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Immer
Aug 11, 2009

It's what they were born for.
They serve no other purpose in life.
Keep doing what you're doing.

Mondlicht posted:

No, saving is definitely way faster. It's pretty much instant.

I came to the thread just to comment on this. The save speed is wonderful.

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Immer
Aug 11, 2009

It's what they were born for.
They serve no other purpose in life.
Keep doing what you're doing.

Dracula Factory posted:

Has anyone figured out a way to get into the special boutique? Some people are saying that you need to do a bunch of activities in the city first, and it has nothing to do with you clothes.

Clothes don't matter. I got in by:

Visiting the Museum
Visiting Luminose Press and talking to Alexa
Visiting the Restaurants and doing all of the dining options (Le Nah: double, Le Yeah: triple, rotation)
Visiting the Hotel and doing the three part time jobs

Immer
Aug 11, 2009

It's what they were born for.
They serve no other purpose in life.
Keep doing what you're doing.
Is there any way to breed Superpower onto Scyther and/or Pain Split onto Rotom respectively? Or do I have to wait for Pokemon Z for move tutors?

Immer
Aug 11, 2009

It's what they were born for.
They serve no other purpose in life.
Keep doing what you're doing.

Bruceski posted:

She dropped one! :ohdear:

Nah, the parents just don't like each other very much.

(Come on Ditto and Rotom :argh:)

Immer
Aug 11, 2009

It's what they were born for.
They serve no other purpose in life.
Keep doing what you're doing.

dorkasaurus_rex posted:

Also, does anyone have any recommended setups for a Huge Power Azumarill? My only water type is currently a Rotom so it'd be nice to have some variety. Is everyone sure that Sap Sipper is a worse ability for him than Huge Power?

Azumarill @ Leftovers
Adamant, 252 HP, 252 Atk, 4 Def
- Belly Drum
- Aqua Jet
- Play Rough
- Superpower

Pretty simple: set up Belly Drum, and Aqua Jet everything to death. Superpower is for Ferrothorn.

Do not run Sap Sipper.

Immer
Aug 11, 2009

It's what they were born for.
They serve no other purpose in life.
Keep doing what you're doing.

horriblePencilist posted:

After a bit of breeding, I've gotten a Bagon with perfect IVs in everything but HP, where it's just 14-15. Should I keep breeding or is it not that big of a deal? I want him to be a Dragon Dancer, so some bulk would be nice.

I'd keep going. Every bit of HP helps, and who knows, that 16 HP could save your life! (literally)

Immer
Aug 11, 2009

It's what they were born for.
They serve no other purpose in life.
Keep doing what you're doing.

MinionOfCthulhu posted:

Why are you breeding Duckletts??

Not the poster, but Defog on Crobat is really nice.

Immer
Aug 11, 2009

It's what they were born for.
They serve no other purpose in life.
Keep doing what you're doing.
Seconding Rotom-W; he's a beast. I use 248 HP, 232 Def, 28 SpA though for OHKO against max HP Gliscor. Although I am considering 32 SpA after learning the hard way online that EVs are weird at level 50...

edit:

WrightOfWay posted:

Also, you need 100 EVs at level 50 to get a guaranteed OHKO on Gliscor, since Hydro Pump got nerfed. It's not really worth investing in Special Attack on Defensive Rotom sets anymore.

I can't believe I forgot about this. This makes way more sense. :v:

Immer fucked around with this message at 21:39 on Nov 18, 2013

Immer
Aug 11, 2009

It's what they were born for.
They serve no other purpose in life.
Keep doing what you're doing.

Talmonis posted:

Huge power Azumarill (w/life orb)
Aqua jet
Play rough
Superpower
Belly Drum

Rotom-W (w/Leftovers)
Hydro Pump
Will-O-Wisp
Dark Pulse/Thunder wave/Thunderbolt
Volt Switch

I don't know about Life Orb on Azumarill, especially if you're running a Belly Drum set. I like Leftovers on him, but I see you're running it on Rotom-W. I'd either:

a) move Leftovers onto Azumarill and run Rotom-W as a Chesto Rest set with Hydro Pump/Volt Switch/Will-O-Wisp/Rest

b) give Azumarill a Sitrus Berry

Talmonis posted:

Technician Scizor (w/Flying Gem)
Swords Dance
Bullet Punch
U-turn
Acrobatics

Already covered, but Pursuit/Brick Break over Acrobatics. The Life Orb you take off of Azumarill can go here.

Talmonis posted:

Heatproof Bronzong (w/Light clay)
Gyroball
Earthquake
Light screen
Reflect

If you're set on dual screens, consider Espeon:

Espeon @ Light Clay
- Reflect
- Light Screen
- Psychic/Psyshock
- Baton Pass

Baton Pass is for Pursuit.

Immer fucked around with this message at 21:31 on Nov 18, 2013

Immer
Aug 11, 2009

It's what they were born for.
They serve no other purpose in life.
Keep doing what you're doing.

Internet Kraken posted:

Diggersby is basically a goon so you'd think he'd endear himself to people on this forum more.

Last night I was trying to think of the ultimate Goon Pokemon team. Goodra, Diggersby, and Snorlax would have to be on it but I'm not sure what the last 3 would be.

How about Slaking?

Immer
Aug 11, 2009

It's what they were born for.
They serve no other purpose in life.
Keep doing what you're doing.
KSVW-WWWW-WWW3-AJWL

I don't even know what to say... Trying to get cute with Sleep Powder I guess? :psyduck:

Thank you pokegods Arceus.

Immer
Aug 11, 2009

It's what they were born for.
They serve no other purpose in life.
Keep doing what you're doing.

the_steve posted:

My Pangoro requires elemental punches.
Is there a tutor hidden anywhere? Or do I need to do some breeding gymnastics?

The latter. We'll most likely get Move Tutors with the next Pokemon game(s).


vvv edit: Oops I didn't even bother to check Pancham's egg moves. But yeah, the lack of Move Tutors in general hurts.

Immer fucked around with this message at 22:00 on Nov 28, 2013

Immer
Aug 11, 2009

It's what they were born for.
They serve no other purpose in life.
Keep doing what you're doing.
Someone in the thread brought this up earlier, and it's the easiest way I remember it. At Stage 0, your stats are 2/2 (100%).

Buff = add 1 to the numerator
Debuff = subtract 1 from the denominator

+6: 8/2 = 400%
+5: 7/2 = 350%
+4: 6/2 = 300%
+3: 5/2 = 250%
+2: 4/2 = 200%
+1: 3/2 = 150%
0: 2/2 = 100%
-1: 2/3 = 67%
-2: 2/4 = 50%
-3: 2/5 = 40%
-4: 2/6 = 33%
-5: 2/7 = 29%
-6: 2/8 = 25%

Immer fucked around with this message at 17:57 on Dec 7, 2013

Immer
Aug 11, 2009

It's what they were born for.
They serve no other purpose in life.
Keep doing what you're doing.

Constable Lemon posted:

Apparently, Smogon has banned Gengarite. Smogon really hates Shadow Tag.

Noooooooo... :(

Immer
Aug 11, 2009

It's what they were born for.
They serve no other purpose in life.
Keep doing what you're doing.
What's a good way to build Mega Banette?

Banette @ Banettite
Frisk
Nature? EVs?
- Knock Off
- Taunt
- Destiny Bond
- Will-O-Wisp

I'm not sure what to do with the nature and EVs. 252 HP and 252 Atk?

Immer
Aug 11, 2009

It's what they were born for.
They serve no other purpose in life.
Keep doing what you're doing.
edit: nvm gonna go with the Banette

Immer fucked around with this message at 10:19 on Dec 8, 2013

Immer
Aug 11, 2009

It's what they were born for.
They serve no other purpose in life.
Keep doing what you're doing.

Millions posted:

Stupid question: If you catch a Pokémon on your English cart in the Friend Safari of someone with a French cart, does the caught Pokémon count as English or French?

English because you're the OT.

Immer
Aug 11, 2009

It's what they were born for.
They serve no other purpose in life.
Keep doing what you're doing.

Unbound posted:

I miss being able to just pick "New Game" and start over in gen 2, though understand why they changed that.

Also Wonder Locke confirmed for best way to play. Traded out my Froakie for a Caterpie.

e: Caterpie died.

This is the most depressing Wonder Locke I have ever read. 10/10

Immer
Aug 11, 2009

It's what they were born for.
They serve no other purpose in life.
Keep doing what you're doing.

Zoness posted:

Specifically Occa Berry.

Also http://pokemonshowdown.com/replay/oubeta-70616928. Been messing with the Volt-Turn core. Honestly find that there's not a lot of good Volt Turners pre-bank. Also sturdy is pretty hilarious, and nobody (not even me) knows what Heliolisk does.

There's always the tried and true Rotom-W/Scizor combo. When I go up against stallish teams, I like Rotom-W/Crobat:

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/oubeta-70611873

Immer
Aug 11, 2009

It's what they were born for.
They serve no other purpose in life.
Keep doing what you're doing.

Sanctum posted:

Why did you recall Rotom on Turn 18 instead of using Volt Switch? I didn't see any ground types.

The double shell smash. :psyduck:

That was just me having a brain fart. I was scared of getting Encored into Rest, but I forgot that Shuckle is slow as hell.

I also found the double Shell Smash amusing haha. -2 Defense? Don't mind if I do!

Immer
Aug 11, 2009

It's what they were born for.
They serve no other purpose in life.
Keep doing what you're doing.

Sanctum posted:

There's that and probably some other very specific scenarios, but in immer's battle the dude was running a life orb cloyster who be brought back out with 69% HP and proceeded to double-shell smash. :gonk:

Thuryl posted:

I can only think that maybe he was expecting a Sucker Punch, although honestly if he was running Ice Shard then he should have just KOed with that and if he wasn't then playing mind games with Shell Smash probably wasn't gonna save him.

I think he was waiting for the Destiny Bond to wear off (since it lasts until Banette makes another move), but he should have gone for the safer play and taken down Banette with the Cloyster instead of letting Banette survive for the Machamp, but it's a moot point since I didn't expect Bullet Punch.

Nihilarian posted:

Hey, Chesnaught can almost counter Gengar. That's got to count for something, right?

Right?

Not almost; Bulletproof Chesnaught stops most Gengars cold.

Immer
Aug 11, 2009

It's what they were born for.
They serve no other purpose in life.
Keep doing what you're doing.
Has anybody with access to Pokebank found out if you can pass down tutor moves yet?

Immer
Aug 11, 2009

It's what they were born for.
They serve no other purpose in life.
Keep doing what you're doing.
This guy wasn't very appreciative of Taunt.

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ou-73885774

I've played Showdown for a while, but lately people have been hella salty. Have I just avoided them all until now?

BLUNDERCATS! noooo posted:

Can someone tell me: if I use Sabeleye's Prankster WoW to burn Gliscor, will Toxic Orb overwrite it with Toxic anyway? Is there any way to prevent Toxic Orb from working at all?

Toxic Orb activates at the end of the turn, and it does not override other status. You can burn him if you're head-to-head and it hasn't activated yet, or you can burn him on the switch if Gliscor has yet to be played. Regardless, most Gliscor carry Protect, so if you don't burn him on a switch, he usually gets toxic'd anyways.

Immer fucked around with this message at 00:03 on Jan 1, 2014

Immer
Aug 11, 2009

It's what they were born for.
They serve no other purpose in life.
Keep doing what you're doing.
Sorry, maybe that wasn't the best example as he wasn't too mad, but my opponents have been argumentative as hell lately. Before this week most of my opponents have been pretty cool.

Immer
Aug 11, 2009

It's what they were born for.
They serve no other purpose in life.
Keep doing what you're doing.

Huge Liability posted:

I have a newbie question: What is Phazing?

Psuedo-hazing: you force the opponent out to get rid of their stat boosts using Roar, Whirlwind, Dragon Tail, etc, as opposed to using Haze.

Immer
Aug 11, 2009

It's what they were born for.
They serve no other purpose in life.
Keep doing what you're doing.

Nihilarian posted:

He has a leek sword.

This is all you need to know. Farfetch'd is the best.

Immer
Aug 11, 2009

It's what they were born for.
They serve no other purpose in life.
Keep doing what you're doing.
I like the replays.

Immer
Aug 11, 2009

It's what they were born for.
They serve no other purpose in life.
Keep doing what you're doing.

Fiend Computer posted:

Speaking of Dusclops, is it the only 'mon considered better than its evolution by the competitive scene? I know Dusclops was UU versus Dusknoir being like NU last generation because of evolite. Are there any other pokemon who do this?

Porygon2 and Chansey come to mind (also for Eviolite). I'm not sure if there's anyone else I'm forgetting.

Immer
Aug 11, 2009

It's what they were born for.
They serve no other purpose in life.
Keep doing what you're doing.

ZenMasterBullshit posted:

I'm breeding a 4 IV (HP Def SpA Spe) Female litwik with a 5 IV (All but Att) Male Ralts and the first Infiltrator Litwick that hatches randomly has 0 Attack but it's doesn't have max SpD.

Is the 0 Attack worth breeding it with the female litwick to get a 4 IV 0 Att female or should I just keep going?

Might as well since you already have it and the Ralts can provide for everything else.

edit: is the 0 Attack Litwick female?

Immer
Aug 11, 2009

It's what they were born for.
They serve no other purpose in life.
Keep doing what you're doing.
Oh dur, I can't read. I still would, but I'm a bit OCD and try to get 0 Attack's whenever I can on special attackers. Especially with Foul Play being ubiquitous as it is these days.

Immer fucked around with this message at 05:06 on Jan 20, 2014

Immer
Aug 11, 2009

It's what they were born for.
They serve no other purpose in life.
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Pixeltendo posted:

pokebank for America is live

No more hostages!

Immer
Aug 11, 2009

It's what they were born for.
They serve no other purpose in life.
Keep doing what you're doing.

Gensuki posted:

If you are playing in a tournament where pokemon level caps are set to 50, are pokemon who evolve after level 50 banned?

No. Every pokemon above level 50 gets scaled down automatically, so no worries.

e;fb

Immer
Aug 11, 2009

It's what they were born for.
They serve no other purpose in life.
Keep doing what you're doing.

TheSpiritFox posted:

I imagine it's probably going to go a step further now that breeding can be as structured as it is and we're going to have the first dude with a full living pokedex of 6IV pokemon. Someone is going to do it, I just know it.

With egg moves for breeding; drat that would be a crazy feat.

Immer
Aug 11, 2009

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Throwing in another vote for 2pac and JayZ.

Immer
Aug 11, 2009

It's what they were born for.
They serve no other purpose in life.
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I hope we get Move Tutors with Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire. :ohdear:

Immer
Aug 11, 2009

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Mega Swampert and Mega Sceptile both seem so awesome; I don't know who to start with!

edit: I just realized, if Steven has a Mega Charizard X, how likely is Mega Metagross?

Immer fucked around with this message at 01:25 on Jun 8, 2014

Immer
Aug 11, 2009

It's what they were born for.
They serve no other purpose in life.
Keep doing what you're doing.
:siren: Pokemon ORAS November 21st. :siren:

Immer
Aug 11, 2009

It's what they were born for.
They serve no other purpose in life.
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Rangpur posted:

Thanks for the input. I'm trying to make up my mind between a Mold Breaker with a Choice Scarf or Sand Rush+Life Orb. Or to put it another way, do I want it smacking around Rotom-W or Talonflame?

I find the former better as Rotom-W is ubiquitous and Mold Breaker EQ really messes it up. I'd use someone else against Talonflame (Rotom-W lol)

Immer
Aug 11, 2009

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Red Suit posted:

Man I wish I could predict the next Superbowl by hatching pokemon. Congrats on the victory and the shiny.

Time to hatch a shiny Talonflame so the Falcons can bring a ring home.

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Immer
Aug 11, 2009

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They serve no other purpose in life.
Keep doing what you're doing.

mabels big day posted:

I don't really care if it's unfun to some people either. It's fun for at least one guy, at least.

I want to see what the real "vanilla" Pokemon metagame would look like, not the fake smogon ones that arise from trying to make their own balanced game out of the real one.

Pure conjecture, but I would guess:

- Dark Void user
- Mega Kanga/Gengar/Lucario
- Moody Evasion sweeper
- High BST/legendary (maybe evasion) @ Brightpowder?
- Wall with sleep/evasion/some other annoying variant support (paraflinch maybe?)
- Whatever else from one of the above

Sounds like fun!

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