Animated swords are hardly new. I'm honestly surprised that pokemon took this long to get to that trope.
If you want to look at badly designed pokemon, the worst ones off the top of my head are garbador and heatran. One is a pile of trash and the other is literally some shit.
I don't mind garbodor as much since it's just pokedex filler, but heatran has such busted stats that I'm forced to see it and its chunky bits of corn all the time.
my issue with garbador is that muk already exists. i get that one is industrial runoff (or something) and the other is an animated landfill, but they feel redundant.
Real life is like that though. It's not like there's only one type of fish, or one type of fungus.
true, and i don't have a problem with redundant stuff inherently (i mean there are tons of examples already), but i dunno if garbador is necessary. overall i don't really mind it. i have more issues with other pokemon
Honestly my least favorite are Plusle and Minun. The other clones at least try to be a LITTLE different from pikachu. Here's one that flies! Here's one with a bushy tail! Here's one that's a ball! But not Plusle and Minun, no, they're just pikachu but Wal-mart brand. And there are 2 of them! Ugh.
Pokemon is just so bloated with crap now. Since every gen has a good number of crapmon, combined together there are just sooo many bad pokemon outweighing the good ones. Like every gen needs a crappy route 1 thing, which is where we get lillipup, yungoose, etc. We need a useless bird, so hoothoot, pidove, pikipek, talonflame's 1st form. having muk and garbodar in the same game is almost infuriating. All of the pikachu clones are pretty bad, with pikachu itself not even really being interesting to me, though I do like both forms of raichu.
And those are just a few examples of crap compounding every gen, how awesome is it that I have 2 different sets of plates for only 2 different pokemon?! Especially since 1 of them is not even able to be in the game yet. sort of another useless set of items are the discs for genesect who also is unavailable.
It's kind of hard to only nitpick the electric squirrelrats without looking at all the other weird relics that continue every generation. I kind of wish they would just start a 2nd pokemon line that is set in the future or past far enough that stuff would go extinct or hasn't even been created yet. Scaling down and streamlining would be a dream, but the existence of pokebank makes the possibility basically zero without making an offshoot game.
Pokemon is just so bloated with crap now. Since every gen has a good number of crapmon, combined together there are just sooo many bad pokemon outweighing the good ones. Like every gen needs a crappy route 1 thing, which is where we get lillipup, yungoose, etc. We need a useless bird, so hoothoot, pidove, pikipek, talonflame's 1st form. having muk and garbodar in the same game is almost infuriating. All of the pikachu clones are pretty bad, with pikachu itself not even really being interesting to me, though I do like both forms of raichu.
And those are just a few examples of crap compounding every gen, how awesome is it that I have 2 different sets of plates for only 2 different pokemon?! Especially since 1 of them is not even able to be in the game yet. sort of another useless set of items are the discs for genesect who also is unavailable.
It's kind of hard to only nitpick the electric squirrelrats without looking at all the other weird relics that continue every generation. I kind of wish they would just start a 2nd pokemon line that is set in the future or past far enough that stuff would go extinct or hasn't even been created yet. Scaling down and streamlining would be a dream, but the existence of pokebank makes the possibility basically zero without making an offshoot game.
Lillipup -> Stoutland is legit, the route 1 garbage normal type of that gen is Patrat -> Watchog.
Pokemon is just so bloated with crap now. Since every gen has a good number of crapmon, combined together there are just sooo many bad pokemon outweighing the good ones. Like every gen needs a crappy route 1 thing, which is where we get lillipup, yungoose, etc. We need a useless bird, so hoothoot, pidove, pikipek, talonflame's 1st form. having muk and garbodar in the same game is almost infuriating. All of the pikachu clones are pretty bad, with pikachu itself not even really being interesting to me, though I do like both forms of raichu.
And those are just a few examples of crap compounding every gen, how awesome is it that I have 2 different sets of plates for only 2 different pokemon?! Especially since 1 of them is not even able to be in the game yet. sort of another useless set of items are the discs for genesect who also is unavailable.
It's kind of hard to only nitpick the electric squirrelrats without looking at all the other weird relics that continue every generation. I kind of wish they would just start a 2nd pokemon line that is set in the future or past far enough that stuff would go extinct or hasn't even been created yet. Scaling down and streamlining would be a dream, but the existence of pokebank makes the possibility basically zero without making an offshoot game.
Lillipup -> Stoutland is legit, the route 1 garbage normal type of that gen is Patrat -> Watchog.
Yep. 85/90/90 bulk and 110 attack. Nice bit of smash face there. Even has a decent 80 in speed.
It's got a nice movepool this gen too, don't recall the original. But the base stats alone make it strong for the story.
Pokemon is just so bloated with crap now. Since every gen has a good number of crapmon, combined together there are just sooo many bad pokemon outweighing the good ones. Like every gen needs a crappy route 1 thing, which is where we get lillipup, yungoose, etc. We need a useless bird, so hoothoot, pidove, pikipek, talonflame's 1st form. having muk and garbodar in the same game is almost infuriating. All of the pikachu clones are pretty bad, with pikachu itself not even really being interesting to me, though I do like both forms of raichu.
And those are just a few examples of crap compounding every gen, how awesome is it that I have 2 different sets of plates for only 2 different pokemon?! Especially since 1 of them is not even able to be in the game yet. sort of another useless set of items are the discs for genesect who also is unavailable.
It's kind of hard to only nitpick the electric squirrelrats without looking at all the other weird relics that continue every generation. I kind of wish they would just start a 2nd pokemon line that is set in the future or past far enough that stuff would go extinct or hasn't even been created yet. Scaling down and streamlining would be a dream, but the existence of pokebank makes the possibility basically zero without making an offshoot game.
Lillipup -> Stoutland is legit, the route 1 garbage normal type of that gen is Patrat -> Watchog.
Yep. 85/90/90 bulk and 110 attack. Nice bit of smash face there. Even has a decent 80 in speed.
It's got a nice movepool this gen too, don't recall the original. But the base stats alone make it strong for the story.
Also has Sand Rush so manages to find a (small but noteworthy) niche beyond a story playthrough. Intimidate is solid too but finds too much competition from Salamence/Arcanine/Gyarados/Krookodile. Might be worth trying though as fighting types are kind of rare given how much danger they face from the Tapus.
my issue with garbador is that muk already exists. i get that one is industrial runoff (or something) and the other is an animated landfill, but they feel redundant.
Except Garbador made its debut in Black/White, which had the gimmick of all-new mons pre-E4. A lot of redundant mons were ushered into the world for the Unova 250 or whatever.
Lillipup -> Stoutland is legit, the route 1 garbage normal type of that gen is Patrat -> Watchog.
Yeah Patrat = Unova Rattata pretty clearly.
Does anyone else find it odd that you can change your team in the middle of a Battle Tree run? If you "take a break", you can submit a completely different set of mons when you continue.
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For the amount of hassle it is I feel like Battle Tree should give you at least double the BP payout. Really wish there some intermediary thing between the no-limits story battles and the restricted format to ease you into the kind of stuff you need to spend a few hours breeding for
Question: Does the Battle Tree's level setting apply EVs? Because I just berried and EV trained a level 70 pokemon, and if I can put it into the Tree without having to level it up it would be pretty nice.
On similar news, is there any reasonable way to level somethig to 100 for Hyper training in this game? My story team generally has proper natures but bad IVs, but I'd like to keep using them if possible, and I have half a dozen golden bottlecaps, soooo...
Question: Does the Battle Tree's level setting apply EVs? Because I just berried and EV trained a level 70 pokemon, and if I can put it into the Tree without having to level it up it would be pretty nice.
On similar news, is there any reasonable way to level somethig to 100 for Hyper training in this game? My story team generally has proper natures but bad IVs, but I'd like to keep using them if possible, and I have half a dozen golden bottlecaps, soooo...
Get to level 30 (iirc) in festival plaza, get a couple rare kitchens and at least one 5 star one (you can install them if you ask a visitor who has one in their first slot). When you hit 30,they open up the hidden option. Any rank will do +7 levels below 79 or something for 100 fc 1/day. A 5star also has +9 lvls for 300-500 fc for stuff below 89. Get something to 89 using the other kitchens/e4/rare candy. Use the 5 star kitchen and hit 98, 2 more rare candy or just a bit more grinding and voila!
Question: Does the Battle Tree's level setting apply EVs? Because I just berried and EV trained a level 70 pokemon, and if I can put it into the Tree without having to level it up it would be pretty nice.
EVs have been applied immediately for a few generations now, no need to level up for them to take effect
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I tried catching a feebas for the longest time. I got two to pop up and killed them both. I eventually GTSed it with little trouble, which I do not consider cheating as trading is one of the core design principles of pokemon. Speaking of which, Wonder Trade is pretty good right now, got a Jangmo-o breeding reject. Even though I'm not breeding I'm trying to send out pokes that are more than garbage. I caught a ton of Abra last night as I hunted for Pikachu and send those out. Abra has a kind of crazy spawn rate at night, I was easily seeing two-three in a row. That + stash of quick balls means I have a few of them saved up.
Why are people piling on the early normal type mammalian pokes? Yea they ain't strong or anything, but they add depth and flavor to the pokeverse. They may indeed be filler, but they are not difficult to catch. Sentret and Bibarel are good designs too. I definitely would have one of them tag along as a non-combat companion if I could.
Garbodor is dead sexy and I will not stand for it being besmirched. He also fits perfectly with the rules of the pokevers. Inanimate objects magically turn into pokemon all the time, pollution included. Dunsparce is not a bad or uninteresting poke, it was just weird to me until I learned about the Tsuchinoko.
My least fave design is Luvdisc. It's so bland. At least it kind of has an interesting dex entry.
my issue with garbador is that muk already exists. i get that one is industrial runoff (or something) and the other is an animated landfill, but they feel redundant.
Except Garbador made its debut in Black/White, which had the gimmick of all-new mons pre-E4. A lot of redundant mons were ushered into the world for the Unova 250 or whatever.
Lillipup -> Stoutland is legit, the route 1 garbage normal type of that gen is Patrat -> Watchog.
Yeah Patrat = Unova Rattata pretty clearly.
Does anyone else find it odd that you can change your team in the middle of a Battle Tree run? If you "take a break", you can submit a completely different set of mons when you continue.
Battle Mansion in ORAS let you do that as well. I assume that's a staple.
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I think it would be neat if Pikachu's final smash changed to just calling in all the Pikachu clones, and then all just follow you and mimic your attacks. So like, Thundershock now shoots out 5-6 projectiles in sequence, etc.
Pokemon is just so bloated with crap now. Since every gen has a good number of crapmon, combined together there are just sooo many bad pokemon outweighing the good ones. Like every gen needs a crappy route 1 thing, which is where we get lillipup, yungoose, etc. We need a useless bird, so hoothoot, pidove, pikipek, talonflame's 1st form.
Hey hey hey, whoa.
Most of the "useless" 3 form birds in these games end up awesome. I think Talonflame might've been banned competitively at one point? And if nothing else it's great for hatching eggs with Flame Body.
Pikipek and it's evolutions are great this gen too.
Also the useless early route bug of this gen turned out amazing as well.
I just beat the elite 4 last night. Now I need to start looking at post game stuff. Any recommendations for a decent team to start getting BP so I can start breeding in earnest?
I just beat the elite 4 last night. Now I need to start looking at post game stuff. Any recommendations for a decent team to start getting BP so I can start breeding in earnest?
I would recommend you start with UBs. That end reward is nice.
After fighting my way through legions of double team spamming Rotom /Para hax / Confuse tomfoolery and at one point a Double team Zapdos with Roost i now have my stamp
Is there any kind of ETA on the pokebank update btw? I figure i'll just not bother dealing with breeding until i can drop all the ditto's from friend safari off into the new game.
Realized I could use an Ability Capsule to give my shiny Toucannon Skill Link. Paired it with a Choice Band.
Bullet Seed is now frightening. Not the speediest bird around, but geez.
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I think some of the bullshit GTS requests are for people with copies of both Sun & Moon but only one system, so when you need to move a Legendary between games you offer a Rattata or whatever for your level 100 Lunala.
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If you want to look at badly designed pokemon, the worst ones off the top of my head are garbador and heatran. One is a pile of trash and the other is literally some shit.
I don't mind garbodor as much since it's just pokedex filler, but heatran has such busted stats that I'm forced to see it and its chunky bits of corn all the time.
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I think Durnspace is based on some weird Japanese folklore snake. It's not exactly impressive in folklore either.
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Is there a time limit on the magearna QR code? I didn't put as much time into this as I'd meant to over vacation...
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true, and i don't have a problem with redundant stuff inherently (i mean there are tons of examples already), but i dunno if garbador is necessary. overall i don't really mind it. i have more issues with other pokemon
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Probably? That doesn't excuse just skipping the part where they come up with a new design.
Ruby and Sapphire often are regarded as the worst entries in the series for many reasons including many of the designs.
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And those are just a few examples of crap compounding every gen, how awesome is it that I have 2 different sets of plates for only 2 different pokemon?! Especially since 1 of them is not even able to be in the game yet. sort of another useless set of items are the discs for genesect who also is unavailable.
It's kind of hard to only nitpick the electric squirrelrats without looking at all the other weird relics that continue every generation. I kind of wish they would just start a 2nd pokemon line that is set in the future or past far enough that stuff would go extinct or hasn't even been created yet. Scaling down and streamlining would be a dream, but the existence of pokebank makes the possibility basically zero without making an offshoot game.
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From everything I've read, as long as you have access to the QR code, you can acquire Magearna.
Lillipup -> Stoutland is legit, the route 1 garbage normal type of that gen is Patrat -> Watchog.
Yep. 85/90/90 bulk and 110 attack. Nice bit of smash face there. Even has a decent 80 in speed.
It's got a nice movepool this gen too, don't recall the original. But the base stats alone make it strong for the story.
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Also has Sand Rush so manages to find a (small but noteworthy) niche beyond a story playthrough. Intimidate is solid too but finds too much competition from Salamence/Arcanine/Gyarados/Krookodile. Might be worth trying though as fighting types are kind of rare given how much danger they face from the Tapus.
Except Garbador made its debut in Black/White, which had the gimmick of all-new mons pre-E4. A lot of redundant mons were ushered into the world for the Unova 250 or whatever.
Such as:
Yeah Patrat = Unova Rattata pretty clearly.
Does anyone else find it odd that you can change your team in the middle of a Battle Tree run? If you "take a break", you can submit a completely different set of mons when you continue.
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On similar news, is there any reasonable way to level somethig to 100 for Hyper training in this game? My story team generally has proper natures but bad IVs, but I'd like to keep using them if possible, and I have half a dozen golden bottlecaps, soooo...
Get to level 30 (iirc) in festival plaza, get a couple rare kitchens and at least one 5 star one (you can install them if you ask a visitor who has one in their first slot). When you hit 30,they open up the hidden option. Any rank will do +7 levels below 79 or something for 100 fc 1/day. A 5star also has +9 lvls for 300-500 fc for stuff below 89. Get something to 89 using the other kitchens/e4/rare candy. Use the 5 star kitchen and hit 98, 2 more rare candy or just a bit more grinding and voila!
EVs have been applied immediately for a few generations now, no need to level up for them to take effect
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Garbodor is dead sexy and I will not stand for it being besmirched. He also fits perfectly with the rules of the pokevers. Inanimate objects magically turn into pokemon all the time, pollution included. Dunsparce is not a bad or uninteresting poke, it was just weird to me until I learned about the Tsuchinoko.
My least fave design is Luvdisc. It's so bland. At least it kind of has an interesting dex entry.
Battle Mansion in ORAS let you do that as well. I assume that's a staple.
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Also I used to hate Garbodor but he has grown on me. There are a lot worse, like the freaking Gothorita line:
(honestly though I'm not a fan of a lot of the Hoenn pokemon in general... part of the reason I quit after Ruby)
And then your taunt becomes a group pose.
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His "I lose" face is literally a "I'm going to stab you and wear your skin" face
The Gothorita line is worth it for Gothitelle's cry alone. Not sure why they're psychic, though.
Hey hey hey, whoa.
Most of the "useless" 3 form birds in these games end up awesome. I think Talonflame might've been banned competitively at one point? And if nothing else it's great for hatching eggs with Flame Body.
Pikipek and it's evolutions are great this gen too.
Also the useless early route bug of this gen turned out amazing as well.
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I would recommend you start with UBs. That end reward is nice.
After fighting my way through legions of double team spamming Rotom /Para hax / Confuse tomfoolery and at one point a Double team Zapdos with Roost i now have my stamp
Bullet Seed is now frightening. Not the speediest bird around, but geez.
Cincinno remains the cuddliest user of Skill Link. And the fastest (tied with Ambipom, which does have a hair more attack too, but...)
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