No. 708: Phantump

a Ghost/Grass and they waste it on a haunted tree? that's cool I guess, but what about a pumpkin? oh wait, they do that too? huh. I suppose there's no reason to be upset then, is there?

Gen 6 has been continuing the Gen 5 mission of finally delivering all these cool Ghost type combination Pokemon, so here we are with Grass/Ghost. Something that's been too long in coming.

looks like a little shadow spirit got his head stuck in a log, with branches as horns. nice and simple. I like it.

also the possessor of some new moves, Phantom Force (a good bridge for Physical-attack Ghosts, who need something between Shadow Punch and Shadow Force), and the interesting Forest's Curse, which adds Grass to the opponent's type.

However, it doesn't replace any of their types, so they still get all their STABs. or more, if they were running Solarbeam or something despite being Fire-type, idk. also I'm not sure how Phantump is supposed to take advantage of this switch, it doesn't have any Fire, Flying, Ice, or Bug moves, aside from maybe one or two TMs. and it also takes away any Leech Seed opportunities, since that don't work on other Grass-types.

I guess it could be more useful in double or triple battles. Phantump itself is still great, though.


Overall: 8/10