has been wowing fans of the franchise since 1996 with their unique (and numerous) design🐬s. Every time a new game is released fans wait with bated breath for the new starters, and eventually the whole roster, to be released. No matter what generation it is, there are always so many new Pokémon we can't wait to try out on our roster.
However, not all of the designs can be winners. With each gene🎀ration, there will inevitably be some Pokémon that just don't have the intended impact. We understand that coming up with a whole new roster of Pokémon is hard, but there are some designs throughout the years that are just a little too🦩 obvious.
10 🐼 ꦚ CHANDELURE
Chandelure is a fire/ghost-type introduce𓆉d in Gen V. It's a very strong Pokémo🔥n with a unique typing and an incredibly high base Special Attack stat of 145. However, some ghost-types suffer from obvious designs (as you'll see throughout this list) because they are basically possessed versions of everyday items or objects.
Not only does Chandelure look like a mid-century gothic chandelier, but its name is one vowel off from being pronounced ex💝actly the same as tℱhe object that inspired its design. Not to mention, its one of those Pokémon that has some really creepy flavor text.
9 HON♎EDGE/DOUBLADE/AEGISLASH
Hone𓄧dge, Doublade, and Aegislash are all steel/ghost-type Pokémon from Gen VI. Here's another example of a Pokémon that is simply a possessed version of an object in the human world. Aegislash actually saw a lot of play in the 𝐆meta VGC for a while, but that's no excuse for such an obvious design.
We get what they were going for, but the new 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Sword & Shield games introduced Pokémon that can wield a sword like Farfetch'd and Zacian. Why bother having just the sword when you can have a Pokémon that uses a sword to♊ attack?
8 KLING/KLANG/KLINKLANG ♌
Who's that Pokemon? It's a couple of rotating gears with eyes. These three Pokémon are from Gen V and suffer from one of possibly theꦡ worst designs for a steel-type Pokémon. Steel-types have had some of the most intimidating looking designs such as Aggron, Steelix, Skarmory, Metagross, and Lucario. So these rejects from the scrap pile at a construction site is a little underwhelming by comparison.
The Shift Gear move which raises its attack and speed by one stage, in tandem with Gear Grind, makes it a fearsome sweeper. But this is an example of a☂ super-strong Pokémon with an unfortunately obvious design.
7 TRUBBISH
We don't think anybody ever expected a literal garbage b🌠ag to ever be a Pokémon. But that's what you get with Trubbish, the poison-type from Gen V. Of course, there have ♒been other poison-types like Grimer that have been a little uninspired, but this is the most literal poison-type to ever make its way into a Pokémon roster.
That's not too say it's not a cute Pokémon. In fact, for a bag of garbage, this little fella is about as cute ༺as you could hope for. The problem is just that though; iღt's a bag of garbage.
6 ✃ COFAGRIGUS
Perhaps the most obvious of all the uninspired ghost typings, Cofagrigus is a ghost Pokémon from Gen V. For the other typings, at least the ghosts involved possessed something that w🔥asn't strictly related to death. For this design, the creative team decided the ghost wouldn't even make it past the coffin before possessing something. It would just possess the coffin.
Despite its obvious design, Cofagrigus is a 𒆙defensive beast in the game. With a defense stat of 145, a special defense of 105 and a typing that only two other types are super effective against, it can be a great wall if you can get over the design.
5 KLEFKI
No, it's not a janitor's lost ring of key🍸s, it Klefki, the fairy/steel-type Pokémon from Gen VI. Klefki is one of the most versatile supporters in the game. It has a massive pool of utility moves that are bolstered by its Prankster ability that gives all of its non-damaging mဣoves priority. Pair that with Spikes, Thunder Wave and Toxic and you'll have your opponents annoyed in no time.
A great move set, but a wওoefully obvious design. As a young Pokémon trainer, you dream of flying a Charizard through the sky or🌌 riding the waves on the back of a Gyrados. You don't ever envision challenging the elite four with four tiny keys.
4 HITMONCHAN ⛦
Pokémon are supposed to be different than people. Th𒆙ey can mimic humanity, but when they start to look and act exactly like humans, they lose some of their appeal. Hitmonchan is a classic fighting-type Pokémon from Gen I and as awesome as it is, it's one human head away from being a normal boxe♛r.
Hitmonchan is a great fighting-type because it has access to the elemental punch attacks Fire Punch, Thunder Punch and Ice Punch wওhich increases the amount of Pokémon it is super effective against. It's just looks a little too human to be a Pokémon.
3 💦 POLTEAGEIST
This is the last ghost-type Pokémon on the list but each is just as obvious as the last. The name is admittedly clever but at the end of the day, this is a littl🙈e purple ghost that lives in a teapot. In fact, the ghost itself is haunted black tea. Apparently, leaving your black tea unattended is a good way to get it🍬 turned into a new Polteageist.
It does have quite high special attack, like a lot of ghost Pokémon, and it's ability weak armor can be used in creative ways to make it 🌺a strong sweeper. However, we miඣss the days of ghost Pokémon like Gengar and Dusknoir who aren't just haunted versions of everyday objects.
2 EXEGGUTE
People often focus their aim on obvious or uninspired designs on the later generations, but we should never forget that there have been shortcomings in every generation. For example, this bunch of eggs. Exeggute is a /psychic-type from Gen 1 that closely resembles an uncooked breakfast🐼.
Apparently, Exeggute gathers in groups of six and if it loses one if its members, it tries to r🤪eplace it with another similar-sized Pokémon. Unfortunately, no quantity of eggs can make up for the fact that this Pokémon is just that; eggs.
1 VANILLUXE
This is perhaps the most atrociously🍒 obvious design in the history of Pokémon, and it comes in the form of this oversized vanilla ice cream cone from Gen V. Vanilluxe is four feet of obviousness that must fear for its life every day in the summer. Not to mention those cartoon eyes and smile are enough to scare a child away from ever enjoying a regular ice cream cone eve🦄r again.
🌳And how about the names of the pre-evolutions Vanillite and Vanillish? They drip with obviousness more than an ice cream cone drips during a heatwave.