Recent content by DrPumpkinz

I'm pretty sure most games' Smart AI does actually read your Pokemon's actual stats. Like, the more basic versions will literally perform mock damage calculations of each of their moves on your Pokemon's real stats and will choose which attack to use accordingly.

:rs/corphish: Corphish's pokedex entry from Ruby reads: "Corphish were originally foreign Pokémon that were imported as pets. They eventually turned up in the wild. This Pokémon is very hardy and has greatly increased its population." This detail of Corphish not being native to Hoenn is a...

bro have you seen a rapidash they're fucking ripped give earthquake to ALL the horse mons and throw high horsepower in the garbage. fuckin' real life horses can use earthquake.

Speaking of horses, why does Rapidash not learn Earthquake? If you've ever wondered why Poseidon seemed to have two random side gigs as the god of earthquakes and horses, it's because earthquakes were his original domain and horses quake the earth when they run so they got roped in by association.

god skitty is so fucking cute

I don't think baiting the opponent with Protect is necessarily a bad thing. I did that a bunch with Espeon during my Colosseum playthrough and felt like a genius every time. I also know for a fact that if I had played Colosseum as a kid, I would not have thought of that. My ass didn't think...

Big Sliggy is just that awesome.

An evasion-spamming gym leader next to a route with a Poison-type that naturally learns Toxic could be cool.

Honestly Rock Blast is pretty good as far as Gen 3 Rock moves go. Its accuracy may have only been 80% back then, but unlike other multihit moves it's always had its 25 base power. 3 hits is as strong as Rock Slide, 4 and 5 are way stronger, and only getting 2 hits is still as strong as Rock...

:silcoon::zorua-hisui::sliggoo-hisui::cherrim::basculegion-f::goodra-hisui: A gloomy trainer who prefers to hide. :sv/silcoon: Silcoon - Iron Defense - Poison Sting - Tackle :sv/zorua-hisui: Zorua-Hisui - Rest - Snarl - Bitter Malice - Sludge Bomb :sv/sliggoo-hisui...

Renamon

I mean, there's not much that's mechanically special about mega evolutions. For most purposes they're just regular Pokemon with high base stats, so they'd probably be treated as such.

Legends Z-A has had me thinking more about megas, and I've come to a surprising conclusion: I don't think I like them. Not the designs themselves, I think those are fantastic, but the impact they have on everything around them. In any game they're in, they basically force every important NPC...

A Gen 3 Electric slate without any actual Electric-types? This is the perfect opportunity to showcase one of my favorite bits of Gen 3 design: Lightning Rod. :marowak::gyarados::steelix::skarmory::golem::gengar: :rs/marowak: Marowak @ Thick Club Ability: Lightning Rod - Earthquake - Rock...

If it's the song I'm thinking of, I think gen 1 used it for the guy who redirects you to Brock.