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Old August 2nd, 2010 (6:39 AM).
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Lately Ive been looking at other HGSS teams and Im seeing alot of Heracross and Mareeps. I kind of understand Heracross is an amazing bug type but I still don't get why everyone just has to get one.

-Can someone tell me when did those 2 get so popular or why you love them enough to be on your team?
-Also what pokemon do you think is getting oddly popular in HGSS?
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Old August 2nd, 2010 (6:50 AM).
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Yeah man, I agree about the mareep idea, it seems like many many people have mareeps/flaffies/ampharos' and i dont really see why. In my opinion there are many other electric pokemon (such as magnemite and electrode?) that easly beat those pokemon
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Old August 2nd, 2010 (7:01 AM).
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Well i can see where your coming from, but the reason is that these pokemon weren't found in other games or were really rare or weren't found till late on in the game.
But along with your theory i've seen a lot of togikisses (hope i spelt it right :P) around.
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Old August 2nd, 2010 (7:10 AM).
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Mareep because they're great to have early on, especially against Falkner. And especially since people used them when they played the original GSC, they want them more.
And heracross not only cause its super strong, but also cause you can find the consistently, unlike the honey trees in DPPt. I use it cause it learns brick break at lvl 19, which is great for beating whitney.
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Old August 2nd, 2010 (7:16 AM).
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Old August 2nd, 2010 (7:22 AM).
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When G/S/C came out, Ampharos was my favorite Pokemon and I always made sure to have one on my team. Now, with remakes, I just wanna relive my younger years and get an ampharos, for old times. But Heracross, I dunno, it looks cool.

Stantler seems to be a good Pokemon, but never gets the chance to actually thrive since recently it was hard to find. Now in Hg/Ss, Stantler is relatively much easier to get and to show off its skills.
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Old August 2nd, 2010 (7:36 AM).
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Yeah, I think it's due to availability.

For example:

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- Mareep: Only available in Hoenn Safari Zone, post-Elite Four, when it's hard to train. Now available common as much to fight Falkner with for your first badge in Johto!

- Stantler: Like Mareep, only incredibly rare.

- Heracross: Available in LeafGreen, but rare. Even rarer in Sinnoh (yet Barry has that AND Munchlax). Commoner in Johto.

- Remoraid: Fairly easy to find in 3rd Generation, albeit post-E4. Common as muck in Sinnoh. Suddenly rare in Johto, so less common.

- Marill: Common in 3rd Gen. and Sinnoh. Suddenly rare in Johto, so, becomes less used. However, due to being Johto's equivalent to Pikachu, its' value increases and many people also search for it.

At least, that's my opinion. :D
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Old August 2nd, 2010 (7:46 AM).
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It's because they 're relatively easy to get... and Ampharos has both the nostalgia factor and usefulness factor going for it as well. It's much better than Magneton or Electrode because it can both take a hit and isn't quite as slow as molasses, while still being able to dish it out with it's special attack stat.
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Old August 2nd, 2010 (9:45 AM).
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Heracross and Mareep both became wildly popular for me in G/S/C. I always had a Heracross and a Mareep evolution on my team.

That is, until I found out about Scizor.
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Old August 2nd, 2010 (9:57 AM).
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For me, it's about completing the set. I use Mareep because it seems like a starter pokemonn to me, and since my first playthrough is usually with all 3 starters, it just fit nicely onto that team. As for Heracross, I don't know.
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Old August 2nd, 2010 (11:48 AM).
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Old August 2nd, 2010 (12:06 PM).
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Lol.

I rued the day I evolved my Sunkern in Kanto. I loved kicking ass with the official "weakest pokemon created", by BST.

I tend not to run a generic team because I have fancy tastes.
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Old August 2nd, 2010 (12:22 PM).
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I fins it weird that Catepie has a higher BST than sunkern, yet somehow ends up being more Useless.
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Old August 2nd, 2010 (1:43 PM).
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i dont understand the ampharos love. I mean hes good but really. Would me Loving Scyther, Charmeleon and Gengar be wierd at all. I also like Sunkern for some reason. But not as much as those three
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Old August 2nd, 2010 (1:56 PM).
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I use Ampharos as my permanent team member. I prefer faster pokemon, but Amparos is one of the strongest electric types and it has high defenses.
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Old August 2nd, 2010 (2:16 PM).
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As for Ampharos, it's for the same reason I use Raichu in Kanto-based games, Manectric in the Hoenn games, and Luxray in the Sinnoh games. They're pretty good, dependable electric-types that you can catch early in the game. :P

As for Heracross, who knows? I've personally never used one in any game ever. Shocking, I know. :o
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Old August 2nd, 2010 (2:54 PM).
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Don't get me wrong, the last time i played pokemon was gold and silver.
And i loved ampharos and heracross. They were just amazing to have back when the choice of pokemon was limited. But i still will always have a steelix or scizor on my team if the game has gold silver or crystal in the name
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well mareep well i REALLY LIKE ELECTRIC POKEMON!!!!

but for heracross its because it learns some awesome moves like close combat
and other sweet moves and its got high attack and i like high attack pokemon :)
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I managed to get my hands on a heracross in Diamond, and since thenI loved it.
so i picked one up in HG.
Mareep, not a big fan of it, dont know why.
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Just wondering, does anybody else use Hitmontop??

Mine was the only thing (apart from Donphan) able to take out one of Red's pokemon, and unlike Donphan vs. Pikachu, Hitmontop wasn't immune to Lapras' and Snorlaxes attacks, but that monster SpD, coupled with decent Defense and Attack, was brilliant. However, I rarely hear mention of it..
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I only used Mareep since it's the first Electric-type you find in the game. Personally, I'd prefer my Electric-type to be faster, but...

I've never used Heracross, and I never will. It simply doesn't appeal to me.

Lapras seems to be the go-to Water type for everyone who didn't start with Totodile. I decided to go with Starmie instead :P
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Old August 3rd, 2010 (5:12 AM).
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Really? My water-type was Suicune, lol.

I would've thought Lapras would be the water-type for FireRed/LeafGreen, and Slowking/bro and Poliwrath/toed for HeartGold/SoulSilver.

Although I am now considering Poliwrath, as Chuck and a couple of other fighting-type-trainers using him all are/look awesome in their sprites. And pokemon's tadpoles are cool.
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Old August 3rd, 2010 (9:32 AM).
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My favorite water type in HGSS is Kingdra.

Good stats and it's easy to get.
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i use Poliwrath for the first time ever, and heracross. although i dont know why
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Old August 3rd, 2010 (10:16 AM).
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I use Ampharos simply because I can catch it early, and it's decent. As for Heracross, I don't use it. Ever. It's just not my style.
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