Here we are! Christmas eve marking our very first Legendary Pokemon! Eternatus, the Gigantic pokemon. I won’t spoil its significance in the story, but I will spoil what it can do and its abilities! Brace yourself, you’ve been warned!
So let’s begin with lore. I’m gonna make this clear: I am judging these legendaries against other legendaries, otherwise, they would just be nothing but 10 out of 10. Eternatus crashed on earth over 20,000 years ago, and {REALLY BIG SPOILERS} before being {MORE SPOILERS}. It can make pokemon gigantic, referred to as the Dynamax Phenomenon. Pokemon that go through this transformation grow to Godzilla size and become massively more powerful. It also needs to absorb energy to stay active, so it is a threat to our entire civilization. Not the greatest lore compared to most legendaries, but acceptable.
For style, it is a powerhouse. It looks very, very alien, clashing completely with the art style of the games. This is a good thing, as it is an alien, and not a friendly one. It resembles the floating remains of a dragon, although it isn’t undead; that’s just how it looks. It is unique in being the first Poison-type legendary, and the only Poison/Dragon-type pokemon after the purge of the Pokedex in Sword/Shield. It’s ribcage functions as a cannon, allowing it to blast its special move: Dynamax Cannon. But it gets way, way crazier:
Behold the alien horror floating before us, standing at over 391 feet long/tall and weighing so much it is listed as ???.? Ibs, this is Eternamax Eternatus. Now resembling a colossal hand descending from a massive coiled up body surrounding its enlarged, pulsing core, this monster is the most powerful pokemon of all time. With an absolutely colossal 1125 base stat total, it is truly unstoppable. It has zero bad stats. It is good at everything. It was put into this form due to {MORE SPOILERS} and now begins to warp the very fabric of reality just by existing. This form of Eternatus is unfortunately unusable in-game, but it appears only once during Eternatus’s boss battle. I figured I’d just cover the Eternamax form now for convenience’s sake.
For battle prowess, disregard everything I said about Eternamax form because you can’t actually use that form. It is still one of the most powerful pokemon in existence, however. With a base stat total of 690, it is the strongest non-form changed pokemon in the game. It learns a wide variety of moves to help it deal with its arch-nemesis: Steel types. Flamethrower is particularly good at dealing with these. Its trusty Dynamax Cannon can punch a massive hole in any non Fairy type pokemon, and its Eternabeam is the strongest non-suicidal move in the game, able to demolish just about anything save for Faeries, with the catch of not being able to move on the next turn. For those aforementioned Faeries, its Poison-type helps it defeat them easily. It is without question one of the most powerful pokemon out there.
For lore, I’m giving it a 6 out of 10, as what we have is good, but it’s not enough. They’re probably gonna expand on it in the following games, however. For style, it gets an easy 10 out of 10. I thoroughly explained why in the section. For battle prowess, it’s a 9 out of 10, as it is almost completely unbeatable, even among other legendaries. For my personal enjoyment of the pokemon, it gets a 9 out of 10. I absolutely love this pokemon, even if its an alien horror bent on the destruction of life as we know it!
Next pokemon: Deliberd.
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