little victorian boy

sygna suit wally and shiny mega gardevoir

wanted to make it look similar to those official “pokemon trainers” collection illustrations

After training really hard, me and my Pokémon are back stronger than ever! Wally & Gardevoir have trained up to be fierce competition!

Y'know... Just to complete the trio, Wally should also have Iron Valiant. They won't make it but they definitely should~

Sync Pair Retrospective - Sygna Suit Wally

Was anyone else surprised by SS Wally? I sure as hell didn't predict it. Though it was a nice surprise. Shiny Gardevoir is fantastic, and I like Wally well enough to want the best for him. More importantly, I always liked it better when he had Gardevoir. He's a soft boy, and I feel like the decision of Gallade was just to try for the cool boy approach and it's not working. He's baby.

Wally was the first Buddy move we got beyond the anniversary pairs that got to be absurd, and kinda set the stage for what we might be looking at going forward. Specifically, his Buddy move kinda sucks. It's mediocre damage, one use, and only usable after his first sync. That said, Wally was a man of many firsts. Which I think is the real problem. Once again, DeNA over-valuing certain tools that would become commonplace on much stronger threats later on. The first was rebuff, which only applied after his Buddy move was used. Too little too late, really. Wally, despite his absurd special attack stat, wound up being fairly middling as a damage dealer. His sync was good, but the setup a disaster. Devastation is hard to set up generally, and much, much harder for him, given the Buddy move condition. So a lot of Wally relied on his supportive effects.

Which were good! Another first in Fairy Zone, and boosting team speed on entry. Faster access to first sync through Head Start, and to second sync as well, made him particularly valuable. The flexibility of any mega evolution also meant he didn't need to take sync himself, and cemented him as the best partner to Diantha. It was a good showing! Not necessarily in the way people wanted, but Wally did pretty well for himself.

The last first was the 5/5 grid. Loathed as a horrible, greedy practice, I...always kinda rolled with it. The decision seemed obvious; this is not necessary, all the good tools to play as you always have are at 3/5. But 5/5 offers tools that improve, in general, Gauntlet viability. Particularly as far as Solo/Duo clears go, which is something whales do. This was never needed, and to provide examples of this, Wally's 5/5 grid offered...very little. Slight extension of Zone, maybe a Head Start 1 if you want. But nothing exceptional.

And time has been...reasonably kind.

Wally isn't really winning any awards, but he carries a kind of routine consistency to the table. Speed boosting for the team will always find value, and Zone effects are always good. Wally faced competition in this realm from SS Hau and SS Mina, with Hau having only two applications, and Mina getting application on every sync with extension 5. While competition exists, Wally remains the only good one. Mina takes up the support space, and is frankly not that good at her job, but is in particular terrible for Fairy types due to the lack of crit buffing. Meanwhile Hau's focus is Electric-type damage, with his Fairy DPS being surprisingly poor, so his Zone really exists just to push the damage of his Electric-type Buddy move. Despite three Fairy Zone setters, only one claims significant benefit for the Fairy type.

Which makes it all the more embarrassing that Wally does not support the top Fairy well. In his defense, none of the three do, it's an embarrassment for the type. But their current damage champion, NY Lisia, is physical. And none of the three support physical at all. They're all specially oriented. I think this is how they intend to keep people pulling for Diantha. Lisia is stronger in aggregate, but has much weaker team compositions because of the lack of synergy.

Wally has been...good. I hesitate to say great, there are a lot of weaknesses in his kit. But he's a solid option for a Zone setter, there have definitely been worse. I think Wally's problem is really that he was brought in with the idea of supplementing another PokeFair for their eventual 5/5 grid, and as a result his tools are fairly...specifically crafted, and unlikely to immediately contact similar success. The Buddy move in particular just really fucks him up.

Hoenn's most Dazzling Duo ✨

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Transcript

Wally: Pokémon gave me my strength and courage.

Wally: That's why I want to win—for my Pokémon's sake!

Wally: I won't lose to you either, [player name]!

MELANCHOLY WALLY FINALLY CAME HOME LETS GOOO

Tried to get Gloria (Alt 2) first, and ended up with 3 5-star sync pairs I already had. So I tried Sygna Suit Wally's pull instead, and I got him.

— ( ･ั﹏･ั)

when character i like gets to sweep away bangs to show forehead >>>>>>>

Pokemon character doodles

Pokémon ABCfanart challenge:

W for Wally from ORAS, in his sygna suit from Pokémon Masters EX!

He’s a little embarrassed  😊

🙏🙏🙏🙏🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️ SS Wally come home to me 🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🙏🙏🙏🙏

First multi. I’m still pulling to 3/5. He’s tech, and I really want that candy to go to Anni N and SS Steven. We just need one more of you. Please cooperate Walla-…hmm. I was going to jokingly use what I assume is his full name, but there’s already a Wallace in Hoenn. What do we call you, sir? Walliam? Wallard? Wallathan?