The Pokemon Thread

[yell0w_f0x]

Yeah, Trick Room's a big strategy. But not as big as Thunder Wave spam, apparently..! [noparse] [/noparse]

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Okay, that last match was just so stupidly ridiculous, although it was my fault for screwing up the first turn.

Lucario/Zoroark vs. Glaceon/Abomasnow

Turn 1: Lucario Mega Evolves. Abomasnow uses Protect. Zoroark uses Flamethrower on Abomasnow. Lucario uses Close Combat on Abomasnow. Glaceon uses Blizzard. Zoroark faints. Lucario is frozen. Zoroark is replaced with Roserade.

Turn 2: Lucario switches out for Sylveon. Roserade uses Aromatherapy. Lucario is unfrozen. Abomasnow uses Blizzard. Sylveon is frozen. Glaceon uses Blizzard. Roserade faints. Roserade is replaced with Lucario.

Turn 3: Lucario uses Close Combat on Glaceon. It misses. Sylveon is still frozen. Abomasnow uses Blizzard. Glaceon uses Blizzard. Sylveon and Lucario faint.

I remember that one battle where my whole team got paralyzed from thunder wave. My priority moves saved me from it tho. I still lost in the end tho.

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Reminds me of my mistake.
Ninetales/pangoro vs smeargle/musharna
Turn one.. smeargle uses dark void. Ninetales and pangoro sleeps. Musharna uses trick room. Biggest mistake I made was switching both of them out. I actually felt so stupid that time. Lol Next turn smeargle uses dark void again. Now all my pokemon are sleeping. Rest is history. Never got a chance to wake up

 

[SirRob]

Dark Void's pretty cheap, it might not have done any good to stay in, anyway.

 

[yell0w_f0x]

True that. Tho pangoro is immune to dream Eater.

Also. Is it just me or mega kangaskhan seems like a staple. Almost all the teams I battled had one.

 

[SirRob]

True that. Tho pangoro is immune to dream Eater.

Also. Is it just me or mega kangaskhan seems like a staple. Almost all the teams I battled had one.

Mega Kangaskhan is considered the best mega evolution in the game. I see Mega Mawile more often in general, though. The latter also gives me more trouble, since even with my checks I can't seem to OHKO it.

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Okay, okay? This person just used Wide Guard five times in succession.

"This attack has a 1/X chance of being successful, where X starts at 1 and doubles each time this move is successfully used."

So that last Wide Guard? A 1/16 chance. I don't know why you would make that gamble, but you won because of it, so hooray!

Edit: OH. Okay. So it was changed this gen. You can spam it forever apparently.

 

[Stratelier]

You can spam it forever apparently.

I thought the current operation was that if you use a Protect-like move on the previous turn there's a flat 50% chance of failure, end of story. So five times in a row is just a 1/16 chance.

 

[Jags]

Right, opinion guys. I have 4 for my team, 2 special sweep and 2 physical - Delphox, Sylveon, Cacturne, and Lucario. I'd like to use a baton passer, but I'm uncertain whether to go for Mr Mime or Ninjask, and I have no clue what to do with the last slot.

Watcha reckon?

 

[yell0w_f0x]

Right, opinion guys. I have 4 for my team, 2 special sweep and 2 physical - Delphox, Sylveon, Cacturne, and Lucario. I'd like to use a baton passer, but I'm uncertain whether to go for Mr Mime or Ninjask, and I have no clue what to do with the last slot.

Watcha reckon?

id prolly go with ninjask on this one. since he has access to swords dance and speed boost which would be better to baton pass. that and mr mime has really low HP.. (and i dont like how he looks. lol. thats just me)

for your last slot, id prolly go with either (just my opinions):
a) rapin spinner/defogger to clear entry hazards that may be troublesome for your sweepers; or
b) a bulky entry hazard setter; or
c) PANGORO!!! cuz he is so badass! (lol. this is obviously me kidding, unless parting shot will work for you)


EDIT:
hey guys.. i need help.. how would you go about in deleteing a friend card to make room for more friend codes? im torn between deleting people who havent been online much, people i dont know, or duplicate friend safaris. but i really dont want to delete them. why cant we have more friend codes. 100 friend limit sucks.

and btw.. what exactly happens to friend codes that you delete. I know that i deletes their friend safari. but how about in the game of the guys i deleted? do i still show up? does it delete my third pokemon in their safari?

COMPETITION EDIT:
I just got ass kicked by another dark void smeargle.

 

[SirRob]

EDIT:
hey guys.. i need help.. how would you go about in deleteing a friend card to make room for more friend codes? im torn between deleting people who havent been online much, people i dont know, or duplicate friend safaris. but i really dont want to delete them. why cant we have more friend codes. 100 friend limit sucks.

and btw.. what exactly happens to friend codes that you delete. I know that i deletes their friend safari. but how about in the game of the guys i deleted? do i still show up? does it delete my third pokemon in their safari?

http://www.wikihow.com/Delete-a-Nintendo-3DS-Friend-Code

I had to look it up 'cause I wasn't sure myself!
From my cursory glance at the topic, it seems that the friend's friend safari will be removed on your end, but not their's.

I thought the current operation was that if you use a Protect-like move on the previous turn there's a flat 50% chance of failure, end of story. So five times in a row is just a 1/16 chance.

Quick Guard and Wide Guard are exceptions this gen. They still count towards Protect and its kin failing, but they themselves can be used successively.

 

[yell0w_f0x]

http://www.wikihow.com/Delete-a-Nintendo-3DS-Friend-Code

I had to look it up 'cause I wasn't sure myself!
From my cursory glance at the topic, it seems that the friend's friend safari will be removed on your end, but not their's.

oh. i know how to delete friend cards. i guess what i meant wasnt clear.. i was asking. if ye were in my position of having to chose which friends ye would delete, how would ye go about it. in other words, which friend cards would you choose to delete. im really having trouble since i dont want o lose their friend safaris.

aah. thats good to know. at least they would still have my freidn safari then.

 

[SirRob]

Oh, okay. Reading it again, that was clear and I just misinterpreted. If I were you, I'd remove people I didn't know first, then people who I don't really interact with regularly. I'd try to keep the ones with good Friend Safaris, and I'd definitely keep close friends, even if they're inactive.

 

[SirRob]

I am just in disbelief that the Togekiss I fought survived both my Garchomp's Poison Jab and my Mega Lucario's Bullet Punch, two moves I gave them almost exclusively to handle Togekiss. And they're my sweepers, too!

 

[yell0w_f0x]

I am just in disbelief that the Togekiss I fought survived both my Garchomp's Poison Jab and my Mega Lucario's Bullet Punch, two moves I gave them almost exclusively to handle Togekiss. And they're my sweepers, too!

i feel ye. just sucks to see yer own super effective moves not make that much of a difference.
on the other hand.. what sucks more is that during my final battle of the day, i apparntly got disconnected from my net connection. and i was winning too. lol. lucky guy.

 

[DrDingo]

So I just had a longer look at Twitch Plays Pokemon and watched it for a while.
Wow, this is brilliant. The whole time I've been watching, all they've done is walk round in circles in a cave, make 2 of their Pokemon faint and catch a Geodude!

Hell, I'm surprised they even got 6 gym badges in 10 days!

 

[Alexxx-Returns]

I'm so upset that I missed all the Zapdos stuff. Damn thing called sleep. When I last saw, they were stuck by the same ledge for an hour or so.

 

[SirRob]

Darn, the competition ended and I was only 4 battles away from hitting the match limit (60 matches)!
The last match ended in a win though, so I'm happy. [noparse][/noparse]

 

[Zraxi]

I can't watch Twtich Plays Pokemon, it's too slow paced for me and random. Unpopular opinion.

 

[yell0w_f0x]

Darn, the competition ended and I was only 4 battles away from hitting the match limit (60 matches)!
The last match ended in a win though, so I'm happy. [noparse][/noparse]

Got in all 60 battles. last one ended in a default. but yeah.

now that that is over, im back to breeding again and completing my dex. lol.
why is it so hard to get extra evolution stones!!!

Oh, okay. Reading it again, that was clear and I just misinterpreted. If I were you, I'd remove people I didn't know first, then people who I don't really interact with regularly. I'd try to keep the ones with good Friend Safaris, and I'd definitely keep close friends, even if they're inactive.

Oh. And thanks btw. I'll see if I can distinguish between friend and not here. I wish I kept something like an address book for friend codes or something. Lol. Is it bad that I keep registering passerbys who randomly trade with me?

 

[SirRob]

Aaah, really? It's a shame we didn't get to see each other in the competition. [noparse][/noparse]
At least we CAN get evolution stones! There's not even an unlimited supply in some games... (Edit: Oops, actually you -can- get an unlimited supply through the Pick Up ability in Gen 4, and dust clouds in Gen 5)

Since I don't have many people on my friendlist, I add everyone, haha. [noparse][/noparse] I actually don't get that many passerby trades, 'though I'm usually only online to use Battle Spot, anyway.

 

[Stratelier]

I can't watch Twtich Plays Pokemon, it's too slow paced for me and random. Unpopular opinion.

Somebody is making a timelapse of it on YouTube. Played back at like 35x speed (with certain moments played at normal).

 

[lupinealchemist]

I'm so upset that I missed all the Zapdos stuff. Damn thing called sleep. When I last saw, they were stuck by the same ledge for an hour or so.

Wasting the master ball on Zapdos is dumb, kinda the thing I expect from the Domecracy.

 

[Alexxx-Returns]

Wasting the master ball on Zapdos is dumb, kinda the thing I expect from the Domecracy.

I was surprised if I'm honest, I was expecting an accidental fleeing.

 

[DrDingo]

^ The thing is, nowadays when I play Pokémon I use my Master Ball sparingly. Very sparingly. So sparingly in fact, that I never use it!
Since Zapdos has a catch rate of 3, the joint lowest any Pokémon has ever had to date, why not?

 

[Alexxx-Returns]

^ The thing is, nowadays when I play Pokémon I use my Master Ball sparingly. Very sparingly. So sparingly in fact, that I never use it!
Since Zapdos has a catch rate of 3, the joint lowest any Pokémon has ever had to date, why not?

I don't think I've used my Master Ball since Gen 4. I fought Palkia and forgot to save before the fight.

But I'd much rather save it in case a shiny came up or something.

 

[Jashwa]

Master ball on zapdos is actually really smart planning for the Elite 4. Who else could stand up to Lorelei's Dewgong/Lapras except for Zapdos? They're really relying on Bird Jesus and he'd get Ice Beamed before he could kill either. At least Zapdos can outspeed and potentiall 1hk them with thunderbolt/thunder (assuming it has one of those)

 

[SirRob]

I don't think I've used my Master Ball since Gen 4. I fought Palkia and forgot to save before the fight.

But I'd much rather save it in case a shiny came up or something.

Ever since I used that Master Ball on the shiny Kirlia (I'm still in shock that the situation where I'd NEED a Master Ball actually happened), I've been paranoid about that. Gotta make sure I carry around a fast taunter whenever I go out into the wild.