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guardians_song) wrote2013-10-02 12:47 am
guardians_song) wrote2013-10-02 12:47 am
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Query: In your opinion, how bad IS Sabrina?
If she's remarkably strong, I'll CONSIDER skipping her for a little while and coming back later. I'm not to her yet (just beat Erika), but I do not want anyone to die.
Same goes for Koga, whom I hear can be very bad. I should be able to get by him just so long as I remember to take Antidote xBajillion into the fight, though.
Blaine would be trivial, and Giovanni's main issue will be making sure my Pokemon can outspeed his in order to cause Fissure to fail. Should be easy.
Queen Aria got taken out of the Box to learn Body Slam, and Reservoir is nearly evolved (L34). Ambassador, the good ol' glass cannon, is still hanging in there. LEERSPEAR dominated. Monarch is going well, if occasionally lagging, and Wormtail is pretty much my Normal-type-against-Normal-types. (May not be Fighting, but STAB Hyper Fang is preeeetty dang powerful.)
Problem is, Psychics have no good weaknesses. Pin Missile? Too unreliable. Fixed 5-hit Pin Missile would be great, but alas, Pin Missile simply doesn't work that way. Another Psychic? I suppose I have Klarkaton, but the problem is that their lack of offense against fellow Psychics cuts both ways. Monarch is a good Stunner, and can probably weather a hit per Sabrina-Pokemon due to Bug typing, but I need something that can come in and K.O. afterwards.
...Wait. Wait. Hold on.
Yes, I just technically cheated on my blind-run policy, but only to confirm something I remembered about Gen 1 Gym Leaders. They have terrible movesets. Not one of her Pokemon has Electric-type attacks.
Hm. When it comes time to take down Sabrina, I'll gauge from a run against her Trainers whether Reservoir alone has the Special to tank her Psychics - and if not, weeeeell, I have Yulong waiting in a PC Box...
Oh, Gen 1. How refreshingly exploitable you are after the coverage of Gen 5 Leaders and Elite Four.
(Terrifyingly enough, Yulong is still on a level with higher team members - at least offensively, if not defensively. Dang, that Attack stat is high for an L20 Pokemon!)
Same goes for Koga, whom I hear can be very bad. I should be able to get by him just so long as I remember to take Antidote xBajillion into the fight, though.
Blaine would be trivial, and Giovanni's main issue will be making sure my Pokemon can outspeed his in order to cause Fissure to fail. Should be easy.
Queen Aria got taken out of the Box to learn Body Slam, and Reservoir is nearly evolved (L34). Ambassador, the good ol' glass cannon, is still hanging in there. LEERSPEAR dominated. Monarch is going well, if occasionally lagging, and Wormtail is pretty much my Normal-type-against-Normal-types. (May not be Fighting, but STAB Hyper Fang is preeeetty dang powerful.)
Problem is, Psychics have no good weaknesses. Pin Missile? Too unreliable. Fixed 5-hit Pin Missile would be great, but alas, Pin Missile simply doesn't work that way. Another Psychic? I suppose I have Klarkaton, but the problem is that their lack of offense against fellow Psychics cuts both ways. Monarch is a good Stunner, and can probably weather a hit per Sabrina-Pokemon due to Bug typing, but I need something that can come in and K.O. afterwards.
...Wait. Wait. Hold on.
Yes, I just technically cheated on my blind-run policy, but only to confirm something I remembered about Gen 1 Gym Leaders. They have terrible movesets. Not one of her Pokemon has Electric-type attacks.
Hm. When it comes time to take down Sabrina, I'll gauge from a run against her Trainers whether Reservoir alone has the Special to tank her Psychics - and if not, weeeeell, I have Yulong waiting in a PC Box...
Oh, Gen 1. How refreshingly exploitable you are after the coverage of Gen 5 Leaders and Elite Four.
(Terrifyingly enough, Yulong is still on a level with higher team members - at least offensively, if not defensively. Dang, that Attack stat is high for an L20 Pokemon!)
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Your posts are making me want to continue my Platinum game or do some kind of challenge on a Crystal rom. I'm so horrible at Nuzlockes, yet for Crystal it's tempting...
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Do it! Use a ROM, though, Turbo button makes life so much easier. I'd have gone insane grinding Gyarados without 10x speed.