No. 701: Hawlucha

Remember Lucha Libre? that show was cray.

Hawlucha itself is pretty cray. Jumping off the top rope to moonsault on some poor Rattata, hitting a Sneasel with a flying lariat, all it's missing is a suplex or piledriver move. But seriously, Hawlucha takes advantage of X/Y's camera and 3D animations. it does the same "animation", but due to camera switchery can either look like it crashes down from above, or dives right into the opponent. that's clever. I like it.

Flying Press is a strange move, though. It has both Fighting and Flying properties, but only gets STAB from the Fighting part of it. And because Fighting and Flying contradict one another, it ends up NOT being good against Steel and Rock like you'd expect, or Bug like you'd expect. I'd almost rather just actually use a strong Fighting move and a strong Flying move, because this one doesn't technically add anything in terms of coverage.

looks cool, tho. Just like Hawlucha. I like using the Mexican flag as a colorscheme, and the wings as a cap also fit nicely. Same with the head being one big beak, it's like a person wearing an eagle skin.


Overall: 9/10