Pokémon Discussion Thread

[Interania]

a good dark type

Breloom AND Togekiss say Hi
As does Alakazam if you're slower than him.

Alakazam is a pushover. Mawile Sucker Punches all!

[The Blazing Aura]

Breloom AND Togekiss say Hi
As does Alakazam if you're slower than him.

Alakazam is a pushover. Mawile Sucker Punches all!

That only works when a) I'm not expecting it, which seeing as it's Mawille, I'm always expecting b) if I was stupid enough to leave Alakazam out if Mawile was above half health, otherwise I reckon I can see why c) I have a Pokemon called Rotom-W, it knows a move called Will-o-wisp, have fun doing anything with Sucker punch when you're burnt. Oh and Rotom-W could then beat you from here to next Tuesday quite easily d) Talonflame says hi e) Breloom pops up and Spore's you, ooh dear what's that? you can't do anything for about three turns? Well I sure don't suppose you mind if I knock you out. f) Mamoswine's EQ can OHKO you and if you're burnt you can't OHKO back, hell you need to have used SD at least once before you can OHKO most thins with Sucker Punch. g) there are very few times I let my opponent set themselves up, my teams classed as Hyper-Offensive for a reason.

[Interania]

Alakazam is a pushover. Mawile Sucker Punches all!

That only works when a) I'm not expecting it, which seeing as it's Mawille, I'm always expecting b) if I was stupid enough to leave Alakazam out if Mawile was above half health, otherwise I reckon I can see why c) I have a Pokemon called Rotom-W, it knows a move called Will-o-wisp, have fun doing anything with Sucker punch when you're burnt. Oh and Rotom-W could then beat you from here to next Tuesday quite easily d) Talonflame says hi e) Breloom pops up and Spore's you, ooh dear what's that? you can't do anything for about three turns? Well I sure don't suppose you mind if I knock you out. f) Mamoswine's EQ can OHKO you and if you're burnt you can't OHKO back, hell you need to have used SD at least once before you can OHKO most thins with Sucker Punch. g) there are very few times I let my opponent set themselves up, my teams classed as Hyper-Offensive for a reason.

You know, I wasn't actually being serious, I think I've used Mega-Btoise more than Mawile, but still. I understand that SP is a move that is pretty much entirely dependent on your opponent rather than any skillfull prediction on your part. I've come to realize the absolute threat that is Rotom-W, but I haven't really gotten around to training one. I run mixed now on two of my Pokemon for a reason. I'm also training a status absorber in Conkledurr, and Haxorus as a fun mix-up. Really, I find Mega-Venusaur to be a bigger threat nowadays, which is why I'm training a Taunt Skarmory. Plus, my Btoise team doesn't really care about Rotom all that much, so there's that. Talonflame is the biggest threat that isn't a threat to my team, (T-tar says hi). Breloom is annoying, but Ferro can usually cripple it while being immune to spore, and for my Btoise team, there's always Taunt Skarmory (Though maybe Mandibuzz can work too). Mamoswine fails to 1HKO after a Attack drop, and so loses to a Play Rough and Sucker Punch, and I can always switch too.

Please, I'm not some idiot who thinks I can sweep with Mawile. It requires decent team support and is super slow. It should primarily be used to punch gaping holes into the enemy team. I usually don't Swords Dance unless it's guaranteed, which isn't really that often.
Hyper offense? I prefer to be bulky, and I wanna try a stall team for fun. What do you think about RestTalk Suicune?

[The Blazing Aura]

That only works when a) I'm not expecting it, which seeing as it's Mawille, I'm always expecting b) if I was stupid enough to leave Alakazam out if Mawile was above half health, otherwise I reckon I can see why c) I have a Pokemon called Rotom-W, it knows a move called Will-o-wisp, have fun doing anything with Sucker punch when you're burnt. Oh and Rotom-W could then beat you from here to next Tuesday quite easily d) Talonflame says hi e) Breloom pops up and Spore's you, ooh dear what's that? you can't do anything for about three turns? Well I sure don't suppose you mind if I knock you out. f) Mamoswine's EQ can OHKO you and if you're burnt you can't OHKO back, hell you need to have used SD at least once before you can OHKO most thins with Sucker Punch. g) there are very few times I let my opponent set themselves up, my teams classed as Hyper-Offensive for a reason.

You know, I wasn't actually being serious, I think I've used Mega-Btoise more than Mawile, but still. I understand that SP is a move that is pretty much entirely dependent on your opponent rather than any skillfull prediction on your part. I've come to realize the absolute threat that is Rotom-W, but I haven't really gotten around to training one. I run mixed now on two of my Pokemon for a reason. I'm also training a status absorber in Conkledurr, and Haxorus as a fun mix-up. Really, I find Mega-Venusaur to be a bigger threat nowadays, which is why I'm training a Taunt Skarmory. Plus, my Btoise team doesn't really care about Rotom all that much, so there's that. Talonflame is the biggest threat that isn't a threat to my team, (T-tar says hi). Breloom is annoying, but Ferro can usually cripple it while being immune to spore, and for my Btoise team, there's always Taunt Skarmory (Though maybe Mandibuzz can work too). Mamoswine fails to 1HKO after a Attack drop, and so loses to a Play Rough and Sucker Punch, and I can always switch too.

Please, I'm not some idiot who thinks I can sweep with Mawile. It requires decent team support and is super slow. It should primarily be used to punch gaping holes into the enemy team. I usually don't Swords Dance unless it's guaranteed, which isn't really that often.
Hyper offense? I prefer to be bulky, and I wanna try a stall team for fun. What do you think about RestTalk Suicune?

Sorry for getting to into it.
Mega-Blastoise is nice from what I've seen of it, although I haven't seen that much of it to be honest. Rotom-W is rather nice. I assume Conkledurr will have Guts then? If you give it a Flame Orb as well, that works quite nicely, although if it doesn't have Drain Punch it's survivability is drastically reduced unless you can give it Leech Seed/Wish support. Haxorus, quite a nice Pokemon although I always found it beaten by Garchomp and Salamence. Mega-Venasaur isn't too bad for me, Alakazam can take it out so long as it's Sash is still active otherwise I can get Talonflame to finish it off. Taunt Skar is quite fun to use, although it doesn't have the offensive power that I like I do see and know how good it can be. I can U-turn away from T-tar, Breloom can OHKO it with Mach Punch and Force Palm generally takes out Ferrothorn, if it doesn't it has a 30% chance to paralysis it which is an added bonus, I do run Spore on it I just don't normally use it. Fair enough, forgot about Intimidate.

I don't, don't worry.

Yeah Hyper-Offensive is nice, although Rotom-W is my tank and quite pivotal most of the time, along with Togekiss, if I lose both of them I'm stuck, the other four Pokemon I use revolve around those two as pivot's although Alakazam is generally only used if I have to.
Stalling is OK, I've only ever used one stall team successfully, and that's in Gen 5 RU, it utilizes a Regen core, that doesn't seem to work in higher tiers.
Restalk Suicune? Honestly I hate going against it, I can generally deal with it in OU and I used to be able to deal with it in UU as well but that was a lot harder problem. I assume you'd have Rest, Sleep Talk, Calm Mind, Scald as the moveset? It works well with the right support and I know that Miotic is good in a similar role though.

[Republic of Greater America]

Why does Smogon have to ban Mega-Luke on their servers?!? I like him! Instead, I have to use Mega Pinsir and Bisharp to cover his spot ;-;

[Interania]

You know, I wasn't actually being serious, I think I've used Mega-Btoise more than Mawile, but still. I understand that SP is a move that is pretty much entirely dependent on your opponent rather than any skillfull prediction on your part. I've come to realize the absolute threat that is Rotom-W, but I haven't really gotten around to training one. I run mixed now on two of my Pokemon for a reason. I'm also training a status absorber in Conkledurr, and Haxorus as a fun mix-up. Really, I find Mega-Venusaur to be a bigger threat nowadays, which is why I'm training a Taunt Skarmory. Plus, my Btoise team doesn't really care about Rotom all that much, so there's that. Talonflame is the biggest threat that isn't a threat to my team, (T-tar says hi). Breloom is annoying, but Ferro can usually cripple it while being immune to spore, and for my Btoise team, there's always Taunt Skarmory (Though maybe Mandibuzz can work too). Mamoswine fails to 1HKO after a Attack drop, and so loses to a Play Rough and Sucker Punch, and I can always switch too.

Please, I'm not some idiot who thinks I can sweep with Mawile. It requires decent team support and is super slow. It should primarily be used to punch gaping holes into the enemy team. I usually don't Swords Dance unless it's guaranteed, which isn't really that often.
Hyper offense? I prefer to be bulky, and I wanna try a stall team for fun. What do you think about RestTalk Suicune?

Sorry for getting to into it.
Mega-Blastoise is nice from what I've seen of it, although I haven't seen that much of it to be honest. Rotom-W is rather nice. I assume Conkledurr will have Guts then? If you give it a Flame Orb as well, that works quite nicely, although if it doesn't have Drain Punch it's survivability is drastically reduced unless you can give it Leech Seed/Wish support. Haxorus, quite a nice Pokemon although I always found it beaten by Garchomp and Salamence. Mega-Venasaur isn't too bad for me, Alakazam can take it out so long as it's Sash is still active otherwise I can get Talonflame to finish it off. Taunt Skar is quite fun to use, although it doesn't have the offensive power that I like I do see and know how good it can be. I can U-turn away from T-tar, Breloom can OHKO it with Mach Punch and Force Palm generally takes out Ferrothorn, if it doesn't it has a 30% chance to paralysis it which is an added bonus, I do run Spore on it I just don't normally use it. Fair enough, forgot about Intimidate.

I don't, don't worry.

Yeah Hyper-Offensive is nice, although Rotom-W is my tank and quite pivotal most of the time, along with Togekiss, if I lose both of them I'm stuck, the other four Pokemon I use revolve around those two as pivot's although Alakazam is generally only used if I have to.
Stalling is OK, I've only ever used one stall team successfully, and that's in Gen 5 RU, it utilizes a Regen core, that doesn't seem to work in higher tiers.
Restalk Suicune? Honestly I hate going against it, I can generally deal with it in OU and I used to be able to deal with it in UU as well but that was a lot harder problem. I assume you'd have Rest, Sleep Talk, Calm Mind, Scald as the moveset? It works well with the right support and I know that Miotic is good in a similar role though.

It's fine, looking back at my post, it seems like a typical one-liner with massive assumptions.

Mega Blastoise is probably my favorite Mega right now. Gen-one nostalgia has him as my favorite Pokemon, so I was excited to use him. He's got an amazing ability, great bulk, and can hit a bunch of popular threats right now with Aura Sphere and Dark Pulse. Only problem I find is that he's hard-walled by Mega-Venusaur, and is scared away by Greninja. Plus he's my spinner, which frees up a move-slot for Skarmory. Yeah, Guts Conkledurr with Drain Punch, probably with flame orb, though I was considering an Assault Vest. Skarmory is basically my phazer who can taunt, but I'm having trouble deciding if I should do Stealth Rocks or Brave Bird. Lum Haxorus can DDance on Rotom and KO it with Earthquake, and proceed to threaten everything else, including Fairies (Poison Jab FTW). But then again, Salamance is fun with Mawile, as double switches are fun to pull off.

Is Togekiss a supporter with Wish and Thunder Wave? I like Sylveon but I can't get an Evee with Wish and Heal Bell, which makes me sad. My stall thing is just from watching some 200-turn matches between stall teams, which I found hilarious. Suicune is one of two of my legends that has a decent nature, so I want to make use of it, and it has better bulk than Milotic. This is my first gen that I'm actually team-crafting, so right now I'm experimenting with different Pokemon. My first team I thought was great, until I realized four of the team were smashed by Magnezone.

[Interania]

Why does Smogon have to ban Mega-Luke on their servers?!? I like him! Instead, I have to use Mega Pinsir and Bisharp to cover his spot ;-;

I never really had a problem with Mega-Luke, but maybe that's because I just fought garbage players. The arguments for banning seem to be consistent though. He's physical or special or mixed, and figuring out what set he's running usually requires sacking something. His physical set can score a 1HKO on one of the best physical walls, Hippowdon, with only one boost, which is crazy. 112 speed is nothing to scoff at for a sweeper, and his coverage is pretty good. The one set I lost to was the special set with Vacuum Wave, but that was before I used Aegislash. Then again, Dark Pulse...

[The Blazing Aura]

Why does Smogon have to ban Mega-Luke on their servers?!? I like him! Instead, I have to use Mega Pinsir and Bisharp to cover his spot ;-;

They've only just banned him? PO banned it two months ago (I believe)

[Republic of Greater America]

Why does Smogon have to ban Mega-Luke on their servers?!? I like him! Instead, I have to use Mega Pinsir and Bisharp to cover his spot ;-;

They've only just banned him? PO banned it two months ago (I believe)

And that's why I don't use PO. Just Showdown.

[New haven america]

Ugh, hurry up games, get here soon.

[Swyftlandre]

Been doing a Nuzlocke on Pokemon Black. Got to the Elite Four and just spent about an hour grinding my whole team up to Level 50.

I got a Chandelure, Cofargrigus, Durant, Darmanitan, Stoutland and Zebstrika. I feel like this will be the end.

EDIT: Durant is a god among Pokemon. Nearly single-handidly brought down the Dark and Psychic Guys and was the last survivor in the N Battle, taking out half of his team. :3

[New haven america]

I will get a shiny Espurr. *Nods*

[Chinese Regions]

[Edward Richtofen]

Shedinja with safety goggles with sturdy through worry seed and skill swap is pretty annoying to deal with

[New haven america]

How I've been feeling for the past 3 days:
*Waiting for egg to hatch*
"Shiny Espurr, Shiny Espurr, Shiny Espurr"
*Egg hatches*
"Oh, fuck you!"

[Edward Richtofen]

How I've been feeling for the past 3 days:
*Waiting for egg to hatch*
"Shiny Espurr, Shiny Espurr, Shiny Espurr"
*Egg hatches*
"Oh, fuck you!"

you could just GTS

[New haven america]

How I've been feeling for the past 3 days:
*Waiting for egg to hatch*
"Shiny Espurr, Shiny Espurr, Shiny Espurr"
*Egg hatches*
"Oh, fuck you!"

you could just GTS

Ya, and I'd have to pay a Legendary to get it, no thank you.

[Edward Richtofen]

you could just GTS

Ya, and I'd have to pay a Legendary to get it, no thank you.

for a shiny espur? hahahahahaahahahahahahaahahahhaahahha
no

[New haven america]

Ya, and I'd have to pay a Legendary to get it, no thank you.

for a shiny espur? hahahahahaahahahahahahaahahahhaahahha
no

People ask for in legendaries or max-lv pokemon all the time in the GTS, which is why I barely use it.

[Edward Richtofen]

for a shiny espur? hahahahahaahahahahahahaahahahhaahahha
no

People ask for in legendaries or max-lv pokemon all the time in the GTS, which is why I barely use it.

and that is why you put effort into it, go get a good rarity and bargain with it

[New haven america]

People ask for in legendaries or max-lv pokemon all the time in the GTS, which is why I barely use it.

and that is why you put effort into it, go get a good rarity and bargain with it

And 4(Probably 5) straight days of hatching hundred's of pokemon eggs isn't effort?

[Edward Richtofen]

and that is why you put effort into it, go get a good rarity and bargain with it

And 4(Probably 5) straight days of hatching hundred's of pokemon eggs isn't effort?

it's too much effort unless you have a foreign pokemon

[Mkuki]

(Image)

I get annoyed by that. Seriously, man, if you've seen me enter this gym five different times I'd like more than a politician's answer. Maybe a "Have a full restore" or "Have a lemonade".

[Edward Richtofen]

(Image)

I get annoyed by that. Seriously, man, if you've seen me enter this gym five different times I'd like more than a politician's answer. Maybe a "Have a full restore" or "Have a lemonade".

one of them gives you water

[Interania]

Any guesses on how far the Twitch stream people will get? Right now they're stuck in the Rocket HQ. If they get past that, there's always the Safari and Victory Road and so many other obstacles. Only through the mercy of the Helix Fossil can completion be theirs.