[GUIDE] Pokemon Black and White In-Game Battle Guide

[LadyMiir]

Not putting down your achievement any. We all have our own ways of doing things, after all.

I do wish there had been better Steel types in BW though... 'cause Klink line and Pawniard line are frankly terrible. Not that they're necessary, a good Ground type basically is a necessity, but I disliked having to choose between Krook and Exca.

Regarding your analysis of the leveling system:

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HGSS definitely had that problem, the massive level jump was a pain in the butt and the fact that there were NO good training areas just made it even worse. Lack of trainers in Victory Road also irritated me there. -_-

Then again, they didn't fix things much in Black/White... look at the level jump between the wild Pokemon of Victory Road (Lv 42 ish if you get lucky in a dirt swirl) and the ones on the second half of Route 13 (Lv 59 Kangaskhan in the long grass O_o) That was just a bit too much and made me dislike a lot of the post-game stuff.

[wraith89]

Of course. Just stating :P

They had a lot of Bugs and Fighters this gen apparently, but Steels were plentiful but still limited. Escavalier's kind of cool but it requires a trade with a specific Pokemon and it's really slow. Klink is too limited and has an awfully creative name </sarcasm>, Pawniard evolves at level 52 (what the heck?!), Ferroseed is a troll I don't know why it exists. I didn't even use a Ground Pokemon, but Excadrill is just too broken even in-game. You get Earthquake as early as level 36, early Rock Slide, great Ground/Steel typing, amazing stats... seriously. Krookodile is jelly, though he is also amazing in his own rights. Ray used both... but I think he's a nut.

BW's level jump is ridiculous. You're fighting level 60 + right after the E4... then their second batch (which I'm writing up soon) are infested with level 7X! Isn't that crazy? Though most of the trainers with level 60s had something stupid like level 60 Zubat so I defeated them with level 43 Pokemon (yes, my Pokemon were that low)...

[LadyMiir]

Klinklang also evolves at ridiculously high levels and has no good moves to speak of. Ferroseed-- only for Swampert trollin'. Krook is my preferred one for in-game due to usable STAB, though.

I ground up to Lv 55 because of that stupid Hydreigon (full circle conversation) but I was irritated because they gave you no real way to train except for fighting in the long grass outside the Giant Chasm over and over and over and over, once you were done with the Trainers (which didn't take long 'cause some of them had like Lv 65 Ekans. -_-) . At least HGSS gave you the gym leader matchups to play with.

[wraith89]

Up to 55? Yikes I stayed at 4X... except Serperior who was like level 52.

It is only the 1st release of the game... if they ever come up with a Grey version or something, no doubt Gym Leader rematches will be available. And I'm sure the game will feel more complete (BW felt ridiculous aside from the story), though I don't know how they'll deal with the Reshiram/Zekrom question (which one will you get?) or how Lenora's signature Pokemon is Watchog (rematch version better not make that one her final)...

[LadyMiir]

I heard enough horror stories about the Hydreigon to want to make sure I was well prepared... Unova is the only region where I felt it was necessary to raise a Dragon because of a) that monster; and b) the lack of decent Ice types. Besides, you know I tend to grind.

I'm looking forward to Grey, though the story will change completely if they change the Reshiram/Zekrom thing... Maybe they'll make Kyurem the mascot and let you catch the other two later, with N wielding one and Ghetsis (?) wielding the other? That'd be fun.

Yeah the Lenora thing was a :/, Watchog is just... creepy. I'd rather her have a badass Herdier since I'm quite fond of that line. If they make a third version I also want Elesa to have a different lineup other than the Zebstrika and that -irritating- pair of Emolgas, because that battle was trollishly irritating and I really don't want to suffer through it AGAIN.