Smogoff CAP - Final Product

[BIG ASHLEY]

and so, dear smogoffers, we reach the end of our mammoth undertaking. when i first started this thing back in the heady days of my youth (jesus fucking christ it's been over 4 months lmao) i was a different person. as i have grown and learned more about myself over this time, i hope you have too.

without further ado, allow me to introduce our special guest for this evening!


Name: Bramble

Photograph:

Concept:

Concept Name: horse
Description: we make a horse
Justification: it's no secret that the viability of mono-horse builds has drastically fallen off in recent memory. this approach of making a horse would let us explore the trends responsible for the downturn in this classic archetype, ultimately furthering our understanding of the metagame as we aim to return mono-horse back to its glory days.
Questions to be answered:
- how big should the horse be
- is it good or evil ?
- can we ride it
- what is the horses name, i think it should be bramble

Ability: Normalise

Type: Normal

Stats: 80/110/100/80/90/110

Height: 16 hands (standing up)

Weight: 500kg

Colour Group: White (I guess?)

Gender Ratio: 50-50

Egg Group: Field

Movepool:

Moves!

Level-Up
1 - High Horsepower
3 - Baby-Doll Eyes
3 - Bite
7 - tackel
11 - High Horsepower
12 - Odour Sleuth
21 - High Horsepower
25 - head butt
28 - Stomp
31 - High Horsepower
33 - Double Kick
33 - Mega Kick
41 - High Horsepower
49 - Charm
51 - High Horsepower
56 - ExtremeSpeed
61 - High Horsepower
67 - Triple Axel
71 - High Horsepower
79 - Blaze Kick
81 - High Horsepower
84 - Anthrax
91 - High Horsepower
95 - High Horsepower
96 - High Horsepower
97 - High Horsepower
98 - High Horsepower
99 - High Horsepower
100 - High Horsepower

TM/TR
- Rest
- Stomping Tantrum
- Substitute

i've already had at least 2 requests from zoomers wanting to host another smogoff cap; while i admire their passion, i would highly advise against this. maybe some day we shall exercise our creative juices again...

for posterity: horse thread #1 & horse thread #2. open with care!

thanks for the horseries (horse memories), everyone. it's been a wild ride... (horse pun)

 

[BIG ASHLEY]

p.s. if anyone knows which tech nerd i need to tag to get this thing on showdown lmk

 

[DuoM2]

p.s. if anyone knows which tech nerd i need to tag to get this thing on showdown lmk

I’m on it.

 

[Low-Key]

I’m on it.

finally we can battle with the hottest thing around

i'm actually gonna make a good cores thread for this boi - teams that have the main core as it.

edit: alright, it's up! see here: https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/tbf-smogoff-cap-good-cores.3685137/

 

[az]

our final product, official name "normal horse", is p cool

 

[LordThemberchaud]

Here are some sets:

Anthrax stall(ion)

Bramble @ Leftovers
Ability: Normalize
Impish Nature
EVs: 252 HP, 252 Def, 4 Atk
Moves:
Anthrax
High Horsepower
Substitute
Rest

Chorse Band

Bramble @ Choice Band
Ability: Normalize
Adamant Nature
EVs: 252 Atk, 4 Sp. Def, 252 Spd
Moves:
Extreme Speed
High Horsepower
Blaze Kick
Triple Axel/Bite

Sleuthing Horse

Bramble @ Silk Scarf
Ability: Normalize
Adamant Nature
EVs: 252 Atk, 4 Sp. Def, 252 Spd
Moves:
Extreme Speed
High Horsepower
Blaze Kick
Odor Sleuth

 

[faint]

Can Bramble even learn Rest???

 

[rumia]

bramble looks polite. i appreciate it

 

[sb879]

Some may say it's absurd that it took us over 4 months to literally just make a horse, but keep in mind real horses take around a year to do the same, so I think this project is a success

 

[BIG ASHLEY]

Can Bramble even learn Rest???

it's in its tm movepool (or tr? whatever shit they're called now)

 

[Gekokeso]

Wow! And we only missed the April fools deadline by 59 days

 

[Mova]

Here's a Bramble sprite. Sorry for the off-model shading. I had to do something with it.

 

[Ullar]

I totally remembered my promise yessiree positutely

Here's the RPG content I promised to create for our first ever Smogoff CAP! At the link below, you'll find statistics for a Rare variant horse companion for Pathfinder 2e, a creature companion for Starfinder, and a feat for D&D 5e where you can take on a totally normal horse of your own! All starring Bramble, our beloved CAP! I'm happy to make content for other systems starring Bramble on request!

Check it out!

 

[spoo]

" Stupid horse, I just fell out of the Porsche
Lost the money in my bank account, oh no

Stupid horse, I just fell out of the Porsche
Lost the money in my bank account "

" The only thing up here I've found
Is tryin' to get you off mind

Is like chasin' wild horses, chasin' wild horses
Chasin' wild horses, chasin' wild horses "​

 

[VoolPool]

why does that horse have a cat's tail?

 

[BIG ASHLEY]

why does that horse have a cat's tail?

user: monkfish is the artist behind the design (so his word on this supersedes mine), but i say if the tail's on a horse then it's a horse's tail

 

[az]

speaking of, monkfish was due to receive their artist badge for this in the post today, but it appears to have gone missing..

anyone seen a brand new artist badge around? this is weird.

 

[mf]

some people simply do not respect artistic license. also i have had very little thanks for my creative vision, nobody involved in this project has offered me any compensation, meanwhile smogon continues to profit from my creation

 

[Ullar]

do you guys think if i make unsolicited RPG content for each of the other CAPs, ill get community contributor or even artist???