IT'S TIME-Garchomp, WILL I CHOOSE YOU?

So Pokemon Sun and Moon is coming up really soon and it leaves me questioning who I want on my team on this playthrough. I've already discussed about Mudsdale but now it's time to talk about another awesome Pokemon for my team, except this time I'm picking from an older generation. This pokemon's name is Garchomp.

To begin with... This Pokemon looks amazing. It's an awesome dinosaur/dragon that even has a mega (even though I don't know whether mega Pokemon will be returning for this game.

If I can't get a Gible early on, I'll trade him in from another game and then evolve him along my journey.

Stat	Range
	At Lv. 50	At Lv. 100
HP: 108	168 - 215	326 - 420
Attack: 130	121 - 200	238 - 394
Defense: 95	90 - 161	175 - 317
Sp.Atk: 80	76 - 145	148 - 284
Sp.Def: 85	81 - 150	157 - 295
Speed: 102	96 - 169	188 - 333
Total: 600
Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and a hindering nature, if applicable. Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and a helpful nature, if applicable.

The statistics feature above are Garchomps. Garchomps big appeal is it's attack. This thing was meant to destroy it's opponents. It even has a reasonable Defence and a good Speed. It has a a total stat of 600 which is pretty good, but if I got a really good Gible we could be looking at some amazing stats!

Generation VI Other generations: IV - V

Level   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP   Contest   Appeal   Jamming  1 Fire Fang Fire Physical 65 95% 15 Cool 4 ♥♥♥♥ 0   1 Tackle Normal Physical 50 100% 35 Tough 4 ♥♥♥♥ 0   1 Sand Attack Ground Status — 100% 15 Cute 3 ♥♥♥ 0   1 Dragon Rage Dragon Special — 100% 10 Cool 3 ♥♥♥ 0   1 Sandstorm Rock Status — —% 10 Tough 2 ♥♥ 1 ♥ 3 Sand Attack Ground Status — 100% 15 Cute 3 ♥♥♥ 0   7 Dragon Rage Dragon Special — 100% 10 Cool 3 ♥♥♥ 0   13 Sandstorm Rock Status — —% 10 Tough 2 ♥♥ 1 ♥ 15 Take Down Normal Physical 90 85% 20 Tough 6 ♥♥♥♥♥♥ 0   19 Sand Tomb Ground Physical 35 85% 15 Clever 3 ♥♥♥ 0   24 Dual Chop Dragon Physical 40 90% 15 Tough 2 ♥♥ 1 ♥ 28 Slash Normal Physical 70 100% 20 Cool 4 ♥♥♥♥ 0   33 Dragon Claw Dragon Physical 80 100% 15 Cool 4 ♥♥♥♥ 0   40 Dig Ground Physical 80 100% 10 Tough 2 ♥♥ 0   48 Crunch Dark Physical 80 100% 15 Tough 1 ♥ 4 ♥♥♥♥ 55 Dragon Rush Dragon Physical 100 75% 10 Tough 3 ♥♥♥ 0

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Garchomp Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Garchomp Click on the generation numbers at the top to see level-up moves from other generations

His moves are very appealing. Dragon Rush would definitely come in handy even though I might not be at that level by the elite four. Luckily I should have other appealing moves such as Take Down, Dragon Claw and Dual Chop to keep me busy.

The only unappealing part about Garchomp is the evolution line. I love Pokemon who evolve but I want the final evolution immediately so that could be a problem. That doesn't really matter though, I just think it would be cool to have a Garchomp in my first battle with my rival. WOULDN'T THAT BE AMAZING.

If mega evolutions return have a look at the stats I'll be looking at.

Stat	Range
	At Lv. 50	At Lv. 100
HP: 108	168 - 215	326 - 420
Attack: 170	157 - 244	310 - 482
Defense: 115	108 - 183	211 - 361
Sp.Atk: 120	112 - 189	220 - 372
Sp.Def: 95	90 - 161	175 - 317
Speed: 92	87 - 158	170 - 311
Total: 700   Other Pokémon with this total
Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and a hindering nature, if applicable. Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and a helpful nature, if applicable.

These stats are AMAZING. The attack is huge and the defence has increased. The only downside is the decrease of Speed but I can live with that. It has a total Stat of 700 which is higher then regular Groudon and Regular Kyogre!

So Garchomp could potentially make it onto my team... Let's just wait to see some of the other contenders first...

All tables and graphs were taken from The Bubapedia...