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Post by ShayMay on Nov 5, 2013 2:14:21 GMT
Yeah, Reshiram and Zekrom especially had insanely high catch rates. I think R/S/E struck the perfect balance by having you encounter the legendaries as a part of the story but not really being expected to catch them one way or the other. It's not really a problem though. There are plenty of other legendaries to catch anyway.
Playing through Y at my usual, plodding, thorough pace. Just catching whatever takes my fancy, and having no idea how good it is. It's really refreshing and fun! Just finished the fifth Gym and my team is:- Greninja Lv. 57 Blaziken Lv. 57 Aurorus Lv. 57 (love this thing) Venusaur Lv. 56 Sliggoo Lv. 46 (I was so morbidly curious about Goomy I had to. Not sure what I make of it yet... but I like the snail design. Hopefully another evolution to come though) Haunter Lv. 45
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Post by Feniiku on Nov 5, 2013 4:00:14 GMT
Shay you can evolve Sliggoo at level 50 or higher anywhere it's raining. I had to actually look it up when I did it because I was wandering for hours trying to figure it out.
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Post by ShayMay on Nov 5, 2013 14:16:05 GMT
Oh, that's dead on, thanks Fen! ...That was totally worth it, Goodra looks amazing. Speaking of evolution, my Floette is at Level 71 and I still haven't found the right stone to evolve it! >< I have a Shiny Stone. Couldn't tell you where I found it though: check Bulbapedia?
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Post by Devo DrakeFox on Nov 5, 2013 17:12:39 GMT
Completed the main story! This Elite 4 group was abysmally easy, probably the easiest lot in the series.
Played in the Friend Safari too and FINALLY got a Shiny Stone to evolve my Floette (on Route 12 by the Skiddo ranch).
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Post by Ringo (2015 Edition) on Nov 6, 2013 12:16:07 GMT
I highly enjoyed playing Pokemon Y, beat the main story ages ago. I've caught 3 out of the 4 legendaries, and my squad is made of pure win:
Blaziken - LV.89 Greninja - LV.66 Dragalge - LV.64 Yveltal - LV.63 Avalugg - LV.63 Trevenant - LV.61
I just need to find Moltres again, but there's so much left for me to do the game isn't officially over.
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Post by Sam on Nov 9, 2013 16:53:19 GMT
Chums, who's got X and who's got Y?
I'm thinking about picking up a copy, I thought it might be useful for sharing / swapping for us to have an equal amount of X and Y players.
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Post by Sam on Nov 9, 2013 17:42:00 GMT
To be honest I still need to finish HeartGold and White. But I suspect I will smash through those over the Christmas break and then I can jump on to X or Y.
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Post by ShayMay on Nov 12, 2013 14:10:56 GMT
Just finished Y. It was very good. Couple of problems with it:- 1) The music wasn't really up to much. I had this problem with Generation V as well; the music is, functionally, fine. But by this point I was happily humming a lot of tunes from the first four Generations, and I'm struggling to remember anything from Generation VI, apart from the Gym Leader's theme. Trainer battle music is an exception to this, as it seems to go out of tune at one point and just sounds bad, imo. 2) The story was just nonsense. I know that Pokémon stories are ALWAYS nonsense but at least they seemed to acknowledge it and generally tended to follow a theme for the first few. Team Flare just seemed thrown in, Lysandre's motives are paper-thin and easy to punch holes in, the whole ultimate weapon thing feels really out of place for Pokémon, imo, but the biggest one for me is AZ. It's a really interesting story that might have worked, but they simply were not interested in developing it. 3) The Exp. Share breaks the level curve SO HARD. Other than that? I really enjoyed it. The 3D really adds something to the Pokémon battles, the locales and environments were interesting, but I think the main thing was the expanded roster. It was really, REALLY refreshing to be able to walk into a new Route and see a bunch of new Pokémon. I was seeing new monsters until the very last fight, and I think that inherently adds a lot of interest. Also: no freakin' Dream World. So basically it's rekindled my interest in Pokémon which I'm happy about.
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Post by Badly-Drawn Manchild on Nov 14, 2013 14:25:58 GMT
Well, I finished the "Evil Team" subplot of this game, and I have to say it was lousy even by Pokemon standards. The whole idea of a superweapon just doesn't fit so well with the Pokemon universe, and after the way Team Plasma was handled Team Flare just seemed to be made of pure corn. At least Team Rocket had a certain charm to them.
Also, would anyone be willing to quickly trade my Phantump with me temporarily so I can evolve it?
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Post by Von Dawning on Nov 21, 2013 2:58:58 GMT
I've just finished Y. Loved it. When the "Ultimate" storyline picked up, it suddenly turned into a rollercoaster, so to speak. XD The last Pokemon game I completed was Blue, so a lot of the new features are lost on me, but I'm managing. One problem is that I've no idea how big the pokedex is, so I'm just catching as many as possible. Amusing comic: XD
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Post by Badly-Drawn Manchild on Nov 21, 2013 19:04:41 GMT
Finally got round to beating the main story, and I'm still looking to trade with someone briefly to evolve my Phantump. Any help would be much appreciated.
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Post by Von Dawning on Nov 21, 2013 19:49:27 GMT
Finally got round to beating the main story, and I'm still looking to trade with someone briefly to evolve my Phantump. Any help would be much appreciated. I'll trade you for my Haunter, and back again. XD Will PM you my code as soon as I'm done with my workout.
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Post by Badly-Drawn Manchild on Dec 1, 2013 21:16:27 GMT
I've just gotta say that the Super Training's a godsend for me. Why couldn't they have put this in back in the days of Platinum?! All those wasted hours...
EDIT: Got a question now: does anybody know what the best way is to level up your Pokemon post-game? I've fought all the trainers that I can, so where's the best place to go to level up in repeat fights? The restaurants in Lumiose City? Never mind; Restaurant Le Wow filled the role nicely. So I've now got two EV trained Fairy types alongside all the other EV guys I've yet to transfer over when this whole bank/transporter service opens up. Did it in record time too; the new features cut the grind down immensely, and I really hope they're incorporated in future instalments.
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Post by Badly-Drawn Manchild on Sept 6, 2014 13:53:45 GMT
Hate to double-post, especially since this topic hasn't seen use since last year, but I'm looking for some advice from the Pokemon experts on here.
I'm trying to formulate a team consisting of Pokemon I've trained up, the majority of which I've had since Pearl/Platinum, but I'm having trouble deciding on a team of six. My original goal was to train up two Pokemon of each type, one with a Physical focus and the other on a Special focus, but it's left me with so many Pokemon I can't decide which ones to put in a team. Here's what I've got, complete with movelists and EV spreads:
Normal Slaking - 6 HP, 252 Attack, 252 Speed - Shadow Claw, Return, Fire Punch, Earthquake Porygon-Z - 6 HP, 252 S Attack, 252 Speed - Dark Pulse, Tri Attack, Thunderbolt, Ice Beam
Fighting Machamp - 252 HP, 252 Attack, 6 Speed - Dynamic Punch, Thunder Punch, Ice Punch, Stone Edge Lucario - 6 HP, 252 S Attack, 252 Speed - Shadow Ball, Aura Sphere, Psychic, Dragon Pulse
Poison Drapion - 54 HP, 252 Attack, 204 Speed - Night Slash, Cross Poison, Fire Fang, Brick Break Weezing - 252 HP, 80 Defence, 176 S Attack - Thunderbolt, Sludge Bomb, Fire Blast, Explosion
Ground Rhyperior - 252 HP, 6 Attack, 252 Defence - Megahorn, Stone Edge, Earthquake, Stealth Rock Camerupt - 252 HP, 252 S Attack, 6 Defence - Earth Power, Lava Plume, Magnitude, Overheat
Flying Staraptor - 6 HP, 252 Attack, 252 Speed - Brave Bird, Close Combat, Double-Edge, U-Turn Togekiss - 252 HP, 228 Defence, 28 S Defence - Air Slash, Roost, Nasty Plot, Baton Pass
Bug Heracross - 6 HP, 252 Attack, 252 Speed - Night Slash, Endure, Reversal, Megahorn Yamega - 6 HP, 252 S Attack, 252 Speed - Bug Buzz, Air Slash, Protect, Hypnosis
Rock Tyranitar - 60 HP, 252 Attack, 196 Speed - Stone Edge, Pursuit, Crunch, Earthquake Omastar - 252 HP, 132 Defence, 126 S Attack - Ice Beam, Knock Off, Stealth Rock, Surf
Ghost Dusknoir - 252 HP, 76 Defence, 180 S Defence - Shadow Sneak, Will-O-Wisp, Pain Split, Thunder Punch Gengar - 6 HP, 252 S Attack, 252 Speed - Shadow Ball, Thunderbolt, Focus Blast, Hypnosis
Steel Metagross - 148 HP, 252 Attack, 110 Speed - Meteor Mash, Zen Headbutt, Agility, Earthquake Magnezone - 172 Attack, 252 S Attack, 84 Speed - Discharge, Magnet Rise, Explosion, Flash Cannon
Dragon Salamence - 252 Attack, 6 HP, 252 Speed - Outrage, Earthquake, Fire Blast, Aqua Tail Dragonite - 6 Attack, 252 S Attack, 252 Speed - Draco Meteor, Superpower, Dragon Pulse, Flamethrower
Dark Weavile - 6 HP, 252 Attack, 252 Speed - Brick Break, Ice Punch, Night Slash, Swords Dance Honchkrow - 6 Attack, 252 S Attack, 252 Speed - Dark Pulse, Heat Wave, Superpower, Nasty Plot
Fire Arcanine - 6 HP, 252 Attack, 252 Speed - Crunch, Extreme Speed, Thunder Fang, Flare Blitz Magmortar - 6 HP, 252 S Attack, 252 Speed - Flamethrower, Will-O-Wisp, Thunderbolt, Focus Punch
Water Gyarados - 76 HP, 252 Attack, 180 Speed - Stone Edge, Ice Fang, Earthquake, Waterfall Milotic - 252 HP, 252 Defence, 6 S Attack - Recover, Ice Beam, Toxic, Surf
Electric Electivire - 6 HP, 252 Attack, 252 Speed - Thunder Punch, Ice Punch, Cross Chop, Earthquake Ampharos - 148 HP, 184 Attack, 176 S Attack - Substitute, Thunderbolt, Focus Punch, Signal Beam
Grass Tangrowth - 252 HP, 6 Attack, 252 Defence - Power Whip, Knock Off, Leech Seed, Sleep Powder Roserade - 6 HP, 252 S Attack, 252 Speed - Sludge Bomb, Leaf Storm, Shadow Ball, Sleep Powder
Ice Mamoswine - 6 HP, 252 Attack, 252 Speed - Ice Shard, Earthquake, Stone Edge, Superpower Glaceon - 252 HP, 252 S Attack, 6 Speed - Blizzard, Ice Beam, Shadow Ball, Fake Tears
Psychic Gallade - 228 HP, 252 S Attack, 30 Speed - Psycho Cut, Night Slash, Close Combat, Swords Dance Alakazam - 6 HP, 252 S Attack, 252 Speed - Focus Blast, Grass Knot, Psychic, Trick
Fairy Granbull - 252 HP, 252 Attack, 6 Speed - Play Rough, Crunch, Earthquake, Brick Break Sylveon - 252 S Attack, 252 S Defence, 6 HP - Toxic, Moonblast, Shadow Ball, Calm Mind
So any suggestions that can be offered? Any recommended lineups and strategies that can be made from this lot? Or should I just start all over again?
Any advice would be much appreciated.
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