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Mega Shiinotic (FAN MADE)

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Now I'm not very good at these sorts of things since I hardly ever touch the competitive scene outside of battling some friends with EV/IV-trained Pokémon, but I decided to give this a shot, since it's my favorite Pokémon and all.

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Mega Shiinotic takes on the appearance of a shiitake mushroom, a fairy ring, and various species of droopy, bioluminescent tree fungi (also known as foxfire or fairy fire). It also gains more of those puffy growths resembling the volva of a mushroom, and some thin, glowing growths resembling mushroom veils.

Now it's a damn shame Megas don't get HP boosts because that's pretty much the one thing Shiinotic needs. So instead I gave it a boost in its defenses and Speed (because who wouldn't like a little more Speed?). It's enhanced defenses guarantee that with a beneficial nature and good IVs/EVs, Mega Shiinotic will be able to survive long enough (except like maybe against a strong Poison-type attack) to set up Spore, its key weapon.

It's new ability, Aroma Veil, will also ensure it won't get shut down by moves such as Taunt (of course unless you have someone with Mold Breaker), so it can be free to use Spore and Strength Sap as much as it wants, now leaving its only real enemies to be other Grass-types. Aroma Veil's effects can also be spread to Shiinotic's allies, which would make it a good partner in Doubles and Triples.

Overall, from what I've observed, Shiinotic is a decent Pokémon suffering from poor HP and abysmal Speed. An evolution seems highly unlikely and there's no telling whether it will get a buff in future generations, so the easiest way to make it go from okay to good is a Mega Evolution that bulks it up and makes it faster, with an untauntable Spore that will surely wreak havoc upon the metagame.

(Grass/Poison-types will still completely shit on it though)
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EdoriLagurozk's avatar
It's pretty cool
But instead of increasing the speed, you could increase the Special Attack