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Seeds Horizon April 18th, 2011 4:20 PM

Elemental Monkeys
 
Well, as I just reset my White, and recently got my monkeh, was wondering if anyone uses it for very long, like into the endgame or even up to the E4 the first time around. Before I reset I only kept mine up to Elesa..Then just mehhed it..It was still level 18 lmao XD. I was also wondering your thoughts about them, like how useful they are and if you do decide to keep it, do you keep it un evolved to get those few extra moves? Or do you evolve it as soon as you can to make it look not as wimpy? Just wanted your guys thoughts on the elemental monkeys as a whole ^_^. And heres what I think of them: In the beginning, I believe they are useful, especially for the first gym, but after the first couple they start to become obsolete as new and stronger pokemon become available. Yet seeing as they cover your starters weakness they are especially useful in battles with Cheren, until your final battle at least. All in all, I believe it to be a good pokemon to use until you get into the endgame, or until you can catch other pokemon to cover your starters weakness. Well, theres my two cents..Now what is yours?:P

rstevenson1976 April 18th, 2011 4:34 PM

I think they're quite strong, I used semipour well after the endgame

Dark Piplup April 18th, 2011 4:37 PM

Meh. I never used it once. Except to beat Cilan and to get past the part where you need 2 pokemon. I may someday train my Pansear but not now.

NamelessGuy April 18th, 2011 4:41 PM

As stupid as the elemental monkeys look, my Simipour came in handy several times... Right now, it's chillin' in my PC.

pokemonkidtotodile April 18th, 2011 4:43 PM

I used my simisear untill after the first E4 but now he is in my box un-used

TheMysteryEgg April 18th, 2011 4:45 PM

I replaced my Simisage with Cobalion and then I found out that Cobalian stunk so now it is still with me and I'm about to face the E4.

Dr. Montague April 18th, 2011 4:45 PM

I kept my Panpour around for about 20 more levels or so until after a while, I replaced it for something else (And then put Panpour back because it was better). But if you actually end up evolving it after it learns it's moves beforehand (Or use TMs/HMs) then it can easily do well in battles.

I'm still training mine to get all its moves before evolving it anyways.

Buggyo April 18th, 2011 4:58 PM

My Panpour is sitting in one of my boxes at...level 14. I just never liked the concept of an elemental monkey. x__X

Pyrax April 18th, 2011 5:01 PM

I kept my Panpour until I got to Chargestone cave and decided to backtrack to Nacrene in order to revive Tirtouga.
I then replaced Panpour with Tirtouga.

So now it's sitting in a box at lv.30.

jle1076 April 18th, 2011 5:16 PM

Elemental Monkeys- Are Terrible.

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Elemental Monkeys- Are Terrible.

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mikey April 18th, 2011 5:19 PM

I used mine for like, a day. I got bored of it fast and boxed it.

I hate them, lol.

Ho-Oh April 18th, 2011 5:42 PM

I'm so glad the other one is finally dead (four months what lol) so that there can be a proper discussion. XD

I got the monkey, decided not to use it against the gym leader, then boxed it. To me they kinda seemed weak, and really, imo, are only useful against the first gym. Plus their designs are weird... :(

shengar April 18th, 2011 6:24 PM

I use elemental monkey, simipour precisely, because my starter is Serperior and there is no decent water pokemon for me. so I decided to keep Simipour in my main team. He's quite useful actually. capable of learning many moves of many types.

Buggyo April 18th, 2011 6:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shengar (Post 6588000)
I use elemental monkey, simipour precisely, because my starter is Serperior and there is no decent water pokemon for me. so I decided to keep Simipour in my main team. He's quite useful actually. capable of learning many moves of many types.

Fair enough...water types in Gen V are the fire types of Gen IV. >__>

Seeds Horizon April 18th, 2011 6:48 PM

Yeah I noticed there isnt many decent Water types..This has changed my perspective a bit on the monkeys XD. I think I shall keep mah PanPour around a bit, see if it helps out much ^_^.

Eeohnex April 18th, 2011 7:02 PM

Wish they would have let you chose the Elemental Monkey instead of automatically giving you one depending on which starter you picked, it would've made the game a little bit more interesting for me.

Throughout the game, I did used Pansage, taught him some TM's and evolved him right before the 4th Gym, but didn't used him on the Elite 4. Sure, Pansage did came handy for the 1st & 2nd Gym but after that, it started to lack moves sets in my opinion and of course, as I was continuing the game, better Pokémon appeared. I'm glad they give you an Elemental Monkey in the beginning of the game, something new.

The Nightmare April 18th, 2011 8:05 PM

They are strong with moves and stats and even though they are second evolve they will be strong but I don't use them on my team because they kinda annoying to use when fighting someone.

PrinceTrase April 18th, 2011 8:13 PM

I've only used it to beat that first gym. Then I evolved it to boost my PokeDex another number. It seems that a lot of NPC trainers have them and I dislike like having a Pokemon that everyones uses. Yeah, yeah. The chances are pretty high that someone will have the party that I have, but I like to shake things up. I'm sure they aren't a bad bunch of monkeys once you train them well.

Zenfyre April 18th, 2011 8:23 PM

Since I chose Snivy, I got Panpour for my game and used it up until the Desert Resort area. It was pretty useful but then I got some Pokemon I wanted to use in-game more. Now it's sort of sitting in my box unused, but I plan on breeding it for one to use in a competitive team because I need a good water type.

hayden19 April 18th, 2011 8:58 PM

I used my panpour until about level 45, then I decided to evolve him, got simipour, somewhere around 7th gym I believe, I only used Serperior Victini and Pan/Simipour to beat the game on the first play through. But once I beat it, he was about level 59, I just boxed him and Victini in favour of my pokemon from other gens.

jon328 April 18th, 2011 10:10 PM

i love the monkeys :]
my panpour has come in handy and it's my only water type

i evolved panpour and i really hate how he looks but i still keep him since he comes in handy and has helped me a lot :D

i love the monkeys :]
my panpour has come in handy and it's my only water type

i evolved panpour and i really hate how he looks but i still keep him since he comes in handy and has helped me a lot :D

batmon April 18th, 2011 10:34 PM

I got rid of the fire monkey once I was able to get a decent Flying type

PlatinumDude April 19th, 2011 12:21 AM

I kept my Pansear until shortly before arriving at Nacrene. I ditched it at that point because a Timid nature + 2 physical moves didn't seem to cut it. Incinerate was too weak (though it was useful for getting rid of Cheren's Snivy's Oran Berry), and I wish it got Ember instead. There also weren't any places to EV train for Special Attack at that point in the game. Now I use Pansear as my Cut slave.

solarowl April 19th, 2011 1:21 AM

I kept my Pansear for a short while, but only for the first gym. after that, I kept it in my party but didn't train it, only when I got my entire team did I box it.

Shiny_Scyther April 19th, 2011 6:59 AM

Just like almost everyone else that posted before me, I kept my Pansear for the first couple of gyms, then i evolved it the first chance i got (mistake..big mistake)..and now i no longer have a use for it, seeing as how i got my Arcanine from my other game. So, it sits in my box at level 38...until next time, little simisear.


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