wraith89

Hamtaro... that was on television when I was around 14 or so. I never watched it though but they look rather adorable. Welcome to Project Pokemon

It took me 10 hours to beat Pokemon RBY Now it gets even higher. I only reached 200ish in my Gold... and that's the max. Pretty cool. Welcome aboard captain. Good to have you around.

Hi Rex. I was not around the old forums but welcome back.

An Italian. Interesting... North or South? I hope you have nothing against a southerner if you are from the north and vice versa. Whatever, welcome to the Internet, where it does not matter what you really are. I study Italian culture in school and it is rather interesting.

Sarcastic. You are MUCH MOOOOOOOOORREEE sarcastic than I am. Welcome to this EXCITING place called Project Pokemon. I hope you WILL ENJOY your stay. [/sarcasm]

Hi. I suppose no one paid attention to your introduction topic. I will be the first to say welcome. Yeah, break out of ordinary everyday scheme sounds nice once in a while, but then again, everyone needs a plan of some sort.

Everyone asks that question, and the answer is... not until the page is completed. Check the Events Contribution section for your current event needs. Anyhow, welcome aboard. I am your leading commander Colonel Wraith. We must defeat the Spanish Armada. Onward, make haste!

It is all right. Bienvenue à Project Pokemon monsieur akakin!

Entei is an amazing Pokemon... underrated but still useful. Pleased to have you join our party... make Vesuvius roar again!

Hi there. Welcome to Project Pokemon, O Great one. You are my age I see... and if you post around in many sections I am sure you will find people to make friends with.

Welcome. I should catch up with these introductions -__- You should find enough people to make friends with here, like HottSushiz up there, who welcomes people quite often. Pleased to meet you, but do not go near me unless you want your soul to be eaten and enjoy your stay.

Welcome. Yeah, no competition... we are just here for fun as randomspot said. Pleased to meet you sir and enjoy your stay.

Loki, the Norse god of mischief? You have killed Baldur! > Anyhow your presence means Ragnarok has arrived. I see. Please end the misery in this world. Welcome.

Not many people get the right Hidden Power in non-simulator battles actually Mewtwo. Jolteon is rather too frail to sweep but actually quite fast and powerful. Gardevoir can Trace VoltAbsorb and hit back with STAB Psychics, but watch out for Shadow Balls, but they can only 3HKO. Roserade has enough Special Defense unlike her defense to take resisted TBolts and other moves Jolteon has to offer. HP Ice, if it even has it, will not do much damage unless Spec'd. Roserade's Leaf Storm or something would probably do major damage, if not OHKO. But this topic is not about who beats who, now is it? So enough of that people... if you want to duke it off do it on Wifi/PBR/Shoddy/Netbattle/whatever. Yeah I suppose I should introduce myself. I'm Wraith, the most evil person in PP, as you can imagine. Enjoy your stay... before I do something sinister.

He mentioned it isn't his lead (despite how he positioned it in the RMT). But yeah I know Infernape is superior to Blaziken in many ways thanks to its movepool and speed, but some people rather use Blaziken out of favoritism or whatnot and as long as their team supports its usage, then its fine (personally I would go mixscarf Blaziken in OU). His team doesn't really do much of that though, so I guess we could discuss about this later then.

Hm he does want to use Blaziken though, I do not see anything wrong with that. The one advantage here is that it hits harder (but it is slower, which is a bad thing). And Goldtrainer, 5 actually DOES have a huge effect... for some people, especially me. Look for suggestions in this post eventually where I will fix the EV spread for some of your Pokemon.

Sometimes it does make a difference. By the way, Blaze Kick used to be its signature move but now with breeding things like Hitmonlee, Lucario and Infernape (WHY?!) can get it. But if that is your preference, so be it. I myself tend to avoid recoil moves (I use Return over Double Edge on Pidgeot for example), but sometimes I switch over to it when I feel the original move it had was not doing enough damage. And we are giving some suggestions from what we have experienced, no need to be so pushy. I am not even telling you to take all of them, but feel free to adjust to whatever is your taste, just MAKE SURE it works >.> And we will have to get to your team's lack of Stealth Rocks and their subpar EV spread for the most part, but wait on that. Good. We need more players like you then. But after a match, I hope you learn of your weaknesses and FIX accordingly. Obviously there is no perfect team; every team has a weakness. But to adjust to glaring weakness is key.

Whoops forgot Mamoswine in that list... But an effective team would be more than what most people can handle though. Those are main threats you should make sure you have checks for. Salamence would like Earthquake as its auxiliary move though, as it provides great coverage against steels who resist Outrage. Fire Blast is for Skarmory or Bronzong. Recoil moves are annoying, but eventually you will realize that the extra power is usually worth it. It just is not in-game because you are fighting multiple trainers in there >.< Would you hate it when Blaze Kick misses that OHKO you needed when it was crucial at that point... or worse, let it miss? o_o Of course it is your decision, so I cannot change your mind. Besides, Choice Band would be perfect because let's face it, are you leaving Blaziken in all the time? It is usually going to stay in or switch out. I believe a Choice Band Superpower is enough to OHKO Infernapes anyhow. Stone Edge should replace Shadow Claw for flying dragons like Salamence and Dragonite. CB will make Intimidate not as frightening at least, and so I believe it can even OHKO Salamence if it hits (when it switches in of course, do NOT ever leave Blaziken in Salamence unless you are SURE it is going to Dragon Dance at that turn and your Stone Edge will hit). Critical hit does 2x damage, Choice Band raises it to 1.5x, so crits win out, but if you are depending on critical hits to get to you, then something is wrong. Unless you were facing me, the bad luck magnet, then you should not rely on critical hits. And props for not using Infernape... I hate that guy for usurping Blaziken >.> And if it works for you then it works. But you posted it here to be rated and fixed right? That's what we are doing... and there are some things I believe you should fix. Also, it is all right to rotate Pokemon back and forth. For example, I do not even stick with the same Pokemon all the time. I rotate them (although mostly without thought >.<) to keep my opponent guessing.

The way you posted made me assume it was a lead. All right Stone Edge still hurts Gallade anyways, and Flare Blitz does more damage on Gallade than Shadow Claw... I think it even OHKOs with a Choice Band as none of them really invests in HP or Defense unlike his twin Gardevoir. Besides you should have other counters to Gallade if he is a big concern. Metagross can handle them as long as they are not using something like Choice Band Close Combat or that evil Will-o-Wisp (!!!) BTW the way you EV everyone, they are EVd offensively when many of them should play a slightly defensive role, like Gardevoir or Milotic. I can suggest new sets for them too if you would like, because I wonder how they fare. Also, there is something called Team Synergy... as in, how well can they support each other? If you have a team that is weak to something like, let's say, Gyarados, then that is not a good thing. You will have to find a way to deal with most things you may encounter in the standard metagame. Here is a list of Pokemon you may find quite commonly in standard metagame on Wifi (and a few others to beware of, even if not standard): - Aerodactyl - Alakazam - Articuno - Azelf - Blastoise - Blaziken - Blissey - Breloom - Bronzong - Celebi* - Cresselia - Donphan - Dragonite - Dugtrio - Dusknoir - Electivire - Entei - Empoleon - Feraligatr - Flygon - Forretress - Gengar - Gliscor - Gyarados - Heatran - Heracross - Hippowdon - Hitmonlee - Hitmontop - Infernape - Jirachi* - Jolteon - Kingdra - Lucario - Ludicolo - Machamp - Magmortar - Magnezone - Mamoswine - Marowak - Medicham - Metagross - Milotic - Mismagius - Moltres - Nidoking - Nidoqueen - Ninjask - Porygon2 - Porygon-Z - Raikou - Regice - Regirock - Registeel - Roserade - Salamence - Sceptile - Scizor - Shedinja - Skarmory - Slowbro - Slowking - Smeargle - Snorlax - Spiritomb - Starmie - Steelix - Suicune - Swampert - Tentacruel - Togekiss - Tyranitar - Vaporeon - Venusaur - Weavile - Yanmega - Zapdos * denotes rare event Pokemon so you may not even see them. Legendaries are also not so common in Wifi if their IVs and nature are bad or something.

I'm glad you play by your favorites (I do too with stuff like Politoed or obscure stuff like Delibird) but if you want to use them competitively you have to make sure you have things to check for common threats in the standard metagame. I believe you play on Wifi so things are thankfully different from Shoddy. So... let us get to the rating... Blaziken (male) Nature: Jolly Ability: Blaze Item: Scope Lens EVs: 255 ATK / 255 SPEED Moves: Blaze Kick Shadow Claw Thunderpunch Sky Uppercut If you are going this route, I would put Choice Band in it. But as a lead, that is not so great. Things like Aerodactyl and Swampert can mess this set over 1000 times over. The two Pokemon in your team that would make better leads are Metagross and Roserade. But if you are persistent with making Blaziken your lead, then I suppose I can make a set for you... [sprite]257[/sprite] Blaziken @ Focus Sash Lonely/Hasty Nature (to make Counter stronger and so that Overheat if being used is not lowered in power) EVs: 252 Atk/252 Speed Moves: - Counter (move tutor in FRLG's Celadon Department Store OR breed with Vigoroth who learns it at level 37 and kill two birds with one stone) - Quick Attack - Overheat/Protect (TM50/TM17) - Reversal (breed with Vigoroth who learns it at level 49) This requires you to breed and get another Blaziken... but... it is basically an anti-lead, but unfortunately you will lose to something like Infernape leads who carry Fake Out. If beating Infernape is your main priority, try using Protect on the first turn, then proceed to Counter their Close Combat and Quick Attack if they are carrying Focus Sash. It requires prediction to pull this set off, but that is using Blaziken at its best potential as a lead. Otherwise, move it away as your lead Pokemon and use it in its greater potential as a wallbreaker... like add Fire Blast and some of its special attacks since its power is high enough on both sides of the spectrum. If you insist on your physical Blaziken, I would raise its power with Choice Band, and replace Blaze Kick with Flare Blitz and use the Survival Area's move tutor to teach it Superpower over Sky Uppercut (it's a shame that they did not teach Blaziken Close Combat... I don't like Infernape X_X). You can also go Earthquake or Brave Bird as your auxiliary move to replace Shadow Claw, because let's face it. That low power on Shadow Claw does not do enough damage without STAB and Flare Blitz does more power on Psychics and Ghosts anyhow. Earthquake takes care of stuff like Occa Berry Metagross and Infernape who Blaziken REALLY wants to kill, but if you are banded, you are left helpless when some flier switches in. Brave Bird is another option but it is another kamikaze attack and does not provide much coverage. I would HATE recommending this move, but Stone Edge fits there so that stuff like Salamence can get nailed hard when they switch in. Despite that shaky accuracy thus making one of the worst moves in the game, Stone Edge can be helpful. I have an exam to study for and this ALWAYS happens, but I will finish with the rest of your team later. Good luck.

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It is possible his internal game battery died out. My Gold version has the same problem... it will not save anymore, but I do not think it has anything to do with this glitch.