Recent content by Chronomancer

Thanks for the detailed calcs! I've been running Jolly right now to make sure I 100% outspeed anything non-scarfed, since I'm not great at these calcs myself. It's surprised a lot of people and has netted me some clutch wins, but there are times when I wish I had that 10% damage increase...

Yeah that's understandable, but I'm assuming they do that so the youngins can go. I can easily pay for the gas money and food for a day trip to Long Beach though. Hopefully my schedule lets me give it a shot this year. *EDIT* Dangit, it's on Sunday and not Saturday. I didn't know VGC was Sunday...

Dumb question, but is there an entry fee for VGC Regionals? I'm flat broke but I want to attend the Long Beach one if I can scrape together some gas money.

It was about the same. I'd say about 6-7 times; I wasn't counting really. The hard part is it won't tell you where it is until you randomly encounter it again - it just says "Location Unknown" in the Pokedex as if you had never seen it before. After you do that, its location shows up in the...

UPDATE! I was running around catching Pokemon to finish up the Pokedex, and lo and behold Articuno showed up again! It's back to being a roaming Pokemon but I'm assuming it'll land in the Sea Spirit's Den after a few encounters. So, it's not a one time thing apparently. At least not if you...

Yeah, that was the case. I'd rather have caught it with less than ideal IVs and then just traded it for something else, but I didn't know it was a one-time thing. As for your offer, thanks but I'm okay. I don't mind it all that much - I've got a full B/W 2 Pokedex anyways :p

Wow. I already have the trio in Black 2, but I wanted to get Articuno to trade for Xerneas. After all the effort to get it to show up, I can't believe that it's just gone. I'm not one to get mad at Gamefreak for their design choices, but this one might convince me to. Time to trade my Yveltal...

So I spent forever trying to get Articuno to rest at the Sea Spirit's Den, but I didn't save beforehand. Wanting to soft reset for IVs, etc I just ran from the battle, and now it says that Articuno's location is unknown in the Pokedex. Did I screw up? I tried beating the Elite Four again as...

I always forget about the negative priority. The main reason I use U-Turn is to escape any bad matchups, and I couldn't really afford to take the hit while I roar, so it makes sense to stick with U-Turn. Thanks!

Back with another question for my Hydreigon: I just remembered Hydreigon learns Roar. Now in my last question I mentioned that I run U-Turn as my 4th move in case of Fairies, so I can switch out and avoid bad match-ups. Would it be smarter to just run Roar? I mean, I use U-Turn when I know I...

That's what I thought. Thanks!

I need some help determining damage output for the following situation. I like to run a Timid Hydreigon as a Special Attacker has saved my bacon numerous times: Hydreigon @ Expert Belt Ability: Levitate EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpAtk / 252 Speed Timid Nature - Draco Meteor - Fire Blast - U-turn - Dark...

Bump because I've made some changes, but I'd like to see people's opinions on the base team first.

That's what I was afraid of. Oh well - I'll either go for Brave Bird or Roost over Taunt, and just run whirlwind instead.

Speed Calc Question: Is there any way a Skarmory could outspeed Smeargle without hindering it's versatility in other ways? I was thinking of trying to breed one with Whirlwind in order to check entry hazards, and I know I can't outspeed priority Klefki, so I thought I'd try to outspeed the next...