Simple Eeveelution Crest Ideas

[ty_taurus]

Just some more casual theorycrafting on ideas to offer the eeveelutions. From my experience, a lot of them can really struggle at times, and both Leafeon and Glaceon really like their own crests, so I wanted to think up a few ideas for what the others might look like. This is the result:

 

Vaporeon Crest:

- Activates Aqua Ring & Haze effects on switch-in

Notes: Vaporeon's pretty decent as a bulky Water-Type with lots of HP to heal herself or her allies with Wish which is great. Aqua Ring basically acts as a pseudo Leftovers while resetting all stat changes can make her a great option to deny enemies the chance to really set up on you.

 

Flareon Crest:

- All special moves become physical moves

Notes: Flareon has always struggled the most--arguably even more than Leafeon and Glaceon have. Her emphasis on physical attacks has really limited her options in battle since day 1 in Pokemon. Making all her attacks physical not only opens up more coverage options like Shadow Ball and Hidden Power, but also enables a lot more options with Fire attacks Flareon normally overlooks, like Lava Plume, or more prominently, Overheat that no longer depreciates in damage. It can be really powerful, but Flareon will still need to overcome her low speed.

 

Jolteon Crest:

- Blocks priority attacks

Notes: Jolteon is the best sweeper among the eeveelutions, but his fragility can still make him easy to take down. Jolteon benefits from really high speed though and will almost always get the first hit in. Protecting Jolteon from Priority can help in the long run in keeping him safe from things like Sucker Punch that can end him very quickly.

 

Espeon Crest:

- STAB/Resistance for Ghost type

Notes: Espeon can have a much tougher time than Jolteon as a sweeper. Dark and Ghost type coverage is far more prominent than Ground, and her lower speed can sometimes mean very dangerous enemies can often get the one-up on her. Eliminating Ghost as a weakness immediately helps against Shadow Sneak opponents, and the added damage on Shadow Ball suddenly makes her matchups against enemies that resist Psychic but not Ghost much safer, like Steel types.

 

Umbreon Crest:

- Toxic Orb + Poison Heal effect

Notes: Admittedly this one might be a bit intense, however, I also feel like Poison Heal really should've been Umbreon's hidden ability given his history as almost being a Poison-Type and having Pokedex entries about sweating poison. It would make Umbreon such a bulky, hard-to-kill tank, which could also be points against the idea. That said, I'd definitely like to see it in practice.

 

Sylveon Crest:

- All physical moves become special

Notes: Sylveon is pretty commonly agreed upon to be the strongest of the eeveelutions, or least one of the strongest, so there's not a huge reason to want to boost Sylveon even further. That said, I think there's some room to add a more tame crest, and while the effect is similar to the Flareon Crest suggestion, I don't believe Sylveon has access to any physical moves that would be quite as powerful as the Overheat combo. Instead, I think this just opens Sylveon up to using Pixilate more flexibly rather than just relegating it to Hyper Voice alone. Body Slam, Retaliate, and Facade all become alternative options that don't hit as hard at face value, but bring different niches that I think is something that would be nice to see more of on Pixilate/Refrigerate/Galvanize Pokemon.

[ABoringGuy]

I would say for Flareon it would kinda be better if special moves were to scale with Attack stat rather then being Physical attack. That way it could take care of both special and physical tanks. Like Typhlosion creast but for physical attacker.

[Cyphre]

I think a lot of Eevelutions are powerful enough pokemon, and Leafeon and Glaceon already got their crests, Flareon will probably have one too. Vaporeon, Espeon, Sylveon and Umbreon really dont need a boost, being a considerably powerful pokemon already that are easy to use. 

There are so many weaker pokemon that need crests to be remotely viable, like Aurorus, Kricketune, Delibird, Plusle and Minun e.t.c.