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DarkCrimsonFist August 17th, 2005 9:44 PM

granbull moveset
 
ok here is what i have

<suggestions for 1st move?>
Sludge Bomb
Crunch
Earthquake

attached item would be something like black sunglasses or soft sand

how does that sound so far?

Dr. Master August 18th, 2005 12:17 AM

first i think granbull got low defence so give it a focus band and add a psychic or fly move to it so u got advantage against fighting

Simon August 18th, 2005 12:43 AM

@[email protected] Focus Band wouldn't help at all. Granbull is a bit too slow to strike first agaisnt most other Pokemon, so it'll just die the next turn without making a move. Same goes for the Psy/Fly thing to "get an advantage" against Fighting types. It's slow. Not to mention it's only Psychic or Flying type attack would be HP Fly/Psychic.

And it's defenses are decent enough...

[email protected] - Adamant
EVs: 252 Attaack, 252 HP, 6 Sp. Def or Def
Earthquake
Return
Shadow Ball
Brick Break/Focus Punch/Bulk Up

Someone in the actual Movesets and Strategies could do better than me.

*goes to poke a mod of some sort*

Kylie-chan August 18th, 2005 1:30 AM

I moved it for ya, Simon ^_^

Ice demon August 18th, 2005 9:45 PM

lol..Presuming its RSFRLGE evidenlty

Granbull[adamant]@leftovers
EVs - Hp,Att,Def
Substitute
focus punch
return
shadow ball

alternatively go with a rest/bulk up/return/earthquake or shadow ball
set.Both work FIne.

IF it happens to be GSC ur talking abt then...
Granbull
-return
-shadow ball
-earthquake
-rest/fireblast

Dr. Master August 18th, 2005 9:58 PM

fine than train its speed up then if its still low give it quick claw

Bliksem August 18th, 2005 10:12 PM

Ice Demon and Simon know what they're talking about.

Ice demon August 18th, 2005 10:27 PM

@ choice band to simon's moveset to make it cool.[no bulk up in other words...And FP is hotter than BB]
Drop some Hp EVs from it into Def...and ur set.

Bliksem August 18th, 2005 10:32 PM

The only problem I see with Choice Band/Focus Punch is that it really only works once before you have to switch out. However, with the following Intimidate when you switch back in, you'll increase your defenses. Watch out for Clear-Body/White Smoke users, though most (if not all) are weak against Earthquake.

Dr. Master August 18th, 2005 10:33 PM

it will be good if it can learn dragon dance but its not a dragon and it also can't learn dragon dance

Bliksem August 18th, 2005 10:52 PM

Therefore.... what was the purpose of you saying that at all?

And not only dragons learn dragon dance. *points at Lapras*

Ice demon August 18th, 2005 10:57 PM

CB FP is to deal skarm a nice blow...
If everything learnt DD it'll be cool...T-tar learns it and it isn't a dragon.Guess thats the exception not the rule.

Bliksem August 18th, 2005 11:04 PM

Well, T-Tar is more draconic than Lapras... I think...

Anyways, back to Granbull. Now that we're talking about it... I have a craving to use it. If you want to play around, try a Heal Bell set. Is Reflect and Heal Bell Legal? I can't check right now.

252 HP, 252 Special Defense, 6 Speed
@Leftovers
Reflect/Charm
Heal Bell
Return
Thunder Wave

It's pretty cute, don't you think?

Dr. Master August 18th, 2005 11:06 PM

there is only 1 move that can attack

Simon August 18th, 2005 11:11 PM

That's not really a problem. There are plenty of movesets out there with only one attack and some with no actual direct-damage-dealing attacks at all.

Bliksem August 18th, 2005 11:12 PM

That's the point. It's not meant to attack. It's meant to defend. Granbull's massive attack will power Return, but this Granbull is designed to take as little damage as possible while strengthening the team. Reflect is for Pseudo-Passing, Heal Bell is obvious, Return is so you're not helpless, and Thunder Wave is for annoying status that keeps you and your team alive longer.

Dr. Master August 18th, 2005 11:15 PM

but it got low speed to attack 1st but it would better afterwards. i think it might better if u replace facade with heal bell

Bliksem August 18th, 2005 11:23 PM

*sighs* Let me explain.

This Granbull is NOT an attacker. It's role is like that of a Cleric, except it can't heal itself without leftovers or Rest. Because of that, it will never be as good as Miltank or Blissey or even Parasect at being a Cleric. But without Heal Bell, this set is WORTHLESS. Heal Bell removes status from ALL your Pokemon (sans those that are fainted or have soundproof as an ability).

And I'm just going to assume that you meant to say 'replace Heal Bell with Facade'.

Dr. Master August 18th, 2005 11:25 PM

what about softboil that's also healling

Bliksem August 18th, 2005 11:28 PM

I just checked, and Granbull does not learn Softboiled.

Now my head hurts, so I'm going to bed.

Simon August 18th, 2005 11:29 PM

Granbull doesn't have Softboil. And last I checked only Blissey and Chansey have it.

The moveset Bliksem posted is meant to be a Pokemon that helps the rest of the team survive. It's not meant to fight head-on. It's suppose to stay alive with the help of the extea defensive EVs to use Heal Bell to get rid of status problems that the opponent has inflicted on your team (such as T-Wave, Toxic, Spore, etc) and pass a Refelct on to the rest of the team. Once it's done that, you switch it out until later.

Dr. Master August 18th, 2005 11:31 PM

oh man this pkm is a bit bad

Simon August 18th, 2005 11:36 PM

o_o' Whatever then.

Try battling on NetBattle for a little bit and you'll figure things out soon enough. It's a free online battling service for Pokemon. Here's the link to the index section of the site.

http://www.tvsian.com/netbattle/index.htm

Dr. Master August 18th, 2005 11:38 PM

thanks mate! i'll be bback about 10 min

Ice demon August 19th, 2005 12:16 PM

Those EVs need some work.Put some of those EVs in SpDef into Def..and dump some of those HP EVs into attack.Shadow ball over charm/reflect IMO
reflect and heal bell are legal.
I don't like it tho...

I was thinking, that since u already have sludge bomb, just keep it and go with earthquake,return,sludge bomb,shadow ball @choice band
Its ingame.Switch to a fire type on the extreme off chance u see a skarmory.


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