago
Just Mewtwo! Jane has Mew here, and Mewtwo is an escaped clone of it
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u/Due-Creme-6930 2d ago
Oo so new kinda just hangs out from time to time?...this is an interesting universe lol. U gotta make this into a fullfleged ff😭😭
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u/thinmintssss 2d ago
I really am considering it lmao gotta finish/update other fics first though
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u/The_one_and_only943 2d ago
Is it me or is Ditto 1% calmner than ususal?
And at last! The trick team gives Mewtwo a taste of the John treatment! It only took a new recruit, a few weeks of preparations and copious amounts of hours of combat, totally feasable.
Wonder why Isen is so unnerved lol, is it because of John being out or because what John knocked out?
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u/thinmintssss 2d ago
Ditto’s a smidge calmer because it knows that violence and victory is on the horizon
Isen’s unnerved bc the general knowledge of Pokemon is vast, and he has no idea what Mewtwo is, only that it had knocked John (who’s already strong) out once before. Now he has to be in the presence of this crazy powerful being
He’s a tiny bit nervous
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u/Ok_Caterpillar_6957 2d ago
I know it’s not in character here… but can anyone else see isen just capturing a ko mewtwo here? Like he’s a strategies and a survivor, no way he would pass this up. Arlo and Blyke would be too prideful, sera is a friend, Remi won’t disrespect someone else hard work but isen would go “whoops my pokeball slip”
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u/thinmintssss 2d ago
Nah, because Pokemon can absolutely not listen at all to their trainers, and considering the carnage here, Isen wouldn’t take that chance. For his own health and safety
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u/SobekApepInEverySite 2d ago
...Now I got the image of Mewtwo using John as a teddy bear in my head.
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u/thinmintssss 2d ago edited 2d ago
Once Mewtwo gets comfortable of the company, he basically turns into a giant cat so it’s possible
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u/N-ShadowFrog Ability: Bacteria Manipulation 2d ago
Okay, lets do some calculations,
Assuming its a standard competitive Mewtwo at level 91 but with a Serious nature instead of Modest or Timid(Cause its clear not either of those) it would have a defense of 197 and 323 HP.
Then assume John + Ditto copy all stats but at his own level of 75, they'd have a Special Attack of 306. I'd also give a Rash nature because John. They'd then get a +2 Special Attack Bonus from Smeargle's Baton Pass and a +2 of their own assuming Mewtwo has Nasty Plot. Add a 50% attack boost if Zoroark got Helping Hand.
With all of that and assuming Lucario tanks Mewtwo's attacks with protect while the others set up, an Ice Beam from John should get a guaranteed OHKO if it lands. Pretty good strategy since even if Mewtwo realizes what they are doing, it can't one shot John although it would take up to 97% of his HP which would explain why he passed out immediately after.
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u/thinmintssss 2d ago
I’m not too familiar with the competitive scene and calculations but you sound confident so I believe everything you said, especially with Mewtwo being serious and John being a rash nature lol it fits him
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u/Radiant-Ad-1976 2d ago
Quick Question: do you think the legendaries exist in this au (specifically the creation trio and Arceus).
And if so, in a hypothetical scenario if the cast encountered one of them, how would they react.
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u/thinmintssss 2d ago edited 1d ago
They do! And if anyone would encounter them, they’d be in extreme awe (and fright in some cases) because with the creation trio, along with Arceus, they’re regarded as mythical and all-powerful and basically untouchable
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u/TrashiestTrash 1d ago
Oh my gosh, Smeargle makes so much sense too. You're too clever!
Also that moveset is insane, no wonder John won, or tied I guess 😆
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u/BusinessAlive3486 22h ago
What’s the significance of smeargles moveset? I’m not too familiar with pokemon.
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u/thinmintssss 20h ago
Life Dew is basically a heal, Shell Smash increases the strength of all attacks and speed, Baton pass lets Smeargle transfer those stats to John, and Hyper beam is just a really powerful blast
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u/Odd_Mobi4 2d ago
Makes senses.
Afterall, the Avengers couldn’t beat Thanos without Hawkeye.