To start things off we have #529 Moguryu, the Mole Pokemon, and #530 Doryuzu, the Deep Earth Pokemon. Moguryu evolves into Doryuzu at level 31, and goes from being a pure Ground-type to being a Ground/Steel-Type. In terms of appearance, both Pokemon are awesome. Moguryu is the perfect design for a mole Pokemon, I really like the tiger stripe like pattern he has going for him and I also like that his claws open and close in his sprite’s animation. Moguryu still does a great job keeping the design of a mole Pokemon, but really shows off how he gained that Steel typing with metallic claws. I also like that he kept the opening and closing of his claws with his sprite. But in terms of stats, Doryuzu is just plain awesome. He boasts 110 base HP, 135 base Attack, and a somewhat decent 88 base speed, but its main attractions are its HP and Attack. His regular abilities are well suited for Sandstorm teams since they both revolve around Sandstorm. Sand Paddle doubles its Speed during a Sandstorm, which makes it a force to be reckoned with, and Sand Power boosts the power of Rock, Ground, and Steel type moves, two of which are its type, by 30%. When it comes to attacks, Doryuzu doesn’t disappoint. It learns powerful attacks such as Earthquake by level up, and can boost its outrageous Attack by learning Swords Dance by level up. It can learn many attacks by TM that are physically oriented. It also can learn the new physical Ground-type attack introduced in Generation V, Drill Liner, by level up, which has a decent power level, and Doryuzu gains STAB from this. All in all, Moguryu and Doryuzu are a great start for the new Ground-type Pokemon introduced in Generation V. It has amazing HP and Attack and is for sure going to be a force to be reckoned with online.
Next up we have #551 Meguroco, the Desert Crocodile Pokemon, #552 Waruvile, the Desert Crocodile Pokemon, and #552 Waruvial, the Menacing Pokemon. All three Pokemon are Ground/Dark-type and Meguroco evolves in Waruvile at level 29 and Waruvile into Waruvial at level 40. In terms of design, besides the Moguryu/Doryuzu line, these guys are my favorite Ground-type Pokemon introduced in Generation V. I like how they all have black around their eyes to show off their dark typing, and how they maintain the striped pattern throughout the entire evolutionary line. But let’s talk about each Pokemon individually. When Meguroco was first introduced, I fell in love with the little guy. Like I said before, I like how he has black around his eyes to show of his dark typing, and I like how he looks like how I would exactly want a desert crocodile to look. In terms of design, Waruvile continues what I liked about Meguroco, but instead begins bipedal, which reminds me of Feraligtar, my favorite Water-type starter. Finally we have Waruvial, and I have to say I’m quite impressed. He retains all of the things I liked about Meguroco and Waruvile, and instead of having a tan color, he turns red, which I believe is fitting since he seems a lot more evil compared to his previous two forms. Going along with this sinister look, the look in his eyes and how he clenches his fists during his animation also remind me of this. But when it comes to stats, Waruvial is a pretty cool guy. The biggest thing that catches your eye is its 117 base Attack, and other mentionable stats that it has are 95 base HP and 92 base Speed. With this kind of design, Waruvial is designed to hit fast and hard, and it can do this with being able to learn attacks such as Earthquake and Outrage by level up, the first gaining STAB and the later being an extremely powerful physical attack. It also has a wide variety of physical attacks available to it through learning it by TM, so Waruvial can suite a lot of possible situations. The only thing that is crippling this cool Pokemon is that its defenses aren’t the greatest, and with a weakness to Fighting, Bug, Water, Grass, and Ice, this could pose a threat. So for what its worth the Waruvial line is an interesting bunch and I can’t wait to see Meguroko in the anime on Ash’s team.
The next Pokemon we have is in my opinion one of the more different Pokemon introduced in Generation V. Ladies and Gentlemen I give you #618 Maggyo, the Trap Pokemon. When I say different, I really don’t mean this in a good way. Maggyo is just plain ugly to me. I mean it’s a fish, but it’s Ground/Electric type, which is the opposite of what I would expect for a fish like Pokemon to be typed. And I don’t enjoy the color scheme for him, I mean I know it makes sense that it’s Brown and Yellow due to it being Ground/Electric, but I mean come on, make it look cooler or something. The other thing that irks me is it sounds like a fart for its cry. Enough with talking about why I don’t like this guy, let’s talk about stats. In terms of stats, Maggyo seems to be a tad more defensive instead of being offensive with 109 base HP, 84 base Defense, and 99 base Special Defense. The only other stat worth noting is its 81 base Special Attack. With this combination of stats, Maggyo makes for a somewhat interesting Pokemon. It learns a few good special attacks by level up, mainly Thunderbolt, Discharge, and Muddy Water. By TM Maggyo can learn a few other attacks that may help it in battle such as Slime Wave, Surf, and if you don’t mind inaccuracy, Thunder. The major thing that is crippling Maggyo into the failure Pokemon that it is, is a base stat of 32 Speed, and weaknesses to Ground, Water, Grass, and Ice. With all of these things holding it back, in terms of stats and appearance, I don’t like Maggyo at all. It’s a very ugly Pokemon and just sucks all together.
secret messages are super duper sexy and
After that massive failure, I need a Ground-type that will help lighten my mood, and thankfully we do. I’d like to introduce some of my other favorites from Generation V #622 Gobitto, the Golem Pokemon, and #623 Goruugu, who is also known as the Golem Pokemon. Gobitto evolves into Goruugu at level 43 and is catchable in the Dragon Spiral Tower. In terms of design, I love both of these Pokemon. If you didn’t know I have a thing for robots, and even though these two are classified as Golem Pokemon, they remind me of robots. Gobitto reminds me of a tin robo, and requires you to wind him up in order to make him go, and the combination of metal and wood around his chest is pretty cool. I also dig the pattern on its chest. Goruugu continues this coolness by getting larger and spreading the pattern all over its body. It also reminds me of one of my favorite robots, Gigantor. Just like the Gigantor the Space Age Robot, Goruugu’s power is at your hands due to the fact of it being a much more physically oriented Ghost Pokemon, which is very interesting. But let’s get down to the nitty gritty. Goruugu comes into play with 124 base Attack, and 80 base Defense/Special Defense, so obviously this guy is physical oriented and can take a couple hits before going down. To go with this offensive orientation, Goruugu learns a lot of physical moves that can help it out such as Earthquake, Shadow Punch, and a new attack called Heavy Bomber, which power is determined by how much heavier Goruggu is than its opponent. So with a weight of 727.5 pounds, Goruggu can use Heavy Bomber pretty well against a lot of Pokemon, unless its squaring off against like Snorlax or Groudon. For what it’s worth Goruggu is interesting since he’s a physically oriented Ghost Pokemon, and has some pretty good attacks to help it out with that physical nature, plus he looks awesome so he gets bonus points.
Sadly, we only have one more Ground-type Pokemon left to focus on, and that is the Ground/Flying legendary Pokemon, #645 Landlos, the Fertility Pokemon. In terms of design I like Landlos, because of the history he is based off on. Landlos is based on Inari, the Japanese kami of fertility, rice, agriculture, foxes, industry, and worldy success. I like this because I like Pokemon that trace back to Japanese culture, like his fellow Generation V Pokemon Voltolos and Tornelos. What else I like about Landlos are how awesome he looks in his sprite, and his overall color scheme, since it relates to his Ground/Flying typing well. But in terms of stats, Landlos has quite a few things that caught my attention. These include his 125 base Attack, his 115 base Special Attack, and 101 base Speed. With these stats, Landlos can be pretty tough, despite having weaknesses to Ice and Water types. The moves it can learn via level up worth noting include Earth Power, Earthquake, Stone Edge, and Outrage. By TM it can learn numerous attacks for it to dominate with, including Slime Wave, Focus Blast, and stat boosting moves Bulk Up and Calm Mind. The only major concern when it comes to Landlos is its 90 base Defense and 80 base Special Defense. This is because with its 4x weakness to Ice-type moves, Landlos can become a victim of a powerful Ice-type attack, and can be done before it can even get started. Other than that, Landlos is a strong Pokemon, and could possibly be pretty tough competitively. All in all, I like Landlos a lot as the last Ground-type Pokemon in the newly established National Pokedex, I like that he traces back to Japanese history, and all together is very cool.
In my last article I forgot to mention Pokemon who had Dragon as their secondary type, I won’t in this article. The only Pokemon introduced in Generation V that have Ground as their secondary type are Gamaguru, and Gamageroge.
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Gahh that was a really good ‘Focus On’! Dx
You’re gonna steal all my fans! DDDx
i m d fan of DIAGO
Don’t worry Ozy, we can be a fan of both of you
hahahahaha did you write the last one on vicodin?!
Yes, yes he did.
Nice, tidy focus on
awesome. but i can’t see the gobitto/goruugu sprites…so to me it looks like maggyo has 2 massive paragraphs just for him….i was concerned xD
Hmmm it’s showing up for me, but just to be safe I reloaded the sprites, so can you see them now?
sure can! cheers
lol, my life is now complete
doryzu line: i am sorry, but steelix has varying fang attacks, whilst this line doesn’t have varying attacks
megaroko line: based off both crocs and baryonyx, this line is WICKED, I Mean aerial ace, wicked. this line is the eqivilent of the toto line. man i like this line a lot
magyo: okay, who is the person who decided to confuse people by giving this line muddy water, bounce and revenge NATURALLY. these moves will make you dump either earthquake or thunder?
gobbito line: see focus on ghost comments since someone stuffed it up royally by putting this line by SECONDARY TYPE = /X{0
landlos: poor rayquaza imitation plus has nearly the same moveset.
ps. i write these sort of comments in focus on articles to say i think of them.
pps. it is more fun with pics
ppps. advice for you daigo, do focus on articles AFTER you have recovered and password protect your pc from ozy, so that he doesn’t steel them and edit them his way
ppps. hope pj does GOOD focus on articles on bugs and plants
I’m not planning on doing good ones
He’s planning on doing sexysexyawesome ones.
i m eagerly waiting for them
Landlos is nothing like rayquaza save for outrage and a flying secondary typing
A LOT better then the previous Focus On. Great job!
right
I thought people were past hating on Maggyo? Obviously not.
Maggyo is awesome <3
Isnt he?
it cant be hated but cant be liked also
He is awesome simply because of his typing.
and also I can’t believe having a fart for a cry is considered a bad thing….that just makes him all the more funny and unique.
Ehhhhhhhhhhh……
I liked it… was fun to read, and I enjoyed it much more then last time… I hate to say this, losing any dignity I might have had before but
I’m sorry.
Awwww <3
Now you and Daigo and kiss and make up. ><
Wut.
I said I’m sorry, but I ain’t turning gay.
Kiss! WhoOhoo!
No thanks.
Giggity giggity…
so daigo how about having more ozy style analysis or having your OWN font writing. but make sure you have a flame war with ozy for bagging most of the types.
ps. can you do focus on articles for PAST generations please?
In Pokemon Infogames the First have N design patterns and are great!!!!
“very cool” 
http://pokemonbwinfogames.mforos.com/
As far as good designs are concerned, et tu Ground?
I love the claw-openings in Doryuzu and Moguryu!! But anyone else here think Doryuzu’s face is butt-ugly?
Meguroco’s family is awesome!!!!!! Waruvial slightly deviates from original design (mainly in colour) but I love how the simple dark stripes and menacing look convey their secondary typing!
I cant believe you dont like Maggyo. Ground/Electric, learns water moves, can be found both underwater and on land, and farts when it speaks!!!!! I think the ugliness can be ignored here
And Gobitto lines spirally things are awesomeeeeee!
Landlos, is by far imo the best-designed of its trio, cant say much more than that though.
And good article Daigo!
u got back ur fans
OMG speaking of Doryuzu, Emina eht ni eno sah Siri !!!! (Put backwards so as not to spoil people)
Really?
Rumor. Ignore it.
Nope. Its a fact. see the preview for Episode 9.
Nah, dude it’s confirmed legit.
Yep, it’s confirmed seeing as (read it backwards)
“!og uzuuyroD” stuohs sirI
In the preview for episode 9.
Should I click the spoiler tag? Or not? Oh my God, what should I do? Never mind. I’ll read it later.
Gigaiath isn’t a ground type! Its a rock! Lying post is a lie. 3x
Personally, I love my beautiful Maggyo (<333). As for as usefulness goes, he's actually pretty good. He learns a plethora of good moves, his defenses are nice (in fact, some Smogon folk have commented that he's defenses are slightly weaker than Swampert's), and I've seen him hold his own against a Sazandorah. Overall, I love this mon and once White comes out in the States, I'll be adding him to my team.
Yeah, this is a really good article, Daigo.
I only disagree in the fact that I don’t really like the Golem Pokémon too much, as well as the legendary one, that as you know is almost the same as the other two, which is awful (But this is probably the best of the 3 of them).
I don’t find Maggyo as horrible, his horribleness makes him interesting for me. But the fart thing…
Mentioning attacks and attack based stats are ok, but you have a tendancy to only mention these. This maybe that you are more atoned to using full attackers in your team, but defensive pokemon play a big role in battling. For instance Maggyo, his defences are rather good and he can get rid of many full attackers. I use him on occassion.
Just wanted to put that out there so that you could concider defensive movesets and strategies.
sorry if this is abit of-topic, but does anyone know the global link codes for the kanto starters and the sinnoh starters?
The codes you use to get them aren’t a code that anyone can use. For example, a code was given with the purchase of Pokemon Pia for the Kanto starters, but as if it was a code for a lottery, it’s different for each one.
So no one can really tell you the code for either unless they didn’t want/use the Kanto and Sinnoh starters.
so i guess i also can’t get the lvl.100 arceus? that’s too sad… DX
Nah, you can still get that Arceus.
Hey Daigo, great article! I’m glad you’re feeling better!
Were people really that bad to you last time Diago? I thought you were fine. God, didn’t realize this was the Serebii forums where it’s a free-for-all of insults and competitive battling elitists.
Anyway, while I would disagree with your Maggyo hatin’, I agree with everything else you said. I used Meguroko in my first White party and it worked out pretty well. Not the greatest Pokemon ever, but it got the job done.
Daigo, have my children.
I don’t know if I like your articles so much simply because ozy ruined half the types — including my three favorites — but either way, amazing article. Going on a fanboy rant here, so hold on a sec. xD
MY GOD DORYUUZU IZ FUCKING AMAZING. AND WARUVIAL IS THE MOST BADASS AND SEXY CROCODILE IN THE WHOLE FUCKING WORLD.
/out-of-character tangent
Excuse me, Ozymandis did what?
Hey, you ruined your parents life by being born.
Ahahah let everyone have their own opinions.
Oh, and saying that makes you so much better.
Oh, no, an eight-year-old. D:
Sorry for ruining them for you.
How did he ruin it!? Ozy’s articles were amazing! dont hate! the only one that has sucked was NL’s. (no offense)
Grammar, spelling, wording, bias. Check them all.
Meh, you didn’t RUIN them per se. I just didn’t like your writing style (proud Grammar Nazi xD), and you were rather biased towards some. Either way, your articles were still full of convenient info.
Uh Daigo you were good and fine on the Focus ON but you missed one supremely awesome detail..
Goruggu can learn FLY!!!
With his superb attack base stat, Shadow Ball, Steel Bomber, Earthquake and Fly he has potential for major whoop ass to Electric, Ice, Fire, Rock, Poison, Psychic, Grass, Fighting, Bug, and other Ghost types. Look at that impressive list of types he could pwn! If only he had the speed stast of my Jaroda and Hihidaruma then he’d one big mean fightin’ machine.
lol at that moveset. if anything fly only makes him useful for ingame utility.
Oh shut up. Do you have any idea how special it is he knows Fly.
He’s one of FOUR non legendary, non flying types that can use it.
Him, Smeargle, Flying Pikachu, and Ulgamoth.
Not to mention he and his pre are the only pokemon in history to be designed by an american- James Turner.
Actually no Komatana and Banipucchi as well as a few others were designed by him too.
that explains why i dislike all of those evolutionary lines.
and fly still sucks.
<3
James Turner actually designed Vaniricchi’s line. As far as I know, they’re the only ones he designed. Genius.
Dude look at the Bulbagarden articles the only one I was wrong about was Komatana.
How the hell does a move with 90 attack power suck???
Second of all it goes up to avoid the OPPOSING attack then finishes its attack.
Without Knock Down in your way it’s really helpful, and damn you it was really helpful in the Elite 4. You little jerk how would Fly not benefit a Goruggo when its weakness is Grass types. The move is physical and look at that, it has THE MOST ATTACK OF ALL GHOST TYPES! POWER!! You ignorant twerp. Special attacks isn’t it’s strong suit so FORGET about electric type moves and moves with few PP suck ass.
…You’re one of the biggst idiots I’ve seen on this site, which is definitely saying something.
I seriously hate you and ami.
How come it wasn’t mentioned that Doryuuzu is also a major let-down in the steel division? Yeah, it gains a new typing, but the ONLY steel-type move it can learn is Metal Claw through ANY method.
Because Doryuuzu is the best pokemon in the game, that’s why. With 252 EVs, 31 IVs, a benefitting nature in speed, and Sandstorm in play (so long as he has Sand Throw as his ability) he gets the biggest speed boost ever, LITERALLY becoming faster than Speed Forme Deoxys. Plus, epic attack, epic HP, and good movepool. So long as he’s got all of that, I can do without Steel moves.
Aww, Maggyo (or as the fans like to call him, Flounderp) is still feeling the hate. I love that little guy for some odd reason I can’t explain. And he isn’t a terrible pokemon, he could rip everything a new one if he was allowed in Little Cup. At least, I hope he could…
okay, your opinion about Maggyo. I find it REALLY harsh. This little guy is actually cute to me, and I actually like how its fins are shaped. I even like its unique typing, because I was ALWAYS waiting for a Ground/Electric-type. And here it is, Maggyo. Doesnt suck and isnt ugly to me.
Gotta respect Derpfish!
Nice article.
I realy like the type mixture for the new ground types it makes the battles more intersting. Even if the types add weaknesses or create a super effective weakness, I still enjoy the unique types.
Great improvement Daigo!
The ground types this gen are great, most are really usefull. As for derpfish, I love it’s trolling smile. States that GaneFreak has a sense of humor.
Oh, and Peter, you know fly gives the opponent a
Free switch in? Ingame, fly is great, but competetively it’s like giving your foe the advantage.
Again, it’s only really worrisome with Knock Down, if you’re fast enough though you can finish the match with a few or less Flys. Then again I LOVE Knock Down (it’s used by my beloved Abagoora) it’s good for both Bounce and Fly. Nice we got a move like Earthquake to Dig in a sense now, For those Rock/Grass types who are a tad vulnerable.
i check every day for these focus ons, but what i would love to see is the starters final evos in a great depth and compariing them really well since their all so coool i cant decide!
Goruugu can learn Fly. Its an obvious reference to that one American movie where a kid befriends a giant flying space robot.
See! Boarbeque is favoring my contribution.
Thanks man!
Talk about rude comments I’ve gotten.
The Iron Giant
Are you refering to The Iron Giant?
I thought that Goruugu remide me of Alphonse Elric from the Full Metal Alchemist series.
wow, goruggu learns fly O_O thats weird, cuz i dunt see any jetpack or so xD lol