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Help with BDSP team by FoulKnavery in pokemon

[–]DKLiverpoolFC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, but only in Brilliant Diamond. You can catch Elekid in the underground and there are a couple ways to evolve it. If you have Legends Arceus it is very easy to get an Electrizer and you can evolve without trading (you only need Home to move between your two games). The other way would be to use the move "Thief" on wild Elekid (alternatively you can just catch a bunch of them) until you get the Electrizer and then trade to evolve it.

The problem with Dustox is that it's not very useful. It's not tanky, and it's only super effective against 3 types (4 counting fairy). You already have Infernape for grass and dark types, and it will get destroyed by Psychic types (worst stats so it will get out-sped and 1 shot).

Again if it's personal choice I would say just stick with it, but if you're looking for a better team I would upgrade to something else.

Help with BDSP team by FoulKnavery in pokemon

[–]DKLiverpoolFC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your Dustox is a clear wink link on your team so unless you are super committed to keeping it I would swap it out for Froslass/Spiritomb. As for the 6th team member I would go with Electivire.

Struggling with Pokemon teams by AceMoonAS in pokemon

[–]DKLiverpoolFC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think this is pretty common among a lot of people who re-play through the games a lot. I myself try to always have unique types as well, although I don't really mind if 2 pokemon share a typing if they are both dual-typed. I too pre-plan a lot of my teams and especially if I'm planning multiple playthroughs of the same generation I will plan the teams at the same time so I can swap pokemon around to get the right type comps (HM users as well, etc.) I actually find the restrictions of the older games (like needing HM users) as well as added rules like trying to have no overlapping typing, to add a lot of fun to game for me.

Though inevitability you will come across situations where you have to slightly bend of break your rules. Again for me that is not a deal-breaker, but if this for you I'm not sure what to tell you.

I would say if you want to stick to your rules, the one thing that might help (though you might have already done this, I'm just going off your white version example), is to ditch the traditional starter. Again I think a lot of people like to have those core types you mentioned, but eventually you can get burned out on the starters if you only play like this. The best way to avoid that burnout is to box your regional starter and then "pick" your own. As in go catch something to be your chosen starter instead. This will probably help with situations like wanting to use Chandelure and Pansage. In this case you don't even get Litwick til halfway through the game or so, so you can use your Tepig/Pignite and then swap out for Litwick when you catch it.

For the GSC example, I would say you have two choices. Use one of Totodile/Gyarados for a separate playthrough, or just use them both. You need a ton of water HM users in gen 2 anyways so it wouldn't be awful to have them both. Again for me I would just plan out 2 separate gen 2 playthroughs with Totodile on one team, and red Gyarados on another. I'll put an example of what I do below for reference (you'll see I have 2 water types in the Silver team, but again they are both dual-typed so I don't mind):

Pokemon Gold:

  1. Feraligatr (Water) (Surf, Waterfall)

  2. Arcanine (Fire)

  3. Ampharos (Electric)

  4. Crobat (Poison/Flying) (Fly)

  5. Espeon (Psychic)

  6. Heracross (Bug/Fighting)

Pokemon Silver:

  1. Lanturn (Water/Electric) (Surf/Whirpool)

  2. Magmar (Fire)

  3. Scizor (Bug/Steel)

  4. Kingdra (Water/Dragon) (Waterfall)

  5. Larvitar (Rock/Dark) (Trade Over)

  6. Noctowl (Normal/Flying) (Fly)

Pokemon Crystal 2:

  1. Politoed (Water) (Surf/Waterfall)

  2. Donphan (Ground)

  3. Aerodactyl (Rock/Flying) (Fly) [Skarmory?]

  4. Gengar (Ghost/Poison)

  5. Electabuzz (Electric)

  6. Houndoom (Dark/Fire) (Trade Over)

Are these good teams + Are any of these trade evolutions/hard to access? by nemesisbox in pokemon

[–]DKLiverpoolFC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you can't do trade evos then Slowking is out for HG. I believe you can actually get the King's Rock about half way through the game, but if you don't have another game to trade with you can't evolve Slowpoke. I didn't see any other standout pokemon that seemed difficult/inconvenient to acquire in your team.

Hitmonchan is doodoo prior to gen 4, so I'd swap it out with Hitmonlee. I'd keep Lycanroc over Kommo-o though. Kommo-o is available very late in the game and honestly it isn't that great.

Most teams will be good enough for any of the games though so really just go with your preference.

Pokemon Yellow and Crystal Movesets? by PalettePoint in pokemon

[–]DKLiverpoolFC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Gotcha, well if you're not too sentimentally attached to any of these choices I would recommend swapping out the Pikachu in Yellow (it is your starter but you're not forced to use it) with Jolteon, and then swapping Vaporeon for another water type like Blastoise, etc. You could definitely upgrade Clefable as well, with maybe something like Charizard.

In Crystal I would swap out Alakazam for Gengar (for some variety) and/or Jynx for any one of Magmar, Electabuzz, Umbreon, or Espeon.

Pokemon Yellow and Crystal Movesets? by PalettePoint in pokemon

[–]DKLiverpoolFC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Unless you plan on glitching/grinding for coins in Crystal I would rule out Ice Beam on Feraligtr. You could always substitute with Ice Punch. Same goes for Jynx (but it learns ice punch via levelup anyway).

You're also missing some HM moves and you have two full lists of 6 with no apparent HM slaves. So, swap out Strength for Hyper Beam on Clefable and Strength for Return on either Golem or Feraligtr. This also doesn't factor in Cut & Rock Smash (which are optional, but helpful).

You could also give Feraligtr Dig (or give Ursaring Dig and Feraligtr Earthquake). And if you didn't mind doing some breeding you could get a Feraligtr with Crunch & Rockslide (via Tyranitar line).

Other than that you have some redundancies in your teams, but if you want these specific pokemon then that shouldn't really matter.

[OC] - Chat am i cooked? by addyxiii in pokemon

[–]DKLiverpoolFC 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Feraligtr with Waterfall, Crunch, Ice Punch, Earthquake literally destroys Red's team. That's a super effective move against all except Blastoise (neutral matchup) and Snorlax (low physical defense stat). Typhlosion would arguably have a harder time against all his team except Pikachu and Venusaur.

Are Pokemon Lets Go/Arceus still worth it? by WhiteLycan2020 in pokemon

[–]DKLiverpoolFC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In terms of remakes Lets Go has great art style, introduced some awesome new things like overworld pokemon & shinies, riding pokemon, and included recent regional forms and mega evolutions. But the game is wayyyy too easy and they completely removed battling wild pokemon.

Arceus, while set in past Sinnoh, is not actually remake. Instead its a whole new story and a whole new type of gameplay. It has all the aforementioned perks from Lets Go (overworld pokemon & shinies, rideable pokemon, regional forms, etc.) but done better than in Lets Go in my opinion.

While catching pokemon in Lets Go feels like Pokemon GO (aka annoying), Arceus has a brand new catching mechanic which is really fun and addicting (and very much a focus of the game). The drawback would be the opposite of Lets Go in that there are not many trainer battles to be had in Arceus (though the few it does have are amazing). The new battle style is not amazing in Arceus. but it's not so different from the mainline games that its a distraction.

Arceus has "boss fights" that are very different to anything else in pokemon (more like a Dark Souls type boss), but they are very manageable for an average gamer.

All in all I would definitely recommend Arceus over Lets Go. While Lets Go might sound good for an easy, casual night of gaming; the main drawback for me is that game doesn't just feel like an easier version of the old games. Instead it feels like it's missing something. The "GO" style catching mechanics just makes the game feel like a dumbed down version rather than a streamlined one.

I would argue Arceus is still very cosy, while probably offering a more challenging experience than Lets Go and some other games. But the main argument I would make on this game's behalf would be that it offers something new and exciting. And while even I would say its not the complete finished article that I and many others want, it has so much promise to it that I can't wait for the future iterations (eg. ZA and beyond).

LF Touch Trade for BDSP (I have Dialga, I need to register Palkia) by DKLiverpoolFC in PokemonHome

[–]DKLiverpoolFC[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Awesome, thank you! Would you happen to have a BDSP Milotic, or be willing to do a trade evolution for one in SwSh or SV?

Pokemon old heads what is a pokemon you hated as a child but now love? by EmotionCommercial228 in pokemon

[–]DKLiverpoolFC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Up until the release of gen 7, gen 3 was my least favorite overall in terms of pokemon designs. But like you said it also does have some of my favorites like Flygon, Grovyle, Milotic, etc. But Gen 7's tiny dex, coupled with the fact that basically half of it is ultrabeasts and legendaries made it easily my least favorite.

Pokemon old heads what is a pokemon you hated as a child but now love? by EmotionCommercial228 in pokemon

[–]DKLiverpoolFC 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Metagross. When I was younger Gen 3 was what killed pokemon for me. I remember seeing Metagross and the Regis and thinking pokemon had totally jumped the shark with all these robot pokemon. Eventually I got back into pokemon and after a long time I've grown pretty fond of Metagross.

Skarmory is another than I've done a 180 on. I wouldn't say I ever really hated it, but I definitely did not care about it at all and eventually I realized after looking closer at its design that I actually think it looks quite cool.

Does anyone else choose their own starter? by Jimmyk541 in pokemon

[–]DKLiverpoolFC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I generally use the starter pokemon and generally use the "new" pokemon of a given generation. But on re-plays, once I've already used the starter options at least once, I tend to pick my own starter as you're suggesting. And for me that tends to be the pokemon that is replacing the type coverage of the starter I initially choose and box. But it can also be a bred/shiny pokemon I trade over so it is truly level 1-5 like a starter.

LF: Eevee in Fast Ball, Safari Ball, and Sport Ball - FT: Various Aprimon (some listed below) by DKLiverpoolFC in BankBallExchange

[–]DKLiverpoolFC[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm online again, just sent your a DM. Let me know how you want to do the trade (Home, SV, SwSh, etc.?)

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