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Emalde posted:Mega Banette is really, really bad due to fixed turn order. Literally every other Mega is serviceable in some fashion, but wasting an m.evo on Banette is completely pointless when every other prankster can do what it does but much better without the need to waste a turn on protect and can still have a hold item. I already explained a few pages ago that Banette does a lot more than just prankster though so protect is a completely wasted slot on him. If prankster was the only thing he had going for him he would suck, but he also packs a monstrous attack stat. Not the best mega but he's definitely better than some of the other ones I've seen. This is in addition to the free frisk he gets so you can scout your opponents strategy. He's not great, but at the very least he turns Banette into a more usable pokemon.
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I am Reverend posted:Manectric is pretty bad because you're wasting your mega slot on a slightly better Jolteon. Mega Aerodactyl has the same problem where it's barely better than regular Aerodactyl at the cost of a mega slot. Mega Houndoom, Gyarados and Venusaur all arguably get worse when then Mega Evolve (Houndoom loses Flash Fire which gave it the ability to switch in and trap Chandelure and a few other things, Gyarados loses Intimidate and Moxie and gets a much worse typing, and Venusaur loses Chlorophyll and gets no outstanding boost to any particular stat unlike any other mega evo). Mega Gyarados is a ridiculously good lure for Rotom-W, though I imagine as time goes on people will get better about not immediately switching it in to Gyarados without figuring out its item. The big thing with Gyarados is knowing when to mega evolve, you can keep your flying typing if you need it to check Scizor or whatever since Gyarados is one of the few Megas that are actually competent without evolving.
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Nov 8, 2013 17:32
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The gently caress? I just checked a Bulbapedia page for an old Pokemon and it is still showing Gen 5 movepools.
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Nov 8, 2013 17:34
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notthegoatseguy posted:The gently caress? I just checked a Bulbapedia page for an old Pokemon and it is still showing Gen 5 movepools. It takes time to update a website for over 700 monsters with info from a game that's only been out for a month with data that can't be ripped straight from the code.
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Nov 8, 2013 17:36
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Cipher Pol 9 posted:I'm actually a big fan of Mega Heracross. While I can't use him at the moment because Breloom is my favorite, I ran with him for a while and he can wreck some stuff pretty hard with Skill Link Bullet Seed, especially while Rotom-W is so popular and it can smash through Substitutes/Sashes. Really though Heracross getting Bullet Seed at all is a huge buff, a lot of things that liked to counter Heracross don't like Grass so it helps him a bit.
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Nov 8, 2013 17:37
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Crosscontaminant posted:I've not heard anything about Mega Medicham either. He's pretty beastly just overshadowed in popularity by Megaskhan. I run him and he's a Guru of death. Trying to breed one atm to get both Bullet Punch and Psycho Cut on one. ZenMasterBullshit fucked around with this message at 17:51 on Nov 8, 2013 |
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Nov 8, 2013 17:38
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How do you get the PSS to register a second location? It's saying I'm in the UK, but I haven't played there for weeks and started a new game anyway. Apparently I'm in France according to http://torcheck.xenobite.eu/ which isn't true either but would work for the purposes of more Pokemiles. Google isn't helping figure it out.
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Nov 8, 2013 17:52
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How do I make my Pidgeotto good? :[ One of my favorite old school pokemans but holy poo poo it's getting 2 shot and out-initiative'd by pokemon 3-4 levels lower than it. It's level 30 right now and loving Gust is all it's learned for flying moves!!! I was looking at Pidgeot's learning chart and I can't believe it doesn't learn Aerial Ace or Steel Wing or anything anymore
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Nov 8, 2013 17:55
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Razzled posted:How do I make my Pidgeotto good? :[ One of my favorite old school pokemans but holy poo poo it's getting 2 shot and out-initiative'd by pokemon 3-4 levels lower than it. It's level 30 right now and loving Gust is all it's learned for flying moves!!! I was looking at Pidgeot's learning chart and I can't believe it doesn't learn Aerial Ace or Steel Wing or anything anymore It never did learn Aerial Ace or Steel Wing via level-up; those are TM moves that it can still learn via TM. Pidgeot is honestly pretty bad, but if you're committed to using one, teach it Return. It's going to be your main source of damage.
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Nov 8, 2013 17:59
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Razzled posted:How do I make my Pidgeotto good? :[ One of my favorite old school pokemans but holy poo poo it's getting 2 shot and out-initiative'd by pokemon 3-4 levels lower than it. It's level 30 right now and loving Gust is all it's learned for flying moves!!! I was looking at Pidgeot's learning chart and I can't believe it doesn't learn Aerial Ace or Steel Wing or anything anymore Aerial Ace is a TM. Steel Wing is an egg move as well as Brave Bird. But yeah its level up movepool kind of sucks, sorry.
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Nov 8, 2013 18:00
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You can teach it stuff, but the fact of the matter is that the other lovely Birds are generally going to eclipse it. Unfezant learns Taunt and Hypnosis, Swellow has Guts, Staraptor has great stats and Close Combat, and Talonflame has priority, great Attack/Speed, and Flare Blitz. I guess Pidgeot might be better than Fearow, but that's really scraping the bottom of the barrel. Best bet is teach it Return and Aerial Ace from TMs (or breed Brave Bird), give it U-Turn as well, and boost its Attack and Speed EVs.
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Nov 8, 2013 18:03
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Razzled posted:How do I make my Pidgeotto good? :[ One of my favorite old school pokemans but holy poo poo it's getting 2 shot and out-initiative'd by pokemon 3-4 levels lower than it. It's level 30 right now and loving Gust is all it's learned for flying moves!!! I was looking at Pidgeot's learning chart and I can't believe it doesn't learn Aerial Ace or Steel Wing or anything anymore edit: Oh, forgot about Fly Harlock fucked around with this message at 18:13 on Nov 8, 2013 |
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Nov 8, 2013 18:04
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How does breeding multiple moves work? Say I want to breed Ion Deluge and Baton Pass onto my Emolga. Ion Deluge would be from Zebrastika and Baton Pass from whoever (been using Eevee), do I have to get a Zebrastika that knows both these moves and then breed it with an Emolga and hope for the best? Can you even inherit two moves at once?
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Nov 8, 2013 18:08
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I want a Youkai-themed team. I've got Mawile, Froslass and Shiftry, but what else is there?
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Nov 8, 2013 18:13
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Baron La Croix posted:I want a Youkai-themed team. I've got Mawile, Froslass and Shiftry, but what else is there? You somehow forgot Ninetales. 
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Nov 8, 2013 18:14
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Kikas posted:How does breeding multiple moves work? Say I want to breed Ion Deluge and Baton Pass onto my Emolga. Ion Deluge would be from Zebrastika and Baton Pass from whoever (been using Eevee), do I have to get a Zebrastika that knows both these moves and then breed it with an Emolga and hope for the best? Can you even inherit two moves at once? It used to be that egg moves could only be passed down through the male, now both parents can pass down moves. So you can just breed Baton Pass onto a female Emolga, then breed it with whatever has Ion Deluge. I was breeding Crawdaunts with Dittos and they were passing down both Aqua Jet and Dragon Dance, so apparently there is no limit to how many moves you can pass on as long as at least one of the parents knows them.
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Nov 8, 2013 18:16
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Harlock posted:Pangoro/Pancham are my new favorite Pokemon from this generation. Dude was a physical sweeper through and through, and even outspeeded a lot of people - which I guess he has decent speed? I have a shiny one and I refuse to evolve it because it would lose the golden horns.
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Nov 8, 2013 18:19
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ThisIsACoolGuy posted:Espurrs are great, they're one of my favorite designs of this gen actually just because of their expressions This is from a few pages back. But... did you guys know that Espurrs have eyes under their ears? And that they cover them up to hide their psychic power? Did you also know the raw terror that I experienced when I unknowingly caught a glimpse of them? Seriously check it out. Click on your Espurr in the summary screen. It's eerie... Which I have to admit is in line for Espurr.
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Nov 8, 2013 18:20
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Baron La Croix posted:I want a Youkai-themed team. I've got Mawile, Froslass and Shiftry, but what else is there? Persian, Ninetales, Bronzong, Banette, Chimecho, Darmanitan, Claydol. There are probably more but I'm not especially keen on my folklore. E: loving duh, Slowbro/Slowking Emalde fucked around with this message at 18:31 on Nov 8, 2013 |
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Nov 8, 2013 18:25
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Espeon's split tail and catlike appearance might be inspired by a Bakeneko?
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Battle Pigeon posted:How do you get the PSS to register a second location? It's saying I'm in the UK, but I haven't played there for weeks and started a new game anyway. Apparently I'm in France according to http://torcheck.xenobite.eu/ which isn't true either but would work for the purposes of more Pokemiles. Google isn't helping figure it out. Your PSS location is set to whatever your 3DS's current region is set to.
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Nov 8, 2013 18:34
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W.T. Fits posted:Your PSS location is set to whatever your 3DS's current region is set to. Dammit, that's so obvious now it's embarrassing. Thanks!
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Nov 8, 2013 18:46
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FauxGateau posted:This is from a few pages back. But... did you guys know that Espurrs have eyes under their ears? And that they cover them up to hide their psychic power? Did you also know the raw terror that I experienced when I unknowingly caught a glimpse of them? Seriously check it out. Click on your Espurr in the summary screen. It's eerie... Which I have to admit is in line for Espurr. Well yeah that's their (and Meowstics) gimmick. They're little balls of Psychic fury that try their best to mask their emotions so that psychic maelstrom doesn't break loose. It's why they look so pissed when they throw the ears up for attacks.
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Nov 8, 2013 18:52
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^ I hate rodent pokemon, you know they carry pestilence in adorable cockfighting monster world as much as they do in real life notthegoatseguy posted:The gently caress? I just checked a Bulbapedia page for an old Pokemon and it is still showing Gen 5 movepools.
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Nov 8, 2013 18:55
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ZenMasterBullshit posted:Well yeah that's their (and Meowstics) gimmick. They're little balls of Psychic fury that try their best to mask their emotions so that psychic maelstrom doesn't break loose. It's why they look so pissed when they throw the ears up for attacks. Man. Espurrs are awesome. Probably the coolest cat pokemon in a long time.
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The White Dragon posted:^ I hate rodent pokemon, you know they carry pestilence in adorable cockfighting monster world as much as they do in real life Interesting that you say that, the Dedenne I caught for dex completeion had Pokerus. FauxGateau posted:This is from a few pages back. But... did you guys know that Espurrs have eyes under their ears? And that they cover them up to hide their psychic power? Did you also know the raw terror that I experienced when I unknowingly caught a glimpse of them? Seriously check it out. Click on your Espurr in the summary screen. It's eerie... Which I have to admit is in line for Espurr. I knew there was something creepy about them, I just couldn't figure out what it was.
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Kikas posted:How does breeding multiple moves work? Say I want to breed Ion Deluge and Baton Pass onto my Emolga. Ion Deluge would be from Zebrastika and Baton Pass from whoever (been using Eevee), do I have to get a Zebrastika that knows both these moves and then breed it with an Emolga and hope for the best? Can you even inherit two moves at once? It used to be just the father, now the mother can pass egg moves. So you need a female Emolga, breed the first move on, wait until you hatch a female Emolga with that move. Then breed that with the second move-father, the mother will pass the first egg move and the father the second. The second born generation will all have both egg moves. You can inherit four moves, my Eevee batches were all coming out with wish/covet/bite/baby doll eyes.
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ZenMasterBullshit posted:He's pretty beastly just overshadowed in popularity by Megaskhan. I run him and he's a Guru of death. Trying to breed one atm to get both Bullet Punch and Psycho Cut on one. I think I still have a box full of these exact kind of meditites. I was using Mega Medicham. He's so frail, and with no item, its hard to get him in safely to be the bringer of zen death. But man, when he gets a good switch, he can hurt so bad. Talon flame on the other hand, is a pretty strong counter with gale force. Meowstics eyes lose their pupils when using attacks- their pupils go up into their ears. I was very creeped out when I saw that for the first time. It also made me catch one as soon as I realized because creepy possessed french cats are cool. cancerianmoth fucked around with this message at 19:23 on Nov 8, 2013 |
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Nov 8, 2013 19:20
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I just hatched a shiny Gastly! I'm thrilled and thankful that I don't care about natures! A perk of being oblivious to the metagame!
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Nov 8, 2013 19:21
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Does anyone have a friend safari with both a Dunsparce and Lillipup? I'm trying to catch a shiny version of both and I hear the Friend Safari shiny rates are crazy.
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Nov 8, 2013 19:23
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Mega Medicham with fake out + bullet punch could probably KO quite a lot of frail sweepers. He seems to work best as a lead, he's quick and will punch a hole in a lot of things, has some good coverage with the elemental punches + HJK +the Psychic physical attacks. I wanted a bulky drain punch set to work but even with his boosted HP he's still frail and maxed out HJK is too good to overlook.
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Nov 8, 2013 19:28
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Manatee Cannon posted:I have a shiny one and I refuse to evolve it because it would lose the golden horns. Doesn't shiny gogoat have golden horns as well? This video shows it pretty well.
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Nov 8, 2013 19:33
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Baron La Croix posted:I want a Youkai-themed team. I've got Mawile, Froslass and Shiftry, but what else is there? Golduck
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This talk of breeding perfect EVs is dizzying when I still haven't beaten the game yet.. I never really bred much except to get the babies.
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Nov 8, 2013 19:38
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deadly_pudding posted:Golduck Or the Ludicolo line.
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NEVERMIND they're just in the Options menu. Cockpit menu is so goooood. ZenMasterBullshit fucked around with this message at 20:12 on Nov 8, 2013 |
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Nov 8, 2013 19:55
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Oh my God the Sundae Dress is so hideous. ... I love it 
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Nov 8, 2013 20:11
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Do any of you cats have friend safaris with Sableye ?? 5215 0019 4882
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Finally beat the game earlier this week. Line up was: Frogue the Greninja Kermit the Heliolisk Toxicroak the Toxicroak (traded) Big O the Golurk Albert the Tyrantrum Ladyboy the Gardevoir Kermit and Big O suprised me the most on the E4/Champion fights, since I was having trouble with them while I was leveling (every loving thing has Earthquake or Sucker Punch when I'm just trying to get them exp.) Giving Kermit a damprock while having dryskin added a fun bit of strategy, and Big O destroying half of Diantha's team after getting knocked around by the E4 was invigorating. Also, having a Golurk one-shot things with Fly will never stop being funny to me.
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