On a Pokemon drawing kick

[thagandizzle]

Have a Sylveon!

I really like Fairy-type Pokemon, conceptually, but my playing method is definitely one that just uses sheer brute force and determination to get anywhere, so I don't use Fairy-type Pokemon very intelligently. Thus, they tend to be ones that I gaze at longingly and get my ass handed to me by.

I don't, as a rule, draw things which are cute or which utilize a lot of pastel colors. So this was really fun! I've had the idea bouncing around my head for a couple of days and decided to just go for it tonight when I really should have been going to bed.

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Comments

[darkmarcy]

Oh this is the fairy evolution of Eevee? Very cute!

[tjoel2]

Even though you say that it's really not your style, it's a great drawing! Love it. :)

[thagandizzle]

Thank-you! I would really like to better at drawing cute things. Pokemon are a good place to start as any. :)

[thagandizzle]

It is! This type was brought with Gen 6 in X and Y. It is really adorable!

[zesty_pinto]

Yay, cute!

If you're a competitive player: fairy is one of the few things strong against Psychic, which is the one most popular type of pokemon in general. Hopefully that will encourage you to be more into Fairy types?

I may be inclined towards fairy types because the missus loves Jigglypuff; her brother even calls it "her spirit animal." I'd use it more if it knew how to Pay Day...

[thagandizzle]

I feel like to really use fairy-type moves effectively, you have to be at least a little bit strategic. So many fairy moves are status change attacks which require things like forethought and planning to be smart about their execution.

But I'm not a strategic player AT ALL. Like, I tend to lean really hard on one or two Pokemon that have moves that, altogether, are effective against most other types. I massively over-develop those two Pokemon so they essentially Punch Real Good and then I just sort of hope for the best. It is not elegant!

So when I come up against a fairy type that knows what its doing, unless I'm really over-leveled, I usually just have to kind of sit back and admire it as it totally wrecks my shit. Which is why I like fairy types conceptually, since it's really a thing to behold! But I'm just not serious business enough of a player to do them justice, myself!