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Old March 8th, 2006 (2:58 PM).
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Zapdos - Lvl 100
Item: Magnet
Drill Peck
Thunder
Thunderbolt
Shock Wave

Kyogre - Lvl 83
Item: Mystic Water
Earthquake
Surf
Ice Beam
Hydro Pump

Venusaur - Lvl 87
Item: Miracle Seed
Sludge Bomb
Sleep Powder
Solarbeam
Frenzy Plant

Rayquaza - Lvl 85
Item: Quick Claw
Dragon Claw
Thunderbolt
Ice Beam
Aerial Ace

Mewtwo - Lvl 84
Item: Kings Rock
Psychic
Thunderbolt
Recover
Toxic

Charizard - Lvl 95
Item: Charcoal
Fire Blast
Dragon Claw
Overheat
Blast Burn

I am planning on entering the Pokemon Video Game Tournament but I don't know who to use!! I'm planning on changing one of Charizards attacks to flamethrower since the others arent too accurate, and maybe trading Charizard for a Ho-oh with higher stats, with similar attacks. What do you guys think? And while I'm at it, what do a lot of you have against Legends if they're good? I mean, they have good attacks and high stats, so I don't understand :\

Well, please tell me what I can do to my team to make it better!!
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Old March 8th, 2006 (3:53 PM). Edited March 8th, 2006 by shanecdavis.
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I will leave the movesets/natures to the experts, but I will tell you that most of the items you are using are not very effective. You are much better off using Leftovers or Lum Berry or other items that would prove more beneficial.

I cannot speak for anyone else, but when I see someone using Legendaries, it screams to me that they are not skilled enough to be able to battle without them. Using ubers or cheating to get good stats just undermines your true ability. Just my opinion.

BTW - Okay, after looking at a few of your movesets, what I can tell you is that using the same type of attack on the same Pokemon is very bad strategy. For example, you have Thunder, Thunder Wave, AND Thunderbolt on Zapdos. That severly limits the effectiveness of. Also, if you insist on using ubers, please do not use Water Spout on Kyogre. Use Calm Mind, Ice Beam, Surf, and Thunder. If you don't like CM, then go with Rest and use Lum or Chesto Berry.
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Old March 8th, 2006 (4:04 PM).
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Lets see erase Kyogres Earthquake and put Water Spout, Erase Charizard's Overheat and put Flamethrower and youre set
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Old March 8th, 2006 (4:22 PM).
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Originally Posted by Corrosiwatt
Zapdos - Lvl 100
Item: Leftovers
Drill Peck
Rest
Thunderbolt
Metal sound <----If you can get it

Kyogre - Lvl 83
Item: Leftovers
Thunder
Surf
Ice Beam
Calm Mind

Venusaur - Lvl 87
Item: Leftovers
Sludge Bomb
Sleep Powder
Leech Seed
Earthquake
Frenzy Plant, Hydrocannon, and Blast Burn all suck

Rayquaza - Lvl 85
Item: Leftovers
Dragon Dance
Earthquake
Rock Slide
Aerial Ace

Mewtwo - Lvl 84
Item: Leftovers
Psychic
Thunderbolt
Recover/ Calm Mind
Ice Beam

Charizard - Lvl 95
Item: Leftovers
Dragon Dance
Earthquake
Rock Slide
Flamethrower

See Venasuar

I am planning on entering the Pokemon Video Game Tournament but I don't know who to use!! I'm planning on changing one of Charizards attacks to flamethrower since the others arent too accurate, and maybe trading Charizard for a Ho-oh with higher stats, with similar attacks. What do you guys think? And while I'm at it, what do a lot of you have against Legends if they're good? I mean, they have good attacks and high stats, so I don't understand :\

Well, please tell me what I can do to my team to make it better!!
I think most of those are standard, cant say if you can get all those TMs without Emerald or XD...

And dont use 2 of the same type move (i.e. Flamethrower and Fire Blast)
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Old March 8th, 2006 (5:27 PM).
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Uber battles are way cool...but if this is going to be a uber team, you're going to have to drop charizard,vena and most likely zapdos.

Sub kyogre is cool..give it a try..if not, use the moveset endamaster gave u.

Ray[adamant]@Choice band
-aerial ace
-earthquake
-rockslide
-brick break/extremespeed

Mewtwo[timid]@leftovers
-psychic
-calm mind
-ice beam/thunderbolt/thunder[kyogre]/recover
-ice beam/thunderbolt/thunder/recover

gross

it will be easy to base your team around kyogre...
despite the fact that -

drought teams are way cooler
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Old March 8th, 2006 (5:42 PM).
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Zapdos - Lvl 100
Item: Magnet
Drill Peck
Thunder
Thunderbolt
Shock Wave

Kyogre - Lvl 83
Item: Mystic Water
Earthquake
Surf
Ice Beam
Hydro Pump

Venusaur - Lvl 87
Item: Miracle Seed
Sludge Bomb
Sleep Powder
Solarbeam
Frenzy Plant

Rayquaza - Lvl 85
Item: Quick Claw
Dragon Claw
Thunderbolt
Ice Beam
Aerial Ace

Mewtwo - Lvl 84
Item: Kings Rock
Psychic
Thunderbolt
Recover
Toxic

Charizard - Lvl 95
Item: Charcoal
Fire Blast
Dragon Claw
Overheat
Blast Burn

I am planning on entering the Pokemon Video Game Tournament but I don't know who to use!! I'm planning on changing one of Charizards attacks to flamethrower since the others arent too accurate, and maybe trading Charizard for a Ho-oh with higher stats, with similar attacks. What do you guys think? And while I'm at it, what do a lot of you have against Legends if they're good? I mean, they have good attacks and high stats, so I don't understand :\

Well, please tell me what I can do to my team to make it better!!
The last time I said put Drill Peck, people pissed me off, so I don't have to worry about that! And never, ever put Blast Burn on Charizard! Its just like Hyper Beam. And thats way too much fire moves on Charizard.
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Okay, it’s time for a REAL team rate.
First, let me set some ground rules that I give way too often:

First of all, you should learn never to give a Pokemon two attacking moves of the same type. That means choose either Thunder OR Thunderbolt, not Thunder AND Thunderbolt. Surf OR Hydro Pump, not Surf AND Hydro Pump. Get my point?

Also, don’t use items like Miracle Seed and Magnet or any other items that only boost one type. A 10% boost for only one attack type is just not worth it. The items held by your team should be mostly Leftovers, with Choice Band for certain physical attackers and maybe a certain berry on rare occasions.

Finally, never EVER use Hyper Beam or Elemental Hyper Beams (Blast Burn, Frenzy Plant, Hydro Cannon). That loss of turn after the move means that the enemy will either kill you, stat boost and then kill you, or switch to a stronger Pokemon and kill you.


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Originally Posted by Corrosiwatt
Zapdos - Lvl 100
Item: Leftovers
Drill Peck
Thunderbolt
Rest/Substitute
Sleep Talk/Light Screen/Thunder Wave

Wow, that’s a lot of Electric attack huh? Guess what this Zapdos can do to Electric Pokemon like Jolteon? NOTHING, because they’ll resist all your attacks. And it’ll do even less to things like Rhydon, Golem, etc. Zapdos needs at least two support moves. That means things like Substitute, Thunder Wave, and Light Screen that don’t do any damage but help out your Pokemon A LOT. I like Rest+Sleep Talk, because when you Rest you’ll recover all your damage and when you Sleep Talk you can attack even while asleep. You can also use the other attacks I put above.

Kyogre - Lvl 83
Item: Leftovers
Surf
Ice Beam
Thunder
Calm Mind


Hey, gets what this Kyogre can’t handle? Water Pokemon.
Guess what’s supereffective against Water Pokemon? Electric attacks.
Guess what Electric attack is strong and always hits in the rain? Thunder.
Guess what this Kyogre needs? Thunder.
Good, you’ve manage it that far. Now, lets see, Earthquake is good against Electrics that Kyogre is weak against right? But Surf does so much more damage, and that makes Earthquake useless. Uh oh, we need another move to replace it! Go with Calm Mind, that boost Kyogre’s Sp. Attack and makes it a MONSTER.


Venusaur - Lvl 87
Item: Leftovers
Sludge Bomb
Sleep Powder
Leech Seed
Synthesis/Razor Leaf


Let’s do this the same way we did with Zapdos:
Wow, that’s a lot of Grass attacks huh? Guess what this Venusaur can do to Poison Pokemon like Gengar or Crobat? NOTHING, because they’ll resist all your attacks. And it’ll do even less to things like Metagross, Skarmory etc. Venusaur needs at least two support moves. That means things like Synthesis, and Leech Seed that don’t do any damage but help out your Pokemon A LOT. It even works with only 1 attack and 3 support moves. Go on and try it!


Rayquaza - Lvl 85
Item: Leftovers
Aerial Ace
Earthquake
Extremespeed
Rock Slide

You know what? I’m tired of all these Special attackers. You need at least one Pokemon who can attack PHYSICALLY. Rayquaza is perfect for this job. Okay, give it this item called Choice Band. It powers up your attack by 50%, but limits you to only one move. That’s okay, because you can always switch out and in again to use another move. Now Rayqauza is a powerhouse with 4 strong physical attacks. Hooray!!!

Mewtwo - Lvl 84
Item: Leftovers
Psychic
Thunderbolt
Recover
Calm Mind/Flamethrower/Ice Beam

Wow, this set is almost good. But Toxic? Please, Mewtwo has so many other choices. One of the best is Calm Mind, or you can add another special attack in.

Charizard - Lvl 95
Item: Leftovers
Earthquake
Aerial Ace
Dragon Dance/Swords Dance

Fire Blast

Let’s turn Charizard into a mixed sweeper. Charizard can attack both physically and specially. Aerial Ace and Fire Blast are STAB moves (hopefully you know what STAB means), Earthquake is your only real chance against Rock types, and then you’ve got an attack booster.

I'm planning on changing one of Charizards attacks to flamethrower since the others arent too accurate, and maybe trading Charizard for a Ho-oh with higher stats, with similar attacks. What do you guys think?
Eh, if you want a Ho-oh, then replace Kyogre with Groudon. Ho-oh works best in the Sun, and Kyogre’s Drizzle ruins Ho-oh. In fact, it also ruins your Charizard.

And while I'm at it, what do a lot of you have against Legends if they're good? I mean, they have good attacks and high stats, so I don't understand :\
There are two types of legends – normal legends and super legends (better known as ubers). Normal legends are like Zapdos, Suicune, Regice. They’re stats aren’t as good as ubers so they’re perfectly fine to use. But ubers have huge stats and learn so many good moves that they’re unfair to use against weaker Pokemon. They also make the game boring. What if your favorite Pokemon was not a legend and you wanted to use it against ubers? Uh oh, you can’t because ubers will crush you. You’ll be forced to use ubers of your own and that limits the Pokemon you can battle with and that makes the game stale and boring.
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Old March 10th, 2006 (5:50 AM).
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Corrosiwatt
Zapdos - Lvl 100
Item: Leftovers
Drill Peck
Thunder
Rain Dance
Protect/Toxic

Too many Electric attacks. Really.

Kyogre - Lvl 83
Item: Mystic Water
Calm Mind
Surf
Ice Beam
Thunder

Kyogre's Drizzle makes it rain. Thunder's accuracy is raised to 100% in the rain; so you can get a good win against the other water pokemon Kyogre will face. Also, Kyogre has uberly-high Sp.Att., so use Calm Mind to up it.

Venusaur - Lvl 87
Item: Miracle Seed
Sludge Bomb
Sleep Powder
Solarbeam
Sunny Day

Always, ALWAYS, have sunny day on a Pokemon who has Solerbeam. Your opponant can a) Change to a Pokemon who can resist the attack or b) KO you. With sunny Day solerbeam attacks right away.

Rayquaza - Lvl 85
Item: Leftovers
Dragon Claw
Thunderbolt
Ice Beam
Bulk Up

Pretty Good.

Mewtwo - Lvl 84
Item: Kings Rock
Psychic
Psych Up
Recover
Toxic
Lots of Thunderbolt already on this team.

Charizard - Lvl 95
Item: Charcoal
Sunny Day
Dragon Claw
Overheat
Rest

USe Sunny Day so you can get rid of Kyogre's Drizzle; witch is a problem for our Fire Friend here. Rest will help you keep him in Battle.

I am planning on entering the Pokemon Video Game Tournament but I don't know who to use!! I'm planning on changing one of Charizards attacks to flamethrower since the others arent too accurate, and maybe trading Charizard for a Ho-oh with higher stats, with similar attacks. What do you guys think? And while I'm at it, what do a lot of you have against Legends if they're good? I mean, they have good attacks and high stats, so I don't understand :\

Well, please tell me what I can do to my team to make it better!!
Don't Trade Charizard. Overall, There are WAY too many Ubers here.
-whewf- That was my first rating... Anyone mind saying how I did?
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Old March 10th, 2006 (7:46 AM).
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Well, CrystalLatias, I guess I can rate your rate lol.

-Firstly, you’re using too many weather moves. If you want Pokemon to be based around weather, then create a team that uses only Sunny Day or only Rain Dance. Don’t use the two together, because you’ll be forced to change the weather everytime Kyogre comes out. That’s means you be wasting one turn and give your opponent the advantage of killing you, or stat boosting and then killing you.

-Why are you giving Rayquaza Bulk Up when it has no physical moves?

-How is Psych Up any better on Mewtwo than the wide variety of other options it has, like Calm Mind or another strong special attack?

-Neither Toxic nor Protect are good on Zapdos. Toxic+Protect can be used together, but Toxic alone isn’t going to do much. The enemy will either heal itself or use something like Substitute to block Toxic.

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Old March 10th, 2006 (8:05 AM). Edited March 10th, 2006 by shanecdavis.
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I think you went a little happy with Rain Dance/Sunny Day. It is better strategy to go one way or the other. Take out Kyogre and add Groudon, or take out Charizard and add Swampert. For Zapdos, Substitute > Protect. For Venusaur, you are right that when your opponent sees your Poke charging up, it will switch out, but your opponent will do the same thing when you use Sunny Day. For Rayquaza, you don't have any physical moves for it to benefit from Bulk Up. It is an unnecessary and wasted move. Plus, your only physical move on the entire team is Venusaur's Sludge Bomb. Change RayRay to a physical attacker. See aragorn's suggestion for it above. Also, take your advice about Kyogre and apply it to Mewtwo. Remove Psych Up and Toxic and add Calm Mind and Ice Beam/Flamethrower/Thunderbolt. Lastly, if Charizard is going to stay around, do not use Overheat, unless you plan on having it hold White Herb. WH will replenish the SAtk loss that you receive from OH. Then give it Earthquake instead of Rest, since I suddenly realized that EQ is severely lacking on this team. Otherwise not bad.

Oops, looks like aragorn beat me.
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Old March 10th, 2006 (8:52 AM).
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Corrosiwatt
Zapdos - Lvl 100
Item: Leftovers
Drill Peck
Thunder Wave
Thunderbolt
Light Screen/Substitute/Rest

The beautiful thing about Zapdos in-game battling is that it has the opportunity to do so many things to so many pogeyz. Just make sure you keep it well protected, it's excellent for late-game cleanups.

Kyogre - Lvl 83
Item: Leftovers
Calm Mind
Surf
Ice Beam
Thunder[bolt]/Substitute

Thunder would be great if you can get your hands on it, but if not pull for a T-Bolt TM. IIRC you've already blown past CM on Kyogre, so get yourself over to the Move Tutor with a Heart Scale and get it back: It's important.

Venusaur - Lvl 87
Item: Leftovers
Sludge Bomb
Sleep Powder
Leech Seed
Swords Dance/Razor Leaf

Eh, not the greatest for in-game battling, but if it's your only option, you can keep it around. The Move Tutor will be your best friend.

Rayquaza - Lvl 85
Item: Choice Band/Leftovers
Earthquake
Rock Slide/Dragon Dance
Extremespeed
Aerial Ace

You have enough pokemon on your team already that are working on the special aspect of things: Get this thing a physical moveset and you're in good shape.

Mewtwo - Lvl 84
Item: Leftovers
Psychic
Thunderbolt
Recover
Calm Mind

Calm Mind on Mewtwo.

Charizard - Lvl 95
Item: Leftovers
Flamethrower
Dragon Claw
Earthquake
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Final move I'd have to know what you have available to you.
In terms of weaknesses, it really isn't a bad team by any stretch of the imagination. The biggest thing you need to keep in mind is the weaknesses your pogeyz have and how to switch accordingly, as well as not getting greedy.
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Old March 10th, 2006 (5:12 PM).
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Corrosiwatt
Zapdos - Lvl 100
Item: Leftovers
Thunder Wave
Rest
Thunderbolt
Sleep Talk

Don't use 10% boosters or have attacking moves of the same type except in SOME special occasions, you don't have one.


Kyogre - Lvl 83
Item: Leftovers
Calm Mind
Surf
Ice Beam/Rest
Thunder

Rest gives it more longevity, but Ice Beam works well too. It's all a matter of what you like better I-beam or Rest.


Venusaur - Lvl 87
Item: Leftovers
Sludge Bomb
Sleep Powder
Earthquake
Leech Seed/Swords Dance

If you want physical Venu that's what you should use.


Rayquaza - Lvl 85
Item: Leftovers
Dragon Dance
Extremespeed.
Earthquake

Aerial Ace

Mewtwo - Lvl 84
Item: Leftovers
Psychic
Thunderbolt/Calm Mind
Recover
Ice Beam/Calm Mind

Replace I-Beam or T-bolt for CM.


Charizard - Lvl 95
Item: Leftovers
Flamethrower
Earthquake
Sub
Focus Punch

This thing is fun to use.


I am planning on entering the Pokemon Video Game Tournament but I don't know who to use!! I'm planning on changing one of Charizards attacks to flamethrower since the others arent too accurate, and maybe trading Charizard for a Ho-oh with higher stats, with similar attacks. What do you guys think? And while I'm at it, what do a lot of you have against Legends if they're good? I mean, they have good attacks and high stats, so I don't understand :\

Well, please tell me what I can do to my team to make it better!!
There is nothing wrong with using Legendaries, and ubers have their own metagame.

Hope this helps.
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I actually Suggest Shedinja for that Boltbeam weak ya got there.
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