Grinding vs Taking Advantage of the System

[Archem]

Buddy Jesus, you've got me covered.

[Meiscool]

No one can cover Dark/Ghost type

[daoman89]

Yeah right, I'm nv going back to classic pokemon.  Not fun anymore to be honest.  If you give Infernape some level 6 evasion and defenses, he'll be tough to beat.  I won't lie though, I've never used him hahaha.  If you want to u can give infernape substitute with his stats from baton pass and then his recoil moves will be negated for a bit unless u have leftovers.  This is why new pokemon is so much more fun cuz there's way more strategies to use. 

[Meiscool]

Agreed. Personal skills, newer skills, etc. really give pokemon strategy. Breloom with poison orb? Recover 1/8th HP each round + immunity to status effects, yum. Vaporeon in the rain with Rest and Hydration = Tank with heightened attack power and a full HP recover with no draw backs... plus status immunity. Double Yum.

So many more possibilities than the old games

[daoman89]

I would be honored if we could battle one day Jesus lol.  1807-1777-7009

[Archem]

No one can cover Dark/Ghost type

One of the perks of being me.

[Meiscool]

I would be honored if we could battle one day Jesus lol.  1807-1777-7009

Maybe, I've never actually done online battle with people I can't physically reach and punch in the face for being a dick.

Do you use non-trio legendaries? If not I'll consider dusting off my ol' pkmn white for a scuffle.

[daoman89]

I hate it when people use legendaries online!  They're cheap cuz they can't beat me without them lol

[Prpl_Mage]

Can you use items online? Cuz there's nothing I hate more than metagross and bronzomg spammin inner calm and nasty plot, and when I'm finally about to kill it the arse of a trainer pops a full restore and we're now facing a bronzomg with insane stats and full hp. Cue for psychic and EQ spam.

I tend to skip the legendaries, Don't want to mess them up. More of a collectors prize. Only times i used them was back in the B/R, G/S/C days before you actually learned to play the game. Also in White in the final battle after catching it. It and every other poke in that battle were higher than my team so I figured I might as well use it. Dragon electric is one awesome combination.

[daoman89]

No you cannot but you can do something called Wonder Launcher battles that reward you with items to turn the tide.  You're welcome to join me and Jesus in battles.  As of right now, I'm only a single battle guy cuz I haven't thought of any double or triple battle strategies. 

[Meiscool]

Jellicant + Metagross is a fun double pair. Water can cover fire/earth for meta, and when meta asplodes, it won't hurt Jelli.

Other than that I can't think of any off the top of my head, except for the obvious Politod/Anything with Rain and Ninetails/Anything with Sun.

[Archem]

I tend to skip the legendaries [...] (except) [...] in White in the final battle after catching it. It and every other poke in that battle were higher than my team so I figured I might as well use it.

Ditto. I was doing my deeply under-leveled thing again, but I figured I'd run through and see how tough the Elite Four would be this time. Well, my good battle habits just barely squeaked through, so I decided to go for broke and save my game before the final battle(s). Legendary shows up, kicks an *** or two, dies, and I get into the next fight, barely hanging on, and learn that Hydreigon knows everything. Hated that part. After another couple of tries, I finally won, and went off to grind infinitely.

[Prpl_Mage]

and learn that Hydreigon knows everything. Hated that part.

Dittos. Frigging dark dragon combo.

[Archem]

I was all "Oh, a dragon? Where's my ice type?" and he was all "Focus Blast!", so I said "How 'bout dragon?" and he was all "Dragon Pulse", so I threw in a fire type, because why not, and he surfed the hell out of him, and I countered with my grass type, and he said "Fire Blast!", and then I was pissed.

Seriously, run-on sentence aside, what gives him the right to one-hit 2/3 of my team?

[daoman89]

Hahahahaha Archem had a rough time   And what's the deal with not giving out the pal pad codes?