Pokémon Discussion Thread

[New haven america]

After hearing some of the things people have gotten through Wonder Trade, I'm depressed. >_>

[Hetland 2]

Currently playing Pokemon Y. Love it.

My team, which accidentally became all female is as follows,
Akuno-chi, Frogadier
Karina, Skiddo
Shishiohime, Litleo
Daiko, Pancham
Princess, Rhyhorn

I'm trying to decide on what my sixth pokemon should be.

[New haven america]

Mega Gallade, Mega Sharpedo, Mega Camerupt

How the latter 2 got a mega-evo is beyond me.

[Finland SSR]

Mega Gallade, Mega Sharpedo, Mega Camerupt

How the latter 2 got a mega-evo is beyond me.

Well, why not? Why the fuck not?
We have Mega Heracross, Manectric, Pinsir and Audino. I think two more "those" Mega Evolutions won't hurt.

Besides, it's about time they achieved the legendary state. Camerupt is a formidable defensive Fire/Ground Pokemon, a break from the norm, and Sharpedo is just cool.

[New haven america]

Mega Gallade, Mega Sharpedo, Mega Camerupt

How the latter 2 got a mega-evo is beyond me.

Well, why not? Why the fuck not?
We have Mega Heracross, Manectric, Pinsir and Audino. I think two more "those" Mega Evolutions won't hurt.

Besides, it's about time they achieved the legendary state. Camerupt is a formidable defensive Fire/Ground Pokemon, a break from the norm, and Sharpedo is just cool.

What do you have against those 4? Most of them are pretty cool(Except Mega Manectric)

Ok on Camerupt, and Sharpedo is meh.

[Finland SSR]

Well, why not? Why the fuck not?
We have Mega Heracross, Manectric, Pinsir and Audino. I think two more "those" Mega Evolutions won't hurt.

Besides, it's about time they achieved the legendary state. Camerupt is a formidable defensive Fire/Ground Pokemon, a break from the norm, and Sharpedo is just cool.

What do you have against those 4? Most of them are pretty cool(Except Mega Manectric)

Ok on Camerupt, and Sharpedo is meh.

I have nothing against them, except Audino, which I think is unnecessary. And, of course, Manectric.

[Tumbra]

Mega Gallade, Mega Sharpedo, Mega Camerupt

How the latter 2 got a mega-evo is beyond me.

They've been para-confirmed since we saw the Archie/Maxie Mega Stones.
I sorta expected Sharpedo even before that (speedy glass cannon) but I'm not so keen on Camerupt.
Perhaps this does justify my decision to get Alpha Sapphire after all.

[New haven america]

Evolve my OR Kirlia into a Gardevour or a Gallade?

Decisions, decisions....

[Finland SSR]

Evolve my OR Kirlia into a Gardevour or a Gallade?

Decisions, decisions....

Is it male or female?

[New haven america]

Evolve my OR Kirlia into a Gardevour or a Gallade?

Decisions, decisions....

Is it male or female?

It's going to be male.

[Finland SSR]

Is it male or female?

It's going to be male.

I'd pick Gallade for consistency.

[New haven america]

So apparently, they're going to be hold a ORAS livestream.

Damn you Nintendo!!!

[Nordengrund]

I found my Pearl game and I am at the Pokemon League. Does anyone have any advice on how to beat them? Most of my team is in the 40s, so I obviously need training. Other than that, what do you suggest?

Here are the Pokemon that I am considering to use:

Rapidash (lv 40) My Rapidash knows Agility, Fire Blast, Flamethrower, and Fury Attack

Torterra (lv 53) It knows Synthesis, Crunch, Earthquake, and Giga Drain. Should I teach it Grass Knot, and if so, what should I replace it with?

Palkia (lv 53) Palkia has Heal Block, AncientPower, Dragon Claw, and Spacial Rend

Noctowl (lv 44) It knows Hypnosis, Fly, Air Slash, and Psychic

Gastrodon (lv 40) Sludge Bomb, Surf, Waterfall, Rain Dance

Luxray (lv 49) Thunder Fang, Scary Face, Charge, Crunch

Sneasel (lv 41) Icy Wind, Agility, Beat Up, Slash

Bastiodon (32) Toxic, AncientPower, Take Down, and Iron Defense

Lucario (lv 35) Drain Punch, Feint, Swords Dance, Flash Cannon (I want to teach him Dragon Pulse, so what move should I delete?

Staraptor (lv 34) Close Combat, Aerial Ace, Fly, and Take Down

[MERIZoC]

I found my Pearl game and I am at the Pokemon League. Does anyone have any advice on how to beat them? Most of my team is in the 40s, so I obviously need training. Other than that, what do you suggest?

Here are the Pokemon that I am considering to use:

Rapidash (lv 40) My Rapidash knows Agility, Fire Blast, Flamethrower, and Fury Attack
Agility and Fury Attack are terrible and should be replaced. Give it more coverage. You'll need it against Aaron, so get it to at least level 50.

Torterra (lv 53) It knows Synthesis, Crunch, Earthquake, and Giga Drain. Should I teach it Grass Knot, and if so, what should I replace it with? Replace Giga Drain with Wood Hammer, and, if you have other Dark-type coverage, Crunch with Stone Edge. Definitely use it.

Palkia (lv 53) Palkia has Heal Block, AncientPower, Dragon Claw, and Spacial Rend
Replace the first 3 moves with something like Hydro Pump, Aura Sphere, and something else. Definitely use it.

Noctowl (lv 44) It knows Hypnosis, Fly, Air Slash, and Psychic

Gastrodon (lv 40) Sludge Bomb, Surf, Waterfall, Rain Dance
Consider using toxic instead SB, Ice Beam instead of Waterfall, and Recover instead of Rain Dance.

Luxray (lv 49) Thunder Fang, Scary Face, Charge, Crunch
Replace Scary Face and Charge with Ice Fang and Superpower (if possible).

Sneasel (lv 41) Icy Wind, Agility, Beat Up, Slash

Bastiodon (32) Toxic, AncientPower, Take Down, and Iron Defense

Lucario (lv 35) Drain Punch, Feint, Swords Dance, Flash Cannon (I want to teach him Dragon Pulse, so what move should I delete?
Get rid of feint.

Staraptor (lv 34) Close Combat, Aerial Ace, Fly, and Take Down
Definitely replace Take Down with Return, and Fly with Brave Bird.

Advice in bold. Crossed out pokemon are the ones you probably shouldn't bother with.

[New haven america]

Mega Rayquaza looks bad ass.

[Landenburg]

Man, if I thought Rayquaza was OU already, I'm gonna be even more right when the remakes come out.

[Jetan]

Mega Rayquaza looks bad ass.

Fixed that for you.

[Finland SSR]

Mega Rayquaza looks bad ass, Super Saiyan level.

Fixed that for you.

Wrong fix.

[Jetan]

Fixed that for you.

Wrong fix.

Truly, the young generation has lost the gift of aestethical eye. Oh world, I weep for thee!

[MERIZoC]

Mega Rayquaza isn't great, but it's better than most megas. I'm a fan of the tendrils.

[Jetan]

Mega Rayquaza isn't great, but it's better than most megas. I'm a fan of the tendrils.

The only decent one of the new megas is Mega Sableye, IMO.

[MERIZoC]

Mega Rayquaza isn't great, but it's better than most megas. I'm a fan of the tendrils.

The only decent one of the new megas is Mega Sableye, IMO.

Personally, I like Gallade's new cloak.

[The Blazing Aura]

I found my Pearl game and I am at the Pokemon League. Does anyone have any advice on how to beat them? Most of my team is in the 40s, so I obviously need training. Other than that, what do you suggest?

Here are the Pokemon that I am considering to use:

Rapidash (lv 40) My Rapidash knows Agility, Fire Blast, Flamethrower, and Fury Attack
Not that good a moveset at all really, but then I've never like Rapidash anyway. Firstly Rapidash is normally a physical Pokemon, so if you can be bothered enough to get it up to 58 and get Flare Blitz then go for it, otherwise stick with flamethrower. Get Megahorn, it should be able to learn it from the move rememberer in Pastoria City, maybe get poison jab whilst you're there, get another move for coverage, or keep Fire Blast for more power but less accuracy your choice.

Torterra (lv 53) It knows Synthesis, Crunch, Earthquake, and Giga Drain. Should I teach it Grass Knot, and if so, what should I replace it with?
Not too bad, I'd say get Woodhammer instead of Giga Drain or Synthesis, your choice, get rid of Synthesis if you want to have a move that'll heal you less but also damage your opponent or get rid of Giga Drain if you don't mind wasting a turn to heal, Only other thing to consider would be Stone Edge/Rock Slide dependent on your personal feelings about accuracy vs power, alongside Earthquake a Rock move gives great coverage.

Palkia (lv 53) Palkia has Heal Block, AncientPower, Dragon Claw, and Spacial Rend
I don't know too much about Palkia but it's slightly better on the special side, so get rid of Dragon Claw, Ancient Power can be nice but is a bit weak, and get rid of Heal Block, maybe replace it with Surf or something like that. It can be very powerful, I'm just not too sure on how to make it so

Noctowl (lv 44) It knows Hypnosis, Fly, Air Slash, and Psychic
Oh Noctowl, we meet again. Honestly, I can see a Starpator further down the page so my advice is forgot Noctowl and go for that if you want a flying Pokemon.

Gastrodon (lv 40) Sludge Bomb, Surf, Waterfall, Rain Dance
I know you've got to have Waterfall to get to the Pokemon league, but it doesn't really work on Gastrodon, I'd say get a decent ground-type special move, but you can't really in Pearl unless you're happy with a subpar Mud Bomb.

Luxray (lv 49) Thunder Fang, Scary Face, Charge, Crunch
Get rid of Scary Face, and Charge as well really, can't really say what to replace them with, maybe Strength and another physical electric move, I'm not really sure I always found Luxray to be lacking in its movepool

Sneasel (lv 41) Icy Wind, Agility, Beat Up, Slash
Evolve it, fairly obvious really, Slash, Ice Shard, Night Slash, X-scissor works well for me

Bastiodon (32) Toxic, AncientPower, Take Down, and Iron Defense
Err, I don't use these at all really, don't honestly know, but from what i do know, scrap AncientPower it's just not worth it, Iron Head not Take Down if you do ant an offensive move, otherwise make it some kind of staller based around Toxic, not that it works too great in game but it's the best I can think of

Lucario (lv 35) Drain Punch, Feint, Swords Dance, Flash Cannon (I want to teach him Dragon Pulse, so what move should I delete?
Feint, most definitely if you want Dragon Pulse, however if you do that then there's not too much point to having Swords Dance, it's only boost one move out of three. Maybe if you're going for a special moveset go for Aura Sphere instead of Drain Punch and Dark Pulse or Shadow Ball instead of Swords Dance.

Staraptor (lv 34) Close Combat, Aerial Ace, Fly, and Take Down
Assuming you want a flying Pokemon with Fly you've got it pretty well done right here. But I would replace Aerial Ace with Brave Bird

Mamoswine, your problem's solved. (what you thought I'd gone for good?)

honestly, changes in italics

[New haven america]

Mega Rayquaza looks bad ass.

Fixed that for you.

You're eye for taste is very strange, hmm....

[Finland SSR]

I feel like I'm the only person who compares Mega Evolutions to Super Saiyans.

It's always Digimon. Who the fuck cares about Digimon anyway?