Recent content by Scythemantis

But pulling off the combo is fun, and this is a game. People aren't obligated to run the "technically best" option on everything, and it's not the only way to win, either.

It's for humorous flavor and fun. "Wimp out" implies cowardice, while "Emergency Exit" sounds more strategic and impressive. Basically, Golisopod is still as "cowardly" on the inside as it was when it was a Wimpod, but it puts on this facade of being a brave warrior. Think of him as a Zapp...

Everybody keeps asking why this pokemon isn't a steel type but the reasoning is in its flavor and the way its mechanics reflect that is very very clever. Dhelmise is grass/ghost because that's really all it is. It's ghostly seaweed. The anchor is nothing but a normal, actual anchor the seaweed...

I know this is a bit of a faux pas, but I play entirely to try and get as much mileage as I can using pokemon I just like, and my "competitive" team is literally just drawn from my top ten favorite designs/concepts in the game, few of which are really recognized as competitive powerhouses...

But Garbodor has a great design; it's a rotting shark-faced dust-bunny golem with a metal skeleton. Everything about it is lovable :)

Do trapping moves count as regular damaging moves for purposes of items like Assault Vest? If so I was going to try this set once we can transfer from B2/W2: Garbodor@Assault Vest 252 atk/252 spdef +spdef -spatk Infestation Drain Punch Giga Drain/Gunk Shot Explosion/Focus Blast I also like...

Articles for NU pokemon should be written from the perspective that NU is just another tier, which it is. Some seem to be painting it as a shameful dumping ground nobody wants to play.

Speaking of Garbodor, what was wrong with its old, optimistic analysis? I don't read the strategy dex to hear how hard something sucks and that i'd be stupid to use it in any tier I want. I just want to know the best things it can do. Even if that isn't much, is "MAN WHAT A PIECE OF CRAP" type...

I've been doing very well with eviolite Frillish, actually, so there's another spin blocker. I use something similar to the standard dusclops set.

So I popped into the server, said something, didn't see it up, said it again, realized the server was lagging and was suddenly disconnected. Now I can't see it in the server list...does this mean I was kicked/banned for spamming or did it just go down at an inopportune time? I have no idea how...

Breludico, to many people making even moderately decent use out of a more unusual pokemon can make up for a lower success rate. You keep shooting down ideas because they're mildly less potent than this or that, and that isn't always the point. Even people who put strategy first still want to...

Thanks for a lot of nice feedback, one of my comics ran on cracked again the other day and I was surprised by how WELL their visitors received it this time, they usually flame and troll :p I didn't mean to forget about Brains & Guts, I just reserve a certain type of weirdness for them now. I...

I just meant in the competitive pokemon section, I've always just used it as a casual resource and really wouldn't have much of anything to contribute to it myself. But yeah, I started adding comics to my site (see sig) in 2007 and am up to over a hundred now, though the last couple months have...

I've been doing this for a few years now, it's usually all-original nonsense but on a few occasions it's been pokeymen nonsense. This one was my response to much bitching and moaning when the Black & White starters were revealed, and people clamoring for either a wolf or a "raptor" pokemon...

I've been using Gloom with evo stone for my own amusement, since it's my personal favorite poke and nobody ever expects it, though there isn't really a whole lot of use I've found for it other than throwing status around. Would still like some advice on ways to get maybe a little more mileage...