Quick Question and Answer Thread / Breeding Questions

[groudonlover]

if i were to teach a mew attract, would it work against everything that isn't the same gender?(everything with a gender)

or would it be completely useless?

It will fail every time, that's the problem with genderless Pokés...
But it can't be affected by it either :)

 

[Gabrieldudenas]

I have a question... It's not gameplay, though.

I have a shiny luxray. I'm trying to find a good moveset. I taugh it Rain Dance and plan on keeping it. I will use this moveset:

Rain Dance
Thunder
???????
???????

Anyone know any other good attacks? I'm thinking about crunch...

 

[groudonlover]

Crunch and Fire Fang works well
Or you can try something to handle Ground-types who will most likely OHKO Luxray with Earthquake

 

[Gabrieldudenas]

Fire Fang... Thanks. That will help a lot.
But... Something to handle ground types... Hmmmm... i can't think about one.

 

[groudonlover]

Ice Fang will work great against Ground-types

 

[Gabrieldudenas]

Ok then. i'll replace Fire Fang with Ice Fang. Thanks so much! Ummm... Where do I make a pokemon learn it? At a Move tutor?

 

[Ryu Serpntine]

Here's one where I can help, Luxray can only learn ice fang through breeding, you would need a female of the shinx line and a male of one of the following that knows ice fang: Arbok
Rhyhorn, Rhydon, Rhyperior
Snubbull, Granbull
Piloswine, Mamoswine
Poochyena, Mightyena
Exploud
Mawile
Electrike, Manectric
Spheal, Sealeo, Walrein
Floatzel
Hippowdon
Glaceon

this means your shiny will not be able to learn this move, firefang has the same problem

I got ths info from bulbapedia.

 

[Gabrieldudenas]

One more thing: Where are all 3 Platinum move tutors? I only know 2. The one next to Pastoria and the one on Survival Area and where's the other?

Forget my last post. thanks, Ryu Serpntine. Then I should use Fire Fang? Or other move?

 

[Ryu Serpntine]

The third tutor is in snowpoint city.

 

[Gabrieldudenas]

Thanks. So the best moveset to put would be:

Rain Dance
Thunder
Crunch
Fire Fang

Or should I replace Fire Fang?

Edit: I jjust saw that I can teach Luxray Magnet Rise. Should I teach it?

 

[Ryu Serpntine]

If you want this moveset on your shny, you'll have to replace firefang with something else.

Unfortunately I don't know much about moves so you'll have to ask someone else what to put. you can look through its moves on it's bulbapedia page and see if you find anything

 

[Gabrieldudenas]

It's ok. I'm just not sure if I should replace Fire Fang with Magnet Rise... I'll go on the strategies/movesets board.

 

[Tinhead Bruce]

@ groudonlover: I have no idea why you're giving him that set. The Rain Dance support set is not also a mixed attacker set. Pairing physical moves with special moves is a very bad idea unless the person knows what they're doing, and it is apparent by the fact that he's asking us for help that he doesn't.

 

[silvanarrow]

Thanks. So the best moveset to put would be:

Rain Dance
Thunder
Crunch
Fire Fang

Or should I replace Fire Fang?

Edit: I jjust saw that I can teach Luxray Magnet Rise. Should I teach it?

I've had mixed success with Magnet Rise on my electric types. It can be very useful for double battles if you send your Luxray in with a teammate that knows Earthquake. I've used that strategy with my Manectric in Wi-Fi battles, and it works pretty well with proper prediction. Protect is another good option, as it shields against all attacks, not just ground ones. The only downside is that it fails if used in succession too many times. It really just depends on what you need for your team to work well together.

 

[Gabrieldudenas]

Thanks to everyone who helped me. So I'm going with:

Rain Dance
Thunder
Crunch
Magnet Rise

 

[thegeneticway]

I have a question.

A Custap Berry lets someone move first in a pinch, but what if the opponent uses a priority move like Aqua Jet or Quick Attack?

Who would go first?

 

[Gymnotide]

I have a question.

A Custap Berry lets someone move first in a pinch, but what if the opponent uses a priority move like Aqua Jet or Quick Attack?

Who would go first?

Priority moves have a +1 bonus, while (if Custap Berry works anything like Quick Claw) the Berry provides no bonus at all and just makes you go first. Since the Berry does not affect speed priority, Quick Attack would actually go first and you would be down a consumable item!

If both Pokemon used a priority move, then the one with the Berry would go first.

The same applies for items like Lagging Tail that make you go last when used against negative priority moves such as Whirlwind, Trick Room, Focus Punch, Vital Throw, or Avalanche, etc.

 

[Gabrieldudenas]

Sorry to sound like a noob, but can someone help me again? I need a moveset for my Absol. I'm thinking of:

Swords Dance
Sucker Punch
???????
???????

It's current moveset is:

Future Sight
Swords Dance
Night slash
Razor Wind

So... What's a good moveset?

 

[Gymnotide]

Sorry to sound like a noob, but can someone help me again? I need a moveset for my Absol. I'm thinking of:

Swords Dance
Sucker Punch
???????
???????

It's current moveset is:

Future Sight
Swords Dance
Night slash
Razor Wind

So... What's a good moveset?

Something without Razor Wind and Future Sight.

Remember! Absol can also learn Superpower and Psycho Cut, two totally ace moves. It can also learn Aerial Ace, Stone Edge, Fire Blast, a number of status-inflicting moves, and MANY stat-uppers.

Absol can do a lot of things, but based on your current set, I'd like:
-- Swords Dance
-- Sucker Punch
-- Night Slash
-- Superpower

 

[Gabrieldudenas]

Ok. Thanks. I'll go with that.