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[MasterSheen]

Been plotting out teams for the Inverse Battle Special Battle mode later this month. It's really tricky as it's hard to say what will work in this completely new metagame.

I'm loving it. Any of you guys doing it?

I am, although I'm still mostly on the process of picking out a team.

 

[Frost_Ace]

I finally have all the 5 trophies of the battle maison.

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[PBalfredo]

So PokeGAF, what would you recommend to someone thinking about putting together a Ghost monotype team?

 

[spiritfox]

So PokeGAF, what would you recommend to someone thinking about putting together a Ghost monotype team?

Be the Ghost gym leader. It's still empty now.

 

[Exuro]

So I just beat the elite four and am kind of confused by the safari. I need to add people, and each person has a pokemon type for their safari? How do I tell what type mine is? And for adding people is that through pokemon or through the 3ds? I've had mine for less than a month so I'm pretty new to this.

 

[PBalfredo]

Be the Ghost gym leader. It's still empty now.

That's kinda what I'm thinking. But I don't want to just assume the position by sheer virtue of being the first guy at the door. After all, the only ghost I currently use is Sableye, though I love the lil scamp. I'm thinking about making a team and testing it against the gym leaders I already beat. Once I get a few wins to prove my team is legit, then I'll apply for gym leadership.

 

[spiritfox]

That's kinda what I'm thinking. But I don't want to just assume the position by sheer virtue of being the first guy at the door. After all, the only ghost I currently use is Sableye, though I love the lil scamp. I'm thinking about making a team and testing it against the gym leaders I already beat. Once I get a few wins to prove my team is legit, then I'll apply for gym leadership.

Ghosts have a lot of status effects to play around with, especially WOW, which can shut down most sweepers. You'll have to do something about Dark moves, though, since they're quite common and can come from non-Dark types, especially Pursuit and Sucker Punch.
MGengar is your go-to Mega in this case, since MBanette kinda sucks unless you want priority Destiny Bond. But mono-Ghost has a lot of good Pokemon, including Jellicent, Chandelure, Gengar, Sableye, Froslass, Aegislash, Cofagrigus, and Shedinja (lol). Too bad Rotom-W does not keep its Ghost typing, or you can use that.

 

[Jeff Vader]

Just wanna throw this out there but man do I hate Sableye. I can never remember what it's weak to until it's too late.

 

[spiritfox]

Just wanna throw this out there but man do I hate Sableye. I can never remember what it's weak to until it's too late.

Only Fairy. It was one of the only few Pokemon that didn't have a type weakness before Gen VI.

 

[Sleepwalker]

Just wanna throw this out there but man do I hate Sableye. I can never remember what it's weak to until it's too late.

I run a dedicated switcheroo klefki on showdown just for him, give the guy a scarf and then hit him as hard as I can with whatever pokemon.

 

[Jeff Vader]

Only Fairy. It was one of the only few Pokemon that didn't have a type weakness before Gen VI.

I never used him before so I had no idea. Only weak to fairy though is interesting since you could like out prankster him with say Whimsicott no?

 

[JulianImp]

Ghosts have a lot of status effects to play around with, especially WOW, which can shut down most sweepers. You'll have to do something about Dark moves, though, since they're quite common and can come from non-Dark types, especially Pursuit and Sucker Punch.
MGengar is your go-to Mega in this case, since MBanette kinda sucks unless you want priority Destiny Bond. But mono-Ghost has a lot of good Pokemon, including Jellicent, Chandelure, Gengar, Sableye, Froslass, Aegislash, Cofagrigus, and Shedinja (lol). Too bad Rotom-W does not keep its Ghost typing, or you can use that.

Except that mega gengar's off-limits if he sticks to the default smogon rules.

I did a mono-ghost run in White 2, trading a Golett egg from my copy of White and eventually catching a Jellicent, Drifblim, Banette, Chandelure and Cofagrigus, and beat the league once with it. It was the first time I did a monotype run as my first run of a pokémon game, and it was certainly interesting.

You also can't forget Dusknoir, Mismagius, Trevenant and the pumpkin, on top of Golurk, Drifblim, Cofagrigus and the ghosts other have mentioned before. All in all, I'd say ghosts have some decent variety in both types and playstyles.

I've just finished breeding a Diglett for my regular team after lots of on-and-off breeding, and that makes the third pokémon I've got. Now I should probably look into countering ice types and adding some tanks and better damage-dealers, since Dugtrio, Jumpluff and Crobat are all weak to ice on top of sporting below-average defenses.

 

[Jeff Vader]

I run a dedicated switcheroo klefki on showdown just for him, give the guy a scarf and then hit him as hard as I can with whatever pokemon.

Speaking of, my friend gave me one and I never bothered to use it.

 

[Sleepwalker]

Speaking of, my friend gave me one and I never bothered to use it.

I actually need to get me one of those in X, never really bothered. Is he hard to get or anything?

 

[PBalfredo]

Ghosts have a lot of status effects to play around with, especially WOW, which can shut down most sweepers. You'll have to do something about Dark moves, though, since they're quite common and can come from non-Dark types, especially Pursuit and Sucker Punch.
MGengar is your go-to Mega in this case, since MBanette kinda sucks unless you want priority Destiny Bond. But mono-Ghost has a lot of good Pokemon, including Jellicent, Chandelure, Gengar, Sableye, Froslass, Aegislash, Cofagrigus, and Shedinja (lol). Too bad Rotom-W does not keep its Ghost typing, or you can use that.

Yeah, Dark is going to be a pain, especially when dark type attacks can come out of anywhere. As for threatening actual Dark types, I guess Golurk and Aegislash know Fighting types moves, and Gengar and Jellicent has access to Dazzling Gleam. Anything I'm missing?

I run a dedicated switcheroo klefki on showdown just for him, give the guy a scarf and then hit him as hard as I can with whatever pokemon.

that's devious

Except that mega gengar's off-limits if he sticks to the default smogon rules.

I did a mono-ghost run in White 2, trading a Golett egg from my copy of White and eventually catching a Jellicent, Drifblim, Banette, Chandelure and Cofagrigus, and beat the league once with it. It was the first time I did a monotype run as my first run of a pokémon game, and it was certainly interesting.

You also can't forget Dusknoir, Mismagius, Trevenant and the pumpkin, on top of Golurk, Drifblim, Cofagrigus and the ghosts other have mentioned before. All in all, I'd say ghosts have some decent variety in both types and playstyles.

I've just finished breeding a Diglett for my regular team after lots of on-and-off breeding, and that makes the third pokémon I've got. Now I should probably look into countering ice types and adding some tanks and better damage-dealers, since Dugtrio, Jumpluff and Crobat are all weak to ice on top of sporting below-average defenses.

Damn Smogon, cramping my style before it even begun. Is Mega Banette worth using in Smogon singles then? And does Mega Gengar's shadow tag work on both opposing pokemon in doubles?

 

[Jeff Vader]

I actually need to get me one of those in X, never really bothered. Is he hard to get or anything?

Nah they're very common on route 15. She just gave it to me because of the high iv's it had.

 

[spiritfox]

Yeah, Dark is going to be a pain, especially when dark type attacks can come out of anywhere. As for threatening actual Dark types, I guess Golurk and Aegislash know Fighting types moves, and Gengar and Jellicent has access to Dazzling Gleam. Anything I'm missing?



that's devious



Damn Smogon, cramping my style before it even begun. Is Mega Banette worth using in Smogon singles then? And does Mega Gengar's shadow tag work on both opposing pokemon in doubles?

Ah forgot about Smogon rules. Shadow Tag affects all opposing Pokemon, even in Doubles and Triples.

MBanette is ok, but no Prankster on the turn he Megas really kills his use, and there are much better Pranksters on the Ghost side. Make sure you run Protect if you want to make use of Prankster. He also has good Attack, but nothing to really use it with. You don't have to use a Mega, I guess.

Edit: Hey guys, I have a bunch of Adamant Swift Swim Anoriths with Aqua Jet, Knock Off, and Rapid Spin egg moves. Most are 4IV males, but I have a 4IV female too. They're in Pokeballs.

Reasons why you should get one:
1. Armaldos have a fucking JET PACK on their backs.
2. HA fossils are a pain in the ass to get.
3. Rapid Spin is a chained egg move, so I did all the hard work for you already.
4. Did I mention the Jet Pack?
5. Jet. Pack.

 

[PBalfredo]

On the topic of ghosts, lemme have em'. You got em, I want em. Offload your breeding rejects here.

Speaking of breeding rejects, here's what I got mostly:

Klink w/Clear Body
Kangaskhan
Charmander
Cottonee w/Prankster
Kabuto
Rufflet w/Hustle
Aerodactyl
Magnemite
Absol
Wooper w/Unaware
Tympole w/Swift Swim

 

[spiritfox]

On the topic of ghosts, lemme have em'. You got em, I want em. Offload your breeding rejects here.

Speaking of breeding rejects, here's what I got mostly:

Klink w/Clear Body
Kangaskhan
Charmander
Cottonee w/Prankster
Kabuto
Rufflet w/Hustle
Aerodactyl
Magnemite
Absol
Wooper w/Unaware
Tympole w/Swift Swim

I have Litwicks and Frillishes. The Litwicks are Flash Fire though.

 

[PBalfredo]

I have Litwicks and Frillishes. The Litwicks are Flash Fire though.

I'll take em. I'll also take one of your rad Anoriths. Want anything in particular for them, or just random rejects?

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[macklelol]

On the topic of ghosts, lemme have em'. You got em, I want em. Offload your breeding rejects here.

Speaking of breeding rejects, here's what I got mostly:

Klink w/Clear Body
Kangaskhan
Charmander
Cottonee w/Prankster
Kabuto
Rufflet w/Hustle
Aerodactyl
Magnemite
Absol
Wooper w/Unaware
Tympole w/Swift Swim

I have Heat Wave Litwick, Toxic Spikes/Nasty Plot Yamask, Shadow Sneak/Pain Split Spiritomb, and Small or Super sized Pumpkaboos. Might have to breed some of them, though.

I'd like one of those Anoriths, spiritfox!

 

[spiritfox]

I'll take em. I'll also take one of your rad Anoriths. Want anything in particular for them, or just random rejects?

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Anything's fine.

I have Heat Wave Litwick, Toxic Spikes/Nasty Plot Yamask, Shadow Sneak/Pain Split Spiritomb, and Small or Super sized Pumpkaboos. Might have to breed some of them, though.

I'd like one of those Anoriths, spiritfox!

Sure, what's your FC?

 

[PBalfredo]

I have Heat Wave Litwick, Toxic Spikes/Nasty Plot Yamask, Shadow Sneak/Pain Split Spiritomb, and Small or Super sized Pumpkaboos. Might have to breed some of them, though.

I'd like one of those Anoriths, spiritfox!

Rad. Yeah let me have what you got. Let me know if you want anything in particular for them, otherwise send me a trade invite for whatevs.

 

[macklelol]

Sure, what's your FC?

I already have you added, ingame name is Boa Toh.

Rad. Yeah let me have what you got. Let me know if you want anything in particular for them, otherwise send me a trade invite for whatevs.

I'll need some time to breed a few of them. I'll send a trade request to you in a little bit.

 

[Sleepwalker]

On the topic of ghosts, lemme have em'. You got em, I want em. Offload your breeding rejects here.

Speaking of breeding rejects, here's what I got mostly:

Klink w/Clear Body
Kangaskhan
Charmander
Cottonee w/Prankster
Kabuto
Rufflet w/Hustle
Aerodactyl
Magnemite
Absol
Wooper w/Unaware
Tympole w/Swift Swim

I'd like these if they are spares, need them mostly for my dex.



I have earth power hydreigon, high iv's joltiks but not nature, elemental punches abra and a couple things more.

 

[PBalfredo]

Thanks for the ghosts, macklelol

QUOTE=Sleepwalker;110451064]I'd like these if they are spares, need them mostly for my dex.



I have earth power hydreigon, high iv's joltiks but not nature, elemental punches abra and a couple things more.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, I got plenty. I'm going to bed now, but PM later if you want to do some trades.

 

[KiraFA37]

Anybody interested in Sneasels with egg moves? Did some breeding to switch around some of the moves of the Sneasel I got through WT.

Ice punch/Pursuit/Counter/Icicle crash Sneasel
6x Inner Focus - Adamant
2x Keen Eye - Adamant

Ice punch/Pursuit/Fake out/Icicle crash Sneasel
6x Inner Focus - Adamant
2x Inner Focus - Jolly
6x Keen Eye - Jolly

I think most of them have some perfect IVs since they bred with God Ditto but I haven't checked.

Also have some HA (Harvest) Exeggcute lying around.

 

[Sleepwalker]

Anybody interested in Sneasels with egg moves? Did some breeding to switch around some of the moves of the Sneasel I got through WT.

Ice punch/Pursuit/Counter/Icicle crash Sneasel
6x Inner Focus - Adamant
2x Keen Eye - Adamant

Ice punch/Pursuit/Fake out/Icicle crash Sneasel
6x Inner Focus - Adamant
2x Inner Focus - Jolly
6x Keen Eye - Jolly

I think most of them have some perfect IVs since they bred with God Ditto but I haven't checked.

Also have some HA (Harvest) Exeggcute lying around.

Is knock off an egg move? Or was it a tutor move? Either way I'd like one of the fake out + adamant ones if possible, an and Exeggcute too for my dex lol.

 

[KiraFA37]

Is knock off an egg move? Or was it a tutor move? Either way I'd like one of the fake out + adamant ones if possible, an and Exeggcute too for my dex lol.

Knock Off is an transfer move sadly. What's you IGN again? I already have you on my friendslist I believe.

 

[Sleepwalker]

Knock Off is an transfer move sadly. What's you IGN again? I already have you on my friendslist I believe.

I'm Gabriel.


Thanks a lot!

 

[LaNaranja]

Hey you guys after soft reseting several times I have a Timid Articuno w/ HP Ground. 31 IVs in Attack, Defense, and Speed. :/ Should I keep it? Special Attack is 146 at level 70.

Edit: Never mind, found the calculator on Serebii. 20/31/31/12/10/31. Looks like I am going to keep trying.

 

[Firestorm]

I know I said I'd do it and never really bothered again, but should I hold another GAF tournament? Special Ladder is switching off the Standard ruleset into Inverse so would offer an opportunity for people to practice especially with the next round of events hitting Europe and Australia.

 

[Frost_Ace]

I know I said I'd do it and never really bothered again, but should I hold another GAF tournament? Special Ladder is switching off the Standard ruleset into Inverse so would offer an opportunity for people to practice especially with the next round of events hitting Europe and Australia.

The special ladder is basically the rated battles?

2. HA fossils are a pain in the ass to get.

They sure are. I was so sure I had a female HA lileep and aerodactyl but I can't find them

I have a female weak armor omanyte though.

 

[Type2]

Ah forgot about Smogon rules. Shadow Tag affects all opposing Pokemon, even in Doubles and Triples.

MBanette is ok, but no Prankster on the turn he Megas really kills his use, and there are much better Pranksters on the Ghost side. Make sure you run Protect if you want to make use of Prankster. He also has good Attack, but nothing to really use it with. You don't have to use a Mega, I guess.

Edit: Hey guys, I have a bunch of Adamant Swift Swim Anoriths with Aqua Jet, Knock Off, and Rapid Spin egg moves. Most are 4IV males, but I have a 4IV female too. They're in Pokeballs.

Reasons why you should get one:
1. Armaldos have a fucking JET PACK on their backs.
2. HA fossils are a pain in the ass to get.
3. Rapid Spin is a chained egg move, so I did all the hard work for you already.
4. Did I mention the Jet Pack?
5. Jet. Pack.

I would love one of these could you send me a pm with what time you'd be available? I'll be home at 4pm pst .

 

[Shadow Broker]

Edit: Thanks Wyndstryker. Sent my PM out for my First gym leader challenge. I hope I don't get crushed.

 

[Wyndstryker]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=785418

That should be the GAF Gym League thread

 

[Unicorn]

I thought they changed it so males could pass down HA now?

This is like the 15th batch of Bulbas without the HA. Pulled the parents out 3 times now just to make damn sure one of them has the HA.

 

[macklelol]

I thought they changed it so males could pass down HA now?

This is like the 15th batch of Bulbas without the HA. Pulled the parents out 3 times now just to make damn sure one of them has the HA.

Males can only pass down HAs when breeding with a Ditto. If you are breeding with a Ditto, maybe you just have some of the worst luck ever.

 

[Unicorn]

Males can only pass down HAs when breeding with a Ditto. If you are breeding with a Ditto, maybe you just have some of the worst luck ever.

.... This is what I get for not playing in a while. Waste of a week+.

:lol

thanks for the info haha

 

[Wyndstryker]

Ok, got my Dragon Pulse/Mirror Coat on my first Feebas, while breeding a few hoping for perfect IV's I'll start working on getting Iron Tail around. Need to breed a few pokemon to get it into a Feebas. Still considering if I should keep going and add Mud Sport into the breeding and making it a full 4 egg moves.

 

[Jeff Vader]

Trying to breed a shiny HA Treecko sure is fun. Just trying to get a 6 iv parent first is testing my patience.

 

[LaNaranja]

Why can't we have the option to change an attack after it has been selected? Damn Solar Beam almost cost me the game.

gg Len.

 

[spiritfox]

Ok, got my Dragon Pulse/Mirror Coat on my first Feebas, while breeding a few hoping for perfect IV's I'll start working on getting Iron Tail around. Need to breed a few pokemon to get it into a Feebas. Still considering if I should keep going and add Mud Sport into the breeding and making it a full 4 egg moves.

If you want a 4th egg move go for Hypnosis or Haze, which are much more useful than Mud Sport.

 

[Jeff Vader]

Why can't we have the option to change an attack after it has been selected? Damn Solar Beam almost cost me the game.

gg Len.

lol i was dead when your greninja ignored that paralysis.

 

[HypnoDarkrai]

Shiny Seviper while EV training.
Need to reset some EVs now.

 

[Jeff Vader]

Shiny Seviper while EV training.
Need to reset some EVs now.

No ev reducing berries?

 

[HypnoDarkrai]

No ev reducing berries?

Yeah I had a Kasip Berry so all is good now

 

[Jeff Vader]

Yeah I had a Kasip Berry so all is good now

Sweet! Well, congrats on the shiny snake. At least you have something extra to show for treating your pokemons right.

 

[HypnoDarkrai]

Sweet! Well, congrats on the shiny snake. At least you have something extra to show for treating your pokemons right.

Thanks.

 

[ALM5252]

I was playing an online match and came across an opponent with a Diancie. Are those available now? First time I ever saw one and I lost to it.