Pokémon General Discussion

[Ddude The Insane]

Oh, no.  If you have to choose between the two, definitely go with Gallade.  I was just saying that it's fun to use for awhile, but it has a REALLY shattered Defense, and he can get really old somewhat quickly.

GAH!!!!!!!! I evolved it into Gardevoir!!!!

Well,i should be a man boy about this. Also,i am at Gym number 5. I want to train more before i enter,but no where good to train.

Active team:
Vaporeon-level 32
Togetic-level 32
Gardevoir-level 32
Monferno-level 34

The battle with Wake will all depend on Gardevoir. It has awesome Special stats,and knows Shock Wave and Magical Leaf.

[The Truth]

I should have leveled my team up more- I now have to take on the Snowpoint Gym Leader (if I can get past those pesky snowballs) with my only Pokemon over LV 15 a LV 55 Torterra! And Ice beats Grass!

[Ddude The Insane]

Good luck with that-you gotta keep an even team.

My team:
Infernape-level 36
Togetic-level 35
Gardevoir-level 35
Vaporeon-level 35

And I'm not messing around with them,either-Infernape knows Close Combat,Vaporeon knows Blizzard and Surf,Togetic knows Ancientpower,Fly and has a one-hit KO Return move,and my Gardevoir knows Psychic(although they all do) and Magical Leaf. Come out me with the wrong type,i will CRUSH you.

5 gym Badges,heading to Canalve,then i will go to Iron Island and get the Shiny stone to evolve Togetic and get #6.

[The Truth]

Good luck with that-you gotta keep an even team.

My team:
Infernape-level 36
Togetic-level 35
Gardevoir-level 35
Vaporeon-level 35

And I'm not messing around with them,either-Infernape knows Close Combat,Vaporeon knows Blizzard and Surf,Togetic knows Ancientpower,Fly and has a one-hit KO Return move,and my Gardevoir knows Psychic(although they all do) and Magical Leaf. Come out me with the wrong type,i will CRUSH you.

5 gym Badges,heading to Canalve,then i will go to Iron Island and get the Shiny stone to evolve Togetic and get #6.

anyone know where to get the EXP share? I need to level up my Luxio.

[Ddude The Insane]

It is south of Eterna,go to the biking area and Prof. Rowan's assistant will give it.

[The Truth]

It is south of Eterna,go to the biking area and Prof. Rowan's assistant will give it.

great, thanks. speaking of Eterna, what is that statue of? it doesn't look like Dialga, Plakia, OR Giratina. and I doubt that it's Arceus.

[Ddude The Insane]

Electivire and Giratina wil be my last two.

Team Updater-
level 41 Infernape
level 39 Vaporeon
level 38 Togekiss
level 38 Gardevoir

Traing in Iron Island. Great place to train.

[Dudebot5000]

Just got my third badge: Hearthome. It's annoying, though, how long they make you wait for Pikachu. Although, I suppose I could bring it over from Pearl... Thank goodness I have two DSs in my house. =P

[B~T]

Too bad I don't have two DSs in my house... :-\

If I can get Platinum, my 2nd  prototype team would be:
~ Torterra
~ Milotic, if I can trade/get one
~ Medicham (Fire Punch)
~ Altaria
~ Froslass
~ Drapion

Any suggestions?

[The Host]

My team will be:
Tyranitar
Dragonite
Metagross
Empoleon
Leafeon
and a lightning type, either Raichu or Manectric

[Ddude The Insane]

Um.....You have to beat the game before getting most of those.

My team is complete. All done with the Distorion World.

Team Updater Thingamabob:
Infernape-level 46
Electabuzz-level 41
Togekiss-level 45
Gardevoir-level 45
Giratina-level 47
Vaporeon-level 46

Preparing for the final Gym Leader.

[The Host]

@BT:  I suppose your team looks pretty fair.  

@RP:  Aw, where's the fun in that? :-\  Also, your team has a gaping weakness.  If I were to simply pull out a Physical Sweeper on your team, like, say, my Electivire, who happens to have an Ice-type move as well as a Ground-type move, he could floor your team.  

And at any rate, as ddude said, the vast majority of that would have to wait until later.  

Your team looks pretty fair, ddude.  I personally wouldn't use Giratina (I feel like it takes away the challenge a bit), but I guess that's your choice.

Metagross has that Magnet move...

[The Host]

Okay, there may be a few holes.
Tyranitar and Dragonite will tsay for sure, and I may sub out Metagross for someone else. But most of my pkmn would have earthquake, which takes out electivire

[The Truth]

@herochild:  Even before factoring EVs, IVs, etc. into a Pokemon, the first, most important part of a team is to keep their leveling even.  If you don't, your team will surely fall apart. 

Nonetheless, I'm sure everyone has gone down the same path as you in their beginning.  I, too, am guilty of that.   Believe it or not, I've only been a competitive battler in full understanding within the last year.  I knew all of the factors, but I didn't begin incorporating them until about early June.  I remember my Crystal version and Sapphire versions.  I did the same thing as you, with Feraligatr and Swampert, respectively.   Just trust me, keep an even team, and you'll do fine.

for some reason, I never let my Marshtomp evolve.

[Dudebot5000]

I'm goimg to wait a bit before I let my "core" evolve, so I can get them some good moves.

Raichu is confirmed for my team, although I'm only working on getting him at the moment. That leaves me two blank spots for others... Suggestions?

[The Truth]

I'm goimg to wait a bit before I let my "core" evolve, so I can get them some good moves.

Raichu is confirmed for my team, although I'm only working on getting him at the moment. That leaves me two blank spots for others... Suggestions?

Darkrai? Dialga? Chansey? Chansey has such high defense that a LV 100 Hacked Craydilly that I made, one with every stat (HP, Def, Speed, SP Def, Atk, Sp Atk) at 999, lost to a LV 96 Chansey.

[Dudebot5000]

Chansey Blissey is a possibility, due to its effectiveness as a "tank" as I believe it had been described. That, and I believe a Blissey tuned just right could have 814 HP, or so I hear.

And I'm trying to stay out of the Ub3r teer on my main team. I will create an Ub3r team, don't get me wrong, but that's for another time.

[Chicken Lord]

This Pokemon stuff is so confusing......

[The Host]

Okay, there may be a few holes.
Tyranitar and Dragonite will tsay for sure, and I may sub out Metagross for someone else. But most of my pkmn would have earthquake, which takes out electivire

Yeah, and there goes your buffeter for Earthquake. :\  And Electivire was merely an example.  There are many other Physical Sweeper Pokemon out there that can learn moves like Ice Punch and Earthquake.  Take Medicham for example.

Dragonite is a flying type that can easily take out Medicham. And pkmn like that don't get STAB, which reduces the effectiveness of them.
And you said where's the fun in that a few posts ago... this team will be at the end of the game. I don't know what my team will be for the main storyline e.g. 8 gyms + elite four, but it may look like this:

Empoleon
Staraptor
Luxray
Leafeon(can you get this pre elite four?)
Rapidash
HM slave

I've got:water, steel, normal, flying, lightning, grass, and fire. plus and HM slave to put in to use a quick revive/potion of some sort. I normally don't need too many pkmn while I go through the journey. In fact, I played my bro's fire red version using only Blastoise and an HM slave. By the time I got to the elite four Blastoise was in the high 70s.

Edit: I HATE the whole Chansey trio. They are only usefull as blockers and with a well trained fighting/steel type(my fav Lucario) they are easily beat with a physical attack move such as close combat.

@CL: pkmn is confusing if you let it be. You can get through the entire game without knowing anything about stats, as the pkmn you come across early on all have decent stats. If you are really into the game then it gets confuzzeling with all the natures and such. Speaking of which, do you breed for a certain nature etc.?

[Ddude The Insane]

I basically Just have to wait until getting together with my friend to complete my team,and that may take a while. I need him for evolving Electabuzz.

By the time the Dsi comes out,i wil be done with the regular quest and ready to pwn him .

Speaking of which:I only use Giratina as a fallback for the Elite Four,and a solution to Cynthia's Garchomp. I will fill the hole with another Pokemon.