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Pokémon Community Thread: Gotta Catch 'Em All!
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that has nothing to do with what i mean, though. the actual evolution is a fusion between two different pokemon.
ThatObviousUser
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And I was saying that, technically, you're wrong.
Exterminieren
Banned
let's not get that technical.
you know i just meant pokemon has been using "fusions" for quite a while. fusions themselves don't have to be lame.
tiggerkiddo
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It's still weird how small Salamence generally is. No wonder they're so crabby, they're puny.
ScraftyDevil
Banned
I don't like it. Make it go away.
And just like that
it's gone. You can rest easy, my friend.
Haven't since the original Gold and Silver. I've never seen a Shiny Pokemon in the wild, only Red Gyarados.
Yeah, in a decade of playing the post-Gen I games, Gyarados is the the only Shiny I've met.
Aggrotek
Member
I haven't seen any in Gen V yet, but I have like 9 or 10. Currently trying to get Scraggy via Masuda Method.
I think it's fun to hunt them.
ScraftyDevil
Banned
tiggerkiddo
Member
You're just taking all the fun out of it!
ScraftyDevil
Banned
Common theory is that the PokéDex entries are written by the often 10-year-old protagonists, so this could actually be a stroke of genius on the writers' part.
PokeBusters.
Sharpedo is so freaking cool.
Chet Rippo
Member
Crawdaunt>Sharpedo
tiggerkiddo
Member
That...that actually makes a lot of sense now...
I'm so conflicted, I can't choose. Both Adaptability and Speed Boost are so good. And neither can take any sort of hit.
How about..
Answer is Cacturne
Chet Rippo
Member
I'm so conflicted, I can't choose. Both Adaptability and Speed Boost are so good. And neither can take any sort of hit.
How about..
vs.
Answer is Cacturne
They both suck. Get a Ludicolo instead.
ScraftyDevil
Banned
But he has the god-sent gift of being able to learn both Sucker Punch and Focus Punch, meaning if you max his attack EVs and are good at predicting your opponent's moves, you can easily sweep their entire team.
tiggerkiddo
Member
Keep him away from those pesky bugs (Heaven forbid he go against a Heracross). I would like to use a Cacturne one of these days but then again, if I want to use a grass Pokemon in Gen 3, I keep going back to Ludicolo because he's so cool.
Fuck Ludicolo.
So amazing on rain teams, holding them together. But we are discussing shitty competitive Pokemon like Sharpedo and Cacturne. Not the amazing Ludicolo.
Inferior to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuhqoZvyntA ,but not bad.
If by Extreme Speed on Starmie you mean Calm Mind, then yes.
Chet Rippo
Member
Fuck Ludicolo.
So amazing on rain teams, holding them together. But we are discussing shitty competitive Pokemon like Sharpedo and Cacturne. Not the amazing Ludicolo.
Great, this is just what I wanted to see...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGI4kSdUOJQ
i'll take both honestly...same for calm mind metagross
And base 110 speed, or a good secondary typing.
Which is pretty much the only way a Fire type stands a chance in OU
Flame Charge would boost his Speed anyway, and he can Baton Pass the Speed off to another Pokemon when he predicts a counter.
Flareon sucks
Stop trying to build up Flareon. He would still be terrible.
I'm glad you realise that Flareon is just weak and terrible.
Stop trying to build up Flareon. He would still be terrible.
I'm glad you realise that Flareon is just weak and terrible.
But seriously, your comment about second types made me realize there is not one pure Fire type in OU besides Ninetails, who is OU only for his ability.
It's a great offensive type, but defensively it's horrific. Weak to Stealth Rock, the most common physical attack Earthquake, weak to Water, and many Pokemon receive Fire moves, so you don't need to run a Fire type to abuse things like Flamethrower and Fire Blast.
Now, make Fire (and Ice) resist Dragon, and we'd have something to talk about.
What's the general consciousness on Ho-Oh in the Uber metagame? I imagine that massive Stealth Rock weakness might make people think twice about using it in a Uber team.
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Just picked up black! Is there a corresponding anime to watch as I play along with it?
Professor Beef
Banned
As long as you have something to deal with Stealth Rock, you should be fine. Groudon makes a nice teammate if only because of Drought.
Chet Rippo
Member
Exterminieren
Banned
Pokémon Black and White, and Pokémon Rival Destinies in the dub.
The Japanese is around the seventh gym, the dub is around the fifth.
Aggrotek
Member
He's definitely used less than he was last generation after he received Brave Bird, but he's still a solid Pokemon.
SR is a problem, but it's not as crippling as you might think. Ho-Oh has both Recover and Roost to choose from to recover health, and there are few spin blockers to choose from (Giratina, Ghost Arceus although both are common) in the Uber metagame. Drizzle is more of an issue in my opinion, even with Brave Bird, because with Drizzle comes Kyogre and Palkia.
Although I don't play any metagame anymore, so this could all be bogus.
Sad day.
indeed. I switched to another pokemon that had rock smash so I could bring down its HP a little bit.
Except instead of picking rock smash, I accidentally picked rollout. I could only watch helplessly as the turns went by