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Danny0317 April 27th, 2014 6:50 AM

Castform
 
Did anyone here actually use Castform? Every time I get it, I take it's mystic water and box it... forever. What about you guys? Did you use it after the Weather Institute or did you just leave it in the box?

-Yoshi- April 27th, 2014 6:54 AM

I think I used it once for a challenge and it was okay as long as the move you used was Super Effective. It's not really a good Pokemon whatsoever. And it needs like a mega or evolved form with Protean and a high Special Attack. That'd make it worth the while.

Evening April 27th, 2014 6:55 AM

Guy: Here, take this Castform.
Lati: :I
Castform: :)
Lati: *Snatches Mystic Water* *Grabs Castform*
Lati: ENJOY THE BOX...
Castform: ;;

That happens every time I play Ruby or Emerald.

Captain Gizmo April 27th, 2014 7:58 AM

I usually don't take Castform if I don't need the Mystic Water. And if I do use Castform it's because my team would be a weather based team and Castform would be a huge help in the team.

DraconianWing April 27th, 2014 11:07 AM

I didn't really use Castform for anything, but I do remember from my first run in Ruby using it to spam Powder Snow on Winona's Altaria :P The Mystic Water that comes with it usually ends up with Swampert, because of the huge boost that his water type attacks get, especially when Torrent is activated.

Hiatus April 27th, 2014 1:32 PM

I've used it for a couple of days to see how it goes. Then, I put the Pokémon into my PC. It's all right, but Castform definitely needs better stats if it wants itself to be used more in competitive scene. :P

Sheep April 27th, 2014 7:10 PM

I'm the same as you. xD;; I'd nab its Mystic Water and box it since it was too weak for me to train and I wasn't a fan of weather-inducing moves in most cases, especially if the Pokemon relies on them. :( I already had a water type by then so the Mystic Water came in handy.

Sorry, Castform. You're destined to forever be in a box.

Hikamaru April 27th, 2014 7:31 PM

I did try it out for a bit (mine was male with Careful nature, so yeah not really the best hahaha) and while the whole weather conditions thing was fun, he never ended up as a permanent team member and still lies in the box today.

Brendino April 28th, 2014 11:44 PM

I never used it as a battling Pokemon- there were far too many better options to pick from.

I did use it as a contest Pokemon though, and it was the very first one that I beat a Master Rank contest with. Castform can learn a lot of useful Beauty category attacks for contests, and mine loved eating blue Pokeblocks, so I did quite well using it versus other Pokemon in different categories.

Guardian April 29th, 2014 1:18 AM

Castform was an awesome pokemon. Until I noticed that his...umm...balls? those two(three)...things, looked like boobs. Not it's awesome but a bit weird. I'd use him if I actually had a slot for him, there are a lot of Pokemon I like more so yeah :/
But he's nice :D

Elaitenstile April 30th, 2014 1:56 AM

Castform is quite cute and has a nice cloudy design, but I never found time time to use him. In fact, other than boxing him up I never even used him. I tried training him up but after two battles with nearby wild Oddish I just drew in a heavy breath and boxed him.

Danny0317 April 30th, 2014 3:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sven (Post 8222356)
Castform was an awesome pokemon. Until I noticed that his...umm...balls? those two(three)...things, looked like boobs. Not it's awesome but a bit weird. I'd use him if I actually had a slot for him, there are a lot of Pokemon I like more so yeah :/
But he's nice :D

Boobs? I thought he looked more like balls idk maybe that's just me..

Guardian April 30th, 2014 12:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ninja Surskit (Post 8224297)
Boobs? I thought he looked more like balls idk maybe that's just me..

Me too but I figured boobs were more appropriate lol

Sonata April 30th, 2014 8:17 PM

I think I used it in my first playthrough of Emerald because I was severely underleveled (I hated powerleveling as a kid and now it's all I do all day) and so Castform was actually stronger than most of my pokemon at the time.

Khoshi May 3rd, 2014 12:44 AM

I hated having to use a weather move + Weather Ball to get good damage on an opponent. On the better side, I like how its type changes according to weather. Allows for the prediction game to be played pretty well. xD

But, I usually dodged using Castform, as it seemed unappealing to me.

Kikaito plush May 3rd, 2014 6:45 AM

I do not think I ever used the Castform that you get from the weather place.

Aeroblast May 3rd, 2014 3:01 PM

No. I pretty much have my team of 6 set before I get to that stage. It also sucks in battle.

orangeralts21 May 5th, 2014 12:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dark Sneasel (Post 8219101)
Did anyone here actually use Castform? Every time I get it, I take it's mystic water and box it... forever. What about you guys? Did you use it after the Weather Institute or did you just leave it in the box?

Yeah, exactly what I do every time.

The problem usually is that by the time I get to the Weather Institute, I have a full team. I tried using Castform once, It was okay with a sort of cool weather gimmick, but it's stats just don't cut it.

So, yeah, take Mystic Water and then Permabox.

The Ash-Ketchum May 6th, 2014 3:34 AM

I did use Casform its like rotom when you teach it several type of moves like ice fire water and electricity and to train its EV is really easy.So its in my Best team wich is
Swellow
Gligar
Castform
Sudowoodo
Metagross
And finally Sceptile which is Lv.100 and EV trained

KodakKid3 May 23rd, 2014 6:40 PM

I have like 3-4 Castforms just boxed up. They're cool conceptually, but just kind of weak. They're just useful for the pokedex entry, and the mystic water really (Trading too).

Pendraflare May 23rd, 2014 6:44 PM

I used that Castform like once, in a Catchless challenge I did a few years ago. It was kinda fun finding different ways to utilize its moves to make for different weather conditions and create sets out of it, but it wasn't something I would really make a habit out of using.

Pepperton May 23rd, 2014 8:29 PM

Castform has always brought a smile to its face - the design of it is so adorable! Love the concepts of the other Weather forms as well. Unfortunately, I never use it in my team, and only take its Mystic Water and box it. Maybe if it got an interesting new form in ORAS, I would consider using one.

Apollo May 25th, 2014 7:48 PM

I didn't use it, because I didn't really saw its potential in battle. Although it has a cute design, can't argue with that! :)

Altairis May 25th, 2014 8:55 PM

Never really used it! Probably tried it out once or twice but it was never as strong as my other Pokemon so, unfortunately while it is cool, it shall be boxed forever.

Universe May 31st, 2014 7:47 AM

When I first played through, I used it for quite a while.
I really actually liked the idea of a Pokemon that changes depending on the weather and has a specific move that changes type depending on the weather. But unfortunately it takes up too much time to throw in weather effects, change, and then use Weather Ball.

I'm afraid Castform is too heavily outclassed and is more of a 'gimmick Pokemon' than anything else.
So I ended up ditching it to my PC after using it for a bit. Got too frustrating trying to level it and keep it alive. ;v;


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