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Old August 21st, 2010 (5:38 AM).
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Usually I'd go for speedy Pokemon...
But for some Pokemon like Amphy, Heracross, Octillery, Vileplume etc..., I have a soft spot for them. [=
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Old August 21st, 2010 (4:40 PM).
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I find that a lot of people train Ampherous' I myself train one called Mary coz Mareep was a lamb.
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Old August 21st, 2010 (4:47 PM).
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I don't have either in my team but Heracross does look cool.

I use Electabuzz/Electivire for my Electric Type needs.
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Old August 22nd, 2010 (1:55 AM).
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Well my Generation 3 original game was Crystal, and you couldn't catch Mareep in Crystal for some reason :\ . So in my SoulSilver I used Mareep 'cause I'd never used it before :D .

Not sure about the Heracross thing, it's a great Pokémon but not very easy to find :\ .
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Old August 22nd, 2010 (10:39 AM).
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Well, I tend to use Pokemon I get early on, because they're usually much higher in level than the Pokemon I find later on, because I've used them so much. Almost all of the Pokemon on my team are available before the second gym. I've never used Heracross, because I never even bothered with Headbutt. However, I love Ampharos, and it has a pretty good moveset.

I would rather have a unique team, but I go with whatever Pokemon I like and can use well. I guess the most atypical Pokemon I have is Gliscor, which I traded over from my Platinum, because you can't get Gligars in Soul Silver.
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Old August 22nd, 2010 (11:49 AM).
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Well,I am not that far in my soulsilver but i don't even use the Gen 3 pokemon.I released my starter and use torterra,infernape,empoleon and metagross.
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Old August 22nd, 2010 (2:52 PM).
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I believe that most non-popular Pokemon are starting to become more popular because before HGSS, most of them weren't easily obtainable early in-game like they are now. Sure, some Johto Pokemon were findable in other games (such as Chinchou in RSE), but they weren't available until after you got Dive. But now, the Pokemon that used to be hard to find have become easily obtainable to have on an in-game team.
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Old August 23rd, 2010 (8:28 AM).
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Well,I am not that far in my soulsilver but i don't even use the Gen 3 pokemon.I released my starter and use torterra,infernape,empoleon and metagross.
Metagross is a Gen 3 Pokemon.

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Old August 24th, 2010 (7:52 AM).
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Metagross is a Gen 3 Pokemon.

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i think he meant gen 2 lol
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Old August 25th, 2010 (6:49 AM).
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Usually I'd go for speedy Pokemon...
But for some Pokemon like Amphy, Heracross, Octillery, Vileplume etc..., I have a soft spot for them. [=

I'm a speed type user myself but lately I've been using more defensive types, and yes now I've fallen for the Heracross trend myself but he's the weakest on my team and hard to lvl up so i don't see the reason for the hype.
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HeraCRoss,ampharos,smeargle,shickle... weird but FTW
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Old September 2nd, 2010 (1:43 PM).
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I like how ampharos/mareep/flaaffy get's such good attacks early on the game. Plus he looks so cute (yes I choose pokemon based on looks ;p )
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Old September 2nd, 2010 (1:48 PM). Edited September 2nd, 2010 by Kanto_Johto.
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A Heracross should be captured and used as a main Party Pokemon at every opportunity. I can quite confidently say that Heracross is, and has always been one of my best Pokemon, whenever I've used it. Undoubtedly the best Bug type, speedy, and can launch some heavy hitting attacks.

My Heracross on HG is currently at level 92, caught at level 3. It knows Brick Break, Megahorn, Earthquake and Swagger. One of my friends said my team would never ever beat him, because he had all the best Pokemon. Actually, he just hacked a bunch of level 100 legendaries onto his game. Heracross wiped out 5 of them. My Tyranitar did the rest.

So I'm not really all that surprised that Heracross is popular. If you know how to use one, they're beasts.
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Old September 2nd, 2010 (4:35 PM).
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I am using a Pinsir instead of Heracross due to Pinsir learning a good bug move a bit earlier than Heracross. IDK but a lot of my friends are using mamoswine but i am using gligar instead.
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Old September 3rd, 2010 (2:39 AM).
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I think that most people go with Mareep because it's one of the easiest Electric Pokemon to find and it's good to use against Falkner. I think people use Heracross because it's uncommonly found with Headbutt.
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Old September 3rd, 2010 (3:03 AM).
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I don't use Heracross, or Pinsir for that matter. I never have, in fact.

As for Ampharos, I quite like it, but I've never seriously trained one. I like Raichu slightly better, but even then, Electric Pokemon as a whole just don't tend to appeal to me all that much. I just stick to Grass to battle Water types, and most Flying types don't really bother my Roserade or Torterra much (the two Grass types most likely to be found in any team of mine, usually together).
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Old September 3rd, 2010 (3:11 AM).
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Whatever happened to random teams. I've never used an Amphy, and I don't think I ever will :P
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Old September 3rd, 2010 (3:35 AM).
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I think most people use Mareep because it's easy to catch and it can take some hits after it evolve. Also, it is CUTE!!!!!

For Heracross, everyone use it simply because it is quick and strong.
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Old September 3rd, 2010 (5:02 AM).
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I don't use Heracross, or Pinsir for that matter. I never have, in fact.
Trained a Pinsir in Pokemon Red. Great attack and good defence, but very poor special, so could get taken out very easily.

Never trained Heracross (Bugs in general don't tend to appeal to me bar the beginning when I generally train and evolve a Caterpie to get Confusion), but trained a Mareep up to Ampharos and currently still have it in my team. As others have mentioned, it's one of the first electric types to appear.
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Old September 3rd, 2010 (5:10 AM).
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When it comes to bug Pokemon I love my Drapion. Not only does it look sinister but it can sure take some damage! I had to use it as a last resort during the Elite 4 thinking "Oh crap, I'm going to lose" only for it to stick two fingers up at me (well.. claws in his case) and layed the Smackdown!
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Old September 3rd, 2010 (6:19 AM).
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Well i must admit i was influenct to get a mareep. But they are really cool, in my opinion, so that was why to. But i do not have a heracross.
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Old September 3rd, 2010 (7:08 AM).
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I think the main reason why Heracross's and Mareeps / Ampharos's are popular in the in-game HGSS is becuase that Heracross is an extremely useful bug type in-game and competitively, and Ampharos is an all around good electric type to have, it is also possible to catch one early.
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Old September 3rd, 2010 (8:51 PM).
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For a bug pokemon i would and by i would i mean do use a Scizor very fast and also packs a bunch but for a real good speed power combo i would go with Blaziken. Now on topic i have always loved Ampharos and have one in my team rite now. Also ive always wanted to keep a Furret in my party but they just dont learn any good moves quick enough/at all to be effective either way Furret is still a bomb poke =P
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Old September 4th, 2010 (2:17 AM).
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I don't like to use Ampharos because most of my friends use it. As for Heracross, it's almost the same. A lot of people like it because it's a star in the anime, so I started to hate it. I hate when a pokémon becomes SO POPULAR. It also happened to Garchomp.

When I needed a Electric type, mine was Raichu.

By the way, why you are saying Mareep is good against Falkner? The first wild Mareep I've seen, was near Lake of Rage.
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I don't like to use Ampharos because most of my friends use it. As for Heracross, it's almost the same. A lot of people like it because it's a star in the anime, so I started to hate it. I hate when a pokémon becomes SO POPULAR. It also happened to Garchomp.

When I needed a Electric type, mine was Raichu.

By the way, why you are saying Mareep is good against Falkner? The first wild Mareep I've seen, was near Lake of Rage.
There are mareeps in a patch of grass to the start of route 32, and some people (like me) catch a mareep just to defeat faulkner.
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