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Today’s Question: QotD: Youre a daring member of Team Rocket trying to get away with a poke-bank heist. You need a critical thinking mastermind, an intimidating persuader, a lock picker, and a get-away driver. Which Pokemon fit the role to succeed? (this was a suggested question)
Alakazam is the mastermind, Tyranitar is the muscle, grafaiai is the lock expert, revaroom is the getaway, also a mareep for disguises and distraction.
Cacturne: Former military, weapons designer, highly intelligent, considered dangerous by the FBI, on Interpol’s secret watch list
Magcargo: Former military, expert driver, served in the same SFOD as Cacturne, divorced, arrested multiple times for drunk driving and affray
Sableye: Locksmith by trade, suspected involvement in one of the biggest diamond heists of the 21st century, suspected involvement in at least two assassinations in South Africa, considered a lone wolf by Homeland and the NSA
Electrode: Bodyguard turned hitman, Magcargo’s second cousin, connections to La Cosa Nostra, known for using electrocution as a mob interrogator for hire, acquitted for the murder of two IRS officials, banned from entering Panama
I’m still quite shaken about the playtest saga but i’m desperately trying to get back in my collecting routines and i’m still determined to answer every qotd. As the poke-bank heist is precise work i want zero unexpected things to happen so i would keep the crew in minimum and only choose the trusted and faithful muk for the job, and it truly is the perfect fit:
Living mainly in sewers and team rocket grunt line-ups muk has probably been in every criminal and shady meeting you can imagine and is a self-taught mastermind to form any crime needed.
With that smell you don’t need words to persuade anyone, they will do anything just to get that reek further from them.
With harden learned slime can fill every keyhole and then solidify to make a perfect lock picker.
And no need for a get-away car. Have you seen the gifs where muk greets Ash again after not seeing him for ages. I would just hop on the back on muk and let it run since that thing is fast
I feel like Alakazam is the clear pick for mastermind, but Slowking would be my backup choice.
Giratina seems pretty persuasive! If legendary/mythical Pokemon aren’t allowed, give me Tyranitar.
Lock picker: Klefki
Getaway driver: Part of me wants to say Mr. Mime, but I feel like that would be a hilarious failure when it brings a fake car! So my real answer would be Speed Forme Deoxys or Garchomp if legendary/mythical Pokemon aren’t allowed.
Intimidating Persuader: Machamp, tall and four muscular arms. Onix/Steelix were also a consideration, but they’re a bit too big for a bank heist. Darkrai is also intimidating by nature and an option.
Lock pick: Klefki. I know the keys on its body are random, but I’m just gonna pretend they’re all master keys for every situation.
Getaway: Abra. Why drive, when you can just teleport away.
On the flip side, assuming I was recruited into the Team Rocket gang at a young age and later wanted a way out by failing so hard at this mission that they’d have no choice but to let me go based on pure stupidity, my team would be:
A few others have noted klefki, seems like a good choice. I’ll try and buck some trends
I’m gonna switch out alakazam to spot 2. A porygon 2 will be my mastermind. It’s a (super?)computer. Z has stability issues they say make it impossible for use with research
And ima say a spoon bending genius is an intimidating choice who is also persuasive. Like being caught in a political intrigue show with the “chessmaster” type. That type of intimidating.
I’d use magcargo to melt the lock. Maybe that’s cheating.
I’d use meowth with a booster seat and pedal extenders cuz speaking with my getaway driver seems important
Perhaps not my first choices, but after mulling it over, I think this could work:
Mastermind: Pecharunt. Perhaps not the brainiest itself, but a little bit of mochi could persuade a litany of brainier mons to selflessly help without compensation.
Muscle: Okidogi. This one I think is pretty self explanatory.
Locksmith: Munkidori. If it is unable to pick/ steal the lock itself, it’ll simply force an employee to open the vault.
Get-away: Fezandipity. It’ll seduce any law enforcement to leave us be. Plus, I’m sure we’ll have a glamorous escape vehicle with it at the driver’s seat.
