Same as PUBLICON, but with Light Screen replaced by Magic Circle**. All moves are also now learned at Level 1 or retained upon evolution.



Base Stats:



Closed Form

HP: 100

Attack: 45

Defense: 140

Sp. Atk: 45

Sp. Def: 140

Speed: 50



Open Form

HP: 100

Attack: 140

Defense: 45

for one thing,

he's even

than Aegislash, which doesn't make much of a difference given how slow Aegislash is already, but he also has much more bulk, which

. I had to compensate for two double weaknesses and far fewer resistances, after all. Grimoiricon also gets his own move that triggers his Stance Change ability, Magic Circle, which is very bad news for any special attackers trying to take him out, though it won't block status moves like Will O' Wisp, ranged physical attacks like Earthquake, or attacks that bypass protection like Brick Break, Phantom Force, or the Psychic Fangs of another Grimoiricon. Like Aegislash, Grimoiricon always enters play in his Closed form, and only assumes his Open form right before he uses a damaging attack, basically keeping his strong defenses in play until the right time to strike. Whereas Aegislash can become a terrifying sweeper by using Autotomize to boost his speed, though, Grimoiricon doesn't have that option, and probably wouldn't be able to capitalize on speed boosts anyway due to his fewer resistances, greater weaknesses, and godawful speed to begin with. Like Toucannon, he's good at blowing stuff to kingdom come, but won't be causing TPKs on his own anytime soon, so it's better to pair him up with actual sweepers that can take care of his Ghost- and Dark-type counters to help him switch in safely or use his eldritch onslaught as cover fire to take out keystone opponents. Still, the deadly combo of Shadow Ball and Aura Sphere backed up by a whopping 140 Special Attack can't be wrong, and seriously, how could you not want

to sic on your enemies?

Sp. Atk: 140Sp. Def: 45Speed: 50: 520(both forms)PhysicalNormal203090%The user inflicts a shallow but painful cut on the opponent’s skin. The foe is guaranteed to flinch.StatusFairyN/A30N/A%The user casts a magical symbol around itself that protects it from damage. It harshly lowers the Special Attack stat of any foe who attacks it. (Compare: King's Shield.)**********OH SHIT, IT HAS FEET! FEEEEEET!!And here's Grimoricon's overhaul, and something which was even more required than with the pre-evos for him! The old version was literally just one very big book, not different from the other stages aside from color, but the slime creature inside suffered from being not enough like a Pokémon in terms of style, at least to me. The most important distinction in this new design is that it now has a stand - I figured it was supposed to be levitating in the previous design but this was just more interesting to me, and the book itself could float off of its stand anyway when attacking. I also made the shoggoth inside more simplified but still ooze-like, but he now has actual hands, a less awkward-looking tongue that isn't going to flop around everywhere all the time, and snail-like "eyestalks" because I felt like it! The monster form now looks pretty ugly-cute in his own way, and the overall cleaner, simpler style has done wonders for this design. I love it! I really ought to give a Notricon to one of my main characters from this region now that this redesign is a thing.I still need to do a few other redesigns later, but that'll require actually sketching the damn things first, so it may take a bit of time for me to sort things out in that regard. I'll definitely keep at it until my fakedex is the best it can be, though. Stay tuned for more such updates to come in the days ahead!Original: sta.sh/01651zj84p25 **********A couple of days late, but here's Notricon's final form anOH Ġ̡͇͇̝̩̮̠̤ͪ͊̓ͭ̉̏͛̇͝Ǫ͊̑ͥͮ̃ͦ̐̎͏̮̤͔͓̜͚͞Since Notricon and Publicon were analogs to Honedge and Doublade, it was only fitting that I give Grimoiricon (whose name once belonged to the stage that's now called Publicon, but sounds more fitting as a final-stager) a pair of alternating attack and defense stances like Aegislash. It wasfitting that given the nature of this line as a Ghost-type book, the final form would have something horrifying inside its covers that comes out when attacking, seeing as it's based on the Necronomicon as well as the Kyorinrin yokai. I'll admit that I lied when I said I would keep this thing unchanged, but in true Halloween spirit I hope the updated version looks creepier! Looking back at the original Tumblr post from 2014, it was supposed to be a generic blob monster made of ink with huge sharp teeth, a long tongue, and a single eye in the middle of the whole mess, but the rest of the eyes were added in much, much later - just a few days ago, in fact - after I remembered Lovecraft's Shoggoths being a thing while researching stuff for a different personal project (which I'll reveal in due course once I have more time to do art stuff for it). All things considered, I think a Shoggoth would be the most SFW and/or family-friendly thing to use as a basis for a potential non-legendary Lovecraftian fakemon, plus all those eyes and their supposed intelligence in some stories works pretty well as a much-needed eerie Psychic-type.I always thought of Grimoiricon as being a bulky special alternative to Aegislash, whose stat spread is either 60/50/150/50/150/60 or 60/150/50/150/50/60 depending on his stance. Grimoiricon's type defenses are a lot fewer in number than Aegislash, with just two resistances to Poison and Psychic and two immunities to Normal and Fighting, and both weaknesses to Ghost and Dark are both double weaknesses and common in competitive play. Thus, I decided to sacrifice some of Grimoiricon's offensive/defensive power for bulk, taking 10 points each from the stats with values of 150 and 5 points each from those at 50, and adding all of them to the HP, along with 10 points from Speed. Note also that the stat total of 520 is exactly the same as Aegislash, only furthering the comparisons between the two.With this in mind, though, I must mention that Grimoiricon plays slightly differently compared to his Kalosian counterpart. Aside from focusing more on special attacks like Aura Sphere,