It's probably been asked before, but do you guys think trainer battles will be optional in this game? I doubt it.
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I wonder if you only start cheering your Pokémon on when you've spent time on them in PokeAmie to build a strong enough bond so the cheering comes with an added meaning.
No, that was only a part of the demo so you could decide whether or not you wanted to have the full-blown experience, or blitz straight through to the MEvo fight. They advertised avoiding other trainers on the official website, which implies that, once again, they'll stop you dead in your tracks for a battle if you walk past them.
You guys realize the "cheering" lines were in BW/2 as well, right? Seems more prominent in XY, but if you switched a Pokemon in to a low health enemy in the Gen 5 games, for instance, you say something like "It's almost dead, you should be able to do this!"
I really do like how your Pokemon acknowledges you while still looking focused on the battle, though.
I really do like how your Pokemon acknowledges you while still looking focused on the battle, though.
So do I.
Omg yes I loved that too!! And I also love how the trainers have their little win/loss gestures at the end of each battle! Reminds me of Colosseum/XD! I wonder if we can customize that. That would be incredible!!
I would love customizable battle beginners/ending statements/everything the Trainer says, kinda like Battle Revolution. It'd be banned online for sure, but still.
Also, how the hell will Diglett be able to turn its head to look at us
Same goes for Voltorb and co
It's true that there have been different mid-battle phrases based on switching Pokémon out, but those only really applied to battle. It's more prominent in the new games because the phrases are built around winning because you're so close instead of making a point that the opponent has almost fainted. Now it's more of a "Do your best out there, buddy!"
That's what caught my attention, anyway
You can't really argue that. In the BW demo, you're forced into a battle with both Bianca and Cheren, who are in-game friends, so allowing for a more personalized experience with the demo was just a choice they made this time around.
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I'm more than sure that "less mobile Pokemon" will have some sort of "thrilled to bits animation :D" or display of confidence as a result of the encouragement to compensate (Honedge whipping its cloth back and forth...oh wait... :confused:)
EDIT: Honedge pumping its cloth "fist"...
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Just passing by to remind you guys that Sylveon has 95 Base HP. It had 155 HP at level 50 in some older trailer, and that's only possible with 95 base, unless it had any EVs.
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LOL
So if it has 95 hp then I'm guessing that it will most likely have 110 SPA and 130 SPDef and attack defense and speed stats might be 60-65 stats.But Sylveon used draining kiss in the game show video and it barely did anything but healed a lot of health.Does it recover the amount of damage it deals or just half like giga drain?
Oh that's a good point, I thought the shiny one confirmed either 95 or 110 base HP, but wow....that just justifies even more how the hell sylveon survived the life orb, crit, rain hydro pump.
For reference assuming the absolute minimum damage case of -SpAtk Nature, 0 SpAtk IV, 0 SpAtk EV Politoed and Calm sylveon with 95 base HP and 130 base SpDef, all 31 IVs, 252 HP and 252 SpDef investment takes:
0- SpA Life Orb Politoed Hydro Pump vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD (custom) in rain on a critical hit: 118-140 (58.41 - 69.3%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
According to the battle log in the previous page, politoed did 50% to damage to Sylveon on the first Hydro Pump. Every other case does significant more damage than this. And this case is extremely unlikely.
There is definitely a battle mechanics change, either crit is nerfed, rain is nerfed, or sylveon's dream world ability, or other possibilities....but it cannot be possible with the current damage calculation formula.
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Competitively, it's a testy setup. If he hadn't used Draco Meteor and Topsy-Turvy on the same turn before Trick Room was activated, the strategy would have been thrown out of whack. The reason I was impressed that they thought to show that tactic without being intrigued at the implied utility of Topsy-Turvy is because it becomes a drawn-out Swords Dance of sorts if you're using it to patch up your Pokémon that take a stat recoil from using high-power moves. Anything that takes more than one Pokémon to pull off can be disrupted more easily than any tactics that can only be done with one Pokémon, it's a part of why the Pledge moves in BW weren't seen as an optimal strategy for their secondary effects after use.
So yes, I get the feeling that it was recognized, but I also have a gut feeling that I'm not the only one who thought before it was showcased in the double battle show that Topsy-Turvy, like all other moves that target one Pokémon, could also be used on an adjacent ally.
So yes, I get the feeling that it was recognized, but I also have a gut feeling that I'm not the only one who thought before it was showcased in the double battle show that Topsy-Turvy, like all other moves that target one Pokémon, could also be used on an adjacent ally.
Draining Kiss defiantly seems broken.. What do you bet Jynx gets it?
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強いだね
It's a 60 BP move.
Outside of DW Mr. Mime you're not going to be seeing any use out of this move competitively...
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