Pokemon Excitement! Diamond and Pearl.

KeheiZero · Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 3:21 am Post subject:

Last time I tried Emerald I lost to the Champion. Got a lvl50 Magneton now though, so should be able to whip him.
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Stratadrake · Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 4:36 am Post subject:

Save the Revives for between battles, Benk. Good strategy will beat sheer strength.
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Fayore · Moderator Joined: 12 Mar 2004 Posts: 6195

Indeed. Whenever I play these games, I always try to make it through with little to no item usage.

Hahaha... I stopped playing Emerald in favour of a couple other games (like Yggdra Union, Odin Sphere, and I'm trying to finish Tales of Rebirth)...

I think I was doing okay. Just beat Norman or something. *V*;;;

KeheiZero · Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 12:34 pm Post subject:

Who was Norman again?

Plus I beat the Pokemon League today and got the National Dex. Magneton's Spark move did half of the work. Though I got a bit stuck with the dragon guy, (no ice types, you see) so it came down to the old "use your biggest moves till he drops" tactic.
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TK421 · Elder In Training Joined: 28 Jan 2006 Posts: 3711

[quote="KeheiZero"]Though I got a bit stuck with the dragon guy, (no ice types, you see) so it came down to the old "use your biggest moves till he drops" tactic.[/quote]

That's my tactic all the time. Level 70 and 80 Pokèmon using shit like Fire Blast, Solar Beam and Hyper Beam. Instant win.
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Stratadrake · Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 4:42 pm Post subject:

But against level 50-60 opponents? You have no style.

Pokémon battling is divided into two strict camps: RPG and tournament.

RPG camp, i.e. single-player mode = Hold items (such as Berries) are expendable, levels vary according to training and the particular area, you don't always go into battle at full strength. PP is a major consideration when choosing movesets.

Tournament camp = Level caps, you always enter the battle at full strength (including held items and berries, which are are restocked automatically), PP is [i]not[/i] a major consideration when choosing movesets. Sheer brute strength simply is not an option in tournament play.
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Benk · Elder In Training Joined: 28 Jul 2006 Posts: 3733

I have strategy.
When the pokemon flies into the air, switch out your pokemon with a lower level so they can die.

kittyshootingstar · Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 7:48 pm Post subject:

I have little to no strategy at all. I usually just go in and beat the h-e- double- hockey -sticks out of whatever I'm facing. I got through the Sapphire relying soley on my level 88 swampet. I overtrain a lot too.

TK421 · Elder In Training Joined: 28 Jan 2006 Posts: 3711

[quote="Stratadrake"]But against level 50-60 opponents? You have no style.[/quote]

Why would I put out a weak electric pokemon to fight a water type when my fire type can kill it easier with one shot ???
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Fayore · Moderator Joined: 12 Mar 2004 Posts: 6195

This is what happens when you train only one-two pokemon.

Lame. :<

kittyshootingstar · Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 5:34 am Post subject:

[quote]This is what happens when you train only one-two pokemon. [/quote]

It's not that I don't train them, I just train some more than others.

DG-sama · Moderator Joined: 31 Dec 1969 Posts: 2294

I always like to have a fairly wide variety of trained pokemon :3 Then I can quite easily pick and choose the right ones to take advantage of someone. I also enjoy using some of the more underused pokemon (like I'm trying to create a super Kingler right now).

Surprise techniques are also cool. One of my special sweepers, Charizard for instance can be unpredictable, he has Overheat, Roost, Solarbeam, and Sunny day (Sunny day simutaniously poweres up his Overheat and turns Solarbeam into one a one turner, it'll also take care of water, ground, and rock types... something fire types usually have a hard time dealing with).

TK421 · Elder In Training Joined: 28 Jan 2006 Posts: 3711

[quote="Fayore"]This is what happens when you train only one-two pokemon.

Lame. :<[/quote]

I actually had 6 pokemon level 70 or over.
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kittyshootingstar · Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 6:42 pm Post subject:

I trained a little smarter in Diamond. My main battler was about level 70, my secondary was about 65, and my others were from 50-60.

Stratadrake · Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 7:05 pm Post subject:

My team currently consists of Sceptile and Absol at around Lv.50, about 4~5 various breeds around Level 40, and a multitude around Lv.30.

Lanturn is quite valuable since he knows Spark (and has Volt Absorb to boot), but I hear there's a rarish pokémon in the icy basement of the Shoal Cave, and I still have yet to even spot a Relicanth. Apparently there are almost NO pokémon in Emerald who learn Dig via level-up, so I had to teach the Dig TM to my Sandshrew. Fortunately he's a male so I can breed that TM into other species.

And as for surprise moves... I want to see Sceptile with a Rock-type move. Rocks crush four of the five things Grass is weak to.
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Sceptile is limited to just Rock Tomb and Rock Slide for Rock moves (both via TM). I was really disappointed to discover it couldn't learn the really cool new Rock TM Stone Edge.

Stratadrake · Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 5:01 pm Post subject:

At least Rock Slide packs some decent firepower. But my Sceptile's a female, and I'd rather not spend a rare TM for that.
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DG-sama · Moderator Joined: 31 Dec 1969 Posts: 2294

But still.. I really wish it could have learned Stone edge, it's pretty powerful along with having a high critical rate (think a stone element leaf blade).

But even saying so... rock attacks being physical moves aren't always a good choice for Sceptile, as it's strongest cat. is in Special attack. It's better off with a moveset consisting of powerful specials like Leaf Storm (Leaf storm take a reduction on SpAt to use... but if trained properly Sceptile should have SpAt up the wazzoo so it shouldn't be much of a sacrifice until after several uses), a healing move like Giga Drain, and two other powerful specials in the other two slots (or perhap a status effecting one like toxic).

anime_slacker · Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 10:48 am Post subject:

My strategy consist of training everyone to the same level.
That way, I can switch out depending on the situation.
And I always put my weakest out first, you know, for exp.

Stratadrake · Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 6:18 pm Post subject:

[quote]My strategy consist of training everyone to the same level.
That way, I can switch out depending on the situation.
And I always put my weakest out first, you know, for exp.[/quote]
I usually try that too, but once your Pokédex expands beyond a certain size...

As for exp., just give them the Exp.Share to hold. Then if you have them in the lead they get 75% of the exp., except with the risk of not being able to flee a wild pokémon, or spending a turn to swap them out for one of your mainstays during a trainer battle.
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