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Beginner's Guide: Done (needs grammar checking and may be missing some content).

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Alright, since you are eager to get started, we, the CAPASB community, will generously donate 6 Trainer Counters and a backpack that contains two each of each of Oran, Leppa, Cheri, Chesto, Pecha, Rawst, and Aspear berries. You can use Trainer Counters to purchase different Pokemon- the stronger they are, the more TC they will cost! This post will tell you the cost of every NFE or single-stage Pokemon. Pick as many as you can purchase. The only Pokemon you CANNOT purchase as your starter(s), however, is Smeargle.

Now, you have to register your team. This seems very daunting, but it is actually easy. To register your team, you have to format and submit information about you and your Pokemon in this registration thread. Use this template to submit information about yourself.

Trainer Name: Cooltrainer Limewire
Pokemon:
W/L/T:
Trainer Counters:


Backpack:

Berry Pocket:

Token Pocket:

[Any Links to ongoing battles here. Putting past battles here also helps.]

Pokemon Team:

Now it is time to submit information about your Pokemon. This can be a little bit confusing, so pay attention! The first thing you need to put down is the sprite, name, nickname, gender, nature, type/STAB and stats. Using sites like http://veekun.com/ helps out a lot. In ASB, STAB and stats work a bit differently, so be sure to click on those links to find out more. Let's say that I wanted to get a female Togepi (they are so adorable!) with a Quiet nature. Her information form would look like this:

Togepi(*) Eggball (F)
Nature: Quiet (SpA +*, Speed / 1.15)

Type:

Normal: Normal STAB; Bite, Claw Sharpen, Crunch, Dig, Double Kick, Hammer Arm, Iron Tail, Rain Dance, Rock Smash, Shadow Claw, Sunny Day, Wild Charge have Energy Cost reduced by one (1).

Stats:

HP: 90
Atk: Rank 1
Def: Rank 3
SpA: Rank 3 (+)
SpD: Rank 3
Spe: 17 (20 / 1.15)

So far so good. Hey, why is there an star next to Togepi's name? Well, we need to keep track of your starter Pokemon(s). This will be explained a bit later. Right now, it is time to focus on Pokemon counters, abilities and moves. Most Pokemon have three counters: an Evolution Counter that keeps track of their growth, a Dream World Counter that eventually unlocks Dream World ability, and a Move Counter which can be used to purchase moves. Needless to say, if you bought a Pokemon that does not evolve or gain a Dream World ability, you do not need to add the respective counter. Two-stage Pokemon start out with 0/6 EC, and three-stage Pokemon start out with 0/9 EC. Pokemon with Dream World abilities have 0/5 DC, and every Pokemon starts out with 0 MC. All of these counters will be explained later.

Abilities are pretty simple. Just use this post from the Data Thread to find the abilities of your Pokemon. Remember to write down that your Dream World ability is locked. Moves are also pretty simple. Select any move that your Pokemon will learn from Lv 0 to Lv 25. Then, select any three egg and B/W TM move you wish. If your Pokemon does not learn any egg moves, then you can choose the next three level up moves after Lv 25. One final note- be sure to put a (*) next to these moves, and only these moves, for your starter Pokemon (this will be useful if you ever buy a Smeargle later on). With all of this in mind, Togepi should look like this:

Togepi(*) Eggball (F)
Nature: Quiet (SpA +, Speed / 1.15)

Type:

Normal: Normal STAB; Bite, Claw Sharpen, Crunch, Dig, Double Kick, Hammer Arm, Iron Tail, Rain Dance, Rock Smash, Shadow Claw, Sunny Day, Wild Charge have Energy Cost reduced by one (1).

Stats:

HP: 90
Atk: Rank 1
Def: Rank 3
SpA: Rank 3
SpD: Rank 3
Spe: 17 (20 / 1.15)

EC: 0/9
DC: 0/5
MC: 0

Abilities:

Serene Grace: (Innate) This Pokemon has a blessing which doubles the success chance of its attack’s secondary effects. (eg paralysis from Thunderbolt)
Hustle: (Can Be Activated) This Pokemon puts immense force and speed in its physical attacks, increasing the base damage of all its physical attacks by three (3), but the haste lowers their accuracy to 80% of normal.
(DW) Super Luck: (Innate, Locked) This Pokemon’s natural skill doubles (x2) its critical hit levels above other Pokemon, making its normal moves inflict critical hits 12.5% of the time and its high critical hit moves inflict critical hits 1/3rd of the time.

Moves:

Growl(*)
Charm(*)
Metronome(*)
Sweet Kiss(*)
Yawn(*)
Encore(*)
AncientPower(*)
Follow Me(*)
Bestow(*)

Nasty Plot(*)
Morning Sun(*)
Extrasensory(*)

Fire Blast(*)
Shadow Ball(*)
Grass Knot(*)