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Pokémon Heart Gold/Superior Silver |OT|
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SolarPowered said:
You're right, but Salamence was only that threatening in specific cirumstances. Salamence isn't that easy to bring in properly and often ends up dying pretty quickly with stealth rock and life orb damage racking up. Probably the most destructive Mence set, DDmence needed one turn of set up. It's not too hard to sniff out the dance and use that turn to switch in something with ice shard to kill it or scare it out. if you can't do that then locking it into outrage and using one of those steel types the metagame loves so much to kill it works too. At any rate, Mence doesn't have anything near the guaranteed kill power or invincibility of Garchomp.
Pureauthor
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Mush said:
Look, if you have that many requests, you're best off going to Bulbagarden or Serebii or some other dedicated Pokemon fansite with a trading board. This thread is pretty dead anyway.
Dedication Through Light
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Wow leveling up is awfully slow these days, I wish they had listed how much EXP each person in the elite 4 gives both the first time facing them and the time they increase. With elite 4 in original configuration, I Spent 20+ hours getting Ho-Oh, Garchomp, Salemence, and Dragonite to lvl 75!
lol, I must have been crazy to not have noticed that the item coutner goes beyond 99 finally. I have 119 Ultra Balls...
lol, I must have been crazy to not have noticed that the item coutner goes beyond 99 finally. I have 119 Ultra Balls...
Lone_Prodigy
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So much outrage over Salamence.
SolarPowered
Member
Poor Salamence.Lone_Prodigy said:
Yeah, it's not that dangerous of a pokemon if you've got at least two pokemon with ice moves and a stealth rock set up. I have to agree with the Garchomp comment though. I remember reading somewhere on the internet that Garchomp was so powerful that people decided to make their own counterchomps as insurance.:lolWiseblade said:
At any rate...this decision won't kill the mood for me when we've still got flygon, dragonite, kingdra and Gyarados to tinker with. I just wish that game freak stopped making Uber dragons so that we could actually use them in competitive battling again.:lol
Thagomizer
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Is there any way to get coins besides that ridiculous game? I'd rather not play that game for hours and hours just so I can get Thunderbolt...
viciouskillersquirrel
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Doesn't take hours. All you need to do is get to the upper levels and the coins start racking up.Thagomizer said:
Use an online solver or something.
Thagomizer
Member
viciouskillersquirrel said:
I know, but I somehow always manage to guess wrong on the 50/50 guesses and I never quit when I'm ahead
EDIT: Holy crap, I didn't realize it told you the points in the row as well! makes it so much easier...
EDIT: I also hope that they nerf the choice _____ items and Stealth Rock. You know something is overpowered when you have to have a specific move to be competitive, and the former simply because stall/effect teams are kinda useless when they just get run over by everything.
MegaKungFuRadio
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AdventureRacing said:
Salamence is a lazy, but competent design. Personally, I liked more Gen III designs than either Gen II or Gen IV. Dragonite always looked a bit too cute and cuddly for my tastes.
Sixfortyfive
He who pursues two rabbits gets two rabbits.
It still takes forever even with a solver, as even then it's never a sure thing.viciouskillersquirrel said:
Not being able to buy coins directly is probably the worst change they made for this game. I've usually got a spare ~$2 million just sitting around and not being used for anything.
viciouskillersquirrel
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That's only coz you RNG-spam the Elite 4. Money was a serious problem for me when it came to EV training (since I like to pack the targets full of vitamins prior to grinding and those are like 10 grand a piece).Sixfortyfive said:
Thagomizer
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Since that post, I've been using a solver, and have earned ~900 coins.
...yeah, fuck this shit.
...yeah, fuck this shit.
viciouskillersquirrel
Member
You need to stick with it. As long as you know how to add in your head and know to look for certain patterns (eg. a row where the Points (P) plus bombs (B) adds up to five can be ignored immediately, a row with P+B of six and one bomb has at least one 2, a row with P+B of seven with one bomb has a 3 in it etc.), you eventually get faster than a solver.Thagomizer said:
Yes, you'll still lose a lot, but you'll occasionally get streaks where you're hovering on about level 5 or so. At that level, you can rack up 10,000 coins in a matter of minutes.
I agree that it'd be better for harcore pokefans to make coins purchasable directly, but I think it's a deliberate tactic to try to balance out the online and local metagame. By making sure the beams and certain other TMs are rare, you prevent certain high powered moves from becoming ubiquitous and allow them to keep their allure.
That is to say, Game Freak deliberately made it difficult (and in some cases, especially with teams that depend on things like Hidden Power, nigh-on-impossible) to play at the high level that Shoddy and other simulators allow you to. Their aim was to make this kind of high-level play rare to non-existent so as to make the boundary of possibility of what you could do with pokemon seem infinite.
Of course, they don't take into account cheaters :\
Sixfortyfive
He who pursues two rabbits gets two rabbits.
I can probably breed something quick.Mush said:
Add my code and get online with something in the meantime. 4082-7707-6833
Sixfortyfive
He who pursues two rabbits gets two rabbits.
I need your code.
EDIT: I got it from the last page. I'll be online.
EDIT: I got it from the last page. I'll be online.
Sixfortyfive
He who pursues two rabbits gets two rabbits.
Yeah.
I'm going to sign off and check the FC. Post yours again just in case.
I'm going to sign off and check the FC. Post yours again just in case.
Sixfortyfive
He who pursues two rabbits gets two rabbits.
That's the one I added. I don't see you.
Are you sure you added my HG code that I just posted and not my Plat one from a while ago?
Are you sure you added my HG code that I just posted and not my Plat one from a while ago?
Sixfortyfive
He who pursues two rabbits gets two rabbits.
Look 8 posts up.
Recently spent alot of time training some decent IV gibles with earthquake and outrage if you're still looking.
Oh speaking of BP farming I need a recommendation for a third team member. I'm making a battle tower team based off some speed records I've seen, so far it is:
Starmie - Timid - Expert Belt - Surf, Psychic, Thunderbolt, Ice Beam
Garchomp - Jolly - ? - Fire Fang, Crunch, Outrage, Earthquake
Any ideas for a third? I'm looking to maximize BP per hour so complicated teams that hit 1000 wins aren't exactly what I'm looking for. Maybe some sort of pokemon to save it if the first two fail, perhaps destiny bond or trick on something?
Oh speaking of BP farming I need a recommendation for a third team member. I'm making a battle tower team based off some speed records I've seen, so far it is:
Starmie - Timid - Expert Belt - Surf, Psychic, Thunderbolt, Ice Beam
Garchomp - Jolly - ? - Fire Fang, Crunch, Outrage, Earthquake
Any ideas for a third? I'm looking to maximize BP per hour so complicated teams that hit 1000 wins aren't exactly what I'm looking for. Maybe some sort of pokemon to save it if the first two fail, perhaps destiny bond or trick on something?
So I want to pick up where I left off earlier this year in terms of collecting all the Pokemon.
If anyone here has a good amount of legit Pokemon I'd be happy to trade with him/her.
I have over 400 Pokemon right now, so there's a good chance that I have what you want.
PM me or reply in this thread so we can work something out!
If anyone here has a good amount of legit Pokemon I'd be happy to trade with him/her.
I have over 400 Pokemon right now, so there's a good chance that I have what you want.
PM me or reply in this thread so we can work something out!
kyo_daikun
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No new Wifi event?
Thought they would have thrown up the latias/os orb thing
Thought they would have thrown up the latias/os orb thing
perfectchaos007
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kyo_daikun said:
speaking of, when can an American ever get Arceus? I don't know of any theatres that showed that pokemon movie and the DVD doesn't come out until October. I guess a Wi-Fi event couldn't be bundled in a DVD
I miss E-reader cards. Thats how I got my latios in Ruby
Dedication Through Light
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perfectchaos007 said:speaking of, when can an American ever get Arceus? I don't know of any theatres that showed that pokemon movie and the DVD doesn't come out until October. I guess a Wi-Fi event couldn't be bundled in a DVD
I miss E-reader cards. Thats how I got my latios in Ruby
I thought we already did Arceus once? or did I imagine that, lol
Reticent Rhino
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Toys-R-Us was giving Arceus out last fall for two weeks.perfectchaos007 said:speaking of, when can an American ever get Arceus? I don't know of any theatres that showed that pokemon movie and the DVD doesn't come out until October. I guess a Wi-Fi event couldn't be bundled in a DVD
I miss E-reader cards. Thats how I got my latios in Ruby
lordfroakie
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Anyone have a Gligar with Razor Fang?
Milchmonster
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Nintendo Germany announced that the Latia(o)s event will start "soon". Rumor is it'll start on 7/31. For whatever reason.
perfectchaos007
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Reticent Rhino said:
fuuucck doesn't Nintendo know that TRU filed for bankrupcy and closed hundreds of stores years ago so theres only a few people in driving range of a TRU store? They sould at least move these big events to Gamestop.
ThatObviousUser
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perfectchaos007 said:
They have been. Gamestop got the Notch-Eared Pichu an another one too, I think.
The last time they distributed Jirachi (before the wi-fi event a few weeks ago) was given away through Gamestop. It happened right before HG/SS launched in the U.S.
Truly the only way to get ALL the event pokemon is to own a Japanese copy of one of the games and an American copy. So far, having own a Japanese Platinum and SS, in addition to owning an American copy of each game, I've been able to get all the event Pokemon, minus of course the shiny legendary dogs and celebi, which make me sad I want a shiny Raikou!
Truly the only way to get ALL the event pokemon is to own a Japanese copy of one of the games and an American copy. So far, having own a Japanese Platinum and SS, in addition to owning an American copy of each game, I've been able to get all the event Pokemon, minus of course the shiny legendary dogs and celebi, which make me sad
I want a shiny Raikou!Dedication Through Light
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Sagitario said:Well, Lance was an asshole and I hope he dies in a fire or something!
Loved the credits. Now, to Kanto
I had a lvl 57 Dragonite at that point in the game? Were you underleveled? lol. It was the easiest romp through the Elite 4 that Ive ever had
Sixfortyfive
He who pursues two rabbits gets two rabbits.
If you use a full team of 6 throughout the game, you probably won't be higher than lv40 for the Elite Four unless you grind a lot.
I think you need to beat Red to get that.Slermy said:
viciouskillersquirrel
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Never got pokerus :'(Wiseblade said:
ThatObviousUser
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Sagitario said:Well, Lance was an asshole and I hope he dies in a fire or something!
Loved the credits. Now, to Kanto
I liked the credits in DPPt better.
Can anyone help me out? I've been trying to breed a BAYLEEF (Chikorita?) so I can give it to a friend, but I can't get this damn thing to get busy!
I thought they wouldn't breed only if the DC Man said "they like playing with others"? It's been like 2 hours maybe, and no egg still. Maybe I need to catch another pokemon? Ditto isn't working, and I've got a small handfull of plant types that won't work either.
I thought they wouldn't breed only if the DC Man said "they like playing with others"? It's been like 2 hours maybe, and no egg still. Maybe I need to catch another pokemon? Ditto isn't working, and I've got a small handfull of plant types that won't work either.