Espeon Vs Alakazam

[irflynn]

First off im having trouble getting the espion, he is level 41 and still isnt happy and wont evolve(I am in ruby version). Second I want a psychic on my team to beat my friends Alakazam is Espeon a good choice, What moves should i give him. thank you in advanced. :bandit:

 

[CipherDakim12]

Yes, because Espeons Attack and Defense Stats are quite better. Shall I compared a Espeon to Alakazam statwise?

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Stats:
HP-240
Attack-84
Defense-88
Sp. Atk-320
Sp. Def-220
Speed-290

Espeon@Lv. 100
Stats:
Attack-150
Defense-145
Sp. Atk-320
Sp. Def-230
Speed-280

See my point? Espeon is great! Always choose it over Alakazam. Its stats make a real difference.

 

[Golden Groudon]

Alakazam has more SA and SPD but meh.

 

[Squarewalker]

Yes, because Espeons Attack and Defense Stats are quite better.

Neither of them need any attack. Even though Espeon's defense is better, Alakazam is a better sweeper: has more speed. You probably haven't done the EV training for them.

Espeon is great! Always choose it over Alakazam. Its stats make a real difference.

Alakazam can learn the elemental punches. It has a better movepool. Just because Espeon has a bit better defenses and sp.attack, Alakazam will get almost unbeatable after 2 Calm Minds.

Alakazam@Salac berry
Psychic
Calm Mind
Thunderpunch
Fire Punch/Ice Punch

Espeon@Lefties
Psychic
Calm Mind
Baton Pass
Substitute

See the diffence? Espeon can't do anything against dark types like tyranitar and houndoom, while Alakazam can do a good damage to almost everything.

I prefer to use rather Alakazam because of that. Espeon doesn't counter Alakazam well.

 

[CipherDakim12]

Second I want a psychic on my team to beat my friends Alakazam is Espeon a good choice

Then maybe you should just choose Umbreon because it can't even be affected by Psychic.

Well there's an idea...

 

[Golden Groudon]

Na. I don't think he's that dumb.
He was prob just trying to get a good psychic poke.

 

[CipherDakim12]

(sigh) You guys really can't make this easy, can you?

 

[Golden Groudon]

Explain.

BTW: You make things sound "not easy" when you make your statement uncomprehendable.

 

[Insanity Mawile]

Neither of them need any attack. Even though Espeon's defense is better, Alakazam is a better sweeper: has more speed. You probably haven't done the EV training for them.



Alakazam can learn the elemental punches. It has a better movepool. Just because Espeon has a bit better defenses and sp.attack, Alakazam will get almost unbeatable after 2 Calm Minds.

Alakazam@Salac berry
Psychic
Calm Mind
Thunderpunch
Fire Punch/Ice Punch

Espeon@Lefties
Psychic
Calm Mind
Baton Pass
Substitute

See the diffence? Espeon can't do anything against dark types like tyranitar and houndoom, while Alakazam can do a good damage to almost everything.

I prefer to use rather Alakazam because of that. Espeon doesn't counter Alakazam well.

Since Zam can't take hits physically trying to set up CM's might force the opponent to switch or use a physical attack.

 

[Charactarantula]

Zam is always a better choice then espeon, if im not mistaken epeon is UU and Zam is OU, and since zam gets the elemental punches, and espeon dosent really get anything, zam owns even if the stats are lower.

 

[husk1442]

Espeon is not UU, it would tear the metagame apart. Its only not OU because people don't realize how good it really is. It can set up on anything that abuses special attacks and BP it off to a sweeper perfectly, though actually attacking is does pale in comparison to alakazam

 

[Golden Groudon]

Basicly, they have different roles.

 

[husk1442]

yep, though espeon rapes alakazam 1 on 1

 

[Charactarantula]

i disagree, everytime i fight espeon, i destroy it with Zam.

 

[Ice demon]

Nah Espeon > alakazam....
however i do admit that they tend to fill different roles
alakazam is like a Special CB'er.
while espeon does more than sweep...[good thing since its Sp movepool is limited to psychic and bite]

 

[husk1442]

if espeon has Calm Mind+Sub or Bite or BP Alakazam really shouldn't (can't) destroy it

 

[irflynn]

Thanks

I finaly got him evolved and thanks for the suggestions on move sets..

 

[Stripes]

I've always gone Espeon as my pschic pokemon choice.

 

[CipherDakim12]

Alakazam is good, but the stats are much worse

I always go with Espeon

 

[Golden Groudon]

Dude, you said that like 1million times on this thread already. -_-