#45: Druddigon

And there we have the first fifth generation Pokémon in my list of favorite Pokémon: Druddigon. Dragon-type Pokémon have been around since the first generation, with the Dratini evolution line strangely enough as the only first generation dragons. I can understand they haven't made Charizard a dragon-type, for it's one of the first starter Pokémon and dragons are quite overpowered, but Gyarados shouldn't have been made part flying-type. Anyway, throughout the five generations there have been strange dragons that don't even look like dragons (Altaria and Vibrava and Flygon, for example), but Druddigon looks more like your average old-fashioned dragon from the bedtime stories than any other dragon-type Pokémon, at least in my opinion (see image below for a picture of a heavily 'real-made' Druddigon; click on it to enlarge it, or drag it to another tab). That's exactly why I like Druddigon: it's so obviously clearly a dragon to see. And it looks vicious, too, although that does not really apply to Druddigon in the video games. It's got good attack, but it is really slow and it often gets hit first. Thankfully it has a good amount of defenses to back it up, so it's definitely capable of taking a hit twice or more. And if the offensive Pokémon uses a physical-based attack, Druddigon's ability Rough Skin triggers, doing damage even before Druddigon gets the chance to attack. A good combination of the right ability (it can also have Sheer Force, not a bad ability either), slow speed and high attack can make for a great Pokémon to add to your team. I've never used it before, but I can understand it's a good Pokémon. It's one of my favourite Pokémon because of its design, though.