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  • AshtonDragonAshtonDragon AKA The Nix Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    the hail can be easily dealt with if you use an ice pokemon (coughweavile) as your false swiper.

    If I see a shiny I'll more than likely throw a master ball. The bigger issues are:
    1) The battles just plain take longer
    and 2) The snow outside of battle makes the rustling bushes harder to see

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  • WhippyWhippy Moderator, Admin Emeritus Admin Emeritus
    edited June 2007
    So I guess I beat the tower tycoon last night

    it took me changing all of one move on my team, ice beam to avalanche on swampert

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    yay whippy

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  • MinionOfCthulhuMinionOfCthulhu Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    How do you fight the Tycoon? When I do the tower battles I fight 7 and then it ends; how am I supposed to beat 20 guys to meet him if it ends at 7?

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  • WhippyWhippy Moderator, Admin Emeritus Admin Emeritus
    edited June 2007
    It keeps a tally, I guess. You beat seven in a row, then beat another seven, then start one more time, beat six in a row, and then on the 21st it'll be the tycoon.

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  • AverniAverni Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    I hate the Tower Tycoon... Milotic sleeps Magmortar, Lum wakes it up, and thunderbolt. 25%. Re-sleeps Magmortar, i switch out to garchomp. Then, sleeps garchomp. Garchomp wakes up after 2 Dragon pulses and Finishes Milotic. Dragonite comes out. Dragonite eats a Dragon claw, in the red, then Kills Garchomp. Switch out to Gengar, who finishes him off. Then, Rhyperior. Gengar uses hypnosis, it hits. Nightmare, 75%. Shadow ball, less than 10%. Rhyperior wakes up and Ice beams. Gengar freezes, and does not unfreeze for the 4 turns it takes to kill him. Magmortar gets sent back out, who doesnt wake up and dies in one hit.

    Tl, dr: Fuck you, Tower Tycoon.

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    It keeps a tally, I guess. You beat seven in a row, then beat another seven, then start one more time, beat six in a row, and then on the 21st it'll be the tycoon.
    That's right. And when you lose, it resets the count to 0, and if you reach the 21st battle again you get to fight him again as well. And you get all that juicy 20 BP for beating him every time.

    You get a rematch against him at battle 50, he's using rarer, though not necessarily more difficult, pokemon. I found that fight much easier than the first one.

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  • Porphyria PlanPorphyria Plan Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    anyone got an extra timid ditto they can trade. I've been hunting for the last two hours but if I can save time that would be nice.

    I have Brave, Naive, Quite, Bold, Serious, Careful, Hardy, Sassy, and Impish dittos I can easily trade in return.

    God damn I got a lot of natures now.

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    What are your teams for the tower like? My usual team is:

    [email protected] sash
    Ice Punch
    Night Slash
    Brick Break
    Swords Dance

    [email protected] orb
    Close Combat
    Megahorn
    Rock Slide
    Sleep Talk (has Guts, does quite a number on sleepers)

    [email protected] specs or wise glasses
    Shadow Ball
    Energy Ball
    Thunderbolt
    Perish Song (mainly for forcing double teamers that get out of hand to switch out)

    Weavile can almost sweep everything by itself up to the first battle with the tycoon. My last run got up to the mid 50s, when I was faced with a max speed aerodactyl that tore me up.

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  • WhippyWhippy Moderator, Admin Emeritus Admin Emeritus
    edited June 2007
    My team that finally won was mostly a holdover from emerald's battle frontier days.

    this is the team I use for the first two runs of 7

    [email protected]'s Rock(this is my starter from pearl, but he is stupid fast and serves his purpose)

    Close Combat
    Flare Blitz
    Shadow Claw
    Rock Climb(I never ever use this, it's just there 'cause, like I said, he's from my playthrough team)

    [email protected] Berry

    Avalanche
    Waterfall
    Earthquake
    Take Down

    [email protected] Claw

    Wood Hammer
    Blizzard
    Leech Seed
    Rock Smash

    and when I know I'll be fighting the tower tycoon, I put swampert at the front of the lineup and swap out infernape for...

    [email protected] Orb

    Psychic
    Dragon Claw
    Recover
    Refresh

    because infernape is pretty much useless against all three of the tycoon's guys

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Charizard has the same problem with the tycoon. I stopped using him in favor of heracross.

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  • Speed RacerSpeed Racer Scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratchRegistered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Anyone leveling anything right now? If so, trade it to me for my Dragonair. We can level each other's and reap the trade bonus.

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  • AverniAverni Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Hmmm... anyone available to help me evolve my scyther really quick?

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  • Porphyria PlanPorphyria Plan Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    I can Averni, adding your code

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  • Mx. QuillMx. Quill I now prefer "Myr. Quill", actually... {They/Them}Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    I've just been using Empoleon, Leafeon, and Mismagius for my Battle Tower runs. Might go again with my new Pokemon just for the Ribbons. I've found it quite easy to beat him with those three.

    Empoleon OHKOs Dragonite with Ice Beam after eating a Stone Edge or Dragon Rush for weak damage.
    Empoleon OHKOs Rhyperior with Surf (his Rhyperior probably has Lightningrod or something. It does have Ice Beam, so I would'nt be surprised if it has the crap abilitiy)
    Mismagius takes out most, if not all, of Milotic's HP with Thunderbolt, and Leafeon finishes it off with Leaf Blade.

    Bam, 20 BP for me after an easy fight.

    What Pokemon does he use for the 50th fight? I'm curious to see if they're worth going through the Battle Tower some more to fight him again.

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  • TyrantCowTyrantCow Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    can anyone enlighten me...
    how do choice (band/scarf/specs) work? how do you choose your move?

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  • AshtonDragonAshtonDragon AKA The Nix Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    TyrantCow wrote: »
    can anyone enlighten me...
    how do choice (band/scarf/specs) work? how do you choose your move?

    You use the move. And then you have to keep using that move, or switch out.

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  • FaygoFaygo Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Can anyone explain on how to use Focus punch efectively only good for fast pokemon, i heard to use substitute but on a slow poke im not sure thatd help much.

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  • TyrantCowTyrantCow Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    TyrantCow wrote: »
    can anyone enlighten me...
    how do choice (band/scarf/specs) work? how do you choose your move?

    You use the move. And then you have to keep using that move, or switch out.

    If you use a non-attack move what happens? can you then choose a different move next turn?

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  • AshtonDragonAshtonDragon AKA The Nix Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    TyrantCow wrote: »
    TyrantCow wrote: »
    can anyone enlighten me...
    how do choice (band/scarf/specs) work? how do you choose your move?

    You use the move. And then you have to keep using that move, or switch out.

    If you use a non-attack move what happens? can you then choose a different move next turn?

    No. You will be forced to use the same non-attack, unless you switch out.

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  • Mx. QuillMx. Quill I now prefer "Myr. Quill", actually... {They/Them}Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Band: Physical moves used are boosted by 1.5 times their normal power, but you can only use one move until you switch out.

    Specs: Same as Band, but for Special attacks.

    Scarf: Speed is increased instead of damage. Same otherwise.


    Any move used will be the only one you can use. Even if it deals no damage, you'll still be limited to just the one..

    Edit: Damnit, beat'd.

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  • WhippyWhippy Moderator, Admin Emeritus Admin Emeritus
    edited June 2007
    Does anyone have an extra pokerus'd whatever they can give me? I'm finally ready to start EV training, and that's the last component needed.

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  • WhippyWhippy Moderator, Admin Emeritus Admin Emeritus
    edited June 2007
    What Pokemon does he use for the 50th fight? I'm curious to see if they're worth going through the Battle Tower some more to fight him again.
    Regigigas, Heatran, and Cresselia.

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  • Mx. QuillMx. Quill I now prefer "Myr. Quill", actually... {They/Them}Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Ah. All bad Pokemon, except maybe the third one. Excellent, easy win there.

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    His rhyperior definitely has solid rock, that's the only way I can imagine it surviving a double swords dance'd STAB ice punch from my weavile

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  • WhippyWhippy Moderator, Admin Emeritus Admin Emeritus
    edited June 2007
    so, pokerus

    GIVE ME YOUR AIDS

    would you call this pokepozzing

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  • Mx. QuillMx. Quill I now prefer "Myr. Quill", actually... {They/Them}Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Or it could be Rhyperior's high Defense and HP.

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  • TyrantCowTyrantCow Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    so, pokerus

    GIVE ME YOUR AIDS

    would you call this pokepozzing

    gimmie a sec to spread it, and yeah.

    edit: I got trash with it... been waiting online for like 10 minutes; but, the forums are complete non-responsive for me (and have been for like a week).

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Or it could be Rhyperior's high Defense and HP.
    Two swords dances on a high attack pokemon. TWO. And STAB. And it was weak to ice.

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  • FaygoFaygo Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Anyone have any Snorlax move set ideas?

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  • Mx. QuillMx. Quill I now prefer "Myr. Quill", actually... {They/Them}Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Why do you think Rhyperior is so popular for a Rock/Ground type? He's got one of the worst type combos (weak to Ground, Water, Grass, Fighting, and Ice, all of which are always on teams. He's also weak to Steel, but that doesn't really count). His stats and his abilitiy draw people to him.

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Was I suggesting it wasn't a strong and popular pokemon?

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  • Mx. QuillMx. Quill I now prefer "Myr. Quill", actually... {They/Them}Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Well, I'm just saying that his abilitiy to resist two STAB'd Swords Danced Ice Punches is why he'sa great tank, so lots of people will use him, despite his bad type combo.

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  • WhippyWhippy Moderator, Admin Emeritus Admin Emeritus
    edited June 2007
    TyrantCow wrote: »
    so, pokerus

    GIVE ME YOUR AIDS

    would you call this pokepozzing

    gimmie a sec to spread it, and yeah.

    edit: I got trash with it... been waiting online for like 10 minutes; but, the forums are complete non-responsive for me (and have been for like a week).

    Yeah, the forum going down right that moment was pretty frustrating. I'll get online now, if you're stilla round.

    Whippy on
  • TyrantCowTyrantCow Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    TyrantCow wrote: »
    so, pokerus

    GIVE ME YOUR AIDS

    would you call this pokepozzing

    gimmie a sec to spread it, and yeah.

    edit: I got trash with it... been waiting online for like 10 minutes; but, the forums are complete non-responsive for me (and have been for like a week).

    Yeah, the forum going down right that moment was pretty frustrating. I'll get online now, if you're stilla round.

    thanks for the Eevee, man!

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  • WhippyWhippy Moderator, Admin Emeritus Admin Emeritus
    edited June 2007
    <3<3<3

    I have a box full of 'em. Want ten or twenty more?

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  • Last SonLast Son Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Hey guys, who makes a good HM bitch? I'm tired of using Stunktank for cut/smash/fog, machoke for strength/climb, my resident water poke for surf and Starraptor for Fly.

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  • WhippyWhippy Moderator, Admin Emeritus Admin Emeritus
    edited June 2007
    Bibarel!

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  • FaygoFaygo Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    I always use linoone with Surf cut strength Rock smash becuase of pickup and if i need another ability to just bring somone else along.

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  • TyrantCowTyrantCow Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Oh... hey...
    I was gonna breed a bunch of Beldums to trade on GTS in the next hour or so.
    If anyone wants one, pm me (add a nature/gender if you wish... I'll try.).

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