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Pokemon that had their egg bred moves deleted by the stupid Day Care can relearn them for a heart scale. Is this a new or old mechanic?
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Oct 24, 2013 22:39
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Kart Barfunkel posted:Alright, guys, when's a good time to evolve my Pumpkaboo...Duoblade...and Helioptile? Duoblade learns Sacred Sword at level 51, though I prefer to run iron head instead. Helioptile should be fine as soon as it learns parabolic charge. A good set would be rain dance/surf/parabolic charge/thunder, so all of his other moves he can get through TMs.
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Oct 24, 2013 22:39
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horriblePencilist posted:Duoblade learns Sacred Sword at level 51, though I prefer to run iron head instead. Notably, Sacred Sword and Shadow Sneak give it unresisted STAB if you're into that kind of thing. Iron Head does more damage, but Sacred Sword hits more things super effectively.
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Oct 24, 2013 22:41
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I love passerby's that spam me for battles when I'm currently breeding then goes offline once I've switched to my actual team.
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Oct 24, 2013 22:44
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Dastardly posted:I love passerby's that spam me for battles when I'm currently breeding then goes offline once I've switched to my actual team. Put your A team in your battle box.
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Oct 24, 2013 22:46
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JollyPubJerk posted:Pokemon that had their egg bred moves deleted by the stupid Day Care can relearn them for a heart scale. Is this a new or old mechanic? Yeah, it's a new mechanic. It's quite convenient.
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Oct 24, 2013 22:48
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horriblePencilist posted:Duoblade learns Sacred Sword at level 51, though I prefer to run iron head instead. Helioptile should be fine as soon as it learns parabolic charge. A good set would be rain dance/surf/parabolic charge/thunder, so all of his other moves he can get through TMs. Actually just checking it, the only move Helioptile learns by level-up after Parabolic Charge that you can't teach with a TM is Electrify, which I can't imagine you really want anyway. So not only can you teach it a good set with just TMs, you can teach it any set it could naturally learn as long as you get Parabolic Charge before evolving.
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Oct 24, 2013 22:55
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Who makes a good HM slave?
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Oct 24, 2013 22:58
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Elderbean posted:Who makes a good HM slave? Bibarel, Lapras, Greninja.
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Oct 24, 2013 22:59
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Cuckoo posted:Bibarel, Lapras, Greninja. Assuming you have something in your party to use Surf (since it's actually a good attack), Hawlucha can Fly/Strength/Cut, and also Rock Smash and False Swipe.
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Oct 24, 2013 23:00
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horriblePencilist posted:Duoblade learns Sacred Sword at level 51, though I prefer to run iron head instead. Helioptile should be fine as soon as it learns parabolic charge. A good set would be rain dance/surf/parabolic charge/thunder, so all of his other moves he can get through TMs. Or Surf/Dark Pulse/ Thunderbolt/Focus Blast for basically perfect coverage. Not to mention all TM/HM. Unlike most electric types, Heliolisk has a really really good and wide movepool and doesn't need to double up on anything like poor Jolteon/Manectric/Luxray etc.
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Oct 24, 2013 23:02
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Zore posted:Or Surf/Dark Pulse/ Thunderbolt/Focus Blast for basically perfect coverage. Not to mention all TM/HM. That's always been the blessing of Normal types, they always get absurdly wide movepools.
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Oct 24, 2013 23:04
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Is Shadow Ball a postgame TM?
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Oct 24, 2013 23:06
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BearDrivingTruck posted:Is Shadow Ball a postgame TM? You get it in Terminus Cave, which is after either the 6th or 7th Gym.
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Oct 24, 2013 23:08
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Elderbean posted:Who makes a good HM slave? Diggersby, if you have it. Surf/Cut/Rock Smash, I know work.
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Oct 24, 2013 23:11
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After seeing how rad Mega Banette looks, I really want one. What do you think of Banette @ Banettite Jolly/252 HP 252 Att 4 Spe Taunt Thunder Wave/Swagger/Will-O-Wisp Shadow Claw Torment/Thunderbolt/Substitute
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Oct 24, 2013 23:15
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horriblePencilist posted:After seeing how rad Mega Banette looks, I really want one. What do you think of How can you run a thing with Prankster that can Destiny Bond without using Destiny Bond?! D:
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Oct 24, 2013 23:19
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Countblanc posted:How can you run a thing with Prankster that can Destiny Bond without using Destiny Bond?! D: Maybe it has Cursed Body. E: Oh right, Mega-Banette. Carry on then.
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Oct 24, 2013 23:21
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Countblanc posted:How can you run a thing with Prankster that can Destiny Bond without using Destiny Bond?! D: So I'd use Destiny Bond more of a deterrent than a suicide attack?
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Oct 24, 2013 23:21
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I just threw a bunch of Tyrunts I'd bred with Ice Fang and Poison Fang into the Wonder Trade to see what I'd get out of it. Spoils of the day were:
Not a bad haul, overall. I think the Power Lens was a mistake, so I caught something to trade it back to the guy with. He ended up with a female Combee, and I got another Charmander from him,  Though now I'm wondering if I should've just traded him back his original Charmander.  Regardless, really digging the whole Wonder Trade feature. It's fun tossing out stuff into the aether and seeing what comes back. Sometimes I get something good, sometimes I get junk, but either way I like to imagine someone out there was happy with what they got from me. 
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Oct 24, 2013 23:23
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technolizard posted:Diggersby, if you have it. Surf/Cut/Rock Smash, I know work. My Diggersby has Strength as well. Bred a box full of Larvitars today with an Italian Pupitar and a Ditto trying for a shiny. No luck, but I've got loads of Wonder Trade fodder now. LordHippoman fucked around with this message at 23:26 on Oct 24, 2013 |
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Oct 24, 2013 23:24
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horriblePencilist posted:So I'd use Destiny Bond more of a deterrent than a suicide attack? No, use it to suicide. And use Shadow Sneak to pick stuff off. Mega Banette is never going to be sweeping so using him to revenge kill really potent stuff, or sweepers who set up on you, with Shadow Sneak and Destiny Bond and using WoW and Taunt to cripple others will probably get you the most mileage.
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Oct 24, 2013 23:24
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One day I'm gonna go rogue. I'll breed a million Bidoofs and call them all "Try again". They'll all go through Wonder Trade.
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Oct 24, 2013 23:25
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Elderbean posted:Who makes a good HM slave? I use Linoone (Surf, Rock Smash, Strength). Doesn't get cut but it has pickup while not being as terrible looking as Diggersby. Also it gets Covet, which is nice for farming heart scales.
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Oct 24, 2013 23:25
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The Leper Colon V posted:I like Umbreon! Best Foul Play user in the game, yo. This is from like 80 pages ago but can someone enlighten me as to why?
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Oct 24, 2013 23:26
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Pyrocat posted:This is from like 80 pages ago but can someone enlighten me as to why? He's super specially bulky and can use curse to boost foul play I guess?
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Oct 24, 2013 23:30
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JollyPubJerk posted:Pokemon that had their egg bred moves deleted by the stupid Day Care can relearn them for a heart scale. Is this a new or old mechanic? It's new; the relearner existed in previous generations, but wouldn't teach egg moves. Countblanc posted:Assuming you have something in your party to use Surf (since it's actually a good attack), Hawlucha can Fly/Strength/Cut, and also Rock Smash and False Swipe. Charizard can also run Fly/Strength/Cut/Rock Smash. Pyrocat posted:This is from like 80 pages ago but can someone enlighten me as to why? It's got enough bulk to take hits, and its low attacking stats don't matter since Foul Play runs off its target's Attack.
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Oct 24, 2013 23:34
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Elderbean posted:Who makes a good HM slave? Scruff the Linoone runs rock smash, cut, strength and surf, as well as being level 90 and giving me so much goddamn good poo poo from pickup Not beaten the e4 yet 
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Oct 24, 2013 23:34
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Ruggington posted:He's super specially bulky and can use curse to boost foul play I guess? Foul Play runs off your opponent's attack stat.
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Oct 24, 2013 23:34
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Zore posted:Foul Play runs off your opponent's attack stat. I thought it used the boosts from both pokemon, but that might just be the way Huge Power works
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Oct 24, 2013 23:36
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Ruggington posted:I thought it used the boosts from both pokemon, but that might just be the way Huge Power works Huge Power is special, yeah. quote:Foul Play inflicts damage. It uses the target's Attack stat to calculate damage, as opposed to the user's Attack stat. The target's stat boosts (anything that changes the stat stage, such as Swords Dance or Growl) are incorporated into the damage calculations. Any remaining boosts (such as Huge Power or Guts) are calculated with the user of Foul Play's items, Abilities, and status.
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Oct 24, 2013 23:38
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I have taken photos of all the Battle Chatelaines! http://imgur.com/a/OJuTX Only after I've done all this did I see that there was a much higher-quality image set of them on tumblr 
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Oct 24, 2013 23:39
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A fun trick with Prankster Destiny Bond is that the "take them with you" effect lingers until your next attack, so you could Destiny Bond on one turn and then, since you're slow as balls, Shadow Claw or whatever next turn and go second. This means they have to not kill you for two turns if they don't want to get dragged down to hell, and you might just get a free Shadow Claw kill out of it if they try to act cute and switch or something.
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Oct 24, 2013 23:43
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Alfalfa The Roach posted:I have taken photos of all the Battle Chatelaines! I can't figure out what the second one is doing with her mouth.
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Oct 24, 2013 23:44
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So, I was trying to catch a Nidoran male with hustle and was having difficulty getting the hordes to come. I was then informed that sweet scent attracts hordes only, and I knew because of my mawile that it could learn sweet scent. I went to a friend safari, to catch another mawile (didn't have a heart scale). Low and behold, a shiny mawile. I catch it immediately, name it, then look at it's nature. Adamant. I have a new mawile now.
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Oct 24, 2013 23:52
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Nita is a jerk who nearly ended my run on Singles with a Hypnosis-happy Purugly. How that thing is faster than a loving Mega Gengar, I will never know.
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Oct 24, 2013 23:53
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Is there any benefit to medalling all the Super Trainings?
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Oct 24, 2013 23:54
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Bibarel is still the best HM end game slave. Unlike the other common normal HM slave fodder, he learns Waterfall in addition to Surf/Strength/Cut. Rock Smash is only a TM so you can always use it when apropros on one of your "real" Pokemon and re-use whatever TM is relevant again for that move slot. Unfortunately, no pickup. I used a Diggersby until I got waterfall then used Bibarel for the rest of the game. 
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Oct 24, 2013 23:56
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Well, I ended up training three separate Dragonites. Caught a Dragonair, bred it, raised the baby into a big doofy dragon. Stuck some HMs on the Dragonair, decided I wanted Fly as well, evolved that one too. Then I had another Dratini I Super Trained specifically to be good at the Secret Training. Turns out Dragonair has a lovely shot type. So, Dragonite number three. It's a good thing it's so easy to level critters up this generation.
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Oct 25, 2013 00:06
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Dragonite is actually the best HM Slave because he also learns Fly. There are a few others that learn Fly/Surf/Strength/Waterfall, but he's one of the few that isn't a legendary.
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Oct 25, 2013 00:06
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