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2012-11-01, 03:10 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Pokémon Thread XIII: Our Ponies are ON FIRE!
Here's a silly first gym suggestion - Dragon
All the starters (if fire/water/grass is used) can't get a good same type attack bonus, along with the relative power of dragon moves, means you'll likely have to rely on using a number of pokémon to get through the gym."Three blokes walk into a pub. One of them is a little bit stupid, and the whole scene unfolds with a tedious inevitability." - Bill Bailey
Androgeus' 3 step guide to Doctor Who speculation:
Spoiler- Pick a random character
- State that person is The Rani
- goto 1
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2012-11-01, 03:21 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Pokémon Thread XIII: Our Ponies are ON FIRE!
Virbank Gym is... novel, isn't it? I think that's the first time I've heard vocals in a Pokemon game...
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2012-11-01, 03:24 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-11-01, 03:31 PM (ISO 8601)
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DEEEEEEENNNIS. DEEEEEEENNNIS.
Unless Ghestis' theme is instruments cleverly disguised as vocals.
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2012-11-01, 03:34 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-11-01, 03:34 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-11-01, 03:45 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Pokémon Thread XIII: Our Ponies are ON FIRE!
This doesn't actually sound totally unreasonable. I mean, if you want a good reason to force people to use some non-Starter Pokemon, this might be it. And low-level Dragon-types aren't insurmountable, so you could challenge them with some of the low-level Normal-types. I consider it at least an interesting thought.
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2012-11-01, 03:52 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-11-01, 03:56 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Pokémon Thread XIII: Our Ponies are ON FIRE!
It would also have the advantage of not punishing one particular choice. There aren't many other types that don't interact specially with one of either fire, water or grass and not the others (fighting, dark, psychic and ghost, assuming no secondary types like Bulbasaur).
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2012-11-01, 03:56 PM (ISO 8601)
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I considered it my earlier list, actually, then thought maybe dragon-types were a bit hard for bottom level. Then I thought how pants Axew is in terms of stats (only marginally better than a starter), so it could work. (Especially if you added a few new Pokemon in as well.)
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2012-11-01, 03:58 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-11-01, 04:21 PM (ISO 8601)
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Brycen-Man vrs Riolu Girl made 20 billion after one showing? With, like, four people in the audience...?!
But... that was nonsensical and terrible!
Movies in Pokemon World must be really ba...
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Wait.
Lights, Camera, Quacktion.
I forget, Cleavon Schpielbunk was supposed to be one the "good" directors...
Their movie industry is nearly worse than ours...!
On the plus side, that diversion is at least more entertaining (i.e. short and doesn't require any kind of hand-eye-coordination that I suck at...) than some of the other minigames, so maybe I'll go back and make a few more bad movies later. Maybe if I do a bad enough job, I'll get reviewed by ThatPokemonWithTheGlasses...!Last edited by Aotrs Commander; 2012-11-01 at 04:25 PM.
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2012-11-01, 04:48 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-11-01, 05:42 PM (ISO 8601)
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Problems:
1.) Low-level dragons are few and weak. One of the reasons why all the Dragon specialists are late-game trainers is so that you see what the type is capable of... a team consisting of a Dratini and an Axew isn't exciting at all. (Really, this is especially why you don't see many Dragon specialists before level 30-ish and rarely before 40s... Dratini and Axew just don't threaten most Stage 1-2 Pokémon)
2.) Dragon type moves are really rare. There's a grand total of three attack moves that would be appropriate for a first gym leader to have on his party, and yes, two of those are/have been TMs, but aren't really first-gym-TM material. Twister is the only one that's normal for that level of Pokémon, Dragonbreath doesn't deserve to be made a TM again unless it gets a boost (at which point it shouldn't be a 1st-gym-TM), and Dragon Tail isn't really appropriate, considering that it's both of at least middling power and has a special effect. Dragon Dance is not only way too OP for a first gym to have at all, but I really don't think Game Freak should give it a TM. Dragon Pulse/Claw/Rage, Dual Chop, Draco Meteor, Outrage, etc. are simply too close to OHKO territory at a 1st level gym.
3.) The reason 2 is a problem is not only because most gyms try to have STAB attacks on the Pokémon, but also because they need to have a TM, which is the gym leader's "signature move" and generally of the same type as the gym's type focus.
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2012-11-01, 05:45 PM (ISO 8601)
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you know that I'm more than just a doll do you?-Geno
Add me on Steam!
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and current made by me.
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2012-11-01, 05:48 PM (ISO 8601)
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Are you ready? GIMME WHAT I NEEE-E-E-E-E-E-
"Hello, I'm the Pokéstalgia Critic. I remember it so you don't have to!"Last edited by Mando Knight; 2012-11-01 at 05:49 PM.
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2012-11-01, 05:53 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Pokémon Thread XIII: Our Ponies are ON FIRE!
What about Ghost as a first Gym? Sure, it's got that handy immunity to Normal type attacks, but Normal types are just as immune to Ghost moves. You include an early mon with Scrappy, something else that learns Bite or something, and you've got an excellent first gym team right there. We could also get Night Shade as a TM again.
The name is "tonberrian", even when it begins a sentence. It's magic, I ain't gotta 'splain why.
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2012-11-01, 06:07 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-11-01, 06:43 PM (ISO 8601)
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A signature move could be difficult to manage. Ghost type has a pretty messed up power curve- astonish one one end, and shadow ball on the other. One possibility would be Hex- low base power, but useful pretty much throughout the game. Alternatively, Shadow Sneak and Shadow Punch could both be interesting, though a bit simpler. That aside, it would be pretty cool.
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2012-11-01, 06:51 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-11-01, 06:55 PM (ISO 8601)
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Terrible taste in cinema needs to be somehow involved in the next thread title, even if it is 8 pages away. On that note, I still need to get White 2.
I currently have a blank copy of Emerald, but I have no motivation to play it, even though I love the game. Any interesting ideas on how I should play it out? I'm thinking maybe an Anime based run, but if I do, what character? Ash? May?
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2012-11-01, 06:58 PM (ISO 8601)
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I've never actually known someone to use Night Shade in the games. It's only ever really useful for breaking substitutes when you're running a stall team, and that doesn't really come up that often in the actual game. Unless you're running something like Blissey, an actual attack will almost always be the better option, and even if you are running a Blissey, you don't need to be able to do instantaneous damage outside of competitive battling.
The only other use I can think would be to bypass cosmic power spammers or some such, but even then I think that it would be preferably to just give out Clear Smog or Haze or some such.Avatar by Babale.
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2012-11-01, 07:12 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-11-01, 07:22 PM (ISO 8601)
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Oh, right, the other use! You can be sure you won't crit so you can't kill stuff by mistake!
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2012-11-01, 07:39 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Pokémon Thread XIII: Our Ponies are ON FIRE!
There is the other option for a TM in a Ghost type gym- curse... it would most likely be overpowered for a first gym though...
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Warning: This post may contain traces of nuts, madness and/or sarcasm, you have been warned.
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2012-11-01, 07:43 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-11-01, 08:06 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Pokémon Thread XIII: Our Ponies are ON FIRE!
So, my revised gym order then.
Ghost
Psychic
Fighting
Ice
Ground
Rock
Bug
Dark
Grass/Fire/Water
Hmm. Elite 4, then.
Electric
Steel
Flying
Normal
And Champion is another wildcard - pokemon of varying types.
Would play this game.Last edited by tonberrian; 2012-11-01 at 08:06 PM.
The name is "tonberrian", even when it begins a sentence. It's magic, I ain't gotta 'splain why.
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2012-11-01, 08:29 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-11-01, 08:36 PM (ISO 8601)
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The normal-type Elite 4 member should have no-plate Arceus with a Silk Scarf
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2012-11-01, 08:48 PM (ISO 8601)
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