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thanks everyone!
How can I beat Tower Tycoon Palmer if I need EVed pokemon to beat him, but I need the power items (which I can only get BP for without taking, like, a month unless I beat Palmer) to EV my pokemon?
You guys are smarter than me with this game, how did you guys start off EVing? I don't have Platinum (no battle frontier), so yeah. Do I just EV the hard way? Do I get pokerus, and if so would someone be willing to infect a random crappy pokemon (like, lv3 bidoof. I just need to spread it, obviously) with pokerus and trade it to me? I know it seems like a lot to post in this thread, but I'm new here and I was told it's not worthy of a new thread.
You guys are smarter than me with this game, how did you guys start off EVing? I don't have Platinum (no battle frontier), so yeah. Do I just EV the hard way? Do I get pokerus, and if so would someone be willing to infect a random crappy pokemon (like, lv3 bidoof. I just need to spread it, obviously) with pokerus and trade it to me? I know it seems like a lot to post in this thread, but I'm new here and I was told it's not worthy of a new thread.
Either do it the hard way, or find yourself a Macho Brace. You can get the Macho Brace by going to Pastoria city and show a guy three variations of burmy. I forgot which person it was, but you can figure it out.
It will make your job a bit easier.
Look at the bottom of the shell. Thats slowbro's tail in its mouth. Did everyone else know this?
Yes. I noticed this from the very start.
You're a bit late.
I asked the Nintendo rep at the store where I work. He said that there will be other chances to get the key for people who have yet to buy Platinum.
Psychic is a bad offensive type not because few types resist it, but because many, many very powerful Pokemon resist or are immune to it (just in the top 10 I see Scizor, Heatran, Metagross, and Tyranitar. Go down another ten and we also see Latias, Jirachi, Azelf, and Starmie, as well as Skarmory at 21) In addition, Poison types are rare, and Ghost types are hit just as hard by Dark and Ghost.
I would not. The pseudo-BoltBeam punch combo provides great coverage already. Thunderpunch hits Gyarados much harder than Rock Slide, and you already have Ice Punch to kill Salamence.
Doug hasn't updated the ladder yet, so it's still banned.
So I should use Rock Slide on the Band set and Thunderpunch on Scarf? BandCham can't outurn Starmie and Gyarados, but is designed to outurn +1Spe Adamant Gyarados with a Jolly nature...
Besides, people do say Rock has great coverage...what is the best attacking type if so? And why are there so many Steel-types in OU?
The RNG abuse method doesn't care about nature, so use the wrong nature stuff.
Details about it can be found in Wi-fi.
I personally don't use BandCham, so I don't know about that one.
Rock does have good coverage, but many types of moves are best in concert with certain other types. Examples would be Rock+Ground, Ice+Electric, and Fighting+Ghost.
Steel is a superb defensive type and is the only Dragon resist. In addition, many of them have amazing stats, abilities, and/or secondary types.
Try reading this guide first
I was Shoddy'ing today, when I noticed that an opponent using Close Combat on my substitute got a defense drop. I assume this is supposed to be the case, but it's nice to be safe. Is that supposed to happen?
In any case it isn't covered in Smogon's Substitute (move) page - should it be? Looking at that page, it seems to aim to be rather thorough...
In any case it isn't covered in Smogon's Substitute (move) page - should it be? Looking at that page, it seems to aim to be rather thorough...
Ok so I've already went through over 50 gligar eggs looking for a timid one. My IVs on the parent pokemons are great. I'm trying to make a Pure Baton Passer Gliscor. If you look at the set's nature, it says Timid. I was wondering if it would be okay to use a Jolly Gliscor for the set instead. After all, the set doesn't have any attacks and Gliscor surely won't be using special attacks. Please reply!
Yeah, Jolly would be best, just in case you end up shifting it to being offensive later. I don't really know why that set recommends Timid (-Atk, +Spe), though I suppose it really doesn't matter since it doesn't have any attacks and thus either works.
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