Hey loyal Pokejunglers!
So, before I begin, I wanna inform you guys of two new events that will take place in Pokemon Black & White via Wi-fi!
- The Pokemon Kumashun will be given away via Wi-fi from October 22, 2010 to November 29th, 2010. There’s nothing special about this Kumashun at all. (ozy’s note: I guess the reason they’re giving this away is because it’s kinda rare unless it’s winter? That being said, by the time this event is half-way done, it will be winter in the games…>.>)
- The second is actually a code that you will get via the Global Link from October 20th, 2010 until November 19th, 2010. The code will unlock a Croagunk with the special ability Poison Hand.
Now that that’s out of the way, on to the Fighting-types of Gen V!
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To start off the Fighting-types for this generation we have the Brawny Pokemon, #532 Dokkora, #533 Dotekkotsu and #534 Roopushin! To describe this evolution line in one word: STRONG. Two words: HELLA STRONG. These guys were made for battling and they will kick major ass. Their stats it total proof of that. Starting out with an Attack base stat of 85 and a HP of 75 Dokkora could definitely single handily take out the entire first few gyms for you. Once evolving at lvl. 25 into Dotekkotsu its Attack HP and Defense get a boost, making them clock in at 105, 85 and 85 respectively. Then, once you trade Dotekkotsu it will evolve into Roopushin, and here, ladies and gentlemen, is where this evolution line’s true power is revealed. Roopushin gets crazy boosts in all of the previously mentioned stat groups making them 95 (Defense), 105 (HP) and, are you ready? 145 friggin’ base Attack!! That is hella power! It could probably take out an entire army if it needed to! It’s design surely could scare it away! I’m not saying any of them are ugly, because they really aren’t, they’re just big and muscular and have a clown nose. I just find it to be a weird combination. But I definitely can’t complain! I mean along with its power, all of them have awesome animation! Dokkora flings his wooden plank in the air and then catches it, Dotekkotsu readies his iron bar to fling at the opponent Pokemon, and Roopushin just picks up those cinder blocks and wringles them around like they were nothing! This evolution line is by far the best in stats out of all the Fighting-types in Gen V. By far. So, if you’re convinced that you want one, listen up. Dokkora can be found in Yagaruma Forest and the Freezer Container, while Dotekkotsu can only be found in the Ridge. Roopushin, unfortunately can only be obtained if you evolve it from Dotekkotsu. I would definitely recommend this Pokemon to anyone. You can get the first stage so early on, so why not? It’s strong in the beginning and even stronger at the end. So go! Go now and catch it!
Next in line we have the Judo Pokemon, #538 Nageki! Let’s start with its design. I, personally, don’t really like it all much. I don’t find it ugly, I just find it unattractive compared to Dageki. Nageki’s design has a mix of everything that I just don’t like. It’s red, it’s really short and hat and it has a crazy caterpillar eyebrow. Whereas i prefer blue, skinny and well normal eyebrows. Despite that, I do still like this Pokemon overall, and that’s because of it’s awesome stats. It has an amazing HP base stat of 120, a killer Attack stat of 100, and awesome Special Defense and Defense. Both clocking in at 85. But, unfortunately, with so much power, it also has to have a weakness. And in this case, it’s Nageki’s Speed, which has a base of 45. So, if you’ve fallen in love with Nageki, you can find one on Routes 10, 16, and 18. As well as right outside of Yagaruma Forest. Despite my hatred of its design, I really could just overlook it an put it on my team. With an awesome Defense, Attack and HP, and not to mention how early you can get it in the game, Nageki would definitely make an excellent addition to your team.
Next, we have Nageki’s long lost brother, the Karate Pokemon, #539 Dageki! The routes you can find it on are Route 10, 16, 18 and you can also find it right outside Yagaruma Forest, just like Nageki. Dageki, in a sense, is the opposite of Nageki when it comes to stats. While Nageki’s stats lean more towards the Defense side, Dageki is all about the offensive side. This guy has a whopping base Attack of 125 and a fairly decent Speed of 85. While all of his other base stats (Except Special Defense, which is a 35) have the solid base stat of 75. Between these two karate twins, I definitely like Dageki by far. And not because Nageki is ugly, It’s just that I prefer blue and skinny more than I do red and fat. That being said, I also really like this guy’s animation, it’s like as if Dageki is roaring up for an attack! So awesome! I can’t really complain about this Pokemon’s design as everything is just perfect. They hit the body shape just right, the colour next to the karate outfit is stunning, and like I said, the animation is just great. Only thing I could maybe bother Game Freak about is it’s eyebrow. It’s really unnoticeable, but after seeing a bunch of these throughout my play through, I couldn’t help but look and wonder why he only has half of an eyebrow. Since the Dageki and Nageki are version exclusives I feel like it’s pretty important to compare the two. I’ll keep this really simple, and remember, this is based solely on my opinion: Design: Dageki>Nageki Stats: Nageki>Dageki Considering how early on you can catch it and how crazy his attack stat is, this guy would be a power house on your team! And also, a bit of a hint: If you’re having trouble with Aloe, go to the outskirts of the forest and catch one of these. Not only will you gain a kick ass fighting-type, but you’ll also beat Aloe easily.
Finally, we have my favourite Fighting-types of Gen V, the Martial Arts Pokemon, #619 Kojofu and #620 Kojondo! These two are most definitely in my top 5 favourite Fighting-types! They both have this elegant and kick ass feel to them. Well at least Kojondo does. Kojofu is just plain adorable. Whenever I play a fighting video game I always pick the sexy girl, ‘cause they’re usually the fastest, the strongest and well the sexiest. When looking at my these two I get that same feeling as I would playing Street Fighter and seeing that sexy strong girl for the same time. They’re basically the same in my mind. Basically, take a sexy elegant fighter chick, take away the sex appeal and you get these gals. Not only are they easy on the eyes, they’re pretty strong. Kojufu’s highlights include a decent Attack of 85 and an ok Speed of 65. That’s pretty average for the time you can encounter this Pokemon. But, once it evolves at lvl. 50 into Kojondo, it gets hella powerful! Kojondo has the amazing Attack stat of 125, a pretty awesome Special Attack of 95 and a crazy speed of 105! Killer right? Only thing that sucks for both of these Pokemon is that they really lack in all the other departments. In comparison to Kojondo’s killer highlight’s the rest of its stats are in the 60’s. If you’re all about a Pokemon having a high HP, not a problem. Although Kojondo and Kojofu both have relatively low HP stats, they also have the awesome ability of Regeneration! Which, in case you don’t know, restores HP once switched out. So you really wouldn’t notice it’s weaknesses at all. Did I mention that it has base stat of 125? Only thing that I absolutely hate about this Pokemon is how late you find it. Kojofu can be found in the Dragon Spiral Tower, Victory Road, and Route 14. Kojondo can also be found on Route 14, but it’s pretty rare. I think this is one of those Pokemon where Game Freak hit a homerun, not only is it a beautiful Pokemon, but it’s also damn useful in the long run.
Pokemon with a secondary Fighting-type:
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Thus concluding the Fighting-type article. Remember we categorize by primary typing so you won’t have any article on Pokemon such as Zuruggu who is Dark/Fighting. SO now that you’ve read this, I want you to yoice your opinion! Do you agree with me? Maybe Disagree? Do you think I was to nice to a Pokemon? To harsh? Comment down below!
peace and love– ozymandis
P.S. You guys probably noticed that I added a small section for Pokemon that have a secondary Fighting-type. Do you guys like it and think I should keep it? Or do you think I should scrap the idea?
I like Dokkora, but its evos are ugly as sin. You’re right about them being very strong though.
I like the red guy more the the blue guy; I dunno why. Stats are good, and I like his eyebrow better. But the blue one is cool too. However, I am definately getting Black.
Gotta say, I like Kojofu and Kojondo a lot too.
Uhm, Nageki and Dageki aren’t version exclusive… >.<
Technically they are. Nageki is only regularly available in White and Dageki is only regularly available in Black.
Then again, technically they aren’t. The new “shaking grass” feature allows players a very rare chance of finding Pokemon that are normally only available in the opposite version.
All that being said, the chances of (1) Finding a shaking grass spot and (2) Actually finding the opposite-version Pokemon in that spot are so slim that, if you really want Nageki/Dageki on your team, it would be much, much easier to buy the version they are regularly encounterable in. :3 Wow, I just wrote way too much, sorry! :<
…Wierd. I found the opposite version one like two seconds after walking into the area, and proceeded to kill Aloe with it. I guess I’m really lucky (that’s strange).
Either way, ozy got them backwards.
You do have a point.
Good job done. But two problems.
1st is a minor spelling error in Nageki’s description. It says hat, but you probably meant fat.
2nd is that Nageki and Dageki are NOT version exclusives. One of them is found normally in grass (Nageki white, Dageki black) and the other can be found in shaking grass (Dageki white, Nageki black). I can confirm that seeing as I catched and used a Dageki while playing white.
Good review. But one problem.
It’s that you used the word “catched”. “Catched” is not a word, the correct term is “caught”.
Yep, that’s a problem I have had for ages and I keep making that mistake.
My excuse is that English isn’t my spoken language.
As Nageki has a high HP and a high DEFENSE, along with a really good ATTACK stat… It will crush Dageki wich has lower DEFENSE. Example: Dageki attacks first (As it got a higher speed) with a Brick Break, and it hit Nageki. Dageki has a very high ATTACK stat, but still just manage to do a little damage, because Nageki´s high DEFENSE stat absorbs much of the damage and lets it survive the attack. Now it´s Nageki´s turn. Nageki also uses a Brick Break which make Dageki faint. Reason? Dageki´s HP and DEFENSE is just average, and with Nageki´s base attack stat of 100… The poor karate champion becomes crushified… Judo guy wins!! (Ps: In my opinion, Nageki looks the best…)
(Ps: in the next generation, I hope it will be a Kung Fu guy XD… It will if it gonna work out like Generation 1 and 2 did: At first the Hitmons did have nothing to do with each other, but in generation 2 they got their own pre evo, and suddenly they where in the same family evolution family!! Along with Hitmontop, with i hope will represent a Kung Fu guy!!)
(Ps: Sorry for the grammatical mistakes, I was very busy :D)
there might not even be a new generation but i hope there is
If the pokemon games are selling as good as they do now, it will be another generation, trust me 😉
Like many mentioned, Nageki and Dageki aren’t exclusives.
And another mistake, you said “Roopushin, unfortunately can only be obtained if you evolve it from Dotekkotsu.” which makes a lot of sense… Except I don’t think that’s what you meant. I think you wanted to mention that it can only evolve via trading.
Don’t worry, they’re still great articles! 😛
Regardless of the rarity chances, you really should not be advertising Dageki and Nageki as version exclusives. They aren’t. I have both on my game without trading.
Nageki and Dageki aren’t version exclusives, one is just hard to get depending on which version you have.
Since you can get both with just one version (and without outside help i.e dream world) then I definitely would not consider them version exclusives.
At the very least it’s no good to just call them exclusives just because of rarity….it would be a good idea to mention something more along the lines of “It’s easier to get this one if you have version Black and harder if you have version White”
That way there won’t be confusion.
Apart from that I did like this post. 🙂 There’s many fighting types I love this generation: Roopushin, Dageki, Kojondo and Zuruzukin. It’s hard to pick….although I think I’m going with Zuruzukin for my fighting type.
“But if you have Pokemon Black version, you’re out of luck, because Nageki is a Pokemon Black exclusive.”
^ Doesn’t make much sense
I just edited ozy’s post ‘cos they’re not version exclusive anyways xD
@pokejungle: Which pokemon will you use in pokemon Black/White? Pleeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaase answer :D…??
@pokejungle: Or wich pokemon(s) is your favourite(s)?? Pleeeaaassseee answer… I BEG YOU!!…please?
@ozymandiz: Please, make GHOST-type “Focus on” next time. There are only five, so it won´t take that long 🙂
They already did Ghost, it was one of the first 2.
…ehrm…Maybe BUG-type then…XD…
Please keep the Secondary-type list – and maybe retroactively include them in previous posts?
The Fighting-Type Pokemon definitely all hit the mark on design. I found all 7 of these to be so well made (yes, even Fat Nageki and One-Eyebrow Dageki) The only odd thing is that Nageki and Dageki have in-built Martial Arts vests, though they really help make the skin colour burst!
As I’m guessin everyone else noticed, Dokkora Family=Machop Family with weapons, and Nageki/Dageki=Hitmonchan/lee with less differences.
KOJONDO FTW!
Whats with the pointless events >_>
I might like Kojondo more if I knew where it’s hands were. o_O
Its arm structure confuses me.
It has crazy fur sleeves or something. Go look at his pokedex data. He apparently slaps you with his sleeves. Oh, and you can see his hands if you look at his backsprite.
I can see its hands, but the arm structure still confuses me. @_@
in the secondary fighting types you forgot about the fire starters
We hate the starters.
yet you still covered the water starter in the water page and the fire starter in the fire page, so as i see it you should cover the fire/fighting starter in a list of secondary fighting types
Bias much? You guys still need to provide all the info if you’re going to do the little secondary types section in the “focus ons”, no matter how much you hate the starters. And the starters actually all look pretty cool.
Ahaha, sorry, my response to him was sarcasm :p Some of my comments are tongue in cheek. I rarely hate any pokemon :]
I’ve hoestly ran ito about 7/8 kumasyans in spring…
I’ve run into quite a few as well, in SUMMER.
saw 3 in a row and then a furiljo
OH AND PLEASE STOP SAYING “HELLA” It’s so god damn annoying
People typing in all caps is god damn annoying.
both are equally annoying
The fighting clowns are amazing. The fact you get them that early on, and the fact that a fighting type can best most of the gyms and pokes this gen, adds to their epicness. And the fighting clown’s strength is no joke. My Roobushin was OHKOing everything with just Wake-Up Slap against the higher leveled gyms. Couple that with the fact he can learn a bunch of rock moves just adds to his cheapness.
fighting clowns:1.OF.THE. WORST. POKEMON. DESIGNS. EVER, but this line and gigigas line, knight bug and ninja bug need trade, i have to wait for grey to be released before confirm my verdict
eki line: bert and ernie, if you are a fan of these 2, you should have them, finally i say this 1 more time: BERT AND ERNIE
kojo line: design: check, good abilities: check, good moves: check, AUUUURRRRRRRRAAAAAAAA SSSSSSSPPPPPPPHHHHHHHEEEEEERRRREEEEEEE: CHECK, I AM HAVING THIS POKE IN MY GREY TEAM BECAUSE OF THESE
ps.dento episode just aired and dento just joined the group, pj staff scream now
pps. ozy, did you watch the lesbian. cheerleader. x. rated. scene on glee yet
Y do u always hate on my poke’s?
I really like that you added the section with the pokemon that have secondary fighting type! I think you should go back and add that to all the other articles. And I also think you should put a link at the top that goes to a page with all the focus on articles in one place.
^agreed
Dageki has 35 special attack not special defence
but other than that great article!
There’s a reason why Kojondo is so weak in the defensive areas actually. It’s mostly because… well… he’s the best pokemon of Gen 5. With the moveset of – Fake out, U-turn, High Jump Kick, and Stone Edge, he has awesome coverage of being able to take out a lot of types, and, throw in a Life Orb, and he get’s 30 % more attack power at the cost of 10% of his HP at every attack. But that’s not a problem like most other Life Orb sweepers, he has the ability of Regeneration, so all he has to do is use U-Turn and switch out while STILL causing Hella damage and gaining back 30% of his HP. If he didn’t have crazy bad defenses, he would be BEYOND broken in the competitive metagame and would be so cheap that he would have to be moved to the Uber tier instead of the obvious OU tier that he’ll be placed in, much so like Salamence and Garchomp, who have been promoted to Uber because of their ridiculous stats. Seriously though, best pokemon of Gen 5 competitively. As for my favorite pokemon design-wise, that would still have to be Kokoromori. 😛
I really enjoyed the article once again. I especially like how you add the secondary types at the bottom. That was a nice way to remind people that the articles are based off primary typing.
Time for my short opinionated synopsis. I have to say that the Dokkora and its stages are starting to grow on me. They remind me of Machop evolution because the final stage requires trading. Nageki and Dageki both have great concepts. I wonder if they were modal after real judo and karate masters/legends, simmilar to Hitmonlee and Hitmonchan? Kojofu has a great design. I would say more but thats all I can say at this point.
I honestly think the Kojondo line is the female equivalent to the Lucario line
Despite the fact that both lines can be either boy or girl
Gyarados and Milotic comes to mind.
Great observation.
I disagree. I think Zorua and Zoroark are the new Rilou and Lucario.
I agree on that, but I’m just saying that that Kojofu & Kojondo are also Riolu & Lucario are their females doubles like Feebas & Milotic are Magikarp & Gyarados’s doubles