Flamigo, the Pokémon inspired by the flamingo of Pokemon Scarlet and Purple, turned a lot of heads. When the games first came out, Flamigo was criticized by fans as some described his appearance as “bland‘and lazy, because it basically looks like an actual flamingo. But now players have turned to the bird because it has stood out as a viable candidate for competitive Pokémon, making it a powerful one’ my’ full.
Flamigo is a flying/fighting Pokemon introduced in Scarlet and Purple. It is a flamingo whose body is shaped like a boxing glove, hence the combination of types. It has no evolutions, so it’s pretty straightforward overall, but fans are finding creative ways to maximize this rather annoying bird’s potential.
For starters, Flamigo has a solid type combination. His flight type set makes him invulnerable to ground type moves and gives him access to same attack type bonuses on powerful moves like Close Combat and Brave Bird. Additionally, it gets a special ability called Costar where it will match your ally Pokemon’s stat increases in duplicate battles. So if a Pokemon that didn’t use Swords Dance before Flamigo was released, you could trade Flamigo and it would copy the stat boosts. On top of that, it also boasts a strong set of support moves like Taunt or Tail Wind, making it a great duplicate support Pokemon.
There is a hilarious and very strong strategy where I have seen trainers use a combination of Dondozo, Tatsugiri and Flamigo. You can watch the entire video below, but basically you’re using a special Tatsugiri to boost Dondozo’s stats. Once you’ve boosted Dondozo’s stats and sacrificed a Tatsugiri, you can trade in a Flamigo which will copy Dondozo’s stat boosts.
Game Freak seemed to have approached this generation’s Pokemon on a whimsical level, as many of the simpler creatures have out-of-the-box strategies or powers that make them oddly strong. Dolphin-Pokémon Palafine gets a ridiculous stat boost when entering battle in hero form and sports a base attack stat of 160. Mausholdwhich is literally just a bunch of mice, have an attack called Population Bomb, which can hit up to ten times in a single use, with each hit having a base power of 20.
All in all, combine these nonsensical strategies with the new phenomenon Terastal, which can allow trainers to play with Pokemon types, and it looks like we’ll get a fun and varied competitive scene for Scarlet and Purple.
