Vileplume's final decision

[sims796]

After much breeding, I finally come across a Vileplume with near-perfect IV's. But Hidden Power is what I'm concerned about. And it wen't fairly well. One has Ground-69. Another has Psychic-66.

I don't know which to choose. Ground hits Fire, Steel, Ice, & Poison, but not flying or those with levitate. And with his moveset, he will be at a disadvantage against those-namely Skarmory & Crobat.

Psychic hits Fighting & Poison, but hits everything else normally. Not bad, especially against Crobat or Gengar, but it's not as useful as Ground, but more versatile.

I won't re-breed for anything else, I'm sick of breeding. Plus, they have great IV's. Help would be appreciated.

 

[MegaDitto]

Still go with ground. Vileplume can't counter everything.

 

[Roihu]

Sorry for not responding your question but isn't vileplume bad?

 

[sims796]

You're right. For Gengar, I'll just paralyze, and sent someone else in. Thanks.

 

[itsgian]

In my humble opinion, I'd go with the Ground Hidden Power.

You counter plenty of its weaknesses, and as bleach and Sunshine said, Vileplume can't counter everything.

 

[sims796]

Sorry for not responding your question but isn't vileplume bad?

No, not really. except for speed, all his stats are average & above, except for sp.atk, which is 100, and sp.def, which is 90. Not bad. And defence at 80, he won't be falling so easily.

Plus his movepool improved slightly. Energy Ball, Sludge Bomb, a host of status-inducing moves, and for me, Aromatherapy.

Most importantly, it is my favorite, which is why it's on my team. If you can't play with whay you like, why play?

EDIT: Its decided. I'll go with Ground. I'll still keep Psychic for novelty purposes.