For me, I like to use tanky, medium fast pokemon that let me coast through the game. While Blissey may seem to shrug off everything and dish out much more damage than it takes, I'd like to use an Empoleon instead since Empoleon can actually OHKO.
It sounds like something that would be a funny gimmick at first; but after 20 minutes you'd come to hate life.One thing I think sounds like fun (and I have plans on fixing it up soon, but it requires me to reset X and I have a lot of stuff to do before then) is going through a game with nothing but a Clefable with Metronome, Mimic, Copycat, and Present*. It just sounds silly and makes battles more risky.
*and HM slaves, of course.
You are probably right.It sounds like something that would be a funny gimmick at first; but after 20 minutes you'd come to hate life.
You are probably right.
...I'm still going to breed it for fun, even if I don't use it in a playthrough.
One thing I think sounds like fun (and I have plans on fixing it up soon, but it requires me to reset X and I have a lot of stuff to do before then) is going through a game with nothing but a Clefable with Metronome, Mimic, Copycat, and Present*. It just sounds silly and makes battles more risky.
*and HM slaves, of course.
It sounds like something that would be a funny gimmick at first; but after 20 minutes you'd come to hate life.
Which Gen was it? If I do this, it will be through X, which has a much lower chance of getting Self Destruct or Explosion (or Healing Wish) than if it was Silver.After using Self Destruct/Explosion for the umteenth time it will really get on your nerves. I used a Granbull that had metronome throughout a game once, it killed itself at least 20 times if not more through metronome.
Which Gen was it? If I do this, it will be through X, which has a much lower chance of getting Self Destruct or Explosion (or Healing Wish) than if it was Silver.
There is one thing that helps out: Healing Wish and (most likely) Lunar Dance can fail if there are no more Pokémon to send out. If you have no Pokémon (or the rest are fainted) in your team besides the Metronome user, the odds of getting a self-KO move become 3/581 = 0.516%.How's that so? More moves to for Metronome to choose between? Keep in mind there are five self-KO moves now; Self-Destruct, Explosion, Memento, Healing Wish and Lunar Dance, compared to the two of Gen II. The chance of a self-KO move to be picked today is 5/581 = 0.86 %, versus 2/240 = 0.833 % in Gen II. This is counting the number of moves that Metronome will not pick (accurate as of Gen V), none of which are self-KO moves. The difference is small, but nevertheless it's actually more likely that you'll get a self-KO move now than back then.
YES!!! I love gimmicky Pokemon! And metronome. Metronome is the best move ever. Togepi used Blue Flare!I like to use pokemon if they have a fun gimmick or they ARE the gimmick: Fardfetch'd, Deliberd, Ditto, Casform, not to mention Malamar.
Also pokemon which are rare in the game even if they are considered bad.
Let's not forget the moves assist and pay day!YES!!! I love gimmicky Pokemon! And metronome. Metronome is the best move ever. Togepi used Blue Flare!
Let's not forget the moves assist and pay day!
Let's not forget the moves assist and pay day!
Pay Day was a TM back in gen 1. Taught it to my Nidoking. Money farmed wild Pidgey with it. Good times.I remember farming with Pay Day when I was younger. EZ MONEY 4 LYFE
I've always found Nuzlocking to be one of the most fun ways of exploring a Pokemon's potential. Every time I do a run, the ending team is different in some way and sometimes, you find that you can polish a turd. When you're almost forced to use something, you can appreciate what strengths it does have, while figuring out how to mitigate its weaknesses. Trying to get something interesting onto a team(and then keeping it alive)is always fun, and I'll always remember chucing my last ball at that Drifloon and catching it. Of course, it died later to bs hax, but using it was definitely unique. I've learned that its a lot harder to judge something when you've used it through the Elite Four-even if it's a Liepard.
Nuzlockes are awesome for making you use awkward Pokemon. I just like using new pokemon.I've always found Nuzlocking to be one of the most fun ways of exploring a Pokemon's potential. Every time I do a run, the ending team is different in some way and sometimes, you find that you can polish a turd. When you're almost forced to use something, you can appreciate what strengths it does have, while figuring out how to mitigate its weaknesses. Trying to get something interesting onto a team(and then keeping it alive)is always fun, and I'll always remember chucing my last ball at that Drifloon and catching it. Of course, it died later to bs hax, but using it was definitely unique. I've learned that its a lot harder to judge something when you've used it through the Elite Four-even if it's a Liepard.