I knew I'd get a headstart by getting Pokémon from my previous games, which actually seemed to work well. I'm basically done with the Pokédex, I just need 5 more!
Oh, congrats, you're so close! *throws confetti*
Username: mucus
Your Goals:
- Currently I am starting over and over testing out thing in my hack. Eventually my goal will be to raise Cyndaquil, Ralts, and whomever else catch my fancy.
- Catch all the Moemon (what pokemon are called in my hack).
- more stuff eventually I'm sure.
Welcome to the club! Ralts is very cute, I trained one once and evolved him into Gallade, but I like its entire evo line. And I've heard of Moemon before, they're adorable :)
In my first play-through of Black 2, I realized that my Muk was beginning to be dead weight on the team and I dreaded bringing him out in battle because I knew it wouldn't work out. Instead of switching him out immediately, I took at look at him and realized that I had put nothing but special attacks on the physically attacking Muk. I switched out some attacks and Muk quickly became one of my most powerful pokemon, even sweeping Grimsley in the Elite Four.
In other words, I'd rather work things out rather than switch things out. Replacing pokemon is a last ditch effort for me.
I trained a Carracosta last year in my first White run, and I also made the same mistake and taught him special moves, like Surf, Scald, Ice Beam. Quite the unlucky Pokemon actually, my poor Carracosta, I recently checked his IV spread: 00/03/05/07/00/01, and he also has a nature that lowers Defense. His only blessing is his Sturdy ability, that guarantees him one attack, so I rarely sent him into battle, and kept him on my team as my Surfer. It didn't feel right though, so I started thinking how to improve his skills, and I worked on his move set, discovered Aqua Jet, which guarantees him two moves now and I replaced Surf with Waterfall. I change his other moves depending on the opponent, and he's now quite the fierce battler and...
Basically I never like to give up on training something! If they suck then you just need to work harder to bring out their best - it's no fun if you only train things that're strong by default. I tend to prefer training these 'weaker' Pokémon like Floatzel, Pachirisu, Sandslash, etc, because it makes the game a lot more challenging and you don't just breeze through it like normal. It also helps you to really get to know the Pokémon by seeing what works well with them and which of their skills are worth building on and which should be left in the dust a little. I feel like you grow a lot more attached to these weaker Pokémon when you spend ages struggling with them and then finally find their niche, so I make sure to always use at least a couple in my times. What about you guys?
... I transferred him to my B2 game, and I've been playing around in the PWT and Battle Subway. He's really fun to use in battle now, I like to give him gimmicky items, like Bright Powder or Quick Claw, and wait for him randomly evading moves or going first. So yeah, I think all the time spent working with him and how much fun he is now compared to back then definitely make him one of my most favorite Pokemon now :)
