Muramasc (Legendary)

Muramasc – Haunted Sword Pokemon

Appearance (I absolutely can’t draw)
Apparently not allowed to post links yet...so, he's a floating kabuto helmet with a two crescent-shaped blades and two uma-jirushi on its back. Glowing eyes, closed mouthpiece, two arms coming from the head ala Geodude. Katanas for hands. Some semblance of a ghost body. I'll post the pics I had in mind when I can.

Height: 3’6”
Weight: 40 lbs.

Pokedex Entry: According to legend, he is the tormented spirit of history’s greatest swordsman. He roams the afterlife, searching for new ways to become more powerful.

Steel/Ghost
Ability: Levitate

Start: Meditate
Start: Slash
6 Metal Claw
13 Night Slash
20 Agility
27 Protect
36 Psycho Cut
43 Shadow Claw
50 Swords Dance
57 Meteor Mash
64 Cross Chop
71 AncientPower
78 Extreme Speed
85 Ethereal Blade*

Signature Move: Ethereal Blade
100 BP, Physical, 10 PP, Steel type. Move type switches to Ghost if that would do more damage to the opponent.

Base Stats:
HP: 90
Atk: 140
Def: 100
Sp.Atk: 70
Sp.Def: 85
Spe: 115


Always male even though it is legendary. Based on the legend Muramasa’s swords; I’m not trying to imply that it’s the spirit of any real-life swordsman.

Yeah...

It's a cool idea, but we've already got a good number of legendaries. We don't want another diamond and pearl.It would still be a good regular pokemon though.

Nice idea... But it doesn't have the background of a legendary though! Still good idea... The design seems extra wicked!

It's not that we have a lot of legendaries cz we haven't made the pokedex yet... We need more variety so we can pick the best! It's just that the story of the concept doesn't quite define it for me as a legendary... But still we need to see other opinions!

I didn't want it to be a deity-level legend but rather a folklore kind of legend like Darkrai.

140 attack and 115 speed is just plain crazy, especially with solid defenses. That will rocket it straight to ubers, if that's what you want. I suggest lowering the speed, lowering defenses, or just keeping it broken if you want. It'll be fine if you want to keep this a legendary, but if we decide to make it a regular pokemon, then we're definitely going to need to tone down the stats.

Gelatino95 wrote:140 attack and 115 speed is just plain crazy, especially with solid defenses. That will rocket it straight to ubers, if that's what you want. I suggest lowering the speed, lowering defenses, or just keeping it broken if you want. It'll be fine if you want to keep this a legendary, but if we decide to make it a regular pokemon, then we're definitely going to need to tone down the stats.

Yes, it was designed from the start to be ubers-level legendary. I just don't think the design would work as a regular Pokemon, because it's pretty dark and it's based off of one hypothetical "person" in the Pokemon universe. If you guys think it needs a better backstory to be legendary, let me know.

I can't see this as a legendary. Here is what roles I think it would take on best:


As a fully evolved Poke'mon (3 member line):
HP: 80
Atk: 120
Def: 90
Sp.Atk: 60
Sp.Def: 60
Spe: 85
Total: 495

As a fully evolved Poke'mon (2 member line) with a hindering ability:
HP: 90
Atk: 130
Def: 110
Sp.Atk: 70
Sp.Def: 70
Spe: 87
Total: 567



Don't take this as a offense. It is policy here to have everybody put their ideas forward.


EDIT: this could be the Poke'dex if we make it a non-legendary;
According to legend, they are the tormented spirits of a group of elite samurais. They roams the afterlife, searching for new ways to become more powerful.

It could be a rare, non-legendary pokemon, like Volcarona in Black and white, or Rotom in Diamond and pearl, eh, you get the point.

I think the attack can stay at 140, but the speed should probably be considerably lowered. People generally think of ninjas being more agile and fast than samurai. That's why Accelgor and Ninjask are super fast.