Fakemon DELFIGEIST

DELFIGEIST, the Haunt Vessel Pokémon. Known to be ghost ships in the past, DELFIGEISTs stay concealed adrift due to its bodily fog. DELFIGEIST's sturdy belly and fins cause accidental shipwrecks whenever it crashes into sea vessels.

Name Origin: DELphInidae [family of whales], FIG [a widely cultivated tree], and polterGEIST [a paranormal phenomenon when an invisible entity manifests itself by creating noise or moving objects] or GEIST [German term meaning ghost or spirit]
Type: Ghost / Water
Ability: Fog Blanket
Evolution: Orcloud ---Level 32---> Phantorca ---Level 44---> Delfigeist
Moves Learned: Same as Phantorca plus Double-Edge and Crunch, and relearnable Ice Fang, Thunder Fang, and Wood Hammer

Base Stats:
HP: 140
ATK: 85
DEF: 90
SP ATK: 85
SP DEF: 50
SPD: 80
TOTAL: 530


For a very critical reason, I would like to take this opportunity to thank all future ers and ers of my works.

EDIT 05242010: Changed the name from Delphigeist to Delfigeist. While working on a Weepinbell alternate evolution, I just noticed the naming convention in Pokémon: there should only be 10 letters in a creature’s name. Victreebel suffered losing that last ‘l’ while Feraligatr had to give up its ‘o’ to abide by this rule. ‘Delphigeist’ has 11 letters, so I had to get rid of one letter. Good thing my creative juices are rushing that the name change to ‘Delfigeist’ has naming convention support. As listed in the name origin above, I changed ‘-phig-‘ to ‘-fig-‘ and supported that change with the fact that some fig trees have thick, wooden trunks, much like Delfigeist's ship-like underbelly. Delfigeist is a ghost ship, so having a common tree in its name wouldn’t hurt one bit.

And now, the final stage of my Ghost/Water-type evolution line! I present... Delfigeist! Walrein better watch out for this beefy goodness!

Unlike Orcloud and Phantorca, Delfigeist is based closer on ghost ships than an orca. Apart from the sail-like fog-fin on its back, Delfigeist has its bodily fog lower in its belly, revealing a ghost ship-like underbelly. Its sturdier body now allows Delfigeist to use the freakish move Double-Edge [it has recoil, be warned]. Its fins now resemble thick, wooden ship paddles, granting the use of the move Wood Hammer. In addition to these are its sets of fangs, granting it Ice Fang, Thunder Fang, and Crunch moves. But like its preevo, Delfigeist still has the Fog Blanket ability.

Flavor Text: Fog Blanket. Covers the field in fog.

When Delfigeist enters battle, its ability, Fog Blanket, immediately reduces all other battling Pokémons' Accuracy, even that of an ally, by a level similar to the effects of a Sand-Attack until the weather is changed. That's the negative side of things. On the positive side, Delfigeist and its double-battle partner will have increased Evasion equivalent to one use of Double Team. Note that Delfigeist does not get any Accuracy reduction from the fog since it produces the fog itself. However, it still is susceptible to other Accuracy-reducing moves and abilities. Moving on, changing the weather will only remove the Accuracy reduction, so Delfigeist and its double-battle partner will retain the Evasion boost as long as Fog Blanket had been activated. Be wise enough to partner Delfigeist with a Pokémon who can attack without missing!

Like its pre-evolutions, Delfigeist shares the same stat total with Walrein, while it shares stats similarities with Wailord and, this time, the rest of the bulky Ghost-types. Delfigeist has a monster HP at 140 like Wailord's 170 and Ghost/Flying-typed Drifblim's 150. Also like the Float Whale and the Blimp, Delfigeist is built with decent offensive stats at 85 on both Attack and Special Attack. Like Walrein and its lipids, Delfigeist and its sturdy ship-like body grants it a high 90 Defense. Being part Ghost means Delfigeist should be sneaky, but being a huge Water-type orca tones down this sneakiness to a good 80 Speed. What's sucky about Delfigeist is its rather low 50 Special Defense, a wacky 5-point evolutionary increase from Phantorca's 45! Woah!

With these stats, I'd say Delfigeist can be an obvious Physical Wall with decent offensive stats and Speed to dish out fair amounts of damage to the foe. However, it can also assume the role of a Staller with Fog Blanket, Rest, and a good choice of moves for the other three slots. Badly Poisoning the foe is a great strategy that comes to mind if you want a Staller Delfigeist on your team!

Delfigeist, Fog Blanket is mine!
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