Fake humblebrag question: Should I fast-TM my 100% L35 Armaldo?
As the title implies, this is sort of a legit question, but I am mainly just showing this guy off. It was evolved from a perfect wild Anorith that was caught at L35, so zero stardust cost.
I figure as is (with fury cutter), he'll be able to spam STAB rock blasts at a very rapid rate as an attacker. But with struggle bug, he'd hit hard as a defender, and from a showing-off perspective, he's likely to be the best Armaldo people around here will see for a while.
So, keep fury cutter and use him as an attacker, or TM to struggle bug and show him off in gyms?
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Nope, totally legit. I didn't even know it was perfect until I got home and was checking IV's and transferring extras. Out of 43,806 pokemon caught, I have 17 with 100% IV's, of which 11 were caught in the wild, and 6 hatched. To the best of my recollection, this is my second 100% IV pokemon caught wild at the maximum level, after a L30 100% Horsea (now Kingdra) that I caught in late 2016.
Oddly enough, I caught a 100% wild Gulpin on the very first day that pokemon was available, although it was at a slightly lower level (I think L27 or so).
There were lots of them in the suburban downtown area where I usually play, and I pinapped them all (including the perfect one, which I obviously wouldn't have done had I known), so I had more than enough candy to evolve him. This was in maybe 80-90 minutes of playing time.
I got a bunch of Arons too, and ended the evening with 89 candies, but no remarkable ones to evolve yet.
Awesome catch! And, I would definitely use it as an attacker more than a defender. Armaldo has pretty decent attack power, while his defensive and stamina prowess aren't as prominent. With motivation decay, his defensive capabilities are pretty lackluster. Armaldo's Rock Blast can be used to sweep Dragonite (and eventually Salamence). Plus, it might also be a good candidate as an attacker for upcoming Rayquaza raids. But, if you want to throw your Armaldo in gyms to spice up the gym scene a bit, by all means, do so!
I'd say the moveset is the bigger problem. Armaldo is a rock-type pokemon with 11 base attack more than Golem. With any decent double rock moveset it would be the new king of rock DPS by a small margin. The typing makes it glassier against many things rock counters, but DPS is the most important thing.
It's a rock/bug type. It has two pretty good STAB bug quick moves, and a pretty good STAB rock charge move. The problem is that there's no real synergy with that typing.
Examples of pokemon with bad movesets would be Aerodactyl (good typing, but no STAB quick move and only a crappy STAB charge move), Kabutops (one of numerous other pokemon that would be the new king of rock DPS if it had a decent rock quick move), and Kingler.
Nooooo if PvP's mechanics end up being similar to the current ones for gym and raid battles in that they incorporate the swipe/dodge feature, fury cutter + rock blast may be d0pe (especially with such a short energy cost for rock blast, you could theoretically fire it off and then counter-switch if your opponent switches in a counter to armaldo once armaldo enters the battle)
