Arcato's Stat Spread Reasoning

74 / 96 / 92 / 118 / 52 / 108 - BST: 540


This stat spread aims to make this a more special-leaning Pokemon on the offensive side, which in my opinion would make the rest of this contest far more engaging and exciting, as it would introduce interesting problems for us to solve (perhaps in custom moves or another ability). On a more personal note, I feel as though a physical fighting type is a road well-travelled, and I worry it would be boring if we made this purely a physical attacker.

With its given offenses it can still wield physical moves in a pinch if it needs, while hitting hard enough on the special side to significantly threaten many Pokemon in the tier. I gave it just enough speed to outspeed Carcharus, but it will need to equip a Choice Scarf to outspeed any of the mons above it (including Wrighvern, Enchantobra, Lunachi, and Harportia). In terms of its bulk, I intentionally left it lacking outside of its defense, which I pumped up a bit so it would be able to better tank Knock Offs from Pokemon such as Loxicant and Niandertroll. I think it's alright to not hit ludicrously hard on the special side, because the tier's dedicated special check in Pald would hate taking a hit from this due to not being able to recover it off with Regenerator. In conclusion, I think gearing this to be primarily a special attacker makes it a lot more interesting of a concept, and something that would stand out against other mons currently in the tier (Rotom-Hisui coming first to mind).