Joycap
The Smogonites' personal George Orwell
Basically what it says on the tin. Or if it helps, an alt title is "if other anime verses possessed Pokemon" or "Niche anime characters if they had Serebii-style biographies". Can be a team of 2, team of 3, or anything up to a full team of 6, built as if the character were a progressing rival, Gym leader, elite 4 member, or any other significant form of trainer in a Pokemon game. Give your choices reasons for how and why they were found, if you want.
Oh, and it can be any canonical mon. Doesn't have to be current dex.
For the record, when I say 'a catch' I mean try make the team as fundamentally coherent as you can (weakness spreads, comp' viability etc.), whilst sticking to any kind of vision of what that character can find. I'm not necessarily saying 'make a Smogon top tier team and call it their own', nor am I saying stick Cubone on the same team as juggernauts like Magearna / Lando-T / Dragonite and saying 'hurr durr it's sans lol'. Avoid evolutionary outliers if you can help it.
Example of a team of 3 for a character:
Hikari (Nagi no Asukara: A lull in the sea)
Blastoise - After the first discovery of Pokemon under Shioshishio and on the surface, Hikari ended up with Squirtle as a partner, and a gift from Lord Uroko as part of the water-types that he'd managed to get a hold of. It appeared content enough to be around Hikari down in Shioshishio, all the way up until it eventually became a Blastoise after much bonding, to wit Blastoise has much respect for Hikari as a person and a trainer. It has the ability to Mega Evolve, and has the moves Water Pulse, Dark Pulse and Rapid Spin at it's disposal.
Crabominable - Hikari's Crabominable initially started out as an oddly coloured (shiny) Crabrawler, a far cry from the blue-fist Crabrawlers sighted in droves on the shores of the surface one day. After an operation that cleared the hordes of Crabrawler back into Shioshishio, Hikari would catch sight of this unusually-coloured Crabrawler, which seemed shy at first, but eventually joined him out of curiosity. An encounter with an Ice Stone* as a result of the sea slugs Manaka was keeping tabs on (and the fact that they could now drop certain items) lead to it's evolution, and with it, a far more oafish but dependable personality. It has the moves Close Combat and Ice Hammer at it's disposal.
*(retconning evo method because Alola locations don't exist in Nagi asu verse)
Jolteon - After an incident on the surface where Hikari's Ena ran thin, this Eevee came to his aid, keeping watch until the denizens of the surface also managed to support Hikari. Perhaps out of trust or out of concern, this Eevee decided to join Hikari, for it gave this little Eevee a sense of purpose. As an Eevee, it came off as excitable, and for a while came off as a major form of moral support for Hikari. Similar to Crabrwaler, an evolution stone was found for it as a result of the Sea Slug sightings Manaka had found (in this case, a Thunderstone), and so evolved into a Jolteon. It retained it's excitable side, but would often find itself procrastinating when it realised being near the harbour when Hikari went back down to Shioshishio was too dangerous. It has the moves Thunderbolt, Shadow Ball and Weather Ball at it's disposal, as well as Heal Bell for added support (and the thing that helped Hikari on their first discovery with each other).
So yeah, there's that.
Not expecting this thread to take off, but if anyone finds this, go nuts.
Oh, and it can be any canonical mon. Doesn't have to be current dex.
For the record, when I say 'a catch' I mean try make the team as fundamentally coherent as you can (weakness spreads, comp' viability etc.), whilst sticking to any kind of vision of what that character can find. I'm not necessarily saying 'make a Smogon top tier team and call it their own', nor am I saying stick Cubone on the same team as juggernauts like Magearna / Lando-T / Dragonite and saying 'hurr durr it's sans lol'. Avoid evolutionary outliers if you can help it.
Example of a team of 3 for a character:
Hikari (Nagi no Asukara: A lull in the sea)
Blastoise - After the first discovery of Pokemon under Shioshishio and on the surface, Hikari ended up with Squirtle as a partner, and a gift from Lord Uroko as part of the water-types that he'd managed to get a hold of. It appeared content enough to be around Hikari down in Shioshishio, all the way up until it eventually became a Blastoise after much bonding, to wit Blastoise has much respect for Hikari as a person and a trainer. It has the ability to Mega Evolve, and has the moves Water Pulse, Dark Pulse and Rapid Spin at it's disposal.
Crabominable - Hikari's Crabominable initially started out as an oddly coloured (shiny) Crabrawler, a far cry from the blue-fist Crabrawlers sighted in droves on the shores of the surface one day. After an operation that cleared the hordes of Crabrawler back into Shioshishio, Hikari would catch sight of this unusually-coloured Crabrawler, which seemed shy at first, but eventually joined him out of curiosity. An encounter with an Ice Stone* as a result of the sea slugs Manaka was keeping tabs on (and the fact that they could now drop certain items) lead to it's evolution, and with it, a far more oafish but dependable personality. It has the moves Close Combat and Ice Hammer at it's disposal.
*(retconning evo method because Alola locations don't exist in Nagi asu verse)
Jolteon - After an incident on the surface where Hikari's Ena ran thin, this Eevee came to his aid, keeping watch until the denizens of the surface also managed to support Hikari. Perhaps out of trust or out of concern, this Eevee decided to join Hikari, for it gave this little Eevee a sense of purpose. As an Eevee, it came off as excitable, and for a while came off as a major form of moral support for Hikari. Similar to Crabrwaler, an evolution stone was found for it as a result of the Sea Slug sightings Manaka had found (in this case, a Thunderstone), and so evolved into a Jolteon. It retained it's excitable side, but would often find itself procrastinating when it realised being near the harbour when Hikari went back down to Shioshishio was too dangerous. It has the moves Thunderbolt, Shadow Ball and Weather Ball at it's disposal, as well as Heal Bell for added support (and the thing that helped Hikari on their first discovery with each other).
Not expecting this thread to take off, but if anyone finds this, go nuts.
