Bronzong's goal is to inflict the finishing blow anyway, but being walled by a dark type sort of destroys the strategy. There's no reason to take such a risk when Bronzong's doing pitiful damage anyway. There's also Flash Cannon, which is basically a Steel version of Psychic.Sudo,
Bronzong's phychic won't change, because there are few dark types used at double battle, and its former move was Gyro Ball but currently there are many Trickroom Teams.
No... the Pokemon is not banned outright just for learning a move past level 50.Oh, I see. So say T-Tar learns Crunch at level 80 (idk if it does), but level 50 is the limit? That's why it would be banned?
They won't.And yes, even though I was selected to play via raffle, I didn't like it because it didn't show who actually knew how to battle. The on-location drawing was even stupider because you could know nothing about Pokemon and still get selected to play over someone who had the pokedex memorized and has 999:59 on every game they own. I am hoping they improve the selection process next year.
The rules are so poor that you shouldn't really mind about using lv 1 Endeavor users.I LIVE!!!
Anyhow, let me say something right up front. I hate playing with or against level 1 Pokémon. I prefer all my matches to scale to level 50 and I think using level 1 Pokémon to take advantage of Endeavor (or for any other reason) is cheap.
My guess is that since rotom has new forms in platinum, along with giratina and shaymin, and that those new forms will not work in D/P that they had to ban them for that reason....Judgment banned? Rotom banned? ROFL!
On a more serious note, I agree with Obi's above post. That and a raffle-esq system really does suck, as well as the extremely limited areas to qualify at.
It's probably because the new forms are considdered "Event Pokemon" and even in JAA where Ubers were allowed the event pokemon were still banned. That's just my guess.Well, in Japan, they are forcing you to use Platinum in their competitions(no D/P), so the new forms would work in Plat against Plat. Other than that I really have no idea why they would ban Rotom unless there is a glitch which makes the mower form OHKO anything with Thundershock, but I really doubt it. :P
imo there are way more than 128 people that got 20 / 20 on that stupid questions... =xFor the raffle, I hope it'd be based on how many questions were answered correctly rather than luck. I got all 20 questions correct and yet was not initially chosen. Fortunately we were able to get in through the lottery but won't count on it being that fortunate again if it comes down to that.
100 * 0.75 * 1.5 = 112.5 power.Heat Wave hits both opponents for 100 power when it is sunny.
I thought when it hit both opponents it hit at .5 power (and not your ally) (atleast what I read from the smogon guide)?100 * 0.75 * 1.5 = 112.5 power.
No, it's 75% power in Diamond/Pearl/presumably also Platinum. Even if it were 0.5, that would make it 75 power. Where is this guide you speak of? It needs updating.I thought when it hit both opponents it hit at .5 power (and not your ally) (atleast what I read from the smogon guide)?
Nah, it's not in there. I was writing a Double Battle Strategies guide, which would include that, but who knows when/if I'll finish it. I am pretty lazy. Anyhow, sun multiplies Fire damage by 1.5 and Water damage by 0.5. Rain does the opposite.Thanks for pointing that out nitpicker. =) doesn't weather double the power of the moves that benefit(i.e. Surf in rain, flamethrower in sun)? there should be a guide or something that clarifies these kind of things, assuming it's not in your double primer guide already. :P
I think that's how it works, but I've never actually calculated it. Also, the Defense of your partner would be halved too. I know you already know that, but I am a nitpicker after all!That reminds me, with Explosion in doubles, is the power lowered to 75% AND the defense is halved on both opponents? Because I remember at Showdown Bluecookies and I were talking about this and just the power reduction in general.
There is such a guide.Thanks for pointing that out nitpicker. =) doesn't weather double the power of the moves that benefit(i.e. Surf in rain, flamethrower in sun)? there should be a guide or something that clarifies these kind of things, assuming it's not in your double primer guide already. :P