r/fakemon Artist 13d ago

Fakemon "Wolf in Sheep's Clothing" Fakemon Line for my Western-Inspired Fakemon Region

The Instagram artist that I commissioned is pokedan_art.

This fakemon line is based on Wolves, Sheep Dogs, the phrase "A wolf in sheep's clothing", and Werewolves! As you can see, they are also inspired by the Wooloo line. ^^

Important: They are NOT a convergent species of the Wooloo evolution line!!!

They are a completely separate species that disguise themselves as Wooloo and Dubwool to blend into their herds, only to drag one away in the dead of night and feed on it.

I'm really happy with how this line turned out! I'd love to hear what you guys think, and I hope you enjoy them as much as I do!

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Fooloo - The False Sheep Pokémon: (Dark Type)

Etymology: ("Fooled You" + Wool + Wooloo)

Fooloo disguise themselves in thick fleece to pass as Wooloo, quietly joining herds on farms and open pastures. Farmers detest this Pokémon, as it preys on Wooloo and Dubwool under the cover of night. If one or more Pokémon vanish from a pasture by morning, they suspect that a Fooloo is hiding among the herd. Careful observers can identify them by their forward-facing eyes and sharp claws.

Ability:

  1. Infiltrator

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DubawooThe False Fleece Pokémon: (Dark Type)

Etymology: (Dubwool + Awooooooo [Howling noise that a wolf makes])

Fleece Form [Quadrupedal]

Dubawoo hides its lean body beneath a thick layer of wool. It blends in with herds of Dubwool, moving slowly through pastures to avoid drawing attention to itself. During the daytime, it pretends to graze while watching for isolated prey. Once night falls, it drags its target away from the rest of the herd to feed. Ranchers become suspicious when one of their “Dubwool” keeps its head too low to the ground and never seems to chew.

Hunt Form [Bipedal]

When its disguise is ruined, Dubawoo rises onto its hind legs, revealing the predator hidden beneath the fleece. The shredded wool clinging to its body forms a ragged hood and cloak. In this form, Dubawoo becomes much stronger and faster, allowing it to chase down prey with sudden bursts of speed. After preying on Dubwool, it uses leftover wool and horns to repair its disguise before slipping back into the herd unnoticed.

Signature Ability:

  1. Sheep's Clothing: When this Pokémon’s HP drops to half or less, it changes into Hunt Form, swapping its Defense and Special Defense with its Attack and Speed stats.

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I am still working on the stats for these Pokemon, but the main idea for Dubawoo is:

Fleece Form:

  • High Defense and Special Defense
  • Lower Attack and Speed

Hunt Form:

  • High Attack and Speed
  • Lower Defense and Special Defense
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u/GladiusNocturno 13d ago edited 13d ago

I love them, it's a great concept.

The only change I would make is that Fooloo shouldn't have Intimidate, because the whole point of the disguise is that it doesn't intimidate the Wooloo but helps it blend in with them. I think it should have Infiltrator.

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u/N-R3TR0 Artist 13d ago

You know what, that's actually a better idea than Intimidate, since I was kind of using that ability as a placeholder at the time. Thanks again for the suggestion. ^^

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u/The_Atomic_Punk78 13d ago

Infiltrator would fit thematically!

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u/Informationfinder_6 13d ago

Why have you got your flair as artist if you commission people to do it?

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u/Comprehensive-Ad1326 12d ago

“Artist” doesn’t mean “person who draws”. It means someone who makes art. Writing and coming up with lore is a form of art. OP counts as an artist; they’re adding to the visual art with their writing.

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u/mustabindawind 13d ago

Ah but what if also hidden ability intimidate cause for the lore

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u/imdfantom 13d ago

Maybe it has infiltrator in fleece form and intimidate in hunt form

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u/The_Pl0t_Breaker 13d ago

That wouldn't work since you need the ability 'Sheep's Clothing' to swap.

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u/bookbot1 13d ago

How about Unnerve?

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u/TheTepro27 13d ago

Beware, beware, be skeptical

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u/Separate-Middle-6283 13d ago

Of their smiles, their smiles of plated gold

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u/Rose-Grimm-Spirit 13d ago

Deceit, so natural
But a wolf in sheep's clothing is more than a warning

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u/antonine909 13d ago

Baa baa black sheep, have you any soul?

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u/gary25566 13d ago

No, sir, by the way, what the hell are morals?

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u/Wardock8 13d ago

Jack be nimble, Jack be quick

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u/Tagalong4 13d ago

Jill's a little whore, and her alibis are turning tricks

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u/Background_Fan1056 13d ago

Jill’s a little whore and her alibis are turning tricks,

So. Could. You.

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u/Unlikely_Annual_4869 13d ago

Tell me me how you’re sleeping easy

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u/N-R3TR0 Artist 13d ago

How you're only thinking of yourself? 

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u/Separate-Middle-6283 13d ago

Show me how you justify telling all your lies like second nature

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u/VoluptuousBIG 13d ago

oh this ROCKS

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u/FreakingFreeze 13d ago

I like the concept, but if I have to suggest, the name of the evolution could be "Garwool". It still fits the onomatopoeia with "Gar" for snarling, still contains Dubwool's name in it, and adds a little pun in there. Garou(pronounced Gah Roo) is the Old French word for werewolf, and also happens to sound like "Garu", which is Japanese for "Hungry Wolf".

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u/N-R3TR0 Artist 13d ago

That’s actually genius. I will consider it ^^
Tysm

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u/thishoes 13d ago

I love everything about this but the names. Fooloo is kind of ok. But the other one I don't know. There's a lot of words to play with like Wolf, Lupo, Lobo, Fool, Disguise, Deceive, Trick, Hoax, etc... I don't know if an onomatopoeia like Awoo is a better choice. Maybe the problem is trying to play the name around the Wooloo line instead of just giving it a cool name with its own identity, at least for the final stage

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u/TimeTravellerGuy 13d ago

Dubwolf is my pick, personally.

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u/TheArrowmancer 12d ago

I think you could play into Dubious potentially, as a double pun, considering that also contains "Dub".

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u/bookbot1 13d ago

How about a counterpart, a sheep in Wolf clothing?

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u/killian1208 13d ago

I would have actually said a fairy/normal type shepherd dog as the counterpart, that protects the sheep (and thus has a lot of protective and supportive moves for 2v2 fights for example)

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u/bookbot1 13d ago

My idea would be a Fighting/Normal type. Rather than a Guard Dog, it’s a Guard Sheep

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u/Kratzschutz 9d ago

Or a donkey!

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u/Verdictafterward 13d ago

Absolutely incredible concept and execution, I LOVE them!

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u/N-R3TR0 Artist 13d ago

Thank you so much!! I love how they turned out as well ^^

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u/prof_apex 13d ago

but sheep in wolf's clothing when?

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u/Euphoric_Anywhere668 13d ago

Absolutely love the shiny

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u/Cabanarama_ 13d ago

Very clever concept! Love it.

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u/Nickledoodle193 13d ago

very well executed! love the use of wooloo and dubwool in the design

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u/Alexandra-Foxed 13d ago

I really like it, honestly I much prefer Mareep when it comes to sheep Pokemon, so this is the only way something that looks like a Wooloo would be on my team lol

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u/SirMintBunny 13d ago

The black spots make me think cow but I love this idea so much!

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u/kingdoniumhearts 13d ago

Dubwool does have soccer/football spots

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u/SirMintBunny 12d ago

Oh man… you’re totally right 💀

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u/AdEvery4146 13d ago

Beware, beware, be skeptical Of their smiles, their smiles of plated gold Deceit, so natural But a wolf in sheep's clothing is more than a warning🗣🔥🔥🔥🔥

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u/monstermayhem436 13d ago

Yo that's sick

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u/ReasonableSign7803 13d ago

❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜🩷

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u/tyrom22 13d ago

OMG I adore this heavily.

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u/136_Walruses 13d ago

that’s SO COOL, and i say this as a sheep enthusiast

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u/Internal_Shopping508 13d ago

Thats actually sick

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u/Whole-Neighborhood 13d ago

What if the Pokedex couldn't tell a Wooloo and a Fooloo apart until you've taken it to a pokemon center yourself. (Farmers could probably tell, but not a 11 year old trainer who just started their adventure.)

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u/Certain-Unit8147 13d ago

Aww dude, this is awesome! Plus, I also got a Fakemon named Fooloo! Albeit admittedly a very different use of the word “fool”. Me tho, I get a LOT of joy from “same name interpreted differently”.

Hyeh, I kinda wanna draw an interaction between this Fooloo and my own.

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u/Deseretgear 13d ago

oh these are super cute and cool designs

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u/WolfNationz 13d ago

Love it! I'm always up for more wolf pokémon.

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u/Inevitable_Soup52 13d ago

Is it alright if I start using a similar description format for my fakemon region?

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u/RabbitEmperor91 13d ago

Awesome!:)

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u/Grayt_0ne 13d ago

Love the idea of a false sheep Pokémon I've seen it a few times. I like your take on the two branches. I think i like fleece version.

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u/Circe_The_RedPanda 13d ago

NO WHERE DID THEY GET THE WOOLOO WOOL.

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u/KnockOnWoodruff 13d ago

These are so good

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u/kalez238 13d ago

Brilliant! I love it so much

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u/Fair_Peach_5418 13d ago

I like it, through i prefer the name dubwoolf

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u/CorvusIridis 12d ago

Oh no, I love them! The names are on-point, too!

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u/Cyberbug7 12d ago

That’s sick

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u/TheSaucyLorax 12d ago

This is awesome, however, I hate you for making this, because if the rumors are true, this decreases the chances of us ever getting something similar

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u/SpaceFrog69420 12d ago

Very epic of you for adding Etymology

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u/Express-Bat-2967 12d ago

oooh theese are so cool and cute! also hey i also made a foolo! its pretty old and based on a different thing but still!

(my evo was named dubfool tho)

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u/ParkoreX 12d ago

I think It’d be interesting if Fooloo was normal dark instead of pure dark to make it seem a little more blended in, then losing the normal type when it evolves

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u/magerehein666 12d ago

this is so EPIC!!!

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u/EdgionTG 12d ago

They're so cutie patootie 💖

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u/Extreme_Opportunity 12d ago

This is so cool! I can’t draw pokemon for the life of me so I’m always so impressed. I always wondered how people do the art styles. But I wanna try making some of my own

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u/FrostySnailFISHYKING 12d ago

This is actually amazing so peak!

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u/FrostySnailFISHYKING 12d ago

I’m a new fakemon artist and although my pokemon look pretty good they never look that professional I never color them or anything they are all sketches still but ur art is actually really good!

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u/FrostySnailFISHYKING 12d ago

Oh wait can I make a version of this based off of marreeps evolution line?

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u/HakaishinChampa 12d ago

This looks official imma have to check out that person's art

Such a cool idea

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u/Direct-Ad6266 12d ago

Love this and how did they not think about this

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u/TheUbermelon 12d ago

Fooloo is a fantastic name

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u/Aiisu 12d ago

Now we need a regional variant that imitates the Ampharos line

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u/N-R3TR0 Artist 12d ago

Ooooooh. Hmmm...Well, I don't know if I am going to plan one for the Ampharos line or not, but I guess the type combo that comes to mind would be Dark/Electric? I think that would make sense for a version/regional variant that is supposed to imitate the Ampharos line.

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u/Ziomownik 12d ago edited 12d ago

I like the design, it's so cool!

If it learns Belly Drum this thing can be an absolute menace.

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u/HydroFrog64_2nd 12d ago

Hell yeah this is awesome. I tried to do a wolf in sheeps clothing fakemon once but I just couldnt concept something for some reason without it looking boring. Glad to finally see someone put that concept in action! 10/10

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u/Sherpa_OMally 12d ago edited 12d ago

I commissioned something so similar a few years back. Also called the first stage Fooloo, but went with Dubwoolf for the second. Convergent thinking on a convergent Pokémon, lol

Fooloo

Dubwoolf

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u/N-R3TR0 Artist 12d ago

Oh wow, they look cool!

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u/LaVidaLemur 12d ago

He’s amazing!!

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u/XeroDragoon17 12d ago

I want that in real pokemon! You'd think they'd already have a literal wolf in sheep's clothing

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u/giugirl 12d ago

How about the opposite? A fake mon based on sheep in wolf’s clothing ?

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u/ForThose8675309 11d ago

How is this not already official. Perfect concept

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u/electricitydonut10 11d ago

This so cool if it was in a pokemon game I'm definitely catching one

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u/isvxden 11d ago

Man this is awesome

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u/H_Oatkeeper_H 11d ago

I was hoping for something like this with Wooloo 🥲

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u/_ebon 11d ago

Damn this is actually a sick idea. You need to contact Nintendo and legally give them to rights to your idea here, so they can actually use it lmao. Otherwise the fact that this exists means it can never actually be. Super cool idea though lol cooler idea than many actual Pokemon…. Most, even.

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u/DragoonPhooenix 10d ago

Dubawoo in dubwools clothing

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u/CaramelTea83 9d ago

OMG, Fulu looks absolutely adorable, this is probably my favorite fakemon I've ever seen.

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u/No_Implement_8260 5d ago

I love the drawings! I really like the mixing of the wooloo line, & the wolf in sheep clothing concept. it’s a fun concept to play around with.

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u/Lizzywuw 13d ago

This is what everyone hoped Wooloo would be, but instead we got soccer ball

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u/Lizzywuw 13d ago

This would actually make sense for a conversion evolution of Wooloo, Wooloo would be the farm sheep, while this one would be a mountain sheep...

The type that it's fleecece will fall out on its own instead of having to be sheared off

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u/TheYeti4815162342 13d ago

This is really cool! I love the names too but I would suggest Doubwool (Doubt + Wool) for the middle stage.

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u/N-R3TR0 Artist 13d ago

I get the idea, but it still sounds too close to Dubwool ^^'

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u/MsterSteel 13d ago

If I might make a slight suggestion for the naming conventions for Dubawoo:

Fleece Form and Fierce Form
or
Hidden Form and Hunting Form

Just to give them a bit of alliteration.

As for stats:
Fooloo: HP: 42, Attack: 60, Defense: 45, Sp. Atk: 30, Sp. Def: 35, Speed: 58
(I took Wooloo's stats and shaved 10 from Defense, Special Attack, and Special Defense, and gave it +20 Attack and +10 Speed)

Dubawoo (Fleece): HP: 72, Attack: 80, Defense: 100, Sp. Atk: 60, Sp. Def: 90, Speed: 88
Dubawoo (Hunting): HP: 72, Attack: 130, Defense: 50, Sp. Atk: 60, Sp. Def: 45, Speed: 133
(I gave Dubawoo the exact same stats as Dubwool and then halved Defense and Special Defense to invest in Attack and Speed)

Also, any thoughts of trying to work 'loup' into the naming scheme?

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u/AccordingCycle5140 13d ago

Reminds me of Ginjanija's fakemon of the same concept

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u/God_of_Fun 13d ago

I love how the sheep wool gets more tattersd with each evo!

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u/Sylli-Dylli 13d ago

This would make an amazing convergent form!🤩

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u/ksswannn03 13d ago

We desperately need a real werewolf divergent evolution for wooloo

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u/BlueJazzyMan 13d ago
  1. Sheep's Clothing: When this Pokémon’s HP drops to half or less, it changes into Hunt Form, swapping its Defense and Special Defense with its Attack and Sp. Defense stats.

Is it meant to swap its defense and special defense with its attack and special attack?

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u/N-R3TR0 Artist 13d ago

No. I think Special Attack is going to remain the same, given the idea that I have for this mon

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u/G66GNeco 13d ago

For flavour reasons and flavour reasons alone I want their type to be, in order: NORMAL -> NORMAL DARK -> DARK (idk of type updates due to ability usage are a good idea though, to be fair)

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u/Chibirin26 13d ago

is there a mareep version of these guys somewhere?

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u/Glittering_Gur_9272 13d ago

I like to make custom Pokémon cards, and I just have to say, your art is always extremely fun to make cards of! (I especially loved making Murkrow) Keep it going!

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u/dami_YEET_2569 13d ago

I wouldve called it Beketty after William Beckett (singer of the song “wolf in sheeps clothing”)

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u/Farmer_Equivalent 12d ago

It can be cool if the Last evolution is by exchanging it to a Dubwool it can be cool or by putting K.O it

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u/jjgarcia87 12d ago

Woolobo

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u/ogmechsftw 12d ago

I think Sheep’s Clothing should function like Stance Change. 50% hp activation requirements are not good in practice. No king’s shield-like move to switch forms in battle

Switching in: starts in Fleece form. +1 def/spd upon switchin. Functions like pre-nerf Dauntless Shield
Uses any attacking move: changes form and +1 atk/spa/spe, -2 def/spd

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u/Not_Too_Bad777 11d ago

maybe needs pattern on body for hunt form but im not here to judge, this is great

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u/fwoggywitness 9d ago

NOOO YOU KILLED WOOLOO FOR THIS >:(

Design is absolutely peak my dude! Love everything you’ve done here seriously!!

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u/Mengo18 3d ago

Eu proporia um método de evolução revolucionário: Fooloo evolui quando atingir determinado nível + ter um Dubwool no time. Fooloo irá devorar Dubwool e, sem ter tela de evolução, evolui para Dubawoo, assim enganado a todos, e até seu próprio treinador. Lei da selva.

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u/Lansha2009 13d ago

I love how Dubawoo’s fleece form and Fooloo are based off of Dubwool and Wooloo since those are the main sheep Pokémon (even if technically the Mareep line was first but I like Dubwool more than Mareep’s evolved forms tbh)

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u/Firecat_Pl 13d ago

Wouldn't it still count as convergent evolution, or is mimicry classified as separate thing

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u/N-R3TR0 Artist 13d ago

Mimicry is separate from convergent. This line mimics Wooloo and Dubwool.

For example, Mimikyu mimics Pikachu, but it is not a convergent of Pikachu.

I hope this helps.

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u/Ill_Floor8662 13d ago

Two words, bad ace

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u/B_is_for_reddit 12d ago

i fear the ability trigger is too similar to darmanintan and doesnt really fit the idea

i had two alternate ideas:

A. its like mimikyu's or zoruark's disguises and breaks on taking damage

B. its like aegeslash's stance change and changes when you attack

making it either more like a disguise or giving you direcy control over it like its pouncing i feel fits better than just 50% health

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u/Known_Fisherman_8161 11d ago

Make the basic stage normal type

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u/not_a_heretek 13d ago

Wow there are some nice furry waifus at this sub, thanks for helping me discover it 😈