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If I understand correctly, you are basically asking if investing evs into hp or the defense stats increases a pokemon's survivability more. The answer is that it depends. The general rule is that if you have more base hp stat, investing in the defenses is more worthwhile (ie Blissey) but if your defenses are higher than your hp, investing in hp is more worthwhile (ie shuckle).
You would probably like x-act's ev calculator: http://users.smogon.com/X-Act/defense.html
Assuming you already downloaded the program, go in "advanced" and type
host: shoddybattle.smogon.com
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3 questions on pkm tiers
1. How can floatzel be NU? Its the fastest swift swimmer!
2. Garchomp is uber, I can understand that. What I can't understand is why salamence isn't uber
3. Any idea if manaphy and latios are gonna be OU?
1. How can floatzel be NU? Its the fastest swift swimmer!
2. Garchomp is uber, I can understand that. What I can't understand is why salamence isn't uber
3. Any idea if manaphy and latios are gonna be OU?
What's the policy on little brothers who erase game saves? -_-
Once I have finally got the national dex, I'm thiking of becoming a breeder, rather than a competitive battler, just wanted to clear something up.
If an action replay code is used to capture a pokemon (for example, a bulbasaur) that pokemon is not legit. Is that correct?
Once I have finally got the national dex, I'm thiking of becoming a breeder, rather than a competitive battler, just wanted to clear something up.
If an action replay code is used to capture a pokemon (for example, a bulbasaur) that pokemon is not legit. Is that correct?
1) UU\NU are determined by actual usage
2) Garchomp has been tested and voted uber, Salamence hasn't (until now at least). And anyway, you can't compare them for several reasons.
3) Manaphy will be voted soon, Latios has been voted uber.
Yes.
1. NU tier is defined by usage. it wasn't used enough in UU for it to actually be UU.
2. Garchomp had amazing defenses and could take priority well, while not much could survive a +2 Outrage. Salamence is equally powerful, but there are too many checks(namely scizor with Bullet Punch, who is #1 in usage). It's defenses are good, but can be manipulated easily. Also the Stealth Rock weakness is offsetting.
3.Latios is Uber, and Manaphy will be decided soon.
EDIT: Haunter beat me too it. I'm too slow ;)
You can't, both Porygon and Porygon2 learn tri attack at lv. 51.
If Latios is staying uber then how can latias be OU? Aern't they virtually the same?
You can get one from a generation 3 game, where it learns it at level 36. The ability has a probability to change when it evolves in gen 4. (Only if it's been Pal Parked).
Latias has far higher Defenses while Latios has far higher Offenses, and the latter is generally more powerful. You can check their respective analyses to see what I mean.
Cheers Haunter. Will have to invest in a few of the GBA carts then
Oh, yes. I forgot about that. Yes, you have a 50% chance that it changes its ability upon evolving.
No problem, though maybe it would be easier to just trade for one. Try asking in the wifi subforum.
I would imagine the starters, even just a randomly bred one with crap IVs would be pricy in terms of pokémon wanted for it, or maybe it's just me being daft. I'll check it out, man.
I would definitely max out Speed; Slaking needs to hit fast and hard on the turns that it isn't actually trapped in Truant.
Can someone give me the link to shoddy battle? Im having trouble with the older edition...
It's in the Thread Cryonics, with Trou and Greatest Hits.
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