Best-Looking Pseudo-Legendary (Poll)

[Talon87]

Using Bulbapedia's definition of a "pseudo-legendary" Pokémon, there are seven fully-evolved Pokémon which qualify:

1. Dragonite
2. Tyranitar
3. Salamence
4. Metagross
5. Garchomp
6. Hydreigon
7. Goodra

I would like you to rank these seven fully-evolved creatures from most aesthetically appealing to least aesthetically appealing. Please avoid ties and assign each creature a unique ranking number, with 1 representing the most visually appealing and 7 representing the least visually appealing.

Please vote honestly, not strategically. The goal is to allow people to vote for their genuine favorites without worrying about trying to vote strategically to ensure some particular type does not win. As a result, we will be using the Schulze method via this site to properly assess a winner.

Note: this poll is only concerned with aesthetic appeal. Do not vote based on your overall personal preferences (accounting for such factors as competitive viability, how fun it is to use in the video games, how fun it is to use in the ASB or Fizzy Bubbles, how much you love its typing, etc). Try to vote purely based on looks alone. You might dislike one Pokémon more than another but still think it looks better. In such cases, the Pokémon that you think looks better should be ranked more favorably (i.e. should have a lower number, with 1 = best and 7 = worst).

[Deebs]

1. Salamence
2. Hydreigon
3. Dragonite
4. Metagross
5. Tyranitar
6. Garchomp
7. Goodra

[Cloneblazer12]

1 Garchomp
2 Metagross
3 Hydreigon
4 Tyranitar
5 Salamence
6 Dragonite
7 Goodra

[PikaGod]

1. Hydreigon
2. Goodra
3. Tyranitar
4. Salamence
5. Metagross
6. Dragonite
7. Garchomp

[KamenAeons]

1. Metagross
2. Tyranitar
3. Garchomp
4. Hydreigon
5. Dragonite
6. Salamence
7. Goodra

They're all really close in terms of ranking though.

EDIT: If you were seeking cuteness = awesomeness
1. Goodra
2. Dragonite
3. Salamence
4. Tyranitar
5. Metagross
6. Garchomp
7. Hydreigon

[Chiko]

1. Salamence
2. Metagross
3. Tyranitar
4. Goodra
5. Hydreigon
6. Dragonite
7. Garchomp


EDIT: I keep changing my mind about this. ._.

[Rangeet]

1. Tyranitar
2. Salamence
3. Hydreigon
4. Metagross
5. Garchomp
6. Dragonite
7. Goodra

Explanations-
1) Tyranitar is just all-round hugely scary. It's a huge, spiky thing that looks like a T-rex. Most badass looking pseudo-legend.
2) Salamence is basically what everyone imagined a dragon looked like as a kid, except much much smaller. It's extremely intimidating.
3) Hydreigon would be #1 no contest if its design was just slightly tweaked a little, because as it is, they're trying too hard. You can easily see that it's the most scary pokemon. Three rampaging heads, six wings, demonic looks...but it almost loops around scary and enters funny territory.
4) Metagross screams tank everywhere. That X on its face puts it above Garchomp.
5) Garchomp is a land shark. The concept is overused, but it's still pretty awesome.
6) Dragonite is not intimidating enough. What kind of dragon has a non-scary smile on its face? Ugh.
7) Goodra is a pile of goo.

[dirkac]

1. Goodra (Oh, god this is adorable)
2. Metagross
3. Garchomp
4. Hydreigon
5. Salamence
6. Tyranitar
7. Dragonite

[Torkoal Stu]

1. Garchomp
2. Tyranitar
3. Dragonite
4. Salamence
5. Metagross
6. Hydreigon
7. Goodra

[Celebii151]

1. Salamence
2. Goodra
3. Garchomp
4. Tyranitar
5. Metagross
6. Hydreigon
7. Dragonite

[AshsBabyLapras]

1. Goodra (you and me, dirkac, you and me...)
2. Dragonite
3. Tyranitar
4. Salamence
5. Garchomp
6. Hydreigon
7. Metagross

[Escalion]

Regular
1. Tyranitar
2. Metagross
3. Dragonite
4. Goodra
5. Garchomp
6. Salamence
7. Hydreigon

Why?
1. Huge, spiky and powerful monster, complete badass and one of my all time favorites because of it.
2. Looks awesome and powerful and yeah that big X is a plus.
3. It's cute and of the Dragons in here it looks most like what I consider a dragon, but a cute version of it really XD
4. It has something cute over it, which I like.
5. It's cool and I like the mixed look of shark and dragon, but I dunno, I'm kinda indifferent about it otherwise.
6. Would be much better looking if had decent looking wings and wouldn't be so fat. A failed attempt at something that could have looked so cool.
7. What Rangeet says, they're overdoing it with the design. And those head-hands drop it to here.

And because why not
Shiny
1. Metagross (it's has big golden X on a silver body, what else would it need XD)
2. Tyranitar
3. Goodra
4. Garchomp
-huge dislikes below- (What it is with that AWFUL green >_<)
5. Hydreigon
6. Dragonite
7. Salamance

[phoopes]

1. Dragonite
2. Tyranitar
3. Goodra
4. Garchomp
5. Hydreigon
6. Metagross
7. Salamence

Ugh I love them all and feel bad for putting Salamence last but I have to.

[rotomotorz]

1. Garchomp
2. Metagross
3. Goodra
4. Hydreigon
5. Salamence
6. Dragonite
7. Tyranitar

Ugh Garchomp and Metagross are so flipping cool I had a hard time choosing the best one. But Tyranitar can go die in a fire

[DaveTheFishGuy]

1. Goodra
2. Tyranitar
3. Dragonite
4. Metagross
5. Salamence
6. Garchomp
7. Hydreigon

[Red Panda]

1. Tyranitar
2. Dragonite
3. Metagross
4. Salamence
5. Hydreigon
6. Goodra
7. Garchomp

[OkikuMew]

1. Dragonite
2. Goodra
3. Salamence
4. Metagross
5. Hydreigon
6. Tyranitar
7. Garchomp

Reasons:

1. I always thought Dragonite was so darn cool. In times that you see "realistic" (as far as it can go anyway XD) and scary dragons everywhere, it's so dam refreshing and fun to see a friendly fairy tale-like dragon instead It just screams "ride on my back, we'll see the world! :3" to me ^^
2. Same as Dragonite, minus the flying part since it doesn't have any wings. And it would be a bit uncomfortable to ride on him with all the goo, also ^^; Otherwise, it's just adorable :3 I find the whole "goo" thing original, too!
3. I know I like it less than the top 2, but it's hard for me to describe why I like it more than the other 4. Could it be its sweet and badass wings? It must be because of its sweet and badass wings.
4. It just screams "I fall, everyone dies" XD But I dunno, I think that big fat X on his face turns me off.
5. 3-headed dragon who seems to want to eat you at any time? Sure, why not! But like many have said already, it seems like GameFreak just took so many things and just glue them all together to force it to look awesome. Which ironically makes it look less awesome than they were trying to do ^^; Also, wtf 6 small wings? I don't think you can fly with that... Then again all the dragons probably don't have wings big enough to realistically fly X)
6. It looks cool, but... I dunno, it looks like his design is way too simple. It feels like it could've been better ^^;
7. WHAT IS THIS I DON'T EVEN. I never really saw the point/idea behind its design. Is it supposed to be some kind of bat with claws on its arms/wings to climb? Some messed up dragon with some kinds of torpedoes on its head? Not to mention it feels like it needs more muscle or fat on it, poor skinny thing. But yeah, its design is a big wtf to me.

[Lil'twick]

1) Goodra
2) Metagross
3) Tyranitar
4) Salamence
5) Hydreigon
6) Garchomp
7) Dragonite

Reasonings

1) It's an adorable special tank that can murder most special attackers :3 Seriously, it was an amorphous blob. And amorphous blobs are adorable.
2) METAGROSS IS A FUCKING BAMF. Enough said. I mean, it's a super computer with a gigantic X on it's face. It just screams cool.
3) T-Tar has always been a favorite of mine. It's cool and pretty versatile. Not to mention it looks like Godzilla, and Godzilla is awesome.
4) Salamance is pretty damned cool. It actually looks like a dragon too ^^
5) Hydreigon's pretty alright. Though nothing too special, even if it might be a tad bit over designed.
6) Lol Garchomp isn't that appealing to me. Sure it's a Landshark but meh...
7) Dragonite deserves to burn in hell and fuck you too Multiscale. Besides it's just too yellow and ughly. Ugh, seriously, I wish they kept it in line with Dragonair

[Amras.MG]

1. Dragonite
2. Goodra
3. Tyranitar
4. Metagross
5. Salamence
6. Garchomp
7. Hydreigon

[Talon87]

1. Metagross
2. Salamence
3. Hydreigon
4. Tyranitar
5. Dragonite
6. Goodra
7. Garchomp

[Char]

1. Dragonite
2. Tyranitar
3. Metagross
4. Hydreigon
5. Garchomp
6. Salamence
7. Goodra

[Slash]

1. Goodra
2. Salamence
3. Metagross
4. Hydreigon
5. Dragonite
6. Garchomp
7. Tyranitar

[DaveTheFishGuy]

Man, Goodra is really hit-or-miss, huh.

[Slash]

Love it or die hate it.

[Talon87]

Originally Posted by DaveTheFishGuy

Man, Goodra is really hit-or-miss, huh.

I don't want to bias people's voting, particularly since the newer members seem inclined to take polls like this too seriously and some members keep editing their votes. But since you bring up Goodra and it's not like I can hide this, I'll go ahead and share that ...

(Please don't read if you haven't voted yet. Please don't edit your ballot after reading this.)

Spoiler: show

As of when I tallied votes for a preliminary analysis (which was between my vote and Char's vote), Goodra was in a Paper Rock Scissors-style tie with two other Pokémon for first place. The idea was basically:

• most voters prefer Goodra to B
• most voters prefer B to C
• most voters prefer C to Goodra

It just so happened that C (the thing which beats Goodra in the ratings) loses to four of the six other Pokémon. So when you do the Schulze analysis, it becomes a two-way face-off between Goodra and B. The way the site breaks such face-offs appears to be by randomly choosing someone's ballot and seeing how they ranked A relative to B. And so since the person the site picked had ranked Goodra ahead of B, Goodra was actually crowned the Schulze winner of the preliminary analysis.

But yeah, the Pokémon that Goodra beat, it just so happens that 10 of the 19 voters put Goodra ahead of it while 9 put B ahead of Goodra. So you can appreciate just how split people are even when you examine that specific face-off. (Reminder: the site didn't determine the winner this way but instead, apparently, by random selection of a ballot.)