wraith89

Hmmm... it looks like a nice team. I love it when people play with their favorites instead of those overused Pokemon... they are truly boring. So Arcanine is a lead? First off, any lead Pokemon with a priority move (moves that make you go first) should sport that priority move! Let me think... Choice Band is not so great here as it limits you to one move. Since lead vs lead matches tend to be a rock-paper-scissor-esque game and many leads love to put Arcanine status'd up, try a Lum Berry. If Roserade puts you to sleep, you can attack it with a Fire attack, and then Extremespeed it to finish it off. However, this type of Arcanine tends to lose to Metagross leads... so if you think you will see those, you can stick a Focus Sash on Arcanine instead (an item that allows a Pokemon to survive with 1 HP provided that they had full HP to begin with... ideal on lead Pokemon). Arcanine wants to be Adamant so that it can attack with all the power it can get, but since yours is Jolly... Arcanine@Lum Berry/Focus Sash/White Herb Intimidate Jolly Nature EVs: 40 HP/252 Atk/216 Speed - Flare Blitz - Overheat - Toxic/Reversal/Will-o-Wisp - Extremespeed The speed EVs, assuming Arcanine has 31 Speed IVs, hits 308, which outspeeds max speed Lucario and other base 90 speeders. It also outspeeds neutral base 100s. To outspeed neutral base 105s you will need to have 224 Speed EVs. Then Attack is maxed and the rest are dumped into HP. The idea is, attack hard with Flare Blitz and once they are weakened enough to low HP, use Extremespeed to finish them off. Now that I think about it, Flare Blitz's recoil makes Focus Sash less than ideal, but it is there if you think something like a Metagross lead will ruin your day. Overheat is for stuff like Forretress or Skarmory or any other "I have high defense but low special defense" Pokemon. For bulky waters, intoxicate them with Toxic and switch out. Stuff like Swampert leads usually tend to Stealth Rock first so Toxic will be a nasty surprise. It also destroys leads that like to use Focus Sash. If you do not like Toxic, then use Reversal, since spamming Flare Blitz will eventually bring Arcanine to low health and Reversal will do some nasty damage on non-Ghosts. However, if the lead you are facing happens to be a physical attacker like Gyarados, Will-o-Wisp will punish them (along with Intimidate) and lower their attack level... so choose wisely. It is also helpful on Metagross, seeing how Clear Body negates Intimidate's effect and burn will help a lot. Extremespeed is always there as a finisher or a last resort when Arcanine will get KOd the next turn. Roar has no place in your lead Arcanine, seeing how it is not the bulky type that is meant to wall Gyarados. I will finish with this rate later because I am busy at the moment. However, try to find a way to incorporate the move "Stealth Rocks" somewhere in your team. In order to sweep properly, you will need that move, or else Focus Sash users will ruin your day. I do not know what your team's type is. Is it offensive? Stall? Balanced? I tend to play defensive for the most part though, so making an offensive team is a bit challenging for me =( EDIT: Oh yeah... White Herb is so that Overheat can attack at full power for the second time without switching.

Hi there. Welcome to Project Pokemon. And you live in Japan? That is amazing. Please enjoy your stay =)

I thought so (the =n.n= gave it away) I just love watching other people play the classic Megaman series... which I thought I was the only one still struggling through the likes of that blasted Elec Man (I subbed you and RoahmMythril).

Hey Scwib, I merged your topics together. Anyhow, I really love those sigs. I wish I could do that *stares at Paint*. Hey Paint! I know you have potential. You can do it! Show me your magic! Your newest one conveys a lot of emotions in it. =)

Paint.EXE... simple and easy to use. What more do I need? *stares at Photoshop's massive features* Eh... o_o

Welcome to Project Pokermon, erm... I mean, Pokemon. Pleased to be acquainted with you.

Welcome. Your avatar reminds me of a certain PinkKittyRose on Youtube The metagame is a lot different in DPP than it was from GSC. For example, Dark moves are no longer special but now physical... which makes a LOT more sense. Please enjoy your stay. =)

He's trying to say he has not got a shiny yet... although you really should not post if you don't have a shiny =/ [shinysprite]011[/shinysprite] <--- she was mine... a level 18 Metapod at Bug Catching Contest. Even when she became a Butterfree, all she ever knew was Harden... and would not learn anything. Is there a reason for that? If you catch a cocoon straight from the wild, it will never learn anything even after it evolves.

Actually, Dratini and its evolved form are based off the friendly Chinese dragon. If you want a ferocious European dragon, look no further than Bagon and its family. Salamence is faster, more powerful, and has a fitting ability (Intimidate), but has less of a movepool and is less defensive (hence why more people use Salamence more than Dragonite). I was always wondering how something as beautiful and elegant as Dragonair can become a strange orange Barney-esque creature called Dragonite. Nevertheless Dragonite's pretty adorable, but still... it seems pretty odd to me. EDIT: Now that I look at it, Dragonite does not look so far removed from its pre-evolutions. It looks like an orange serpentine who gained more weight and grew wings and limbs. Nevertheless it still looks a bit silly =/ [sprite]147[/sprite] ---> [sprite]148[/sprite] ---> [sprite]149[/sprite]

For some reason I cannot view topics as a guest anymore. I suppose that is why you joined. Anyways welcome and I hope you will enjoy your stay.

... what is with the mass Bidoofs? Only Mr. Relyte masters them all! Anyways, welcome aboard Fantome. Hope you enjoy your stay. And is that how Green looks like in HGSS? Not bad.

Red and Blue were the best... nostalgia power! Welcome aboard, fauntix. And I like that malicious looking Gardevoir.

Hello there. Welcome to Project Pokemon. There used to be a signature rule put in... but someone added a BBhack where it automatically imposes a limit on your signature. I forgot the dimensions though and it is no longer posted. It would be helpful if someone posted it again. EDIT: This is the topic... http://projectpokemon.org/forums/showthread.php?t=1679 People started complaining on how some people's signatures were too long... and so they decided to impose a signature limit imposer. Convenient, is it not? There are your dimensions.

Hey there. The name is Wraith, and i'm not a legend D: I hate battling. I play with non standard clauses, and illegal hacks. I mostly play UU I've never been a member of many forums, but most of the members were non-existent. This place seems to be pretty warm though. I hope to get to forget you all. ShadowBlade is muh worst enemy!