Pokemon Thread

[Alg]

And all I can think of is how a similar build would work with Swarm and a Bug priority move...

[Demoli]

What sets do you suggest for Rotom (and what kind) and Jirachi Zaaps?

[anonymous1234]

Wow, I must have migrated at least 60 pokemon. I think I'm gonna rest my eyes for a while and restart my game tomorrow.

[Zaaps1]

Bulky Rotom-H and Scarf Jirachi work. The Subwave jirachi set works wonders as well.

 

Bulky Rotom's EVs I don't remember, but the set is

 

~Thunderbolt

~Will-o-wisp/Reflect

~2 of: Shadow Ball, Overheat, Pain Split

 

Scarf jirachi: max the attack and speed

 

~Thunderpunch

~Iron Head

~Fire Punch

~Ice Punch

 

Subwave's EVs I don't remember

 

~Twave

~Sub

~Iron Head

~Fire Punch

 

You could try Specs/Life Orb Rotom-W, which is becoming very popular

 

~Hydro Pump

~Tbolt

~Shadow Ball

~Hidden Power Ground/Ice/Pain Split

 

You want to counter Weavile, Infernape, Gyarados and Machamp.

 

All Jirachi laugh at Weavile and Gyarados, unless said Gyarados has EQ (which they rarely do) or have multiple dragon dances (which it won't).

 

Bulky Rotom should be able to eat Infernape's Fire Blasts with not too much difficulty, and if it Mach Punches, you're golden. Rotom-W can pick up from there and proceed to start sweeping. Since all Machamp you'd be dealing with pretty much have Dynamicpunch, you'll want to switch in your Rotom. If it's a lead Machamp (and even some other Machamp), it will have Lum Berry, so DO NOT use Will-o-Wisp. Thus, either straight off Tbolt or run Reflect.

[Alg]

Quite unlucky in Emerald. First try had the Torchic have crap stats, so I reset. It was better after, so I named it and went to the rival. Then the very first wild pokemon appeared, and it's a [bleep]ing SHINY wurmple. At this point I don't have Pokeballs yet, so I stare longingly for a few seconds, say "Screw this game I'm done" and turn it off.

 

Though I've always wondered what it would be like to find a shiny Pokemon before getting Pokeballs. Now I know. And hope it never happens again.

[Demoli]

I wish my Vanity was shiny, it would increase it's awesome level :mrgreen:

 

I don't have the imagination for a story now, so I'll jsut point out what happened.

 

-Explored new Mauville, found Magnus the magnemite.

 

-proceeded to Treetop village or w/e it's called.

 

-Defeated the gym leader, altaria was a [bleep] though. Vanity took care of her with his epic tanking skills.

 

-Ground A LOT, my team now consists of Vanity the Dustox, now fully prepared with protect, light screen, moonlight and toxic. No special attacker is gona break it. Magnus was an increadible addition, even as a Magnemite it was stronger than Mandrake. He is now a reflecting magneton. Louise is now accompaning Yogi in the box. Nathan is now lv 33, Aran is now a Lairon, great physical attacker and tank, Indigo is now on my team, should be a good addition. Camilla is lv 29, should be evolving soon.

 

 

As i was trying to develop my Rever-zor, replacing X-scissor with agility solves the priority problem, but always do this after setting up a swords dance. If you set up a Agility, the priority problem is pretty much solved.

[anonymous1234]

Quite unlucky in Emerald. First try had the Torchic have crap stats, so I reset. It was better after, so I named it and went to the rival. Then the very first wild pokemon appeared, and it's a [bleep]ing SHINY wurmple. At this point I don't have Pokeballs yet, so I stare longingly for a few seconds, say "Screw this game I'm done" and turn it off.

 

Though I've always wondered what it would be like to find a shiny Pokemon before getting Pokeballs. Now I know. And hope it never happens again.

The odds of finding a shiny before you can even have pokeballs are so slim I'm tempted to say you're lying :|

[Demoli]

Quite unlucky in Emerald. First try had the Torchic have crap stats, so I reset. It was better after, so I named it and went to the rival. Then the very first wild pokemon appeared, and it's a [bleep]ing SHINY wurmple. At this point I don't have Pokeballs yet, so I stare longingly for a few seconds, say "Screw this game I'm done" and turn it off.

 

Though I've always wondered what it would be like to find a shiny Pokemon before getting Pokeballs. Now I know. And hope it never happens again.

The odds of finding a shiny before you can even have pokeballs are so slim I'm tempted to say you're lying :|

 

Again, the chances of finding a shiny pokemon at all are so slim on to themselves everyone is tempted to say they are fake.

 

In my entire pokemon career i only had 5: A shiny magnemite in Gold, a shiny growlithe in silver who rared away. I nerd raged for the following hour. A shiny paras in FR, i was crossing my fnigers for him not to run. he didn't. A shiny Golbat in FR seafoam islands and a shiny pineco in Emerald.

 

Combining all of these, i had about 600+h in pokemon. It's all about chance. ALG was both insanely lucky and unlucy at the same time-

 

PS: Shiny Gyarados doesn't count >:[

[anonymous1234]

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Quite unlucky in Emerald. First try had the Torchic have crap stats, so I reset. It was better after, so I named it and went to the rival. Then the very first wild pokemon appeared, and it's a [bleep]ing SHINY wurmple. At this point I don't have Pokeballs yet, so I stare longingly for a few seconds, say "Screw this game I'm done" and turn it off.

 

Though I've always wondered what it would be like to find a shiny Pokemon before getting Pokeballs. Now I know. And hope it never happens again.

The odds of finding a shiny before you can even have pokeballs are so slim I'm tempted to say you're lying :|

 

Again, the chances of finding a shiny pokemon at all are so slim on to themselves everyone is tempted to say they are fake.

 

In my entire pokemon career i only had 5: A shiny magnemite in Gold, a shiny growlithe in silver who rared away. I nerd raged for the following hour. A shiny paras in FR, i was crossing my fnigers for him not to run. he didn't. A shiny Golbat in FR seafoam islands and a shiny pineco in Emerald.

 

Combining all of these, it's all about chance. ALG was both insanely lucky and unlucy at the same time-

 

PS: Shiny Gyarados doesn't count >:[

[/hide]

I know, it's 1/8192 I think to find a shiny, but considering all the pokemon encounters one has in a single game, you have decent chances of finding one. To find it on the very first try is astounding though.

[Demoli]

Well, mathematicly, the chance of getting it on the first and on the 800th time is the same, so it's a bit..... gah can't find a suitable word.

 

And in no way you have 8000+ wild encounters in a regular game file.

[anonymous1234]

Well, mathematicly, the chance of getting it on the first and on the 800th time is the same, so it's a bit..... gah can't find a suitable word.

 

And in no way you have 8000+ wild encounters in a regular game file.

I know what you mean, that the chances don't increase on a singular-scale, but after a thousand or so encounters, you are more likely to have encountered a shiny during ONE of the thousand, as opposed to the very first try specifically.

[anonymous1234]

No, the number of the trial does not effect the probability at all. You're just as likely on the first time as the 5,000th.

You're looking at it merely as the 500th try though. Yes, the 1st and 500th tries have the same probability, but finding a shiny on the 1st compared to the 2nd-499th does not. To blow it out of proportion, wouldn't 100,000 encounters have a higher probability of finding a shiny than in a single encounter?

 

Edit: I have started my pokemon journey, and I'll write about it.

 

[hide=Part 1] After going through the opening dialogues and naming my character Robert, after myself, I went north to see Birch. I picked Treecko, and named him Geico, after the car insurance company. Afterwards, I went north to route 103 to find May. Luckily, I didn't encounter any wild pokemon on the way (I had no pokeballs.) I beat May, and Geico learned Absorb! This would surely be helpful considering how little I would be healing. After returning to Littleroot Town and obtaining 5 pokeballs, I went north to Oldale, bought some potions and pokeballs, and decided to start catching some allies. In route 103, I met and caught a Poochyena, which I named Spike. West of Oldale, I met a Zigzagoon, but unfortunately killed it. After battling a few trainers, I arrived in Petalburg City. After talking to a few people, I met my Dad and Wally, and showed him how to catch a Ralts. My Dad gave me some advice for becoming stronger, and I was on my way again!

 

I made my way to Route 104, where I encountered another Zigzagoon! I captured it this time and named it Izzy. Heading north to Petalburg Woods, I encountered a Tailow, caught it, and named it Sasha. After battling a few bug catchers, (With some close calls for Geico) I managed to beat the Aqua Grunt, and obtained a Great Ball. Upon exiting the woods, I obtained bullet seed, and taught it to Geico, replacing Pound. I realized at this point how underleveled all of my pokemon besides Geico were. I'd have to fix that. I went up the bridge, and found myself in my first double battle! Sasha took care of the grass type pokemon easily, and I safely made it to Rustboro.

 

I entered one of the houses at random, and got HM01, Cut. I taught it to Izzy, because he's the only one who would get STAB bonus from it. In the Devon Corp.'s housing building, I got a premier ball from an enthusiastic child. I also got the Quick Claw from an old professor in the trainer's school.

 

Now I was ready to beat Roxanne, the rock-type gym leader. Geico made quick work of the first trainer with Bullet Seed, and the second suffered the same fate. I saved, and challenged Roxanne. Her Geodude went down rapidly, and Geico gained a level, to 16! I used bullet seed twice on her Nosepass, but she kept using potions on it, which was frustrating. Eventually, I managed to score a critical, and I had won. Geico evolved into a Grovyle, and I was $1500 richer.

End of Part 1. [/hide]

[WeatherMatt]

Tempted to try one of these hard-mode games on my Blue cart that still works. I dunno if Gen I would be easier or tougher, overall.

 

Found a shiny Pidgey (-.-) in my SoulSilver game the other day. Tempted to train it up just because it's shiny, although I assume it's still useless in battle. I know nothing about the metagame in Gen IV (or even Gen III), but if we fire up a Gen I/Gen II tourney, I'd be first in line to sign up.

[Zaaps1]

Imo, it would actually be easier since Psychic types are so overpowered. You could catch a Hypno/Alakazam and get a Starmie, and you're pretty much set through the entire game.

[anonymous1234]

Imo, it would actually be easier since Psychic types are so overpowered. You could catch a Hypno/Alakazam and get a Starmie, and you're pretty much set through the entire game.

^This, iirc Ghost isn't even supereffective to Psychic in Gen I, plus there are very few bug type moves.

 

[hide=part 2]

After a crushing victory against Roxanne, I received the TM, Rock Tomb. I decided to save it for now. Heading east, I encountered a Nincada in the tall grass, naming it Jack. I also leveled up Sasha quite a bit. Spike is still hopeless, and is only level 5 despite my efforts to train him without dying. I learned that Izzy has the Pickup ability, and I got a super potion!

 

I made my way to Rusturf tunnel, and encountered a Whismur. Sasha and Spike, in an attempt to weaken Whismur, nearly died. My heart was beating very rapidly, turn between deciding to kill it quickly with Geico who was too strong to simply weaken it, or risk the lives of my friends. Luckly I had a potion, and with one quick attack, Sasha had done it! I threw a pokeball and Siren the Whismur was mine. I fought another Aqua Grunt, and rescued an old man's wingull, along with the Devon Goods.

 

After going to Devon Corporation, the President gave me the pokenav, and tasked me to go to Dewford. I stocked up on supplies, and headed down to Mr. Briney's cottage. Now that I had Cut, I could take the alternate route, and I got the Miracle Seed. I gave it to Geico to hold. Now he was unstoppable! I found a Slakoth on my way back, but was sad that I couldn't catch it. I grinded Siren to level 10 on some wild pokemon, and then got Spike to level 6. I encountered a wild Slakoth, level 5. Spike was at full health, and I decided to stop switch-training because it could handle a pokemon that did nothing 1/2 the time. After getting Slakoth to a sliver of HP however, Slakoth delivered a critical hit Scratch, taking away Spike's last 10 HP. To be honest, I didn't really care, Spike sucked. Nonetheless, Jack, who hadn't seen any action yet, finished off Slakoth.

 

I got to Briney's, and set sail for Dewford. I deposited Spike into the PC, into a box labeled 'Memorial.' After obtaining the Old Rod from a fisherman, I headed north, and battled a few fisherman there. I entered the Cave, and got HM05, Flash. I taught Flash to Jack, and then I encountered a wild Geodude and caught it, naming it Rocky. I headed back to the town, and prepared for the Gym battle. I decided Rocky, who would never be able to evolve into a Golem, was a waste of training effort, and I put him in my PC. I got the

Silk Scarf, which I gave to Siren, and then entered the Gym.

 

After Sasha fought the first 3 trainers solo, thanks to Wing Attack, he got to level 16. I didn't know if my pokemon were healed enough, but what choice did I have? I saved and enganged in battle with Brawly. He sent out a level 17 Machop. Sasha, with amazing luck, got a critical hit! Machop went down, and all that was left was a pesky Makuhita. It used sand-attack. Go figure. Two Wing Attacks and Makuhita was down as well. Sasha also hit level 17, and I won my second Gym badge! I received Bulk Up, which none of my pokemon could learn, so I just hung on to it. I decided to grind before I healed, and that was the end of Dewford![/hide]

[Zaaps1]

Yeah hte most threatening SE attack is Jolteon's Pin Missile (which is physical, so no threat) or Beedrill's Twinneedle (which is a joke).

 

You see neither in the game.

[PoorLepRecon]

Ultimania92: 18

Zaaps1: 17

Squareroot2: 15

Kcdragon8116: 15

A_Local_Guy: 13

Buzzcut3: 13

Run4Runes: 13

Demoliboy2: 12

Riku3220: 12

Roccodog25: 10

Omnitec: 10

 

 

Final standings. Good job everyone.

 

 

 

 

The banned pokemon list has been updated for the next tournament. I won't plan on it for at least a month, but I thought I should get the rules out early.

[anonymous1234]

Interesting rules, it should be fun :P

[Alg]

Gen 1+2 with gen4-5 mechanics should be interesting.

[PoorLepRecon]

I was considering only Gen 1, but figured the extra variety of Gen 2 would help out a bit.

[Riku3220]

Gengar. Gengar everywhere.

[Alg]

Gengar. Gengar everywhere.

Pursuit <3:

Would have guessed Tyranitar everywhere. Or Scizor. Not as much Gengar.

[Riku3220]

Question: If we allow Gen 1 + 2 Pokemon, will we allow their evolutions? Like Electivire, Magmortar, Magnezone, Rhyperior, Honchkrow, and Weavile?

[anonymous1234]

Question: If we allow Gen 1 + 2 Pokemon, will we allow their evolutions? Like Electivire, Magmortar, Magnezone, Rhyperior, Honchkrow, and Weavile?

I'm gonna guess and say no, probably.

[PoorLepRecon]

Gen 1 & 2 Pokemon only. Gen 4 pokemon are not allowed.