Two Cents - Totem Lurantis

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o3o a series of my take on the totems in the stupid comic they're in. o.o it also has my 2 cents on em in the games. o.o this still applies for Ultra SuMo as it wasn't swapped out, so there's an addition for that as well

o.o nicknamed Sayuri (orange lily. means hatred in the language of flowers, apparently) by Mallow, this one is the most ill tempered of her various trained Lurantis. for one thing, this giant orchid mantis is pretty much your typical monster. she revels in tearing her opponents apart, likes to see others suffer, and even dances on the corpses of her victims. not only that, she's a total junkie. sunlight's like a drug to her. o3o;; it's like cocaine and steroids in one. Sayuri's a powerful beast and has more than enough power to show this ... but her sunlight addiction proved to be her undoing as she was very easily done away with by Amphisbaena, who then proceeded to devour her burning remains, as well as her lackey

my 2 cents on the 4th totem

ah, Lurantis. it's the totem that's easily the most complained about, despite Wishiwashi and Mimikyu being way harder than this one. really, you won't find more complaints about any other totem than Lurantis. go to any YouTube video with the totem battle theme, you'll find people having goddamn Vietnam flashbacks about the Bug that, somehow, isn't a Bug type. <_<;; it's pretty fucking annoying seeing these complaints, really. o_o it is strong, though. o.o a base attack stat of 105 will have it do plenty of damage. it can take a good hit too. and Synthesis can make it last longer. <_<;; it's also packing its signature Solar Blade with a Power Herb, as well as raised speed from the flaring aura to patch up that naturally terrible speed. o_o there's also that ally Castform that can summon sunlight, causing it to fire repeats of its signature move or even fully heal itself. that ally Trumbeak with its Rock Blast is also annoying. o.o should be fearsome, right? well, read the next part

o.o;; in actuality, if you have a Fire type, you're all fucking set. just launch an Inferno Overdrive and the not-Bug will pretty much get one shot just like that ... granted that you grinded enough. >_>;; but it shouldn't be that hard to grind at all, it's literally just a 2 level difference from the last totem (22 - 24). <_<;; if Fire is obtained, then there's no friggin excuse for anyone to fail, especially if they have the Exp. Share on. o_o and if you didn't pick Litten, then you still got some good choices for a Fire type like Growlithe, Flareon (depends if you got Isle Aphun and reached its 2nd stage already), and nearly anything in Wela Volcano Park (Salandit, Magby, Fletchling, and Alolan Marowak, if you have the patience). but really, the most accessible one, Salandit, is pretty much the best thing against Lurantis since it doubly resists Grass (Bug too). getting a Zubat also helps. and Spinarak too. but Salandit's a better choice since it can abuse the possible sunlight and use the Z-Move. o3o raise it just enough (preferably past 24 when it gets Flame Burst) and watch it wreak havoc. Fletchinder's also a good alternate choice (it's fine if it's caught in the wild, Colress gives you Flame Charge), just watch out for Trumbeak ... o_o so yeah, if you have a Fire type, USE IT, YA DINGUS! QUIT YER COMPLAININ'!

[Ultra SuMo]
as for these games ... =3= the same applies to here as well. o3o;; in fact, there's even more choices now due to the extra pokes (such as Hawlucha and Noibat) and the fact that you can get the Flyinium-Z early ... so it's actually easier. o_o really, it's the new lackeys you need to worry about. both Kecleon and Comfey can summon sunlight, they can support (Screech/Floral Healing, Flower Shield), and they can strike back (Ancient Power, Dizzy Punch/Magical Leaf). o.o go physical for both. o_o and along with the usual counters (of which there is many), it's Dartrix who has proven to be a hard counter to the giant orchid mantis this time around. it takes Grass moves like nothing, gets an accidental boost from Comfey's Flower Shield, o3o;; and fuckin' Supersonic Skystrike. what a hilarious move, it'll just make Dartrix do a superpowered body slam. o3o and have you seen Bewear using it?



i don't own Pokemon, Nuzlocke, or any references used