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NAMES
English: Nepheon (from the Greek name ‘Nephele’ which means “Goddess of Clouds”)
Japanese: Kumia/雲ア (from the Japanese word ‘Kumo/雲’ meaning ‘Cloud’)
French: Nuagali (from the word ‘Nuage’, the French word for ‘Cloud’)
Korean: Guleumi/구름이 (from the word ‘Guleum/구름’, the Korean version of ‘Cloud’)
German: Fliega (from the word ‘Fliegend’ which is the German word for ‘Flying’)

BASIC INFO
Name: Nepheon
Classification: The Cloud Pokémon
Type: Flying
Ability: Water Compaction
Hidden Ability: Cloud Nine
Evolution Method: Level up while holding Pretty Wing
Build: Quadruped
Height: 2’08’’/0.6m
Weight: 17.5kg/38.5lbs
Gender Ratio: 87.5% Male/12.5% Female

POKÉDEX ENTRIES
This Pokémon blends into clouds to hide from predators. It also uses them to sculpt cloud shapes to impress potential mates. Humans often in the past have used these shapes to predict the future.

As it drifts through the sky, it’s constantly collecting water vapor. It’s cloud-like collar is softer than cotton.

The more water it absorbs, the denser it becomes. It’s base weight is lighter than a feather.

This Pokémon absorbs water vapor and condenses it into a thick coat to protect itself from severe climates. The cloud collar around its neck gets bigger as it absorbs more water.

DETAILED INFO
Catch Rate: 45 (5.9%)
Egg Group: Field
Hatch Time: 8995 - 9251 steps
Leveling Rate: Medium Fast
Base Friendship: 35
Pokédex Color: Blue
EV Yield: 2 x SPE
Base Experience Yield: 184vt

STATS
HP: 65
Attack: 110
Defense: 60
Special Attack: 65
Special Defense: 95
Speed: 130

MOVES (LEVEL UP)
Lv.1 - Tackle
Lv.1 - Gust
Lv.1 - Tail Whip
Lv.1 - Cotton Spore
Lv.1 - Helping Hand
Lv.1 - Feather Dance
Lv. 5 - Sand Attack
Lv. 9 - Baby-Doll Eyes
Lv.13 - Quick Attack
Lv.17 - Swift
Lv.20 - Wing Attack
Lv.25 - Cotton Guard
Lv.29 - Whirlwind
Lv.33 - Fairy Wind
Lv.37 - Air Cutter
Lv.41 - Last Resort
Lv.45 - Hurricane

MOVES (TUTOR)
Sky Attack
Tailwind
Air Slash

MOVES (TM)
Acrobatics
Aerial Ace
Fly
Defog
Roost
Sky Drop
Rain Dance

MOVES (BREEDING)
Brave Bird
Stockpile
Swallow
Spit Up

Ta-da~! All done! Once again, here’s all the nitty gritty details about the Pokémon I designed. Sort of a pair up with my ghost type (in terms of evolution method). And again, just assume that this Eevee evolution can learn all the same standard Eeveelution moves even though they’re not listed on here. Because that takes too long to type up.

And speaking of, filling in moves for Nepheon here was a lot harder than I initially thought. Flying types don’t have a whole lot of moves, including the damaging ones. I was really surprised at how little there was. Which made me realize the REAL reason while literally ALL the flying type Pokémon are part normal types and how there’s not a SINGLE PURE flying type. It’s because there’s so little to contribute to the flying type side, they have to add another type (more often than not normal type) to at least compensate for STAB (Same Type Attack Bonus). I have solved one of Pokémon’s greatest mysteries! Where’s my Nobel Prize?

But back to the main topic. The second hardest thing here was, again stats. I had to really brainstorm on what exactly I wanted this Pokémon to do in combat. How it would move, attack, defend. Would it be fast; slow? Offensive; defensive? In the end I just cross referenced what flying types were typically used for in competitive and looking at the other Eeveelution stats.

Based on my own experiences, I decided to go for the Rain Dance-Hurricane combo. I’m a big fan of using Weather and Terrain teams and I think having a water type with Surf next to a Nepheon with Water Compaction and Hurricane would be a really cool set. The ability makes up for low defense (especially if you’re gonna be there a while setting up with buffs or debuffs). And the Rain Dance not only powers up Surf but makes sure a heavy hitter like Hurricane hits every single time. Not a bad strategy.

The other half of that was me taking a look at the other Eeveelution stats and I noticed Jolteon was not only high speed, but second high special attack. Ummm... what? I mean, I remember the fact that he was a sweeper, but special attack? I could’ve SWORN that Jolteon was a physical sweeper, not a special like Espeon. If that was indeed the case then not only were Espeon and Jolteon practically the same (minus the types and you flip their top two stats), but also there wasn’t a single physical sweeper with high speed. So given the fact that Nepheon looked the part, I decided to remedy that.

Okay, WOW. I went SUPER full on nerd there. I’ve only just got into competitive play in the last two years and have only just begun tackling the Battle Tree (with a full team of ice types who are TOTALLY killing it, thank you). So that was just a huge geek out. Better stop rambling before I accidentally write a thesis.

So... what do you guys think. Love to hear your thoughts. I got a lot of my ideas for it’s Pokédex entries and behavior from what we as humans do with clouds and how we see them. How we try to imagine what different shapes they are and how some people in the past have used them to tell fortunes such as if they’ll have a good harvest or to predict natural disasters.

Pokémon belongs to Satoshi Tajiri. I only own my fake Pokémon here.

Blank template belongs Trueform. Go check them out. They’ve got tons of templates like this one free to use. Just be sure to credit them.

Link to Template
Link to Blank Template: www.deviantart.com/trueform/ar…

Links to Other Variations
Link to Original: www.deviantart.com/halfafand/a…
Link to Shiny Form: www.deviantart.com/halfafand/a…
Link to Design Sheet: www.deviantart.com/halfafand/a…

Description

Alright! Here’s the bio! Aaannnd... GO!

NAMES
English: Nepheon (from the Greek name ‘Nephele’ which means “Goddess of Clouds”)
Japanese: Kumia/雲ア (from the Japanese word ‘Kumo/雲’ meaning ‘Cloud’)
French: Nuagali (from the word ‘Nuage’, the French word for ‘Cloud’)
Korean: Guleumi/구름이 (from the word ‘Guleum/구름’, the Korean version of ‘Cloud’)
German: Fliega (from the word ‘Fliegend’ which is the German word for ‘Flying’)

BASIC INFO
Name: Nepheon
Classification: The Cloud Pokémon
Type: Flying
Ability: Water Compaction
Hidden Ability: Cloud Nine
Evolution Method: Level up while holding Pretty Wing
Build: Quadruped
Height: 2’08’’/0.6m
Weight: 17.5kg/38.5lbs
Gender Ratio: 87.5% Male/12.5% Female

POKÉDEX ENTRIES
This Pokémon blends into clouds to hide from predators. It also uses them to sculpt cloud shapes to impress potential mates. Humans often in the past have used these shapes to predict the future.

As it drifts through the sky, it’s constantly collecting water vapor. It’s cloud-like collar is softer than cotton.

The more water it absorbs, the denser it becomes. It’s base weight is lighter than a feather.

This Pokémon absorbs water vapor and condenses it into a thick coat to protect itself from severe climates. The cloud collar around its neck gets bigger as it absorbs more water.

DETAILED INFO
Catch Rate: 45 (5.9%)
Egg Group: Field
Hatch Time: 8995 - 9251 steps
Leveling Rate: Medium Fast
Base Friendship: 35
Pokédex Color: Blue
EV Yield: 2 x SPE
Base Experience Yield: 184vt

STATS
HP: 65
Attack: 110
Defense: 60
Special Attack: 65
Special Defense: 95
Speed: 130

MOVES (LEVEL UP)
Lv.1 - Tackle
Lv.1 - Gust
Lv.1 - Tail Whip
Lv.1 - Cotton Spore
Lv.1 - Helping Hand
Lv.1 - Feather Dance
Lv. 5 - Sand Attack
Lv. 9 - Baby-Doll Eyes
Lv.13 - Quick Attack
Lv.17 - Swift
Lv.20 - Wing Attack
Lv.25 - Cotton Guard
Lv.29 - Whirlwind
Lv.33 - Fairy Wind
Lv.37 - Air Cutter
Lv.41 - Last Resort
Lv.45 - Hurricane

MOVES (TUTOR)
Sky Attack
Tailwind
Air Slash

MOVES (TM)
Acrobatics
Aerial Ace
Fly
Defog
Roost
Sky Drop
Rain Dance

MOVES (BREEDING)
Brave Bird
Stockpile
Swallow
Spit Up

Ta-da~! All done! Once again, here’s all the nitty gritty details about the Pokémon I designed. Sort of a pair up with my ghost type (in terms of evolution method). And again, just assume that this Eevee evolution can learn all the same standard Eeveelution moves even though they’re not listed on here. Because that takes too long to type up.

And speaking of, filling in moves for Nepheon here was a lot harder than I initially thought. Flying types don’t have a whole lot of moves, including the damaging ones. I was really surprised at how little there was. Which made me realize the REAL reason while literally ALL the flying type Pokémon are part normal types and how there’s not a SINGLE PURE flying type. It’s because there’s so little to contribute to the flying type side, they have to add another type (more often than not normal type) to at least compensate for STAB (Same Type Attack Bonus). I have solved one of Pokémon’s greatest mysteries! Where’s my Nobel Prize?

But back to the main topic. The second hardest thing here was, again stats. I had to really brainstorm on what exactly I wanted this Pokémon to do in combat. How it would move, attack, defend. Would it be fast; slow? Offensive; defensive? In the end I just cross referenced what flying types were typically used for in competitive and looking at the other Eeveelution stats.

Based on my own experiences, I decided to go for the Rain Dance-Hurricane combo. I’m a big fan of using Weather and Terrain teams and I think having a water type with Surf next to a Nepheon with Water Compaction and Hurricane would be a really cool set. The ability makes up for low defense (especially if you’re gonna be there a while setting up with buffs or debuffs). And the Rain Dance not only powers up Surf but makes sure a heavy hitter like Hurricane hits every single time. Not a bad strategy.

The other half of that was me taking a look at the other Eeveelution stats and I noticed Jolteon was not only high speed, but second high special attack. Ummm... what? I mean, I remember the fact that he was a sweeper, but special attack? I could’ve SWORN that Jolteon was a physical sweeper, not a special like Espeon. If that was indeed the case then not only were Espeon and Jolteon practically the same (minus the types and you flip their top two stats), but also there wasn’t a single physical sweeper with high speed. So given the fact that Nepheon looked the part, I decided to remedy that.

Okay, WOW. I went SUPER full on nerd there. I’ve only just got into competitive play in the last two years and have only just begun tackling the Battle Tree (with a full team of ice types who are TOTALLY killing it, thank you). So that was just a huge geek out. Better stop rambling before I accidentally write a thesis.

So... what do you guys think. Love to hear your thoughts. I got a lot of my ideas for it’s Pokédex entries and behavior from what we as humans do with clouds and how we see them. How we try to imagine what different shapes they are and how some people in the past have used them to tell fortunes such as if they’ll have a good harvest or to predict natural disasters.

Pokémon belongs to Satoshi Tajiri. I only own my fake Pokémon here.

Blank template belongs Trueform. Go check them out. They’ve got tons of templates like this one free to use. Just be sure to credit them.

Link to Template
Link to Blank Template: www.deviantart.com/trueform/ar…

Links to Other Variations
Link to Original: www.deviantart.com/halfafand/a…
Link to Shiny Form: www.deviantart.com/halfafand/a…
Link to Design Sheet: www.deviantart.com/halfafand/a…