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Pokémon Community Thread 3: "Soon, All of Hoenn Will Be Under Its Withering Glare "
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Deleted member 231381
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Nobody gives a damn about Ninetales' horrendously poor moveset. They will similarly not give a damn about DroughtZard, since he will probably be superior to Ninetales in the majority of situations.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Except for Ninetales being able to hold an item to outlast / troll
Like I said, Zard would probably die before it can activate weather, and it would probably be easily overridden due to predictability.
hahah.
Aggrotek
Member
Charizard gets a boosted Special Attack when mega, which means you can invest heavily in defenses and still retain really good Sp Atk. Especially with stab fire in drought.
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Deleted member 231381
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Except for Ninetales being able to hold an item to outlast / troll
Like I said, Zard would probably die before it can activate weather, and it would probably be easily overridden due to predictability.
I'll put a pound on DroughtZard reaching OU, provided that no other superior Drought users are introduced and provided that sun in general, irrespective of DroughtZard, remains a viable team strategy.
Don't forget though, Ninetales can immediately activate Drought upon switching in, while Charizard needs to attack. I'm guessing protect might be a popular move option for mega charizard, heh.
honestly... you should probably just start from X/Y. Not much reason to go back. It'll be fun to play from day 1 with the rest of PokéGAF anyway. Black and White are good starting points, though.
Lead with Zard, activate mega, use protect. Now you have mega Zard in the sun. Better than hold item + ninetales?
Black and White were basically designed for a fresh experience, but I'm also going to say you might be best off just waiting for X & Y.
Pokemon isn't particularly hard to get into(not counting competitive play) and since there are people that have started in every generation thus far, you shouldn't be worried about starting in Gen VI. Also, there's so much changing from graphics to Mega Evolutions and even a whole new type that it'll feel pretty fresh for everyone. So jumping on here could be a fun experience.
If you're feeling too impatient to wait a month, though, Black and White or their sequels are certainly good choices.
I don't think so. Charizard is still vulnerable to Stealth Rock and the other weather users (Tyranitar, Hippowdon, Politoed) are pretty durable so i'm pretty sure they'll outlast it.
Charizard is definitely better offensively though.
ScraftyDevil
Banned
Oh no, you have to play the best game in the series!
Worst version. Bad overworld map, less pokemon without trading up/gimmicks, no old favorite's until you beat the E4 (and if you hated gen V pokemon this is just awful) and not all that much post game content
Luckily white 2 fixed most of this stuff
ScraftyDevil
Banned
If you want to go down this path, I could easily explain how each and every game in the series is respectively the worst, but I don't think you want to go down this path. I'm not hating on your favourites, so there's no need to hate on mine.
Anywho, what do PokéGAF's resident Zard fans think of the MegaZard? I like it a lot, myself. It looks like an awesome union between the Zard and Reshiram.
Gen V isn't bad (I just don't like the designs) I just think white 1 is bad
White/black 2 are great
ScraftyDevil
Banned
I think White is a better experience than White 2 myself. I used to think otherwise, but then I replayed White and realized how much more I enjoyed the main quest and new additions.
It's not just my opinion either; most critics and people I know personally scored BW1 higher than their sequels, with the exception of IGN's megafan reviewer who gave them a 9.6 due to their advancements in the competitive field.
It's not just my opinion either; most critics and people I know personally scored BW1 higher than their sequels, with the exception of IGN's megafan reviewer who gave them a 9.6 due to their advancements in the competitive field.
That's absolutely bizzare to me... Coming off platinum/hear gold/ soul silver it felt so much the same without changing much up even if it did switch up the story a bit but that's the bit that most don't really care about
So while not having that new novelty it also felt like a poorer experience with less to see and do overall
I respect your opinion but again it's just bizarre to me
I think we should hold off on sets until we know the exact stat distribution
Aggrotek
Member
Assuming the SpAtk boost he gets from Mega Evolving is substantial, I think this could work.
Perhaps but it's hard to critique on assumptions
Aggrotek
Member
I'm just speculating, I don't see the problem.
Oh there's no problem! it's just hard to tell you how it would look
I guess I did come off as having a problem though
Dang I never thought of that! Wow that is pretty rad
ArchedThunder
Banned
The Johto Dex included the Kanto starters too.
oh that's right, completely forgot!
I think the difference is the gap between the starters in question. Are all the pokemon in between going to be there or are they going to abridge it a bit?
Oh no, you have to play the best game in the series!
I just can't stand all the Team Plasma stuff. All the really dense story stuff is so much more intrusive than it was in any of the previous games and it really turns me off. That kind of thing isn't what I play these games for at all, so the fact that it's such a constant interruption is pretty obnoxious to me.
It seems like that stuff will be toned down a decent amount in X/Y though, so I'm glad about that.
Charizard's time has come.
Pokegaf can I just talk about how I proud I would be if froakey turns out to be a lanky looking speedster? I mean when you think about traits to exaggerate on frogs you tend to think of frogs that are already exaggerated, and most of those look fat and sloth like. The American bullfrog, the African bullfrog, the spade foot toads, tomato frogs, etc etc... But a lot of frog based designs go for fat and you do have some truely amazing and bizzare anurans to base it off of just look at the crucifix frog
But I have to give props if gamefreak foes in the opposite direction and gives lanky frogs some attention heck the hylidae family of frogs (tree frogs) has some truly great looking frogs and long frogs and when they perch themselves on a branch it almost looks like an assassin looming over the foe for a sneaky deathblow
Heck the beautiful rainbow toad is one of the few animals with the Lazarus taxon distinction and its super lanky. And boy it sure is beautiful!
Edit: having trouble finding a good image of the rainbow toad on my phone...
But I have to give props if gamefreak foes in the opposite direction and gives lanky frogs some attention heck the hylidae family of frogs (tree frogs) has some truly great looking frogs and long frogs and when they perch themselves on a branch it almost looks like an assassin looming over the foe for a sneaky deathblow
Heck the beautiful rainbow toad is one of the few animals with the Lazarus taxon distinction and its super lanky. And boy it sure is beautiful!
Edit: having trouble finding a good image of the rainbow toad on my phone...
For reals, the time of MEGA CHARIZARD is upon us!
SenorArdilla
Member
I'm imagining a Mega-Evolve -> Solar Beam combo for Charizard. Since switching might still go first, even if they swap a weather inducer on the turn Charizard mega-evolves, you'll still get your sun.
That's the first thing I thought of and with the SpAttack boost it means he doesn't need to be afraid of water and rock types anymore. He's going to make a hell of a special sweeper.
i am conflicted
they dont come with the games but... i want an XL... should I really go for it?
Snacks the sober sea lion
Member
Question does anyone know how soon I can trade/transfer my pokemon from soul silver to white 2? Really want my Raichu from FireRed to be with me in X/Y
You have to have beaten the Elite Four in White 2.
Professor Beef
Banned
So does Mega Blastoise really not use any of his cannons? A friend at work mentioned that even though he's got 3 cannons, he still uses his mouth.
The cannons are there to throw enemies off so they look at where the cannon is aiming instead of where Blastoise is looking. Floors 'em every time.