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oh, right. what was I thinking saying that.

you have way too many group memberships

Hi there,

Well I haven't done for quite a while now, but when I get Black and White I may make a comeback.

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Thanks! :) Starmie packs a punch as long as it can get out there and do what it needs to do. I'll need to figure out who else to build a team with. I've been meaning to train a Technician Meowth into a Technician Persian (with Pay Day, I won't be able to resist!) to see what sort of results I can get. I've also been meaning to train more Bug Pokemon, too. I've trained Scyther (and will be training Scizor) already and have trained Venonat into a Venomoth and a Weedle into a Beedrill and a Caterpie into a Butterfree... but there are a lot of other Bugs out there, too.

I'll definitely give it a shot. :) I've tried out Starmie, actually, in terms of the overly one stat vs the other and have achieved some interesting results from it. Once I get this last batch of Pokemon trained, I'll build up another team and see how that goes. About the guy in the avatar... I guess you could say that if Pokemon were real and if I were a Pokemon Trainer (and working on a Pokemon Reserve as a Ranger-ish sort of person in addition) then that guy would be me. I don't draw much anymore, but yeah, I drew the picture that my avatar came from and colored it as well.

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Why must we be limited to those select few Water Pokemon, and only one? Jessie and James are members of Team Rocket, yet they have Pokemon no one else in their organization has (Wobbuffet, Victreebel, Chimecho). Also, there are plenty of Grunts that have multiple Pokemon. Take the battle in the museum for example. I'm 99% sure the second battle in Sapphire is against a Zubat and Carvanha (strangely, the two I want to start with). Why must we be limited to one?

Parry's a good lad.

/can't use PO xD

Fourth person I've seen with that avvie D:

Yes indeed :]

Okay, so Dragon types aren't usually readily available when you start out a game brand new (I'm thinking as a Trainer who's already passed the Elite and not as a new Trainer - whoops!), but yeah. Common in the sense that 'everyone has them' is more of my thought rather than actually encountering them in the wild sort of thing (though to be honest, Dragon's Den has a really high encounter rate for me for some reason but yes, it's in a cave and it's in Blackthorn at the last Gym). I think my thought about Dragon types being everywhere mostly applies to Legendaries at this point - about how all of the newer Legendaries just somehow HAVE to be Dragons for some reason or another.

I definitely agree about the ability for frailer Pokemon to tear others apart, but I just feel too nervous about their fragility because then it seems like I'm betting the farm on their Speed and numbers - IVs and EVs and Natures - and hoping that I did my math right in getting them in, doing the damage, and getting them back out one way or another. But then again, I'm definitely no competitive battler by any means so maybe I just don't have enough experience yet. They're a force to be reckoned with for sure, but... yeah. Glass Cannons is an awesome term for them - so very fragile yet so very lethal!

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You hiker you.

I figured that since I already have a Snorlax, I don't need to have another Snorlax, especially since my Snorlax has Thick Fat and my Munchlax has Pick Up, which he would get to keep if he stays a Muncher. Also, I concluded that I wouldn't delete his Self Destruct (or was it Explosion?) egg move he came with since... well... it's an egg move that came with him since he was caught using the Pokewalker. :)

Watching Guille (my Kingdra) grow was honestly a joy since I got to watch how he changed from being a Horsea to being a Seadra to finally being a Kingdra. You could tell which areas he grew stronger in with each evolution; it was really neat. I love his design and I love that he's half Water and half Dragon and yes, he's very balanced in his stats which gives him both stability and versatility. To be honest, I really dislike the super imbalanced Pokemon who have huge stats in one area and nothing in the other area like Jolteon and Starmie who are delicate in their defenses. With Kingdra, he can stand on his own and not worry about being knocked around so much. The only thing I wish is that I wish he had a bit larger movepool he could use. My Kingdra's Hidden Power is actually Electric which was a fluke and fortunate chance, but other than that, he's a bit limited to what moves he can use.

I don't necessarily wish there were more Pokemon that evolved to Dragon types as it seems almost all 'strong' Pokemon to come out in 4th Gen are all Dragon typed one way or another. I wish that Dragon Pokemon didn't become so... common or so... easily encountered/obtained? I think that's the wording I'm looking for? I mean... with Kingdra, you had to level him to his final evolution form to get the Dragon so it really felt like an accomplishment. But with all the Dragon-typed Legendaries out there and with the other Dragon Pokemon... dragons just seem to be everywhere. They're awesome - Dragon Pokemon - but I think I like Kingdra the best and it's partly because of the challenge involved in training him and evolving him.

I picked up SoulSilver before I picked up Pearl (SoulSilver is my first real exposure to Pokemon gaming as I never got to own a handheld when I was younger) and I recently learned of the Honey Trees and the 1% encounter rate with the 4 exclusive trees thing. It... scares me. LOL

I picked up my SoulSilver Muncher from the Pokewalker path (Winner's Path) along with my Horsea (who's now a Kingdra; man I love that Pokemon, too) and Beldum (who's now a Metang) and he's been toddling along after me ever since. Granted, Munchlax was a PAIN to catch in the Pokewalker because you had to first walk the 8000+ steps and then try and see who you'd catch with the 3 !!! marks and THEN after that, actually try and catch the Munchlax if you were lucky enough to find one... But that seems easier in comparison to the Honey Trees.

So far in my Honey Trees, I've found a female Combee like you did and Cherubis and Aipoms... but of course... nooooo Munchers. Not yet anyways. I've got to wonder if I'll ever run into one.

I caught the Snorlax at Diglett's Cave in SS and after catching him, I think I'll let my Munchlax stay a Munchlax. :)

Ohh hell to the yeah <:

I definitely like watching Pokemon grow. Even watching my Sentret become a Furret was awesome because I got to see how she literally changed over the time that I spent with her. I still enjoy watching the Legendaries grow (I'm training a Mew right now, for example) though you're right; it's hardly as noticeable as it is for the non-Legendary Pokemon especially since you usually get them at the higher level to begin with. Some people really dislike the Pokemon that evolve via Happiness, but I admittedly had a lot of fun training and befriending my Togepi who became a Togetic and my Munchlax who is now happy enough without having leveled at all to become a Snorlax at level 6.

And I agree; Lugia's design is both classy and simple in an elegant sort of fashion. I sort of miss that with the later legendaries to be honest, though I like Zekrom's design for sure!

Lugia's like a great wall, seriously, with all of that defense and HP going for him. I caught him with really good IVs (soft reset who knows how many times) and EV trained him and everything and he's constantly with me and my team, but he's actually never participated in any of the Gym Battles or Elite Battles as I think it's a bit unfair in those situations. I mean, he's a legendary, right?