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| Enhas | Dec 8 2014, 04:11 PM Post #241 |
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I've changed things up a lot when it comes to moves. Skarmory is a decent-ish attacker, but really not that great, and its move pool is kind of bad. It's more of a stall monster than anything else. I had Steel Wing as one of his moves, figuring that with STAB it would do decent damage. It really doesn't, even against enemies that are weak to it, and it can't learn Meteor Mash at all. So I just got rid of that move entirely. And I figured out why Electrode suddenly massively sucked. In the main game, you tend to out-speed enemies most of the time by a good amount, so Electro Ball is an insanely powerful move, capable of OHKOing enemies weak to lightning and even some that aren't. In the post-game, the margin is much less or enemies will out-speed you, making that move next to useless. I switched it out for Thunder, which is more reliable damage (when it hits, but Rain Dance helps for that). I switch up my secret base team and battle type every now and then, so feel free to check it out. Right now it's doubles with Skarmory, Blaziken and Ditto. I still need to level my main team all to level 100, but that probably won't take very long. Edited by Enhas, Dec 8 2014, 04:29 PM.
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| slashkamei | Dec 8 2014, 05:14 PM Post #242 |
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Learning to make a good caw since 2k13
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Yeah I've learned that coverage tends to be the name of the game in competitive battling, but there are also some pokemon who can get away with using one type of attack with the right item, I know people hate Gengar because it can cover so many types its sickening. My fav is Scizor, its only real weakness is a times 4 weakness to fire, however everything else deals normal or less damage and its straight up immune to poison types so toxic and such will have zero effect on it, that with Technician and moves below 60 like bullet punch or aerial ace, its much stronger. |
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| Moofey | Dec 8 2014, 05:26 PM Post #243 |
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We built a wall, and stopped them all
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This guy wants us to... BOLIEVE
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| JNT | Dec 8 2014, 05:35 PM Post #244 |
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Dang it Moofey, you are a cute gril trainer! |
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| phoenixdaughter | Dec 9 2014, 02:51 PM Post #245 |
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CHAMP
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Fun thing for post-game is that I'm sorta re-creating my teams from SoulSilver/Platinum and a combined force of the Gen 5 teams. All because we got the extra starters at the end of the game. So now I wonder where is a good place to grind. |
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| Enhas | Dec 9 2014, 03:30 PM Post #246 |
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There really isn't a good place to grind, especially from levels 91-100. Secret base leaders with all level 100 Blissey teams, combined with level 3 EXP O-Power, gives a lot of experience very quickly. There's already places dedicated to QR codes for this, but I only have one Blissey trainer in my own base and it's been pretty decent so far. Level 100 teams in general give a lot of experience, but expect to see a lot of shiny Mega Metagross, Primal Groudon/Kyogre, Mega Rayquaza, etc... from quite a few secret base leaders, so be prepared. My secret base team is all level 100 now, but I'm not sure how much EXP they'd give out: http://3ds.pokemon-gl.com/user/Y-520-5178-P/secretbase Edited by Enhas, Dec 9 2014, 03:31 PM.
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| JNT | Dec 9 2014, 06:22 PM Post #247 |
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Rev up those lucky eggs! XY was really fast when it came to EV training and level up. |
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| Enhas | Dec 9 2014, 08:07 PM Post #248 |
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Giving up on the freaking Maison for now, most likely. Tired of getting knocked out in one or two hits because my mons aren't absolutely perfect, and you need a streak of 50 to "win" and the highest I got to was 26. For multi-battle, Archie absolutely sucks as a partner (in Alpha Sapphire, don't know about Maxie in Omega Ruby). Crobat does massive damage to itself with Brave Bird and then usually gets knocked out on the next turn, and Sharpedo is too frail even mega-evolved to really do much before it too gets KO'ed. Wally and Steven are much better offensively and can actually take a few hits. May/Brendan I've not battled with yet, but it's the only team with no mega evolution but is more defensive to compensate. Edit: Just tried again, Skarmory dies on the first round in one shot and Muk doesn't last long after. May basically does all the work only because she's an AI and thus has perfect mons. I hate this game. Edited by Enhas, Dec 9 2014, 08:12 PM.
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| JNT | Dec 9 2014, 08:24 PM Post #249 |
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It is rather unfortunate that you are not enjoying the maison, but please understand it is the only little place they add for the competitive player/breeder. The only unfair stuff is that at very high streaks the AI starts to pull off insane bullshit like quick claws, OHKO moves and basically everything under 99% acc you use is going to fail, this was a trend since Emerald's battle frontier. |
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| Enhas | Dec 9 2014, 08:32 PM Post #250 |
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I'm not enjoying it at all and I'm nowhere near the high streaks (and outside of spending possibly months breeding a perfect team, I won't ever get there). I was only at the fourth battle of Super Multi this time and I got utterly owned in a few rounds. May is also a pretty poor partner. Claydol dies very quickly and Exploud does pretty low damage. Wally and Steven are much, much better. I think the only reason I got up to 26 was because both of them carried me that far. As soon as I tried out Archie, I lost only two battles later. I haven't even touched the other modes yet. With how poorly my team has been doing, there's little point bothering. It just really sucks when you think you have a "good" team and the game is all "Nope, you suck!" and party wipes you almost instantly. At least the Battle Frontier had a little more variety than the Maison, but Gamefreak had to be greedy and opt to not include it until the next game. Edited by Enhas, Dec 9 2014, 08:33 PM.
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| Enhas | Dec 18 2014, 03:59 PM Post #251 |
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Okay, I spent over a week putting a team together with perfect IVs and EVs. And I still get destroyed in about battle 5 of the Battle Maison. Really, what kind of uber team do you have to put together to get 50 straight wins? Because I'm just not getting it, it seems. It sucks when you wasted hours breeding a "perfect" mon for it to get taken down in one hit by some cheating computer trainer. Four of my team of six have a 31 speed IV and maxed EVs in speed and just about every enemy mon is still faster, stronger and more resilient. Any time they do a super effective attack, it's a OHKO. Any time I do one, it takes two or three of them for a KO. Argh, I think I'm doing something right and I'm still playing the game entirely wrong. |
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| slashkamei | Dec 18 2014, 04:22 PM Post #252 |
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Learning to make a good caw since 2k13
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again, its about coverage, not just having perfect IV and EV, if your pokemon knows only one or two types of moves it won't cover against many types |
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| Enhas | Dec 18 2014, 04:43 PM Post #253 |
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I have plenty of coverage. I always have at least two attack types, and sometimes more than that. I've just been having a rotten bit of luck. Sometimes I can beat all five trainers in the Institute (in Mauville) with no problems now, and other times I lose two or three of the battles. The cheating Veterans that use legendaries almost always screw me over no matter what. Most of the time it comes down to who can move first. Some enemy mons are surprisingly fast when you think they shouldn't be. But the Maison still kills me. I swear that the game reads the types of your mons and their moves and generates enemy teams to counter them. What usually happens to me against AI trainers in the Institute or Maison: - Any status moves I use against them fail or are cured the same turn by an item they conveniently have. Don't tell me the game doesn't read your team before generating the enemy teams - Any status moves they use always work and last the maximum length of time - Any super effective moves I use only do about half of their HP total max - Any super effective moves they use OHKO me instantly - Any moves I use less than 90% will miss half of the time - Any moves they use regardless of the hit chance will always hit I'm not really sure what to do now. Edit: Sort-of getting lucky with my Choice Band Slaking, but I need more than one decent mon. Mega Glalie... just sucks, to put it plainly. It does great damage, but only if I manage to get an attack (because almost everything seems to be faster than it) and almost everything kills it nearly instantly. It's easily the worst member of my new six-team and I'm considering replacing it. Edit 2: To hell with this stupid game. Enemy trainers always have far better stats than you can ever have and my best 30-win streak was ruined in an instant. What was the point of buffing up my Mega Metagross's defense and speed if everything else is still faster and kills it in one or two hits? 31 IVs and maxed EVs don't seem to count for anything if the AI decides you need to lose (and yes, all my current team is maxed out as far as possible and I still get wrecked). Edited by Enhas, Dec 20 2014, 07:55 PM.
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| FreewayKnight | Dec 21 2014, 10:43 PM Post #254 |
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GWA-HA-HAR!
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It's super nice to be reunited with my boy Sandshrew. I used to use him all the time during Gen 1 (nicknamed him Bottles) and seeing him pop up made me immediately grab him for my team. |
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| Enhas | Dec 21 2014, 11:24 PM Post #255 |
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Yeah, I get the feeling. Most of my mons through the main game were Generation 1 ones (Muk, Ditto, Electrode). Some Pokemon in the later games tend to just be weird and/or uninspired (Sawk and Throh, etc...). And there's so many now that I don't know all the names, elemental typing and moves that they use compared to (just!) 151. |
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