Pokemon Mounts

POKEMON MOUNTS

Riding certain Pokémon might seem intuitive; Ponyta
are obviously built for it! Others, not so much.

01.Size. If a Pokémon is too small, it wouldn’t make
sense for a trainer to be riding it, when their legs are
dragging on the ground. This could be confusing
for certain species of Pokémon, but a quick look
at the Pokémon’s Level should serve as a hint as to
whether or not the Pokémon is too small for you.
For example, a Ponyta around Level 20 or 25, can
serve as a mount. Ponyta may not be very tall, but it
can support an average sized human considering its
shape and its legs that are built to lift itself with little
burden and quickly move around. However, a newly
born Ponyta should not be able to lift a person. It
would be very tiny. Another example would be an
Onix. Onix could easy serve as an entire party’s
Mount. However, a newly born Onix would not be
able to serve as even one person’s Mount as it would
probably be no longer than a meter. Also consider
that the size listed in the Pokédex is the average size
for a species.

02. Power. If a Pokémon is large, but is as light as a
feather or weak as a twig, it probably cannot carry
your weight and keep itself up as well. This would
be most obvious for a Sky Mount. If the Pokémon’s
level is low, there should be no circumstance
in which the Pokémon would be able to carry your
weight on their body.

03. Equipment. Some Pokémon might not ever be able
to be a Mount, by itself. However, with a couple of
Pokémon, such as a Nidorino and a Nidorina, some
rope to use as reigns, a sled and some training, you
could have a single mount between the two Pokémon.
A school of Magikarp could hold a mattress up and
make a raft. Several creative combinations of tools
and Pokémon could create modes of transportation.