Hello, I am new here. I joined because I love pokemon and have no one to discuss it with, I would consider myself a fairly laid back sort of player, I don't play competitively so the pokemon I have are solely for playing the storyline. I've been into pokemon since first Gen but honestly still consider myself a noob (I know absolutely nothing about evs or ivs and also I pretty much always stick with solely offensive moves) so any and all suggestions would be appreciated :)
Most of my team I transferred over from pokemon x at low levels so that I could build them up as I played. Here they are, keep in mind I have not yet beat the final gym or taken on the elite4.
Oh and I guess i should mention that they all have had pokerus.
Swampert lvl 46 @ swampertite
Ability: torrent
nature: quiet
Surf
strength
dig
rockslide
I chose mudkip as my starter mostly because in emerald I always went with torchic and I wanted to switch things up, plus I liked the idea of having a water and ground pokemon. I have only just received the hm dive in the game so I honestly don't know what I'm going to do, I really like it's current move set and don't want to mess with it.
MetaGross lvl 45 @metagrossite
Ability: clear body
nature: rash
psychic
hammer arm
meteor mash
hold back
I chose to keep beldum on my team upon receiving it because I've never used a steel type before, as I said before I wanted to switch things up this time around. I try to keep my move sets fairly diverse when it comes to type, I just recently decided to forget pursuit in order to learn hammer arm, I almost got rid of hold back, but ultimately decided that it would come in handy when trying to catch pokemon.
Infernape lvl 45 Charcoal
ability: blaze
Nature: jolly
Fire pledge
thunder punch
rock smash
feint
I received chimchar through wonder trade in x and had never used it before, I am very pleased so far with the attack and speed of this pokemon, from the start it has always been my best. It already had thunder punch when I received it which has come in handy when trying to level it up in game with all the water types everywhere (I'm playing saphire btw) I feel I could do better with rock smash as it's only fighting move, but I do need that hm. And I'm not a fan of feint but I figure being able to break through protect and detect with at least one pokemon will come in handy at some point.
Dedenne lvl 45
ability: pickup (hence why I'm not having it hold anything)
Nature: lax
parabolic charge
Volt switch
play rough
thief
early on in the game I wanted a decent electric type, preferably not Pikachu since I ALWAYS use it. I'm not overly familiar with fairy types so I figured I'd give it a try. I'm pretty happy so far, love that dragon type moves aren't very affective. I decided to keep parabolic charge and volt switch rather than change one out for thunder since I don't use defensive moves and thunder has a lower hit ratio, plus I like the fact that parabolic charge gains back hp and volt switch let's me hit the opponent while switching out. I was a little disappointed for awhile that dedenne wasn't learning any good fairy type moves, but since it gained play rough I feel as though it's a little more balanced
Noibat lvl 45 @ luck incense
ability: telepathy
nature: timid
outrage
dark pulse
fly
steel wing
I also received Noibat through wonder trade in x at level 1, I had received it fairly late in the game so I never bothered leveling it up to give it a chance so I thought since I need a flying (or at least have thus far) I'd try it out. For awhile I was very happy with it, but as I get further into the game it has been becoming more and more useless. I'm hoping that once it levels up it will become a more well rounded pokemon, only a few more levels to go.
And finally
Trevenant lvl 50 @ miracle seed
Ability: natural cure
nature: sassy
phantom force
secret power
wood hammer
cut
in all honesty I haven't had much use for this pokemon. I had been using phantump that I transferred over from x at about lvl 30 and never used it because of how much ahead it was by levels, once my pokemon caught up it had no good moves and mediocre stats, so I decided I wanted to evolve it; unfortunately I couldn't find anyone to trade with for around the same level so I had to go catch trevenant in x and transfer it over seperately. It seems to have a better moveset but at lvl 50 I need my other pokemon to catch up. With how well I've been doing thus far without it, I'm contemplating raplacing it.
I'm looking forward to your feedback, I'm probably not going to add any defensive moves so I'd prefer some good ideas for pokemon that can replace any I currently have (namely trevenant ans possibly noibat). Also if someone could expain how to calculate evs and ivs and what their used for that would be great.
Most of my team I transferred over from pokemon x at low levels so that I could build them up as I played. Here they are, keep in mind I have not yet beat the final gym or taken on the elite4.
Oh and I guess i should mention that they all have had pokerus.
Swampert lvl 46 @ swampertite
Ability: torrent
nature: quiet
Surf
strength
dig
rockslide
I chose mudkip as my starter mostly because in emerald I always went with torchic and I wanted to switch things up, plus I liked the idea of having a water and ground pokemon. I have only just received the hm dive in the game so I honestly don't know what I'm going to do, I really like it's current move set and don't want to mess with it.
MetaGross lvl 45 @metagrossite
Ability: clear body
nature: rash
psychic
hammer arm
meteor mash
hold back
I chose to keep beldum on my team upon receiving it because I've never used a steel type before, as I said before I wanted to switch things up this time around. I try to keep my move sets fairly diverse when it comes to type, I just recently decided to forget pursuit in order to learn hammer arm, I almost got rid of hold back, but ultimately decided that it would come in handy when trying to catch pokemon.
Infernape lvl 45 Charcoal
ability: blaze
Nature: jolly
Fire pledge
thunder punch
rock smash
feint
I received chimchar through wonder trade in x and had never used it before, I am very pleased so far with the attack and speed of this pokemon, from the start it has always been my best. It already had thunder punch when I received it which has come in handy when trying to level it up in game with all the water types everywhere (I'm playing saphire btw) I feel I could do better with rock smash as it's only fighting move, but I do need that hm. And I'm not a fan of feint but I figure being able to break through protect and detect with at least one pokemon will come in handy at some point.
Dedenne lvl 45
ability: pickup (hence why I'm not having it hold anything)
Nature: lax
parabolic charge
Volt switch
play rough
thief
early on in the game I wanted a decent electric type, preferably not Pikachu since I ALWAYS use it. I'm not overly familiar with fairy types so I figured I'd give it a try. I'm pretty happy so far, love that dragon type moves aren't very affective. I decided to keep parabolic charge and volt switch rather than change one out for thunder since I don't use defensive moves and thunder has a lower hit ratio, plus I like the fact that parabolic charge gains back hp and volt switch let's me hit the opponent while switching out. I was a little disappointed for awhile that dedenne wasn't learning any good fairy type moves, but since it gained play rough I feel as though it's a little more balanced
Noibat lvl 45 @ luck incense
ability: telepathy
nature: timid
outrage
dark pulse
fly
steel wing
I also received Noibat through wonder trade in x at level 1, I had received it fairly late in the game so I never bothered leveling it up to give it a chance so I thought since I need a flying (or at least have thus far) I'd try it out. For awhile I was very happy with it, but as I get further into the game it has been becoming more and more useless. I'm hoping that once it levels up it will become a more well rounded pokemon, only a few more levels to go.
And finally
Trevenant lvl 50 @ miracle seed
Ability: natural cure
nature: sassy
phantom force
secret power
wood hammer
cut
in all honesty I haven't had much use for this pokemon. I had been using phantump that I transferred over from x at about lvl 30 and never used it because of how much ahead it was by levels, once my pokemon caught up it had no good moves and mediocre stats, so I decided I wanted to evolve it; unfortunately I couldn't find anyone to trade with for around the same level so I had to go catch trevenant in x and transfer it over seperately. It seems to have a better moveset but at lvl 50 I need my other pokemon to catch up. With how well I've been doing thus far without it, I'm contemplating raplacing it.
I'm looking forward to your feedback, I'm probably not going to add any defensive moves so I'd prefer some good ideas for pokemon that can replace any I currently have (namely trevenant ans possibly noibat). Also if someone could expain how to calculate evs and ivs and what their used for that would be great.
