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For me it's basically a tie between Charizard and Blastoise. I love fire types and being a dragon Charizard gets a lot of bias, but Blastoise is easily my favorite water starter, and he's confirmed to be the strongest gen 1 starter so he gets bonus respect points.
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alcharagia posted:Favorite. Pokemon. Swampert, Milotic, Deoxys, Rayquaza, Ludicolo, Liligant. (Contrary to my username, I don't really like Blaziken. I just thought it had a cool name.)
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Jul 10, 2014 17:45
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ChaosArgate posted:although Huge Power would be fuckin amazing as well.
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Jul 10, 2014 17:47
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L0cke17 posted:Defiant(Because Hammer Arm) or Tough claws Defiant doesn't trigger off of self-inflicted stat drops, though.
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Jul 10, 2014 17:54
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alcharagia posted:Favorite. Pokemon. SKITTY 
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Jul 10, 2014 17:55
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Favorite is Tentacruel. I had a lot of fun using one in X and he's served me well enough in battles with friends. I'm looking to raise another one once we get move tutors because I need to get Giga Drain on one. I'm also curious how a Reflect Type Tentacruel gimmick might work in doubles. Love that guy.
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Jul 10, 2014 17:57
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 Steel/Psychic Ability: Unknown 
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Jul 10, 2014 17:58
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qnqnx posted:On the other hand curbing down on those dumb "baton pass until you get lucky and have all the boosts in one mon" (which more often than not are full eeveolution teams) is a-ok to me.
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Jul 10, 2014 17:58
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My favorite Pokémon is Vanilluxe.
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Jul 10, 2014 18:01
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avlein posted:Steel/Fighting Steel/Fighting, eh? Interesting.
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Jul 10, 2014 18:04
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Ometeotl posted:Steel/Fighting, eh? Interesting. Actually, that was just a mistake. He's still Steel/Psychic and his ability is still unknown. Someone called it Tough Claws, but that no one's fully sure of that.
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Jul 10, 2014 18:11
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dude789 posted:This is false. While Espeon, Vaporeon, and Sylveon are important to BP teams, Scolipede is the main reason that they've become so powerful this generation and is crucial to their success. I forgot that it gets Speed Boost now.
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Jul 10, 2014 18:11
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For Megagross' ability, how about Justified? 'gross got hit with the nerf bat big time with the removal of Steel's ghost and dark resistances. Justified would help mitigate that somewhat.
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Jul 10, 2014 18:13
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Wow, the in-game model is really friggin cool.
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Jul 10, 2014 18:38
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RIP my no-attack moves stall Baton Pass team. Smogon can gently caress right off.
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Jul 10, 2014 18:42
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Silver Falcon posted:For Megagross' ability, how about Justified? Doesn't Justified rely pretty heavily on the switch-in factor though? You'd basically have to spend a turn setting it up in and then another turn switching it out before you could really do anything with it. Judging by it's offensive looking design I'd guess Tough Claws is likely.
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Jul 10, 2014 18:42
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True, I just figured it might serve as a deterrent from using dark moves on it. Sort of like how you don't use ground or fire moves on a Bronzong because you don't know what ability it has. I agree that tough claws is more likely. I was just throwing something out there.
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Jul 10, 2014 18:48
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Silver Falcon posted:True, I just figured it might serve as a deterrent from using dark moves on it. Sort of like how you don't use ground or fire moves on a Bronzong because you don't know what ability it has. Bronzong has levitate. Don't even bother thinking about it, it's Levitate.
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Jul 10, 2014 18:52
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The real answer to Bronzong is Mold Breaker.
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Jul 10, 2014 18:53
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ChaosArgate posted:The real answer to Bronzong is Mold Breaker. Only up until this gen, now it is weak to Dark and Ghost as well so you don't have to gamble Ground or Fire anymore anyway.
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Jul 10, 2014 18:57
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mabels big day posted:Bronzong has levitate. Don't even bother thinking about it, it's Levitate. Right, I tend to assume this. But I've entertained the idea of running a Heatproof Bronzong, figuring that people would assume it has Levitate, and laughing at fire moves anyway. I don't have any reason to make a Bronzong, but I thought it was a funny idea all the same.
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Jul 10, 2014 18:57
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 It's Tough Claws.
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Jul 10, 2014 19:00
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avlein posted:
God dammit, Game Freak. They should've just left his stats untouched and given him Huge Power. It's what he deserves.
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Jul 10, 2014 19:03
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LAY-ZX posted:God dammit, Game Freak. No they shoulda given him more speed and Huge Power, but eh, Tough Claws isn't too bad I guess.
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Jul 10, 2014 19:06
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LAY-ZX posted:God dammit, Game Freak. They're saving Huge Power for Mega Slaking.
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Jul 10, 2014 19:06
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That metagross loving owns. 
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Jul 10, 2014 19:09
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Hugest Power: Triple the attack power, followed by two turns of loafing around.
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Jul 10, 2014 19:09
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ChaosArgate posted:No they shoulda given him more speed and Huge Power That's what Bullet Punch is for 
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Jul 10, 2014 19:09
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LAY-ZX posted:That's what Bullet Punch is for How is that going to help me if I want to wreck things with Meteor Mash?
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Jul 10, 2014 19:11
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ChaosArgate posted:No they shoulda given him more speed and Huge Power, but eh, Tough Claws isn't too bad I guess.  ) as moves that are boosted by Tough Claws.Now we just need to see where the stat boosts are before rejoicing/despairing.
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Jul 10, 2014 19:21
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ChaosArgate posted:How is that going to help me if I want to wreck things with Meteor Mash? No poo poo. Metagross was created to do one thing.
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Jul 10, 2014 19:28
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How could anyone think they would actually give Metagross Huge Power? Diggersby has one of the highest attack stats in the game with base 56, doesn't it? Metagross has more than twice that. Tough Claws is a much more reasonable upgrade.
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Jul 10, 2014 19:30
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Megagross looks pretty aerodynamic in that screenshot from the side, like a Star Trek spaceship or something. I could see it getting a significant Speed increase as part of the standard 100 base point Mega Evo stat boost.
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less laughter posted:Megagross looks pretty aerodynamic in that screenshot from the side, like a Star Trek spaceship or something. I could see it getting a significant Speed increase as part of the standard 100 base point Mega Evo stat boost. I'd almost prefer all of it go into Attack and bulk, though. Why? It still learns Agility. 
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Jul 10, 2014 19:36
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avlein posted:
This is bullshit if it's true.
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Is there a current list of all the Pokemon that are NOT needed to complete the National Dex? I know the general answer is "legendaries," but I'd like to know for sure that Nintendo and I are on the same page.
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Jul 10, 2014 21:47
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Ratspeaker posted:Is there a current list of all the Pokemon that are NOT needed to complete the National Dex? I know the general answer is "legendaries," but I'd like to know for sure that Nintendo and I are on the same page. Anything event only is not needed.
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Some time ago, I posted about a friend with a Lanturn-Heliolisk team. Now he's testing a new team with Mega Gengar and Liepard which tries to lock the opponent into struggling to death. How can you counter it, and how cheap do you think this is?  http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/xybattlespotdoubles-139872947 http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/xybattlespotdoubles-139919997 http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/xybattlespotdoubles-139937844 http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/xybattlespotdoubles-139945272
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Txn posted:How can you counter it roar Of course, that would require people put non-damaging moves on their ~hyper offense~ team, which is just terrible
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