FROM THE WORLDWIDE REGISTER

Strandbeest
COMMON · 1 RECORDED WORLDWIDE
"Walks on the breeze with dozens of plastic legs, and still manages to look like it is thinking about it."
First recorded by CountMór, November 2, 2026.
FIELD GUIDE
Skirmisher
Fast, slippery, decent mixed offense · wins by acting first.
STAT TOTAL 270 · COMMON BUDGET 270
| LEVEL | MOVE | TYPE | CLASS | POWER | ACCURACY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L1 | Bump | NEUTRAL | physical | 40 | 100% |
| An artless full-body shove. Everyone starts somewhere. | |||||
| L1 | Hard Stare | NEUTRAL | status | · | 100% |
| A withering look that saps the target's will to fight. · Lowers the foe's Attack | |||||
| L2 | Feather Attack | AVIAN | physical | 60 | 100% |
| A wing swung edge-on. | |||||
| L2 | Cold Start | MACHINE | physical | 40 | 100% |
| Lurches into motion before anyone is ready. Always strikes first. · Priority +1 | |||||
| L3 | Swoop | AVIAN | physical | 60 | 100% |
| A curving dive no feint can shake. Never misses. | |||||
| L7 | Armor Plating | MACHINE | status | · | 100% |
| Bolts on another layer. Defense sharply rises. · Sharply raises the user's Defense | |||||
| L11 | Iron Claw | MINERAL | physical | 50 | 95% |
| A metal-hard rake that hones itself on impact. May raise Attack. · 10% chance to raise the user's Attack | |||||
| L15 | Spiral Peck | AVIAN | physical | 80 | 100% |
| A drilling strike, beak-first, spinning. | |||||
| L18 | Dive-Bomb | AVIAN | physical | 80 | 80% |
| A reckless plunge. Hits hard but can miss. | |||||
| L22 | Wings of War | MINERAL | physical | 70 | 90% |
| Wings edged in metal. May harden the user's guard. · 10% chance to raise the user's Defense | |||||
| L26 | Draw a Blank | AVIAN | status | · | 100% |
| Forgets what fear was for. Sp. Def sharply rises. · Sharply raises the user's Sp. Def | |||||
| L30 | Thunderhead | AVIAN | special | 120 | 70% |
| Calls the whole storm cloud down. May paralyze. · 30% chance to inflict paralysis on the foe | |||||
Every species draws its own learnset from its type. A specimen learns these as it levels.
FIELD MATCHUPS
A two-typed creature strikes with both of its types and weighs both when struck, so its ledger runs longer or shorter than most.
THE LEDGER
1 NATURALIST HOLDS ONE · 1 THIS WEEK
First recorded November 2, 2026. Latest November 2, 2026.
Develops per week, the last twelve weeks. The register began keeping records in July 2026.
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