The Pokemon Thread

[Alexxx-Returns]

Cant remember if i said but i finally got around to specifically breeding for good natures followed by IV training.
So far my pokemon team is as follows

Mismagius


And thats it, shit takes ages.

The strategy that works best for me is to catch a bunch of Dittos, and name them according to their nature. Add everstone, boom, you don't ever have to worry about natures again. Modest and Adamant get the most, where my teams are concerned.

Modest also happens to have maxed Special Attack, along with other good stats so I can often get away with using the destiny knot if the other Pokemon has good stats too.

 

[SirRob]

Pokebank is out in Japan again, with a patch to prevent a server overload. No date's been announced for international users.
Japan gets everything..!

 

[Stratelier]

I wonder if dual type moves will be a thing now. Like dragon breath will be dragon/fire and hurricane will be flying/water and stuff like that.

I doubt it. And Hurricane is the Flying version of Thunder, it doesn't need a secondary typing (considering we have Hydro Pump for that).

 

[DrDingo]

Pokebank is out in Japan again, with a patch to prevent a server overload. No date's been announced for international users.
Japan gets everything..!

Ah well. The free promotional trial date has been moved to Feb 21st, so it's safe to say we will probably get bank in about a week or maybe even less.

 

[Harbinger]

IV trained my relicanth in attack and defense. Cant remember its nature but it hasnt got a useful ability but its shiny There is a 3DS meet up local to me on the 31st. Im figuring they're gonna be uber poke players like you guys so figured it attempt a team.

 

[DrDingo]

I just used Super Training properly for the first time. It might not be as fast as grinding horde battles, but it's great fun!

 

[Stratelier]

Just bred a 4IV Eevee yesterday. Perfect in HP, Attack, Sp.Atk, and Speed. But I'm trying to breed a Jolteon here....

 

[CaptainCool]

Just bred a 4IV Eevee yesterday. Perfect in HP, Attack, Sp.Atk, and Speed. But I'm trying to breed a Jolteon here....

Well you got the sp.atk and speed right :3 Even with just those two perfect IVs a Jolteon is a freaking powerhouse.
Good choice by the way. Best eeveelution of all freaking time! (Although how is Sylveon shaping up competetively?)

 

[DrDingo]

Well you got the sp.atk and speed right :3 Even with just those two perfect IVs a Jolteon is a freaking powerhouse.
Good choice by the way. Best eeveelution of all freaking time! (Although how is Sylveon shaping up competetively?)

Well, if it's any way of telling- Sylveon did not make it into Smogon's X Y OU Previews list.

 

[Alexxx-Returns]

Sylveon is only okay IMO.

And Jolteon, while it has some amazing power behind it, seems to have a pretty limited attacking movepool. I may train up one of my surplus Eevees and experiment a little, but I think this is the reason I chose Sylveon over Jolteon in the first place.

 

[CaptainCool]

Sylveon is only okay IMO.

And Jolteon, while it has some amazing power behind it, seems to have a pretty limited attacking movepool. I may train up one of my surplus Eevees and experiment a little, but I think this is the reason I chose Sylveon over Jolteon in the first place.

It is limited but useful in my opinion. It's a sweeper afterall. As long as it is fast and has some hard hitting (or annoying) moves everything is fine. The downside is that your opponent pretty much knows how you play your Jolteon after one turn

 

[Alexxx-Returns]

It is limited but useful in my opinion. It's a sweeper afterall. As long as it is fast and has some hard hitting (or annoying) moves everything is fine. The downside is that your opponent pretty much knows how you play your Jolteon after one turn

But with speed and power like that, there's not really a lot they can do about it =D

 

[CaptainCool]

But with speed and power like that, there's not really a lot they can do about it =D

That is true. And if you play it smart you can always pull it back out with something like volt switch.


Edit: By the way, anyone following ProJared's Nuzlocke run in Y? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6tbeYcZIwk
Why is he so bad? ;__;

 

[DrDingo]

Edit: By the way, anyone following ProJared's Nuzlocke run in Y? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6tbeYcZIwk
Why is he so bad? ;__;

Might sound stupid of me, but when it said 'blind', I actually thought it was something to do with impaired vision. Especially since the video's opening line was 'Where am I going?' while running around aimlessly. Ha.

 

[Harbinger]

Anyone got any recommendations for my nooby team?
Was thinking of adding a Garchomp or Aggron, just cause they look so bad ass...

 

[Misomie]

@CaptainCool- I watched a few seconds but he bugged me a bit too much. XD My favorite Nuzlocker (and one of the few I watch regularly) is Patterrz and he just seems to have the worst luck ever.

http://www.youtube.com/user/Patterrz

 

[DrDingo]

Anyone got any recommendations for my nooby team?Was thinking of adding a Garchomp or Aggron, just cause they look so bad ass...

All you need are a bunch of ridiculously overpowered pokemon of different types. Like say, adding Gengar, Metagross, Weavile, and Starmie. Because if they all have the same weakness you'll get ripped apart. Make sure you have good attack type coverage, have a mix of attackers and special attackers, and your nooby team is ready to rack up wins!

 

[Harbinger]

From my extremely limited knowledge i think i already have a good special attacker, the Mismagius, working on getting a Jolly Garchomp now ^_^

 

[SirRob]

I use Sylveon. It's an excellent Pokemon, but I understand if it's not OU. It has Mega Mawile and Azumarill to compete with.

 

[Harbinger]

Whats OU?

 

[SirRob]

Whats OU?

The Overused tier, it's a Smogon term for the most frequently used Pokemon.

 

[Harbinger]

Ahh, yeah heard of those tiers.
Its a local meet up thing so im hoping they wont be fussed with like regulations and stuff and any pokemons allowed. From a bit of reading it sounds like Garchomp is overpowered as fuck.

 

[SirRob]

Garchomp's excellent, but it's not overpowered in comparison to other Pokemon that might be allowed-- Pokemon like Mega Gengar, Mega Kangaskhan and Mega Blaziken. If people have a problem with it, then it's not really fair.

 

[Harbinger]

Should be alright then
Just hatched an adamant gabite, not sure if i should go with that or wait for a jolly one.

 

[Alexxx-Returns]

This may sound like a strange question, but has anyone else ever accidentally bought a fake Pokemon cartridge off the internet (eBay)? I learned recently that my Emerald version was a fake, probably why it couldn't hold a save file for too long.

I was young, about 14 or so, and I was really keen to get my hands on it, get all the starters, etc., and at the time, I didn't think anything of how the cart. looked so different from the old Ruby/Sapphire ones, but I came across a video on Youtube recently that described the fakes.

It played perfectly though, if I remember right. I traded a lot of 'mons over to Ruby, and then to Pearl (they are long gone now though).