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As soon as I saw the Orthworm Titan in Violet, this idea immediately came to mind and now it's all I can think about whenever I see this Pokémon.
What i thought they were going for with the design was like a subway train. Perfect for a tunnel boring worm. But then like the blue spots are just wacky hands, and nothing ever connects it to subways in game, pokedex dont even mention tunneling.
I love Orthworm
I don't care much about Steelix, but Orthworm is absolutely one of my favorites of this generation.
He's growing on me. He may even find a permanent place in my team this generation, though I find myself deviating from my normal type spreads... I usually try to get either a pretty even balance, or I end up with all bug pokemon (it's my favorite type, I just gravitate to them naturally lol) but this generation I have somehow ended up mostly with Ghosts. 😅
I've got Brambleghast, Ceruledge, Houndstone, and Dreepy, plus Meowscarada and Orthworm. My team comp is 66.6% Ghosts.
Do you have any memorable moments with Orthworm?
I've had my Orthworm moment.
I went after the Quaking Earth titan. Orthworm was on my team essentially to leech EXP, being ~10 levels below the rest of my Pokémon at the time. Everyone else fainted, so in went the worm so I could toss a revive on one of my stronger 'mons, and... Wait, the titan did how little damage to this goofy fucker?
Orthworm basically single-handledly bodied that titan for me. He made it to the Elite Four, lol. Long live the Orthworm!
He's falling behind in terms of offensive stats, but his defense has come in clutch a few times. He, uh... Unfortunately finds himself on the field of battle frequently in "oh shit, I need a revive" moments, which don't happen often but on the rare occasion he's a very reliable tank.
Outside of that, not anything I would consider especially memorable. I just think his dumb face is cute.
I think this is easily the ugliest and worst Pokémon I have ever seen
... You've seen Quaquaval, right? Or Muk? Or Hypno? Or Mr. Mime?
Jokes aside, Orthworm is far from the ugliest Pokémon, in my opinion. I think it's kinda cute, actually. Especially with it's dumb little blue appendages, lol. What's about it's design is so off-putting for you? Not a challenge, just genuinely curious. 🙂
I love Orthworm