Pokémon General Discussion

[Ddude The Insane]

@B~T-okay. But if I used teh Vitamin, and tried to use another of the same vitamin that didn't work, that GUARENTEES my Pokemon haz 100 EVs in that stat?

[Magical Girl Mimi]

Skullkeepa: Um... Vitamins don't work period if you have over 100 EVs in the stat you're trying to increase

DT: It would say it wouldn't work. 10 Vitamins is the max for a stat though, if you're wondering. But the berries are like reverse Vitamins. The first, if you're over 100 as B~T said, will reduce it to 100, and the rest act, as I mentioned, like reverse vitamins.

Arceus Thing: Currently you can only get Arceus via the movie one, but I expect an event that doesn't come to Canada will have it, as usual. =P And while you can't trade him over the GTS, the GTS isn't the only way to trade Pokemon. if you found someone who had a legit one, you could just exchange FCs and trade it that way.

[Ddude The Insane]

I know, but we have IMAGES of Arceus, don't we?

Ok. So my Forretress has 100 Defense EVs currently...

I need to do my daily Pokemon review..

[B~T]

I have a blissey with 665 HP!

What level is it? 'Cause that's actually really low by Blissey standards. =P

Its actually average for Blissey. I don't think you can invest more EVs into Blissey's HP since it is Lvl. 100...

Maybe you can; I'm not sure.

And it is normal for Blissey to have high HP. It has a base HP Stat of 255.

[Dudebot5000]

I have a blissey with 665 HP!

What level is it? 'Cause that's actually really low by Blissey standards. =P

Its actually average for Blissey. I don't think you can invest more EVs into Blissey's HP since it is Lvl. 100...

Maybe you can; I'm not sure.

And it is normal for Blissey to have high HP. It has a base HP Stat of 255.

True. But according to Smogon, the minimum HP for a Blissey is 651 and the maximum is 714. In other words, it's not far off from the minimum HP stat.

[B~T]

Actually, use Serebii.

Smogon assumes that stats have 31 IVs.

Serebii uses all possible ranges for HP.

Thus, SkullKeepa's Blissey has average HP.
TODAY'S POKEMON IS...

LANTURN!!!

Type: WATER/ELECTRIC
Ability: Volt Absorb - Recovers HP when hit by an Electric move, including Thunder Wave
          Illuminate: Increases wild Pokemon encounters, it does nothing in battling.
Tier:  UU
Stats:

HP	125
Atck	58
Def	58
Sp. Atck	76
Sp. Def	76
Speed	67

Author's Opinion: Lanturn is actually a decent Special Sponge. In fact, it is viable in both UU and OU, although it does better performance in UU, being one of the best counters to Starmie, since it resists eerything, including Grass Knot (Base 40 Power, FYI, 50 pounds). It also counters the ever-so-common Bulky Waters in OU and UU that do not have Water and Ground as their types.  

Also, when I mention specific sets in a section, its movew|movex|movey|movez/alternatemovea, where "|" represents a move, while "/" represents an alternate move in a moveslot.

Recommended Movesets:
Nature: Calm
Ability: Volt Absorb
Item: Leftovers
EVs: 40 HP/136 Sp. Attack/252 Sp. Defense/80 Speed *credit to Smogon for EVs, since I'm too lazy to find it by myself, and the fact that I do not know Lanturn well.
~ Surf
~ Thunderbolt/Discharge/Thunder Wave
~ Ice Beam/Confuse Ray
~ Thunder Wave/Toxic

This set can use the Dudebot clause Parafusion, or act as a Special Wall. For a special wall, go with Surf|Thunderbolt|Ice Beam|Thunder Wave/Toxic. For the Dudebot set, Go with Surf|Discharge/Thunderbolt|Confuse Ray|Thunder Wave/Ice Beam. If you decide to have Discharge, then ditch Thunder Wave and go with Ice Beam. If you like power at the cost of accuracy, it is possible to replace Discharge for Thunder.

For the Special Wall set, Thunder Wave or Toxic is up to you. Thunder Wave cripples sweepers while Toxic cripples walls.

Countering Lanturn:

Swampert does a good job at dealing with it, firing off Earthquakes to hit its poor Defenses. Quagsire is special since it resists its Water moves completely and shares the same story as Swampert. Same with Gastrodon. And maybe Whiscash, even if it is inferior.

Since Lanturn is inclined to be a Special threat, Blissey and Snorlax wall it. Other Special walls that aren;t weak to its moves do a good job at walling it.

If you are a Grass type with decent Special defense *stares at Tangrowth*, then it is a counter.

Electivire can absorb its moves and fire Earthquakes.

Dugtrio can revenge kill it with Earthquake.



News and Improvements Section:
Hello, this is, uh, the news section.

August 7, 2009.
With his suggestion, I will add the Tier section to make things a lot helpful. It will be between the ability and stat sections. I will also link to previous reviews to make things a lot convenient in the section below. They will be listed alphabetically. Oh, and not to mention that this is also the first time I added the News Section .

August 11, 2009
Added separate section for the previous reviews.

August 12, 2009
Recolored Flying type.

August 20, 2009
Recolored Dragon type.

August 29, 2009
Recolored Water Type.

Previous Reviews:
Aerodactyl: Here
Alakazam: Here
Arcanine: Here
Blaziken: Here
Dusknoir: Here
Feraligatr: Here
Gallade: Here
Gyarados: Here
Lucario: Here
Meganium: Here
Milotic: Here
Salamence: Here
Scizor: Here
Skarmory: Here
Swampert: Here
Typhlosion: Here
Umbreon: Here

[Dudebot5000]

Fair enough.

Dudebot clause. xD

I finally caught my perferred Heatran, and I can now leave Stark Mountain behind. =D

[Ddude The Insane]

Congratulations.

Alright, I need to get something offline done, but once I do, I'll get my next Pokemon review up. Not that anyone learns anything useful from them. =P

Congratulations.

Alright, I need to get something offline done, but once I do, I'll get my next Pokemon review up. Not that anyone learns anything useful from them. =P

EDIT: It's time for...

Twilight's daily(give or take a few days) Pokemon reviews!



Today's Pokemon is....

Staraptor!!

Type:Normal/Flying
Ability:Intimidate: Lowers the foe's attack by 1 stage; reduces wild encounter rate.
Tier: BL


Stats:

HP:        85
Atk:       120
Def:       70
Sp. Atk: 50
Sp. Def: 50
Speed:   100

My Opinion:Borderline fits this Pokemon perfectly. It isn't quite strong enough to be OU, but not weak enough for UU. As far as Flying-types you can get early in the game (starter birds, as I call them), Staraptor is the best final evolution by fairly wide margin.


Reccomended Setup:
Nature: Adamant/ Jolly
Item: Choice Band
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 4 HP/252 ATK/252 Speed*credit to Smogon for pretty much all of this setup, including these EVs
~Brave Bird
~Return/Double Edge
~Close Combat
~U-Turn/Quick Attack/ Pursuit

AAAAGH! I had just finished, and my computer messed up. *eyetwitch*

*sigh*

Brave Bird and Close Combat are pretty much essential, even if you don't know squat about the meta-game. =P Return gives you decent power, but Double Edge, when taking in the effects of STAB, Choice band and Base Power of 120. All of the final options are good, but all in all I reccomend U-turn.


Countering Staraptor
Electivire, Zapdos, and Swampert can all 1/2HKO Staraptor, and take some hits from it. (My original version was much longer, but I don't want to rewrite it.)


New and Improvements Section
September 5th: Renamed Section and did second review. Past Reviews is its own section now.

September 2nd: First Review-Luxray


Past Reviews
Luxray
Staraptor
HG/SS release in Japan in 5 days.

[B~T]

The reason Staraptor has high success is because of Close Combat, which gets past Steel-Type walls. Most other Normal/Flying types do not have this advantage.

Also, Skarmory is a counter, since he is not weak to Close Combat.
PORYGON-Z!!!

Type: NORMAL
Ability: Adaptability - STAB Moves are boosted x2 instead of x1.5
          Download: If the opponent has lower Defense, Attack rises by 50%. If the opponent has lower Sp. Defense, Sp. Attack rises by 50%.
Tier:  OU
Stats:

HP	85
Atck	80
Def	70
Sp. Atck	135
Sp. Def	75
Speed	90

Author's Opinion: It has one of the highest Sp. Attack stats in the OU tier, but it comes with an average 90 speed, and lower than average defenses. It has the gift for being capable of 2HKOing Blissey, the best Special Wall. Despite its average speed, it still is a force to watch out for.
Recommended Movesets:

Nature: Timid/Modest
Ability: Download/Adaptability
Item: Choice Scarf/Choice Specs
EVs: 4 HP/252 Sp. Attack/252 Speed
~ Tri-Attack
~ Dark Pulse/Hidden Power Fighting
~ Thunderbolt/Hidden Power Fighting
~ Ice Beam/Hyper Beam/Nasty Plot

Choice Scarf helps its average Speed outrun anything that doesn't have a Choice Scarf and is faster than it. Tri-Attack for STAB, Dark Pulse hits Ghost types that resist it, and Thunderbolt, Ice Beam, and Hidden Power Fighting are options for it.

You can also replace it with Choice Specs, giving it power for less Speed.

Hyper Beam is an option, but it is really risky, since it gies the opponent time to set up on you or hit hard on your poor defenses. However, it 2HKOs most variants of Blissey.

Nasty Plot can make Porygon capable of 2HKOing any Pokemon in the OU tier, including Blissey. Any moves can work out for you, and make sure you use Adaptability if you are going to use the Nasty Plot set.

If you are going with the Choice sets, it is obvious to ditch Nasty Plot.
Countering Porygon-Z:

Due to its high Sp. Attack that is capable of annihilating Blissey, one should take advantage of its low defenses and average Speed.

Spiritomb resists all its moves. Blissey is a counter, but only if it has a status move like Thunder Wave.  

Tyranitar and anything that is Steel/Rock typed like Aggron and Probopass can wall it as long as it doesn't have Hidden Power Fighting.

Also, if you have a Mach Punch or Vacuum Wave user, you're in good shape for killing Porygon-Z. Lucario and Breloom are examples, but watch out, since its attacks can hurt.

Gengar can outspeed it and Focus Blast it.



News and Improvements Section:
Hello, this is, uh, the news section.

August 7, 2009.
With his suggestion, I will add the Tier section to make things a lot helpful. It will be between the ability and stat sections. I will also link to previous reviews to make things a lot convenient in the section below. They will be listed alphabetically. Oh, and not to mention that this is also the first time I added the News Section .

August 11, 2009
Added separate section for the previous reviews.

August 12, 2009
Recolored Flying type.

August 20, 2009
Recolored Dragon type.

August 29, 2009
Recolored Water Type.

September 6, 2009
Recolored Normal Type. Also removed the extra spaces between horizontal rules.

Previous Reviews:
Aerodactyl: Here
Alakazam: Here
Arcanine: Here
Blaziken: Here
Dusknoir: Here
Feraligatr: Here
Gallade: Here
Gyarados: Here
Lanturn: Here
Lucario: Here
Meganium: Here
Milotic: Here
Salamence: Here
Scizor: Here
Skarmory: Here
Swampert: Here
Typhlosion: Here
Umbreon: Here

[Dudebot5000]

Question: Does the "One-time item" effect for items like Focus Sash and berries count in Wi-fi?

[Magical Girl Mimi]

Like, they get used up? Yeah, but they stay for future battles either way.

[Dudebot5000]

Yeah, they'd get used in-battle, but they're available for anothe Wi-fi battle. Correct?

[Magical Girl Mimi]

Correct. They only time it gets fully used, is if it's ingame, and not against the Frontier.

[Dudebot5000]

Figures. I used one at the Battleground, and was completely surprised when the guy that had it got OHKO'd. =P

[Magical Girl Mimi]

Well, the sash shouldn't be used up after a battle, but the berries will be.

[Dudebot5000]

The sash was used in a previous battle. =P

[Magical Girl Mimi]

Yeah, but you should be able to use it in multiple battles...

[Dudebot5000]

You'd think so, but Focus Sash is aparently a one-use item ingame. Smogon backs this up. D=

[B~T]

I'm so happy, I got a Larvitar w/ Pursuit with good IVs!! w00T!!!

31 IVs in Attack and maybe Speed (least is 28)!!!

Now, can somebody please give me advice on what is a good EV Spread on Tyranitar:
172 HP/252 Attack/80 Speed

OR

4 HP/252 Attack/252 Speed

[Magical Girl Mimi]

You'd think so, but Focus Sash is aparently a one-use item ingame. Smogon backs this up. D=

0_o that's... weird. Ah well, I guess you should only use it in the Frontier and online then =P