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Equus; Revised Moveset
Topic Started: Feb 4 2011, 10:08 PM (866 Views)
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Basic Information:

Pokémon Name: Equus (EH-kwiss)
Image/Description:
"Mare"

"Stallion"


Because I included images of both the mare and stallion, there is no shiny form of the pokemon included. Since Shinies rarely play a part, here, anyways, it seemed unnecessary. Stallions have always been known to have cropped manes, and mares; long lavish ones. It's not sure why. Even when they were thought nothing more than beasts, a mare who's mane and tail were cut would grow back far quicker than any normal horse's mane and tail.

Species Information:

Pokémon Species: The Painted Horse Pokemon
Gender Ratio: 50/50
Weight: Around 312 lbs
Height: Females: 5'11", Males 6'7"
Type: Grass/Psychic
Abilities: Technician + Inner Focus
Special Abilities: Blind Bond
Blind Bond: (Purely cosmetic, roleplay-specific...) After this pokemon has been close to a human for a certain amount of time, the human and pokemon form a strong emotional bond. If a trade is attempted after the bond has been made, Equus is liable to run away. Blind Bond functions the same in regards to other Equus: They mate for life, much like old-world wolves. The bond is formed over several non-battle posts which must involve personal interaction with the Equus in question. Depending on the amount of interaction, it may take as few as 7 posts or as many as 13 (To be adjusted at Trainer and Mod discretion.)

Blind Bond is never seen active on an Equus of less than level 9, leading to the theory that it is a learned ability much like the attacks in it's moveset.

Species Description:

Species History: Equus has somehow remained an elusive member of the world so far, though they travel in large herds. Perhaps it has something to do with their perfect identicality to wild mustangs. Many didn't believe they were pokemon, when the idea was introduced, and instead collected them for their beauty. It wasn't until someone discovered that the strange creatures could offer mild telepathic connections, maybe half as strong as a girafarig's, and only slightly stronger than that when given training, in most cases, and that all the captured Equus were female, that anyone even thought to go looking. What was found was startling. Most of the breed took on the patterning of an old-world paint horse, with splotches of color dotting their pelts here and there. The 'Shiny' variation was usually considered 'appaloosa', and all that really meant was they had mostly single-color coats and uniform manes and tails.

When males were found, the scientists were sure someone had slipped drugs into their morning tea. The stallions they found were some of the most magnificent colors; greens and blues and bright pink, while the females maintained mostly normally-colored coats of browns and silvery-blues, blacks, ginger, and white.

Extensive research was done, and it was found that the mares travelled mostly during the day, and the stallions only at night, though they weren't necessarily nocturnal. It was decided that this was an arrangement in the herds to protect their numbers from being taken too willingly from their homelands.

Since their discovery, Equus have been found to home themselves wherever they might find shelter, from the marshlands, where their hooves split for better ground, to the valleys, and to the mountains, where their figures grow more rugged and practiced to their homes, becoming much like mountain goats. As a species, though, they seem to prefer valleys and lightly-wooded areas to swamps and mountains, usually living alone or in small herds in the later occasions.

When they finally captured some stallions to study in their herds, and later managed to find a pair of Equus willing to stand together, they learned further that the horses mate for life... And are born entirely blind. Many never manage to open their eyes, if they're not encouraged to: It is discouraged by the herd as the broken sight they would posess is considered a hindrance.

Once a year, the Equus will gather their herds in their homelands, whether they are kept by trainers or farmers, for a family reunion. It's assumed family is highly important to the creatures, who will often try to bring their trainers and farmers with them.

Equus have been found to be very fond of sun- and moon-bathing, so it is often recommended that trainers stop to let their Equus have their moments.
Evolution Information: Equus does not evolve.


Learnable Attacks:
- Grass Whistle
- Tackle
- Growl
5 Confusion
5 Vine Whip (The vines are hidden lengths of hair with nerve endings in them that hide in the tail and mane, depending on where they're needed.)
9 Tail Whip
14 Leech Seed
19 Stomp
23 Agility
28 Ingrain
32 Worry Seed
37 Double Hit
41 Head Smash
46 Synthesis/Moonlight - Synthesis for Mares, Moonlight for Stallions
50 Zen Headbutt
55 Leaf Storm

TM/HM List:
TM04 Calm Mind
TM06 Toxic
TM08 Bulk Up
TM09 Bullet Seed
TM10 Hidden Power
TM11 Sunny Day
TM12 Taunt
TM15 Hyper Beam
TM16 Light Screen
TM17 Protect
TM18 Rain Dance
TM19 Giga Drain
TM20 Safeguard
TM21 Frustration
TM22 Solarbeam
TM26 Earthquake
TM27 Return
TM29 Psychic
TM31 Brick Break
TM32 Double Team
TM33 Reflect
TM41 Torment
TM42 Facade
TM43 Secret Power
TM44 Rest
TM45 Attract
TM52 Focus Blast
TM53 Energy Ball
TM54 False Swipe
TM56 Fling
TM58 Endure
TM66 Payback
TM67 Recycle
TM68 Giga Impact
TM76 Stealth Rock
TM77 Psych Up
TM78 Captivate
TM83 Natural Gift
TM85 Dream Eater
TM86 Grass Knot
TM87 Swagger
TM89 U-Turn
TM90 Substitute
TM92 Trick Room
HM06 Rock Smash
HM08 Rock Climb

Tutor List:
Fury Cutter
Zen Headbutt
Helping Hand
Last Resort
Swift
Synthesis
Uproar
Bounce
Earth Power
Endeavor
Outrage
Seed Bomb
Superpower
Headbutt
Low Kick
Magic Coat
Pain Split
Role Play
Super Fang
Worry Seed

Egg Group(s): Ground
Egg Moves:
Charm
Covet
Double-Edge
Double Kick
Hypnosis
Low Kick
Morning Sun
Thrash
Wish
Edited by Flygon Breeder, Jul 9 2011, 10:19 AM.
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Agility and Vine Whip seemed rather low in the move list so I came up with one. Crunch and Bite also seemed a little out of place with this Fakemon so I kinda just took them out.

- Grass Whistle
- Tackle
- Growl
5 Rock Throw
5 Vine Whip
9 Tail Whip
14 Leech Seed
19 Stomp
23 Agility
28 Ingrain
32 Worry Seed
37 Double Hit
41 Head Smash
46 Sandstorm/Synthesis/Moonlight
50 Zen Headbutt
55 Leaf Storm
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Yay a chance for me to be an ***

Let's See...

Sprite: looks more like you vectored a photo of a my little pony doll and shrunk it down than a pokemon sprite and it's facing straight left instead of at camera.

Moves:
Vine Whip? What vines?
Level 19 is **** early for Crunch.
Solarbeam AND Leaf Storm? ...pick one. [Level] Also you are putting it as a Rock type, yet it has no :rock moves?

TM's...Ok.

Tutor:
Fury Cutter? What cutter?
Synthesis AND Morning Sun? No...no pokemon learns more than one of those sort of moves, I think the only exception is Vespiquen with Heal Order and Roost.

Egg:
Horn Drill? Unlike Rapidash it has no horn...

In concept, if it's this much like a "regular" horse the :grass :rock seems strange and I feel like you should change description OR type, not necessarily both. Either have a description where the typing makes sense or a type where it being mistaken for mustangs makes more sense.

K, I'm done.
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I appreciate the help, Mer.

Caddy, the sprites and images were all hand-drawn and colored. They might look (raw) for some relation to the fact that I'm not a professional artist.

In the future, you might remember that criticism, when it is constructive, is helpful and welcome. However, rude or impolite criticism is less effective in getting the point across to those of us who are not professional artists.

((EDIT: Corrected a typo))
Edited by Flygon Breeder, Feb 4 2011, 10:49 PM.
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"Swisher"
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Level 11 :male
'The Shoulder Baby'

:cestar

"Nocturne"
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'The Playful'

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"Lanny"
Status: Hospital-bound
{Broken Legs ~ Permanently Disabled}

Level 10 :male
'The Freakishly Tall'

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"Seiran"
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Level 6 :male
'The Timid'

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@Bcad.

Snivy, Pansage, and Bulbasaur have no visible Vines and yet they can learn Vine Whip.

Don't see much issue with Crunch. When Gen 5 hits lowest level for Crunch is 16.

Tropius can learn both Leaf Storm and Solarbeam. (Pokemon that can learn Leaf Storm as an Egg Move get Solarbeam as a TM as well so this is really moot. It can get both either way.)

For Fury Cutter, Bulbasaur, Buizel, Trapinch, Slowbro, Kangaskhan, Skarmory, Aron, Tropius, Shellgon, Bidoof, Riolu.

Cherubi has both Morning Sun and Synthesis. You have Sableye that can learn boty Moonlight and Recover as well. There are a few others as well.

As for being Rock with no Rock attacks, Phanpy is Ground and cannot learn Ground attacks other than through outside means. There may be another Pokemon like this as well.
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Feb 4 2011, 10:52 PM
@Bcad.

Snivy, Pansage, and Bulbasaur have no visible Vines and yet they can learn Vine Whip.

Don't see much issue with Crunch. When Gen 5 hits lowest level for Crunch is 16.

Tropius can learn both Leaf Storm and Solarbeam. (Pokemon that can learn Leaf Storm as an Egg Move get Solarbeam as a TM as well so this is really moot. It can get both either way.)

For Fury Cutter, Bulbasaur, Buizel, Trapinch, Slowbro, Kangaskhan, Skarmory, Aron, Tropius, Shellgon, Bidoof, Riolu.

Cherubi has both Morning Sun and Synthesis. You have Sableye that can learn boty Moonlight and Recover as well. There are a few others as well.

As for being Rock with no Rock attacks, Phanpy is Ground and cannot learn Ground attacks other than through outside means. There may be another Pokemon like this as well.
1. Alright, at least where do such Vine come from on a horse...?

2. I need to be updated, then...I'm used to Crunch being like 35 at earliest.

3. It's rare to see them both in a level-set.

4. All pokemon that use Fury Cutter can also use HM01.

5. Again I'm out of date, I could swear in Fourth Gen, Vespiquen was the only exception...I know in 2nd gen Espeon, specifically couldn't have recover because of Morning Sun (and it was it's signature move then).

6. Yea, there are a few, it's a rare exception though...and I don't know if there are any that don't have it in at least evo stage in Gen 5 though...Shuckle used to have no bug attacks, but it has two in Gen 5...Donphan gains ground attacks for Phanpy...I really don't know. *looks at pokedex* Nidoqueen/king gain a ground attack in Gen 5...Scyther gains Bug Attacks in Gen 2, where it had none in 1. Jynx gains a Psychic move in Gen 5 too...Xatu only has Tailwind and Peck no real Flying moves of power....close Unown has no Psychic attacks, that count? Forretress had no Bug Moves until HG/SS

Alright Gliscor has no Ground Attacks...that was a pain to find. The general trend though is to add them in if they didn't have them. I need to read the fifth gen dex more I guess. >_>...<_< not looking forward to this.
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1. Alright, at least where do such Vine come from on a horse...?


Same place where the others come from? I think when Pansage uses it it creates some kinda light that the vines come from or something. Bulbasaur's comes from thin air near the bulb. Snivy's appears from around his neck.

It can come from the mane.
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Alright, I fixed the moveset a bit. Caddy, thank you for pointing out Horn Drill. I didn't realize I'd left it in. Added some descriptions for how the moves work.

Also, as far as Bite and Crunch, it's based on the fact that Horses can take off fingers with their teeth.

The grass is played out through their love of sun/moonbathing. The Ground typeing is based on their ability to adapt in rocky environments. I tried to include some ground moves in their tutor and egg moves.
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On the name. One it's the Genus name of Horses, kinda obvious and two it's two letters different than Hequis... Even Esroh or Noillats [horse and stallion spelled backwards] are less obvious.
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Noillats sounds like toilets >____>

Just had to throw that out there. I like the name Equus.
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Me likes Equus as well, who cares how obvious it is (Beautifly, Beedrill, Tauros etc. kinda a running theme in the obvious department). As far as moves go, yeah it needs to be balanced but this looks pretty good to me and does it matter where vines and stuff come from. There are over 493 magical creatures so some are bound to do weird things.
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@Caddy: Your opinion is noted. ^-^

While your argument regarding the simplicity of the name's connection to the animal and sprite may be valid, I would like to refer you to such official pokemon as Ponyta (A pony), Pidgey (A pigeon), Meowth (A cat), Magikarp (A fish, naturally called a Carp), Ghastly (A Ghost), Shroomish (A mushroom) and a number of others I can't think of at the moment.

I've always enjoyed learning about horses and being able to create a crossover horse-Pokemon really appealed to me. Regarding the belief that there is an issue with the simplicity of the name, I chose the name based on the ancient ancestor of the horse whose name, according to Eyewitness Videos, was strictly 'Equus': a three-toed animal built similarly to modern-day horse who lived in the swamp. Wikipedia claims only that it is a genus of animals including horses, donkeys, zebras and onagers. A lot of research went into the creature that I designed and have designated 'Equus'.

If a Mod or Admin knows of a reason why the name should be changed, I will change it. Until then, the animal above will continue to entertain the name 'Equus'.

I would like to request that further commentary be related more to real issues in the formatting and information provided on the Pokemon above rather than cosmetic issues, unless the cosmetic issues become a problem.

I do appreciate the notes in my attack listing inconsistencies, as that was where I had the most problems: It's the area I have the least experience with.

EDIT: For those who don't know and are interested, the Onager is sometimes called a 'Wild Asian A$$'.
Edited by Flygon Breeder, Feb 5 2011, 10:32 PM.
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There's a post dedicated to personalities of both the pokemon in my current party and those in my box on my profile, just under the mod's post of my pokemon, if you need it.

Thank you for your consideration.
{As a note to mods, the images link to respective Serebii.net and Alterniadex pages.
:barboach

"Swisher"
Status: Okay
Level 11 :male
'The Shoulder Baby'

:cestar

"Nocturne"
Status: Okay
Level 9 :male
'The Playful'

:girafarig

"Lanny"
Status: Hospital-bound
{Broken Legs ~ Permanently Disabled}

Level 10 :male
'The Freakishly Tall'

:trapinch

"Seiran"
Status: Hospital-bound
Level 6 :male
'The Timid'

:meowth

"Talon"
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'The Clever'

:electrike

"Bane"
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FB, I like the moveset now, except for Leaf Storm at the end. I think every Pokemon that learns Leaf Storm learns Razor Leaf too, or close too it, and Equus doesn't. I'd suggest replacing it with something like Power Whip, or even Wring Out. Also, for a Pokemon that loves sun/moonbathing so much, especially one that's part Rock-type, I don't think the Rain Dance TM makes much sense. Other than that, I like the history and image, even if the sprite is a bit unorthodox for a Pokemon.
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I think rain dance is fine on the TM list. I Think theres more Pokemon that do learn in then Pokemon that don't, Bronzong learns it as soon as it evolves and Bronzong has nothing at all to do with weather. SO I think it's fine. Just my opinion though.
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I think rain dance is fine on the TM list. I Think theres more Pokemon that do learn in then Pokemon that don't, Bronzong learns it as soon as it evolves and Bronzong has nothing at all to do with weather. SO I think it's fine. Just my opinion though.
Bronzong is based on a Dotaku, an ancient bell rung and prayed to for good harvests, said to do everything from bring good weather to ward off insects, particularly the bronze mirror; bronze bell is based off a rather interesting myth, though it's a digression here. Point is, YES Bronzong has a relation to the weather. That said, both Rhydon and Snover can learn the TM, I don't see a problem.
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