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Pokemon General Discussion Thread: A Kid's Game?

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  • HevachHevach Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    I wonder if anybody finds full 31s. Also, how could you level your mon without getting additional evs so that you can see accuratly the iv level?

    Full 31's is exceedingly rare, but considering how many people play the game, there's probably ones out there (hacks not withstanding). As for leveling without EV's: rare candies - usually save before hand so you can get the candies back afterwards, since it's hard to replace 20-30 rare candies. There's certain berries that remove EV's, as well.

    Also, MiserableMirth: Happiness evolutions are a pain, but there's ways to ease the burden: Massages from the girl in Veilstone, pump them full of vitamins, and have them hold the soothe bell.

    Running them through the elite four a few times helps, too - the don't have to fight, they just like getting in the hall of fame.

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  • Forever ZefiroForever Zefiro cloaked in the midnight glory of an event horizonRegistered User regular
    edited May 2007
    I wonder if anybody finds full 31s. Also, how could you level your mon without getting additional evs so that you can see accuratly the iv level?

    Rare Candy

    Or do a Wifi battle that scales the level of the Poke up and check the stats

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  • waywardryanwaywardryan Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    So could I just take my level 1 bred mon and scale it up to level 50, put the values in for both and get an accurate measurement out of that?

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  • MiserableMirthMiserableMirth Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    So could I just take my level 1 bred mon and scale it up to level 50, put the values in for both and get an accurate measurement out of that?

    Scale to 100. It will easily give you the exact IVs.

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  • waywardryanwaywardryan Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    nice. Now I just need friends who play pokemon.

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  • bruinbruin Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    bruin wrote: »
    What's a good moveset for Vileplume? I've been thinking Aromatherapy/Sludge Bomb/Stun Spore/Giga Drain, but I feel like it could be better and I'm missing something.

    Anyone? And is Sleep Powder better than Stun Spore?

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  • Steel AngelSteel Angel Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    So... are happiness evolutions suppose to take forever because this is ridiculous.

    Try stuffing the baby full of poffin of the flavors it likes. You can do that multiple times a day at least, though I DESPISE the process of making them. After what Elite Beat Agent's spinner sequences did to my screen protector, I'm leery about anything requiring me to quickly spin something around on the DS touch screen.

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    I found that tilting it doesn't work very well, and once I started jerking it, I got much better results.

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  • MiserableMirthMiserableMirth Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    What sucks is that I'm not even going to use it. I just need Marril for a breeding chain.

    Bruin, use something like

    Sunny Day
    Solar Beam
    Sludge Bomb
    Sleep Powder

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  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    What sucks is that I'm not even going to use it. I just need Marril for a breeding chain.

    I have a female Marril.

    Named "Bloo bloo".

    How badly do you want it? :winky:

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  • MiserableMirthMiserableMirth Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    DarkPrimus wrote: »
    What sucks is that I'm not even going to use it. I just need Marril for a breeding chain.

    I have a female Marril.

    Named "Bloo bloo".

    How badly do you want it? :winky:

    I don't have access to Wifi :[

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  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    DarkPrimus wrote: »
    What sucks is that I'm not even going to use it. I just need Marril for a breeding chain.

    I have a female Marril.

    Named "Bloo bloo".

    How badly do you want it? :winky:

    I don't have access to Wifi :[

    THEN THE ANSWER IS:

    "NOT BADLY ENOUGH."

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  • GilderGilder Aw snap Macaroni PartyRegistered User regular
    edited May 2007
    So I completed the Galactic HQ. I was absolutely devastated by something inside. Read on if you dare.
    Cyrus said "I could care less." The whole speech he made was ruined by that line. All his big words meant nothing to me after he couldn't even say "I couldn't care less" right. It was just horrible.

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  • The Muffin ManThe Muffin Man Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Gilder wrote: »
    So I completed the Galactic HQ. I was absolutely devastated by something inside. Read on if you dare.
    Cyrus said "I could care less." The whole speech he made was ruined by that line. All his big words meant nothing to me after he couldn't even say "I couldn't care less" right. It was just horrible.

    Yeah that tweaked me too.

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  • Xenogears of BoreXenogears of Bore Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    EV'd out a Gallade. Good nature, decent IV's, especially in attack and speed, where it counts. Nice and easy process this time around.

    Breloom is next. Can't wait to test out his new ability with the toxic orb. Status immunity at the cost of an item? Yes Please. Moveset will be roughly the same, and I can use my well IV'd one from the first game as breeding stock, just need to find an adamant or jolly ditto/feamale shroomish to go along with it.

    They really streamlined this game. Basically all the emerald/crystal/yellow version of this game needs for true breeding mastery is a super secret IV calculating poketch attachment, and maybe slightly cheaper rare candies. The old trade over to another game and fight the elite four with lucky eggs trick works pretty damn well, but it does take a few hours.

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  • ManetherenWolfManetherenWolf Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Beat the 7th Gym earlier.

    Now I am working on doing a bit of leveling before heading into the
    Galactic HQ

    I have Empoleon at 41 (gave it the Flash Cannon TM, and it wiped the floor with the 7th Gym)
    Alakazam at 38

    and then...

    -Buneary at 30 (sucker refuses to become happy enough to evolve... finally went and found the Soothe Bell though, so that should help)
    -Gabite at 30 (Ive had an EXP Share on this one since I got it)
    -Staravia at 29 (this one Im working on now)
    -Pachirisu at 30

    My team kind of sucks right now honestly.

    I probably need to give up on the Buneary for now until I can breed a good one after getting a Hitmonchan. (Which if anyone has one for trade, I definetely could use one).

    Empoleon, Gabite, and Alakazam are definetely staying.

    Pachirisu... not sure.
    Staravia... probably staying but depends... might find something else to use.

    I do have 3 or so Fire Monkey eggs (and a level 28 Monferno) in storage, might pull one of those.

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  • bruinbruin Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    I just caught Mesprit by just throwing a quick ball, no damage or anything. It was surprising.

    I tried the same with Cresselia once and it popped after 2 shakes, so I think I can get her with it too, she's just so annoying to catch up to.

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  • Houk the NamebringerHouk the Namebringer Nipples The EchidnaRegistered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Gilder wrote: »
    So I completed the Galactic HQ. I was absolutely devastated by something inside. Read on if you dare.
    Cyrus said "I could care less." The whole speech he made was ruined by that line. All his big words meant nothing to me after he couldn't even say "I couldn't care less" right. It was just horrible.

    Yeah that tweaked me too.
    eh. i learned a long time ago to see it as just another idiom that doesnt make any literal sense. doesnt even phase me anymore.

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  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Man, Luxray all the way for electric-type.

    Shinx -> Luxio -> Luxray, FYI.

    Staravia is a keeper.

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  • bruinbruin Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    DarkPrimus wrote: »
    Man, Luxray all the way for electric-type.

    Shinx -> Luxio -> Luxray, FYI.

    Staravia is a keeper.

    My Luxray has been good to me for most of the game, but I just don't think a physical attacking electric type can be any good at higher levels. The best physcial electric move has only 65 power.

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  • Houk the NamebringerHouk the Namebringer Nipples The EchidnaRegistered User regular
    edited May 2007
    yeah, im still using my luxray, staravia, and golem, along with the 3 starters, and im about to take on the elite 4.

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  • GilderGilder Aw snap Macaroni PartyRegistered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Houk wrote: »
    Gilder wrote: »
    So I completed the Galactic HQ. I was absolutely devastated by something inside. Read on if you dare.
    Cyrus said "I could care less." The whole speech he made was ruined by that line. All his big words meant nothing to me after he couldn't even say "I couldn't care less" right. It was just horrible.

    Yeah that tweaked me too.
    eh. i learned a long time ago to see it as just another idiom that doesnt make any literal sense. doesnt even phase me anymore.

    Yeah but he makes this huge speech revealing so much about his character and then he says that. It just took away from it all.

    Also, what HM's do I need for the mountain? Rock smash, rock climb, strength, and surf? I'm too lazy to raise a golduck so I have 2 hm users but I need about the same plus waterfall for victory road right? I figured I'd use this as practice for victory road and see how well I do with just 4 guys since I can't carry all 5 HM's on 1 poke when I get to victory road.

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  • Steel AngelSteel Angel Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Gilder wrote: »
    Also, what HM's do I need for the mountain? Rock smash, rock climb, strength, and surf? I'm too lazy to raise a golduck so I have 2 hm users but I need about the same plus waterfall for victory road right? I figured I'd use this as practice for victory road and see how well I do with just 4 guys since I can't carry all 5 HM's on 1 poke when I get to victory road.

    Rock smash, climb, strength, and surf are needed for the cave itself, waterfall to go from there to the pokemon league so two HM users total.

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    Big Dookie wrote: »
    I found that tilting it doesn't work very well, and once I started jerking it, I got much better results.

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  • GilderGilder Aw snap Macaroni PartyRegistered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Gilder wrote: »
    Also, what HM's do I need for the mountain? Rock smash, rock climb, strength, and surf? I'm too lazy to raise a golduck so I have 2 hm users but I need about the same plus waterfall for victory road right? I figured I'd use this as practice for victory road and see how well I do with just 4 guys since I can't carry all 5 HM's on 1 poke when I get to victory road.

    Rock smash, climb, strength, and surf are needed for the cave itself, waterfall to go from there to the pokemon league so two HM users total.

    Thanks. I'll use Mt. Coronet as my test to get me used to having to use only 4 guys. This of course could all be solved by simply teaching surf to my Empoleon and using golduck but I don't really want to put surf on him.

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  • His CorkinessHis Corkiness Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    I went through the entirety of Mt Coronet using only two actually combat-ready Pokemon (~51 Staraptor, ~45 Empoleon). I had to sacrifice a lv 9 Wurmple to catch Palkia, though.

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  • The WolfmanThe Wolfman Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Throw me in as another Luxray fan. He did his job beautifully, doubling as both water/flying killer, and ghostbuster with Crunch.

    I think a physical electric could work well enough. Or at least, I'm going to try and make it work with Electivire. Just finished hatching my Adamant Elekid with Ice punch. The strongest physical electric attack is Thunder punch at 75. Thunderbolt is only 20 points higher at 95. And food for thought, Electivire's attack is higher than Jolteon's special. So the lower attack move should be balanced out with a higher stat backing it.

    Plus, it's Electabuzz, or rather his evolution. If there was any justice, he'd be the spokesman for Pokemon over "Weakachu".

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  • XinramXinram Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Oh man, I didn't expect Dialga to just stay in the first great ball I threw at it when it was at full hp.

    Easier than I thought it'd be.

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  • Forever ZefiroForever Zefiro cloaked in the midnight glory of an event horizonRegistered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Throw me in as another Luxray fan. He did his job beautifully, doubling as both water/flying killer, and ghostbuster with Crunch.

    I think a physical electric could work well enough. Or at least, I'm going to try and make it work with Electivire. Just finished hatching my Adamant Elekid with Ice punch. The strongest physical electric attack is Thunder punch at 75. Thunderbolt is only 20 points higher at 95. And food for thought, Electivire's attack is higher than Jolteon's special. So the lower attack move should be balanced out with a higher stat backing it.

    Plus, it's Electabuzz, or rather his evolution. If there was any justice, he'd be the spokesman for Pokemon over "Weakachu".

    See the thing about Luxray is that it doesn't have the benefit of learning Thunderpunch. The best it can do Physically is Spark. I think Smogon crunched the numbers and found that a Luxray with a SpAtt boosting Nature and Thunderbolt will do more than one with an Attack boosting Nature and Spark.

    I just don't see any point in using it except for when it's all you can get at the beginning.

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  • MinionOfCthulhuMinionOfCthulhu Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Do I need Defog while traveling from Sunytown or whatever the name is to the Elite 4?

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  • suttbeckssuttbecks Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Why does my Torterra not have Wood Hammer?
    I'm up to level 49, and I haven't been asked to train it or anything.

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  • volluspavolluspa Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    I need a bit of help, ive arrived to the steel gym and im at a loss as to how to beat the leader. I dont have any readily available fire pokes (i picked the grass starter and havent found a fire poke so far :() so anyone got a particular strategy i could follow maybe?

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  • MinionOfCthulhuMinionOfCthulhu Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    volluspa wrote: »
    I need a bit of help, ive arrived to the steel gym and im at a loss as to how to beat the leader. I dont have any readily available fire pokes (i picked the grass starter and havent found a fire poke so far :() so anyone got a particular strategy i could follow maybe?

    Want a Chimchar?

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  • volluspavolluspa Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    volluspa wrote: »
    I need a bit of help, ive arrived to the steel gym and im at a loss as to how to beat the leader. I dont have any readily available fire pokes (i picked the grass starter and havent found a fire poke so far :() so anyone got a particular strategy i could follow maybe?

    Want a Chimchar?

    i was kinda wondering if there was a way besides griding a lv 1 fire monkey to lv 30ish.. not that i do not want a free fire monkey, i got a request up in gts :whistle:

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  • MathildaMathilda Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    volluspa wrote: »
    I need a bit of help, ive arrived to the steel gym and im at a loss as to how to beat the leader. I dont have any readily available fire pokes (i picked the grass starter and havent found a fire poke so far :() so anyone got a particular strategy i could follow maybe?
    If you can, hit the GTS in Jubilife City and try to get a Chimchar.

    Failing that, grab something that is either Fighting or Fire.

    Or ground.

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  • volluspavolluspa Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    so fire monkey is a win/win.. i think i got a geodude and a machop in one of my boxes :...:

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  • MinionOfCthulhuMinionOfCthulhu Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    volluspa wrote: »
    volluspa wrote: »
    I need a bit of help, ive arrived to the steel gym and im at a loss as to how to beat the leader. I dont have any readily available fire pokes (i picked the grass starter and havent found a fire poke so far :() so anyone got a particular strategy i could follow maybe?

    Want a Chimchar?

    i was kinda wondering if there was a way besides griding a lv 1 fire monkey to lv 30ish.. not that i do not want a free fire monkey, i got a request up in gts :whistle:

    Well, his Bronzor will be a pain in the ass to fight without fire. There's a few things that'll hurt him normally (Ghost, Dark, Fighting, and Water. Maybe Electric) and he'll resist anything else. His Steelix falls easily against Water but Bastiodon is a wall. Something solid that has ground or fighting attacks would do. He has Rest and has a berry that'll wake him up as soon as he Rests. Pretty annoying.

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  • volluspavolluspa Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    volluspa wrote: »
    volluspa wrote: »
    I need a bit of help, ive arrived to the steel gym and im at a loss as to how to beat the leader. I dont have any readily available fire pokes (i picked the grass starter and havent found a fire poke so far :() so anyone got a particular strategy i could follow maybe?

    Want a Chimchar?

    i was kinda wondering if there was a way besides griding a lv 1 fire monkey to lv 30ish.. not that i do not want a free fire monkey, i got a request up in gts :whistle:

    Well, his Bronzor will be a pain in the ass to fight without fire. There's a few things that'll hurt him normally (Ghost, Dark, Fighting, and Water. Maybe Electric) and he'll resist anything else. His Steelix falls easily against Water but Bastiodon is a wall. Something solid that has ground or fighting attacks would do. He has Rest and has a berry that'll wake him up as soon as he Rests. Pretty annoying.



    well either way it seems im either gonna grind a geodude to get a golem or a monkey... :...:

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  • MinionOfCthulhuMinionOfCthulhu Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    volluspa wrote: »
    volluspa wrote: »
    volluspa wrote: »
    I need a bit of help, ive arrived to the steel gym and im at a loss as to how to beat the leader. I dont have any readily available fire pokes (i picked the grass starter and havent found a fire poke so far :() so anyone got a particular strategy i could follow maybe?

    Want a Chimchar?

    i was kinda wondering if there was a way besides griding a lv 1 fire monkey to lv 30ish.. not that i do not want a free fire monkey, i got a request up in gts :whistle:

    Well, his Bronzor will be a pain in the ass to fight without fire. There's a few things that'll hurt him normally (Ghost, Dark, Fighting, and Water. Maybe Electric) and he'll resist anything else. His Steelix falls easily against Water but Bastiodon is a wall. Something solid that has ground or fighting attacks would do. He has Rest and has a berry that'll wake him up as soon as he Rests. Pretty annoying.



    well either way it seems im either gonna grind a geodude to get a golem or a monkey... :...:

    What's your team?

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  • ReignerReigner Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Finally starting to make some progress now that I stopped worry so much about my honey trees. Just got to the town with the daycare last night.

    Badges: 2
    Playtime: 35Hours (though a lot of that is time spent with the game turned on and me forgetting about it)
    Pokes seen: 64
    Pokes Caught: 51

    Vespiquen 23
    Alakhazam 24
    Grotle 22
    Shellos 20
    Scorupi 22
    Ghastly 22

    Yes I know, rediculous weakness to flying at the moment, thankfully Scorupi loses his bug type when he evolves.

    Course, I've Honestly been starting to think about a "Bug Themed" team for the playthrough.

    Vespiquen
    Drapion
    Heracross
    Scizor
    Mothim
    Magcargo/Gastrodon

    Wouldn't win me any online battles, but it'd be fun regardless.

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  • VhalyarVhalyar Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    suttbecks wrote: »
    Why does my Torterra not have Wood Hammer?
    I'm up to level 49, and I haven't been asked to train it or anything.

    Go to the more relearner in Pastoria and give him an Heart Scale. Wood Hammer is not something he learns by level up.

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  • volluspavolluspa Registered User regular
    edited May 2007

    What's your team?

    Grotle/Alakazam/Crobat/Luxray(sp? the 3rd evo)

    thats it so far, im thinkin about replacing the luxray for a sneasel and at some point breed up a piplup and a fire monkey for the playthrough D:

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