As Remoraid's evolved form, Octillery was almost entirely red. It was said to be based on an octopus and bore some resemblance to the East Pacific red octopus or the giant Pacific octopus found on Earth. Of course, some also said its appearance and coloring might actually have been inspired by those common octopus-shaped sausages.
In terms of its anatomy, aside from its soft body, Octillery also had a pair of rather vacant-looking eyes and a long, tubular mouth.
As an octopus, it naturally had tentacles, too. Most were clustered toward the rear of its body, with two longer tentacles at the front, and each tentacle had two round, yellow suction cups.
Xia You had often studied the Pokédex in his spare time and had battled this kind of Pokémon before, so he knew that Octillery generally lived behind rocks or in caves on the seabed. It liked burrowing into holes and staying in rocky caves or pots, could shoot ink from its mouth to attack, and would steal nests built by other Pokémon. It had a sturdy, hard head and would wrap its suction-cupped tentacles around opponents to prevent their escape, then repeatedly ram them with its head before delivering a final blow once they could no longer move.
Of course, its most famous feature was the jet-black ink it shot from its mouth, which was enough to obscure an opponent's vision.
This ink was quite potent, but aside from confusing opponents' senses, some people also used it as a cooking ingredient. As for how it tasted, since so few people ate it, Xia You did not know yet.
And although it could also shoot streams of water from its mouth, its appearance was so drastically different that people had long refused to believe it evolved from Remoraid, preferring