CAP 18 CAP 18 - Part 8 - Art Poll 1

[jas61292]

Time for one of the most popular steps in the project -- the Art Poll. The winning design from this round of polling will become the most visible element of this CAP's design and will serve as the inspiration for the Pokemon's in-battle sprite. Big thanks to all the fantastic artists that worked so hard to give us such an amazing selection of designs!

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If your art is missing from the poll, you have probably either not made a Final Submission post or have broken one of our rules. Check your submission post or check the first post in the submissions thread (the one dutifully maintained by Quanyails) for notes on illegalities.

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This vote will run for 48 hours.

Here are the entrants for whom you may vote:

Mos-Quitoxe
Chaos Wolf
Bummer
Gun6
miririri
Harry.Buxton
Kyukon
V4LOVER
GRs Cousin
ZirconSubway
hendrix96
Billy the Alrune
viiragon
The Steam Punk
Doran Dragon
Yilx
Golurkyourself
Sgt.Moose
Magistrum
Flame_Effigy
Quanyails
Mektar
DougJustDoug
DHR-107
Zracknel
Cretacerus
noobiess
Azul
BonzaiRob
Yoshuriken
Wobblebuns
Blue Frog
Cattail Prophet
Birkal
paintseagull
Sunfished
TeamNormalizer
Arkeis


Here are their designs:

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Mos-Quitoxe

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Chaos Wolf

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Bummer

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Gun6

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miririri

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Harry.Buxton

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Kyukon

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V4LOVER

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GRs Cousin

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ZirconSubway

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hendrix96

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Billy the Alrune

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viiragon

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The Steam Punk

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Doran Dragon

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Yilx

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Golurkyourself

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Sgt.Moose

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Magistrum

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Flame_Effigy

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Quanyails

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Mektar

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DougJustDoug

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DHR-107

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Zracknel

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Cretacerus

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noobiess

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Azul

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BonzaiRob

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Yoshuriken

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Wobblebuns

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Blue Frog

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Cattail Prophet

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Birkal

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paintseagull

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Sunfished

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TeamNormalizer

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Arkeis

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CAP18 so far

Leadership Team:

DetroitLolcat - Topic Leader
jas61292 - Typing Leader
PttP - Ability Leader
srk1214 - Stats Leader
ginganinja - Movepool Leader

Concept: Major Third

General Description: A Pokemon that forms an effective offensive or defensive core with two lesser-used OU Pokemon.

Justification: Cores have always been an integral part of the metagame, whether you're running Talonflame/Staraptor to brute force everything, Slowbro/Amoonguss/Heatran for Regenerator-Leftovers stalling, or a whole team of Dragons + Magnezone. We've previously explored what it takes to make a successful partnership in CAP11 (Voodoom), but the metagame (and the simulator!) has changed dramatically since Voodoom's creation. I would also like to up the ante a little bit: Instead of just one, can we now take TWO Pokemon and find their missing piece? Whether we opt to build on an established two-Pokemon partnership or choose two previously unrelated Pokemon and put them together, I think that we can certainly find a Voodoom for a more offensive time.

Questions to Be Answered:

• How do effective cores in the current metagame differ fundamentally from the cores of previous metagames, if at all?
• Is synergy as important (relative to power) in the current metagame as it previously has been? (That is, has power creep rendered synergy unnecessary?)
• What differences are there between tailoring a Pokemon to two others and tailoring it to one? What else must be considered besides weaknesses and resistances?
• How does the addition of a Pokemon to a core change what other Pokemon can be effectively run alongside the core?
• Does Team Preview make running cores more difficult?
• Is it possible to create a core uncounterable by a single Pokemon? (For example, Celebi/Heatran/Jellicent was a very effective BW core that got slaughtered by Tyranitar. Can a core force opponents to counter it with another core?)
• Tagging onto the above, what is required to "counter-core" a core? What combination of offensive and defensive characteristics among "counter-core" members achieves this?

Typing: Fire / Water
Abilities: Analytic / Infiltrator / ???
Stats: 100 HP / 45 Atk / 80 Def / 135 SpA / 100 SpD / 95 Spe

 

[Quanyails]

Flame_Effigy
Golurkyourself
Magistrum
Quanyails
TeamNormalizer

 

[macle]

Sgt.Moose
GRs Cousin

 

[schlondark]

Yilx
Magistrum
Cretacerus
Golurkyourself

 

[Valzy]

Yilx
Magistrum

 

[The Immortal]

Magistrum

 

[klamrisk]

paintseagull
Arkeis
Magistrum

 

[jas61292]

miririri
Yilx
DougJustDoug
Zracknel
Birkal
Sunfished

 

[Da Pizza Man]

Blue Frog
Magistrum
GRs Cousin
Yilx
DougJustDoug
Chaos Wolf
Cattail Prophet
Bummer

If your name is not on here it does not mean your design is bad, infact they are all fantastic. Its just that there are so many submissions to the point where I will struggle making a list of all of them.

 

[CTNC]

Magistrum
Blue Frog
Cretacerus

 

[Bughouse]

Mos-Quitoxe
miririri
ZirconSubway
Yilx
Golurkyourself
Zracknel
Cretacerus
paintseagull
TeamNormalizer

Infiltrator was rough on a lot of these designs. Things with Infiltrator (Slip Through in Japanese) tend to be small, quick, and/or bendy looking. Beyond that it had to look like a Special attacker, evoke fire and water in more ways than just red and blue coloring, and ideally have eyes that fit the current canon of Analytic. It's a tall order, but all of these did it to at least some degree. Mos-Quitoxe's design doesn't really fit Infiltrator on account of being a huge dog, but I like it so I'm voting for it anyway.

 

[Torty73]

Gun6
Wobblebuns
Birkal
Chaos Wolf
Arkeis
viiragon
Blue Frog
Harry.Buxton
Mos-Quitoxe

 

[Korski]

Mos-Quitoxe
Bummer
Gun6
miririri
viiragon
Yilx
Magistrum
Quanyails
DougJustDoug
Zracknel
Cretacerus
Wobblebuns
Blue Frog
Birkal
paintseagull
Sunfished
TeamNormalizer
Arkeis

Love these.

 

[Gemini Taurus]

Magistrum
miririri
TeamNormalizer
Cretacerus
Quanyails
Mos-Quitoxe
DougJustDoug
Arkeis

 

[Gun6]

Cretacerus
paintseagull
Blue Frog
Bummer
DougJustDoug
Sunfished
Yilx
Magistrum
Wobblebuns
Arkeis
Gun6

 

[Avnomke]

Magistrum
miririri
Cretacerus
Yilx
Sunfished
TeamNormalizer
Golurkyourself
Doran Dragon
hendrix96

 

[viiragon]

Blue Frog
Cretacerus
miririri
BonzaiRob
Wobblebuns

Its strange how you can vote for yourself....

 

[Hollymon]

Gun6
Blue Frog

 

[FMD]

Yilx
Gun6
miririri
Mos-Quitoxe
Magistrum
Golurkyourself
viiragon
Quanyails
paintseagull
Sunfished
Arkeis
Kyukon
Cretacerus

Good luck to you all. There's just too many amazing designs to choose from! >.<

 

[paintseagull]

Arkeis
paintseagull
Gun6
Bummer
Golurkyourself
DougJustDoug
Yilx
Sunfished
Mos-Quitoxe
Magistrum

 

[Gerard]

miririri

 

[Dr. Koga]

miririri
TeamNormalizer
Golurkyourself
Kyukon
Magistrum
DougJustDoug
Cretacerus

 

[Sunfished]

gun6
miririri
Kyukon
Magistrum
Yilx
Quanyails
Cretacerus
Blue Frog
Birkal
paintseagull

 

[BandannaWaddleDoo]

Yilx
Magistrum

 

[MQJinx]

Yilx

I like the other designs as well but have a rough time ranking them...