Pokemon: Personal Preferences or The Best

I tend to have a strong bond with the Pokemon I catch at the start and sometimes they even go far as to battling the Elite 4 + Champ. I can never bond with a legendary since you tend to catch them in the middle or later on in your quest and don't have the same experience as a pokemon you catch at a lower level or even hatch from an egg. But that's my personal preference.

I go for the ones that will have a good change against the gym leaders and the elite 4. This means I go for Fire, Water, Grass, Electric, Flying and whatever I want as the last one.

Tenbinza said:

I tend to have a strong bond with the Pokemon I catch at the start and sometimes they even go far as to battling the Elite 4 + Champ. I can never bond with a legendary since you tend to catch them in the middle or later on in your quest and don't have the same experience as a pokemon you catch at a lower level or even hatch from an egg. But that's my personal preference.

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Yea that's why I hate using legendaries in certain battles. I mean, I love Rayquaza and all but it can't take the place of Swampert in my heart.

Horyo said:

Well, I mean that more in the way when they actually insult you. I'm sure you can say your strategy/pokemon beat mine, but some people are just plain rude about it.

I don't mind suggestions though.

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No no, I understand what you're trying to say. It's just we don't take rude kind of suggestions lightly with PC rules. ;D No worries.

And I agree with Anti, it gets boring to use the same thing over and over again, but that's why I explore eslewhere like UU and Little Cup (Yay \o/) And such, it keeps battling fresh and alive for me, absorbing more. So, adding on, I am more of a mixed bag.

I pretty much stick with the same team I've got throughout the game, though I do make several swaps.
In Sapphire, I caught a Wurmple, it evolved into Cascoon, then Dustox. I used Dustox for a good long while, treat it well until I put it in the PC box. Same thing will eventually happen with Linoone. Raised it since it was tiny, and it's going to be replaced with Absol. If I'm using a temporary Pokemon, I always treat them well. I can't just catch a lot of Pokemon right at the beginning and use them all the way throughout, there's some that I catch which I do like (so a bit of personal preference there), but I always choose ones too that would look good in battle, attack wise (not exactly the best, but ones that have good stats). I also get Pokemon with a number of different types - like with Diamond I have Empoleon (Water/Steel), and Gengar (Ghost/Poison). That way, they can learn various move types, and be better equipped for battling.

Well, I don't have a DS (or am I ever likely to), and so it really doesn't matter how well I could potentially do against other players. Because of this, it doesn't really matter how powerful or well-chosen my Pokemon are; a level 100 Eevee with the right moves can solo the Elite Four in the metal versions. So, I definitely go for my favorites, and actually, the challenge of getting weak Pokemon to beat "strong" CPU's has probably been a lot more fun than arranging any preselected power-house would have been. In fact, it's probably the appeal of my favorites that's kept me playing, and not the style of the game.

In all likelihood, if I DO ever get my hands on a DS, that will probably be the day Pokemon begins to die to me. If it became impossible to win with the Pokemon I associate myself with, the game would lose so much of its charm.

i only use pokomon i like
whats the point of battling if u have no fondness for the pokemon u fight with