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I believe I can ask this general question here (and if not, please direct me to where I can ask about this problem I'm having): I keep trying to see the D/P list with the NFE and Number options ticked in the Smogondex, but every time I click on 'Save Prefrences' it loads the page, shows the list from Blubasaur and downward, but then it reloads the page and shows Abomasnow and downward, like it would already do it in alphabitzed order. How do I fix this to see the list how I want it (from Bulbasaur down to Arceus)?
Thanks in advance.
~ Aether Nexus
Thanks in advance.
~ Aether Nexus
So I started a new account on ShoddyBattle so I can test out the mathematical value in volatility, and I think I've gotten pretty far in my CRE (I'm also restarting to get fresh new start and a cool user name). But volatility is not my problem.
My question here is: how high a CRE do you guys suppose is good enough to encounter less UU Pokemon players? Sure, I'm encountering more OU Pokemon as I'm laddering up, but when it's comes to testing for Contributions and Corrections, testing OU sets against people who base their teams on UU pokemon really hurts the sets credibility. Also,I don't want to get into anymore egotastical fights with people who hate OU Pokemon even though they're in the OU tier...
My question here is: how high a CRE do you guys suppose is good enough to encounter less UU Pokemon players? Sure, I'm encountering more OU Pokemon as I'm laddering up, but when it's comes to testing for Contributions and Corrections, testing OU sets against people who base their teams on UU pokemon really hurts the sets credibility. Also,I don't want to get into anymore egotastical fights with people who hate OU Pokemon even though they're in the OU tier...
1.)What IV should i get for subseeding abomasnow? i have googled and asked in gamefaqs but no one reply me.
2.) is it better to go for a defensive abomasnow, or should i folow smogon and go for a 252 sp.atk 252 speed ev points for it?
2.) is it better to go for a defensive abomasnow, or should i folow smogon and go for a 252 sp.atk 252 speed ev points for it?
Is there any way to defeat Skarmory without using Electric or Fire and most of your remaining Pokemon's attacks being not effective against it?
Accidental Greed, I say perhaps around 1300. The people from there on out stop being idiots and start using stuff thats actually useful. Although it is hard to pinpoint exactly where, its roughly in that neighborhood.
Accidental Greed, I say perhaps around 1300. The people from there on out stop being idiots and start using stuff thats actually useful. Although it is hard to pinpoint exactly where, its roughly in that neighborhood.
Strong special attacks like water. Taunt it to stop it from roosting, even Earthquake/Close Combat it if you predict Roost and you are slower.
Thank you Manav!
Oh, and as for your Skarmory question, it will always lose to strong unresisted Special Attacks. You'll pull through with the Special defensive variants, too.
Other ways to defeat Skarmory is to utilize Taunt, which is extremely useful on Gliscor, Aeodactyl, and Crobat to defeat stall. you'll also find stallbreakers useful, as Skarmory is usually paired with Obi stall teammates. Aerodactyl, Crobat, Togekiss, and Infernape do well.
And if you don't want those, hit it with all you've got especially with Special moves.
Hey,
This question probably has a more opinionated answer, but it's bothering me for a while. On route 43 in HG/SS, there is a demonic miracle at work. A level 50 magikarp, found simply by surfing. The first time I played the game, I found the magikarp by accident thinking i got lucky. But I just reset my game and thought it would be fun to see if I could get it again. The first magikarp. The first little floppy fishy. Was level 50. And after a few trainer battles, or one Rare Candy, you have a level 51 Gyarados. At this point in the game, most of my pokemon are in the mid 30's.
I mean, what's the point of getting the lv. 30 red Gyarados when you have a blue one that is 20 levels higher, and takes absolutely no work to raise. I'm not complaining about it, but the elite four is virtually no threat once a level 60 Gyarados has barged its way through everything, and OHKO'd Lance's strongest pokemon with Ice Fang. So my question is this: Do you think it's cheap to have such a strong pokemon available so soon in the game?
This question probably has a more opinionated answer, but it's bothering me for a while. On route 43 in HG/SS, there is a demonic miracle at work. A level 50 magikarp, found simply by surfing. The first time I played the game, I found the magikarp by accident thinking i got lucky. But I just reset my game and thought it would be fun to see if I could get it again. The first magikarp. The first little floppy fishy. Was level 50. And after a few trainer battles, or one Rare Candy, you have a level 51 Gyarados. At this point in the game, most of my pokemon are in the mid 30's.
I mean, what's the point of getting the lv. 30 red Gyarados when you have a blue one that is 20 levels higher, and takes absolutely no work to raise. I'm not complaining about it, but the elite four is virtually no threat once a level 60 Gyarados has barged its way through everything, and OHKO'd Lance's strongest pokemon with Ice Fang. So my question is this: Do you think it's cheap to have such a strong pokemon available so soon in the game?
Smogon is "strict" because there are a lot of other pokemon forums out there with noobs who don't take pokemon -or anything- seriously, so Smogon is forced to drive those sort of people out so that our status doesn't fall like the other pokemon communities. As for the hyper (heavy?) offense, this link should help you: http://www.smogon.com/forums/showthread.php?t=61631
Here it's called heavy offense but I think the idea is the same. As the name suggests, you literally take complete advantage of offense by having 4 or 5 pokemon with boosting moves such as agility, dragon dance, swords dance, etc. Generally these teams have a pokemon who helps the sweeprs set up, by laying out screens or some other form of protection.
Well, a minor offense is still an offense. You technically agreed to abide by the rules and guides of Smogon when you signed up for an account, so you're expected to follow them. If the mods let little things slip by then eventually things would just become slack and then it'd be a trollfest mess like other forums. Smogon is very orderly.
BLAST YOU NINJAS;
although the purpose isn't to drive people away.
Why do people use Beat Up on Dugtrio? I never really understood the point of that, since Beat Up is based on the number of Pokemon you have unfainted/unstatused. Also, it does typeless damage which I suppose is decent, but aren't there better choices since it's not always that Beat Up will be at 60 BP?
Well you faced someone who was trolling. Beat up is a bad move overall and Dugtrio has so much better options.
Chansey... Who sadly stalls out Earthquake. Other than that...
There is absolutely no reason for Dugtrio to ever use the move Beat Up. Unless Beat Up serves a purpose against physically-weak opponents not KO'd by Earthquake or it's other main moves, Chansey is the only reason to ever have to use this.
The reason is this:
80 Atk vs 5 Def & 641 HP (10 Base Power): 115 - 136 (17.94% - 21.22%) (non-LO)
Since most of the tier is >80 base Attack (plenty are >100), you only really need like 4 members to OHKO Chansey, which Chansey can stall out Earthquakes with Wish + Protect.
Personally I wouldn't bother using Beat Up on Dugtrio unless you're trying to sweep with a Mismagius or something, I would only use it on Houndoom to make it easier for Houndoom to sweep.
If it wasn't strict it'd be full of noobs like serebii, or full of scammers like gamefaqs.
a hyper offensive team is a team with 10 or more infractons.
you're welcome.
I'm really lazy when it comes to pokemon, and I dont know how to use RNG
I've always wanted to use a shiny on my in-game team, and I recently caught a shiny Slowpoke. I also always wanted to use a slowbro in game, so I thought this worked out perfectly. There's only one problem:
It's Timid
Should I just use this shiny slowpoke, or should i look for a non-shiny one with a different nature (such as modest or bold)
I've always wanted to use a shiny on my in-game team, and I recently caught a shiny Slowpoke. I also always wanted to use a slowbro in game, so I thought this worked out perfectly. There's only one problem:
It's Timid
Should I just use this shiny slowpoke, or should i look for a non-shiny one with a different nature (such as modest or bold)
Because Breloom's good typing and excellent attack allow it to setup on many OU pokemon and deal heavy damage. Also, only 2% don't, so it's not like it's a very prevalent strategy.
And to add onto what cosmicexplorer said, since 98% of all Breloom have Spore, the opponent will generally expect a Spore once a Breloom is switched in. This lets Breloom use Swords Dance with some other moves or something like Mach Punch. It's some mind-gaming I suppose. I had a friend who ran a SD/Mach/SE/Facade set before, expecting people to switch out to a ResTalker because practically every Breloom runs Spore.
Alright so I don't know how many people in here play Safari Zone in HGSS, but...
So there's a chart that deems after how long a block in the Safari zone levels up here -> http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Johto_Safari_Zone#Block_upgrades
However, what I want to know is this: After that amount of time of a certain block being present in a Safari Zone area (e.g. Plain blocks won't level up if a Plain block isn't present), does the individual block level up, or do all of the blocks of that type level up? For example, let's say that I put a Plains block in an area, and the block has a value of 1. After 10 days, it will level up and have a value of 2. If I then put in 29 more Plains blocks, will it count as 29+2 = 31 blocks, or will it count as 2 + 2(29) = 60? I'm utterly confused about this matter, as I haven't found a place yet that has clarified this issue.
So there's a chart that deems after how long a block in the Safari zone levels up here -> http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Johto_Safari_Zone#Block_upgrades
However, what I want to know is this: After that amount of time of a certain block being present in a Safari Zone area (e.g. Plain blocks won't level up if a Plain block isn't present), does the individual block level up, or do all of the blocks of that type level up? For example, let's say that I put a Plains block in an area, and the block has a value of 1. After 10 days, it will level up and have a value of 2. If I then put in 29 more Plains blocks, will it count as 29+2 = 31 blocks, or will it count as 2 + 2(29) = 60? I'm utterly confused about this matter, as I haven't found a place yet that has clarified this issue.