Traynor
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- Seen May 1, 2009
*NOTE: I am NEW at this whole Forum thing, so, bear that in mind if I ramble on or my story is a bit longer than the norm for Forums!
- Okay, so, rewind to this past Fri. night. I pre-order Pkmn Platinum online, and don't expect it to come until the following Fri., March 27th. So, in the mean-time, I'm bored, and decided to re-run through Pokemon Diamond. So I started Diamond Sat. night, and was playing through up until YESTERDAY. It's about 4:30p.m., and I got a package courtesy of UPS. It's Platinum! I'm pleasently surprised, but, I figure that I'm already nearly finished with Diamond, so, why stop playing before I reach the end? Anyways, not long after Platinum arrives, I get to the point where catching Azelf, Uxie, and Mesprit are now possible. I go to Valor Cavern, armed with 50 Dusk Balls, as well as an assortment of Revives and Hyper Potions, just in-case I am in this for the long haul, and save the game, right in-front of Azelf. Well THANK GOD it only takes me 45 minutes this time, instead of the 2 1/2 hrs. it took me LAST TIME to catch Azelf, and, as any of you that have attempted to or have caught Azelf know, he/she/whatever is none to easy to get to comply with staying inside a PokeBall. Anyway, I'm happy and over-excited b/c I wanted/needed Azzy's Psychic abilties on my team, combined with the fact that Azelf has the highest Attack AND I believe highest Defense Stat among the legendary Cavern dwellers in DIAMOND, I'm pretty happy. Fast-forward to 10:30p.m. that night, I got carried away, too excited, and forgot to save the game AT ALL since I caught Azelf. At this point I am in the Victory Road cave, heading for the illustrious Pkmn League, and instead of rushing through, I take my time and search EVERY inch of that Cave, partaking in EVERY trainer battle and getting EVERY item it had to offer, add to that, I have the BEST team I've ever had in Diamond, a Lv. 60 Empoleon, Lv. 60 Staraptor, Lv. 50 Dialga, Lv. 50 Azelf, a Lv. 50 Machoke, and a Lv. 50 Graveler (I.K., not the best team ever, but, considering I beat the E-4 last time with a much weaker team I was EXCITED, and no, I'm not too much for technique, as I'm lacking a Fire and Grass type, I know this). Anyway the phone rings, I set the D.S. down, I'm on for an hr. hr. 1/2 tops, and upon hanging up the phone, I look down in HORROR, my Nintendo D.S. has shut off during the course of my conversation. I turn it back on, and, I'm not surprised to see when I hit "Continue", I see little ol' me, sitting in Valor Cavern in front of Azelf, him/her/it waiting to be caught. Needless to say, I was furious, and trampled my Diamond cartridge. All b/c I was too lazy to hit the damn "Save" button... my fault, I know, but I digress...
ONTO my Question. Okay, so now I've used PIPLUP, CHIMCHAR, and TURTWIG at least once. And although Piplup was HARD AS HELL to battle with and Lv. up at first, once the game progressed, he was the best starter I've ever used, or so it seemed. But I find out that TORTERRA has the highest Attack AND Defense Stat, while INFERNAPE has the 2nd highest Attack and lowest Defense, and EMPOLEON has the LOWEST ATTACK (REALLY?) and the 2nd highest Defense. So, my question is, despite Empoleon's obviously lacking Stats, should I pick him again as my starter Pokemon once I start Platinum, or should I pick Turtwig or Chimchar? Who would you guys choose, or who have you guys chosen already? And keep in mind I don't really want to stuff Empoleon full of Vitamins to raise his Stats, but I can, if I can get all that much $, b/c you buy two Proteins or Carbos or any else, and, before you know it, you're broke! HOPE YOU MADE IT THROUGH MY POST AND CARE ENOUGH TO REPLY! SORRY FOR THE LONGNESS OF IT AGAIN! :-).
- Okay, so, rewind to this past Fri. night. I pre-order Pkmn Platinum online, and don't expect it to come until the following Fri., March 27th. So, in the mean-time, I'm bored, and decided to re-run through Pokemon Diamond. So I started Diamond Sat. night, and was playing through up until YESTERDAY. It's about 4:30p.m., and I got a package courtesy of UPS. It's Platinum! I'm pleasently surprised, but, I figure that I'm already nearly finished with Diamond, so, why stop playing before I reach the end? Anyways, not long after Platinum arrives, I get to the point where catching Azelf, Uxie, and Mesprit are now possible. I go to Valor Cavern, armed with 50 Dusk Balls, as well as an assortment of Revives and Hyper Potions, just in-case I am in this for the long haul, and save the game, right in-front of Azelf. Well THANK GOD it only takes me 45 minutes this time, instead of the 2 1/2 hrs. it took me LAST TIME to catch Azelf, and, as any of you that have attempted to or have caught Azelf know, he/she/whatever is none to easy to get to comply with staying inside a PokeBall. Anyway, I'm happy and over-excited b/c I wanted/needed Azzy's Psychic abilties on my team, combined with the fact that Azelf has the highest Attack AND I believe highest Defense Stat among the legendary Cavern dwellers in DIAMOND, I'm pretty happy. Fast-forward to 10:30p.m. that night, I got carried away, too excited, and forgot to save the game AT ALL since I caught Azelf. At this point I am in the Victory Road cave, heading for the illustrious Pkmn League, and instead of rushing through, I take my time and search EVERY inch of that Cave, partaking in EVERY trainer battle and getting EVERY item it had to offer, add to that, I have the BEST team I've ever had in Diamond, a Lv. 60 Empoleon, Lv. 60 Staraptor, Lv. 50 Dialga, Lv. 50 Azelf, a Lv. 50 Machoke, and a Lv. 50 Graveler (I.K., not the best team ever, but, considering I beat the E-4 last time with a much weaker team I was EXCITED, and no, I'm not too much for technique, as I'm lacking a Fire and Grass type, I know this). Anyway the phone rings, I set the D.S. down, I'm on for an hr. hr. 1/2 tops, and upon hanging up the phone, I look down in HORROR, my Nintendo D.S. has shut off during the course of my conversation. I turn it back on, and, I'm not surprised to see when I hit "Continue", I see little ol' me, sitting in Valor Cavern in front of Azelf, him/her/it waiting to be caught. Needless to say, I was furious, and trampled my Diamond cartridge. All b/c I was too lazy to hit the damn "Save" button... my fault, I know, but I digress...
ONTO my Question. Okay, so now I've used PIPLUP, CHIMCHAR, and TURTWIG at least once. And although Piplup was HARD AS HELL to battle with and Lv. up at first, once the game progressed, he was the best starter I've ever used, or so it seemed. But I find out that TORTERRA has the highest Attack AND Defense Stat, while INFERNAPE has the 2nd highest Attack and lowest Defense, and EMPOLEON has the LOWEST ATTACK (REALLY?) and the 2nd highest Defense. So, my question is, despite Empoleon's obviously lacking Stats, should I pick him again as my starter Pokemon once I start Platinum, or should I pick Turtwig or Chimchar? Who would you guys choose, or who have you guys chosen already? And keep in mind I don't really want to stuff Empoleon full of Vitamins to raise his Stats, but I can, if I can get all that much $, b/c you buy two Proteins or Carbos or any else, and, before you know it, you're broke! HOPE YOU MADE IT THROUGH MY POST AND CARE ENOUGH TO REPLY! SORRY FOR THE LONGNESS OF IT AGAIN! :-).