Your Most Unexpected Pokemon Power House Page 2

Started by Volroc April 30th, 2010 3:20 PM
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Volroc

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I Found Magnezone To Be A Good Sweeper.I Was Fighting Cynthia's Milotic.Magnezone Discharged.(At Level 50)Somehow,I Got A Critical Hit.Milotic Was Gone
:surprised: no way! every time i fight milotic with any electric pokemon in the 50s/60s it takes at least 3hits

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:surprised: no way! every time i fight milotic with any electric pokemon in the 50s/60s it takes at least 3hits


Maybe Cause I Maxxed Out It's Attack With Vitamins,Plus Magnezone=Water Resistant Bc Of Electric.Another Reason Could Be I Spammed Screech.Well,Not Spammed,But Used It 3 Times

Volroc

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Maybe Cause I Maxxed Out It's Attack With Vitamins,Plus Magnezone=Water Resistant Bc Of Electric.Another Reason Could Be I Spammed Screech.Well,Not Spammed,But Used It 3 Times
i never use status moves,i always found them unnecessary risks, ill use status conditions, but status moves i hate risking my pokemon gettin hurt ^^"

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i never use status moves,i always found them unnecessary risks, ill use status conditions, but status moves i hate risking my pokemon gettin hurt ^^"

What About Lock-On Then Zap Cannon?Or Articuno's Mind Reader Then Sheer Cold

Volroc

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What About Lock-On Then Zap Cannon?Or Articuno's Mind Reader Then Sheer Cold
never thought of mind reader& sheer cold :embarrass

but i used to use the lock-cannon (as i call it) in gen 2, but so few pokemon learn both, it became obsolete to me :(

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never thought of mind reader& sheer cold :embarrass

but i used to use the lock-cannon (as i call it) in gen 2, but so few pokemon learn both, it became obsolete to me :(


Get A Team Of-Regi-Ice,Rock,Steel,Metagross,Magnezone Articuno.

All Regis Plus Magnezone,Metagross w/Lock-Cannon And Articuno w/Sheer Cold Mind Reader.Reasons:

Regis: They're Legendary
Metagross: Pseudo Legendary
Magnezone: 12 Resistances,1 Immunity
Articuno-OHKO + Never Miss

Volroc

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Get A Team Of-Regi-Ice,Rock,Steel,Metagross,Magnezone Articuno.

All Regis Plus Magnezone,Metagross w/Lock-Cannon And Articuno w/Sheer Cold Mind Reader.Reasons:

Regis: They're Legendary
Metagross: Pseudo Legendary
Magnezone: 12 Resistances,1 Immunity
Articuno-OHKO + Never Miss
thats alot of unexpected power houses lol
never knew the regis were actually worth something other than stallin

thanx mate ^_^

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ma crobat. i kinda ignored it for awhile but when i played ss, i thought hey y not. and i was suprised by his amazing speed and attack. i usually go for high sp attack so it was cool to see that physical attacks are pretty awesome too.

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Get A Team Of-Regi-Ice,Rock,Steel,Metagross,Magnezone Articuno.

All Regis Plus Magnezone,Metagross w/Lock-Cannon And Articuno w/Sheer Cold Mind Reader.Reasons:

Regis: They're Legendary
Metagross: Pseudo Legendary
Magnezone: 12 Resistances,1 Immunity
Articuno-OHKO + Never Miss
This is actually a terrible idea because Regirock, Registeel, Metagross, and Magnezone are all weak to Ground-type attacks and none of them have particularly high Special Defense. Since Zap Cannon is Electric-based, it is very easy to counter this strategy with a Ground-type which is unaffected. Of the six, only two have really good coverage against Ground-type, but they fall against Rock-type attacks, which most Ground-types learn anyway.

To make matters worse, Registeel, Regice, Metagross, Magnezone, and Articuno are all weak to Fire-type attacks -- Heatran with Flamethrower and Earth Power could sweep this team without trouble.

Then, using Zap Cannon on Regirock, Registeel, or Metagross is a waste because they have much higher physical attack stats and they learn A LOT of really good moves that you shouldn't waste on both Lock-on and Zap Cannon. Regice is better off using Ice Beam and Thunderbolt. Magnezone is better off using Thunderbolt too.

That being said, Sheer Cold is banned in competitive gameplay too.
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I never thought my Victreebel in Silver could do massive damage with Sludge Bomb. Even if Razor Leaf if learned really late, it does massive damage at that level too. A really nice Special Attack stat that I never noticed.
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I caught a Wooper (now Quagsire) early on in SS because I needed a water-type. I was amazed. It was immune to electric attacks and restored its own HP when it was hit with a water attack. Now I have it with:

Water Absorb
--Surf
--Yawn
--Earthquake
--Dig

It makes a great powerhouse for double battles when paired with the right partner. AND it's useful in the field for surfing around and exiting caves. What more could you ask for?
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Politoed. I knew it could be strong, but mine was Jolly.

However, this works to my advantage, but giving Bounce a little bit of power to go with the parahaxxing.

My beloved froggy, Politaro, now runs:

-Hypnosis (when I can't think what will hit it best, I use this to stop it hitting me.
-Whirlpool (HM, and it traps people, causing them damage, while Perish Song counts down to death, Hypnosis stops the resistance, and I switch to my Dragon Dance Dragonite)
-Perish Song (once they're trapped, unable to move, and slowly dying all at the same time, I make sure they definitely don't live.)
-Bounce (Avoids, Paralyses, Damages. What else do I want?)

I used to run Surf/Hyper Voice/Hypnosis/Bounce for more power, but Politaro's much better at the pseudo-hazing. Worked a dream on Lt. Surge when I'd forgot Marowak was in daycare and I was trapped in Kanto.
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Hmm..
I'd have to say,
Right now my Butterfree,
Yet I Don't use it at the moment because I am training many of my other pokemon right now to make a Dualing Team with friends.
It still has to be one of my favorites with its Psychic Moves, Flying moves.
Yeah, Lots of things can kill it.
But i don't care about that. With it's speed i ussually go first and kill them first :D
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This is actually a terrible idea because Regirock, Registeel, Metagross, and Magnezone are all weak to Ground-type attacks and none of them have particularly high Special Defense. Since Zap Cannon is Electric-based, it is very easy to counter this strategy with a Ground-type which is unaffected. Of the six, only two have really good coverage against Ground-type, but they fall against Rock-type attacks, which most Ground-types learn anyway.

To make matters worse, Registeel, Regice, Metagross, Magnezone, and Articuno are all weak to Fire-type attacks -- Heatran with Flamethrower and Earth Power could sweep this team without trouble.

Then, using Zap Cannon on Regirock, Registeel, or Metagross is a waste because they have much higher physical attack stats and they learn A LOT of really good moves that you shouldn't waste on both Lock-on and Zap Cannon. Regice is better off using Ice Beam and Thunderbolt. Magnezone is better off using Thunderbolt too.

That being said, Sheer Cold is banned in competitive gameplay too.

Magnezone & Metagross Can Eliminate Their Ground Weaknesses With Magnet Rise.



Magnezone Used Magnet Rise!
Metagross Used Earthquake!

Give Metagross Earthquake & Hammer Arm

Sheer Cold-Get A Trade Articuno And Watch The E4 Fall Before You.Bring Ethers.

Regis-Regirock Has A Powerful Stone Edge To Deal Damage.Regice Has Ice Beam.Registeel Has Iron Head.

Volroc

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Sceptile, no one sees it comming. Its leafblade is unstopable.
i see it, i always use leafblade of sceptile, not to mention dragon claw = instant OWNAGE

Politoed. I knew it could be strong, but mine was Jolly.

However, this works to my advantage, but giving Bounce a little bit of power to go with the parahaxxing.

My beloved froggy, Politaro, now runs:

-Hypnosis (when I can't think what will hit it best, I use this to stop it hitting me.
-Whirlpool (HM, and it traps people, causing them damage, while Perish Song counts down to death, Hypnosis stops the resistance, and I switch to my Dragon Dance Dragonite)
-Perish Song (once they're trapped, unable to move, and slowly dying all at the same time, I make sure they definitely don't live.)
-Bounce (Avoids, Paralyses, Damages. What else do I want?)

I used to run Surf/Hyper Voice/Hypnosis/Bounce for more power, but Politaro's much better at the pseudo-hazing. Worked a dream on Lt. Surge when I'd forgot Marowak was in daycare and I was trapped in Kanto.
thats way too cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! XD

Heres my latest unexpected powerhouse everyone:

on my horribly wonky ROM of soulsilver (ya know,still dont have the money for a hard copy)
i caught this cute lil lv2 Zubat in Dark Cave before the first gym, it was COMPLETELY useless but for some odd reason i kept it in my party, and raised it til it hit 13, then it became useful as a staller, but then i got to the 4th Gym and evolved it to a Golbat (btw his name is Vampyr) and on my 2nd try he owned all Mortys pokemon back to back and took only 1hit.
i was like O.o" you sure your MY vampyr? lol
(btw he was at lv22 when he did it, and at the end of the battle he was lv24)

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i remember when i played platinum for the first time....i caught shinx pretty early..*what an adorable pokemon*it wasn't useful that early in the game...anyways i kept it in my party ....slowly it evolved into luxio...still ain't that special....OMG !!!..Luxray ! the greatest pokemon design ever.....it was a beast...actually he was the reason that made electric my favourite type...i just love him....

Volroc

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i remember when i played platinum for the first time....i caught shinx pretty early..*what an adorable pokemon*it wasn't useful that early in the game...anyways i kept it in my party ....slowly it evolved into luxio...still ain't that special....OMG !!!..Luxray ! the greatest pokemon design ever.....it was a beast...actually he was the reason that made electric my favourite type...i just love him....
awesome XD
when i first got diamond i used a luxray, but now i dont oddly :/
:4:

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Charizard and Venusaur. I never thought they'd be so good for competitive battling. Venusaur ended up sweeping most of my enemies a lot of the time. When I used BellyZard I was even more surprised when I was able to OHKO a Gyarados with fire punch. Though I suppose nothing less would be expected from the STAB, Maximized Atk stat, and 50% boost from Blaze. Nevertheless, I was still surprised.

Now I am become Death, Destroyer of Worlds.
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Magnezone & Metagross Can Eliminate Their Ground Weaknesses With Magnet Rise.



Magnezone Used Magnet Rise!
Metagross Used Earthquake!

Give Metagross Earthquake & Hammer Arm

Sheer Cold-Get A Trade Articuno And Watch The E4 Fall Before You.Bring Ethers.

Regis-Regirock Has A Powerful Stone Edge To Deal Damage.Regice Has Ice Beam.Registeel Has Iron Head.
My argument wasn't that the Pokemon themselves were bad. Magnet Rise is a very viable move choice, but Lock-On and Zap Cannon is not. Think about it this way: if you use Lock-On and then Zap Cannon, you use two turns and attack with one 100 Power attack, but if you use Thunderbolt twice (in two turns), you do 190 Power attack... Almost twice as strong. Even Spark, doing 130 in two turns will do more.

Also, you said to give Metagross Magnet Rise... Well you can't really do that if you give it Earthquake, Hammer Arm, Lock-On, AND Zap Cannon. Metagross shouldn't even be USING Zap Cannon, since its ATK is so much higher than its SPC. That being said, Metagross without Meteor Mash / Bullet Punch is foolish.

Once again, Sheer Cold is banned in competitive gameplay... And you can beat the E4 with anything, without using items, if you have strong enough Pokemon. You don't need to rely on iffy two-turn tactics.

Good lord, if you're going to give the Regis those attacks, there isn't a point in Zap Cannon at all. You should be more worried about how Heatran can wipe out your entire team by itself.
lurid/lucid

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