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Da_Green_Teddy June 28th, 2004 12:23 PM

Which would you recommend?
 
Which would you guys recommend in crystal, Hypno, or Slowking? And what would be good movesets for the two?

stewie&rupert June 28th, 2004 12:44 PM

for crystal, then i guess hypno:
psychic
tpunch
ipunch
fpunch

rather go with alakazam

slowking
surf
ice punch
psychic
fire blast

i rather go with slowking but in the end alakazam is better

Da_Green_Teddy June 28th, 2004 12:55 PM

Well, i have an alakazam, but i'm trying to get together a psychic team, and i need to know which would be better in the team.

Frostweaver June 28th, 2004 1:10 PM

Slowking or Slowbro... then you get the water diversity which is quite lacking for a psychic team.

Slowking/bro @ leftovers
-psychic
-rest
-surf
-flamethrower

I think Crystal move tutors allow flamethrower... mmhmm! Another alternative maybe using sleep talk in there somewhere or something... ._.; I was never that good with RS and even worse when it comes to GSC x_x;

Da_Green_Teddy June 28th, 2004 1:27 PM

Well, maybe i'll use both then, so that hypno can be my curser. So far i have Espeon, Alakazam, Girafarig, and now Hypno and Slowking.

stewie&rupert June 28th, 2004 1:43 PM

well for a psychic team id go with alakazam, espeon, starmie, executor, xatu, and girafarig.

Frostweaver June 28th, 2004 2:04 PM

I'll rather dump espeon for slowking... as much as there's coolness factor as Espeon's one of the eeveelutions, Slowking/bro will be a lot more useful being the only Pokemon with a high defense on a psychic team.

Starmie and eggy are other diverse types. Starmie maybe the same type as Slowbro/king, but it does a completely different role as a fast sweeper with thunderbolt, ice beam and all those nice moves. Eggy is a lot weaker in GSC compare to sunny day chlorophyll in RS, but it's still a strong Pokemon. Xatu isn't quite that useful without thunderwave in GSC... I'll get Hypno instead of Xatu with curse as a physical attacker. Hypno isn't all that bad with a natural high sp.def, and curse to help with physical defense.

Xilion_Sword90 June 28th, 2004 3:25 PM

[email protected] Berry
Rest
Amnesia
Surf
Psychic

Good Mewtwo killer

Mana Lugia June 28th, 2004 4:41 PM

Slowbro > Slowking any day.

Twave
Rest
Surf/Psychic
Flamethrower/COUNTER

It also learns Amnesia, Curse in case you want tankage.

Hypno: Very good annoyer

Twave
Seismic Toss
Attract
Sub/Rest

Da_Green_Teddy June 29th, 2004 6:13 AM

What would be a good role for Alakazam to play in the team? Special sweeper maybe?

Xilion_Sword90 June 29th, 2004 6:38 AM

I dont think that Alakazam can be anything other than Sp. Sweeper...

Da_Green_Teddy June 29th, 2004 10:38 AM

Ok then, which should girafarig pass, amnesia or agility?

Frostweaver June 29th, 2004 11:43 AM

amnesia... it's the only Pokemon besides Smeragle in GSC who can pass amnesia, so why not? Plus it helps your tankers like Hypno and Slowbro. Agility? Ehh... psychic types are either so fast that they almost need no extra speed anyway unless you're against jolteons or something, or they are so slow like Slowbro that one agility still won't allow them to be fast enough to do too much.

Da_Green_Teddy June 29th, 2004 11:55 AM

Alright then, here are some movesets for my pokemon so far:

Alakazam (mixed sweeper???)@leftovers
-Psychic
-Recover
-Counter
-barrier (so he can survive for counter)

Hypno (curser)@leftovers
-Curse
-Psychic/Shadowball
-Submission
-Rest

Slowbro (tank)@Leftovers/Mintberry
-Amnesia
-Rest
-Flamethrower/Earthquake/Toxic/Surf
-Flamethrower/Earthquake/Toxic/Surf

Girafarig (BPer)@Leftovers
-Amnesia
-Baton Pass
-Psychic
-Crunch

And I'm not sure who else I'm gonna have, so I'll stop there.

Mana Lugia June 30th, 2004 7:29 AM

You don't need passing agility cuz most psychics can Twave well.

Da_Green_Teddy July 3rd, 2004 8:27 AM

Well, I realized that what i need on this team is a hazer, so does anyone know of a good psychic that might be able to learn haze?

Mew9 July 3rd, 2004 8:59 AM

Natu and Zatu can learn haze. But i would suggest pseudohaze, to destroy an Umbreon's mean look (ur party's arch rival). Lugia can learn both roar and whirlwind, and if those r the only pseudohaze moves ur outta luck, cause only Lugia and Mew can learn 'em. Not sure if there r ne other pseudohaze moves, but i thought Zatu should be able to learn Whirlwind.

Frostweaver July 3rd, 2004 10:24 AM

I know that Xatu has haze but not so sure about whirlwind... I don't think so. But Xatu isn't that useful without thunderwave in GSC -_-;

Xatu @ leftovers
-confuse ray
-haze
-toxic
-fly

*randomly throwing things together*

Mana Lugia July 3rd, 2004 2:43 PM

Pseudohazing method #2:

Perish song.

Frostweaver July 3rd, 2004 4:49 PM

but that's provided that you don't get swept in 3 turns... plus you're just indirectly promoting Jynx ;p

Mana Lugia July 3rd, 2004 7:10 PM

Switch in, Perish song, switch out to tank. Or better yet, Switch in, LOVELY KISS, and then perish song :-*

Problem solved :)

well, having a monotype team is a challenge, some types aren't as diverse as others (Try a rock/Fire duoteam and you'd see how badly off they are against waters ;_;), so you make up for it any way you can :^)

Da_Green_Teddy July 4th, 2004 8:01 AM

Well, I guess i could use Jynx then for some indirect Psuedohazing. Maybe I'll try that.

Frostweaver July 4th, 2004 7:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mana Lugia
Switch in, Perish song, switch out to tank. Or better yet, Switch in, LOVELY KISS, and then perish song :-*

Problem solved :)

well, having a monotype team is a challenge, some types aren't as diverse as others (Try a rock/Fire duoteam and you'd see how badly off they are against waters ;_;), so you make up for it any way you can :^)

and... psychic types have only one tank and that's slowbro/king... O.o;

Fire isn't that bad... there's always solarbeam and HP Grass with those high sp.attacks ^^ Unless you're against a rain dance team then well... have fun? Either way fire isn't as helpless as rock types are against water. Fire types having solarbeam is certainly helpful against water types and ground types like Rhydon.

Stick a Marcargo on either of those monotype team, and you'll cry in pain... that thing is just too useless due to its type being a joke >>;

Mana Lugia July 5th, 2004 6:06 AM

Hypno is a great special tank in GSC, so that's more than 1 right there. Starmie, since it gets recover and the screens, can also tank, it's just not used that way :p


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