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Fakemon SKELEUKAHT

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Similar to Aphotrout, mouse over Skeleukaht's bioluminescent markings and see a neat little trick! :D
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SKELEUKAHT, the Grim Pokémon. SKELEUKAHT is mysteriously darker as compared to its relatives, GYARADOS and MILOTIC. Even without sight, its other heightened senses makes it a great battling Pokémon. While Milotic becalms and Gyarados destroys, SKELEUKAHT is only known to agitate and excite wars.

Name Origin: SKELEton, LEUKA ['jaw' in Finnish], and AHTi or AHTo [a Finnish god of the depths and fishing, who is known to dwell in an undersea palace]
Type: Water / Dark
Ability: Hustle
Evolution: Aphotrout ---Level up while holding Focus Spine during Nighttime---> Skeleukaht
Moves Learned: Bone Rush, Crunch, Screech, Hydro Pump, Rain Dance, Aqua Tail, Swagger, Stockpile along with Spit Up and Swallow at the same time, Twister, Poison Fang, Supersonic, Bite, and starting moves Constrict and Water Gun; and as noted by my good friend :iconfawkestheskarmory:, a notable TM/HM move for it is Flash, not for its in-battle effects, but in relation to its bioluminescent spots

Base Stats:
HP: 95
ATK: 100
DEF: 125
SP ATK: 60
SP DEF: 79
SPD: 81
TOTAL: 540

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EDIT 12032010: Changed the Base Stat Total from 390 to 540. My bad. Thanks to :icondenvix: for pointing that one out! :D

Crazy, crazy looking Fakemon, Skeleukaht is! It has its spine protruding outside its body, along with its skull! Freaky! Definitely a far cry from Aphotrout, much like Gyarados and Milotic are from Magikarp and Feebas, respectively. Also, I just love its name: Skeleukaht! You won't understand at first sight what it means, but you just know it's awesome and powerful, just like, again, Gyarados and Milotic! Kudos to :icondragonith: for guessing my Post-Halloween 2010 Fakemon #4 correctly. :D

Skeleukaht is meant to be the third member of Gyarados and Milotic, just like how Sarcorab was made for Heracross and Pinsir. Skeleukaht is more of a counterpart to Milotic than Gyarados is, because while Milotic is known to becalm emotions, Skeleukaht agitates. Skeleukaht does not really enjoy warfare, and is only known to excite a waging war. Skeleukaht lets Gyarados do the destroying, and aftwards, it collects the remnants of destruction for its own use, be it as food or shelter.

Skeleukaht is based on gulper eels [from the jaw, the visible spine, and the finless tail] as well as bioluminescent creatures from the ocean floor. I noticed that there still are minor resemblances between the worthless fishes to their powerful evolutions: Magikarp's pointy fins, lips and moustache are still visible in Gyarados; while Feebas' angular spots on top, brown body color, and bluish fin color are Milotic's spots at the back of its head, brown 'upper' body color, and bluish 'lower' body color save for a dash of red. Skeleukaht inherits its body color from Aphotrout, although a bit darker. Also, the spots on Aphotrout are also seen on the 'upper' body of Skeleukaht, too! And as last notice on appearance, there seem to be a required feature among these powerful eels: a pair of long whip-like facial feature. Gyarados has a moustache as mentioned above, while Milotic has them as eyelashes. So I give my Skeleukaht long antennaes to fit the requirement. :D :P

Move-wise, Skeleukaht is trapped by requirement to Gyarados' and Milotic's common moves: Twister, Aqua Tail, Rain Dance, and Hydro Pump. Skeleukaht gets its starting move Water Gun just like Milotic, and replaces the Tender Pokémon's Wrap with Constrict. It gets Gyarados' Bite being a Dark-type itself, and later on learns Crunch. Being blind, Skeleukaht relies on Supersonic to 'see' on the ocean floor, a reference to echo-location done by sea bottom-dwellers. On a side note, Skeleukaht gets Hustle as its Ability to solidify the blindness concept, as Hustle trades accuracy for power. And the evolution item, Focus Spine, is a reference to it, except Focus Spine only provides half the Attack increase and half the Accuracy loss as well. Cool, eh? :D Going back to learned moves, referencing gulper eels, Skeleukaht learns the Stockpile-Spit Up-Swallow trio of moves, and being known to only agitate, it learns Swagger and Screech. As an ultimate move, Skeleukaht learns Bone Rush, a rather unique move to it, having its spine and skull exposed outside its body. Scary, huh? :P

Skeleukaht's stats completely reflect its being a counterpart to Milotic than to Gyarados. My Grim Fakemon swaps the Tender Pokémon's Physical and Special stats, so my Skeleukaht has 100 Attack and 125 Defense which is Milotic's Special Attack and Special Defense, respectively. Same goes for Skeleukaht's 60 Special Attack [Milotic's Attack] and 79 Special Defense [Milotic's Defense]. As sort of a requirement, Gyarados, Milotic, and Skeleukaht's HPs are at 95, while their Speed stats are all at 81. Also, all their stats total to a high 540 points. This entails that Skeleukaht is a very viable Pokémon to be included in a trainer's team of six [especially if you are like me who likes seriously monstrous-looking Pokémon; I prefer Salamence over Dragonite simply because the former looks cooler and ferocious than the cute, rather cuddly latter]. Skeleukaht can be a good Physical Sweeper or Physical Tank, or even both! I'd definitely go for an all out Physical offensive with Skeleukaht, boasting the moveset Aqua Tail, Crunch, Bone Rush and either Screech or Swagger. I'm pretty sure Hustle, that 100 Attack, and 125 Defense won't fail me! :D

Skeleukaht is mine!
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