Daycare leveling?

Started by solarowl March 22nd, 2011 4:34 PM
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Did any of you, in any game, ever use the Day Care for actually leveling up Pokemon? I used to, thinking it was faster, but they take too long. Plus, now I can just Audino train. :/
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Oh yes. For team members I would like to use but don't have time to train, it is excellent. Especially in D/P/PT, where I couldn't stand actually training.
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Sometimes, if I'm too lazy to actually train the old-fashioned way, I'll just stick them in the day-care and walk around until they're where I want them to be. The only problem is them learning moves in the day-care and they replace moves I actually use. In that case, I'll usually save after each level gained. Yes, in the long run it costs me more money, but I don't really care. XD;

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Of course! If it's a Pokemon that I'm trying to train, (but can be a bit stubborn at times) I always go to the day care and leave it there for a while. But the disadvantage to that is when they start learning new moves and forget the "most frequent and powerful" moves.

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I've probably never intentionally used the Day-Care for anything other than Breeding. (I sometimes forget about the egg parents I leave in there...xP) I really dislike how your Pokemon's best moves usually disappear. It's just not worth it.

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I've been able to use the Daycare the smart way to level up Pokemon. Let's say I have a Zoroark, and the last move Zoroark can learn is at level 64. So I level Zoroark to 64 and then dump it in the Daycare and focus on another Pokemon.

Worked out pretty well until I decided to just level it the old fashioned way just to say I did it.
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Sometimes I put Pokemon that I do not intend to use much in the Daycare, and often forget about them. And then after a long while a discover that the Pokemon have grown by 15-20 levels. lol

I actually prefer leveling Pokemon up the traditional method, i.e. battling. =p

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I can remember using the Day Care a LOT during Gold and Silver, mainly because I went through this phase of making sure every Pokemon in my team was at least at the level of the highest gym leader in question. This required extensive 'training', which normally meant putting one/two Pokemon in daycare as I careened through Goldenrod on my bike, enjoying the music and trying not to get attacked by Drowzee as I accidentally rode through the grass. Good times!

Nowadays I just can't be bothered. There's either the fear that I'll forget completely that something's in there, or the fear that I'll accidentally leave the Pokemon in too long and it'll forget a really important move. And now with the Lucky Egg, training becomes so much easier!

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I don't REALLY like to level up my pokemon in the day care because I prefer to raise them in my own personal...conditions. (ergh, sorry, didn't word it right. ;; CURSE MY ENGLISH SKILLS.)

I mean, fighting wild pokemon that gives the right EVs to my pokemon, that's all. Because when I play the game, I kind of prefer to also "EV train" here and there. Plus, the majority of pokemon I raise evolves from happiness as well, so...yeah.

Plus, the lucky egg comes in very handy in rasing in Pokemon Black and White; MUCH more eaiser and quicker IMO.

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Every now and then. I only use it to quickly level up a low level Pokemon (like one I hatched from an egg, or Eevee) so I can use it on my team. Once the Pokemon reaches like lvl 15-25, though, I pull it out and self train, because I prefer self training for some reason.

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As for the daycare, I don't use it on a regular basis. Usually I throw Pokemon into the daycare for leveling if I know they'll be useful for their moves / type, but I don't like them enough to train them myself. xD;; And that rarely happens, I typically don't mind training most Pokemon. Perhaps, sometimes my team is full of Pokemon that I really like, but there's one or two others that I want leveled - I use the daycare for that too.


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I dropped a couple of random Pokemon in about midgame in White and then picked them up when I wanted to start IV breeding. They both came out about level 40-something - not bad, I guess.
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I leave a Pokemon in the Day Care at the beginning of the game. In my Pokemon White I left a Munna at the start and now it's on level 90 or something.

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Usually I leave a Pokemon in there and don't go back until after the E4, though never a Pokemon I'm actually going to use - just a random. Then I just use it for breeding, never for leveling.
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I have only ever used the day care for leveling once. The first time I was in Hoenn my Combusken was level 35 and I was desperate for it to gain experience. Funny thing is, it grew to 36 and I had to evolve it at level 37. Thus my Blaziken has never learned Blaze Kick...(I wasn't going to waste a heart scale when I can breed :P )

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I like to put two random Pokemon in the Daycare as soon as I'm able to access it. Then at the end of the game, I go pick them up and see what level they're on, lmao.
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