Let me just say that I really don't believe in such a thing as "loving all 718+ Pokemon".

I really don't think it's possible to like each and every one of them, and whether or not you like to admit it, EVERYONE has at least one Pokemon that annoyed the hell out of them in their games. and for me, that particular 'Mon had to be Stantler...I DESPISE this thing with a burning passion. I remember in the early parts of playing HG I'd run across these things and they'd refuse to let me though the grass onto Ecruteak territory and would Hypno-Stomp combo spam my entire team nearly every time until I was able to level up everyone to defend themselves properly against them. the other thing that made these guys annoying was that no matter what Pokeball I tossed at them in ANY GAME I ever played in which they were present, they all refused to stay in...these things are freakin' devil spawn.



I hated them so much in my run of HG that I even made a 'team initiation' sort of thing.

for every new member I caught their team initiation would be to oust a Stantler all on their own without the aid of potions or other members...

we killed so many Stantlers that day.

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Anywho, what you see here are both Stantlers.

one is just larger and hairier because it lives closer to the cold mountain-like areas like Mt. Coronet and Mt. Silver.

the smaller Stantler is the more common one as well as the faster one and the one that tends to have a slightly higher special attack.

whereas it's counterpart has a much higher attack stat and slightly above average defenses. both breeds also mostly share the same types of predators. Ursaring and Absol are the biggest threat for the Highland breed, it's smaller cousin also has these two predators to worry about as well as Houndooms.



Despite largely disliking this certain Pokemon, I will admit that this was kind of fun to work on and I might do more.

got any suggestions on who you'd like to see next?