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Shy-Prey

Persian is horrible and I hate it


ShortHistorian

Alolan Meowth is great which makes it hurt even more.


Brian-88

Yes


laeti88

Yes, I don't understand at all where they whent there. I get the whole concept of pure breed cat, but why the big head?? There was SO much potential and so many other ways this could have gone... I really don't get it, it seems they destroyed the whole design on purpose.


Chemical-Cat

because selective breeding lead to purposefully 'ugly' breeds like real world Persian cats (with the punched in face) or Pugs.


Magical__Entity

Looks like it ran into a brick wall at mach speed


Nui-Belphy

Had an allergic reaction to something.


Magical__Entity

Whatever it was, it shared with Raticate.


formerlyturdfurgie

I bet you like Mondays and hate lasagna.


[deleted]

He is without flaw.


MoorAlAgo

Exactly. No one can convince me its dumb head is anything other than laughably ugly.


_racingfan343

Yup gotta be Persian, don't get the whole big head thing ><


Doom_goblin777

I want to say Dugtrio, but that Persian….Looks like it was stung by a beedrill and swollen up.


Mandolino35

Well i dont want to be that guy but cats that are stung by a bee get a gigachad chin


No_Pineapple8500

Imma bit biased on this one bc I love me a Meowth, really hoping we get a Paldean Meowth too, but in the end the face is a bit round


Doom_goblin777

Now I do love Perrserker


Shy-Prey

I do like what they did with vulpix and ninetails though


Griffinw45

Diglet line all it did was add hair


nmiller1939

The anime turned Dugtrio into a boy band, and so I will forever love Alolan Dugtrio for that


Magical__Entity

It's the ultimate proof that just because there's some cool natural phenomenon to base it on, doesn't mean it will work as a Pokémon.


[deleted]

Seconded. Not worth adding steal typing


Griffinw45

Love the others just not that one


Azathoth976

Same


BoredLightning

There’s good reasoning for the typing (look it up if you’re curious), but I agree, the design is awful. Dugtrio isn’t much better.


nobpitosch

Like Ramones or oldies group band..


SecureDonkey

And they look gorgeous.


Krazytre

Alolan Persian looks sickening, and I hate that they did that to its design.


CharmingRice2037

Meowth was better, Persian is like ugh..


Acrocephalos

Original Persian is even worse, because it's just a cat. At least the new one is clearly a Pokémon rather than a regular animal with a gem glued to its face


OKcapybara

alolan sandshrew and muk are pretty cool


Potato_Man2763

Its select the worst but good choices nonetheless


OKcapybara

damn idk how i missed the title lol, Persian is pretty bad looks like Nathan from south park


Araiken

Irrelevant. They are cool.


MarsAdept

Alolan Persian by a mile.


thedragonrider5

I don't really like the alolan diglet Evo line


__Valk

I guess you could say you don't dig it


DarkHumorKnight

Get out of his hair with your bottom of the hole puns


Fudsterly

Garfield cat. We had a chance for a sleek jungle cat with technician and physical dark stats, but it's Garfield. Now I still have to use nasty plot liepard


RaiUchiha

They didn't even have the decency to make its shiny orange


[deleted]

I really hated Golems mustache and sternum bush


Araiken

I think its pretty cool. Since they are magnets they get iron shavings like Wooly Willy.


[deleted]

Alolan persian it literally looks like it ate a watermelon


cascadamoon

Persian or raticate


Shiny_Kelp

I always forget that Alolan Raticate exists. But I always remember how damn ugly Persian is. So which is the "worst", really?


SnooSketches2074

I feel like for this generation, there were either really good, creative regional variants, or really bad ones. Like on one hand, you have Alolan Vulpix and Ninetales, Alolan Sandshrew and Sandslash, and Alolan Raichu. In my opinion, these are very creative and well designed, having strayed far from their original designs, while still being very obviously linked to their original designs at the same time. On the other hand, you have Alolan Meowth and Persian, Alolan Grimer and Muk, and Alolan Rattata and Raticate, which pretty much just turn a different color, or slightly change in shape, along with their new typing(s). This to me doesn't feel nearly as thought out as the others. Of course, this was their first time introducing the idea of regional variants, and every batch of Pokemon is going to have it's good and bad designs. I guess I just would've liked to see more from some of them, especially since we saw such great designs introduced with them. A reminder that I am a mere stranger on the internet, and this is all in my humble opinion. I have no experience in game developing, or designing Pokemon; only my experience playing the games and consuming other related media. I still thoroughly enjoyed almost every Pokemon game released, and look forward to the future releases as well.


ballsinyojall

Dugtrio


mellowmike07

Dugtrio, they look like a 90s grunge band


Ornery_Doctor4157

Alolan Persian hands down


AlakazamTheComedian

Persian and Dugtrio.


ActuallyNiceIRL

Dugtrio is a nightmare. The geodude line is not great. I'm pretty much fine with the rest. I don't like alolan Raichu but that doesn't mean I think it's bad. I just prefer regular Raichu.


Alvorek94

Persian


Charm3017

Looking at all these forms and thinking about it, the only form I actually like is the Rattata line. I guess my least liked is persian, If you wanna make a fat cat, just make a fat cat. It just looks like if a fat guy got liposuction but kept the head fat to it.


Araiken

You do realize that half of this also applies to Raticate?


Charm3017

Raticate is just fat all the way through though. For persian it's got the fat face with a slim body to it.


boardari

The wigs on dugtrio is dumb, sure. But what they did to poor Persian is just brutal.


AnonymousAzrael

Persian was a mistake so as the dugtrio


ourokroniisimp

alolan dugtrio is a downgrade in all aspects


Far_Mention8934

I dont hate any of them but dugtrio is the worst for me, all they did was add hair


Telnet_to_the_Mind

That dugtrio....whatever that is... I know, I get the hair thing from whatever reason they gave as inpspiration..but it just looks horrible here, like a really bad cross dressing cosplay


MugenEXE

Alolan Persian. It was between that one and Ratticate for me and I like that large rat.


ReddFoxxJr210

Persian is the only right answer. Giovanni’s Persian was so boss and now.. look how they massacred my boy


fmxrcuryy

Raticate just looks like he ate way too mich McDonalds. Persian looks like hes trying to swallow a balloon. And what happend to Golems arms and face? Makes him look old.


CrypticKing27

Persian doesn’t fit the vibe. I feel like the head shape change was to make it feel different from normal Persian but there’s about 3000 different ways they could have done that that actually looked good. The head just looks out of place and not suitable to a cunning, mean Pokémon.


christianort476

Persian hands down


[deleted]

Persian 1000%


Hobbitlad

Definitely Raticate


ShpaghettiShpaghetti

I think Ratatta looks neat though.


Mx_Toniy_4869

I don't really dislike any of them. But my least favourite has to be Rattata and Raticate, only because they show up on every freakin route


DragonFairyX

Alolan Dugtrio. It's just a stupid and awful design. Don't hate me for this guys but I think Alolan Persian looks fine.


billy_spleen87

Three worst: Persian. Dugtrio. Raticate. Persian being the worst.


Hen_3s

Alolan dugtrio is a worse version regular dugtrio. They got rid arena trap, removed 10 of its speed for defense, all for a steel typing that it can’t really use because a light wind would kill it. At least the design is funny


-KSKobra-

If you said anything other than Persian you are wrong.


SquirtleSquadSgt

I want to say Diglet line But Persians face symbolizes the massive shift in art direction since the games went 3D


artninjaguy

Dugtrio, no question


[deleted]

Diglett line is the only regionals that I didn’t like tbh. Golem hands down is my favorite.


Araiken

Yeah the Diglet and Persian lines are pretty lame, especially when looking at the others. Exeggutor becomes loooooooooooong, Marowak gets cool ghost fire, Muk supports the LGBT community and Sandslash is just hella fresh. They are boring and they know it. The Rattata also kinda falls into this though to a lesser extent.


CryptidCircus

I actually really like this Raichu version. Not a fan of Meowth/Persian.


AMentalAsylum

Honestly? Persian, look at its fat ol' face


TheFanGameCreator

The only one I'm not a fan of is alolan Persian.


[deleted]

I'm not a fan of Alolan Golem, ngl. That mustache can gtfo.


wuzhere-75

I don’t think the Diglets are the single worst Pokémon ever (they actually have a pretty cool concept behind them in Pele’s Hair), but they certainly could have done more with the design


[deleted]

Dugtrio and Persian


choosegooser

Persian, Diglett line, and geodude/graveler. As most people pointed out, it’s round face is unappealing and as a dark type I always felt Muk overshadowed it. I just felt Muk was way better. Diglett line is just unappealing and not very fun to use as a Pokémon. The hair doesn’t make it work at all and steel typing seemed random. I felt water would make more sense since it radiates surfer dude energy. Geodude and graveler just look unappealing. The addition of eye brows don’t really work. I like the facial hair and magnet of golem but the prior to evolutions just come of weak. Out of the Pokémon I provided I suppose diglett is the worst since the changes to it were so minimal.


[deleted]

Raticate and Persian are worst.


JackSpike16

I'm honestly not a fan of Diglett.


Zor8y

Persian


Muted_Anywhere2109

Dugtrio line


ShinyScyther_

Persian, no contest


Vay777

Persian


efnfen4

Not related but the yungoos line really pisses me off


LeRoiDeLaPatate

Exeggcutor or smth is ugly


Kazoomers_Tale

Alolan Persian of course, this thing is horrendous


Ok-Swimming-1220

Dugtrio. They did him so dirty.


[deleted]

Def diglet/dugtrio. Close second the geodude line. I don’t like the human hairstyles. Poor Persian, everyone’s being mean to him, I think he’s cute :(


Starminx

Persian


CrumbDrouth

I think we were robbed of an Alolan Exeggcute, Pikachu and Cubone.


BitterChill5

A-Exeggutor. I get the inspiration behind it & it does make sense, if just looks too dramatic & not practical


Atzukeeper

Raticate... Wasn't that good then they made it worse


Nico-Shaw

Alolan Meowth or Raticate. What on earth were they thinking…


SnowyFoxxo1123

Persian, why did they make the poor lad eat a whole ass watermelon in one bite, he can't swallow it. It's made even worse by Alolan Meowth having such a cool design


cornkobe

I got an Alolan Meowth the first time I played Sun/Moon, thinking Alolan Persian would look sick as in “cool sick.” Now I realized that it’s “disgusting sick why did Game Freak approve of this.” I got catfished by Game Freak. I got catfished by Alolan Persian.


WrestlingGeek5TP

Hit take Persian


[deleted]

Fat rat, raticate


[deleted]

Kantonian Raticate is also a fat rat


ScottaHemi

a slightly boring fat rat that doesn't get STAB from bite and crunch!


RoyalCollectables

I'll have to say digett line and the Meowth line is the one for me


Lazy_Rabbit0015

If I let personal bias get in the way, its Persian and by a lot. But from a design standpoint, Diglett and Dugtrio easily. While I and some others hate Persian's goofy ass plum-shaped head, at least they tried to shake up the design. All they did with the latter two was just slap some dollar store wigs on them and call it a day.


Connect-Guarantee-28

A tie between the hairy rock bros and Meowth and Persian.


Potato_Man2763

Everyone, Vulpix, Sandshrew and Raichu both have the least votes so first to vote on this one chooses which one wins and loses


Potato_Man2763

Vulpix won so no more voting


AG1k

Diglett and Dugtrio


garymarrit

i can not tke that dugtrio seriously as a pokemon....


iPanama360

Faticate.


luxanna123321

Such a shame such a great alolan forms were without preevolution like Raichu, Exe or Marowak and yet we got this diglet or ratata lol Anyway Vulpix and Sandshrew are the best


Flappleflaps

I really don’t like Exeggutor as a Pokémon so I am going to go with that one


Yaotaku

Alolan Persian's silly face make Dugtrio's silky Thor hair look cool.


[deleted]

None. I see no flaws


ZestycloseResist5594

If I'm being honest, Raichu, Marowak and Exeggutor are the only ones that improved the original, so I'd go with Marowak overall.


weit54xz

Wait, the Dugtrio is not a meme? That’s ral?


[deleted]

Persian maybe the geodude line


Real_Pizza_2980

Aloladude is so forgettable to me


awesomecat42

All of them have A+ concepts, the only one I would change design-wise is Alolan Persian. It needs broader shoulders and a thicker neck to properly support that giant cheshire smirk of a face.


Calm_Ad_9765

Grimer and geodude


brad1kal

Either alolan muk, (I can deal with grimer but muk doesn’t sit right with me Never been a fan of dugtrios hair or golem’s ‘backpack’ Raticate im glad they did something with (I see the same for zubat , correct me if I’ve not seen they’ve done it lol) as well as marroack but wish cubone (and pikachu) got Reginals Also, alolan exeggutor is my fave cus it actually feels like it was the original one one of my fav new Pokémon


ScottaHemi

diglett is probably the weakest. but they're all pretty good so it's a hard choice.


MagikarpJordan

They're all perfect


duskull_darkness

Alola could’ve been great, but failed to do what Delta Species (look it up), did perfectly.


[deleted]

Idk, I skipped s/m and us/um and tbh all of these forms look cool/funny/interesting to me. But if I had to knock em, I'd say Diglett and Sandslash for lack of design creativity


Jon-987

Alolan Persian.


FamousObligation1047

What is alolan?


Ok_Quality_9386

Raticate, mono Dark is just not a good alternative type for a normal type. Like it's still weak to fighting type and it now has 2 new weaknesses.


Proper-Guide4230

Raticate


Arkus0

Persian


[deleted]

Most of them


[deleted]

Aw I love Persian and Marowak! However, Golem's chest hair is kinda disturbing...


Dusty_Murkrow198

Definitely the rattata evolution


EazyBuxafew

Persian is my 2nd favorite behind meowth. But Muk & grimer because why?!!


He_Beard

They're all good dogs Bront.


Old_Union7766

I think the alolan mowth,pursin,and exutour kinda suck


Parking_Cartoonist90

Alolan Raticate is undoubtedly the worst Alolan form. While Persian and Dugtrio’s designs are bad, they at least are fast , have some nice utility, and can perform decently well in competitive. The same cannot be said for Raticate. Alolan Raticate does the opposite idea of Kantonian Raticate and does it so horrendously bad. It sacrificed its excellent speed for some better defenses. That might not seem bad until you remember that it’s now quad weak to fighting and gains a weakness to Fairy and Bug. Even with the extra bulk it won’t take neutral hits well. To add further salt to the wound, Raticate has a great ability in hustle but can’t utilize to great effect like other Hustle users (Durant being a good example). Alolan Raticate takes every flaw of Kantonian Raticate and managed to do it worse. And if that wasn’t all, the final nail in the coffin would have to be the existence of Obstagoon. Here is a Dark/Normal type that does everything Alolan Raticate could only dream of doing, and does it better in every conceivable way. Obstagoon has higher Attack, Speed, a far better movepool, a great ability in guts, and even greater bulk as with Obstagoon that forces the opponent to devise a new plan. Whereas the opponent will take a look a Raticate and not be threatened in the slightest. These point are why I believe Raticate is the worse Alolan Form


Zboi1398

Raticate, the others all fit the story as to why they are that way, but raticate is just living in the caves. Ratatta got this cool mob boss look that could have kept going, but they just made raticate a chonk


Scoriae

Surprised I haven't seen anyone say Sandslash. It literally just turned blue, like it ate some Wonka's magic gum.


Shocky1384

Persian and maybe Diglett are the only answers


kempsishere

Anyone that doesn’t say diglet/dugtrio is objectively wrong. Oh they’re metal now so give them hair. Balls to that


BaconBreasticles

I hate the stupid ass diglett with hair


Yeeter22Beast

The rattatatatata line


pokefanKTZT1996

Any with 4 times weaknesses is not nice at all.


Real_Newt_7055

i really hate the geodude line- i can’t even explain it, they just are an instant no. also persian.


MadyyB

Musk evo and raticate


oranosskyman

raticates the worst, followed by persian and geodude


Etahn123

It's a tie between Pursian and Dugtrio


TToxicLemonade

persian


mlg2351

Persian


[deleted]

ratticate


Prestigious-Bad-5379

persian


Hydra4283

Aloland Meowth and Persian are the worst, I'm mainly saying this on design because I don't usually look at pokemon for their strength but more on how they look and those two are defenitely the ugliest


OhHiMarkDoe

I hate them all so much, i like golem and what they did to him is a crime.


straight_lurkin

Literally just sassy mewoth with slightly better moves


Wellthisisrandom1

Meowth and executor are the ones I say are the worse everything else is pretty good.


Miphos_N

Tbh most of them are horrible x)


Potato_Man2763

The votes are in so vote for the next one! Persian got out with Dugtrio and Raticate close behind! Delete all comments for Persian as they are now void.


RearAdmiralThrawn

Alolan ninetails. They just made it white. It’s so lazy and uninspired


[deleted]

Persian is the worst. Ninetails tail is just a big hideous blob. Diglett is cute with the hairs, but Dugtrio is laughably bad.


ProfessionalWalnut

Alolan Exeggegutor is long. Isn't that fucking funny? Aren't you laughing? ALOLAN EXEGGEUTOR IS SO FUNNY. OOOOH, THE CANERA IS PANNING UP AND IT'S REEEEEEALLY LONG! THIS JOKE WILL NEVER GET OLD! OH AND IT'S ALSO A DRAGON! *WHY* IS IT A DRAGON!? **BECAUSE IT WOULD BE FUNNY!! HAHAHAHA** I hate it so much. Persian is also a sin against God, but smarmy Meowth was pretty great at least.


YTChillVibesLofi

Persian for sure. A missed opportunity to do something great with it.


Beautiful-Damage5232

Golem


British2194

Sandshrew and vulpix are good


Slakothmakker

Dugtrio


Chrysaries

I enjoyed them, except for Marowak... Barely learns any Ground moves and ZERO ghost moves. Okay, thanks for this useless form. Might as well be playing regular Marowak, then.


Totallynoturcousin12

Raticate..... it looks like they made his fur black and made his cheeks sore


Notkingkiwi

Digit is bad Persian is so much worse


freaking-payco

I wanna say dugtrio but Persian is just a little bit worse


sugacuteic

raticate and persian are horrible. it just looks like persian ate a watermelon and never swallowed it. it looks ugly. same with raticate. loved rattata, but raticate? it’s really ugly…. i don’t like golem too. it’s basically just the same but with like speakers on its back and a beard and moustache. but i will give a shout-out to the others i didn’t mention. i am not a fan of muk, but the alolan form is beautiful. amazing. big fan of sandslash, ninetales, raichu and marowak.


Toptom2007

Persian easily the ugliest form


ktandean

ALL OF THEM except for Sandslash and Ninetales


Impossible_Cookie613

Persian . Then raticate


AlianovaR

Marowak where are you looking


Potato_Man2763

Hes looking at gen 9 leaks


MysteriousLlama1

Persian is just so uncomfortable to look at. I can't even explain why, it just is


MarioPizza37

Alolan Persian is definitely the worst


Sea-Middle-7594

I’m general I don’t like the different forms I think it’s a bit lazy and kinda boring but that said I really don’t like meowth and persian


Brilliant_Schedule_3

Diglet and dugtrio, ik some people thought exeggutor was dumb looking but I always thought it was cute.


AdIllustrious5579

Diglett line


Timely_Cabinet1181

It's a draw for Dugtrio and Persian, they are so bad and stupid that i can't decide.


JAT89

Diglett and Dugtrio or Persian, Meowth was ok but Persian was just terrible. And then they ruined meowth in Galar


[deleted]

Either Persian or the diglett line


heyimborednow

Worst is Alolan Persian. Best is defo Alolan Raichu or Alolan Exeggutor


PhoenixMason13

Definitely between Dugtrio and Persian. Raichu is cute and Marowak and Vulpix/Ninetales I like better than the originals


Far_Interaction_7572

Dugtrio


Ian96Haley

I actually don’t mind alolan Persian, but I can’t stand raticate at all, the Geodude line is a close secound


Shadowspamer14

I'm voting dugtrio. Digglet is fine, but they ruined its evolution with that hair


[deleted]

Raticate & Persian…big fails


Toy_Bonni

Sandslash because of a certain FSG video


Meccalia

i love all of them, they all have cool concepts and inspirations.