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Started by moon November 23rd, 2014 4:49 AM
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Despite my best intentions, I tend to use the same Pokemon in my playthroughs. I know how those Pokemon work in the game, how dependable they'll be in the storyline and when they'll improve (either by moves or by evolving). It makes it easier for me to play the games if I'm just looking for a way to relax with a Pokemon game.

With remakes, I'm drawn to Pokemon I've used before. When I briefly started OR, I picked Mudkip without thinking about it. Mudkip was the first starter I picked in Ruby. Old habits die hard.

JJ Styles

The Phenomenal Darling

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Seen November 10th, 2019
Posted November 10th, 2019
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8.4 Years
It was really difficult to keep myself from using the starter trio in Yellow playthroughs :p
yellow for some reason really had a limited stock of (GOOD) monsters to catch... I couldn't blame you there. I think i went through playing yellow with the Starters, Pikachu (because I couldn't have the heart to store it in the box), and the first Nido (male) i encountered. After all, if its not broke, don't fix it.
Seen January 1st, 2023
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The first three or four times I play through I try to use each starter and keep my teams varied. Eventually though I'll end up playing through with all my favorites of the region. In Dppt I think I replayed so much I started dumping the starter in the beginning and making full teams without it for the sake of not using them a million times.

Brendino

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I've only made it to Mauville so far in Alpha Sapphire (*side note- considering how true to the originals OR/AS was up to that point, I was completely floored to see the changes that they've made to Mauville), but I've tried to avoid using Pokemon that I had in the past other than Treecko, which is why I have a Kirlia, Zigzagoon and Plusle on my team. As much as I like Aron + family, I'm forcing myself not to use one, and will probably wait until the postgame to catch and train one.

Pendraflare

Age 32
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Pennsylvania
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Posted March 29th, 2021
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9.8 Years
My initial playthrough had only one Pokémon that I never used in RSE before, and that was Hariyama. I used that because I got the traded one in Rustboro City that gives boosted EXP, and I wasn't sure if I would stick with it but I did so in the end. The others - Swampert, Gardevoir (which I got from a Ralts using the DexNav and because it had a good nature going for it), Magnezone, Flygon and Bellossom - were all ones i've used before. Well, except that very last one, I have used Vileplume before but not Bellossom to my recollection.
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moon

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I liked Hariyama! I mean, it was nice to use. I just didn't like its design much at all so I always boxed it after a while. Looks. They do matter.
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gucci

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Seen September 26th, 2021
Posted August 7th, 2019
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I'm happy with my current team on Alpha Sapphire right now, a couple of duplicate types but that always seems to happen anyway. Speaking of which I need to get back into it, I'm still only at Lilycove.

Pendraflare

Age 32
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Admittedly, most of the times I played through RSE back in the older days, I would use the same Pokémon a lot of the time - Swampert/Blaziken, Gardevoir, Salamence, Camerupt, Manectric, something along those lines, often when I would attempt to get through the game fast.

Can't really do that in challenges though :P And in Generation V and later, with much easier EXP mechanics it would make things a lot easier as far as making a team goes, so I have no problem using variety.
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Miracle Seed

Serpentine trainer

Female
I don't even
Seen May 17th, 2019
Posted January 1st, 2019
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9.4 Years
I liked my team in Ruby my first go around, so I'm trying to duplicate it as best I can. The new Pokémon finder widget is so good
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Seen November 13th, 2019
Posted November 15th, 2018
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I was wondering , Gothitelle can warp Space and Reality due to its Great Psychic Pokemon !
So , Shouldn't Mewtwo also have the power to warp Reality since his Psychic Power is greater then any pokemon ???
After all , Mewtwo was the strongest Pokemon and now probably the strongest Psychic type Pokemon.
So Theoretically Mewtwo should enough atomic power to crush all metal and Warp Reality.
Honestly , I think Mewtwo should be as Powerful as Alien X (Ben 10) ! Atleast then he should be on per with Arceus .
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moon

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I was wondering , Gothitelle can warp Space and Reality due to its Great Psychic Pokemon !
So , Shouldn't Mewtwo also have the power to warp Reality since his Psychic Power is greater then any pokemon ???
After all , Mewtwo was the strongest Pokemon and now probably the strongest Psychic type Pokemon.
So Theoretically Mewtwo should enough atomic power to crush all metal and Warp Reality.
Honestly , I think Mewtwo should be as Powerful as Alien X (Ben 10) ! Atleast then he should be on per with Arceus .
Sure, Mewtwo can probably do whatever it wants to with its powerful psychic powers. The games just constrain the species a bit with its mechanics and need for balance.
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JJ Styles

The Phenomenal Darling

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Lore Wise, if you leave Arceus in the day care, he would have created a new universe within it, and every pokemon would WANT to breed with him, if you know what I mean, but game mechanics....

Hiatus

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Like some of us here, I also have tendency to use same Pokémon in my play-throughs of games. Though, I'm always open to trying newer ones every now and again; if they manage to impress, that's great, as they instantly join my list of favorites. If not, it's not a big deal; I'll eventually try figuring out some ways to utilize the Pokémon.

Talonflame was one Pokémon I was recommended to try, and it was certainly able to satisfy. Although average ones aren't precisely easy to utilize, ones that have Gale Wings ability are definitely easy; generally, they tend to make things less complicating, so to speak, and rather straightforward.

With Gale Wings, we're permitted to always strike first when using flying-type attacks, and Talonflame has access to plenty of them (Brave Bird and Roost, for example).

Hikamaru

Age 30
Female
Australia
Seen January 24th, 2019
Posted September 4th, 2018
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12.2 Years
In most of my in-game runs, I have often had this weird tendency to use the Roselia line a lot as my Grass-type. I used Roselia in Ruby, and then Roserade in Platinum, Pearl, Black 2 and X. Don't get why I love the line, but I think it's because Roserade is a pretty nice special attacker.

I came close to wanting to use it in Alpha Sapphire, but then I learned you had to wait until just before Lilycove to get a Shiny Stone, assuming you don't do secret Super Training. Because I was worried a Roselia may not be able to pull its weight until then, and because I suck at Super Training I ended up picking Breloom as my Grass-type member instead, and it also covered a valuable Fighting-type slot so I guess going with the mushroom was a useful 2-for-1 deal.
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Miracle Seed

Serpentine trainer

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Posted January 1st, 2019
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9.4 Years
Talonflame was one Pokémon I was recommended to try, and it was certainly able to satisfy. Although average ones aren't precisely easy to utilize, ones that have Gale Wings ability are definitely easy; generally, they tend to make things less complicating, so to speak, and rather straightforward.

With Gale Wings, we're permitted to always strike first when using flying-type attacks, and Talonflame has access to plenty of them (Brave Bird and Roost, for example).
I've never used it, but that's an interesting and nifty ability!
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Pendraflare

Age 32
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^ Indeed it is. Talonflame was like the most common crap that XY competitive had thrown at us for a good majority of the time there, priority STAB Brave Bird is good even though Talonflame is way fast enough. But its Attack is only average, which is why it needs boosts of some sort to really stand out.
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Since Dppt the bird of the region bores me about halfway through the game. I know Talonflame was def different from the rest. Kind of a breath of fresh air in a way, but I still found myself bored. Even some of the older birds bore me after a while so I've been avoiding catching them. I'm kinda sad though as usually the bird of the region is a staple for me.

Pendraflare

Age 32
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Mega Pidgeot is one that got a weird shift, instead focusing on its Special Attack stat that regular Pidgeot didn't have. Sadly, the only special moves Pidgeot can learn that really get any use out of No Guard are Heat Wave and Hurricane. And I guess Hyper Beam to a very small extent.

As for Unfezant, this isn't Gen V bias here but after a certain White 2 Challenge Mode playthrough that I went through last spring, it's a Pokémon I will never talk negatively about.
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Morning Sun Espeon

Time to shine ★

Female
Seen September 26th, 2016
Posted April 26th, 2015
217 posts
13.4 Years
I haven't been a fanof bird pokemon since the tailow line. It was of one pokemon that was a surprisingly good addition to my team in place of the staple bug pokemon in Sapphire
Morning Sun Espeon

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