Actually, I find him hilarious, because he's so over the top and annoying. I really need to go through and unlock all the outfits, too. The Lucario one's pretty awesome.
I really need to go through and unlock all the outfits, too. The Lucario one's pretty awesome.
I don't have that one or the Roserade one, because those two stadiums blow. I love losing to my own pokes and/or being forced to use moronically-trained rentals (like a Primeape with Swagger, Assurance, Punishment, and some other stupid normal-type move, or a Magneton with Barrier, Light Screen, Reflect, and Explosion). No, really, I do. :x
The Rental Pass that I keep for such masochistic emergencies is filled with customized phrases bemoaning how lame the pokes it has to use are. When he throws one out there he actually says "Try not to suck."
I remember the first time I encountered the Roulette Wheel stadiums. The first roll of the wheel, the opponent got my Starmie.
My housemate turned around and went 'AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA you're gonna die.' And I did!
I just hate the way that thing is the only challenging stadium in the game, and only becouse it turns your own creatures against you.
Like I said, I'm not fond of the "Select Battle" in Sunset either.
The Survival in the Courtyard is harsh, but a fun challenge. I've only made it to 35 before retiring (because I was getting useless spins and my entire team was pretty much dead), but I've gone further on failed runs in the past.
As far as evolutionary 'night' purposes, the game considers its 'nighttime' between 8pm and 4am on the DS clock. As long as the clock is between those times, its 'night' as far as the game is concerned.
It's been pointed out that the Platforumers link in the Community section of the OP is dead. Does anyone have a working link?
Does anyone have suggestions for other Communities that should be linked to? Shoddy Battle perhaps?
It's been pointed out that the Platforumers link in the Community section of the OP is dead. Does anyone have a working link?
Does anyone have suggestions for other Communities that should be linked to? Shoddy Battle perhaps?
Does anyone know of a good hazer poke besides Crobat? Friendship types are a chore to raise- of course, I also plan on making a piss-people-off style Blissey, so if I can find a good friendship-raising system...
Oh, and I'll take that there Deoxys if it's still availible. Would you take an egg-move Charmeleon for it? Packing Metal Claw/Dragon Claw/Flamethrower/Cut. I can make more if someone would want to throw me a good idea on a mixed sweeper or something...
Crobat's not a very good hazer, honestly. Its too frail, for starters. Weezing and Blastoise are much better hazers, as far as the actual Haze move goes. If you don't mind subbing in a psuedo-haze, Skarmory is excellent for scattering Spikes or Stealth Rock right before using Roar or Whirlwind. Umbreon and Vaporeon can also use Yawn, which makes the opponent choose between forfeiting his stat ups with a switch or getting in one last hit before having his Pokemon put to sleep.
Yeah I think I need a hazer now too, I'm doing well in the battle tower thing but once in awhile I get some asshole with double-team, toxic and protect. I've managed to eek by so far but I'd hate to get far and then lose to it.
Oh, for the battle tower, the best way to counter those insanely annoying double team abusers is with Gyarados. Taunt is all you'll need there. Most of them don't even have a direct attacking move, so you can use them to set up a Dragon Dance of doom while they flail about uselessly. Gengar and Weavile also can carry Taunt, and are fast enough to go first to use it too. Gengar even has the extra bonus of being immune to Toxic.
For Friendship-raising, I'd strongly advise unlocking the Ribbon Resort up in the Battle area. You need to get ten ribbons on a single Pokemon to get them to let you in the door, but that isn't too rough. Just get one of the Pokemon you used to beat the Elite Four (one ribbon). Take it to Sunnyshore each day and have it in the lead when you talk to that lady in one of the houses that asks for a story. You can get a ribbon for each day (seven ribbons). Also in Sunnyshore is the effort value check ribbon, which you get once your Pokemon has 510 EV points (it doesn't care if you trained them or just had your Pokemon fight around 500 or so Pokemon). That's another ribbon. And finally, there's the footprint friendship ribbon near the hotel between Lake Valor and Sunnyshore. Ten ribbons, without having to go through those contests for them! The Ribbon Resort spa can be used afterwards on any of your Pokemon, just like the massage treatment in Veilstone.
I use a gyrados in my battle team but no taunt sadly, I'd gladly trade dragon rage or whatever that turd of an ability is..
is torterra a viable battle pokemon, I have a lot of fun with leech seed and giga drain just tanking through pokes but I don't know how well this would do against a live opponent, I want to do this with either a venusaur or torterra but I kind of dig the grass/ground type
Gyarados is worth burning that one time only Taunt TM on. Taunt/Dragon Dance/ whatever two attacks you'd like are a pretty standard Evil Flying Carp-Snake setup. Depends on the rest of your team, but Waterfall, Return, Ice Fang and Earthquake are all good choices.
Torterra kind of suffers in the Battle Tower. Its slow, so chances are good the enemy Pokemon is going to get the first hit in, and Torterra can't afford to take so many super effective hits (enemy Pokemon almost always go for the most effective attack they have). Even though it seems to go against much logic, frailer Pokemon like Sceptile and Jumpluff have a better shot than Torterra of setting up a subseed tank (sub or protect to stall, leech seed to begin the draining process, maybe toxic to hurry things along).
If you'd like to see some teams that people have taken pretty far in the Battle Tower, they've got a list over on Smogon- right here I think its the most helpful thing out there right now as far as putting a strong battle tower team together goes.
Torterra... I think you should re-think that moveset. It's usually more of a physical sweeper that combos well with a Sunny Zard template Charizard. Take a look at the moveset I whipped up for Tama-chan, my Torterra:
Earthquake- good for annoying fire/steel/electric pokemon
Crunch- a good move with a chance for flinch to buy you more time, also good against psychic/ghost
Wood Hammer- good strong Grass move- you eat recoil, but that's where the last move comes in
Synthesis- heals based on weather, under Sunny Day, you heal to full!
I'd train yours to use that set, but bring along a quick Fire-type to deal with that 4x weakness against ice.
No your idea isn't bad TB, but you don't need Giga Drain on Torterra. Leech Seed and the Big Root item are good enough I think.
If I were to make a Torterra I would have to give it Rock Polish. It's actually not as slow as it would seem, and one Rock Polish can be enough to make it quite fast. But I don't know, Torterra has lots of options. It's difficult to make a final moveset.
Oh, its far from impossible, Trouble, I'm just saying it isn't the best out there for a Battle Tower team. Subseed is an option for almost all grass Pokemon, right off the bat. Torterra is just too slow with too many weaknesses that will most certainly be exploited in the infamous tower of hax.
No your idea isn't bad TB, but you don't need Giga Drain on Torterra. Leech Seed and the Big Root item are good enough I think.
If I were to make a Torterra I would have to give it Rock Polish. It's actually not as slow as it would seem, and one Rock Polish can be enough to make it quite fast. But I don't know, Torterra has lots of options. It's difficult to make a final moveset.
Why 3v3 Elkaboom?
Because I have three I wanted to use really quick.
According to Smogon:
It works with Leech Seed, but it doesn't increase the percent damage dealt to the target, only the healing.
In any case, the gain is (In nearly every case except maybe Blissey)less than the amount gained from having Leftovers, making it an inferior choice for subseeders.
Torterra is best with physical attacks, yeah. Personally I would use Stone Edge over Crunch, as it's a more powerful method of covering what Torterra's dual STAB misses. Heracross, Breloom, and Bronzong resist Grass/Ground/Rock. Grass/Ground/Dark is also resisted by Heracross and Breloom, but Skarmory resists it instead of Bronzong. Also, Cacturne, Honchkrow, and Shiftry resist it. Crunch's flinch chance is largely useless on something as slow as Torterra.
...though Stone Edge's accuracy may turn you off its higher power and crit rate. Your choice really, I just think rock is a better attacking type.
(daaaaaaamn, don't I love spouting information. Ah well.
According to Smogon:
It works with Leech Seed, but it doesn't increase the percent damage dealt to the target, only the healing.
In any case, the gain is (In nearly every case except maybe Blissey)less than the amount gained from having Leftovers, making it an inferior choice for subseeders.
Torterra is best with physical attacks, yeah. Personally I would use Stone Edge over Crunch, as it's a more powerful method of covering what Torterra's dual STAB misses. Heracross, Breloom, and Bronzong resist Grass/Ground/Rock. Grass/Ground/Dark is also resisted by Heracross and Breloom, but Skarmory resists it instead of Bronzong. Also, Cacturne, Honchkrow, and Shiftry resist it. Crunch's flinch chance is largely useless on something as slow as Torterra.
...though Stone Edge's accuracy may turn you off its higher power and crit rate. Your choice really, I just think rock is a better attacking type.
(daaaaaaamn, don't I love spouting information. Ah well.
I could go for a battle if anyone's about.)
One little error though, Crunch doesn't flinch. 20% chance to lower Defense, Bite has the flinch.
I tend to give fast Pokés Rock Slide over Stone Edge. The flinch chance there is useful, at least I think so.
Then again, I'm addicted to my Floatzel's superspeed Waterfall flinchhax. If the enemy does get one shotted, it usually flinches and dies to the followup! Shivneas. (Though Mr Nifty is faster. )
Then again, I'm addicted to my Floatzel's superspeed Waterfall flinchhax. If the enemy does get one shotted, it usually flinches and dies to the followup! Shivneas. (Though Mr Nifty is faster. )
I must have horrible flinch luck, then - I never seem to get the flinch when I need it, although we're running as close to the same build for a Floatzel as possible with IVs and such.
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Maybe I'm masochistic. >:|
Actually, I find him hilarious, because he's so over the top and annoying. I really need to go through and unlock all the outfits, too. The Lucario one's pretty awesome.
I don't have that one or the Roserade one, because those two stadiums blow. I love losing to my own pokes and/or being forced to use moronically-trained rentals (like a Primeape with Swagger, Assurance, Punishment, and some other stupid normal-type move, or a Magneton with Barrier, Light Screen, Reflect, and Explosion). No, really, I do. :x
The Rental Pass that I keep for such masochistic emergencies is filled with customized phrases bemoaning how lame the pokes it has to use are. When he throws one out there he actually says "Try not to suck."
AC:NH Chris from Glosta SW-5173-3598-2899 DA-4749-1014-4697
My housemate turned around and went 'AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA you're gonna die.' And I did!
I just hate the way that thing is the only challenging stadium in the game, and only becouse it turns your own creatures against you.
Like I said, I'm not fond of the "Select Battle" in Sunset either.
The Survival in the Courtyard is harsh, but a fun challenge. I've only made it to 35 before retiring (because I was getting useless spins and my entire team was pretty much dead), but I've gone further on failed runs in the past.
AC:NH Chris from Glosta SW-5173-3598-2899 DA-4749-1014-4697
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Well I'm going to be heading out to watch movies pretty soon anyways.
Does anyone have suggestions for other Communities that should be linked to? Shoddy Battle perhaps?
NNID-InvisibleInk
New forum for platfourmers is at www.platformers.net.
If those are the guys you mean.
Oh, and I'll take that there Deoxys if it's still availible. Would you take an egg-move Charmeleon for it? Packing Metal Claw/Dragon Claw/Flamethrower/Cut. I can make more if someone would want to throw me a good idea on a mixed sweeper or something...
I can has cheezburger, yes?
For Friendship-raising, I'd strongly advise unlocking the Ribbon Resort up in the Battle area. You need to get ten ribbons on a single Pokemon to get them to let you in the door, but that isn't too rough. Just get one of the Pokemon you used to beat the Elite Four (one ribbon). Take it to Sunnyshore each day and have it in the lead when you talk to that lady in one of the houses that asks for a story. You can get a ribbon for each day (seven ribbons). Also in Sunnyshore is the effort value check ribbon, which you get once your Pokemon has 510 EV points (it doesn't care if you trained them or just had your Pokemon fight around 500 or so Pokemon). That's another ribbon. And finally, there's the footprint friendship ribbon near the hotel between Lake Valor and Sunnyshore. Ten ribbons, without having to go through those contests for them! The Ribbon Resort spa can be used afterwards on any of your Pokemon, just like the massage treatment in Veilstone.
is torterra a viable battle pokemon, I have a lot of fun with leech seed and giga drain just tanking through pokes but I don't know how well this would do against a live opponent, I want to do this with either a venusaur or torterra but I kind of dig the grass/ground type
like leechseed; giga-draing; earthquake; ????
Torterra kind of suffers in the Battle Tower. Its slow, so chances are good the enemy Pokemon is going to get the first hit in, and Torterra can't afford to take so many super effective hits (enemy Pokemon almost always go for the most effective attack they have). Even though it seems to go against much logic, frailer Pokemon like Sceptile and Jumpluff have a better shot than Torterra of setting up a subseed tank (sub or protect to stall, leech seed to begin the draining process, maybe toxic to hurry things along).
If you'd like to see some teams that people have taken pretty far in the Battle Tower, they've got a list over on Smogon- right here I think its the most helpful thing out there right now as far as putting a strong battle tower team together goes.
Earthquake- good for annoying fire/steel/electric pokemon
Crunch- a good move with a chance for flinch to buy you more time, also good against psychic/ghost
Wood Hammer- good strong Grass move- you eat recoil, but that's where the last move comes in
Synthesis- heals based on weather, under Sunny Day, you heal to full!
I'd train yours to use that set, but bring along a quick Fire-type to deal with that 4x weakness against ice.
I can has cheezburger, yes?
I may breed one up and EV train to see how it goes but it sounds like you guys don't think it will work.
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Now I'm busy.
If I were to make a Torterra I would have to give it Rock Polish. It's actually not as slow as it would seem, and one Rock Polish can be enough to make it quite fast. But I don't know, Torterra has lots of options. It's difficult to make a final moveset.
Why 3v3 Elkaboom?
NNID-InvisibleInk
Wait what are the conditions now.
EDIT: Shit, I didn't see someone was before me. Sorry.
Because I have three I wanted to use really quick.
train later, right?
RockinX- I could be wrong about that. I remember hearing that it worked with Leech Seed. Also Ingrain.
NNID-InvisibleInk
The more you know!
It works with Leech Seed, but it doesn't increase the percent damage dealt to the target, only the healing.
In any case, the gain is (In nearly every case except maybe Blissey)less than the amount gained from having Leftovers, making it an inferior choice for subseeders.
Torterra is best with physical attacks, yeah. Personally I would use Stone Edge over Crunch, as it's a more powerful method of covering what Torterra's dual STAB misses. Heracross, Breloom, and Bronzong resist Grass/Ground/Rock. Grass/Ground/Dark is also resisted by Heracross and Breloom, but Skarmory resists it instead of Bronzong. Also, Cacturne, Honchkrow, and Shiftry resist it. Crunch's flinch chance is largely useless on something as slow as Torterra.
...though Stone Edge's accuracy may turn you off its higher power and crit rate. Your choice really, I just think rock is a better attacking type.
(daaaaaaamn, don't I love spouting information. Ah well.
I could go for a battle if anyone's about.)
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NNID-InvisibleInk
Then again, I'm addicted to my Floatzel's superspeed Waterfall flinchhax. If the enemy does get one shotted, it usually flinches and dies to the followup!
I must have horrible flinch luck, then - I never seem to get the flinch when I need it, although we're running as close to the same build for a Floatzel as possible with IVs and such.