they need to do something with ledian. its just so damn weak...

Ace Trainer, let's see;

Banshriek I like except for the ability but then again it's SPE, not one of the other more battle changing stats so okay & also, I see someone knows about Guilty Gear (paracelsus) ...

Banequin I like except the ability & actually also the attack, ability cause, +2 stages? & the attack because -2 stages? Why not have it have a deadly high chance to decrease it by 1 stage simular to Charge Beam? I have spoken...

I don't know what Guilty Gear is... o.O

As for Banequin, I think your suggestion would work. And now that I think about it, I think it would be better if evasion is reduced instead?

Thanks for your comments.

Pre-evolutions:
Absol
Doduo (one head!!! and even dumber!!!)
Kangaskhan

Evolutions:
Kecleon
Castform
Scizor
Houndoom
Arbok
Muk

Alternate Evos:
Munchlax (he underwent a therapy for eating too much or something and is now super skinny lol)
The Nidoran family should have a middle evo that can be male/female (though it would take the point out of it)
Scyther (can be interchanged with Scizor above)

As you may be able to tell, i'm not really thinking with any strategy here, just in terms of what could look cool I'll think of more later and edit.

i agree with the prevos and evo of kecleon and castform but scizor, houndoom, arbok, and muk dont need evos. besides, how would muk even evolve? it would be an even bigger pile of sh*t? that shoud be a topic haha

As you may be able to tell, i'm not really thinking with any strategy here, just in terms of what could look cool I'll think of more later and edit.

{banette} to have a branched evolution.

A female holding a (new item) Skeleton Key will evolve into a Banshriek.

It looks like a banshee with Banette's mouth unzipped (due to the key). Instead of having only one hair-like ribbon like Banette's, it will have plenty to indicate it being a female. The end of its hair will have locks like that of Banette's tail.

It has high Speed, high Attack and high Special Attack. Its ability will be Shadow Weave, which increases Speed two levels when in dark places or at night (or during Night Fall/Pitch Black as suggested by Ajit(?)).

Signature move will be Shadow Wail, with 60 base damage and has a chance to reduce enemy's Def and Sp. Def.

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A male holding a (new item) Ghastly Lock will evolve into a Banequin.

It is a haunted manequin, and looks a bit like a harlequin. Its mouth is not just unzipped, it has chains locking it. Instead of having long hair, Banette's spikes will be more prominent, with its single hair ending like that of Banshriek's many locks.

It has high HP, high Defense and high Special Defense. Its ability will be Shadow Guard which increases Defense two levels in dark places or at night (or during Night Fall/Pitch Black).

Signature move will be Shadow Bind, with 60 base damage and may reduce foe's speed by two levels.

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Take that, !!

Or you can just drop the metiocre idea of making it so clear it's a Ghost Type attack & just simply drop the "Shadow" part of the name & have it just be called "Wail"...

Hm!
This is a good idea!

Also, did I mention how much I love both the ideas equally?
I think I'm more partial to the mannequin, simply because it furthers the 'doll' / 'inanimate object' theme and it doesn't tred too far into Mismagius's domain,
but Banshriek is fantabulous as well.

@spoinkable, I used to think was the banshee, but when came, their line now looked more like witches. So instead of giving Banshriek to their line, I thought it would be better if it went to the family.

I was thinking of a Mislificus as a third stage evo for misdreavus.

Oh yeah, I guess they are more of a witch family.
Hah, my bad.
I think a third evo for the Misses would be great, as well.

c) translating into english right now