• Our software update is now concluded. You will need to reset your password to log in. In order to do this, you will have to click "Log in" in the top right corner and then "Forgot your password?".
  • Forum moderator applications are now open! Click here for details.
  • Welcome to PokéCommunity! Register now and join one of the best places on the 'net to talk Pokémon and more! Community members will not see the bottom screen advertisements.
J
Reaction score
1

Profile posts Latest activity Postings About

  • I was lucky...I got a flawless Japanese Ditto in a trade. I haven't done any IV-specific breeding yet; I'm not really into the competitive thing as much. I wonder if my Lv.72 Zoroark (received in Egg form) came from it, however; it is just a beast.

    Granted, this is in Gen. V. My prior message was for Gen. IV.
    Haha. I've had five or six turn up in SoulSilver on Route 32 while training. I caught three of them. I figure they make good trading material for someone without much to offer. #winning
    blolz...take advantage of the Route 10 Audinos and trigger/fight them for a while. Once you're AT LEAST Lv.54 on all Pokémon (trust me, Ghetsis has Hydreigon at that level, otherwise he's Lv.52...I'd ask how, but he also has a Lv.52 Volcarona), then go back and challenge again.

    Also remember in N's Castle you can warp to the Pokémon League healing center. From there, you can go wherever and do whatever until the final battle. You can't reenter the PL itself until after the end of the story, but you can warp back to N's Castle from the same spot. One room of the castle does contain a PC, so also pimp yourself out for the E4 fights and have others trained in the wings to trade in via PC.
    Tornadus and Thundurus are the annual "roamers" for the B/W games (coincidentally, with Landorus, not in B2/W2 but can be traded into said games, each adopting a second Forme). My Tornadus experience began 10 minutes before midnite, and I decided to just weaken it on a couple of attempts as I knew it would be the end of "evening" soon; sure enough, at the new day, it headed around to the Lacumosa/Undella/Black areas between Routes 12-15 - none of which were available to me yet (and even if they were, I would surely be crushed by anything there except perhaps the wild Pokémon, but they were National Dex entries in any case).

    While in bed, I thought about Watchog. I realized Mean Look would stop the runaway.

    I had flown to Nimbasa before going to bed, and went to the PC first thing in the morning to collect it out of Box 1. I headed to Route 5 and went back and forth to trigger the storm, then went hunting. Of course, the storm came and went as I got other battles too, so I said screw it and wandered aimlessly for a while. It came up, I used Mean Look, and started going after it with Hypnosis and whittling down its HP with Super Fang. It somehow defeated Watchog and ran on the next turn (Mean Look deactivates when the user switches out). I went to heal and came back for a second go, and managed to get it. Storm over, off to train for the E4.

    And yes, that Dragon Gym was a piece of cake. Told you it would be. :D
    Yeah but Kurt could have found someone better than Blaine. Idk. Blaine overdoes his singing and facial expressions. :\

    I also really like Coach Beiste. She's cool. :]
    Oh me too! I cannot wait until the 4th season! Omg I love Sue too! She is too darn funny! And I do like Brittany too, she is hilarious with her dumbness!
    I love Puck, Rachel, and Quinn too. I loved Kurt in the first season, but I started not liking him when he started dating Blaine. I can't stand Blaine nor Finn.
    Yup, Scraggy evolves into Scrafty and learns moves like Brick Break, High Jump Kick (both fighting), Crunch, Faint Attack (both Dark), Chip Away, Rock Climb (both Normal), and Head Smash (Rock type, but way up in the 60s, ignore before the first E4 unless you REALLY want to grind but I don't recommend the move for E4 purposes).

    I did take Scrafty in at something like Lv.53 or Lv.54, but also rotated my Pokémon because the odd move is known where unexpected that can take Scrafty down. Look up guides and figure out opponents Scrafty should NOT battle based on known moves, and cycle other Pokémon in there. Despite the dual type, I also recommend having another Dark type in the mix. I believe I also took one of the Musketeers with me; I think I chose the Rock/Fighting Terrakion (found in Victory Road after encountering Cobalion, his area is sealed off otherwise, and all three Musketeers are part Fighting FYI with Virizion sharing Grass and Cobalion Steel).

    The offer for a Zorua is still on. I'm going to breed one for someone else, so this is your chance to acquire one. I can even deliver it with Pokérus; that lets it train its EV levels MUCH quicker (double speed in fact), and you can spread it to all of your own Pokémon by keeping Zorua in your party while doing other battles (just make sure to keep something in the PC so you don't lose the disease). As a note, Pokérus is rarer than Shinies, and I found Pokérus first; got my first Shiny on Emerald the other day. :)
    Haha, yes. If I may give some advice, if Scraggy isn't on your training list...TRAIN IT. It's both Dark and Fight types, and that means it can learn moves to take out both Psychic and Dark types. The problem is, it will need to be strong enough to OHKO the Psychics, or their moves will completely wipe it out due to the Fight type. Ghost types are also weak to the Dark type.

    The reason I note this is because I just named all four types of the Unova E4.

    Meanwhile, if you don't have a Zorua, get one. It learns a LOT of Dark moves and is a handy Pokémon against the Psychics. If you want that, you must trade for it. Speaking of Zorua, my Zoroark knows Faint Attack, Foul Play, Night Slash, and Night Daze, the last being a signature move of the pairing learned at Lv.64 and with base power 85, and with STAB being much higher. If you ever want to trade for one, I can breed it with the flawless Japanese Ditto I got via a trade and have any specific type of stat automatically at its maximum base amount for the bred Zorua, and since my Zoroark is at a high level, Night Daze might come with it already as well.
    Don't worry about EV training until after the game. It doesn't mean anything until you're prepping to battle someone else's super-powerful Pokémon, and you are going to be fighting all sorts of Pokémon that will ruin your EV training until you clear the bulk of them. Of course, you can always just never use those Pokémon.

    BTW, trade a Pokémon with someone who has Pokérus and get it traded back shortly thereafter. Pokérus doubles your EV stat gains. Translation: your stats max out much faster and you get stronger quicker. I happen to have Pokémon with Pokérus; the idea is to get everything in your PC infected, then keep some permanently in the PC until you want to infect more. I'll eventually someday infect my entire PC a second time, but I cleared it once and can do it again at my leisure since I have some Jellicents that never see the light of Unova now that they're mine.

    The berry guy quickly fell out of my routine; I never used the berries because they were so rare. I'm currently growing fields of them in Emerald and my daily regimen will involve harvesting them. I will tend to plant wherever I go at that moment and plan to be around for a while, but I can always backtrack and plant the 2-4 day growers in remote locations. Since most berries usable in battle take a maximum of 12 hours, I have 7 fields in Route 104 North that are my harvesting grounds right now. But yeah, not being able to grow them in Unova is a huge bummer.

    I didn't do the Driftveil Move Lady until after the E4. Don't know why, didn't realize it was there immediately.

    You will LOVE Nimbasa City after the E4. There will be a LOT more people hanging around the stadium grounds with super-tough Pokémon. Note, again, they will all be in the 60s.
    I didn't think about it, but you are correct. As it says there, they debut at Shopping Mall Nine and Opelucid City (the game would be WAY too easy otherwise). Repeat Balls meanwhile are not available until you reach the very end, and are standing at the Pokémon League; the mart there contains them, and I believe somewhere in the eastern half of Unova as well. You'll also find Dive Balls at Undella Town; appropriate because there's water right in the town for fishing, and I found my Corsola in there.

    Do you still visit the challenge rock daily? That earns a lot of money early on, of course, and I still do it now even though I'm rich just because it's habitual (and who knows what I'll have to buy someday). Once all of my Black collecting is done, I'll probably forego the Challenge Rock and other financial helpers since I've already bought all the TMs, and I'll then concentrate on the Battle Subway. Already took a Zoroark in leading my trio and got to the LAST CAR on the second train to have the final hit come down to speed; if mine went first, I'd have three more BP and be on the last train. That was the only fight that my Zoroark lost in the first round. :)
    To add to the below thoughts (or above if you view conversation)...once you finish the E4 and Ghetsis, Pokémon Outbreaks begin occurring all over Unova. There is one per day. All are different Pokémon not yet seen in Unova (i.e. National Dex). The only Route that is not home to any type of outbreak is Route 17; otherwise, with exception to Route 4's outbreak being in the sand, you will find a different Pokémon anywhere between Levels 15-55 in the normal grass (not the darker grass, but the tall grass on 7 is equivalent) each day on a different Route. For instance, if the daily swarm is in Route 1, you will find a Farfetch'd (and you can get him his stick from the Treasure Hunter on Route 13 if you are fortunate), and if in Route 16 you'll catch a Pineco. There are four version exclusive swarms on Routes 3, 6, 9, and 11; if you play White, I would be happy if you could catch two from those Routes and I'll trade you the Black exclusive (if you play Black, don't worry about it). An example is that Route 6 Black players get Plusle, while the White equivalent is Minun.

    A strategy for catching these at higher levels? Go shopping and snare a load of Repels, Super Repels, and Max Repels, then just activate one immediately before stepping in the grass. Make sure your leader is anything under Lv.55 but not higher than the minimum level you'll accept (if you want Lv.30 or higher, make sure your leader is at least Lv.30). The exception is on the later Routes, and even Routes 9-10 (BTW, Croagunk is in the puddles on 8, not found in Winter even if the selection of the day is that Route); look up the guide on the levels of Pokémon found there and make sure your leader is above THAT, and then you'll get a swarm one above even that.

    Catching strategies? Buy about 20 Quick Balls. I nabbed most of them that way. The ones that I wasn't able to catch as such took a hit or two then succumbed to a Dusk Ball (if at night or early morning) or another type of ball. I even caught a Milotic in a Quick Ball at Level 69 while fishing on Route 1. If you want a second of something, a Repeat Ball might be the way to go. There's a reason these balls are pricier...but once you reach Undella Bay, you can go diving for artifacts to sell to a collector in Undella Town and become a millionaire. There are sellable items regenerating on Route 13 as well, on the beach, findable with the Dowsing Machine. Just be warned Trainers in 11-15 have Pokémon in the 60s - every single one. A couple on Route 14 are at Lv.68 - and somehow I put one to sleep and ate its dreams with a Lv.48 Musharna. I'm proud of that one. ;)
    If you want someone who can learn False Swipe...well, clicky there. List from Gen. V that learn it by leveling up includes Leavanny, Karrablast/Escavalier, and the Axew chain (go to Mistralton Cave via Surf on Route 6, take someone with Flash and hunt down Cobalion while you're there). Six Pokémon in total. However, a number can learn it via TM, including the Oshawott (starter) chain, Pawniard/Bisharp, and the Legendary Musketeers (as well as Keldeo when it comes out), and the six that learn it by leveling up can also learn via TM.

    More can learn it through breeding, but these are not Gen. V Pokémon; the ones that can get it by breeding ARE all available in Black/White, but they are only available with the National Dex as they are in Routes 11-15 and other exclusive areas, and a few are version exclusive (more to White, Shroomish is the only Black version exclusive in a Route 11 swarm, and Paras is the White equivalent of that with Fearow and Seedot being exclusive in other areas).

    I also have a Shiny Nincada to import to Gen. V someday that was caught at Lv.7. I am not touching it so that anyone who wants a clone someday can train it themselves. I will train my own in Black 2 as well, I believe.
    Haha, that's exactly what I do with Watchog. To the letter. For the longest while I grinded every member of my PC into the same shape (level) with no exceptions, but now I'm grinding enough to fill the front box of the PC with potential 70s and will probably move on to the caves and caverns, knowing Kyurem is Lv.75 and Landorus Lv.70. Ironically, I will likely not be leveling up Tornadus and my Thundurus clone when looking for Landorus; I will be starting with a Watchog Hypnosis if the Quick Ball fails me there. Once these two captures are completed, I am afraid I probably won't have much use for Watchog.
    No, Illuminate just increases encounter rates. You're more likely to see a Pokémon in the wild if a Pokémon with this ability is leading, but no way to control exactly what. It's similar in a way to Sweet Scent's usage in drawing a wild Pokémon to wherever you are at that moment, except that Sweet Scent is like battling something upon request instead of wandering.

    Mean Look is a definite learn later on. It is vital to help you get Tornadus or Thundurus. It always runs on the first turn and you then must relocate it. You CAN ignore it (it does first appear before the E4 when a Gatehouse worker calls you over to tell you about it as you head to Route 10, and the entire roaming event is triggered with a trip to Route 7 to talk to someone in a house there...I won't spoil the event itself), but once triggered, it does roam random Routes in a set fashion, and can be tracked in the Gatehouses. Before you defeat Ghetsis, the random Routes during overnight hours make it uncatchable (Routes 12-15 according to my research), and it appears in the lower Routes during the morning, and roaming in your training grounds during the evening hours.

    Back on topic...Tornadus/Thundurus always runs as its first move, much like an Abra uses only Teleport (and I'm having issues catching said Abra, Mean Look is hard to come by in Emerald early on). The battle strategy once you trigger the battle sequence with it is to use Mean Look, then make sure that Watchog does NOT faint (though never let your target run out of moves or you'll fail). It can't lower its own HP (such as with Take Down), so the second move to use is Hypnosis, then spam Super Fang once it's asleep, putting it back to sleep as necessary, and also healing (bring Hyper Potions if your Watchog is a high HP one, though Moomoo Milks from Driftveil might do the job well enough). Also, I'd try to level your Watchog to at least Lv.45, even Lv.50 if you want to take the time before going to the final Gym, as the higher leveled it is the more punishment it can tolerate.

    Once you've spammed Super Fang a few times (to the point it has maybe 1 HP left, since it can never take the last HP), start chucking Pokéballs or other types of balls. Don't waste your Quick Balls, or a failure will just make it run since it's only best on the first turn. I think mine ended up in a Great Ball after some failed Ultra Ball attempts. Use whatever works, basically, and even if you run out of Ultra Balls keep chucking something. If it's nighttime, Dusk Balls could do the job as well. :) Just remember, if Watchog faints, your target gets away. The good news is when you find it again, it's exactly how it got away (1 HP, sleeping, etc.), but why waste the time? ;)
  • Loading…
  • Loading…
  • Loading…
Back
Top