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Actually, you will never reach the same bulk as Dragonite with a Bulkymence and maintain an attack as powerful as Dragonite would... which I pointed out. Keep trying but you won't... unless you attack from the special side. Also it is not susceptible to Togekiss's Air Slash or Jirachi as a Bulkymence is. And I believe she is playing on Wifi, not Shoddy so unless she lived in Japan, there is no Extremespeed sets yet aside from GTS and whatnot. However, for Milotic, I will agree with Illithian. Suicune usually does the job better and can also Rest + Sleep Talk to get rid of status while Calm Mind boosts its Special Attack and its already impressive Special Defense. So what can Milotic do over her fellow bulky water? Hypnosis. Milotic is bulky enough to afford one miss or two if the shaky accuracy hurts. Mirror Coat is cool and all, but then again, I do not know what special attackers aside from electrics or some oddball like Specstile with Leaf Storm would actually be encouraged to attack Milotic's forte (base 125 SpDef!). They would usually attack its weaker base 79 defense, so Mirror Coat does not see much use, but it can net a surprise KO if you can predict correctly. But other than that, try Hypnosis.

Nah, I like Dawn's design from Platinum... and skirts make women look more feminine... so it was all right, although... she must be freezing (longer skirt then?) =P ... the new female character looks a bit too Marioesque to me still. The hat is cool, but overalls with shorts? Yeah... design clash there... I think I will call her Maria from now on.

Trivial games? This isn't a game and there was a topic like this before. =O I like Water types of course... they happen to be my favorite. But that does not mean I do not like Fire types, there are many Fire types I happen to love, but I just love Water Pokemon better, especially stuff like Politoed or Azumarill... frogs and bunnies ftw!

I would agree with memjee about that Dragonite. First off... if you want Dragonite to not be outclassed by Salamence, you would NEVER run Jolly. Period. Jolly Dragonites are just Salamence-lite. Adamant, however, is pretty awesome. Because of the huge Attack stat, Dragonite will get a big attack bonus just for running Adamant while Jolly can allow you to... hit 284 speed max? That does not help outspeed anything =( Sure that Mixnite there is a copy + paste wallbreaking Dragonite... which I myself rarely use, but nevertheless effective. In fact, I run a Dragon Dancing one too! But wait... isn't Dragonite supposed to be outclassed by Salamence on Dragon Dancing? Well, not if you take advantage of the one trait it has over Salamence: its overall bulk. That means, invest more in HP to show Salamence who is king (or queen in your case... although my Dragonite is female too). So in this case, we can run this set of EVs (this is the Dragonite I use quite a lot... the only Salamence I use is Specsmence ): Dragonite@Leftovers/Dragon Fang/Lum Berry/Yache Berry Adamant Nature 224 HP/84 Atk/200 Spd - Dragon Dance - Outrage - Roost - Substitute/Earthquake/Light Screen I have seen Salamence running very similar sets trying to outlive Lucario and take its Extremespeeds. However, Dragonite has the defensive advantage. With those EVs (assuming 31 IVs everywhere, but change your EVs accordingly to fill in those missing stats if you need to), it will hit: 379 HP/357 Attack/226 Defense/212 Special Attack/236 Special Defense/246 Speed 246 Speed is there to outpace bulky Zapdos and other stuff that like to sit at 245. It also has the advantage of outpacing max speed Jolly Tyranitars... who would lose out a lot of bulk for putting in THAT much speed... and power for using Jolly, so ha! Salamence trying to run a bulky set like that will need to adjust their EVs to 192 HP/120 Def/160 SpD/36 Spe with Adamant nature... and will hit the following stats: 379 HP/336 Attack/226 Defense/230 Special Attack/236 Special Defense/245 Speed And as you can see, not only will it stick at 245 Speed with the same HP/Def/SpDef as that aforementioned Dragonite, but it also loses out quite a LOT of attack (21 points to be exact)! So the only reason to actually use Dragonite over Salamence would be its overall defenses... and to take advantage of its attack. Do not ever run Jolly on that thing... EVER =( So here is the explanation. Those stats hits 246 to outpace 245ers and yadda yadda... the HP EVs are, that HP is odd numbered so that you can switch into Stealth Rocks 5 times instead of just 4, and the remaining goes into attack. If you want the optimal leftovers recovery 384 HP, run 244 HP/64 Attack/200 Speed instead, and the attack power still hits 352, which is pretty high. As for the moveset, Dragon Dance is needed, Outrage is your usual STAB attack and not many things like to eat a STAB Outrage after a DD, Roost is there to heal the dragon's HP when it is low, and Substitute is helpful for scouting. You can replace Substitute with Earthquake so that an unsuspecting Steel who thinks Dragonite will Outrage will switch in to eat an Earthquake instead (note: there are things named Skarmory or Bronzong that will laugh at your face for doing that, but Dragonite has no business dealing with them anyways, at least not this variant). Light Screen is an option just in case something like a Vaporeon wants to come in and Ice Beam the dragon to death and makes Dragonite a better team player. The items? Well, there is Leftovers if you like extra health recovery, but Dragonite will not be doing as much damage as wanted. Dragon Fang is there because you originally suggested it and it seems that Outrage is the only attack you are planning on using. Lum Berry... well, that somewhat defeats the whole purpose of having Substitute against status, but it is one time use. However, it has another usage: remember Outrage's secondary effect? How it confuses the user after 2-3 turns? Problem solved. Dragonite gets to go on an Outrage for another time! Yache Berry is there to reduce the potency of an Ice attack against Dragonite... it does help and Dragonite is bulky enough to take at least 1 Ice attack... from stuff not named Abomasnow or Glaceon, but that's another story. Since your Dragonite uses Outrage, make sure you get rid of Steels and other stuff before attempting to sweep with this. Priority move users like that blasted overused Scizor with its Bullet Punch and Lucario with Extremespeed and the most dangerous against Dragonite, Mamoswine with its 130 Attack and STAB Ice Shard (!!!), should be gotten rid of. It is amazing how all three are weak to Fire, is it not? Your Arcanine could deal with Scizor easily, Lucario somewhat, but Mamoswine's EQ should be avoided and it might be lucky enough to survive a Fire attack =| This Dragonite is a late game sweeper and is bulky enough to live through late game onslaughts not named 6 DD Gyarados =P Use it later in the game once all its threats are out and it will make your opponents cry. (!!) Gotta go study for a test, bye!

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!