I have played both HG/SS and B/W though.
I mean, I like B/W. But HG/SS is still best in my opinion. Though that may chance with B/W2. We'll see.
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Pokémon Community Thread 2: "This is the Real Power of Johto..."
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I have played both HG/SS and B/W though.
I mean, I like B/W. But HG/SS is still best in my opinion. Though that may chance with B/W2. We'll see.
Yeah, there's always time to finish it later so no worries. For now it's just better to associate with the series, and the good side of playing Black and White 2 is you'll see more Pokemon.
ScraftyDevil
Banned
Oh, sorry, I didn't realize who I was quoting. I thought I was talking to the on-the-fence buyer.
Carry on, then.
I finished the main story in SS up to Red but it took me a long time afterwards until I got around to catching Mewtwo and Ho-oh.
My secret shame is I never bothered to catch the two roaming legendary beasts. Too much of a pain in the butt so I settled for the Shiny version Gamestop was giving out instead.
The only problem with going backwards is that you can't take Pokemon from newer gens back with you.
Platinum at least gave you a map with their location on the bottom screen making them easy to track. And Black and White tells you on the billboards.
HG/SS is a pain since you have to pull up your phone then turn it off again afterwards.
ScraftyDevil
Banned
Don't worry; they fixed that problem in BW2.
Not sure why Gamefreak did this, but to be honest I don't really see much of a point of it for me personally because you'll be wanting to play competitively against the version with the most Pokemon anyway.
Well that's good, it's only until recently that I caught Cresselia in Diamond. To be honest, I kinda held back on trading or whichever cause I was going to go try to catch a Wobbuffet to catch the legendary dogs to make the catching experience "pure" without the need of others Pokemon. Although I lost HGSS a month after I got it so yeah, least I have it now, though.
I'll probably level up something like Haunter so I can catch them easily.
Let's just hope they don't bring them back for Gen 6 or the Ruby/Sapphire remakes
Professor Beef
Banned
Roaming legendaries are right up there with IVs as the worst thing to come along in the series.
word, they are pretty much the only thing I'd bother to use a Master ball on, but that doesn't help much when there are more then one running around
I think these are the times I've used a Masterball.
Gen I Masterball on Snorlax (First playthrough in like 1998)
Gen II Not sure if I did or not, I think I saved it.
Gen III Latios as it took me forever to even find the thing and I didn't want to risk it.
Gen IV I used it on Mesprit I think.
Gen V First time I ever used it on the main legendary of the game, but I used it on Reshiram as I wasn't really into the game enough to go through all the trouble.
Didn't use any in HGSS, but I didn't catch anything besides Lugia/Ho-Oh. Caught Dialga with a Timeball, caught Groudon with a Dive Ball, caught Mewtwo with a Pokeball, caught Lugia with my trademark Heavy Ball.
Gen I Masterball on Snorlax (First playthrough in like 1998)
Gen II Not sure if I did or not, I think I saved it.
Gen III Latios as it took me forever to even find the thing and I didn't want to risk it.
Gen IV I used it on Mesprit I think.
Gen V First time I ever used it on the main legendary of the game, but I used it on Reshiram as I wasn't really into the game enough to go through all the trouble.
Didn't use any in HGSS, but I didn't catch anything besides Lugia/Ho-Oh. Caught Dialga with a Timeball, caught Groudon with a Dive Ball, caught Mewtwo with a Pokeball, caught Lugia with my trademark Heavy Ball.
It was worth it not to have to chase Thunderus around for hours
UltimateIke
Member
Chasing the roaming legendaries is one of my favorite things. It's the running back and forth in a patch of grass for an hour for some 5% encounter I hate.
*sigh* I miss the early part of the special manga where stuff like how you used your Pokeball mattered.
For example Red using Special gloves so Pikachu could charge up it's thunderbolt inside the ball before it was unleashed was boss.
Later story arcs simply drop that aspect entirely.
tiggerkiddo
Member
They censored the hell out of Pokemon Special for America...lol.
Oh and roaming legendaries can go to hell. Thankfully they're gone for now.
Oh and roaming legendaries can go to hell. Thankfully they're gone for now.
The worst thing in the series is Event Pokemon. I only started cheating at Pokemon and video games in general because having to go to New York to get a Mew is BS even as an 11 year old.
Schadenfreude
Member
Roaming legendaries are easy to catch. What's the matter with you guys? Any decent-level Pokemon with Mean Look and a few Pokeballs and you're done. I caught all the roaming legendaries that way. I 'member I used Misdreavus to catch Raikou, Entei and Suicune back in the original Silver. Gooood times.
Professor Beef
Banned
And then they use Roar, and you're shit out of luck. Fuck roaming legendaries.
Alright, did the Leaf Green E4 rematch:
LORELEI:
Dewgong - Venusaur
Cloyster - Jolteon
Piloswine - Venusaur
Jynx - Gyarados
Lapras - Jolteon
BRUNO:
Steelix - Gyarados
Hitmonchan - Gyarados
Hitmonlee - Gyarados
Steelix - Gyarados
Machamp - Gyarados
AGATHA:
Gengar - Dodrio
Crobat - Jolteon
Misdreavous - Venusaur
Arbok - Clefable
Gengar - Clefable
LANCE:
Gyarados - Jolteon
Dragonite - Clefable
Kingdra - Gyarados
Aerodactyl - Venusaur
Dragonite - Clefable
BLUE:
Heracross - Dodrio
Alakazam - Jolteon
Tyranitar - Venusaur
Exeggutor - Clefable
Gyarados - Jolteon
Charizard - Jolteon
In terms of kills:
Venuasur: 5
Clefable: 5
Gyarados: 7
Ninetails: 0
Jolteon: 7
Dodrio: 2
LORELEI:
Dewgong - Venusaur
Cloyster - Jolteon
Piloswine - Venusaur
Jynx - Gyarados
Lapras - Jolteon
BRUNO:
Steelix - Gyarados
Hitmonchan - Gyarados
Hitmonlee - Gyarados
Steelix - Gyarados
Machamp - Gyarados
AGATHA:
Gengar - Dodrio
Crobat - Jolteon
Misdreavous - Venusaur
Arbok - Clefable
Gengar - Clefable
LANCE:
Gyarados - Jolteon
Dragonite - Clefable
Kingdra - Gyarados
Aerodactyl - Venusaur
Dragonite - Clefable
BLUE:
Heracross - Dodrio
Alakazam - Jolteon
Tyranitar - Venusaur
Exeggutor - Clefable
Gyarados - Jolteon
Charizard - Jolteon
In terms of kills:
Venuasur: 5
Clefable: 5
Gyarados: 7
Ninetails: 0
Jolteon: 7
Dodrio: 2
UltimateIke
Member
Why didn't you use Ninetales any? Not even on Jynx or Exeggutor.
Aaron Strife
Banned
At least he got some ice for that burn.
Schadenfreude
Member
They rarely did that when I battled 'em. I would encounter them, use Mean Look and then the battle would last 5 or 6 turns. That would be enough for me to lower their HP enough so that the next time I encountered them I could just concentrate on catching them. But whatevs.
UltimateIke
Member
Ultra Balls are only good for a 2x catch rate increase. Use a Dusk Ball at night or in a cave for a 3.5x chance, a Quick Ball on the first turn for a 4x chance, or a Timer Ball after 30 turns for a 4x chance.
Ultra Balls are pretty bad for legendaries.
I guess this explains why I tend to catch things easier with Dusk Balls sometimes. I'm kinda broke on Diamond for some reason, I didn't fight the Elite 4 a whole lot. I usually carry a few Timer Balls, but never seem to catch with them.
Now if only the first Rayquaza I caught was shiny it'd match the Ultra Ball I caught it with.
Flareon
Nature: Lonely
252 Atk Evs
Superpower on Support Blissey: 568-670 (87.11 - 102.76%) -- 18.75% chance to OHKO
Fire Blast on Physical Defensive Skarmory: Fire Blast: 336-396 (100.59 - 118.56%) -- guaranteed OHKO
WALLBREAKER
Edit: Just for UltimateIke
Arcanine (UU Offensive Set):
Close Combat on Support Blissey: (100.92 - 118.86%) -- guaranteed OHKO
Falre Blitz on Physical Defensive Skarmory: (84.73 - 101.19%) -- 12.5% chance to OHKO
WALLBREAKER
Nature: Lonely
252 Atk Evs
Superpower on Support Blissey: 568-670 (87.11 - 102.76%) -- 18.75% chance to OHKO
Fire Blast on Physical Defensive Skarmory: Fire Blast: 336-396 (100.59 - 118.56%) -- guaranteed OHKO
WALLBREAKER
Edit: Just for UltimateIke
Arcanine (UU Offensive Set):
Close Combat on Support Blissey: (100.92 - 118.86%) -- guaranteed OHKO
Falre Blitz on Physical Defensive Skarmory: (84.73 - 101.19%) -- 12.5% chance to OHKO
WALLBREAKER
Schadenfreude
Member
Why, oh why is there no mail on Sundays? I just ordered B2 and W2 on Amazon and it says I won't get them till the 10th even with 1 day shipping. Those extra days are gonna be pure torture. I'll make sure to stay away from here.
Hmm wouldn't naughty be a better choice?
Flareon is actually pretty good at taking non-Water Special hits, where as Physical hits take him down easily. So might as well reduce his Physical Defense.
UltimateIke
Member
If the game were more like the anime, we could team up and be the baddest dudes ever with our Flareon/Arcanine combo. We could even find a Ninetales partner for Drought in Triple Battles.
UltimateIke
Member
Yessssss. It is super-duper overused.
With Drought weakening Water moves, and Intimidate weakening Earthquake/Stone Edge, that'd be a pretty cool trio.
Wow, this is awesome.
It's about to be even more overused now! Venusaur Solarbeam shenanigans.
UltimateIke
Member
Who wants to command the Ninetales in our awesome Fire trio?
http://superpineapple.deviantart.com/art/1st-Gen-Fire-Types-213076526
Rapidash can be our roadie.
http://superpineapple.deviantart.com/art/1st-Gen-Fire-Types-213076526
Rapidash can be our roadie.
UltimateIke
Member
Team mascot/cheerleader!