Pokemon players for years have created their own versions of the Pokemon they can capture in the games. Through complete redesigns and combinations known as fusions, these creative fans end up creating impressive new looks. In the latest fan-made fusion, one Pokemon player combined Umbreon and Luxray.
Fusions date back to the first generation of Pokemon, with players combining those designs to make new, non-canon Pokemon. For this fusion though, Luxray is an Electric-type Pokemon from the fourth generation in the franchise, and it is the final evolution for Shinx. Umbreon is a Dark-type Pokemon from the second generation, and it evolves from Eevee under special circumstances.
This fusion comes from u/HoundoomKaboom and their creation would be an impressive and historic addition to the Pokemon universe. In their post, they share the two original Pokemon in the top right section of the image while their combination stands center stage. The way this fusion breaks down is that it mostly takes on the shape of Luxray with some additional features added from Umbreon. Luxray’s head shape, spikes, and star-tipped tail all dominate the new creature’s look while Umbreon adds its coloring and accents. Umbreon and Luxray together produce a black and gold creature on all fours and with golden rings around its tail. It isn't clear exactly what program was used to create this fusion, but whichever was used, the resulting creation has enough to make the ingredient Pokemon identifiable.
This fusion takes two strong designs and creates something that emphasizes the best of both. The resulting creature would likely feature a dual-typing of Dark and Electric, joining the only other Pokemon in this group: Morpeko. This combination means that Electric, Flying, Ghost, Steel, and Dark attacks are much less effective against this fusion creation.
While fan-made fusions are likely never to become part of the canon, they are great exercises in creativity. These creations help show what different variations of Pokemon could look like and show dual types that aren’t that common in the Pokemon franchise. Unfortunately, setting up a system within a game where different species could produce fusions would be a tremendous amount of work and fusions will likely always remain strictly fan-made.
Then again, with the introduction of regional variants, the Pokemon universe has a lot of room for design creativity. In a franchise where Sandslash has an Ice/Steel Alolan variant, fusions such as this don’t seem entirely unrealistic. Either way, this player did a great job showing what Luxray and Umbreon would look like combined.