Which Is better Offense or Defense ?

Started by Calem August 30th, 2013 12:29 PM
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Which one is better Offense or Defense?

Calem

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In Pokemon Game, all the wild/trainer Pokemon can be Offensive (Have high Attack or Sp.Attack etc...) or Defensive (High Def or Sp.Def etc...) it's depending on their *Nature*. I was just wandering about this while i'm playing Pokemon Black 2, and i want to ask you guys to choose which one is better! ;)

PS.If you can, please tell me which personality is the best
Thanks~

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Actually, offense and defense are based on base stats, not personalities. Personalities (I'm assuming you mean natures, like Rash or Calm) simply dictate a + and - in specific stats, but all Pokemon have max stats.

Offense is generally better than defense, though.





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Invincibility lies in defense, possibility of victory lies in offense. I'd say offense is better.
For your personality question, different natures suit different Pokemon.
A Chandelure for example has high Special Attack, so a Modest nature would boost it's already high Special Attack while lowering it's already low Attack stat.

Danny0317

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I would definitely go with offence. My team is full of fast and strong Pokemon like Weavile, Zangoose, Zoroark, etc. It's good to have a defensive pokemon but I'm full offense.

Calem

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Invincibility lies in defense, possibility of victory lies in offense. I'd say offense is better.
For your personality question, different natures suit different Pokemon.
A Chandelure for example has high Special Attack, so a Modest nature would boost it's already high Special Attack while lowering it's already low Attack stat.
Actually, offense and defense are based on base stats, not personalities. Personalities (I'm assuming you mean natures, like Rash or Calm) simply dictate a + and - in specific stats, but all Pokemon have max stats.

Offense is generally better than defense, though.
Thanks for telling me that it's supposed to be Nature not Prsonality :)

Tsutarja

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Offense and defense work together with one-another, so it doesn't really matter for me.. but I went with Offense because of the fact that battles are all about getting your enemy defeated, and the primary way to get that accomplished is to well, attack them with offense!

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Both of them are equally as good, in my opinion. If you have a defensive team, then you'll get the chance to survive for as long as possible and stall your opponent. If you're using an offensive team, you will be able take your opponent's Pokémon down quicker and end the battle. I tend to rely more on defense, though, because I'm better at utilizing defensive teams. =)

tsubaki9

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I think both of them are good.
If our Pokemon has them both, it's invincible.
I mean, we can take down opponent's Pokemon in no time and opponent's Pokemon can't take down our Pokemon easily.

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If you combine both of it.
Your Pokemon is at strongest rate. But I'll go with offense, because my priority when I'm playing Pokemon games. Is to finish the game by defeating everyone who gets in my way. But you really have no choice but to battle those trainers at all.
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Since this is mostly a voting thread, I'm going to move this over to Pokemon Voting Polls.

And I think that it's tough to answer whether offense or defense is more important. In-game, there's no question that offense is better, since you can beat a majority of trainers fairly quickly with strong attacking Pokemon. In a more competitive environment, though, it really depends on your team and preferred battle style. Personally, I like to draw out battles at times, so I rely more on a defensive team. But- a good offensive strategy could easily wipe that out, which is why I'd say offense is more important, even if it isn't the way I usually battle.

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Offense and defense work best when they're together. A balanced team copes better than one focused on just recklessly attacking or one that plans to just drag out battles while rarely attacking. Taunt could just shutdown defense teams completely unless they carry Pokemon to back them up. Either way in-game wise, offense is arguably the better option. I don't think stalling out a Bidoof would be good fun and while its more challenging, it's just frustrating. Plus entry hazards can't be exactly used in the same way as in a competitive environment, the opponent is not guaranteed to switch being an AI. And what happens if there's a steel-type and no other Pokemon? I suppose you could Will-o-Wisp and stall it out or just pick at it with a few attacks but it wouldn't be particularly fun. Offense is the better option here.

Competitive really depends. Everyone has different opinions. Personally I like both but I think offense is more to my style. I don't like dragging out battles or I don't really have the patience. Instead of offense/defense, I like to focus on gimmicky movesets and the surprise factor. It works quite well but yeah I think my vote goes to offense, competitive and in-game. :p
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Calem

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Since this is mostly a voting thread, I'm going to move this over to Pokemon Voting Polls.

And I think that it's tough to answer whether offense or defense is more important. In-game, there's no question that offense is better, since you can beat a majority of trainers fairly quickly with strong attacking Pokemon. In a more competitive environment, though, it really depends on your team and preferred battle style. Personally, I like to draw out battles at times, so I rely more on a defensive team. But- a good offensive strategy could easily wipe that out, which is why I'd say offense is more important, even if it isn't the way I usually battle.

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Thanks for moving the thread to the Pokemon Voting Polls Sections ;). I really appreciate it!

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I prefer to build my team offensively. But I tend to use walls so in that case I go for defensive.
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I use offense because stall is annoying as hell to face and very hard to use, as one misplay or misclick could make you lose the game.
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Oh wow, so many votes for offense and none for defense.

I too vote for offense though. I write more than I play the actual games, but both in games, in anime, manga and in RPing, I prefer pokémon with a good offense. Sometimes defense is crucial and can win a battle, of course, but offense is much more fun. Especially when it comes to writing :x With too good defense, someone might think you are powerplaying haha.
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Though it sure is annoying when very bulky, slow pokémon withstand your attacks, prepare with stat raising or condition changing moves and then heal and sweep xD I think I'll do a playthrough and try to stick with more defensive pokémon soon, for a change.
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Even though I usually prefer Defense to offense (in other games, that is), I have to say Pokémon is one of those games that's heavily biased towards attack. One of the reasons being the limitation of four moves, then comes a beating more than 1000 Pokémon during your gameplay. Since every battle is like a passing stone, it's almost useless to propel the barriers first, than going all out. In competitive battling, defense can prove to be equal of attack, but then, there's more margins in competitive play. I know how walls and stallers can prove to be the changers of a battle.

But in the real gameplay, every story isn't a waiting game. You won't really focus on the battle, but the overall view. That's why I have to say there's almost no regard of defense in gameplay.
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I wish I could say "the best offense is a good defense" but sadly not in this case. I like going for offense too, and have once created a hyper-offensive Pokemon team. You need at least some form of offense to win any sort of team game, whether it's football or basketball or anything like that.
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