"Alright, so which big, burly, musclebound, macho mon you prefer: Machamp or Conkledurr?"

Both these dudes fullfill similar roles: 3 stage pure fighting type trade evo that is the ace of their debut region's respective fighting type specialist who happens to be one of the Elite Four. Their stats are similar somewhat though conk has better physical bulk and slightly higher attack while Champ has higher special defense and slightly higher speed.While I like both I personally prefer conkledurr myself. He's kind of "ugly" with his big nose, grotesque veins and sunken eyes but him using concrete pillars is such a cool way to finish off his line and I really like the progression from a juvenille deliquent construction worker holding a plank of wood to a bad old dude strong enough to swing pillars of concrete with each arm. The "clown nose" isn't that(his line are not strongmen clowns, but construction workers) but moreso based off "gin blossoms" as they're called: swollen puffy noses associated with heavy drinkers due to burst capillaries inside the nose, probably due to construction workers drinking a lot, at least in Japan I guess. The lore about them teaching humans to make concrete is really neat as well. As iconic as Machamp's 4 arms are, I feel like Conkledurr's design while not attractive on the surface has more interesting details and depth put into it.If there is one thing I'd add to conkledurr is maybe giving it a signature move that uses its pillars. Stone Edge only sort of works and it's a shame there really isn't a move that incorporates the pillars themselves as a basis.View Poll via /r/pokemon https://ift.tt/3erSLLH