He was infatuated.
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He was infatuated.
Stratelier
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I haven't done any G6 battles but I'm pretty sure it works both ways.
One thing interesting about levels is that the raw power of one Pokemon versus another is equal to their level ratio^4. The Attack stats are scaled by level and damage is scaled by level (true - if you have two Pokemon with the same Attack stat but different levels, e.g. Ditto versus non-Ditto, the higher-level one does more damage!), but on the defensive side, total durability (i.e. HP and Defenses) are scaled by level too. E.g. a Lv.20 Pokemon does four times the damage as a Lv.10 Pokemon (and can sustain 4 times the attacks).
So really, a horde of five wild Pokemon at half the level is only 25% more damaging than a single wild Pokemon of the usual level. Yes it's a threat, but it's really the status moves (which aren't scaled by level) that'll screw you over. E.g. five Wingull all using Supersonic on you...
True. In some RPG's level-up boosts are provided from a look-up table and stat-boosting items give you a flat, one-time increase to that stat. Pokemon is not one of those RPG's.
Another funny thing about stats: From an absolute standpoint, you should EV train a Pokemon's Nature-boosted stat because of that extra 10% yield because that gets you the biggest pointwise return; you also want a Nature that emphasizes a strong stat because that also gets you the biggest pointwise return. But from a ratio standpoint, neither of the above matter whatsoever! The Nature boost is 10%, and 10% is 10% regardless of whether it's a strong or weak stat. EVs and IVs on the other hand are not a percentage, so you actually get better percent returns if you use EV's to shore up a weak stat than power up a strong one. Especially if the weak stats are Defense.
Oh, BTW in one of the postgame battles I had my Mega Absol Me First a Dark Pulse on a Mandibuzz. It WRECKED that bird. Turns out that Absol's Mega form cranks his Sp.Atk and Speed up to Zoroark levels of power (though physical Attack is still his best stat by far).
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Misomie
Lazy Artist
Oh man. I'm beginning to love my Noivern more and more. She took a hypnosis and then woke up the very next turn and 2HKOed a Gengar. Then she fought a Honchcrow that tried to stall with protect. So she smacked it with a hurricane and confused it and then she knocked it out the next turn after it hurt itself. Then she went up against a Scrafty and it set up substitute and prepared focus punch. Noire's beautiful ability ignored that substitute and destroyed the Scrafty. A clean sweep in the Battle Maison~
I'm also loving Hurricane more and more. I was originally going to replace it with Draco Meteor but... it's just been so good to me. D: (And lately it's been more accurate than Air Slash. What the heck Air Slash! Stop freaking missing! D:<)
I'm also loving Hurricane more and more. I was originally going to replace it with Draco Meteor but... it's just been so good to me. D: (And lately it's been more accurate than Air Slash. What the heck Air Slash! Stop freaking missing! D:<)
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Stratelier
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WARNING - back alley rumors claim there are more Mega evolutions waiting to be revealed, possibly meaning event Megas!
WARNING - back alley rumors claim there are more Mega evolutions waiting to be revealed, possibly meaning event Megas!
And I thought Latios couldn't look any more stupid than it originally did.
And Groucho Marx in a Devo hat.
And a drag queen in blackface
And her possible husband, a creepy clown with devil's horns.
And the entire alphabet.
Gotta admit, we got some pretty good-looking and awe inspiring and some Pokemon that were pretty gimmicky or that would have been difficult to have taken seriously.
Unown is useless, it knows only one move- Hidden Power and its only purpose is to reward the insane completists who absolutely have to have every Pokemon out there. I got my letter, just to say I did it back in 2001 with Silver and that was it. When I played HeartGold ten years later, I didn't even bother with them because it's a gimmick. You don't really need Unown, the only redeeming characteristic is that the Ruins are one of the most delightfully weird and oddly relaxing places in the entire series. It's hard not to feel like the place is just a little creepy, and yeah I did see the movie about Unown.
I wonder what human versions of the Pokemon we like would actually look like. I have a cowboy Lucario on my profile, which I thought would be appropriate for the headband-wearing Pokemon
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/12117628/
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CaptainCool
Lady of the lake
And rocks:
Balloons:
Living Pokéballs:
Living feces:
And flying magnet things:
I am pretty sure that rumor may be true to some extend though.
SirRob
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There's not really much room for the 'rumor' to be false; it was revealed by a hacker a while back along with the event legendaries. I'm pretty sure it was the only mega that was found.
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So, I tried using my dark team in battle spot to practice. Nnnnnnnnope. Not a winner, this team.
(but still enough to beat Toshabutt)
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So, I tried using my dark team in battle spot to practice. Nnnnnnnnope. Not a winner, this team.
(but still enough to beat Toshabutt)
Judge Spear
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Don't forget a blob Pokemon that turns into...other Pokemon!!!!1
And the Pokemon world, like the inside of a Disney movie, would be a vegetarian's worst nightmare. All the plants they would like to eat would be alive and sentient.
Judge Spear
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...What do they eat in Pokemon's world.
SirRob
Well-Known Member
Mild Lansat berry Stroganoffs, Flare Blitz style.
Alexxx-Returns
The Sergal that Didn't Vore
And her possible husband, a creepy clown with devil's horns.
I always thought that that was weird, creepy hair.
Judge Spear
Well-Known Member
Sounds like a Gordon Ramsay dish. Just say that in your mind in his voice.
This fills me with confidence.
Impish Persim Berries Sludge Wave style.
Slopoke tails and boiled rare bones.
There is a Pokemon food chain and I'm certain Pokemon are used as food by humans as well.
The subservience of Pokemon is remarkable. "I know you use for entertainment by having us fight against each other and we're converted to red-colored energy and made to live in homes the size of baseballs, but you can also eat us, too if you get hungry." It already mentions that FarFetch'd carries that leek with it to help you flavor the meal and you don't think the Miltank Farm north of Olivine is just making money off of selling milk, do you? The people in the Pokemon world have to eat something so they probably eat Pokemon. Makes you wonder if maybe Team Plasma was right. Not wanting to sound like a PETA extremist or anything, but is our treatment of real animals that much better or worse than those living in the fictional Pokemon world.
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