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White Lotus
June 10th, 2006, 01:44 AM
Third member needed for my battle frontier team (tower)

<Cervantes>
Salamence - (ADAMANT) 'Intimidate' w/shell bell
EV's 252 Att / 252 Spd
- Dragon Dance
- Earthquake
- Rock Slide
- Aerial Ace

<Twinkle>
Starmie - (MODEST) 'Natural Cure' w/focus band
EV's 252 SAtt / 252 Spd
- Surf
- Ice Beam
- Thunderbolt
- Recover

This is what i was thinking and why the items are the way they are. In fact ignore the items i'll adjust after i decide on a 3rd member.

<The Dude>
Snorlax - (CAREFUL) 'Thick Fat' w/lefties
EV's 176 Att / 136 Def / 156 SDEF / 42 HP
- Curse
- Body Slam
- Shadowball
- Rest

I still have my curselax cherry. I wanted to avoid using him because he seemed really popular but i can't resist anymore. I went with Body Slam over Return/Frustration for the coolness factor and Shadowball over Earthquake because he's there to eat ice beams for my salamence who uses EQ. Plus it should help with those pesky Gengars.

<Squints eyes and looks at fr0st>

TwinScythe
June 10th, 2006, 07:48 AM
what is the point of recover starmie when you got no defensive evs and lax!
it would be wise to have a flail/reversaler counter on this too

White Lotus
June 10th, 2006, 08:17 PM
Basically i have recover because when something can get it i usually give it. Plus in game i don't need a rapid spinner, pyschic is covered by aerial ace salamence, and thunder wave is fun but i prefer recover. I'd really like your opinion on curselax though cause i never used him and i know he's a pain and noobs like me overuse him but thats why i specifically avoided him when i started. Now i can't resist anymore plus I keep shuffling through third party members for my battle tower team and he seems like the logical choice. I never ran into a flail/rev problem but special sweeps always end my streaks (bolt/beam) hence curselax. My main questions are ev's ok <30-31 IV's in main stats> and will i regret choosing thick fat over immunity since he'll be my salamence icebeam eater. I was thinking he'll just rest off poisons anyway.

aragornbird
June 11th, 2006, 12:48 AM
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Thick Fat is the standard. No one uses Immunity not only because Snorlax has Rest, but because Fire and Ice attacks are far more common than Poison.

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Lord Mike
June 11th, 2006, 11:05 PM
Return over Body Slam if you think you have good relationships with your Pokemon.

Thick Fat is a huge advantage to me because its almost like Fire and Ice isn't very effective.

Fr0st
June 12th, 2006, 12:02 AM
They arent very effective with thick fat. Body Slam wins due to paralysis... You post bad no offence