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Mazerunner posted:not trying to be rude, but I think it'd help if you knew what the items did See this is why I wanna fight you guys, you know what you're doing but not enough to be game breaking.
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g0lbez posted:Here we go... my amazing team: Alright. So you got a team that would be fine in game against the AI (like story AI) but against anything else it would get demolished. Slowbro and Absol share a bug weakness, which isn't common but could hurt you with the buff to life leech. There is no synergy between the three- usually have pokemon that resist what the others are weak to is a good way to do this. Items- they are pretty important and can make or break a good pokemon. Your zap plate on jolteon is the worst thing ever. Of course, the hardest thing is getting these items because you need to get BP and a lot of them. And the only way to do that is to do whatever the post game battle arena thing is. And let me tear into the pokemon in depth: Jolteon: it has a lot of kill power but it is also a glass cannon. So it should be focusing on dmg. Set up will just get it killed- get rid of raindance and toxic. Leave those for other bulkier pokemon. FYI: Pelipper and HA Politoad have drizzle with automatically sets rain when they appear in the field. Slowbro- Yawn really only forces a switch and isn't reliable when putting things asleep bc of that. So if you keep it (with the goal is trying to force your opponent to switch) you should get rid of dream eater. No one is gonna let their pokemon fall asleep. So that wastes a move slot. Remember when I mentioned bulkier pokemon should set up? Slowbro is bulky- give him toxic if you want that on your team. He learns recover right? If he does, Toxic, Recover, Protect and Psychic with leftovers. There are other movesets you can play with too. Slowbro is cool Absol- Another pokemon that is a little fragile. Get rid of giga impact. It does dmg to it and you need your guys to stay alive right? don't help your opponent. Suckerpunch is fine but you need to predict the opponent's turn. Swords dance is great, but be careful you can end up either getting hurt while setting up or they can also set up. Smogon is a great place to start, but remember that this is a community with their own rules and don't necessarily match up with the official VGC. Pokémon Showdown can get you some side seats to battles so that you can study what people are playing with what movesets and strategies. Lastly, if you love these guys, there is room for them on a team together, you just have to fiddle around with movesets and items and the other 3 pokemon.
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Dec 5, 2016 04:06
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Tornhelm, you gonna be around tonight? I know we've traded before, and you have a boatload of BB mons I don't, so I want to swap you. Let me know what you want.
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cancerianmoth posted:Alright. So you got a team that would be fine in game against the AI (like story AI) but against anything else it would get demolished. Slowbro and Absol share a bug weakness, which isn't common but could hurt you with the buff to life leech. There is no synergy between the three- usually have pokemon that resist what the others are weak to is a good way to do this. Items- they are pretty important and can make or break a good pokemon. Your zap plate on jolteon is the worst thing ever. Of course, the hardest thing is getting these items because you need to get BP and a lot of them. And the only way to do that is to do whatever the post game battle arena thing is. And let me tear into the pokemon in depth: You're a doll, thanks for the legit reply. I'll tell you reasons why I have these moves: Zap Plate as I mentioned in my previous post has done an immense job in slathering dudes strong against Thunder moves. One reason is cuz the Jolteon I have happens to have MAX EVs in special attack. As for Yann, that's basically a move I use against the LAST poke I fight so that he/she CAN'T switch out. I then use that opportunity to switch over to Mega Absol (and side note, this Absol is the first shiny I ever got eer so I'm attached to it) who can just used Sowrds Dance and witth it's uper high ATK just dominate with Night Slash.
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Why ask for advice if you're just gonna insist Zap Plate is better than Life Orb and ignore the advice about getting rid of Toxic and Rain Dance? You also didn't mention what natures, IVs, EVs and abilities you're using. Muk-Alola @ Aguav Berry Nature: Sassy Ability: Gluttony EVs: 252 HP / 92 Atk / 164 Spe - Taunt - Knock Off - Poison Jab / Gunk Shot - Protect That's the standard format for posting a Pokemon when asking for online advice.
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Dec 5, 2016 04:19
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g0lbez posted:Zap Plate as I mentioned in my previous post has done an immense job in slathering dudes strong against Thunder moves. One reason is cuz the Jolteon I have happens to have MAX EVs in special attack. ...also, uh, don't they all have max EVs in two relevant stats? Because they should.
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Dec 5, 2016 04:20
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My original deal still stands though, I will battle anyone here immediately. Games is a popular forum so I expect some competition here!
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Arrgytehpirate posted:Why ask for advice if you're just gonna insist Zap Plate is better than Life Orb and ignore the advice about getting rid of Toxic and Rain Dance? Not at all! I asked for advice but I was just saying why I had those items equipped in the first place, that's all. I'm not ignoring advice!
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g0lbez posted:You're a doll, thanks for the legit reply. I'll tell you reasons why I have these moves: Oh definitely use pokemon you love! In XY, I used Finneon, Masquerain, and Heliolisk (1st shiney ever since playing RBY). They created a sort of rain team base. It didn't win a lot of battles but boy was it fun. People misjudged my team and got wiped pretty quickly (raindance, quiver dance, baton pass) or they completely walled my team. Just play with the best versions of your pokemon and play to their strengths and pick 3 more pokemon to cover their weaknesses.
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Oh, for what it's worth, Jolteon also has some pretty sweet coverage. Don't know if it got any more moves of various types this gen, but the second set on Smogon's page for X/Y Jolteon reminded me that it gets Signal Beam, and then can Volt Switch out. Hidden Power manipulation fuckin sucks though so don't bother doing that 
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DACK FAYDEN posted:Zap Plate is +20%. Life Orb is +30%. You'd have to specifically want to NOT take the Life Orb recoil damage, but Jolteon's already a glass cannon. Jolteon no, does not have max stats in his relevant IV's. Absol on the other hand has hyper training in literally every stat except SP ATK and HP. The advice I've been getting is for random 1v1s and not VGC competition poo poo I'm guessing?
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g0lbez posted:My original deal still stands though, I will battle anyone here immediately. Games is a popular forum so I expect some competition here! I'll go a few rounds with you on Showdown. I'm Arrgy over there. EDIT: What format is this for too? Arrgytehpirate fucked around with this message at 04:26 on Dec 5, 2016 |
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Arrgytehpirate posted:I'll go a few rounds with you on Showdown. I'm Arrgy over there. Excellent, tell these "goons" gosh darnit that I'm actually a OKAY friend code is 5112-3518-9587
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Dec 5, 2016 04:26
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Cool, got a Shiny 6IV Type Null with Pokerus from wonder trade named Wim Hof. Sadly its at level 100.
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g0lbez posted:Excellent, tell these "goons" gosh darnit that I'm actually a OKAY Oh, Showdown is a website that let's you simulate battles. It's great to test teams out before you spend hours breeding them. For example, I'm currently on hour five of breeding my team. I'm not even half done.
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Dec 5, 2016 04:32
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Lost at Round 29 of the Battle Tree to a dumb mistake I made in thinking I could Ice Beam one-shot Hydreigon. Shoulda just went with High Jump Kick, but I really get anxious about it missing at a critical juncture. Goodra getting a crit with Outrage probably didn't help either, but I'm going to blame myself more than the RNG this time around. That really sucks though; if you beat Round 30, you get a free Bottle Cap every day, right? That coulda been nice.
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Alxprit posted:Lost at Round 29 of the Battle Tree to a dumb mistake I made in thinking I could Ice Beam one-shot Hydreigon. Shoulda just went with High Jump Kick, but I really get anxious about it missing at a critical juncture. Goodra getting a crit with Outrage probably didn't help either, but I'm going to blame myself more than the RNG this time around.
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Dec 5, 2016 04:43
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Speaking of breeding I'm at 3 boxes of Cubone without a 6IV Lightning Rod.
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Dec 5, 2016 04:47
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Timid or Jolly Tapu Koko?
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Jarogue posted:About to start breeding some Gible soon, should I go for jolly or adamant? Jolly Note Block posted:Timid or Jolly Tapu Koko? Timid
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Dec 5, 2016 04:58
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So is it pretty much impossible to get destiny knot dittos on GTS if none of my mons are lvl 91+ or do I just have awful luck every time I check?
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what's up with pheromosa? It seems crazy fast already, so would it be better modest/adamant then? Or what about a mixed set?
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Kooriken posted:So what's the fastest way to get dudes to level 100 for Hyper Training? Just grinding the E4/hoping you get a good Rare Kitchen in Festival Plaza? I would also like to know the answer to this question. This grinding is killing me.
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Arrgytehpirate posted:Speaking of breeding I'm at 3 boxes of Cubone without a 6IV Lightning Rod. you dont need 6 iv's
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Ruggington posted:you dont need 6 iv's I haven't found one with 5 IV in everything except SpA either.
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Mazerunner posted:what's up with pheromosa? It seems crazy fast already, so would it be better modest/adamant then? Or what about a mixed set? thehoodie posted:I would also like to know the answer to this question. This grinding is killing me. Unrelated: Got a Beast Ball Totodile off the GTS in exchange for... a level 1 Lapras?!
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It was wrong of me to imprison these noble beasts. Go now, play, and be free! 
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You're not even feeding them, you monster. (Are they still flowing in for Castforms? I traded my 10% away but I do want a living dex.)
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Burger McAngus posted:So is it pretty much impossible to get destiny knot dittos on GTS if none of my mons are lvl 91+ or do I just have awful luck every time I check? Bad luck. I was looking for one earlier this week and would either get sniped because I searched too late or people want 91+ stuff. Just keep checking and at some point you'll get one. Try keeping semi-rare things on hand in a box you'd remember to look in so that when you do find one you can actually trade for, you don't get sniped while you're fumbling through your boxes. Things like trade evos, Weavile, Scizor, etc.
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This thread seems pretty down on competitive Pokemon battling. I've never done it; what sort of things should I expect going into this before I spend some dozens of hours grinding up a team? I'm especially interested in knowing how many different 'mons are viable, or if it's all legendaries all the way down. That'd be pretty boring.
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Sockser posted:It was wrong of me to imprison these noble beasts. Finally you upgrade your kennel to have a dog park
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Would anyone be interested in some Moon Ball Dhelmise after I have the nursery start cranking them out? No particular reason I went with a Moon Ball for Dhelmise other than liking how it looks.
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Alxprit posted:Lost at Round 29 of the Battle Tree to a dumb mistake I made in thinking I could Ice Beam one-shot Hydreigon. Shoulda just went with High Jump Kick, but I really get anxious about it missing at a critical juncture. Goodra getting a crit with Outrage probably didn't help either, but I'm going to blame myself more than the RNG this time around. I really don't like using >100 accuracy moves in the Battle Tree for that very reason. You have far less room to screw up since the formats are either 3v3 or 4v4. Playing defensively and conservatively is the name of the game in the Battle Tree. A move like High Jump Kick is way too risky to use there. Not only is the 10% crippling in desperate situations, it's ridiculously unforgiving with the 50% max HP penalty for missing.
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DACK FAYDEN posted:You're not even feeding them, you monster. I haven't been asking for legendaries, but basically every time i check my GTSed castforms they've already been traded no matter how quickly i check back. asking for 91+ dittos was the only thing that seemed to take any appreciable time
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Ometeotl posted:Would anyone be interested in some Moon Ball Dhelmise after I have the nursery start cranking them out? No particular reason I went with a Moon Ball for Dhelmise other than liking how it looks. I will take a lunar anchor
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Dr. Fetus posted:I really don't like using >100 accuracy moves in the Battle Tree for that very reason. You have far less room to screw up since the formats are either 3v3 or 4v4. Playing defensively and conservatively is the name of the game in the Battle Tree. A move like High Jump Kick is way too risky to use there. Not only is the 10% crippling in desperate situations, it's ridiculously unforgiving with the 50% max HP penalty for missing. The issue is if there was a better option for Pheromosa, I'd use it. As it stands I don't think it can learn anything half as good that's 100% accurate.
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just got this game last week, i'm floored by how much more personality this game has then any other iteration i can remember i'm having a hard time settling on a team though, there's a lot of type overlap in the critters i like also charjabug not being able to evolve until like the end of the game is dumb
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AriadneThread posted:also charjabug not being able to evolve until like the end of the game is dumb 
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Sockser posted:It was wrong of me to imprison these noble beasts. We finally know who let the dogs out.
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So what are the best shops in festival plaza? I've got a pink dye shop and a 4 star rare kitchen but everything else is kind of meh. Are there anything I should be looking out for?
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