ELECTRIC/DARK Pokemon created by me.

[OwlMania]

Ok Pokemon fans, I created these Pokemon just for fun. Sparkoat(Electric) is the name of the baby goat. I am still thinking of a name for the evolution. Any suggestions? (It's an Electric goat with Dark as a secondary type.)

Sparkoat's stats will be something like this:

HP:50
Attack:70
Defense:65
Special Attack:75
Special Defense:70
Speed:85

Ability: Reflex/Motor Drive
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The stats for it's evolution can be something like this:

HP:65
Attack:90
Defense:70
Special Attack:105
Special Defense:75
Speed:95

Ability: Reflex/Motor Drive

What do you guys think?

(I came up with the idea of the ability REFLEX which negates the foe's priority moves completely.)

 

[Axle Helios]

What about Capricity or Elecorn for the evolution?

 

[RebornRocks]

Did you have Baphomet as an inspiration for the evolution? Baphomet is the animal equivalent to Satan, and is depicted as a goat or bull. I'm just saying this because of the Dark-typing.

 

[OwlMania]

Did you have Baphomet as an inspiration for the evolution? Baphomet is the animal equivalent to Satan, and is depicted as a goat or bull. I'm just saying this because of the Dark-typing.

Kinda'. Evil over all.

 

[DRaB]

Buy guys! Don't you listen to the religious fundamentalists? Kadabra is Baphomet!

But honestly, they're pretty good. A few things confuse me, though.

I don't understand the balls on their tails, or why they look like eyes, or why they're red and blue. Is it a throwback to those old 3D glasses? Why?

The markings on the back of the evolution, paired with the coloring, makes me think of Pikachu. Is this intentional? I feel like they should get a marking more unique to themselves.

I get the whole Goat/Baphomet/Dark-type thing. But what do they have to do with electricity? Granted, not EVERY Pokemon has to be based on a species linked to an element, but usually there is a connection. I was just wondering what your inspiration for this was.

Also, this really shouldn't be saved as a .jpg, because it distorts the individual pixels. For sprites, .png is preferred.

One last thing: I love the reflex ability, though it could be a little trippy if it can reflexively attack before someone one point slower who is using a priority move, but not before someone who is naturally one point faster, using a standard move. Still, it's a nice little extra that hasn't been done yet and isn't overpowered.

 

[badvinvin]

The goat head seem kind of wrong. It seems like it can turn its head 360.

 

[Axle Helios]

I get the whole Goat/Baphomet/Dark-type thing. But what do they have to do with electricity? Granted, not EVERY Pokemon has to be based on a species linked to an element, but usually there is a connection. I was just wondering what your inspiration for this was.

Cos it's yellow. Duh!

In all seriousness, very few electric types have any electric connection to their real life animals. Mice, sheep, birds?

 

[OwlMania]

I don't understand the balls on their tails, or why they look like eyes, or why they're red and blue. Is it a throwback to those old 3D glasses? Why?
Electricity, positive and negative energies.

The markings on the back of the evolution, paired with the coloring, makes me think of Pikachu. Is this intentional? I feel like they should get a marking more unique to themselves.
Actually the lines were not intentional, but now that you mention it, it makes me rethink the subconsious intention behind it. Is it that two stripes mean electricity to the subconsious?
I mean, can you explain the similar gems on the foreheads of Persian, Espeon, Sneasel, Weavile, Grumpig, etc, etc?
I get the whole Goat/Baphomet/Dark-type thing. But what do they have to do with electricity? Granted, not EVERY Pokemon has to be based on a species linked to an element, but usually there is a connection. I was just wondering what your inspiration for this was.
No, there is not a logical connection between goats and electricity. My whole inspiration were Baphomets, and thought of giving it a second type to make it more unique.
Also, this really shouldn't be saved as a .jpg, because it distorts the individual pixels. For sprites, .png is preferred.
Well, if someone wants to copy it(which I doubt) at least they will have a hard time fixing the pixels like that.

 

[Casual Cnidarian]

D'awww. They're adorable.

 

[DRaB]

Electricity, positive and negative energies.

Sounds good to me.

Actually the lines were not intentional, but now that you mention it, it makes me rethink the subconsious intention behind it. Is it that two stripes mean electricity to the subconsious?
I mean, can you explain the similar gems on the foreheads of Persian, Espeon, Sneasel, Weavile, Grumpig, etc, etc?

Well, Pokemon with a natural affinity to Psychic-type moves tend to have forehead gems (Espeon, Golduck, Grumpig...) which I assume is a cultural thing, or some sort of channeling stone or something. Also, Grumpig is derived from the phrase "pearls before swine," so being tied to pearls isn't so farfetched. Meowth has a similar origin in the Japanese phrase "coin for a cat," meaning roughly the same thing. Both basically point out that animals don't know the value humans attibute to certain items. Persian probably has a gem for the same reason Meowth has a coin.

Not sure about Sneasel and Weavile, though. Maybe you're right about electricity subconsiously being represented by two lines, but I'd wager it's more likely a subconsious reaction to knowing Pikachu is an Electric-type, because I've never encountered that anywhere else. But who knows?

No, there is not a logical connection between goats and electricity. My whole inspiration were Baphomets, and thought of giving it a second type to make it more unique.

Fair enough. Just wondering.

Well, if someone wants to copy it(which I doubt) at least they will have a hard time fixing the pixels like that.

Okay. I just thought it might have been a mistake. But as long as you wanted it that way, it's your pic.

Oh, and Axle Helios, Mareep is Electric-type because wool collects static electricity, and Zapdos is Electric-type because of the Native American legend of the Thunderbird. Also noteworthy is Pachirisu, a squirrel. They have been tied to electricity ever since power lines were invented. Better examples would be Shinx and Electrike, as the connection to electricity is not so obvious, if one even exists.

I was simply wondering IF there was a connection with goats or Baphomet, because I was curious.

I'm interested in seeing what else OwlMania comes up with.

 

[Axle Helios]

Oh, and Axle Helios, Mareep is Electric-type because wool collects static electricity, and Zapdos is Electric-type because of the Native American legend of the Thunderbird. Also noteworthy is Pachirisu, a squirrel. They have been tied to electricity ever since power lines were invented. Better examples would be Shinx and Electrike, as the connection to electricity is not so obvious, if one even exists.

Now I feel stupid for not thinking of that... although I thought the Native American thunderbird didn't actually have any ties to thunder besides the name. But then again, I could be wrong about that.

 

[DRaB]

Axle, some quotes from the Wikipedia entry on the Thunderbird:

The Thunderbird's name comes from the common belief that the beating of its enormous wings causes thunder and stirs the wind.

Across many North America indigenous cultures, the Thunderbird carries many of the same characteristics. It is described as a large bird, capable of creating storms and thundering while it flies. Clouds are pulled together by its wingbeats, the sound of thunder made by its wings clapping, sheet lightning the light flashing from its eyes when it blinks, and individual lightning bolts made by the glowing snakes that it carries around with it. In masks, it is depicted as many-colored, with two curling horns, and, often, teeth within its beak. The Native Americans believed that the giant Thunderbird could shoot lightning from its eyes.

I actually didn't know most of that stuff either. Zapdos could have been so much more badass...

 

[Axle Helios]

And here I just thought it was a big bird. It might be a good idea not to derail this thread so much, though...

 

[DRaB]

True.

I just looked at the base stats, (415 and 500 respecively) and they kind of seem like they should be the last two of a three-stage evolutionary line. For comparison, the starter evolutions tend to be 405 and 525, while the starter base form is around 300~something.

They just seem a little high for a two-stage evo line. I may be overlooking something, though.