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Pokémon Black/White |OT2| International Edition
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MatthewB92
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How the hell does that damn flash game work?I mean it's break brake but how do I win? Doesn't help the paddle lags like crazy but the damn ball doesn't.
Justin Timberlake
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So I have been playing this game and am now on Victory Road. Since Pokemon games are usually easy, I decided to constrain myself on my first playthrough.
-all pre-evolves
-only Pokemon with base stat totals less than 350 (Gen I reference: 350 - Growlithe, 300 - Geodude/Poliwag, 680 - Mewtwo)
-I cannot grind. I cannot engage in any random Pokemon battles. Only trainer battles.
-No in-battle items.
Lv. 42 (nickname: Katie)...Tepig has 308 base stat totals
Lv. 40 (nickname: Wayne Brady)...Sandile has 302 base stat totals
Lv. 42 (nickname: Cowgirl)...Blitzle has 295 base stat totals (almost all in speed unfortunately, which makes it even worse)
Lv. 41 (nickname: Woody)...Timburr has 305 base stat totals
Lv. 42 (nickname: Wu-Tang!!)...Sewaddle has 310 base stat totals
Lv. 43 (nickname: Mr. Bivans)...Scraggy has 345 base stat totals
I am finding myself absolutely terrified of the Elite 4. Gym battles are a struggle for my team. Everyone gets one-shot. My team has natural weaknesses to Flying, Fighting, and Dragon types, something I probably should have thought through (I just picked my favorites within those stat ranges lol). They are all severely underleveled, particularly because they all appear in early routes (therefore, experience has been split 6 ways for almost the entire game, rather than just near the end). I have to spam Repel, not just because I'm not allowed to grind for exp, but because my Pokemon can't get away when I hit run. If I engage in a wild battle, its basically a guaranteed team wipe since I can't retaliate.
That said, this may be the most fun I have ever had with a Pokemon game. The challenge is awesome. Before, I could get by with just my starter and spamming Ember for the entire game. Now I actually have to use the mechanics of the game. Whether its tricking the AI (On the 8th gym,
) or pure cunning, there is strategy to every battle...even regular trainers. Especially Ace trainers. Fuck Ace trainers.
I dunno if I will be able to beat the Elite 4, but thats what makes it so exciting. Seeing my little caterpillar destroy one of those monster fully evolved Pokemon never stops being satisfying
-all pre-evolves
-only Pokemon with base stat totals less than 350 (Gen I reference: 350 - Growlithe, 300 - Geodude/Poliwag, 680 - Mewtwo)
-I cannot grind. I cannot engage in any random Pokemon battles. Only trainer battles.
-No in-battle items.
I am finding myself absolutely terrified of the Elite 4. Gym battles are a struggle for my team. Everyone gets one-shot. My team has natural weaknesses to Flying, Fighting, and Dragon types, something I probably should have thought through (I just picked my favorites within those stat ranges lol). They are all severely underleveled, particularly because they all appear in early routes (therefore, experience has been split 6 ways for almost the entire game, rather than just near the end). I have to spam Repel, not just because I'm not allowed to grind for exp, but because my Pokemon can't get away when I hit run. If I engage in a wild battle, its basically a guaranteed team wipe since I can't retaliate.
That said, this may be the most fun I have ever had with a Pokemon game. The challenge is awesome. Before, I could get by with just my starter and spamming Ember for the entire game. Now I actually have to use the mechanics of the game. Whether its tricking the AI (On the 8th gym,
I found out that Axew will Dragon Dance until it can one-shot your Pokemon. So, I used Tepig's Will-O-Wisp to drop the Axew's attack stat in half. This makes it spam Dragon Dance until its stats are normalized. Meanwhile, I set up Bulk Up with Timburr and sweep the team
I dunno if I will be able to beat the Elite 4, but thats what makes it so exciting. Seeing my little caterpillar destroy one of those monster fully evolved Pokemon never stops being satisfying
Espeon all the way. First time I evolved Eevee (in Crystal), it turned into Espeon, and I never looked back. Plus it had some awesome TCG cards (my brother used to have a Psychic deck with Espeon and Gardevoir).
Also, Magic Bounce is incredible.
Fake edit: When trying to make an account, I found out my username was taken. After trying to use the password recovery (404 error :S), I guessed the password I'd used years ago on my first try
Also, Magic Bounce is incredible.
Fake edit: When trying to make an account, I found out my username was taken. After trying to use the password recovery (404 error :S), I guessed the password I'd used years ago on my first try
bigdaddygamebot
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The Crimson Blur said:So I have been playing this game and am now on Victory Road. Since Pokemon games are usually easy, I decided to constrain myself on my first playthrough.
-all pre-evolves
-only Pokemon with base stat totals less than 350 (Gen I reference: 350 - Growlithe, 300 - Geodude/Poliwag, 680 - Mewtwo)
-I cannot grind. I cannot engage in any random Pokemon battles. Only trainer battles.
-No in-battle items.
Lv. 42 (nickname: Katie)...Tepig has 308 base stat totals
Lv. 40 (nickname: Wayne Brady)...Sandile has 302 base stat totals
Lv. 42 (nickname: Cowgirl)...Blitzle has 295 base stat totals (almost all in speed unfortunately, which makes it even worse)
Lv. 41 (nickname: Woody)...Timburr has 305 base stat totals
Lv. 42 (nickname: Wu-Tang!!)...Sewaddle has 310 base stat totals
Lv. 43 (nickname: Mr. Bivans)...Scraggy has 345 base stat totals
I am finding myself absolutely terrified of the Elite 4. Gym battles are a struggle for my team. Everyone gets one-shot. My team has natural weaknesses to Flying, Fighting, and Dragon types, something I probably should have thought through (I just picked my favorites within those stat ranges lol). They are all severely underleveled, particularly because they all appear in early routes (therefore, experience has been split 6 ways for almost the entire game, rather than just near the end). I have to spam Repel, not just because I'm not allowed to grind for exp, but because my Pokemon can't get away when I hit run. If I engage in a wild battle, its basically a guaranteed team wipe since I can't retaliate.
That said, this may be the most fun I have ever had with a Pokemon game. The challenge is awesome. Before, I could get by with just my starter and spamming Ember for the entire game. Now I actually have to use the mechanics of the game. Whether its tricking the AI (On the 8th gym,) or pure cunning, there is strategy to every battle...even regular trainers. Especially Ace trainers. Fuck Ace trainers.I found out that Axew will Dragon Dance until it can one-shot your Pokemon. So, I used Tepig's Will-O-Wisp to drop the Axew's attack stat in half. This makes it spam Dragon Dance until its stats are normalized. Meanwhile, I set up Bulk Up with Timburr and sweep the team
I dunno if I will be able to beat the Elite 4, but thats what makes it so exciting. Seeing my little caterpillar destroy one of those monster fully evolved Pokemon never stops being satisfying
You are a crazy inspiration.
Well done.
Does anyone want any Magikarp at all? There's
and I've got oodles of extras after breeding for a shiny one.
If no one wants them, I'm just going to release them and start on my next shiny breeding.
The parents were a Japanese Male Gyarados and a Female Ditto with the Jolly nature.
only one available in the game
If no one wants them, I'm just going to release them and start on my next shiny breeding.
The parents were a Japanese Male Gyarados and a Female Ditto with the Jolly nature.
I have a 4th gen competitive team of non-fully-evolved Pokémon, with the restriction that the Pokémon must have been basic and could evolve in the first generation it appeared in (i.e. Pokémon like Scyther and Gligar are off-limits, but Clefairy and Pikachu are OK). I don't think it's as impressive as that, though
Also, have you seen the video of someone soloing Cynthia with 6 level 1 Duskulls?
Also, have you seen the video of someone soloing Cynthia with 6 level 1 Duskulls?
I think they want you to use Extralink a lot. Which you can't because you don't live in Japan.vall03 said:
You might be able to beat the Elite Four, but I don't think you'll be able to make it to the Hall of Fame.The Crimson Blur said:So I have been playing this game and am now on Victory Road. Since Pokemon games are usually easy, I decided to constrain myself on my first playthrough.
-all pre-evolves
-only Pokemon with base stat totals less than 350 (Gen I reference: 350 - Growlithe, 300 - Geodude/Poliwag, 680 - Mewtwo)
-I cannot grind. I cannot engage in any random Pokemon battles. Only trainer battles.
-No in-battle items.
*team*
I am finding myself absolutely terrified of the Elite 4. Gym battles are a struggle for my team. Everyone gets one-shot. My team has natural weaknesses to Flying, Fighting, and Dragon types, something I probably should have thought through (I just picked my favorites within those stat ranges lol). They are all severely underleveled, particularly because they all appear in early routes (therefore, experience has been split 6 ways for almost the entire game, rather than just near the end). I have to spam Repel, not just because I'm not allowed to grind for exp, but because my Pokemon can't get away when I hit run. If I engage in a wild battle, its basically a guaranteed team wipe since I can't retaliate.
That said, this may be the most fun I have ever had with a Pokemon game. The challenge is awesome. Before, I could get by with just my starter and spamming Ember for the entire game. Now I actually have to use the mechanics of the game. Whether its tricking the AI (On the 8th gym,) or pure cunning, there is strategy to every battle...even regular trainers. Especially Ace trainers. Fuck Ace trainers.I found out that Axew will Dragon Dance until it can one-shot your Pokemon. So, I used Tepig's Will-O-Wisp to drop the Axew's attack stat in half. This makes it spam Dragon Dance until its stats are normalized. Meanwhile, I set up Bulk Up with Timburr and sweep the team
I dunno if I will be able to beat the Elite 4, but thats what makes it so exciting. Seeing my little caterpillar destroy one of those monster fully evolved Pokemon never stops being satisfying
I am using Entralink but only between 1 copy of White and 1 copy of Black. Sadly, the only people I have only sells Shiny and Sun. I have a choice though, restart and rush through my Black copy again and hope that the people in Black City will have it or ask for trades. I cant trade right because I have no wifi. This seriously sucks...Roto13 said:
Well, at least you have those. My Black City only sells Oval Stones, which means there's only one Pokemon I can evolve with them. >_> I had to really plan a lot to finish the Pokedex. I managed to find one Simi-whatever and trade it for the others on the GTS to get the others in my Pokedex, for example.vall03 said:
yeah, wish I didnt use my stones on those 3 monkeys... *sigh*Roto13 said:Well, at least you have those. My Black City only sells Oval Stones, which means there's only one Pokemon I can evolve with them. >_> I had to really plan a lot to finish the Pokedex. I managed to find one Simi-whatever and trade it for the others on the GTS to get the others in my Pokedex, for example.
-Pyromaniac-
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Jesus christ is it just me or are gym leaders fucking crazy with the potions. It's impossible to beat them by getting them in the red, you always have to deplete the bar before it reaches red or else they just infinitely keep using hyper potions. The fuck is that.
BuggyDClown
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Anyone have a good link to breeding. Breeding in HG to be precise. I want a sick team of Eevees, I have 10 in HG but I wanna breed for power and IVs.
Need a place that can explain it all. Dont know anything about types, breeding and IVs
Need a place that can explain it all. Dont know anything about types, breeding and IVs
shaowebb
Member
For some reason in this game I just haven't gotten a very close feeling with any of my pokemon save three.
Gigalith
Thro ( I named him Segata after Segata Sanshiro is why)
and Leavanny
The starters in this game just never got exciting moves. I have all three and leveled them and none really play to my liking.
So here I am at the elite 4 and after seeing them CHEAT by using a hacked lvl 50 Bisharp (impossible) I've decided screw this noise.
It's time to bring back the best pokemon I've ever had. Thanks to a day spent trading yesterday I now have
Leafeon
Flareon
Glaceon
Umbreon
Jolteon
Espeon
Go team Eevee! I'm power leveling them and I don't plan on fighting the Elite 4 until they hit 60. At which point they will form Voltron and smite them.
Gigalith
Thro ( I named him Segata after Segata Sanshiro is why)
and Leavanny
The starters in this game just never got exciting moves. I have all three and leveled them and none really play to my liking.
So here I am at the elite 4 and after seeing them CHEAT by using a hacked lvl 50 Bisharp (impossible) I've decided screw this noise.
It's time to bring back the best pokemon I've ever had. Thanks to a day spent trading yesterday I now have
Leafeon
Flareon
Glaceon
Umbreon
Jolteon
Espeon
Go team Eevee! I'm power leveling them and I don't plan on fighting the Elite 4 until they hit 60. At which point they will form Voltron and smite them.
-Pyromaniac-
Member
Ah didn't know they could run out. Didn't seem like it after one used 4 I think it was.Vhalyar said:
MatthewB92
Member
You have to have seen the pokemon to search for it.shahkur said:
MatthewB92
Member
Trade with someone here.shahkur said:
Roto13 said:
Wow, you would really do this for me? Hell, you can trust that I wont end up trying to keep your legendaries? Not that I would obviously.
Finalozzo, WTF just happened? Why'd the battle disconnect halfway? It took ages just to start it and then we never even got to finish the match. Sigh.
MatthewB92
Member
Someone want to have a double battle? Same rules as the tournament.
MatthewB92
Member
They took it out.finalozzo said:
Scythian Empire
Member
What am I supposed to do at endgame? I barely managed to complete it with my team of around Level 50 pokemon, and now all the trainers I come across have Level 65's! I'm finding the difficulty level to be through to roof now. What do you guys suggest to do?
I don't think you'll be able to finish. There's one late-game trainer Pokemon in particular I'm pretty sure will absolutely destroy you.The Crimson Blur said:So I have been playing this game and am now on Victory Road. Since Pokemon games are usually easy, I decided to constrain myself on my first playthrough.
-all pre-evolves
-only Pokemon with base stat totals less than 350 (Gen I reference: 350 - Growlithe, 300 - Geodude/Poliwag, 680 - Mewtwo)
-I cannot grind. I cannot engage in any random Pokemon battles. Only trainer battles.
-No in-battle items.
I am finding myself absolutely terrified of the Elite 4. Gym battles are a struggle for my team. Everyone gets one-shot. My team has natural weaknesses to Flying, Fighting, and Dragon types, something I probably should have thought through (I just picked my favorites within those stat ranges lol). They are all severely underleveled, particularly because they all appear in early routes (therefore, experience has been split 6 ways for almost the entire game, rather than just near the end). I have to spam Repel, not just because I'm not allowed to grind for exp, but because my Pokemon can't get away when I hit run. If I engage in a wild battle, its basically a guaranteed team wipe since I can't retaliate.
That said, this may be the most fun I have ever had with a Pokemon game. The challenge is awesome. Before, I could get by with just my starter and spamming Ember for the entire game. Now I actually have to use the mechanics of the game. Whether its tricking the AI (On the 8th gym,) or pure cunning, there is strategy to every battle...even regular trainers. Especially Ace trainers. Fuck Ace trainers.I found out that Axew will Dragon Dance until it can one-shot your Pokemon. So, I used Tepig's Will-O-Wisp to drop the Axew's attack stat in half. This makes it spam Dragon Dance until its stats are normalized. Meanwhile, I set up Bulk Up with Timburr and sweep the team
I dunno if I will be able to beat the Elite 4, but thats what makes it so exciting. Seeing my little caterpillar destroy one of those monster fully evolved Pokemon never stops being satisfying
Good luck though!
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