Johto Landlords Fear The Humble Slugma Rancher

there was a great study a few years that went into the whole "ppl online are bigger jerks than irl cuz theres a virtual wall and no repercussions" and the researchers were expecting to see that be the case but it turns out that people who were really angry or argumentative online were also found to just be assholes in person and people who were pretty patient and nice online were found to be patient and nice in real person as well

and it just debunked that whole cynical idea that people will naturally be mean if theres no punishment for it

Oh my god… they’re CUTE!

Big coral like creature … I wonder if they’d want to be friends………….

Pokerating Day 17, Stakatakakatatakatakatakakataka

Charm: Honestly, while being a cool looking mon (gonna refer to the ultra beasts as pokemon for simplicity), it's also strangely cute when you realize its like... 100+ organisms in a trenchcoat. Each "brick" of the stakataka, sometimes jokingly called "taka" as I will be referring to them, is it's own organism. It's kind of like a coral when you really think about it. 10/10

Care: So, this is one of the least understood ultra beasts. We do not have documentation of it's ultra-space dimension. Anything here will be speculative, so ignore this rating if you only want cold hard facts. Stakataka is most reminiscent of a coral, as it is a colony of individual stone-shelled creatures. We can assume that each taka (brick) has a separate internal biology, so it would have to eat separately. This usually lends best to filter-feeding, buuuut stakataka has no real prey that it COULD filterfeed that we know of. It is likely, at least partially, carnivorous, as most similar creatures are, and I would theorize that they hunt other rock-types via ambush. This is an incredibly slow organism so it is NOT an active hunter. I would guess that one or two taka take watch while the others pretend to be a brick wall, and then they send a signal to ambush when something gets close. Overall I have to do a ?/10 though, since this is all speculative. A stakataka is also FUCKING MASSIVE. You're gonna need like several acres of land for it and LOTS of prey.

Safety: One taka is probably harmless but a full stakataka? No. 0/10

Utility: Field move data on these pokemon are... limited, to say the least. Both due to their discovery in Alola, a region that doesn't use field moves, and due to being exceedingly rare, we have no confirmation on what "HM" moves they could use. I would *guess* that it could learn cut, rock smash, strength, and MAYBE rock climb. Despite that, this fella(s) is (are?) essentially a mobile brick wall. You could easily set up a tarp over one and be safe if it likes you. ?/10 though regardless sadly.

Battle Potential: Damned by its type. Just like the many rock/steel types before it. I already went over this type not to long ago, but to simplify, double weak to fighting and ground, two of the most common offensive types, is damning. It's still alright, and if it can get going, setting up an iron defense or something so it can bodypress harder or setting trickroom, it can certianly put in work, but when other more common mons exist it's hard to justify. 4/10, I think it could do better in the future if a move or ability that makes trick room better is found, but right now it's just impressively slow.

Final Ratings:

Charm: 10/10

Care: Data Insufficient

Safety: 0/10

Utility: Data Insufficient

Battle Potential: 4/10

Final Notes:

Those totally legally obtained documents I got access to helped on this one but even those can only do so much. I love calling the little bricks "taka", in fact, if we said taka for each taka in a stakataka it'd look like staka....

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That almost looks like one with the T's I accidentally capitalized. Anyways its rumored to be roughly 150 takas per staka.

spam upon ye rotomblr

oh god what did i do

IT SUMMONS MAIL EVERYONE TRY IT

Hi! Random Pokémon fun fact person here! I would love to give your dear Pippy a fun fact about her species! When talking about Chansey, many people just focus on her egg. I dislike that. So! Did you know that Chansey's hair tentacles are some of the most sensitive and tactile Pokémon body parts? Just gently touching one can give the Chansey the same brain signals and bear hugging or petting it. They are also able to sense emotions at a base level from up to 3 kilometers away and, when touching one, lets the Chansey FEEL those emotions at several times the intensity. Honestly, it makes sense why they're so reclusive with feelers like that.

- @trainer-dashiela

:0 this is really cool.

This does make a particular habit of Pippi’s a little confusing to me though. She likes to head butt me? That being said, it makes sense that she wears caps on her feelers when she goes to work now. 🤔

Chief is also missing a few feelers… :(

Thank you Dashiela! I hope to hear more cool stuff from ya! :D

What was your advice? I’m curious how you’d handle your own situation if it were a client you were talking to. Doing so can be illuminating sometimes.

Good morning, Rotomblr!

Felt a little stressed so I put on some calming music and read through my notes for the past week!

I feel calmer now!

How is everyone else's mornings going? Or day in general if it's later for you?

Pokerating Day 26, Indeedee?

Note: above picture is a female. Males look notably different.

Charm: Very polite, they seemingly live to serve others? They feed on positive emotion so they do what they can to create positive emotion. There's the moral question of wether good deeds done out of self interest are truly good deeds, but honestly I say since it's mutually positive it doesn't matter. 7/10 but thats biased by never seeing this pokemon before and never seeing one in person.

Care: I think this thing would care for itself. If anything it'll probably care for you more than you need to care for it. 10/10?

Safety: According to pokedex data the worst these'll do is chuck some things at you to get you to leave if your vibes are stank nasty. 9/10?

Utility: Blah blah Galar HM nono. I don't think it'd learn any anyways, except maybe strength? It learns nothing that helps with pokemon catching other than heal pulse either. All of these issues are trivial though since its a dedicated butler thats smart enough to likely be taught how to use various tools and probably even electronics. I bet you could, if dedicated enough, teach one to do your taxes. 10/10. Sure it probably can't learn cut or dig but you could just give it shears or a shovel and it could probably do the same thing.

Battle: I... huh. Apparently these are a menace in double battles. Their hidden ability, psychic surge, is essentially a signature ability since the only other mon known to have it is the legendary Tapu Lele. Psychic terrain nullifies competitive staple moves like sucker punch and fake-out from grounded opponents and almost doubles the power of the already strong expanding force, which also hits both opponents. These factors, combined with also getting trick room, make it one of the strongest double battle support pokemon out there. Note that only the male form can learn expanding force itself along with psychic noise (and other moves), while the female form is slower but can learn follow me, reflect, light screen, and other utility moves. The female variant is usually considered better due to the move follow me. These are two pokemon used exclusively in the highest ranking doubles tournaments and that gets them a 7/10, not higher since they're more enabler than actual win condition and limited use to only the one format.

Final Score:

Charm: 7/10 (subjective)

Care: 10/10 (honestly maybe even 11/10)

Safety: 9/10

Utility: 10/10

Battle: 7/10

Score: 43/50(!!!)

Pet Score: 26/30

Trainer Score: 17/20

Notes: I... what an unexpected winner of the ranking system. Honestly I wouldn't be against it getting 10/10 in charm and safety but I would need to interact with them more to say with certainty. I didn't know this thing existed until now actually.

RETURN OF THE KING

Me and Pippi are back on that grind!

Pippi accidentally kidnapped Pi… so we’re giving Pi a tour!

Erm… @newcomer-karp just in case you were wondering where she went!

Ahhh stigma..

I see. So is there a point of comfort with clients where you do disclose? Or is it just an overall no-no due to generalized stigma?

Sorry to hear it- can’t help but relate though. :’) Though as a matter of relating I can’t disclose why! Is that irony? I always struggle with the definition of irony.

Well, it’s so cool to meet someone interesting I also relate to and share a career with! I hope to talk to you more and see you around!

( @poketherapist-in-training)

Nice to meet you!

Nice to meet you too!

A fellow therapist who's just recently joined Rotomblr, what a pleasant sight! ^^

How have you been settling so far?

terrifying godlike creature *nods*

Pokerating Day 15! egg

Charm: Egg.... 10/10

Care: Sit on. 10/10

Safety: Egg ! 10/10

Utility: round

Battle Potential: A Lot 10/10

Final Ratings:

Charm: 10/10

Care: 10/10

Safety: 10/10

Utility: Round

Potential: 10/10

Notes

Egg....