The Pokemon Thread

[Browning]

I don't know if he is, but mine has a Metronome (which supposedly they have a 5% chance of holding). If you use the same move over and over it gets a 10% power boost the 2nd time, and then 20% the 3rd time etc up to 100% power boost... that with Fury Cutter is working quite nicely.

I've just added Shellos, so it's tempting to put him in over Bibarel. Previously I was tempted to nab myself a Gyarados, but having just used him, I resisted the temptation. It seems a shame to kick out my highest level, but Bibarel really isn't suited to being a decent water type, and the ground typing eliminates the electric weakness.

[Browning]

Whoever posted about the boss at the windworks wasn't kidding. Where did that thing come from? No deaths but I had to swap to just about everyone.

Gardenia was dealt with easily enough. Sing missed 3 times in a row letting her set up Reflect, Sunny Day and hit a shit Razor Leaf with Turtwig but eventually I put it to sleep. It took me 3-4 Fury Cutters to kill it thanks to Reflect and her using a Super Potion but eventually it went down. This then meant Fury Cutter was ridiculously powerful and enough to one shot Cherrim and Roserade, thought Roserade did out speed me to hit Grass Knot but Kricketune ended the fight with 27/69 HP after taking those 2 moves.

2 Badges:
Kricketune- 23 (Sing, Bide, Fury Cutter, Leech Life)
Staravia- 21 (Wing Attack, Quick Attack, Double Team, Endeavor)
Geodude- 20 (Tackle, Defense Curl, Magnitude, Rock Throw)
Shellos- 19 (Hidden Power (Fighting), Harden, Water Pulse, Mud Bomb)
Chingling- 18 (Confusion, Astonish, Uproar, Growl)
Bibarel- 16 (No changes)

Bit annoyed I could have had a Budew but that cunt with a Chansey killed it before I could catch it. Oh well.

Fuck sake, Chingling is dead due to utter bullshit. I wanted to use my weakest move so I went for Uproar as the Meditites in this area tended to survive on 1HP to my Astonish and I didn't want to risk Bide killing him. I didn't realise I'd get tied into Uproar with no option to switch Pokemon or moves ever. I probably should have known that but didn't and of course he Bided at the perfect time and then survived 2 uproars on 1HP and killed me.

Chingling has been replaced... by an Alakazam that only knows Grass Knot.

Just looked up the Pokemon I had already beat in the Galactic hideout as I wanted to remember what their highest level was. Kadabra in there is 5 levels higher on Platinum than Diamond/Pearl and the bosses 2 Pokemon are each 3 levels higher. Suddenly I'm glad I've done a bit of grinding...

[Pleb]

...yeah there was a bit of rage quitting last night due to that lv 20 Kadabra. I may have to go on a grinding session.

I lost Staravia to a Meditate by the way

[Browning]

I coped with it thanks to Kricketune, but I'd have been fucked otherwise.

The Ghost gym is down but it was fucking rough. Having no moves that beat Ghost I reached for my Thief TM and taught it to Staravia. He became the lead mon and beat up all the trainers in the Gym, and there are plenty in there. The Misdreavus in there gave him issues, but otherwise he coasted through. The comes the gym leader. Duskull proved no threat at all but crucially he used Will-O-Wisp which turned the match against me. Lowering my attack meant I was no longer capable of one/two shotting these ghosts with Thief and I had nothing to heal the burn with. Haunter stuck around for fucking ages thanks to using Confuse Ray and getting lucky with my hitting myself + burn making me heal a lot. Crucially though the only attacking move he went for was Sucker Punch so after a while I just started to use Double Team to make that fail. It still took me plenty of shots to kill him thanks to the burn and her super potioning him. Then in came Mismagious who had me on the back foot. Psybeam + Burn almost killed me so I had to heal, then Psybeam + Burn almost killed me again causing me to heal. I thought I was done but FINALLY the game remembered all the Double Teams I'd used and Psybeam started to miss. She switched to Magical Leaf which was much less danger and eventually we Aerial Aced it to death after we ran out of Thief PP. Thought we were going to lose someone and if not for me stocking up on Super Potion, we would have.

Staravia- 29
Kricketune- 25
Golem- 25
Alakazam- 25
Ponyta- 25
Shellos- 24

[P_3]

I've been running for ages since the 2nd gym. Just reached a town which might have a gym, but not before losing Golbat to an Ace couple with a Thrashing Gyarados.

[Browning]

I don't recall seeing a Gyarados at all? Where was that?

I've bagged a Roselia just before turning off last night which would require a fair amount of grinding but I'm considering if he's worth it. Kricketune seems to have reached the end of his usefulness seeing as Sing misses so much and Fury Cutter needs 3 turns to be strong.... and Golem has a million weaknesses... so we'll see which one gets the boot if he comes in.

[P_3]

I'm on Diamond and the Ghost gym opens up later apparently. So I'm a few towns ahead of you. There was an annoying Ace couple blocking my entrance to some big ass town on route 115, not sure if you will have them on Platinum.

[Tubes]

Looks like Sun and Moon will be set in Hawaii. The graphics look outrageously good and I like the look of the fire and water starters, and a grass owl is interesting so we'll have to see how the evolutions come out. The fire starter looks to have a sinister side.

[Browning]

I'm stuck with Grass having already drawn it out randomly with the people I'm blind Nuzlocking with, but not too disappointed by that. It's a fucking owl!

If the start of the game is anything like old games he should don it, as it's usually Bug/Rock heavy and he has the added Flying type. Happy with that. It'll be nice to use a starter for once without the risk of it making the game too easy as I'll be totally blind to what is coming and what half the Pokemon are. Even playing Platinum has made me realise there's not much point in Nuzlocking with a starter as they crush everything (unless, you know, you use your Piplup in the grass gym...).

[P_3]

Those look naff as fuck.

[Tubes]

An owl with a leaf bowtie!

[Browning]

The water one looks really familiar, like I'd believe you if you said it was a fan made Pokemon that's been floating around for years. Probably isn't anything like that... but it just has that look about it.

Fire looks really quite generic.

[Tubes]

Do we think the region will feature smaller islands alongside the one in the trailer?

[Browning]

Why is Pyroar a legendary now?

I'm sure there's a cartoon cat that's a bit of a cunt and looks like Litten, but I can't place it. Anyone?

Searching for a Lucky Egg really is dull.... was so much easier in ORAS.

[Sam]

Rowlet looks boss, Litten is pretty much nailed on to be a dark/fire type, Pipplio looks derpy if anything.

Looks good though, based in Hawaii as well.

[Browning]

13 Chanseys later (keep in mind they have a 5% encounter rate) I have my Lucky Egg. That seemed to take forever.

Solaceon Ruins must be the most boring cave/dungeon thing in the history of these games.

[Dan]

Not all that fussed by any of the new pokemon, although the region & game in general does look very good.

Everything basically just looks like existing pokemon have been mashed together & made the appropriate colour - without even really trying I have them as Hoothoot/Piplup, Purrloin/Glameow, Seel/Rattata, Pyroar/Entei & Yveltal/Lunatone. Hopefully the evolutions & other new pokemon look a bit more distinct.

I'll inevitably be there at the midnight release though.

[Browning]

RIP Roselia. Died in the dumbest way. I literally noted the Scyther I was battling had Pursuit so I shouldn't switch but then a mate messaged me on Facebook and I got distracted and switched, half a second later realising what was coming.

On the plus side, I caught the cunt, and he has technician... so.... every cloud.

That fighting bitch put up more of a fight than I expected. Staravia was soloing the gym with ease and evolved right before the leader battle so I figured it would be a walk in the park. Her first mon was a OHKO but Machoke survived Aerial Ace on red health and hit Rock Tomb. It was a heart in the mouth moment but Staraptor survived on yellow health. His speed went down though. Was I still faster? In the end I chanced it and killed Machoke. Then in came Lucario. I had to heal and he used Force Palm which did way more than I expected. Aerial Ace did not much and Drain Punch did a fair bit and resotd her health. In the end I switched to Gastrodon who took a Drain Punch, and then another before firing back with Mud Bomb. I had to heal there giving her 2 more Drain Punches to restore back into Green health but it didn't matter as the 2nd Mud bomb ended the match. Using 2 healing items is better than the crap I did to get through the Ghost gym, I guess.

Staraptor- 34 (Aerial Ace, Take Down, Close Combat, Thief)
Alakazam- 31 (Grass Knot, Focus Blast, Psybeam, Reflect)
Gastrodon- 31 (Water Pulse, Blizzard, Mud Bomb, Hidden Power (Fighting))
Ponyta- 30 (Flame Wheel, Stomp, Ember, Take Down)
Golem- 29 (Rollout, Defense Curl, Magnitude, Rock Throw)
Scizor- 24 (Wing Attack, Pursuit, False Swipe, Metal Claw)

Lot of catching up to do from Scizor. Bit annoying that having lost Roselia I now don't have anything to really combat water. Grass Knot on Alakazam is as good as it gets on that front.

The route right under the town seems to be the ultimate Scizor grinding heaven. A route full of Graveller and Rhyhorn who are giving out decent EXP as we ruin them with Metal Claw. In no time at all he's Level 30. I wonder if this was accessible before the gym as he probably could have played a role with Technician Wing Attack.

So yea, Scizor is pretty fucking great, but we will never forget he murdered Roselia.

[Browning]

Supposedly the starters starting moves are Ember, Water Gun and...... Leafage.

5th Gym is down and again it wasn't much fun. Typically it was water after I just said we have nothing to use against that. Alakazam put his Gyarados on 1HP with Psychic and of course the cunt hit back with Bite, putting us on low yellow. He healed and Psychic left him on slightly more but still red health a 2nd time... and then killed him on turn 3.

In came Floatzel and fearing Aqua Jet I healed up and the fucker used Crunch. Crunch?!?! Alakazam took it but he was on very low red health. There was no point healing but I also couldn't stay in because he'd likely use Aqua Jet. I switched in Staraptor to cut his attack and then we traded Brine/Aerial Ace which left me much worse for wear and him still looking fine. Predicting another Brine I switched in Gastrodon who took it. I healed Alakazam and then hit Mud Bomb which almost killed him. Another Mud Bomb finished him off. Then when Quagsire came in and was W4 to grass it was a simple decision to put Alakazam back in... thankfully there were no more dark moves to worry about the a Grass Knot ended it.

Alakazam- 44
Scizor- 36
Gastrodon- 35
Staraptor- 35
Golem- 35
Ponyta- 34

[Sam]

Caught my first ever shiny. Exploring around Meteor Falls and a shiny Swablu appears. Buzzing.

[Browning]

Nice one. I got a Shiny Ekans within about half an hour of buying Soul Silver, and had a few on Pokemon Silver back in the day, but can't remember finding any others. I'm shocked I've not found even one on all these Nuzlockes especially with all the grinding I've done.

Speaking of which... the Iron Islands are fucking brilliant for levelling up. My Gastrodon is going to be a beast by the time I get to the Steel gym.

As predicted, the Steel Gym was a piece of piss as Gastrodon was over levelled like hell from the Iron Islands. Rapidash was allowed to beat us the lesser trainers to catch up and did so with ease. Gastrodon then one shotted every gym leader Pokemon, 2 with Earthquake and 1 with Surf.

Gastrodon- 48
Rapidash- 46
Alakazam- 44
Scizor- 40
Staraptor- 39
Golem- 39

Ice next isn't it? Rapidash.

[Pleb]

I'm tempted to sack this Platinum nuzlocke for a normal arse normal game on White as I haven't played it in yonks and my past self fucked me right over with a shite subpar lv40team heading into the Elite Four

I've restarted the game by the way. Forgot what the fire pig was called so he's my starter I may bin him from my squad once I get my first mon.

[Dan]

I've lost to Burgh five times in a row on my Blaze Black game

Masquerain has burnt me with every single Scald, and I've missed crucial moves in at least two of those battles. I'm fucking salty right now

[Sam]

Horde hunting in Sky Pillar for a shiny Ariados. Managed to level my Greninja to 100 off it. No shiny yet, ugh.

[Dan]

Any particular reason you're looking for a shiny Ariados?

I beat Burgh at the seventh attempt Gained about six levels in the process so it's actually worked out quite well as a grinding spot. I'll absolutely destroy Elesa & her electric Pokemon since I have a Graveller & a Nidoking that both also know rock moves for the Emolga.

[Sam]

Because it was cool, simply nothing more then that. Speaking of which, I now have a shiny Corphish. This shiny hunting is damn addictive.

[Dan]

Do you watch aDrive? He's the main shiny hunter I've heard of, although he does seem to have expanded into LP's & the GBA in the last year or so.

I'm four gyms down on Blaze Black, and on the way to Driftveil City, home of the greatest city theme in Pokemon history. Current team is:

Golem, 39 - Bulldoze, Smack Down, Rock Blast, Rock Polish
Samurott, 38 - Aqua Jet, Razor Shell, Water Pulse, Sacred Sword
Nidoking, 37 - Dig, Smack Down, Thief, Incinerate
Houndoom, 37 - Fire Fang, Faint Attack, Flame Charge, Howl
Kricketune, 36 - Bug Bite, Leech Life, Cut, Slash
Butterfree, 33 - Struggle Bug, Air Slash, Psybeam, Sleep Powder

[ItalAussie]

Is shiny hunting a plausible thing these days?

[P_3]

Much more fun when they pop out of the grass as you play through the game normally.

[Dan]

Is shiny hunting a plausible thing these days?

Yeah, ORAS in particular has made it a piece of piss as you can use one of the features on the DexNav to select a specific Pokemon on a route to look for, and it will tell you where the nearest one is. Then you just keep doing that & as you get more consecutive encounters with the same Pokemon you get a higher chance of getting things like special egg moves & hidden abilities. I don't know for sure, but I assume shiny hunting uses the same method.

Still don't think I've ever come across a shiny Pokemon in game outside of scripted/gifted ones.

[ItalAussie]

I got a shiny Tentacool, Zubat and Stantler in my first Crystal playthrough.

Not exactly the toppest of quality shinies, but they are what they are.

[Sam]

Do you watch aDrive? He's the main shiny hunter I've heard of, although he does seem to have expanded into LP's & the GBA in the last year or so.

I'm four gyms down on Blaze Black, and on the way to Driftveil City, home of the greatest city theme in Pokemon history. Current team is:

Golem, 39 - Bulldoze, Smack Down, Rock Blast, Rock Polish
Samurott, 38 - Aqua Jet, Razor Shell, Water Pulse, Sacred Sword
Nidoking, 37 - Dig, Smack Down, Thief, Incinerate
Houndoom, 37 - Fire Fang, Faint Attack, Flame Charge, Howl
Kricketune, 36 - Bug Bite, Leech Life, Cut, Slash
Butterfree, 33 - Struggle Bug, Air Slash, Psybeam, Sleep Powder

Never really watch anyone till you mentioned, checked it, pretty cool. Corphish is now a Crawdaunt, the shiny version of which is disappointing. Shiny Altaria makes up for everything though, it generally looks awesome.

I've figured out the Eon Flute on Ruby at last and ended up finding a crap ton of things that I had no idea was there. I must say, going into this totally blind has been fantastic, I've already clocked up 68 hours of game time .

[Sam]

To 'shiny hunt' I just usually use the Sweet Scent and gather a horde, which I then kill.

[Dan]

I've never really watched aDrive, or any other shiny hunters for that matter, but I've come across him through other YouTubers I watch & through his participation in the GBA the last few seasons.

Shiny Mega Altaria is fucking gorgeous. One of my favourite shinies, I think. Hydrogen is another great shiny that springs to mind.

[Sam]

I've never really watched aDrive, or any other shiny hunters for that matter, but I've come across him through other YouTubers I watch & through his participation in the GBA the last few seasons.

Shiny Mega Altaria is fucking gorgeous. One of my favourite shinies, I think. Hydrogen is another great shiny that springs to mind.

Altaria can go Mega? Where the hell do I get this? The thing is level 83 now and I no idea it has a mega evolution.

[Browning]

Go to the fan club in Lillycove and talk to the guy who asks you which Pokemon that contest girl uses.

[Sam]

Shiny Shuppet now found after about 200 hordes.

[Browning]

Gengar is clearly the best shiny.

[Sam]

Gengar is clearly the best shiny.

Indeed.

Up to four now. Altaria, Crawdaunt, Banette and..... Dewgong.

Fucking shit shiny, Dewgong. Absolute horse shit, looks exactly the same, would have missed the Seel if it didn't twinkle.

[Browning]

That's the same with Gengar. Those ones are fucking shit.

[Pleb]

Pikachu's name is being changed

[Dan]

Only going to affect people in Chinese speaking areas, i believe. From what I understand they're using the Mandarin Chinese name in Sun & Moon rather than the Cantonese. Still pretty harsh to wipe out an entire language from the game as if nobody speaks it anymore.

It's apparently going to affect about 100 Pokemon, but obviously Pikachu is the headliner.

[Dan]

Names, typing, abilities & signature moves revealed for the box legendaries, as well as more bits about the Alola region & the people in it. Oh, and there's also a new Rotom form. Sort of...

[Browning]

The Rotom Dex thing sounds unnecessary, but at least it can be turned off.

[Dan]

RotomDex will either be brilliant or terrible, and I can't decide which one.

I've generally been a fan of the changes they've made to the PokeDex/PokeNav over the last few generations, so I'm willing to believe this will be a continuation of that progression, but at the same time I can imagine it being a shit gimmick. Fingers crossed it's the former.

[Dan]

We've had another five new pokemon revealed in the last week or two, as well as a few more details that have come from E3 today.

Nothing super interesting, other than a few new abilities, a new battle mode (Wifi only, I believe) & a few changes to the battle screen. Full details at Serebii as usual.

[Browning]

[ItalAussie]

Someone pointed out that the new normal-type looks like Draco Malfoy, and now I can't unsee it.

[Byron]

Fuck

[Dan]

Looks like there's been a leak of a video that reveals a load of new pokemon...



They mostly look like they'll be rubbish, although 'Tapu Koko' looks pretty awesome. 'Bruxish' is rather special too. I hope 'Drampa' is a portmanteau of dragon & grampa, because it sure looks that way

Also, there's a Shaymin event now.

EDIT: English trailer has been put out now.