Reminds of when I tried to use Liepard back in Gen 5
Yeah, Liepard didn't really have much use in-game. Arguably, it's still limited (though probably not quite as bad as Thievul, as there have been three generations since to refine it). On the other hand, Liepard gets Prankster as its Hidden Ability, giving it priority Thunder Wave, priority Charm, priority Substitute, priority Baton Pass, priority Encore, priority Trick, priority Taunt, and priority Yawn (going by the Generation VIII list of moves). It also gets Foul Play so it doesn't have to use its own Attack stat to deal large damage.
Because of how far people have taken Liepard in competitive play (it has reached OU in the past), I was hoping for Thievul to get some killer Hidden Ability, only to find out it gets Stakeout, which is very situational, and Thievul doesn't really have the moves or the type of stats to really use that. (It's also not available. If they decide to do updates for this game, they may change Thievul's Hidden Ability to something else and allow it to be found in Max Raid Battles. It has some potential as a Prankster user too, though more limited than Liepard. It probably needs something on par with Intimidate, Speed Boost, or a new Ability.)
Just hit me. Drednaw might actually be pretty dangerous in the meta due to dynamaxing. The Geyser move causes rain, rain activates Drednaw's Swift Swim ability making him go faster and he has pretty decent attack power.
To be fair, so can potentially anything with Swift Swim, Slush Rush, or Sand Rush. (Chlorophyll is...more limited.) Even Beartic can go on a rampage smashing anything that doesn't resist it via Max Hailstorm from Icicle Crash with Slush Rush or Max Geyser from Liquidation with Swift Swim. When boosted like that, a +Speed Beartic will outrun unassisted Dragapult (and anything else in Galar except Ninjask).
I’m surprised they didn’t have a Pokémon based on Big Ben with clock evolutions, imagine a Pokémon called tik tok
Kalos didn't have a Pokémon themed on the Eiffel Tower either. Neither did Unova and the Statue of Liberty. All three landmarks, however, have Pokémon world counterparts, and I think that's what they go for: landmarks are adapted not as Pokémon, but as part of the scenery (except for Stonjourner).
Greedent is very impressive. I never expected the regional rodent to be this good. The mon is a tank! During Champion's cup. Mine despite being in yellow health survived a Max Knuckle from Raihan's Duraludon. Both Were the same level.
Stuff Cheeks, in particular, turns Greedent into a wall. With Cheek Pouch, it restores HP while boosting Defense too, regardless of which berry you have it carry. If Apicot Berries were more easily found, that's the route I would've taken, because Stuff Cheeks would boost Defense and Special Defense while healing HP. Well, you could potentially use Gluttony, but that kind of works against Stuff Cheeks. I'd say that of all of the early-game Normal-type mammals, Greedent is the most useful one by far, at least within the same generation and not counting Hidden Abilities.
Greedent also has one of my favorite fainting animations of the new Pokémon in that you can see it losing its grip on the berries it holds in its tail.