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Let's talk about the
Arthropleura.
My main man Arthur was
the great grandpa of the centipedes and the millipedes. And when I say
the, I mean that one that they can never shut up about because he was
so damn awesome.
He was always at least a foot long, and only on a bad day. On a good day he could grow up to eight and a half feet. He was a fast bugger, and bulky too.
Upon his introduction, he
instantly dominated the Viséan metagame. He was a major force until midway through the Cisuralian metagame, and had no reliable
predators counters. Checks were also few and far in between. Because of his powerful jaws, ability to swim, and spore-spreading abilities, he had quite a bit of a movepool. In addition to the standard bug fare he had access to Spore, Waterfall, Crunch, Fire Fang, Thunder Fang, and Ice Fang. Rumor has it that it could learn Poison Fang and Growth too, but no one's sure on that.
The other dinosaurs were sick and
totally jealous of his metagame dominating, and worked together to make something that they could beat easily, but could reliably counter Arthur. So they made Droughtasaurus, who could counter Arthur perfectly. Because of this, Arthur's usage declined in the Guadalupian metagame, and he was Rarely Used until the Triassic Reboot.
Basically he was such
a freaking badass that they had to
make something to beat him. And that's why Arthropleura is the coolest animal
ever.