I predicted Skymin would be high OU, but....we'll have to test before we boot it out.
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Pokemon Platinum - The definitive thread: Mach 2 (In-Game Discussion)
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For what it's worth it's been 12 years, JAA was the 10'th anniversary. (I'm wearing the sepcial badge they handed out ATM)
Haha, beat you to that.
you're very right actually.
(out of curiosity vs practicality mainly) I've been looking at the pros and cons of quick attack vs bullet punch on scizor (and the possibility of using both [would not]). with bullet punch you lose damage on gyarados / zapdos, infernape, starmie, tentacruel, Jolteon and electivire. a neutral quick attack is just as poweful as a NVE X-Scissor / Iron Head, but you obviously lose the priority.
on the plus side, you gain damage on Azelf, Breloom, Deoxys-S, Dugtio, Dragonite, Garchomp (very cool), Gengar (major plus), Gliscor (it 2hkos with Stealth Rock, that's damn impressive), Heracross, Lucario (lol), Mamoswine, Roserade, Salamence, Togekiss, Tyranitar, Weavile, Yanmega and Aerodactyl.
excluding some things that are slow and hit harder by x-scissor/iron head (e.g. spiritomb). this is just off of current OU list + aero.
pretty much, no.
Found this on a serebii board, doubt its legit, but...
There are also new move tutors.
http://imepita.jp/20080911/373000
http://imepita.jp/20080911/387040
Dive, Fury Cutter, Icy Wind, Thunderpunch, Fire Punch, Ice Punch, Ominous Wind, Air Cutter
Zen Headbutt, Vacuum Wave, Trick, Knock Off, Sucker Punch
They appear to be bought with shards.
http://imepita.jp/20080911/388950
Doesn't seem right to me. Lack of seed bomb, repetition of several Emerald moves, and being bought with shards when you would think they'd be purchased with BP sounds suspicious.
There are also new move tutors.
http://imepita.jp/20080911/373000
http://imepita.jp/20080911/387040
Dive, Fury Cutter, Icy Wind, Thunderpunch, Fire Punch, Ice Punch, Ominous Wind, Air Cutter
Zen Headbutt, Vacuum Wave, Trick, Knock Off, Sucker Punch
They appear to be bought with shards.
http://imepita.jp/20080911/388950
Doesn't seem right to me. Lack of seed bomb, repetition of several Emerald moves, and being bought with shards when you would think they'd be purchased with BP sounds suspicious.
It doesn't actually do anything.
On a related note, I'm going to start filming videos of Platinum with Camtasia.
I have a feeling that Seed Bomb is not a tutor move but is rather an egg move for Pachirisu...seeing as how Breloom and the squirrel are in the same egg group
I also have reservations about the Outrage tutor...it seems to me more like legendarypokemon.net still hasn't updated its Giratina move roster with Outrage
I also have reservations about the Outrage tutor...it seems to me more like legendarypokemon.net still hasn't updated its Giratina move roster with Outrage
The punches are (possibly) back?
I have a feeling Ursaring is going to be so much better now that CC and Ice Punch aren't illegal anymore. :3 Ditto for other random BLs like Azumarill.
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Knock Off, Sucker Punch, Trick, and possibly Zen Headbutt are the only other usable ones, haha. I'm kind of let down if those are the real ones, though. =(
I have a feeling Ursaring is going to be so much better now that CC and Ice Punch aren't illegal anymore. :3 Ditto for other random BLs like Azumarill.
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Knock Off, Sucker Punch, Trick, and possibly Zen Headbutt are the only other usable ones, haha. I'm kind of let down if those are the real ones, though. =(
I dunno, if a Poison Pokemon that doesnt have sticky hold gets trick, then we will finally have a use for Black Sludge :)
And on that note, I'm signing off for the night to sleep, will update the front post while I eat breakfast in the morning
Gengar, Gengar... >_>
But what I meant was that I expected more, and better moves. Oh well.
Icy wind is quite feasible if you predict right, metagross can 2HKO Yachechomp if he switches into Gross, and be outsped for the KO.
It's just the newest version of the little visual aid to help people figure out which window goes with which side of the battle. Last gen it was a dark arrow under the box and in D/P it's a little triangle on the edge of the box. The Platinum version seems to combine the two aesthetics. It's a good change, the D/P triangle gets lost in the background sometimes (not that many people need to see it, but if you're making a visual aid it should be visible!)
