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Old September 4th, 2010 (4:28 AM).
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Personally, I think Umbreon it's a really good Pokèmon.

Except for the Moveset, it sucks (only Moonlight and Last Resort are good), he has an awesome Defense and Sp. Defense, making him a very good tank!
And also has a nice TM Movepool, mine has Psychic, Shadow Ball, Dark Pulse and Last Resort!
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Old September 4th, 2010 (4:57 AM).
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I just caught mareep to defeat Faulkner (Like Dooonerz previously stated) But as I battled with it, i became attached to it in a way. As it evolved it became stronger and stronger so i just decided to keep it in my party. When it evolved to Ampharos it became so strong it would take out almost any pokemon (Depending on type) in one hit with its move Thunder. So maybe thats why some people keep their Mareep. But i'm not so sure about the Heracross. Only had one once and that was in older games. I'm also not a big fan on having the same thing everyone else does. /:
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Old September 4th, 2010 (10:19 AM).
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Yeah, I never really understood why so many people choose a hairless sheep over a cool electric type, like Magneton or something.
Granted, he makes it easier to beat Falkner, but Geodude does the same thing and evolves into Golem, an actually cool Pokemon and an extremely powerful one in game.
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Old September 4th, 2010 (10:16 PM).
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I like my Ampharos. I hadn't really used electric types in my permanent party before HG, and was pleased with its capability. Heracross I never understood...
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Old September 4th, 2010 (10:56 PM).
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Probably my Ampharos and my noctowl did better than i expected. But i did know Ampharos was good. but now i pretty much use noctowl for catching pokemon:)
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Yeah, I think we can all agree that Ampharous is a good asset to HG/SS
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When I first played HeartGold/SoulSilver, I don't even thnk I used a electric type. XD I used a Heracross though, and it is a really good Pokemon. :D On my second playthrough, I just traded over a Elekid egg and evolved it into Electivire. :P The only time I used Mareep/Flaafy/Ampharos is Pokemon XD.
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Old September 5th, 2010 (1:22 AM). Edited September 5th, 2010 by Amore.
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I've found Geodude/Graveller/Golem has a special place in my team in Hg/Ss due to the ability to pwn the 1st 3 gym leaders. It did alright against Pryce with rollout. 2 hits for Seel, 1 hit each for Dewgong and Piloswine.

I would say if you have SoulSilver, catching a Skarmory would be useful, resisting Clair's team (Well, not Kingdra's Hydro Pump, but everything else is dragon or physical. I also tend not to use Mareep because I normally get a Slugma egg, then use a Geodude :P
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Mareep because they're great to have early on, especially against Falkner.
If I'm not mistaken, you can't use it against Falkner.

To me Ampharos was the quintessential GSC Pokemon. It was just one of those reliable favourites. Not so much with HGSS. Don't know why. In a sense Umbreon too, even though I didn't have one until HGSS.

Guess it has to do with the icon thing, like Pikachu.
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Old September 5th, 2010 (3:11 AM).
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If I'm not mistaken, you can't use it against Falkner.

To me Ampharos was the quintessential GSC Pokemon. It was just one of those reliable favourites. Not so much with HGSS. Don't know why. In a sense Umbreon too, even though I didn't have one until HGSS.

Guess it has to do with the icon thing, like Pikachu.


I can't remember it either, but people here said that you can get Mareep's on route 32.

I could swear the first Mareep you can see is near Lake of Rage...
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Old September 5th, 2010 (9:24 AM).
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I adore electric and dark types, so the popular ones for me were Pikachu/Zapdos(Red/Yellow), Ampharos/Umbreon (Gold/Silver), Manectric/Mightyena(Sapphire/Emerald), and Luxray/Alamos Darkrai(Diamond/Platinum). So, the fact that I had an ampharos throughout my gold/silver/crystal days was because its type and looks really caught my eye.

Heracross never appealed to me, so I never obtained one. I think the only bug Pokemon that fit my interests was scyther. I don't like scizor, though.
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Old September 5th, 2010 (5:23 PM).
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If I'm not mistaken, you can't use it against Falkner.
Two things changed from Gold and Silver: first, in Route 32 they added a patch of grass before the Man who stops you from leaving Violet City, allowing you to catch a wild Mareep.

Second, by talking to Primo and using certain phrases with him (in the Pokecenter) you can get a Mareep, Wooper, and Slugma egg...the Slugma egg being the true prize, as its not otherwise available until MUCH later in the game.
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Old September 6th, 2010 (5:34 AM).
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Two things changed from Gold and Silver: first, in Route 32 they added a patch of grass before the Man who stops you from leaving Violet City, allowing you to catch a wild Mareep.

Second, by talking to Primo and using certain phrases with him (in the Pokecenter) you can get a Mareep, Wooper, and Slugma egg...the Slugma egg being the true prize, as its not otherwise available until MUCH later in the game.
Wow, I didn't know that. :/ Can't say I agree with that decision, but k.

I never thought much of Heracross during either the GSC reign or currently. But I can understand its popularity, as I remember it featured greatly in the anime for a while.
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Old September 6th, 2010 (10:42 AM).
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Two things changed from Gold and Silver: first, in Route 32 they added a patch of grass before the Man who stops you from leaving Violet City, allowing you to catch a wild Mareep.

Second, by talking to Primo and using certain phrases with him (in the Pokecenter) you can get a Mareep, Wooper, and Slugma egg...the Slugma egg being the true prize, as its not otherwise available until MUCH later in the game.


Wow, I just forgot about the eggs! Also with Primo you can change the backgrounds of boxes on the PC. I just found that after beating Red ¬¬



Anyway, you guys say you got a Heracross and it did great... WHERE did you catch a Heracross? I've been hitting trees all day, and nothing.

About Ampharos popularity: A friend of mine said it's just because it's cute xD
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Old September 11th, 2010 (6:23 AM).
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I've always liked Mareep since G/S/C. Because the sheep is so cute and powerful. But I had forgotten about it until HeartGold and SoulSilver, until recently just having bought the game and stumbling upon it. Now my love for Mareep has returned! And she looks even cuter following behind me!

I originally just had the current pokemon I was training to get at higher levels follow behind me, so it was always a different pokemon every while. But now, I find Mareep is always behind me.
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Old September 11th, 2010 (6:41 AM).
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I used Mareep on my first playthrough on SS cos I figured Electric types would be useful (Used it till the end of the game too). I never knew you could catch mareep before defeating falkner so I traded a Bellsprout (I think) for Onix (Rocky) in-game lol. never ever used Heracross though..
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Old September 11th, 2010 (4:51 PM).
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Mareep is somewhat popular because it's one of the only Electric types to get before the Kanto area.
But I didn't get Heracross, I did just fine.
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Yea I have noticed the Mareep too. I don't see why everyone thinks they are so great; I never used one -__-
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Everyone uses Mareep cause its a lot easier to get and not to mention its pretty strong
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I have yet to get a HG or SS, but I remember playing G/S/C and I had an Ampharos on my team. It pretty much kicked butt. Like someone said earlier, it has pretty good defenses, strong special attack, and isn't slow. I think that's a reason some people love having an Ampharos on their team.

And with Heracross, it is a very strong Pokémon. But I'm not going to pretend that I understand. I've never had the desire to have one on my team.
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I had a mareep at first, and I kept it until it was like a level 37 Ampharos. I really liked it at first, but I guess I just got sick of it after a while so I dumped it in a box and haven;t touched it since.
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Everyone I know has a Mareep/Amphros on their team.
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I have always gone with Ampharos and Heracross. Other pokemon I like to pick up are Krabby and Poliwag.
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i actually never caught a heracross till a couple weeks ago and i finshed the gmae months ago
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Old September 17th, 2010 (2:18 AM).
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heracross is really cool! just looks good i guess
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