Kirschen
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Doing Maison Super Singles and this [wagon]'s Walrein Sheer Cold and Fissure'd 2/3 of my team and left my choice scarf-locked Tru-Ant last. Thought my streak was going to end at a mere 55ish, but Iron Head kept flinching and Walrein's only two offense moves (Fissure and Sheer Cold) kept missing.
If that isn't absurdly good luck, I do not know what is.
What's worse is when your opponent starts toxic stalling and using double team ;-;.
[bleep] Double Team. It's existence might as well be Pokemon's answer to Kim Jong Il, minus actually leaving. Coincidentally, every single Cresselia in the Maison does that very same thing.
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Doing Maison Super Singles and this [wagon]'s Walrein Sheer Cold and Fissure'd 2/3 of my team and left my choice scarf-locked Tru-Ant last. Thought my streak was going to end at a mere 55ish, but Iron Head kept flinching and Walrein's only two offense moves (Fissure and Sheer Cold) kept missing.
If that isn't absurdly good luck, I do not know what is.
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Someone who unknowingly entered this wretched hive of a place and suffering consequences before regret sets it. You know, a normal person!
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Does Scolipede get Focus Energy? You could run Focus Energy, Baton Pass, Protect, Substitute on a Speed Boost Scolipede with a Focus Sash or Weakness Policy. You really don't want only two attacking moves on Kingdra just in case you run into something like Azumarill or Ferrothorn.
It does not. Unfortunately, unlike most mons who can learn moves of their previous evos via relearner, Scolipede would have got some use out of Iron Defense so its sub wouldn't get broken before it can send it to Kingdra to safely set up. However, I was getting quite a bit of success on Battle Spot with Scolipede + Kingdra. Once it got Focus Energy and +1 or +2 spe, Kingdra essentially ripped every god damn thing to ribbons with Hydro Pump + Draco Meteor as long as I didn't mispredict.
I did have a possible idea: Would Agility/Sub/Baton Pass Gliscor also work, since it can heal plus the bulk? At this point, I have to look into other passers as well as re-doing Kingdra for 31 HP. Aside from that, I have to thank you for your advice.
EDIT: I should also note I was having issues when my opponent was using a Fairy + Dry Skin Heliolisk (only encountered this one time, but it threw me off guard) since the latter is capable of switching in on Hydro Pump and leaving me hesitant to try Draco Meteor since limited PP along with the fact their Fairy is alive could lead to a waste of a move.
EDIT2: There is one mon capable of Baton Passing Focus Energy and Speed Boost buffs, and that'd be Blaziken.
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Fishing for Sniper Horsea and found one with 31 hp/def/sp def. If only the thing had Sniper, it would have been a great way to kick start my breeding project.
EDIT: And it looks like one felt like handing me a free Dragon Scale. Saved me even more trouble.
EDIT2: 26/31/31/31/31/31 Modest/Sniper. Didn't even have to RNG abuse that time. Yay for luck.
I'd still try to breed for one with more hp IVs. I'm don't really know how much you know about Hp/Defense stats, but those 5 points that you are missing from the Hp stat can take Kingdra from not being able to live a hit to living with just a few points. It actually matters believe it or not, which is why I hardly ever use the 4th/5th gen Pokemon that I hand bred because they just can't live hits the way perfect ones can.
I was thinking about that myself. At first, I figured it might not make a difference, but then I considered that just because it's a few off doesn't mean it won't cause a big impact. I ended up making that mistake during past ranked fights over Wi-Fi and it unsurprisingly bit me in the ass.
Oh, I have also been wanting your opinion on what would be better: baton passing speed boosts or just using Agility? I have a Scolipede with 5x31/Speed Boost ready, but its naturally meh defenses for its species might make it a null point since I thought about the possibility of Baton Passing subsitute and speed boost buffs so that my Kingdra would be able to safely get off Focus Energy and patch up its base 85 speed. Care to give your thoughts?
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Fishing for Sniper Horsea and found one with 31 hp/def/sp def. If only the thing had Sniper, it would have been a great way to kick start my breeding project.
EDIT: And it looks like one felt like handing me a free Dragon Scale. Saved me even more trouble.
EDIT2: 26/31/31/31/31/31 Modest/Sniper. Didn't even have to RNG abuse that time. Yay for luck.
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@Lokie
Try Kingdra. It has the Sniper ability which increases the power of crits. It also has a good typing, decent stats (offensive and defensive), good move pool, and access to focus energy.
That... did not come to mind till just now. With Focus Energy + Scope Lens comboed with Sniper boosting those crits, Draco Meteors and Hydro Pumps from that thing will hurt like [bleep]. Thanks for mentioning it!
... Beautiful.
Also, I found another incentive to breeding Kingdra: the egg cycle is much shorter than other dragons. Granted, I will likely just RNG manipulate like I did with Politoed and Gliscor, but still pleasing.
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@Lokie
Try Kingdra. It has the Sniper ability which increases the power of crits. It also has a good typing, decent stats (offensive and defensive), good move pool, and access to focus energy.
That... did not come to mind till just now. With Focus Energy + Scope Lens comboed with Sniper boosting those crits, Draco Meteors and Hydro Pumps from that thing will hurt like [bleep]. Thanks for mentioning it!
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Smogon isn't as obnoxiously elitist as most make it out to be. I've been to their forums and it's a rather pleasant place if you aren't being a total [wagon].
I know (I lurk there). But it still has a share of elitists.
To be fair, every area on the internet associated with dedicating themselves to something much more than the norm(like gaming in this case), there is always going to be elitists of some sort regardless. It's pretty much as avoidable as the Bubonic Plague in 1300's Europe.
Changing topic (yet again), anyone here know their Maison AI teams? I am thinking of doing Multi and Super Multi in Maison, but all of the AI teams from my Friend Code collections aren't very good. The idea of getting another trophy is nice, but maybe it isn't worth trying for now.
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Smogon isn't as obnoxiously elitist as most make it out to be. I've been to their forums and it's a rather pleasant place if you aren't being a total [wagon].
Anyways, changing the topic a bit. I came across a rumor that the Critical Hit mechanics had an interesting change in that with Focus Energy + Scope Lens/a move with a higher crit hit rate/etc, you will land a critical hit practically every single time. Thinking of breeding up a mon to try that out if it is true, but unsure if it is worth the effort even though I got good resources to attempt another project (especially since I recently got the Oval Charm). Seems a bit convoluted and an item slot being expended, but all I need to do to see if this works is buying a Scope Lens (just need to do Maison for a few battles... and my Super Single is frozen at 50 anyway) and catch a mon that naturally knows Focus Energy. If it works, then I have a possible breeding project to consider depending on how practical it is.
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*has had 99 defense since July 2008* Beat you guys by five-and-a-half-years.
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Translation: Meloetta is not a very good mon compared to others, especially in a competitive environment.
That make enough sense to you, Penguin?
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http://forum.tip.it/blog/124/entry-3544-alg-plays-pokemon-vietnamese-crystal-15/
One more update and I'm done.
So no "Part 2: Kanto half"? :<
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According to Serebii, a special Celebi is going to be distributed those who access Pokebank before Sept 2014. Recover/Heal Bell/Safeguard/Hold Back (which is some variant of False Swipe). Wait a moment while I delightfully squee.
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or you could play runescape.
You're [bleep]ing joking, right?
@Greed: I don't know why Azumarill is mentioned given the thing can naturally learn it via level-up since B2W2. Also, thanks for reminding me I still need to abuse move tutors before I send my Gen V breeds over.
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Finally "finished" (as in seen everything) Kalos Dex and got gold-colored card. And on my Birthday no less. Oval Charm makes for a nice present, I will admit.
Next week will be nice. Pokebank and 11th Doctor finale. Yay.
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I think I remembered most of the effort I had to spend on my High School research papers was the work cited bits. I can write up the subject just fine, but never could seem to remember the name of that guy and his outdated site from where I got the info from when I was looking it up.
God, the "work cited" crap was the one thing preventing me from enjoying writing the thing.
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If you ask me, being forced to search random sites that mention not being updated for years isn't any better than Wikipedia. And then there are those that are really bad in that they know they're providing skewed or false information.
For instance, there is a wiki that is tailor made for conservatives.
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I honestly feel they prevent citing W-Pedia more for the fact it is easy than the rumored inaccuracies. Granted, it's mainly on the latter but my school did it for the former just as much.
Of course, I graduated High School before I discovered Tv Tropes. I can just imagine how bad it'd be if I listed 50+ references to Tv Tropes when giving my thoughts on some play by Shakespeare, just as luring another adictee.
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GREENS!
I just bought A Link Between Worlds yesterday myself. Honestly, I am a bit disappointed at some of the stuff, but like it anyway.
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I assume it was due to some random popularity or fashion motives like last time.
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Purchased Cookies & Creme flavored Chex Mix. It tasted surprisingly good.
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At least I did get one shiny out of it.
Speaking of ranked battles, decided to try one out. Surprised I won (without losing a single mon) in spite of not thinking it through and used a fully physical offense team while my opponent used Gyarados/Manectric-M/Physically defensive Vaporeon. Only won because I predicted better and didn't get burned by Scald. I should improve myself next time.
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Well, the patch was mostly towards the program people were abusing to basically eavesdrop on your team's movesets and even what you picked (like the Millennium Eye from Yu-Gi-Oh, minus the eye scream). So basically "why the fandom cannot have nice things" is being applied here.
@Squab: About Dragons, I personally felt it was mostly showing peace with dragons wasn't exactly going to be a smooth ride as well as the impact the boy's actions will have (Defenders is basically confirming my theory he got Berk out of one war and into another) and gives nice worldbuilding. It also makes a nice bonus filler thing to fill any stuff before the 2nd movie comes out in 2014 or so.
It's Super Effective!
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Join the club. I was given a 48 hour one for no reason that wasn't lifted at all. Still no idea why to this day. Since I don't scape, seeking that answer is pointless.