4th Gen Someone called my on my pokegear and told me something useful.

[ChrisTom]

I learned a small tidbit of information from a phone call. Not exactly useful but interesting. Picknicker Liz (who doesn't battle or give you an item :( ) will tell you about how Falkner's dad was a very strong gym leader with several Pokemon (Some who weren't of the flying type) and how he was very handsome or something. When he left to "Travel" Falkner took control of the gym. Makes me hope Falkner's dad is going to be seen in a later game!

 

[Kavii]

Lyra or Ethan will tell you about interesting things that might happen if you take certain Pokemon to walk on certain roads or through certain towns.

For instance, taking a Clefairy to the Goldenrod Gym or Cyndaquil to Route... I forgot which.

@ Yusshin: I talk to all the NPCs, too. :) They tell you some really important information at times (especially if you are newer to the game).

 

[joshk_bra]

not helpful a lot
i hate that thing =[

 

[ShadowElliot]

Wow...
I didn't know much about all of this...
Except the time I used Twister before the foe's Pokemon used Fly.
And using Earthquake before the foe's Pokemon used Dig.
O_O

 

[RYOUKI]

D: I thought I was the only one who knew that Twister could hit a Pokemon using Fly. ;;
Though I didn't know Defense Curl + Rollout = Power. Should've kept that move on my Marill...

The only useful call I got was Lyra telling me to take Ampharos to the Lighthouse. My Ampharos fell in love with Jasmin's. xD

 

[Impo]

Could you imagine if whitney's miltank had the rollout combo,
god that would have been hell :P

 

[Kavii]

D: I thought I was the only one who knew that Twister could hit a Pokemon using Fly. ;;
Though I didn't know Defense Curl + Rollout = Power. Should've kept that move on my Marill...

The only useful call I got was Lyra telling me to take Ampharos to the Lighthouse. My Ampharos fell in love with Jasmin's. xD

I got the same call and my Ampharos sparkled with Jasmin's Ampharos while my other various Pokemon either fell in love or were interested. :laugh:

Could you imagine if whitney's miltank had the rollout combo,
god that would have been hell :P

Interrupt it!

STUN, STUN, STUN! Or Sleep, Sleep, SLEEEEEEP!

I had never been happier to have a Ghost-type Pokemon on my team.

 

[ShinyMeganium]

I would agree, if I didn't have the Hg + Ss guide book, cause it says that in there.
But yes, that is useful info.

ALSO if you play the Pokemon March with ya radio, more come.

Honestly, there's a guy at the second route of the game (Route 29/30 was it?), who tells you the same.

Sometimes actually playing the game and not just the "part of the Pokemon franchise" is fun guys. You should try it XD

 

[Bluemoon]

Its only natural that the people they you yuor number will give you advice from time to time xD I get it a lot but i dont use cheat codes...

 

[Dillon_68]

Someone told me that Earthquake's power goes up if the opponent uses dig.

 

[Circuit]

I love getting these phone calls! These are the only tmes I am happy to recieve a phone call. Joey is the worst with his top percentile Ratatta. I was especially happy to learn that Rollout + Defence curl gives a power boost. Those were on my Maril at the time.

 

[Renege]

I hate Joey! Grr. I don't care about your Rattata! I still answer every call. I don't think I've had any "surprising" phone calls. Sadly.

 

[Hantsuki]

You know, I thought a lot of people knew about these combos since it seems like Pokemon has gotten pretty competitive, so I would have assumed people would look up combos themselves, but I guess I was wrong! If anyone played Pokemon Stadium 2 and you talked to Earl (the guy who runs the school in Violet City in the Johto Region), he'll teach you all kinds of different combos.

There's also the Swords Dance + Slash combo where you can get really high Attack power, and if you land a critical hit on a Pokemon that maxed out its defense with Stats attacks, then they all become neutral. (But I learned this combo from Pokemon XD).

there are actually some pretty cool combos out there, including:

Swagger/Flatter + Psyche Up
Swagger + Screech
Mimic + Imprison
Safeguard + Thrash/Outrage/Petal Dance

those can be really helpful :)

I never knew about these combos though.

Forgot who asked this in this thread, but if you use Twister while your opponent uses Fly, Twister does hit your opponent. Same with Sky Uppercut, Hi Jump Kick, Thunder and Gust. I think it does double damage, I'm not sure though.

Dillon: Earthquake does do double damage to Pokemon using Dig.

 

[amoliski]

"Did you guys know that humans aren't supposed to eat berries?"
"Really? No, I didn't. Here try this Rattata poison. Oh here is some antifreeze coolaid to wash it down."

I stopped answering my phone after I got that call.


"What? You almost caught a rattata? It got away? That's too bad. Listen, I'm gonna call you back, I only need one more legendary dog, then I can complete my team. Yeah, Lugia says 'Hi'"

"You fought a magicarp and almost won?!! That is so cool! Kind of reminds me of that time I beat the elite four."

"Your rattata is better than all of the others? Like it is in a league of its own? Cool. Hey, Guess who just defeated Red in an epic battle on top of a mountain? Yeah, that was me. But your rattata story is totally cool too, bro."

"Hi mom! ...Oh? You bought me some more berries? Thanks, I guess... Wait, with my money? But I don't even want them! Did you keep the recipt? No? ******. Stop saving my money."

*Finds silence button on the phone*

 

[Gymnotide]

Did you know? The most effective combo in Pokemon is the most inefficient, but it involves this very two-move combo itself.

Firstly, you need the right Pokemon --

Meditite/Medicham/Azurill/Marill/Azumarill + any other Pokemon with Skill Swap
Cherrim with Helping Hand + Sunny Day
Shuckle with Power Trick + Defense Curl + Rollout and held Metronome item, maxed DEF EVs.
Any Pokemon with Screech / Tail Whip, etc.
Any Pokemon with Swords Dance + Baton Pass

This only works in a double battle. You want to first Baton Pass +6 ATK to Shuckle. Then, you want to Skill Swap Medicham's ability onto Shuckle and have Shuckle use Power Trick. Afterward, send in Cherrim, set up Sunny Day and have Shuckle use Defense Curl. Retreat and use Screech for -6 DEF on an enemy while Shuckle attacks the foes with Rollout. Send Cherrim back out and use Helping Hand on the 5th Rollout. If the foe is a level 1 Yanma or Ledyba and it has negative nature, no IVs or EVs, and you land a critical hit, you should do 213,896,052 damage to it.

Your Shuckle will have:
Base 230 ATK
+50% to ATK from Pure Power
+300% ATK from Swords Dance
+50% ATK from Flower Gift
960 base power Rollout 5th hit from Defense Curl
+50% more power on Rollout from Helping Hand
+50% more power on Rollout for STAB
+300% damage from 4x weaknesses of foe
+100% damage from critical hit
+50% more damage from Metronome item
-300% defense on foe from Screech

 

[Guillermo]

The most useful information I've received was asking for a rematch. :[[

 

[.Kaiser]

Walk and Curl/Roll points make sense.

I didn't know about the walking, but yeah, it makes sense.
You get less attention when walking then when running.

Curl/Roll as someone said makes much sense.
When you use Defense Curl, your Pokemon stretches out, then when it uses Rollout it's easier for it.

 

[Thoth]

Well. Obviously I haven't gone through the game much, but I heard that this one guy got his rattata killed by a weedle or something. I just don't get how a defense booster gives you ofense for rollout. Maybe because your rolling right into it.....?

 

[lucariojon]

Wow....
I never knew that either, and I've been a hardcore Pokemon fan for years =/
That is very helpful!
This gives me a reason to raise Pokemon with rollout and defense curl XD

 

[Pokegirl98]

Yea, I did that combo once on accident and was like "what the??" I don't listen to the people on those phones. This morning I called Ethan and he told me to bring a Pichu to the kimono girls dance studio place. I brought my pikachu-colored pichu, absolutley nothing happened. Can somebody please tell me what's going on here?