Annihilape

It looks like a monkey covered in fur, but its body is no longer limited by flesh. The fury Primeape built up overflowed its physical form and gave way to a spirit capable of striking with a force that terrifies its opponent to the very core. Its grey fur rises as if it were evaporating, while the prominent veins on its face and red eyes show a rage that evolution has not calmed.

Its design retains the simian features of Mankey and Primeape, while adding broken shackles, a ghostly silhouette and an arm that can grow larger. The change from Fighting to Fighting and Ghost expresses that its anger is no longer a bodily emotion. It also explains why its blows are linked to the energy of its spirit.

It occupies the final position in its evolutionary line. It appears after Primeape, weighs 56 kg and reaches 1.2 m in height. In battle, it learns Shadow Punch from level 0 and Rage Fist from level 35, the move that defines its transformation.

It makes sense in battle thanks to its mix of durability, physical power and access to Rage Fist. Its base stats are 110 HP, 115 Attack, 80 Defense, 50 Special Attack, 90 Special Defense and 90 Speed, for a total of 535. The spread makes its role clear: it takes hits reasonably well and hits from the physical side, but it does not stand out for speed or Special Attack.

The ability that most affects how it is used is Defiant, which raises its Attack when the opponent lowers its stats. Vital Spirit prevents it from falling asleep and Inner Focus prevents flinching, but both have a more specific impact. Fighting and Ghost provide two useful STAB types: Fighting pressures Normal, Ice, Rock, Dark and Steel, while Ghost hits Psychic and Ghost. Defensively, it is immune to Normal and Fighting, and resists Bug, Rock and Poison; in return, it is weak to Flying, Psychic, Ghost and Fairy.

Rage Fist starts at 50 power and increases every time it is hit by an attack, so it punishes opponents that try to take it down by attacking it. Bulk Up improves Attack and Defense, while Drain Punch provides both damage and recovery. It also has Taunt, Protect, Substitute and Rest to extend its useful turns.

It is not an automatic choice: it needs to take attacks for Rage Fist to reach its ceiling, and its Speed allows faster threats to pressure it first. In the early competitive metagames of Scarlet and Violet, it influenced team preparation and was the subject of a suspect test in one-on-one singles. In a standard game, it works best when it comes in on an attack it resists, forces switches and uses those turns to build power or use Bulk Up.

It shares the Field Egg Group and has a gender ratio of 50% female. Its eggs need 20 cycles to hatch, equivalent to approximately 5355 steps using the formula (20+1)×255. The offspring receives the move appropriate to the species that hatches; here, there is no list of Egg Moves to add to its training.

Its catch rate is 45, so obtaining it directly is difficult, and it is worth setting aside suitable Poké Balls or weakening it carefully. It can also be obtained by following its evolutionary line: Mankey evolves into Primeape upon reaching level 28, and Primeape reaches its final stage after using Rage Fist repeatedly and levelling up. The condition requires using up the move’s PP before levelling up; it is not enough for Primeape to have learned it.

The line does not depend on a specific habitat for breeding. The grey colour and humanoid shape describe its appearance, not an additional restriction on breeding specimens.