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Won't ever happen. Though Plat is compatible with PBR, but Wi-Fi compatibility for new forms, just like in the game, are not.

Salamence gives EVERY team a hard time. But Brongonz is specifically designed to eat Dravo Meteors for breakfast, and Scizor also resists dragon, so there's counters for any Choice sets, and a check for DD-Mence when it goes into Outrage. Rotom is a great Gyarados counter, and since when does Gyarados learn Pursuit? Actually, Band Ape works against Mixape very well. Resists Fire/Grass, and neutral to Close Combat. It easily outspeeds most Mixape variants and OHKOs with Close Combat. It also 2HKOs some common switch ins such as Vaporeon, and Skarmory won't enjoy eating a Close Combat either. DDtar isn't something I've seen a lot of, but BandApe has been a fairly reliable check on it. Surprisingly, I haven't seen many HP Grass Zapdos around. My usual check on it is SE on Ape. Most of the time, I've been seeing Discharge/Tbolt/ Heatwave/ Roost/Protect or T-Wave, which Swampert has fun roaring around. I think the only real reason to use EQ over anything else is Heatran. And as a lead, I haven't seen him too much, and I think I have enough checks on Heatran to get by. Without HP Grass, Swampert keeps Scarfran and Subran in check, Specsran is kept in line by Ape I'll test Blitz on Ape, but I don't think it'll work out. Scizor??? I've mostly moved on to another team by now anyway, but rates are still welcome.

They're two entirely different Pokemon. Typing, ability, movepool, base stats (and distribution of base stats), and so much more.

Any discussion related to the Wiki or Forums should go in the proper Feedback forum/sub forum.

You really should post EVs and roles of the Pokemon/description of what they should do. Otherwise, it's just "omgzers ur moves ar teh r0xorz" or "lol n00b teh moves sux"

This is, for the most part, my first team I actually put some thought into on Shoddy. I've greatly enjoyed being able to have nearly every legal move available with a few clicks instead of "ah screw it, too much breeding." Based off of one of the better rater's teams at SPPF. His original team is located here The Lead of Awesome sillyhatsonly (Bronzong) @ Flame Orb Ability: Levitate EVs: 252 HP/88 Def/168 SDef Sassy nature (+SDef, -Spd) - Light Screen - Gyro Ball/Earthquake - Confuse Ray - Trick This is basically THE lead that works against all the common leads nowadays. People who think they'll be keeping that Metagross or Swampert around so they can wall teams to no end HATE this guy. They set up Stealth Rock, I give them a Flame Orb and take their Leftovers. Against other Bronzong leads, well, they NEVER pack Trick. I usually get a Lum Berry if I'm up against a Trick Room Zong. Sometimes Meta might give me a Occa Berry. This serves as a pretty decent special wall without having to resort to Blissey. Confuse Ray helps force out some switches (especially if Magnezone comes in, which can be annoying). Due to Magnezone being a fairly common switch in, I'm thinking of ditching Gyro Ball for Earthquake. Light Screen is great team support, and since Rotom is packing Reflect and WOW, I think LS works best here. The leads that give me problems are quick Taunters, which are usually the common suicide leads, or a few of the Fake Outers. With the exception of Weavile, I usually end up switching in the Rotom form. Weavile w/ Pursuit would screw him over, and that usually isn't seen often. Smeargle/Breloom with Spore usually means Tentacruel is gonna go to sleep. Machamp is seriously annoying, but is a fairly rare lead. --- The Physical Sweeper (pic removed, it was huge) Infernape (M) @ Choice Band Ability: Blaze EVs: 56 HP/252 Atk/200 Spd Jolly nature (+Spd, -SAtk) - Close Combat - Stone Edge - U-turn - Fire Punch Everyone just assumes it'll be some MixApe. But why not just use that ridiculous movepool Ape gets and aim for one stat? With the additional bulk, it helps Ape comes in on NFE hits and still survive, making him a decent check on Scizor and some of the Rotom forms. Flare Blitz is not favorable due to recoil. Thunder Punch was tested out, but I found it fairly redundant with Rotom around. After the inevitable Rotom/other ghost is gone, I've had Close Combat just sweep half of a team. Scizor, Heatran, Kingdra, Vaporeon, Skarmory, they all HATE coming in on it. And the only ones with a chance to do anything are those packing priority (ExtremeSpeed, Bullet Punch), and he resists steel! --- The Lead in the Middle Swag (Swampert) (F) @ Leftovers Ability: Torrent EVs: 252 HP/216 Def/40 SDef Relaxed nature (+Def, -Spd) - Stealth Rock - Roar - Ice Beam - Earthquake After I ditch the Flame Orb and maybe set up Confuse Ray, this guy comes in. He's not vital to my strategy, so I'm okay if he dies off after SR is set up. But man, is it great to scout teams with Roar and let them rack up SR damage. Roar is also a great check on Calm Mind Suicune and other would be sub-abusers. --- Obligatory Rotom Forme (no horrible image available) sledgehammer (Rotom-c) @ Leftovers Ability: Levitate EVs: 252 HP/160 Def/56 Spd/40 SAtk Bold nature (+Def, -Atk) - Will-o-wisp - Reflect - Leaf Storm - Discharge I've gottena lot of "lol no Shadow Ball?" but it's job isn't to fight ghosts. It's a great check on Gyarados and Swampert. Scizor's Pursuit does lol damage after WOW is on, and even worse with Reflect. This is by far the best thing about Shoddy, Rotom forms, and I can't wait to try the others out. I haven't had too many problems with Heatran switch ins, which I haven't seen too much of lately. But they take decent enough damage from Discharge anyway. This is also the guy that handles most of the suicide leads, and I usually end up with 50% or more health left over. --- Spinner shedinja (Tentacruel) (F) @ Leftovers Ability: Liquid Ooze EVs: 252 HP/76 Def/160 SDef Bold nature (+Def, -Atk) - Knock Off - Rapid Spin - Swagger - Surf Yeah, no one is particularly SR weak, but that and Spikes, I just don't like the damage racking up. If it comes out early, I can usually predict a Rotom switch in and Knock Off their Leftovers. RS for obvious reasins. Swagger because Confuse Ray is apparently illegal. Surf because Heatran and others were giving me too much trouble without a decent attack. I originally had Icy Wind to help slow some foes down, but it wasn't worth the move slot. It does add another grass weakness, but honestly, it hasn't effected me too much. I love Knock Off. It screws up so much stuff. --- Obligatory Scizor (actually, this picture is pretty good) gold (Scizor) (M) @ Leftovers Ability: Technician EVs: 252 HP/184 Atk/72 Spd Adamant nature (+Atk, -SAtk) - Brick Break - Bullet Punch - Swords Dance - Substitute With the added speed, Scizor is basically my check on status that isn't early game Spore. I sub up, SD, and see what happens. I can at least weaken a Lucario/Heatran switch in before being forced to switch out. But i've often been lucky enough to get +4 to +6. The only thing is Gyarados rips this d00d apart, so I have to play this for the later part of the game, or at least make sure Rotom is still healthy.

The DS cannot be used in wireless battling. You can use two DSes if you and a friend are battling each other on the game itself. There was a huge thread in the old Pokesav.org forums on what the Wi-Fi checks for, as far as legality goes. It's failry extensive.

Don't bump old threads.

Answered + wrong forum

I have a Pokemon from the former translator of the series, Nob Ogasawara. He captured an Onix, nicknamed it "Dinsdale". He did a bunch of random captures and hatches and distributed them in the Pokemon thread over in the Something Awful forums.

Off topic isn't really a "help me with my flashcart" tech help forum.

It's also really new.

Sinnoh is incredibly awesome. almost no filler, reoccuring characters, good rivals, and some actually really great fights and decent plots that are still kid friendly. I'm fortunate enough to be watching Japanese fan subs, so it makes it a bit better with the background music.

Answered + wrong section + R4s suck (get a CycloDS)

Question answered. Please search next time because this comes up like once a week.

In-game team threads should go in the sticky.

My initial guess is that it's similar to an event Pokemon, where their legality information has to be manually put in to come across as legal.

Direct trading (Via Wi-Fi or Union Room) does not have any built in hack detection. The GTS and PBR have a very bare hack check on it. According to a thread on the old Pokesav.org forums. PBR Wi-Fi goes even further. But this is really a better question for the D/P/Plat questions thread, just for future notice. So with that said,

Oh thank god. We know we've finally made it when people come here to spam their random forum tournaments or whatever. Closing dis.

Johto was ridiculous with filler and a lack of character development across the board. but I think many people on Pokemon forums fawning over Kanto haven't actually watched it in a long time. I have. There's tons of pointless filler, COTDs that are almost never heard from again, a rival who's abscence is noticeable more than his presence, and only a handful of Pokemon on the trio's team ever get any real development, or even screen time. Butterfree, Pidgeot, Kingler, Tauros, and Muk were rarely seen in the times they were on his team (and Primeape and Haunter, but their status of actually being a Pokemon of Ash's is debatable). Bulbasaur and Squirtle had a bit of development every now and then and the only one with an interesting story was Charizard and Pikachu. Brock's Zubat is even caught off screen in the same episode it was allegedly caught in and I can't recall a single notable moment where any of his Pokemon were really central to a story in Kanto (Besides Vulpix). It evolves into Zubat after a ridiculous amount of episodes of not even being mentioned. Misty's Starmie and Golding are another pair that were rarely used. Strangely enough, Misty used Staryu a lot despite being a pre-evolution and presumably being weaker. And then of course there was Psyduck which was probably one of the better parts of Kanto. But the running gags in Kanto still have similar happenings in current seasons. I'm just saying for 3 years they used the same formula that the show still follows. I'm just wondering why people were able to tolerate this for 3 years, some (not necessarily here, but in general on Poekmon forums) praise it as "the best", but not after that. Why not just halfway through Kanto? Are those stupid Christmas episodes really that important to see? Or the millionth and one time Charizard doesn't listen to Ash? Or when COTD learns an important lesson about friendship and Pokemon? Yes guys , I know, the Internet is Serious Business. I know it must seem like I'm some anime fanboy. I'm not. I just see countless "ugh the anime/games/pokemon everything sucks and isn't like it was in Gen I/II/whenever" across all forums, and I'd like tosee some serious thought put into it instead of more "lolzers I agree +1postcount"

I understand that, but Kanto was EXTREMELY repetitive. There's a 30 episode gap between gym badges that is pointless filler after pointless filler. And then the episodes before the league are all pointless filler after pointless filler. I just don't understand why season 1 episodes' pointless filler are somehow magically better than season 2's pointless filler. Maybe the first 5 or so fillers get a pass, but the others?

But the repetitive nature of the series has been around since episode 2. The formula was basically established by episode 9, and Dogasu's Backpack provides a lot of insight into this. Kanto is filled with repeptitive fillers, and Team Rocket (Jessie, James, Meowth) purpose then is comic relief too, yet for some reaosn you enjoyed them in Kanto, but not later. No, I'm not starting a debate. However, this is a discussion forum, not Twitter. People are allowed to quote posts and discuss them. Clarifying one's point is acceptable in a discussion. I'm just asking why Kanto does the exact same thing you criticisize the rest of the series for doing, but you liked Kanto and didn't like the rest? Were the fillers just better in Kanto? Was there better character development? Nostalgia?

In other words, the formula would be (assuming that the EV training item and the EVs received from the battle are the same type): (Evs received from the Pokemon battle + 4 EVs from whatever Brace you're holding) x 2 = whatever A magikarp gives one speed EV and then you get 4 more speed EVs with the appropriate brace. Then you double that. Which makes 10.

But at the end of your post you say the first season was good. The same criticisms you level against everything else are also applied to the first season. So why does the first season get a pass and everything else doesn't?

They've been comic relief since like the 7th episode of the series. There are tons that don't repeat their names. So you hate it not because of it's character, but because of it's popularity? Sounds like that's your problem, and not a problem with the show. In fact, sounds like you don't like Pokemon at all. It's not "like the mascot of everything." It IS the mascot. Yeah, that's so dumb!!!11!111!1!!! Putting the most popular and recognized Pokemon on merchandise. What are they thinking? Trying to make money? The first season is one of the worst offenders of filler after filler after filler. Ironically, it isn't "always winning."