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Please Rate My Ruby Team!

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    Okay, so I restarted my Ruby version after a few months of not playing it, in order to prepare myself for Emerald, stupid, I know. Anyway, I got away from my basic... catch Ralts etc. pokemon team, and switched it up a bit.

    Please Rate and give me item suggestions. Thanks.

    Torkoal:
    Flamethrower
    Overheat
    Body Slam
    Strength

    Sceptile:
    Dragon Claw
    Leaf Blade
    Sunny Day
    Solar Beam

    Breelom:
    Focus Punch
    Return
    Giga Drain
    Cut

    Azumarill:
    Ice Beam
    Rock Smash
    Water Pulse
    Surf
    (Totally need a new moveset, right?)

    Swellow:
    Fly
    Aerial Ace
    Wing Attack
    Steel Wing

    Absol:
    Hyper Beam
    Slash
    Aerial Ace
    Shadow Ball


    I'm planning on changing Azumarill for a different pokemon, what water one do you recommend?(Sharpedo?) Also, should I get rid of Breelom since I already have Sceptile? Should I switch Absol for Zangoose?

    Thanks again.
     

    Dee Trier

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    For water i suggest starmie with
    Thunder bolt
    ice beam
    surf
    psychic
    recover
    <choose four>

    for swellow delete fly and wing attack <3 of a kind of the same type is bad>

    that's for now
     

    Squarewalker

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  • Ap41290 said:
    Okay, so I restarted my Ruby version after a few months of not playing it, in order to prepare myself for Emerald, stupid, I know. Anyway, I got away from my basic... catch Ralts etc. pokemon team, and switched it up a bit.

    Please Rate and give me item suggestions. Thanks.

    Torkoal:
    Flamethrower
    Overheat
    Body Slam
    Strength
    Don't lower it's special stat by Overheat. Or use this or Flamethrower, but don't use two attacks of the same type. This goes for the other two attacks, too. Switch Overheat/Flamethrower to Sludge Bomb and Body Slam/Strenght (I suggest to replace Strenght) to Curse to raise it's defense and attack cause it already has a very low speed.

    Sceptile:
    Dragon Claw
    Leaf Blade
    Sunny Day
    Solar Beam
    Two attacks of the same type... again. Switch Sunny Day to Thunder Punch and Solarbeam to Crunch or Brick Break maybe.

    Breelom:
    Focus Punch
    Return
    Giga Drain
    Cut
    Cut doesn't make a very good damage so you need a better attack than that. As for Focus Punch, you'd need Spore in order to use it well (but only Shroomish can learn Spore at lv.54). Maybe switch F-Punch to Brick Break/Mach Punch/Sky Uppercut. Return and Giga Drain are fine.

    Azumarill:
    Ice Beam
    Rock Smash
    Water Pulse
    Surf
    (Totally need a new moveset, right?)
    Azumarill has very low stats, I think, and even with a strong moveset... it isn't at all powerful. What you'd need is maybe a Sharpedo or a Wailord. Sharpedo moveset: Crunch, Slash, Taunt, Surf. Wailord moveset: Rest/Earthquake, Waterspout(if you make it learn Rest)/Surf, Ice Beam maybe and filler.

    Swellow:
    Fly
    Aerial Ace
    Wing Attack
    Steel Wing
    Whoa! 3 attacks of the same type!! Replace Fly with Agility and Wing Attack with Double Team.

    Absol:
    Hyper Beam
    Slash
    Aerial Ace
    Shadow Ball
    Aerial Ace, Slash and Shadow Ball can stay, but REPLACE HYPER BEAM with Swords Dance!


    I'm planning on changing Azumarill for a different pokemon, what water one do you recommend?(Sharpedo?) Also, should I get rid of Breelom since I already have Sceptile? Should I switch Absol for Zangoose?

    Thanks again.

    Well, your team needs a lot of improvement, since you have both Sceptile and Breloom and you should have maybe a Manectric or a psychic pokemon in your team, cause Breloom isn't very powerful without the F-Punch/Spore combo and having 2 grass types in the same team isn't such a good thing. As I said, switch Azumarill to Wailord/Sharpedo or any other powerful water pokemon like Starmie for example. As for Absol, I think it's powerful enough, it doesn't need to be switched to Zangoose.
    I'd rate your current team 8/10 because they had 2-3 attacks of the same type, instead of having powerful attacks of different types. Well, you decide if you use the movesets I posted but I think that this team will need even a little training, so good luck.
     

    Dee Trier

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    What do you think about my metagross move
    Explosion
    meteor mash
    Ice punch
    Psychic

    i want to change icepunch to eq but the tm was used for another poke
     

    Squarewalker

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  • Charmander & Cyndaquil said:
    What do you think about my metagross move
    Explosion
    meteor mash
    Ice punch
    Psychic

    i want to change icepunch to eq but the tm was used for another poke

    Errr... what does this have to do anything with the rest of this thread? You should just start another thread about discussing that moveset, not putting it into others' thread.
    Btw, change icepunch to brickbreak then.
     

    Dee Trier

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    i'm sorry
    BTW better change overheat with eruption <via bredding with camerupt> or other move.Don't use move that lowering stat, need recharge, or attack second turn
     

    Kijin

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  • Ap41290 said:
    Torkoal:
    Flamethrower
    Overheat
    Body Slam
    Strength
    *Giggle* I still smell like girl ^_^
    FT
    Curse
    Sludge Bomb
    Rock Slide/Explosion/I don't know what moves it learns

    Ap41290 said:
    Sceptile:
    Dragon Claw
    Leaf Blade
    Sunny Day
    Solar Beam
    Sceptile@?
    Dragon Claw
    Leaf Blade
    Thunderpunch
    Leech Seed

    Ap41290 said:
    Breelom:
    Focus Punch
    Return
    Giga Drain
    Cut
    Breelom@?
    Focus Punch
    Spore
    Swords Dance/Leech Seed
    Leech Seed/Brick Break/Mach Punch

    Ap41290 said:
    Azumarill:
    Ice Beam
    Rock Smash
    Water Pulse
    Surf
    It's got huge power and we're not going to use it, amirite?
    Azumarill@Lefties
    Return
    Focus Punch
    Sub
    Brick Break/HP Physical Attack

    Ap41290 said:
    Swellow:
    Fly
    Aerial Ace
    Wing Attack
    Steel Wing
    You have two of 4 good attacks on, at least.
    Swellow@?
    Aerial Ace
    Steel Wing
    Endeavor
    Quick Attack

    End/QA=lol,udied

    Ap41290 said:
    Absol:
    Hyper Beam
    Slash
    Aerial Ace
    Shadow Ball
    Hyperbeam==Swords Dance, btw.


    Ap41290 said:
    I'm planning on changing Azumarill for a different pokemon, what water one do you recommend?(Sharpedo?) Also, should I get rid of Breelom since I already have Sceptile? Should I switch Absol for Zangoose?

    Thanks again.
    Azumarril has Huge Power, meaning its attack doubles when you bring it out. It's like the inverse of Intimidate. AKA- it's actually really good, you just can't use him as a Special Sweeper/Tank. Sharpedo is actually really really really bad. It has high attack and speed stats but his hp and defenses are abysmal. Like ohko by thundershock abysmal. Absol should most definately be switched for Zangoose w/ the same recomended moveset, replacing Aerial Ace with Brick Break as necessary.
     
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    Thanks for the Advice. I'll see what I'm going to change them too, then repost my team.

    Thanks again!
     

    mew_master

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    Ap41290 said:
    Okay, so I restarted my Ruby version after a few months of not playing it, in order to prepare myself for Emerald, stupid, I know. Anyway, I got away from my basic... catch Ralts etc. pokemon team, and switched it up a bit.

    Please Rate and give me item suggestions. Thanks.

    Torkoal:
    Flamethrower
    Overheat
    Body Slam
    Strength

    Sceptile:
    Dragon Claw
    Leaf Blade
    Sunny Day
    Solar Beam

    Breelom:
    Focus Punch
    Return
    Giga Drain
    Cut

    Azumarill:
    Ice Beam
    Rock Smash
    Water Pulse
    Surf
    (Totally need a new moveset, right?)

    Swellow:
    Fly
    Aerial Ace
    Wing Attack
    Steel Wing

    Absol:
    Hyper Beam
    Slash
    Aerial Ace
    Shadow Ball


    I'm planning on changing Azumarill for a different pokemon, what water one do you recommend?(Sharpedo?) Also, should I get rid of Breelom since I already have Sceptile? Should I switch Absol for Zangoose?

    Thanks again.


    Torkoal@White Herb
    ~Fire Blast
    ~Body Slam/Return
    ~Rock Slide/Earthquake (if it learns it)
    ~Curse

    Sceptile@Leftovers
    ~Leech Seed
    ~Leaf Blade
    ~Crunch
    ~Dragon Claw/Thunderpunch

    Breloom@Quick Claw
    ~Spore
    ~Focus Punch
    ~Giga Drain
    ~Rock Slide/Return

    Starmie (not Azumarill)
    ~Surf/Thunder Wave
    ~Ice Beam
    ~Thunderbolt
    ~Psychic (for ghosts, fighting)/Recover/Confuse Ray

    Swellow@Liechi
    ~Wing Attack/Aerial Ace
    ~Steel Wing
    ~Return
    ~Facade

    Absol@Salac
    ~Swords dance
    ~Aerial Ace
    ~Shadow Ball
    ~Rock Slide/Return
     

    code zerro the deluge

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  • i haveLatios lvl58 it knows thunder,surf,lusterpurge,andpsyychic.latias lvl65,it knowsdive,mistball,psychic,andthunder,mewtwo knows lvl 71 it knows swift,icebeam,strength,and psychic. charizardlvl70,it knows flamethrower,blastburn,fly,overheatgroudon 82. it knows fissure,thunder,eruption,and solarbeam. blaziken100. it knows overheat,sky uppercut,fireblast,andstrenth. is my party good?
     

    code zerro the deluge

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  • i haveLatios lvl58 it knows thunder,surf,lusterpurge,andpsyychic.latias lvl65,it knowsdive,mistball,psychic,andthunder,mewtwo knows lvl 71 it knows swift,icebeam,strength,and psychic. charizardlvl70,it knows flamethrower,blastburn,fly,overheatgroudon 82. it knows fissure,thunder,eruption,and solarbeam. blaziken100. it knows overheat,sky uppercut,fireblast,andstrenth. is my party good?
     

    shiny_suicune

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  • first of all, please don't double post.

    second of all, don't go off topic like that. make your own thread if you want somebody to rate your team.

    thirdly, if you just absolutely had to go off topic at least make it readable?

    and fourthly, no offense, but those movesets are pretty bad.1 out of 10. thunder on groudon? good luck with 40% accuracy...
     
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    Okay, so I fixed my Ruby Team, with what Torkoal 7 and Mew Master said... so yes, they are fixed. I moved on to Emerald, which I recently bought, and I was planning a team, and I was wondering if you could rate it and suggest some moves since I have left some blank.

    Here it is:

    Sceptile

    -Leaf Blade
    -Brick Break
    -Dragon Claw
    -Thunder Punch

    Gardevior

    -Calm Mind
    -Psychic
    -?.
    -?.

    Skarmory

    -Steel Wing
    -Ariel Ace
    -Spikes
    -?.

    Torkoal
    -Flamethrower/Heat Wave
    -Sludge Bomb
    -Body Slam
    -Curse

    Aggron
    -Earthquake
    -Iron Tail
    -Rock Slide
    -Double Edge

    Starmie
    -Surf
    -Psychic
    -Thunderbolt
    -Ice Beam

    Also, where do you find the following TM's?

    TM 02- Dragon Claw
    TM 36- Sludge Bomb
    TM 26- Earthquake
    TM 24- Thunderbolt
    TM 13- Ice Beam
    TM 29- Psychic

    Thanks in Advance.
     

    Squarewalker

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  • Ap41290 said:
    Okay, so I fixed my Ruby Team, with what Torkoal 7 and Mew Master said... so yes, they are fixed. I moved on to Emerald, which I recently bought, and I was planning a team, and I was wondering if you could rate it and suggest some moves since I have left some blank.

    Here it is:

    Sceptile

    -Leaf Blade
    -Brick Break
    -Dragon Claw
    -Thunder Punch
    Good, but you might want to change Brick Break to a special attack, cause Sceptile has a lower attack stat than sp.attack.

    Gardevior

    -Calm Mind
    -Psychic
    -Thunderbolt
    -Destiny Bond

    Skarmory

    -Steel Wing
    -Toxic
    -Spikes
    -Roar/Whirlwind

    Torkoal
    -Flamethrower/Heat Wave
    -Sludge Bomb
    -Body Slam
    -Curse
    Ok, this is a good moveset.

    Aggron
    -Earthquake
    -Iron Tail Iron Tail hasn't got a good accuracy, so maybe you should give it Iron Defense instead.
    -Rock Slide
    -Double Edge Your Aggron has Rock Head, right? If not, then give it Return

    Starmie
    -Surf
    -Psychic
    -Thunderbolt
    -Ice Beam
    Switch one of these moves to Calm Mind and it should be OK.

    Also, where do you find the following TM's?

    TM 02- Dragon Claw
    TM 36- Sludge Bomb
    TM 26- Earthquake
    TM 24- Thunderbolt
    TM 13- Ice Beam
    TM 29- Psychic
    This should go into the Simple Questions thread in the other forum. Well, anyway: TM 02-Meteor Falls, TM 36-Dewford Hall, TM 26-Seafloor Cavern, TM 24-Game Corner, TM 13-Game Corner/Abandoned Ship, TM 29-Game Corner or at Victory Road.

    Thanks in Advance.

    Well, hope this'll help you.
     

    Groudon80

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  • Please, starmie is best as surf/thunder wave/recover/rapid spin competitively, but since this is for the retarded pack, use surf/thunderbolt/recover/ice beam

    Psychic sucks on him.

    period
     

    Espy Psyche

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  • Why would Psychic suck on Starmie any more than Surf? They are the same template for Starmie POW 90, ACC 100, STAB, just effective against different things.

    Oh, and Starmie is Water/Psy, just in case you thought I was crazy.
     

    Kijin

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  • Ap41290 said:
    Sceptile

    -Leaf Blade
    -Brick Break
    -Dragon Claw
    -Thunder Punch
    Brick Break needs to be Leech Seed or Sub or Toxic or something that isn't a physical move.

    Ap41290 said:
    Gardevior

    -Calm Mind
    -Psychic
    -?.
    -?.
    Thunderbolt and Destiny Bond take up your last 2 moveslots.

    Ap41290 said:
    Skarmory

    -Steel Wing
    -Ariel Ace
    -Spikes
    -?.
    Roar. Replace Steel Wing w/ Toxic.

    Ap41290 said:
    Torkoal
    -Flamethrower/Heat Wave
    -Sludge Bomb
    -Body Slam
    -Curse
    100%

    Ap41290 said:
    Aggron
    -Earthquake
    -Iron Tail
    -Rock Slide
    -Double Edge
    Iron Tail has 70% accuracy *sad face*. I don't know what to replace it with, but consider replacing it.

    Ap41290 said:
    Starmie
    -Surf
    -Psychic
    -Thunderbolt
    -Ice Beam
    100%

    Ap41290 said:
    TM 02- Dragon Claw
    TM 36- Sludge Bomb
    TM 26- Earthquake
    TM 24- Thunderbolt
    TM 13- Ice Beam
    TM 29- Psychic
    02- Inside Meteor Falls where you find Bagon
    36- After you beat the game, go to Brawly Island (I don't remember the town name) inside the little town house and talk to the new guy there. He'll be talking about how cool a phrase Sludge Bomb is and give it to you.
    26- It's by Groudon when you first run into him.
    24- I believe it's in new mauville.
    13- Abandoned Ship
    29- You can buy it from the game corner. You get it for free somewhere... I just don't remember where.
     
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    For Sceptile what move do you suggest instead of Brick Break? Also, for Gardevior instead of Destiny Bond/Thunder Bolt, can I replace that with a Hypnosis/Dream Eater combo? I'm not too fond of breeding... so that's why I asked. Lol.

    I think I'll keep Iron Tail even though it's accuracy is low. I can't seem to decide which attack to give it in its place.

    Thanks for the advice guys! It means a lot!
     
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    Mattokun

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  • Ap41290 said:
    For Sceptile what move do you suggest instead of Brick Break? Also, for Gardevior instead of Destiny Bond/Thunder Bolt, can I replace that with a Hypnosis/Dream Eater combo?

    I think I'll keep Iron Tail even though it's accuracy is low. I can't seem to decide which attack to give it in its place.

    Thanks for the advice guys! It means a lot!


    Without a doubt replace destiny bond/thunderbolt with hypnosis/dream eater
     

    Espy Psyche

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  • Ap41290 said:
    Torkoal:
    Flamethrower
    Overheat Iron Tail
    Body Slam
    Strength Toxic

    Sceptile:
    Dragon Claw
    Leaf Blade
    Sunny Day Brick Break
    Solar Beam Toxic/HP Water/Rock(Dep on ATK/SA stats)

    Breelom:
    Focus Punch Sky Uppercut
    Return Mach Punch
    Giga Drain
    Cut I don't know, but not Cut

    Azumarill:
    Ice Beam
    Rock Smash Toxic
    Water Pulse Rollout
    Surf
    (Totally need a new moveset, right?) Not really. I/Beam and Surf are good.

    Swellow:
    Fly Facade
    Aerial Ace
    Wing Attack HP Ground maybe?
    Steel Wing

    Guts+Toxic+Facade=unimaginable damage

    Absol:
    Hyper Beam
    Slash Something unexpected (Ft Attack maybe)
    Aerial Ace
    Shadow Ball
    I know that Absol has a high ATK and a not-too-hot SA. But it could catch an oppt off guard(Against enemy Hypno?) Also STAB is in effect.

    Thanks again.
    You need to diversify your movesets. Two or three of the same type of damage move is overkill. Choose one and replace the other(s) with other types of moves.
     
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