LEOPARDESS, (AKA SNOW LEOPARDESS) the Loyal Spotted Pokégirl

LEOPARDESS, (AKA SNOW LEOPARDESS) the Loyal Spotted Pokégirl

Type: Near Human Animorph (leopard)
Element: Ice/Steel
Frequency: Very Rare
Diet: Omnivore, meat preferred
Role: Ambush Striker, Combat
Libido: Average
Strong Vs: Dragon, Flying, Ice, Plant
Weak Vs: Fighting, Fire, Electric
Attacks: Sabre Claw, Hyper Kick, Aurora Punch, Ice Beam, Ice Armor, Sexy Hug, Hummer, Chilled Arousal, Hard Drive, Iron Tail, Metal Claw
Enhancements: Enhanced Endurance (x3), Enhanced Agility (x2), Enhanced Durability (x8), Enhanced Senses (Hearing, Scent, and Sight) (x3) Enhanced Strength (x4)
Evolves: None
Evolves From: Cheetit (crippling injury + recovery + delta bond)

This is a breed that was never seen during the Revenge War. It is unclear if this pokégirl was designed by Sukebe, or if they were one of those accidents that was left as a wildcard. Whatever the case, the existence of the Leopardess was first reported shortly after the War was over. Though at the time it was a curiosity of an evolution, a researcher that studied the pokégirl at that point had reported that she had suffered massive damage to her legs. The damage had been so severe that she could barely move any faster than her tamer, but was still capable of fighting for her tamer. It took another 80 years or so before the trigger for the evolution was finally confirmed. As pokegirl healing devices became more widespread, the Leopardess breed became more and more rare. Still, despite this issue, the breed continues to exist, a testament to the every day troubles and dangers of the world after the Revenge War.

The Leopardess is a hardy breed, if not capable of fighting in the same manner as they once could as a Cheetit. Losing all of her previous 'fast' attack techniques thanks to the injuries that are a part of the breed's evolutionary requirement, this particular pokegirl breed takes up a far different role than the Cheetit was obviously designed to fill. The unfortunate thing for the breed is the fact that the pokégirl does not truly fill a real niche like the Cheetit does, and it is not one of those pokégirl breeds that anyone really attempts to evolve their pokégirl into. There may be a few every year who actually attempt to injure their Cheetit to the point required to try and trigger the evolution, but few retain their patience for a physical rehabilitation, and those that do fail to realize that an actual Delta bond is required to evolve the pokégirl- which can be very difficult to even form, given the average tamer's personalities and attitudes toward pokégirls within any league.

Physically similar to the Cheetit, the Leopardess actually is just a little different. The pokégirl's body fills out more, no longer looking lanky and now looking more womanly, with more curves than they once had. Some members of the breed have an alternate fur color, instead of the golden-yellow fur with black spots, the coloration is white with black spots (this is only visible on ears and tails of the more human looking individuals). These white colored variations are usually called 'Snow Leopardesses' though the pokegirls are the same breed.

One thing that the Leopardess does have that the Cheetit does not, however, is patience. The Leopardess' personality is quite different- instead of always being on the move, this breed instead is far more likely to be seen lazing about, waiting for something to happen or for something interesting to cross their path. Within a harem, the breed is not nearly as lazy, retaining the competitive personality that they were known for as a Cheetit. This typically makes the pokégirl a decent choice for a leadership position, in contrast with the poor choice that they once were. The breed doesn't get along well with Cheetit pokégirls, though they don't try to antagonize those pokégirls. Instead, the Leopardess react by becoming depressed anew, regressing to a state where the pokégirl would have been shortly after learning about her injury that led to her evolution. Empathic pokégirls get along well with the Leopardess as a result, and tend to be a good combination to work with. The breed rather enjoys taking things slowly in many manners, including battle and tamings.

In battle, the Leopardess takes a new route to winning. Using her endurance and agility to outlast her opponent, she also is capable of taking hits quite well while dishing her attacks right back using Iron Tail and Slash attacks. Even with this, however, the breed is usually a better sex battler instead, using her several innate sexual techniques and her endurance to easily bring most of her possible opponents to a quivering mess. However, any time a Cheetit is faced, the Leopardess simply cannot attack. This leads to the Cheetit being a perfect foil to their potential evolution. Wild Leopardess have never been found, and for good reason- going feral for this breed suggests that the pokégirl was somehow abandoned, which is something that would not normally happen thanks to the fact that she and her tamer would be delta bonded in order to trigger her evolution. The few times that a feral has been documented was when she was bred in captivity in ranches, and that gave the reason why the pokégirl is never found in the wild. Like the Elf pokégirls, the Leopardess goes comatose- if other ferals don't get her, then she would die from lack of hydration or starvation. Threshold cases have never been documented, and are simply considered impossible.

One last thing that must be mentioned is that the Leopardess is a loving pokégirl towards her tamer, and extremely protective of him/her. As such, the Leopardess will refuse to be tamed by -any- other tamer than the one that she has bonded with, and to date it has been found that not even a level 5 conditioning cycle will cause her to forget her delta bond. Research continues to try and determine how her immunity to the level 5 cycle is possible, but no answers have been found yet.