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There is nothing wrong with having a large weakness to one type if you have a reliable answer for it. Whether it's through move coverage, abilities, etc.

Fire weakness isn't a huge deal if you have a way to deal with key fire threats. If you're good at predicting pick up a guy with Flash Fire and abuse the boost. This kinda stuff is harder to do against competent competitive players, but your average joe online will not know how to handle it.

Sad how many people I've seen leave their Delphox/Blaziken/Lucario out against Mamoswine.
I'm pretty sure all 3 can hit Mamoswine for SE damage...
 
I'm surprised they didn't make an egg hatching mini game that would influence iVs, moves, hidden abilities, or hell just make it hatch faster. They did all this streamlining but kept in the most boring aspect.

Well, the point of Super Training was to make EV training (an essential process to build a decent team) accessible to all. The deeper mechanics such as breeding are probably kept this way in order to maintain some distance for dedicated players.
 
What's the better fairy, Mega Gardevoir or Sylveon? I'm kind of leaning more towards Gardevoir.

Gardevoir. Better typing and a very impressive movepool for both support and offensive tactics. Sylveon is not that bad, mind you, it is just less versatile than Gardevoir.
 
There is nothing wrong with having a large weakness to one type if you have a reliable answer for it. Whether it's through move coverage, abilities, etc.

Fire weakness isn't a huge deal if you have a way to deal with key fire threats. If you're good at predicting pick up a guy with Flash Fire and abuse the boost. This kinda stuff is harder to do against competent competitive players, but your average joe online will not know how to handle it.

Sad how many people I've seen leave their Delphox/Blaziken/Lucario out against Mamoswine.

Haha, no doubt. That's a good point. Sounds like Metagross or Chesnaught needs to learn Earthquake. Or Aegislash needs Rock Slide or Head Smash.
 
Mamoswine can tank them if it has thick fat and then proceed to fuck them up with earthquake.
Thick Fat helps if they use fire for sure, and in the case of Blaziken it has the same base speed as Mamoswine. So unless it can surely get a speed boost off, it better damn be sure it's faster.

Most dudes online aren't even properly EV trained. I'm not too worried about getting outsped. If this was a tourney though, I wouldn't risk Mamoswine like that.
 
I think I've made a discovery... maybe?

Fighting a wild Rotom with my Venomoth (Tinted Lens), he throws a substitue and I attack with bug buzz to destroy it but I end up straight killing him.

Tinted Lens goes through substitute now?
 
I want a Carvanha, I hope someone accepts my GTS offer.

teeny, I haven't seen it myself, but that's what it says at this website

Thanks. Ive been through about 50 horde battles, no Taillow yet....

If you don't get your Carvanah, let me know when you get fed up waiting on the GTS and I'll breed you one if you like.
 
Thanks. Ive been through about 50 horde battles, no Taillow yet....

If you don't get your Carvanah, let me know when you get fed up waiting on the GTS and I'll breed you one if you like.

Taillow is very rare in horde battles in the route.
 
Gardevoir. Better typing and a very impressive movepool for both support and offensive tactics. Sylveon is not that bad, mind you, it is just less versatile than Gardevoir.
Yea thats what I was thinking. Im currently using a mega gardevoir with thunderbolt, moonblast, psychic, and grass knot and it's really good.
 
I think they have slacked off on their shiny encounter rate.

In any case, whenever I see this topic title, I think "heck no, I'm not tipping you for singing a song"
 
Thick Fat helps if they use fire for sure, and in the case of Blaziken it has the same base speed as Mamoswine. So unless it can surely get a speed boost off, it better damn be sure it's faster.

Most dudes online aren't even properly EV trained. I'm not too worried about getting outsped. If this was a tourney though, I wouldn't risk Mamoswine like that.
Blaziken also hits hard with fighting stab SE. That's the thing with Mamoswine, he has the tanky stats, but so many weaknesses. :\

Blaziken in general can just run protect to always get the speed boost. The problem is making sure it kills stuff in one hit, so it has to sneak a swords dance in some where.
 
So here's a question: Say I want access to something like Serebii.net, but on my 3DS? What's the best option for that? Sometimes it's not always the best option to grab my smartphone, like when there's a lazy cat in my lap, so I'm wondering what my best option from the 3DS is.
 
Blaziken also hits hard with fighting stab SE. That's the thing with Mamoswine, he has the tanky stats, but so many weaknesses. :\

Blaziken in general can just run protect to always get the speed boost. The problem is making sure it kills stuff in one hit, so it has to sneak a swords dance in some where.
Pretty much, this is where Pokemon becomes a team battle and not a 1v1.

EDIT: Anyway, I was just trying to illustrate that there's more to Pokemon than type matchups I just wasn't being very thorough, lol.
 
So here's a question: Say I want access to something like Serebii.net, but on my 3DS? What's the best option for that? Sometimes it's not always the best option to grab my smartphone, like when there's a lazy cat in my lap, so I'm wondering what my best option from the 3DS is.

I seem to remember Bulbapedia being workable on my 3DS during my Black catch-em-all days. It's probably still missing a lot of XY information, though.
 
Thanks. Ive been through about 50 horde battles, no Taillow yet....

If you don't get your Carvanah, let me know when you get fed up waiting on the GTS and I'll breed you one if you like.

Thanks for your offer, I'll keep trying for now. I really do appreciate it.

Who re-named all these Farfetch'd to Quacklin'? The GTS is loaded with them haha.
 
Thanks for your offer, I'll keep trying for now. I really do appreciate it.

Who re-named all these Farfetch'd to Quacklin'? The GTS is loaded with them haha.

Quacklin' is the name you get from the in-game Farfetch'd trade.

It just wasn't meant to be.
 
What is a good nature for a Lapras, anyway?
Its special defense is pretty good - Calm (+SpD/-Atk) or Careful (+SpD/-SpA) is good for defensive Lapras, with EV investment in HP and SpD.

edit: I'd go with Calm, because of the wider availability of special moves it has/can learn.
 
Hmm, I wonder what I should teach my Mega Gardevoir.
I'm thinking he'll end up with Calm Mind, Psychic or Psyshock, Moonblast, and Shadow Ball or Energy Ball.

Anyone have any other suggestions?
 
Immediately evolving my Doublade as soon as it evolves because fuck da popo

I just want Aegislash in my Pokedex.

Are you talking about Sacred Sword? Can you just Heart Scale it at 51?

Also I didn't know about Protean Greninja. Is this for real? And it learns Extrasensory by level-up? That seems WAY too good.
 
Hmm, I wonder what I should teach my Mega Gardevoir.
I'm thinking he'll end up with Calm Mind, Psychic or Psyshock, Moonblast, and Shadow Ball or Energy Ball.

Anyone have any other suggestions?

Your Mega Gardevoir is male?

Nintendo gender bending?
 
One thing I was wondering about. Does the Ability Capsule allow you to switch into a hidden ability?
If so I will try to grind Battle Points instead of wasting time in the safari.
 
If anyone has an extra hidden-ability magnemite/ton they'd be willing to trade, shoot me a PM.

EDIT: Actually, now that I think about it, is it even possible to get Magneton's hidden ability in X/Y yet?
 
Just filled my 6th box of Tyrunts. No shiny yet.

I've only gotten shinies using the fishing method, which has netted me a shiny Clauncer, Remoraid, Poliwhirl and Skrep (in Y)

I tried using the Pokeradar for a bit, but yeah.. I lost my "touch" :P I used to be pretty good in Diamond (getting shiny Ralts, Surskit, Mareep, Tyrogue and two Snubbull). Can't even get a chain above 10 anymore :/

Any chance your still offering them out? Mc fc is 3136-6746-2754
 
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