#night lycanroc

[pokemonbiologyirlthetabletop]

Rockruff & Lycanroc (#744, #745)

Rockruff (#744)

Lykanthropos familiaris (Rockruff)

Abilities:

Keen Eye, Vital Spirit, Own Tempo, Steadfast

Rockruffs are a pure rock-type dog Pokémon that average at 1’08 feet tall and weigh 20.3 Ibs. They have in impeccable sense of smell, to the point where they’re known for remembering anything they’ve smelled once.

Habitat: Rockruffs are found in Australia, but like the dingos of our world, were brought there by humanity a long time ago—estimated to be maybe 8,000-9,000 years ago. So, late enough that Tasmania split from the rest of Australia, which is why Rockruffs are not found natively in Tasmania. Unlike the dingos of our real world however, Rockruffs can even be found in the forests of Southeast Australia. But they generally prefer more arid climates.

Life Cycles: Rockruffs have fairly standard lives as a dog Pokémon. They are born between May and August (winter) to litters ranging widely from 1 to 10, but 5 being fairly standard. The pups will stay in their den for the first 3 weeks of their lives, then leave it completely with their parents at around 8 weeks old. These dens are typically under rocks or in abandoned burrows.

Rockruff pups will stay with their parents until around 10 months old, where they will then leave the pack and start their own lives. Rockruffs in particular will form small packs, often sibling packs, for a couple years until they evolve into Lycanroc. While reproduction cannot occur before reaching level 15, they also cannot reproduce until around 2 years of age.

The mating season for Rockruffs and Lycanrocs is between March and June, though individuals in tropical climates can mate at any time of the year, but litters are once per year. Once the mating rituals have completed, eggs will appear in their burrows. The gestation periods for these eggs is 60 to 70 days, and the Rockruff/Lycanroc pair will take turns defending their eggs from egg thieves during that time period.

By and large, the biggest threat to Rockruffs are territorial disputes, giant spider Pokémon, giant snake Pokémon, large bird Pokémon, and stochastic events such as falling from cliffs, wildfires, or mass floodings.  

Behavior: Rockruffs are quite friendly as pups, even making for excellent starter Pokémon for new trainers. Be aware, though, that Rockruffs become increasingly more aggressive as they get older, but to a trainer or its family it will remember the love that is there and continue to be steadfast in its loyalty. The temperament behavior change in Rockruffs can be too much for some trainers to handle, and this leads to many being abandoned by their unfit trainers.

As a show of affection, Rockruffs enjoy rubbing their rocky neck manes against the object of their affection, but this hurts! A lot!

Rockruffs hunt in packs and are very persistent predators, capable of outlasting prey much larger than themselves and wearing them down through running. To train themselves for combat and hunting, Rockruffs will run around a lot, or as humans like to call it “they have the zoomies.” This is an excellent behavior for anyone who wants an energetic Pokémon!

Diet: Rockruffs are carnivores that can eat more omnivorous diets, like rice, pizza, carrots, potato chips (you know, things we feed our dogs and probably shouldn’t) but really, you should be feeding your Rockruff a proper carnivorous diet, or at least suitable Pokémon food. In the wild they eat moderately sized animals like wallabies,  Komalas, and invasive Bunnelbies, Numels, and Mudbrays.

Conservation: Threatened (in the wild), Least Concern (Captivity)

Climate change, habitat loss, and the killing of Rockruffs and Lycanrocs (to prevent livestock deaths) are the biggest reasons that wild populations are declining. This actively includes the massive wildfires that have been decimating Australia over the past several years.

Relationship with Humans: Rockruffs are a common starter Pokémon in Australia. Though they have been introduced into predominately white (read: settler) communities of Aotearoa (New Zealand) and other parts of Tasmania, conservationists require these Rockruffs and Lycanrocs to be spayed/neutered. Unfortunately, this does not stop bad trainers from releasing their Rockruffs/Lycanrocs into the wild, where they do untold amounts of ecological damage on the local ecosystem. Conservationists and local rangers have to work hard to keep feral Rockruffs and Lycanrocs out of the wild and relocate them to more suitable habitats.

Like the dingos of our world, Rockruffs and Lycanrocs are culturally significant to many of the indigenous cultures of Australia.

Classification: The genus Lykanthropos is a believed to share a common ancestor with other dog Pokémon, but it’s uncertain where this connection falls on the family tree. The evolutionary relationship between the different dog clades continues to elude scientists.

Lycanroc (#745)

Lykanthropos lykanthropos dieslapis (Lycanroc- Midday form)

Lykanthropos lykanthropos vesperalapis (Lycanroc- Dusk form)

Lykanthropos lykanthropos noxlapis (Lycanroc- Night form)

Abilities:

Keen Eye, Sand Rush, Steadfast (Midday)

Tough Claws (Dusk)

Keen Eye, Vital Spirit, No Guard (Night)

General Information: Lycanrocs are a pure rock type species with three separate forms depending on the time of day (or, more specifically the amount of sunlight it receives) when it evolves. These three forms, its Midday, Dusk, and Night forms, all weigh the same average of 55.1 pounds, but while the Midday and Dusk forms average at 2’7 feet tall, the Night forms stands on its hind legs like a werewolf and reaches 3’7 feet in height. Importantly, only Rockruffs with Own Tempo as its ability can evolve into Dusk form Lycanroc.

Habitat: Lycanrocs are found in the same environments as Rockruffs, which is all of Australia natively.

Life Cycles: Lycanrocs have the same life cycles as Rockruffs.

Behavior: Once they evolve from a Rockruff, Lycanrocs become independent hunters… well, depending on the form. See, Night form Lycanrocs are nocturnal predators that hunt alone, Midday Lycanrocs also hunt alone and do not form packs as a measure of avoiding conflict, but Dusk form Lycanrocs will form packs with each other. Now, Dusk form Lycanrocs are the rarest of the three forms, but they’re able to find each other during the twilight hours and cooperate. Because of their cooperation, they’re able to take down prey that is significantly larger than themselves, such as Kanghaskhan. This puts them in a different ecological niche from their Midday and Night counterparts, who also have separate niches by being diurnal and nocturnal respectively.

Midday Lycanrocs are even tempered and prefer to avoid conflicts. Nighttime Lycanrocs are voracious and hard-headed who like to tackle their problems head-on, who only respect those they like. Dusk Lycanrocs are largely even tempered, but in combat or in a hunt they become quite vicious, and this dynamic shift in personality often makes them the more temperamental for trainers to work with. However, Dusk Lycanrocs can pack bond, and this is hugely important for household and trainer dynamics. In general, the only time Midday and Nighttime Lycanrocs pair up is for mating and raising Rockruffs… which can last an entire year. It’s not uncommon for some to skip mating cycles so that they have a year alone to themselves before raising another litter, especially in situations where resources are plentiful and pup survival is high.

Diet: Meat. Lycanrocs will hunt moderately sized prey like Diggersby to megafauna like Kangkaskhan. Overall, while Rockruffs eat small to medium sized prey (if they work together) Lycanrocs eat medium to mega-sized prey (if they work together).

Conservation: Threatened (in the wild), Least Concern (Captivity)

Relationship with Humans: Lycanrocs have had a long-shared history with humanity for tens of thousands of years, and it’s believed that werewolf legends derived from ancestral Lycanroc populations when they still thrived on the mainland of Eurasia. Scientists are unsure what caused Eurasian Lycanrocs to die off entirely, but many believe it may have been a combination of factors including humans, climate change, and being outcompeted by other Pokémon. These infringements simply do not exist to the same extent in Australia, where they have been living peacefully for thousands of years now alongside humanity.

Classification: Lycanroc’s three forms each have a subspecies modifier, but the base species Lykanthropos lykanthropos is what defines the genus. Dusk form Lycanrocs are ultimately more likely to mate with other Dusk form Lycanrocs, and this seems to be a case of internal speciation at work via different social patterns, though the effects are quite early in the process and interbreeding remains frequent.

#rockruff #lycanroc #midday lycanroc #dusk lycanroc #night lycanroc #evening lycanroc #nighttime lycanroc #pokemon #pokemon biology #pokemon biology irl #pokemon biology irl tabletop #pokemon biology tabletop #pokemon tabletop #tabletop #ttrpg #pokemon sun and moon #pokemon ultra soon and ultra moon #gen 7 #pokemon gen 7 #gen 7 pokemon #Pokemon Scarlet and Violet #gen 9 pokemon #pokemon gen 9 #New Pokemon Snap

[front-facing-pokemon]

#midnight lycanroc #lycanroc #this one also gets the lycanroc tag just bc this is the first one i think of when i hear “lycanroc” #even though that's not how it is for most folks i bet. i'm just. y'know. a furry #but YEAH they're so smiley fuck yes. night owls officially happier than early birds?? #epic win for night owls everywhere?? #also bonus angle under the cut with the hair bc fuck yes

[softangelstims]

Stimboards of My Favourite Pokemon: Rockruff & Lycanroc!

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#stimboard #my post #stim #pokemon #video games #rockruff #lycanroc #moon #crystals #nature #night #wolf #wolves #blue #brown #pink #dogs #desserts #food #gif

[sanngart]

An idea that's been on my mind for a long time. Drawing an anime duo as a Pokemon Mystery Dungeon team.

Can you guess who these two are and where they're from? What anime duo (or squad) would you PMD-iffy if you could?

#art #my art #skiddo #midnight lycanroc #pokemon #pokemon mystery dungeon #one stormy night #mei #gabu

[tenpoints4andy]

#late night doodle #pokemon #pokemon art #pkmnart #lycanroc #dusk lycanroc

[terminusestfan]

Lycanroc VS Gigantic Rockruff

#pokemon #pokemon go #lycanroc #night #form #rockruff #giant #battle #giant dog #small wolf #lol #funny #moment

[wevelocityteampresents-blog]

I’m confused by the way this and Scarlet handle time cycles.

#pokémon #Pokemon Violet #lycanroc #midnight lycanroc #alola #screenshots #Nintendo Switch #nintendo #Game Freak #Creatures Inc. #You wouldn't believe how surprised I was to see night fall before it was even 6PM

[rarestones-aa]

dusk form lycanroc my beloved

#the supreme form of lycanroc #if u think night form lycanroc is better ur just fundamentally wrong #u could make an argument for midday lycanroc tho #++ 𝔥𝔦𝔧𝔦𝔫𝔨𝔰 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔰𝔥𝔢𝔫𝔞𝔫𝔦𝔤𝔞𝔫𝔰 ( dash commentary ) ++ #++ 𝔟𝔢𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔱𝔯𝔞𝔦𝔫𝔢𝔯 ( ooc ) ++

[ninevoltcolt]

❂ livio and razlo

What Kind of Pokemon Are You?

SEND ME ❂ AND I’LL TELL YOU WHAT POKEMON YOUR MUSE REMINDS ME OF

Livio:

Razlo:

#torn between that and the night lycanroc for Raz #stovthearted #ask #meme response #stovthearted: razlo #stovthearted: livio

[pokemonxhyperfixation]

On a wim I also wanted to do my favorite EoSD character lol

IDK if it's because I like red-heads, because I like her vibes, or what, but Meiling is pretty easily my favorite from touhou 6 (though Patchy and Rumia are pretty close). WARNING, THIS TEAM IS LARGELY VIBES!

Drampa is definatly her ace. Though I admittedly have only really seen Meiling in some fanworks and EoSD, I've noticed people associate her with Dragons (which I haven't seen reason for in what I've seen, but I like it). Drampa being this big cuddly friend of a dragon that's more than willing and able to kill you makes me feel like Drampa is perfect for her.

Sawk (and also Mienshao) are here for sparing, to keep her combat abilities sharp! I feel the more elegant nature of Mienshao makes it a little less fitting, but hey, it could be a gift from Sakuya (who I may or may not ship with her lol). The three are skilled fighters who fight eachother to remain sharp.

Monferno is here because something something monkey king and china. But to be honest, I like the idea that she picked up some orphan chimchar and trained it up to a Monferno herself on the job! It's her deciple!

Hippowdon was almost a Slowbro! Either way, I wanted to give her a Slack Off mon, in reference to her thing of sleeping on the job. I wasn't feeling Slowbro, so I checked the other available options and realized I kinda love Hippowdon for her? IDK why, it just kinda feels right in some weird way. I like the idea of her dozing off with Drampa up against this giant sleeping Hippo monster.

I realized that I wanted her last pokemon to be some guard dog, and after some careful consideration (and by that I mean looking up a list of all dog pokemon) I decided on Lycanroc! For one thing, since it's kinda just a rocky wolf, it has this slightly feral vibe I think Meiling's team could really use. It also helps since Meiling here has a clear fondness for fighting types (like she probably would) and Rock is a natural combo with Fighting due to countering flying! Lycanroc can at least some what cover her when she needs to sleep lol.

#touhou #touhou project #pokemon #hong meiling #I almost gave her a houndoom because scarlet DEVIL mansion but I realized that something else (in this case mid-day lycanroc) felt better. #I can see an arguement for her having a dusk form but there is NO WORLD where I see her having a mid-night form #It just feels so wrong for her

[drama-glob]

why do you think Roxanne Wolf from five nights at freddy's security breach would be a midday form lycanroc?

I think she could be a Midday Lycanroc. :)

#roxanne wolf #fnaf #five nights at freddy's #lycanroc #pokemon #ask me anything

[anime-grimmy-art]

[Spoiler for endgame Pokemon]

First and last time imma put up a spoiler warning for a Pokemon, just so you know.

Anyways! Ive been itching to draw for days but Ive been up and about or doing work all day, so by the time I could draw, I was too exhausted. So I said fuck it today, pushed back my work by a day and went fucking ham.

How could I not, tho? Doggies!!! Pudding!! FLUFFY MOTH BABY!!! I absolutely ADORE Slither Wing, I think it and Clodsire are my 2 fav Pokemon of Gen 9 (and the story specific Kuraidon).

As for the doggo part, I found it funny how Nemona has a dog Pokemon as a lead and Arven as an ace. Even funnier, I accidentally evolved the Night form of Lycanroc, but it makes it funnier somehow. Mari has rival doggos to her rivals xD

Penny is sadly the odd one out of the group 😔

Also, totally don't mind me sneaking in some Nemona/Arven sketch comic.

#pokemon #pokemon scarlet and violet #pokemon scvi #pokemom sv #fanart #sketchdump #oc #nemona #arven #penny #mari #slither wing #clodsire #nemona/arven #nemonaxarven #the slitherwing is named Jeffrey #Fluffy is his nickname #and we all already know the baby that is Pudding the Clodsire

[darksilvania]

Bloodmoon LYCANROC Rock/Dark The Wolf Pokemon Ability: Moon Madness* Dex: "A mysterious LYCANROC that run away from its master during a full moon frenzy, it traveled into a distant land where dark energies triggered a dangerous change. It comes out only during the night, announcing its arrival whith a blood-curling howl, it will hunt and devour anything it finds alone in the dark, be it pokemon or man. It Is specially vicious during full moons.” Moves: -Blood Moon -Stone Edge -Night Slash -Moonlight

*A pokemon hit by this user will have its ability changed to “Moon Madness”, its attack willl rise, but the pokemon will become confused, this confusion cannot be cured

Decided to make a bloodmoon pokemon for my own region, and choose LYCANROC because it made sense, with the whole werewolf theme it has going on. Really proud of how it came out

The Moon Madness ability is basically a werewolf curse, if Bloodmoon LYCANROC bites you or scratches you, you turn into "werewolf", or at least you behave like one

#pokemon #fakemon #fakepokemon #lycanroc #bloodmon #bloodmoon fakemon #bloodmoon pokemon #werewolf #lycanroc midnight #lycanroc midnight form #wolfman #rock type #rock pokemon #rock fakemon #dark pokemon #dark fakemon #dark type

[choco-hyena]

What about going out with a Lycanroc in a beatiful night? (Hugs included) 🌙✨ For @/exscavis, thanks you so much!

#lycanroc #furry art #furry #my art #choco #digitalart #digitalartist #pokemon

[tenpoints4andy]

midnights

#late night doodle #pokemon #pokemon art #pkmnart #lycanroc #midnight lycanroc

[quillpokebiology]

Pokemon Crossbreeds: Gravestone

Gravestone is the name for members of the Lycanroc line who's fathers were Greavard/Houndstone. The breed got its name from Lycanroc's stones now looking like Houndstone's Gravestone. This breed was bred to be guard dogs for churches or other places of worship.

Rockruff

Gravestone Rockruff gain lighter and longer fur, larger paws, and sharper jaws. They mostly stay up at night, making many evolve into Midnight Lycanroc. They also tend to dig holes more, and while wild purebred Rockruff will sleep out on rocks, this breed will dig dens and sleep underground like Greavard.

Lycanroc (Midday)

My personal favorite of this breed. Many people believe that the Gravestone breed can only evolve into Midnight form Lycanroc since Greavard can only evolve at night, but since they're still Rockruff, they can evolve into the Day and Dusk forms. Midday Lycanroc gain black scerla with purple eyes, shaggier and greasier fur, sharper white nails, a jaw and nose similar to Houndstone and, of course, the tombstone-shaped rocks. Out of all of them, Midday Lycanroc gain the most traits from Houndstone bcuz of their already similar colorscheme and biology.

Midnight Form

Midnight form Lycanroc is the most common from the Gravestone breed. They gain a lighter fur color, a longer and bonier tail, white nails, longer fur, and complete glowing purple eyes. They behave the most like Houndstone since they're already nocturnal. This breed can be found in Graveyards, like Houndstone, and are completely loyal to their trainers.

Dusk Form

Dusk Lycanroc gain the tombstones of Houndstone, the matted fur, black scerla, and sharper white nails. While Midday and Midday Lycanroc gain purple eyes, Dusk Lycanroc still had green eyes because of the green light that will appear at Dusk. But they do gain black scerla.

//My designs can be used by anyone!

#rockruff #lycanroc #lycanroc crossbreeds #greavard #houndstone #pokemon crossbreeds #crossbreed pokemon #pokemon biology #rotomblr #pokemon irl #pokeblogging #pokeblog #irl pokemon #pokemon #pokeblr #rotumblr #pkmn irl #pokemon roleplay #irl pkmn #pkmn #pokemon biologist