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Karen

**Karen** is a Lopunny created by Aroma Swirl. Guts boosts its mediocre Attack to usable levels and gives it an exceptionally strong Facade, which it can use in tandem with its good speed to take on various relatively frail mons and speak to managers. It also has access to U-Turn to grab momentum and several coverage moves like Iron Tail and Triple Axel to take down would-be defensive answers like treesarecool's Carbink and tank trouble-complete. However, even after a Guts boost, its power level is unimpressive compared to many other Pokémon, giving it trouble wallbreaking and leaving it easily walled by normal resists like Nevermore and cancer that it can't hit for x4 effective damage. Its speed, while good, also misses out on the important 270 benchmark, which leaves it outrun by things like memomiguel and Saint Ntilwell. Its poor bulk does it no favours either, as this makes it relatively easy to dispose of for targets that can tank a hit and/or outspeed it.

## Moves

-Fake Out

-Facade

-Quick Attack

-High Jump Kick

-Fire Punch

-Iron Tail

-Triple Axel

-Switcheroo

-U-Turn

-Thunder Punch
Lil Bae

**Lil Bae** is a Vibrava created by Renfur. Choice Band boosts its mediocre Attack to acceptable wallbreaking levels, allowing it to OHKO or 2HKO a large portion of the meta with its STABs alone. It also has access to First Impression, a powerful priority move to revenge kill the likes of SaintRevent's Barraskewda, and U-Turn to pivout out of bulky Grasses without locking itself into Outrage. Furthermore, Multiscale allows it to almost always live a hit at full health, which gives it a winning matchup against many offensive threats despite its mediocre speed. Its bulk is quite bad though, so if Multiscale is broken it is often getting swat very quickly. Multiscale is also not enough to protect it against most powerful Ice attacks, like those of SharpClaw and cold turkey. Lastly, Ren's Vibrava is completely utterly walled by Nevermore and cannot break through cancer without a lot of prior damage, so other than U-Turning it cannot really do much if these two threats are present.

## Moves

-Earthquake

-Outrage

-U-Turn

-First Impression

-Rock Slide

-Fly

-Steel Wing

-Superpower
T-elos

**T-elos** is a Drapion created by Echo Torterra. Unaware gives T-elos a great niche as a setup check, being able to hit statboosters like treesarecool's Croconaw and Goddess Klara no matter how many boosts they obtain, while its decent bulk still allows it to tank hits from them while ignoring their offensive boosts too. A powerful STAB Knock Off is also nice to have, being a great tool to annoy bulky switch-ins like Nevermore and to scare out stuff like cancer. Pursuit makes its job even better, as this allows it to deal a decent amount of damage to a fleeing cancer or straight-up OHKO stuff like RSReina's Abra and MENMA if they lock into the wrong move. Despite this all, though, its Attack stat is all things considered not extremely high, which can leave it struggling to deal with things like Coil tank trouble-complete despite its supposed status as a setup check. Its only decent bulk, combined with constant LO recoil, also hinders its ability to check boosted treesarecool's Ribombee and Beelzebug, dropping after even a bit of chip damage already. Speed-boosting special threats in general are a massive issue since Unaware does not cover stat changes to speed.

## Moves

-Knock Off

-Poison Jab

-Earthquake

-Leech Life

-Agility

-Swords Dance

-Pursuit

-Brick Break
LCVS's Appletun

**LCVS's Appletun** is an Appletun created by LCVS. Good bulk with Leech Seed and Recover allow it to be a functional defensive mon, although it is held back mostly by a mediocre typing. While it is generally quite passive, Apple Acid's SpD drops allow it to actually beat most other bulky mons in a 1v1 (save for treesarecool's Lombre), especially when paired with Draco Meteor's high BP that lets it fight back against Dragons like Mosasaurus. Despite Thick Fat, its typing is still not good for a defensive mon though, leaving it vulnerable to the likes of cold turkey and Kudamon's Noivern, and those x4 resistances to Electric and Water are a lot less impressive with common attackers of those types like memomiguel, GuzzlesOwO's Inteleon and Gently Weeping packing strong Ice-type coverage.

## Moves

-Leech Seed

-Recover

-Protect

-Substitute

-Apple Acid

-Draco Meteor

-Body Press

-Dragon Pulse

## Checks and Counters

* **Ice-types and Ice coverage:** Appletun does not take Ice hits well. Powerful Ice-types like cold turkey and SaintRevent's Darmanitan-Galar can OHKO it, while Ice coverage from Gently Weeping and memomiguel can still easily 2HKO.
* **Dragon-types**: Appletun is very slow, which means it loses the 1v1 against other Dragons like RSNinja's Dragapult even if it packs Draco Meteor. A notable exception is tank trouble-complete, which only has a weak Dragon Tail to fight it and is pure Leech Seed bait with its huge HP.
* **Flying-types**: Kudamon's Noivern's Boomburst cleanly OHKOes Appletun. Other Flying-types like Toilet Birb generally kill LCVS's Appletun with their Flying STAB before it kills them.
* **Poison-types**: While rare, offensive Poisons can quickly get rid of Appletun despite its bulk.
Virtual turkey

**Virtual turkey** is a Porygon2 created by Shade Cashew. Its great bulk when considering Eviolite allows it to check or even wall a large amount of the meta, as its ability Neutralizing Gas exploits the fact many mons are reliant on their abilities to function properly. If it gets Recover to stay healthy, it can even switch in on the STAB moves of Renfur's Melmetal, Crusader Escaval and SaintRevent's Darmanitan-Galar, feats that are otherwise nearly impossible to accomplish. While its Special Attack is nothing to write home about, it still has good coverage and usually outlasts its targets if it gets Recover. Thunder Wave and Teleport give additional utility in letting it spread paralysis or bring a teammate safely in. However, virtual turkey gets overwhelmed rather quickly if it lacks Recover, as many of the things it aims to check still hit for pretty notable damage and it has no Leftovers. It also doesn't take Fighting hits well at all, despite its great bulk, so even the aforementioned physical threats can still win a 1v1 by going for those on the switch.

## Moves

-Shadow Ball

-Thunderbolt

-Recover

-Ice Beam

-Tri Attack

-Psychic

-Thunder Wave

-Teleport
Kum

**Kum** is an Alolan Muk created by Renfur. It is most notorious for its ridiculously strong Knock Off, which deals massive damage to just about everything that doesn't resist it, and even resists don't like losing their item. On top of this, Muk has overall good bulk, compounded by the lack of good Ground-types to exploit its sole weakness. Said bulk and lack of weaknesses makes it a good special sponge that can switch into the likes of RSReina's Abra and AromaSwirl's Polteageist with little to no risk attached. Its offensive capabilities only go so far, though; after the initial Knock Off, the likes of Nevermore and STAKATAKATAKA fare pretty well against it. It is also slow and without recovery, leaving it prone to gradual chip throughout the match.

## Moves

-Knock Off

-Assurance

-Crunch

-Gunk Shot

-Fire Punch

-Shadow Sneak

-Stone Edge

-Brick Break
My Main Mence

**My Main Mence** is a Salamence created by Renfur. Salamence's decent Attack stat allows it to fire off strong attacks with Multiscale and a good defensive typing protecting it from getting oneshot while doing so. OHKOing Salamence through Multiscale is very hard despite its rather average bulk, and Weakness Policy is there to punish reckless super effective attacks. However, its damage output before WP's activation can be rather lacking. Even after WP is triggered, Salamence will often be at low HP and easily revenge killed if it hasn't set up a Dragon Dance before.

## Moves

-Dragon Dance

-Outrage

-Stone Edge

-Earthquake

-Shadow Claw

-Fire Fang

-Fly

-Dragon Claw

-Aqua Tail
Ur Majesty

**Ur Majesty** is a Pheromosa created by Renfur. Sporting good mixed attacking stats, great coverage and a blazing 310 speed, Pheromosa is among the best late-game cleaners of the entire meta. Its ability Queenly Majesty solidifies its great speed, giving it an immunity to priority and ensuring revenge killers have to actually outspeed it. Once they do outspeed it, however, they'll be able to take care of it without much trouble because its defensive stats are the literal lowest of the entire tier. While generally strong, it tends to miss out on a lot of KOs from full, meaning it often requires a decent amount of support before actually being able to go to town. Finally, it is stopped cold by some of the bulkier mons of the meta, like Nevermore and cancer.

## Moves

-High Jump Kick

-Lunge

-Throat Chop

-Drill Run

-Bounce

-Outrage

-Poison Jab

-Ice Beam
Tentaquil

**Tentaquil** is a Politoed created by EsCa(SO4)2. Tentaquil can fulfill the role of a special wallbreaker with its decent coverage, usable Special Attack with Specs and Protean to give it STAB on everything. However, it does a very mediocre job at actually breaking, as its low speed and only decent bulk give it a lot of trouble switching in and staying alive long enough to attack more than once. Its power level isn't spectacularly high to make up for this either, as it is very reliant on super effective damage to actually wallbreak efficiently. It can certainly do some stuff in a match, but is overall just not very rewarding compared to the risk its sluggishness and relative frailty give. But hey, Protean Metronome is fun.

## Moves

-Surf

-Hydro Pump

-Ice Beam

-Focus Blast

-Earth Power

-Psychic

-Bug Buzz

-Metronome
The Jester

**The Jester** is a Blacephalon created by EsCa(SO4)2. It holds the status of third fastest Choice Scarf user, and is no doubt the most powerful out of all of them. Magic Guard Mind Blown off 282 SpA is a total nuke: you have to be immune to it or be very specially defensive and resist it to semi-comfortably tank it. It is, however, extremely one-dimensional; outside of its STABs, which aren't even terribly strong when not called Mind Blown or Overheat, its movepool is filled with moves you frankly won't want to click. It is also walled completely by EchoTorterra's Pawniard and mostly by Nevermore and doesn't fare well against the few things that don't mind Mind Blown in general.

## Moves

-Mind Blown

-Overheat

-Flamethrower

-Shadow Ball

-Psychic

-Moongeist Beam

-Will-O-Wisp

-Trick

## Replays

* https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/dawn-gen8azuremonsrandombattle-463185
* https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/dawn-gen8azuremonsrandomdoublesbattle-471346
Ischkah

Ischkah war die Heimat der Menschen und Xiuwen vor der Flut von n.J. 1 bevor sie nach Jusan fliehen mussten. Tatsächlich war sehr wenig über ischkah bekannt. Fast alles ging in der Flut und der langen Reise nach Jusan verloren. Selbst die Sprache Ischkach ging über die Zeit verloren und wurde nur von Historikern erhalten.

## Ischkah der Legenden

Ischkah war ein beliebter Ort für zahlreiche Geschichten. Hier war Ischkah dargestellt als grandioser Ort mit Gebäuden aus Gold und Silber, Flüssen aus Milch und Honig und unzähligen legendären Helden. Diese Legenden brachten viele abenteuerliche Seefahrer dazu nach den Ruinen von Ischkah zu suchen.

Die wenigen Relikte von Ischkah welche noch im Umlauf waren, konnten hunderte oder tausende von Goldstücken im Verkauf einbringen.

## Magie von Ischkah

So wie das meiste Wissen von Ischkah ging auch ihre Magie verloren. Es war wahrscheinlich, dass sie Runen für ihre Magie nutzten, aber viel ist komplett in Vergessenheit geraten. Relikte von Ischkah konnten selbst über 1000 Jahre später noch über Magie verfügen. Hierfür war Ischkah's Violet Stahl verantwortlich. Ein Material von dem die Herstellung ebenso in Vergessenheit fiel.
Treesarecool's Croconaw

**Treesarecool's Croconaw** is a Croconaw created by trees are cool. Croconaw uses multiple setup moves, all of which get doubled by Simple, to become a boosting behemoth capable of dismantling entire teams if not adressed properly. Its mediocre Attack stat can quickly be patched up with a simple (lol) Curse, Dragon Dance or even Swords Dance to help it reach terrifying power levels. Its bad speed stands out, but its bulk is good enough to tank a hit or two while setting up and it has Aqua Jet to pick off fast frail mons after a boost. It doesn't appreciate the very offensive meta that much though, as it is seldom given the chance to set up more than one move even with its good bulk. Its bad speed continues to be a problem if it doesn't have Aqua Jet, as it needs multiple Dragon Dances to even outspeed the entire non-Scarfed meta.

## Moves

-Dragon Dance

-Curse

-Swords Dance

-Aqua Jet

-Waterfall

-Power-Up Punch

-Ice Punch

-Rock Slide

## Replays

* https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/dawn-gen8azuremonsrandombattle-593082
Sneaky turkey

**Sneaky turkey** is a Dragapult created by Shade Cashew. It attempts to use Illusion to fool opponents into thinking they beat a certain mon, then smack it with a super effective move instead. Or at least, that's what it attempts to do, because its very poor special attack makes it mostly a peashooter--it has to deal super effective damage to leave any notable impact at all, and even then, Flamethrower doesn't even OHKO Crusader Escaval, as a testament to its weakness. While it is fast as fucc, its bulk is generally poor, even with Assault Vest, so if the opponent sees it coming it's not very hard to deal with. Because in a regular 6v6 you cannot select your team order, sneaky turkey occasionally disguises itself as something that immediately gives itself away, like if it disguises as a weather mon that doesn't set weather or a Magic Guard mon that takes hazard damage. An attentive opponent can also sometimes notice that the levels don't necessarily match up--sneaky turkey, like all 600BSTs, sits at level 70, which few other mons in the meta reach. It is a walking, or rather flying, gimmick; fun when it works, but more often than not it'll just fire a couple Shadow Balls that deal 20% and then die.

## Moves

-Shadow Ball

-Hex

-Flamethrower

-Fire Blast

-U-Turn

-Draco Meteor

-Dragon Pulse

-Surf
Walking Fortress

**Walking Fortress** is a Tyranitar created by EsCa(SO4)2. Utilizing Tyranita's good bulk and many weaknesses, the mon attempts to survive a super effective hit and activate Unburden Weakness Policy for a sweep. While this is cool and all if it works, it suffers from much of the same problems PAIN TRAIN does: in the offensive meta right now, there aren't many super effective attacks it actually survives. Because of this, it's best triggered on things like weak U-Turns or a weakened treesarecool's Lombre's Whirlpool. The actual sweeping goes a bit better than Train's though, since Walking Fortress' Attack stat is notably higher and it can hit cancer with a super effective Knock Off; still, it is far from invincible after its boost, as many scarfers still outspeed it and tactics and diegoblu can easily OHKO it with their own STAB moves. This problem can be circumvented to some degree if it gets a Dragon Dance up on top of its boost, though. It works a bit better in Doubles too, where it's easier to activate WP on a spread Earthquake or Surf, but in Singles, it's a mediocre mon that rarely works to its fullest potential.

## Moves

-Dragon Dance

-Knock Off

-Stone Edge

-Earthquake

-Superpower

-Fire Punch

-Ice Punch

-Rock Slide
Toilet Birb

**Toilet Birb** is a Pelipper created by EsCa(SO4)2. While not deviating from standard Pelipper, it is still a good Drizzle abuser with boosted Hydro Pumps and fully accurate Hurricanes. Toilet Birb also sports good physical bulk, which in conjunction with Roost allows it to 1v1 many physical attackers that can't hit it super effectively. On top of this, it can also support its team with utility moves like U-Turn, Knock Off, Toxic and Defog. However, its special bulk isn't the greatest and it is an unsafe answer to anything that can pack Electric moves. Its non-Water moves don't really pack that much of a punch either and it is prone to getting bad movesets.

## Moves

-Roost

-U-Turn

-Knock Off

-Defog

-Thunder

-Scald

-Hurricane

-Hydro Pump

-Toxic
Saint Bless

**Saint Bless** is a Meloetta created by Marnie. It is among the best special tanks in the format, with its AV-bolstered special bulk allowing it to live hits from strong attackers like cold turkey and Kudamon's Noivern. Its own damage output is far from shabby too, with Punk Rock Boomburst in particular hitting like a truck. While low speed might be an issue to some degree, it also lets Saint Bless give slow U-Turns to bring teammates in safely. A total lack of recovery, mediocre bulk on the physical side and tendency to underperform without Boomburst are all notable downsides, but none are big enough to deny its status as a high tier mon.

## Moves

-Boomburst

-Psychic

-Psystrike

-Secret Sword

-Shadow Ball

-U-Turn

-Hyper Voice

-Dazzling Gleam
Trigger-Hungry

**Trigger-Hungry** is a Snorlax created by Marnie. A massive HP stat with good defensive stats make Trigger-Hungry one of the best defensive mons in the meta, with semi-reliable passive Harvest+Sitrus recovery making it very hard to take down without strong Fighting-types or boosting mons. Unlike other defensive mons, it is not passive at all; 190 Atk is very usable for a defensive mon, but it can use Curse to boost that Atk to even higher levels while patching up its bulk even more, or spam Grav Apple to lower the opponent's Defense. Overcoming Trigger-Hungry usually requires strong Fighting-types like Sir Lanceleek or OwO's Bewear, although boosting threats like EchoTorterra's Drapion and Beelzebug can eventually break it, albeit often taking a significant amount of damage in the process. Trigger-Hungry is also fairly vulnerable to Knock Off, as its survivability drops a lot without it if it doesn't have Rest. Finally, its huge HP makes it attractive Leech Seed bait for the likes of LCVS's Appletun and Omelette, which can support their teammates by leeching massive chunks of HP to them.

## Moves

-Curse

-Stockpile

-Body Slam

-Body Press

-Darkest Lariat

-Heat Crash

-Grav Apple

-Rest
Bubbles

## Synopsis

*Bubbles* is a short fan-fiction and the nineteenth story of the The Muffins Saga, that chronicles the childhood of Derpy Hooves.

## Story

"The story consists of a series of vignettes narrating either typical or notable events in the life of Derpy Hooves. For instance, one paragraph tells of an eventually unsuccessful attempt at sending Derpy to school, which ends with her messing herself.

Her father appears to be a loving parent but is often absent because he has to go to work during the day. Derpy's mother is a more unsympathetic character, shouting at her, calling her "retard", and slapping her around; she regularly takes what appear to be anti-depressant drugs. It is insinuated that she may have attempted to kill Derpy by feeding her a poisoned muffin.

The story's ending is ambiguous: in the final vignette, Derpy's mother takes her to the countryside, where she sits the young pony under a tree and shows her how to blow bubbles using a bowl of soap water she brought along. Derpy enjoys this activity greatly, so much so that she does not notice her mother leave. It is implied that Derpy has been abandoned."

*(Story summary taken from My Little Pony Fan Labor Wiki).*

## Characters

* Derpy Hooves
* Derpy's mother and father

## Trivia

* This story was not written by Reitanna Seishin, but by an anonymous author on Equestria Daily. However, Derpy's past is based on this, so the story is considered to be part of the Muffins series.
	+ "Bubbles" and "Cupcakes" are the only stories in the Muffins series that were not written by Reitanna Seishin.
Treesarecool's Carbink

**Treesarecool's Carbink** is a Carbink created by trees are cool. Harvest+Sitrus Berry is probably the closest we'll get to consistent non-moveset dependent recovery for now. Carbink's great bulk with this tech makes it pretty difficult to take down without strong super effective moves. To make facing it all the more infuriating, it got means of increasing that bulk on both the physical and special end of the spectrum. Its low special attack might make it seem very passive, but after a couple Calm Mind boosts it actually starts hitting decently hard. As tough as it may seem to take down, Steel moves are really more common than they should be and one or two of those quickly take care of the crystal if it doesn't boost its defenses quickly enough. It also loses its stream of recovery if its Sitrus Berry gets Knocked Off at some point, which puts it at the mercy of gradual chip if it doesn't have Rest. Requirement for setup means that it also doesn't pose an immediate offensive threat, giving the opponent plenty of time to react.

## Moves

-Rest

-Substitute

-Draining Kiss

-Calm Mind

-Iron Defense

-Will-O-Wisp

-Protect

-Moonblast

-Core Enforcer
Treesarecool's Marowak-Alola

**Treesarecool's Marowak-Alola** is an Alolan Marowak created by trees are cool. Thick Club gives this thing high attacking power, which with its powerful movepool makes it an exceptional wallbreaker. Its Fire/Ghost typing in conjunction with Lightning Rod and decent physical bulk also allows it to check a specific set of mons, like Pixel Pusher and memomiguel without Knock Off and Deinocheirus without Earthquake or Stone Edge. Perhaps its most notable asset as a wallbreaker is its good matchup against cancer, being immune to burns and hitting it hard with STAB Shadow Bone, even though directly switching it into Scald or Schorching Sands is a questionable play. Unfortunately, the mon is very slow, even after a Flame Charge boost; coupled with only decent physical bulk and bad special bulk, this makes it pretty easy to revenge kill, especially after Flare Blitz recoil. It should also be kept away from Knock Off at all cost: an offensive mon's Knock Off will likely KO, while defensive ones' will still deal a good chunk of damage while literally halving its offensive capabilities. This makes it a shaky answer to the aforementioned Electric mons unless you've somehow scouted their entire sets.

## Moves

-Shadow Bone

-Flare Blitz

-Fire Punch

-Flame Charge

-Bonemerang

-Swords Dance

-Bone Rush

-Smack Down
Wanda's Nidoking

**Wanda's Nidoking** is a Nidoking created by WandaVision. A good speed tier with a Choice Scarf attached allows Nidoking to act as a passable revenge killer. Tough Claws combined with a good movepool with lots of coverage give it the ability to hit many Pokémon for a lot of damage. However, its Attack stat is mediocre, and combined with the lack of boosts Choice Scarf gives, this makes it struggle to pick up many KOs without significant prior damage. Nidoking is also oversaturated with many moves, which means the chances of getting a desired move are low, further hindering its ability to deal consistent damage.

## Moves

-Drill Run

-Poison Jab

-Outrage

-Head Smash

-Smart Strike

-Megahorn

-Fire Punch

-Thunder Punch

-Ice Punch

-Superpower

-Shadow Claw
Treesarecool's Carnivine

**Treesarecool's Carnivine** is a Carnivine created by trees are cool. Grassy Surge, Leftovers and Leech Seed give this thing a lot of staying power if it is not faced with immediate harsh offensive pressure. Constant passive healing allows it to be a mean Substitute abuser, which can allow it to chip opponents down with Leech Seed, set up Swords Dances, or give it a safety net to fire off Sleep Powders. Grassy Surge also boosts the power of its Power Whip to ridiculous levels, giving it the ability to put serious dents into anything that doesn't resist it. Unfortunately, the grass is always greener on the other side. Grass is overall a terrible offensive type in the current meta, with Steels, Dragons and Fires being everywhere. It can do little more to these than Knock Off or hopefully Sleep Powder. Grass isn't the best typing defensively either, being weak to big threats like treesarecool's Ribombee, cold turkey and Beelzebug. While it has good potential when used cleverly and carefully, ultimately its capabilities are rather situational and hard to bring out.

## Moves

-Swords Dance

-Power Whip

-Giga Drain

-Acid Spray

-Knock Off

-Leech Seed

-Substitute

-Sleep Powder
Treesarecool's Lombre

**Treesarecool's Lombre** is a Lombre created by trees are cool. While, compared to other dedicated defensive mons like cancer, its bulk isn't even that good, it has several unique capabilities that give it a well-deserved spot among the other bulky stuff. Flower Veil is a godsend for a Grass-type mon, giving it an immunity to all forms of status, most notably Toxic. It also protects it from stat drops, meaning stuff like Acid Spray, Grav Apple and Apple Acid won't suffice in breaking this lilypad down anytime soon. Water/Grass is also a decent typing; while a weakness to Flying moves certainly hurts in a meta dominated by Kudamon's Noivern and Dragon Ascent SaintRevent's Barraskewda, its other weaknesses are largely irrelevant, while a x4 resist to Mosasaurus' Fishious Rend is certainly nice. As it a Toxic immunity wasn't annoying enough already, it can also recover its health back with Leech Seed and Synthesis, further increasing the difficulty in taking it down without strong wallbreakers. However, not all is good news for the sombrero duck, as its low attacking stats make it extremely reliant on residual damage to chip opponents down. It also absolutely hates being struck by Knock Off, as its bulk is a whole lot less impressive without Eviolite augmentation.

## Moves

-Whirlpool

-Synthesis

-Leech Seed

-Toxic

-Fire Punch

-Giga Drain

-Knock Off

-Counter

## Checks and Counters

* **Flying-types**: Treesarecool's Lombre does not take Flying moves well at all, so Kudamon's Noivern and Dragon Ascent SaintRevent's Barraskewda just dunk on it.
* **Poison-types**: While rare, offensive Poisons can deal with Lombre with their STAB moves. Gently Weeping and Wanda's Nidoking are examples of Poison-types that can threaten Lombre with their STAB moves. Eliteandninja's Toxapex is not an offensive Poison-type, but is still unaffected by Toxic and can annoy Lombre with Knock Off and repeated Sludge Bombs.
* **Knock Off**: After Knock Off, Lombre's bulk is actually not impressive at all, so it should avoid getting hit by the move at all cost.
* **Freeze-Dry**: Freeze-Dry users like cold turkey and Hatsune Miku can get rid of Lombre in one hit.

## Replays

* https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/dawn-gen8azuremonsrandombattle-496520
The BAAAAAAAArbarian

**The BAAAAAAAArbarian** is a Dubwool created by Astral Observatory. The sheep is, against all odds, quite the physically bulky tank, as Fluffy allows it to shrug off many physical attacks with ease. While its attack stat may seem very mediocre at first, Choice Band actually boosts it to decent levels, enough to deal some serious damage in an offense-dominated meta. Its low speed is to some degree patches up by its access to a strong STAB ESpeed, which allows it to pick off many faster mons after minimal chip. All this is cool and all, but it's nowhere near as bulky on the special side, leaving it vulnerable to strong attacks from the likes of Beelzebug and Kudamon's Noivern when they're not in Extreme Speed range. It's also not quite strong enough to take on most of the defensive mons of the meta, so cancer and Nevermore still wall it to hell and back.

## Moves

-Double-Edge

-Extreme Speed

-Payback

-Zen Headbutt

-Facade

-Wild Charge

-Double Kick

-Body Press

-Bounce
Tumbleweed

**Tumbleweed** is a Solrock created by EsCa(SO4)2. Tumbleweed performs best in Sand, where its otherwise bad speed gets doubled and its special bulk becomes notably better. Life Orb actually gives it a pretty good damage output, and Swords Dance only bolsters this. Outside of its main Rock STAB, it got some nifty coverage moves like Earthquake and Flare Blitz to deal with resists, and when it's done with whatever it's trying to do it can always Explode. It really needs Sand for its fullest potential, whether it's self-set or from STAKATAKATAKA's support. Outside of Sand, it's an alright Swords Dance breaker, but nothing special in terms of speed or bulk.

## Moves

-Sandstorm

-Swords Dance

-Stone Edge

-Rock Slide

-Zen Headbutt

-Earthquake

-Flare Blitz

-Explosion
Trix R 4K!DS

**Trix R 4K!DS** is a Cinderace created by Marnie. A great speed tier, colorful movepool and outstanding damage output coupled with Libero make this mon one of the biggest threats in the entire format. Getting STAB on every move, moves which usually have very high BP, allow it to 2HKO most of the meta and OHKO a large part of it with the right move. While not too bulky, it has just enough defenses to tank a weak hit or two, and it can use Protean's type changes defensively to resist certain moves. While amazing, it is not unbeatable, though. Its defenses are still nothing special, so if you manage to live a hit then it's usually easy to KO back. 275 speed is high but also not the highest, so faster offensive stuff like SaintRevent's Barraskewda and treesarecool's Meowth-Alola can kill it if they stay out of Sucker Punch range. But all in all, if you don't miss any High Jump Kicks, this thing is a monster.

## Moves

-Pyro Ball

-High Jump Kick

-Fusion Bolt

-U-Turn

-Sucker Punch

-Bulk Up

-Double-Edge

-Gunk Shot
Van Darkholme

**Van Darkholme** is a Smeargle created by God of Hypermeth. Under the right circumstances, Van Darkholme can be one of the deadliest threats of the entire format. Not on its own--well, after a Simple Shell Smash its Boomburst does start to hurt a lot, but that's not where its main strength lies. It performs at its best when it is able to Baton Pass boosts away. Simple No Retreat and Simple Quiver Dance are extremely deadly when passed to the right mons, with Simple No Retreat in particular even letting mons like Toilet Birb and Nevermore, who aren't even meant to be offensive, sweep. While its bad bulk may make setting up seem hard, it has Focus Sash to always live a hit, and after a Quiver Dance or No Retreat it generally outspeeds everything. Van Darkholme is kind of a hit-or-miss gimmick; passing a No Retreat to the right mon can win entire games on the spot, but the timing on when to use it is crucial and it's mostly a sitting duck without Baton Pass, making it more moveset-reliant than almost any other Azuremon available.

## Moves

-Baton Pass

-No Retreat

-Clangorous Soul

-Shell Smash

-Quiver Dance

-Cosmic Power

-Boomburst

-Destiny Bond

## Replays

* https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/dawn-gen8azuremonsrandombattle-463595
* https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/dawn-gen8azuremonsrandombattle-462321
* https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/dawn-gen8azuremonsrandombattle-465883
Treesarecool's Ribombee

**Treesarecool's Ribombee** is a Ribombee created by trees are cool. Its blazing 298 speed, putting it ahead of the large majority of the unboosted meta, coupled with its devastating power level make it one of the best glass cannons around in the meta. Sheer Force Life Orb coupled with a good Special Attack stat pushes the power of its Bug Buzz and Moonblast to catastrophic levels, enough to OHKO just about everything that doesn't resist it or doesn't have good natural bulk. As if its speed and special attack weren't good enough already, it can also set up Quiver Dance, which in certain cases can just be a win right there on the spot. It's not perfect by any means though--paper bag bulk mean that faster mons, while rare, can pretty easily KO it. Its moves also leave it without a way to hit Fire-types like Beelzebug (if it doesn't have Psychic) or Steel-types like Nevermore (at all) for even neutral damage, although it can muscle its way past specially frailer ones like PAIN TRAIN if they directly switch into its attacks.

## Moves

-Bug Buzz

-Moonblast

-Signal Beam

-Energy Ball

-Psychic

-Quiver Dance

-Roost

-Calm Mind

## Replays

* https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/dawn-gen8azuremonsrandombattle-488637
Jazz Seed

**Jazz Seed** is a secondary character in the Muffins series who first appeared as a one-off character in Prison Break, but then had a major appearance in Grudge Of A Bad Seed. She is the fellow orphan, legal guardian, and older sister of Babs Seed.

## Appearance

### Cutie mark

Red-orange half apple with a yellow music note

## Family

### Cousins

Big Macintosh
 Applejack
Apple Bloom

## Appearance:

Jazz has a light tan coat, green eyes and multiple silver ear piercings. She is described to have asymmetrical red hair which is permed in an almost eighties style with orange highlights. Her tail is tied up in a blue scrunchie, and she often wears a satchel around her neck which has an MP3 attached to it. She wears purple eyeshadow and mascara, and has three white freckles on each cheek. Her cutie mark is a red-orange half apple with an accompanying yellow music note; the black seeds in the apple form a star.

## Personality:

Jazz is incredibly friendly, laid back and carefree. She loves music and plays the saxophone with her band in the pub she works at.

## Relationships:

### Babs Seed

She's close with Babs, as she's her legal guardian and older sister.

## Trivia:

* Reitanna Seishin came up with a Jazz Seed's name first before designing her personality.
	+ Her name comes from the jazz apple.

* Her favourite music genres are classical and jazz.

* Just like Minkie Pie is a counterpart to Maud Pie, Jazz Seed replaces Sunflower, who is Babs Seed's big sister in the My little Pony friendship is magic tv series.
Treesarecool's Meowth-Alola

**Treesarecool's Meowth-Alola** is an Alolan Meowth created by trees are cool. Utilizing the powerful sleep status effect with never-missing Hypnosis and Sing, Meowth can be a huge annoyance to take down for anything slower than it. In particular, a sleep move in combination with Substitute can be devastating in a 1v1 scenario, as it gives Meowth a safety net for when its opponent wakes up. While its damage output is lacking, it can boost up with Nasty Plot or hit physical attackers harder with Foul Play. This mon was once the undoubtedly best thing, but its glory days are long over, however. For one, 276 speed is no longer the literal fastest thing around, and faster mons generally shred through its paper bag bulk easily. If Meowth doesn't have Substitute, it's usually also dead if its opponent wakes up early, and with the advent of more bulky attackers like cold turkey and Back To School this has become a very real issue. It should also be noted that Tapu Nani?'s Misty Surge and Deinocheirus' Electric Surge pretty much completely shut Meowth down, and in the small chance it doesn't get a sleep move it doesn't do much other than spreading Zap Cannon paralysis either.

## Moves

-Sing

-Hypnosis

-Dark Pulse

-Foul Play

-Zap Cannon

-Nasty Plot

-Substitute

-Dream Eater
Grudge of a Bad Seed

## Synopsis

Babs Seed goes back to manehattan, gets revenge on her bullies and joins the bakers.

## Story

Babs Seed just got back to manehattan after visiting her cousin, Apple Bloom. Babs is still upset about becoming a bully and not getting to truly become friends with her cousin or her friends, but Babs remembers the cape that Apple bloom gifted her and how Apple Bloom told her to tell others about "the cutie mark crusaders" she didn't know anyone who still didn't have a cutie mark, but she was gonna try to find someone. Babs remembers that she goes back to school tomorrow. She is not ready to face her bullies, Short Fuse, Branche Sabot, and Rouge. They all bully her for not having her cutie-mark.

When Babs gets on the bus with her cape the next day, there were no seats available so she goes to a pole. she is met by her bus buddy Chain Link who is in high school, Chain Link asks about the cape and Babs tells him shes in a group that helps filly's find their cutie marks. Chain Link wishes Babs luck on trying to find new members and Babs gets off the bus to her school.

Babs walks into her classroom and her bullies are insulting her cape commenting on how ugly it is, later when its time for recess all the other filly"s run outside but Babs stays in her seat with her head down on her desk.
Trappy Kun

**Trappy Kun** is a Dugtrio created by Echo Torterra. Trappy Kun has a rather iffy matchup spread, with an only decent Attack that is not boosted by an item and a rather linear movepool. Despite this, it has a powerful niche in Arena Trap that lets it pick its own matchups; only beating a quarter of the format is a lot less bad when you're literally guaranteed to take said quarter out without having to worry about them just switching out to preserve their threat. Notable targets of Trappy Kun include memomiguel (if it has been out for longer than one turn, otherwise FakeSpeed screws it over), Der Bauer and Cave Canem. In practice, Trappy Kun also ends up 1v1ing a lot more than just a quarter of the meta, thanks to its high speed and some aid from Focus Sash. Outside of things it can outspeed and OHKO, Trappy Kun usually only traps one thing a match because of how reliant it is on Sash. If it cannot preserve its Sash because of hazards, it requires chip to safely trap and remove its target; even then, it is very vulnerable to priority like memomiguel's Extreme Speed, BonK's Ice Shard and Donkey Kong's Grassy Glide.

## Moves

-Earthquake

-Reversal

-Sucker Punch

-High Horsepower

-Stone Edge

-Memento

-Return

-Aerial Ace
The Element of Kindness

## Synopsis

*The Element of Kindness* is a short story that summarises Fluttershy's childhood.

## Story

Due to Fluttershy's parents' refusal to ever leave the house or work, the family lived in poverty. Because of that, young Fluttershy was very underweight as there was rarely any food in the house; the only time Fluttershy got to eat was at her flight school, where she also had her only friend Rainbow Dash. Her father, Silent Wing, was a heavy drinker and felt indifferent toward her daughter, only ever acknowledging her when he was so drunk to mistook her for a stranger and chased her out of her home. Her mother, Flitterfly, neglected her worse by constantly screaming and beating her due to the envy she felt for her daughter's flight ability, which she had lost during a fight with Silent Wing.

Fortunately, Fluttershy finally found happiness when, during Rainbow Dash's race against bullies, she fell off a cloud and earned her cutie mark for comforting wild animals. After that incident, Fluttershy decided to start a new life on the ground with her animal friends and live in a cottage near Ponyville. She was able to make a better life for herself, remeet with Rainbow Dash and even make more friends. Fluttershy was still timid and scared of flying because of her childhood, but now she at least had new ponies as her new family.

## Characters

### Primary characters

* Fluttershy
* Silent Wing and Flitterfly

## Trivia

* Even though none of the Muffins series' main characters appear in the story, it is canon to the series for showing Fluttershy's past.
* Flitterfly's and Silent Wing's fate is never known.

## Reference list

1. ↑  Reitanna Seishin's reply on "The Element of Kindness". DeviantArt
2. ↑  Reitanna Seishin's reply on "The Element of Kindness". DeviantArt
On Trial

## Synopsis

*On Trial* is the chapter of Muffins where the Pie sisters were put on trial for their crimes.

## Story

After being captured, all four Pie sisters were put on trial for kidnappings and murders of hundreds of ponies. Most of the story consists of the Pies defending themselves and arguing with both of the princesses, with each side attempting to make the other question or hate themselves. For example, Inkie Pie argues that none of the murders would have happened in the first place if society hadn't "decided it's better to remain blind to the harsh reality of the world as opposed to being prepared for the worst". The story ends with the Pie sisters being sentenced to death and the princesses questioning their roles as rulers of Equestria.

## Characters

* Pie sisters
* Princess Celestia and Princess Luna
* Justice Trinity and Lucky clover (minor characters//latter is implied to be the next victim)
Pie family

The **Pie family** is a prominent family in The Muffins Saga. They are mostly shown to be religious earth pony rock farmers.

## Immediate family

### Parents

Main articles: Cloudy Quartz and Igneous Rock
The father, **Igneous Rock**, and mother, **Cloudy Quartz**, of the family are very religious and strict parents. These traits are mostly conisdered proper in their religiously community, though the parents are shown to go the extremes with using these in their parenting. For example in Even Rocks Break they ban Minkie and Blinkie from eating cupquakes in their household for being luxury and non essential, but allow them to keep baking them for the rest of the townsponies. It's also shown that materialistic posessions are widely seen as distractions form hard work, and to reinforce that Cloudy Quartz breaks daughters' record player and kills Blinkie's pet lizard. They however go to the extreme

### The Pie sisters

Main articles: Obsidian 'Minkie' Pie, Marblestone 'Inkie' Pie, Limestone 'Blinkie' Pie and Pinkamena 'Pinkie' Pie
The Pie sisters are four main characters in the series who are related by blood. They bonded through their mutual hatred of their parents and their hobby of baking.

## Trivia

* Reitanna has implied that Minkie is her vent character. She has said that Minkie is an extension of herself and feels that writing Minkie is a form of therapy as she has a way of expressing her opinions and rage in a fictional form.
	+ This statement has made some speculate that the other members of the Pie family are also her emotional outlets and are largely influenced by her views.
* The Pie family is haunted by a pink scene that pops up in every other generation. It contributes to the pink color scheme, 'poofable' and 'deflatable' hair, and a fun-loving personality.
* Minkie Pie's green eyes were inherited from Rosie. Inkie's violet eyes could potentially be inherited from Mudstone.
* Rosie Quartz' and her siblings names, Amethyst and Garnet, are not a reference to Steven Universe. Reitanna Seishin claimed to have never seen the show and that the coincidence was accidental.

## References

1. ↑ Comment by Reitanna Seishin. DeviantArt
Muffins Wiki

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**The Muffins Saga** comprises of 38 stories describing the lives of pony bakers who kidnap, torture, murder, and cannibalize hundreds of ponies while evaiding police. What originally started as a family business with a dark secret turned into a plot to take over the world!

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Pinkie PieApple BloomDerpy HoovesBlinkie PieInkie PieMinkie PieBabs Seed
 **Fanworks and derivative work**
The spin-off has inpired many art and written work. Some of them can be read on the official DeviantArt fan group. Other mentionables are the following.

#### "I did it! I Fixed the Muffins Saga! Why? I have no fucking clue. But hey! \*finger guns\* Why not?" - Rainbott, Revisiting MLP Creepypasta (Muffins Deep Dive).

**Icing on the Cake**, also called **Muffins Rescripted**, is a 2023 Muffins rewrite created by Youtuber Rainbott. The work's purpose is to "reclaim the character of Minkie Pie and the rest of Muffins for the fanbase who still enjoy these characters today." It reimagines the series and replaces Reitanna Seishin's original characters with new ones, including Obsidian 'Minkie' Pie, who is rewritten to be Onyx 'Minkie' Pie. Currently, the project lacks any written stories. Instead, it has a fully plotted-out synopsis that is available to read at https://rainbott.weebly.com/

#### Dissapointed with the cliffhanger? Try an alternative ending!

**The Return of the Bakers** is a 2015 AU fanfiction by DeviantArt user Tracy-Lynn-Pond. The fic takes place right after the bakers' prison escape and follows the group's plan to kill the princesses and take over Equestria. Along with the change of Fluttershy dying in the hospital, a new pegasus OC Bitter Sweets is introduced to aid the bakers. The work and its side stories can be read at https://www.deviantart.com/tracy-lynn-pond/

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Chain Link

Chain Link is a minor character in the Muffins series. He makes his debut in “Grudge of a Bad Seed” and was Babs’ best friend while she was living in Manehattan.

## Appearance

Chain Link is an earth colt with a white coat, mane, and tail. He has blue eyes and his cutie mark is a chain with three links made into a triangle. He wears a dark gray necklace of chains around his neck.

## Biography

Chain Link appears in the story “Grudge of a Bad Seed” he is the older friend of Babs Seed. Chain is shown to be a supportive friend towards Babs and stands up for her when she gets tormented by her three bullies, Short Fuse, Rouge, and Branche Sabot.

Once Babs can’t take the bullying anymore Chain Link teaches her to fight and she wins. After the fight, Babs continues to talk about the thrill of fighting and wanting to kill her bullies. Chain begins to distance himself from Babs, as he admits to be scared of her.

Later in “Grudge of a Bad Seed,” Chain Link and his family move across the country due to the disappearances.
Diamond Tiara

**Diamond Tiara** was a female earth pony and a minor antagonist in The Muffins Saga. She and Silver Spoon were classmates and bullies of Cutie Mark Crusaders, often calling them "blank flanks." When Diamond Tiara took her bullying too far, Apple Bloom decided to make her her next pet project.

## Personality

Diamond Tiara grew up stuck up and bratty, bullying others whom she deemed inferior to her because of their social class or lack of a cutie mark. Even though no pony liked her, her peers did as she told because they perceived her as better than them. She is mostly shown to be mean and merciless, but she does seem to show compassion when she implores Apple Bloom not to target her seemingly only friend, Silver Spoon, next.

## Biography

### Background

Diamond Tiara was born into a wealthy family with Filthy Rich as her father and an unnamed mother. According to Diamond Tiara, her parents were often busy with work, either traveling for business or working late at the hospital, so she was looked after by a mean nanny named Nutmeg, who would call her ugly and not special, often telling her to make herself useful and forcing her to clean the house. She even threatened to take away her tiara. Diamond Tiara says she had graved for her parents' love and attention and was jealous of Apple Bloom's relationship with her family.

## Relationships

### Silver Spoon

Diamond Tiara used to bully Silver Spoon for having less money than her and for being a blank flank, though that changed when Silver Spoon gained her cutie mark for 'her newly rich father showering her with gifts,' and she gained Diamond Tiara's approval. They began to hang out and bully others together. Diamond Tiara saw her as her best friend.

## Trivia

* Diamond Tiara's mother being a nurse is supposedly a reference to a fan theory at the time, which theorized that Nurse Sweetheart was Diamond Tiara's mother. However, Reitanna didn't exactly say that Nurseheart was the mother.

## References

1. ↑  Broken Tiara description.DeviantArt