FROM THE WORLDWIDE REGISTER

Surveyor's String Line
MACHINE
COMMON · 1 RECORDED WORLDWIDE
"Stretched tight across disturbed earth, marking where something is about to change."
First recorded by Armen, July 18, 2026.
SPECIMENS ON FILE
2 plates on file. Every one is a player's photograph.
FIELD GUIDE
All-Rounder
No weakness, no specialty · dependable in any matchup.
HP
52
Attack
46
Defense
43
Sp. Atk
43
Sp. Def
43
Speed
43
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 | Cold Start | MACHINE | physical | 40 | 100% |
| Lurches into motion before anyone is ready. Always strikes first. · Priority +1 | |||||
| L3 | Gear Bite | MACHINE | physical | 50 | 95% |
| Toothed wheels catch and pull. May tighten the user’s Attack. · 10% chance to raise the user's Attack | |||||
| L5 | Wrench Whack | MACHINE | physical | 60 | 100% |
| The universal fix, applied with feeling. | |||||
| L7 | Ratchet Up | MACHINE | status | · | 100% |
| Click by click, tighter and meaner. Raises Attack. · Raises the user's Attack | |||||
| L9 | Armor Plating | MACHINE | status | · | 100% |
| Bolts on another layer. Defense sharply rises. · Sharply raises the user's Defense | |||||
| L11 | Lalala | NEUTRAL | status | · | 55% |
| An innocent little tune. Listeners drift off mid-verse. · Inflicts sleep on the foe | |||||
| L12 | Sawblade Toss | MACHINE | special | 80 | 95% |
| A spinning disc with a bad attitude. May make the target flinch. · 10% flinch chance | |||||
| L14 | 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 | |||||
| L16 | Scowl | NEUTRAL | status | · | 90% |
| A look so grim the target forgets to hurry. Speed harshly falls. · Sharply lowers the foe's Speed | |||||
| L18 | Boiler Burst | MACHINE | special | 95 | 90% |
| The gauge was lying. May burn. · 20% chance to inflict burn on the foe | |||||
Every species draws its own learnset from its type. A specimen learns these as it levels.
FIELD MATCHUPS
THE LEDGER
1 NATURALIST HOLDS ONE
First recorded July 18, 2026. Latest July 18, 2026.
Develops per week, the last twelve weeks. The register began keeping records in July 2026.
MORE MACHINE PLATES
Every species in the register began as somebody's photograph. Something out there is still unrecorded.
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