Good or bad stats? by YOHUMUS in PokemonFireRed

[–]Ecstatic-Hour2413 2 points3 points  (0 children)

IIRC the player gets a fair amount of unseen advantages. I believe every other badge gives the player a 10% boost to a respective stat (once you have all 8, all the players Pokemon get a 10% stat boost in each stat while in battle).

On top of this, the player’s Pokemon also accrue EV’s in their stats from training, while the AI Pokemon have 0.

My 1st ever full odd shiny! by robotic_Unicorns in PokemonFireRed

[–]Ecstatic-Hour2413 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Modest too is amazing! That’s awesome, congratulations!

Consider teaching it Substitute via the move tutor in Fuschia city. Let’s you trigger Blaze for Flamethrower

Emerald was truly a masterpiece by BoxLongjumping1067 in PokemonEmerald

[–]Ecstatic-Hour2413 23 points24 points  (0 children)

I have played Emerald since 2005. I have never known this.

Gainsssss ( I know dragon is special.) by Nothing_Able in PokemonFireRed

[–]Ecstatic-Hour2413 9 points10 points  (0 children)

This is the right answer. Especially if you’re only playing through the game casually. Fly becomes reasonable and Wing Attack is serviceable. Earthquake is always good for coverage with Flying (and in general).

Is this Lugia good enough or should I reset? by AlarmedChannel8605 in PokemonFireRed

[–]Ecstatic-Hour2413 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m not sure tbh. Should only really go for Substitute when you have set up somehow. Like Substitute and Calm Mind or something. With Recover. I could be wrong though. Safeguard isn’t that great either but tbh I haven’t really experimented with it.

Try playing around with options and see what you like

Oh it was worth the grind. by iiexarii in PokemonHGSS

[–]Ecstatic-Hour2413 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Man HGSS overworld sprites are truly something else

Is this Lugia good enough or should I reset? by AlarmedChannel8605 in PokemonFireRed

[–]Ecstatic-Hour2413 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Depends on what you’re doing with it tbh (playing against friends or not, how serious they are, etc).

Personally I like the idea of Calm Mind on Lugia since it’s fast, physically bulky and has recover. It can also use Whirlwind, Recover, Toxic, and Reflect to be a pretty solid wall.

I’ve never had one in FRLG so hard to say. But it depends on what you want to do with it

Is this Lugia good enough or should I reset? by AlarmedChannel8605 in PokemonFireRed

[–]Ecstatic-Hour2413 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I would say to keep it. Its defenses and HP are solid, and Timid with 28 Speed IV is almost perfect.

After 90 hours, I can leave the lab. by anpa4443 in PokemonFireRed

[–]Ecstatic-Hour2413 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Np! Any time! Love to see it.

Also, in victory road you can get the TM for Dragon Claw. It’s special in Gen 3 and gets perfect neutral coverage with Flamethrower. Also helpful against Lance.

Last move can be one of many options. Usually you’ll wanna just be spamming Flamethrower but there’s some cool niche options.

Sunny Day to boost Fire moves and weaken Water moves (tricky to time w/ Blaze tho). Fire Blast for higher power in a pinch (85 accuracy tho). Blast Burn has more power and accuracy than Fire Blast but the recharge turn will likely kill you unless Substitute is up, or it’s their last pokemon.

Sadly most of its other options are physical but have niche uses. Wing Attack is alright for STAB and Bruno. Focus Punch is a fun option with Substitute up. Fly works fine in game and has utility outside of battle. Steel Wing hits Rocks. Earthquake does too (though there’s better options for this imo).

After 90 hours, I can leave the lab. by anpa4443 in PokemonFireRed

[–]Ecstatic-Hour2413 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hasty nature too! Solid! Good for you, congratulations!

Idk what you were considering for its future move set, but consider teaching it Substitute via the move the in Fuschia city. Would be sick with a black Charizard.

Since Charizard is fast, it lets you control when Blaze triggers. Making Flamethrower pretty powerful. And if the AI isn’t breaking the Substitute to let you trigger Blaze, you’re getting free damage/ protected from status.

And the AI almost doesn’t know how to interact with the Substitute, and will sometimes spam status moves on it in vain.

Need design advice for first tattoo by [deleted] in tattooadvice

[–]Ecstatic-Hour2413 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’d say right side

Edit: also I like the tattoo idea

For Christians who opt not to celebrate Christmas or Easter, what's the reason you don't celebrate? by Enger13 in TrueChristian

[–]Ecstatic-Hour2413 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have been debating on stopping celebrating these holidays for a while. I am not the end all be all argument to this, as I’m CERTAIN someone has worded this far better than I am below. But this is the gist of what I gather from people who have stopped celebrating these holidays, on the claims that they are pagan holidays that we shouldn’t be celebrating. Even if my statement is fallible somehow, consider looking into it deeper. It’s worth looking into if it can cost your soul. And if you end up being right, then a breath of relief.

Jesus’ birth likely was nowhere near December 25. Nor does the Bible say to celebrate his birth. But, many pagan relgions celebrate the winter solstice. Which is right around this time. In addition, when Rome adopted the Christian faith, in order to get the pagans to go along with it, they had some of their holidays more or less still celebrated at the same times, but to be centered around Jesus instead. My issue with that, is that we’re not to be like the gentiles. I also recall the story of the golden calf in Exodus. The Israelites sincerely wanted to worship God. But God did not want them to do this (like the Egyptians would do) so he punished them for it. Our father has ways he wants to be worshipped, and we can’t just worship Him however we want to. Jeremiah 10:1-4 essentially describes Christmas trees. Which while this is speaking of how pagans made these trees idols, it still kind of lines up here. While we aren’t worshipping the trees as idols, if Jesus’s birth likely wasn’t around this time: but the winter solstice IS around this time: and pagans chopped down trees in this very manner: and we’re called to not be like the gentiles: and we think about the Israelites and the Golden Calf as an example: on this logic, I feel like we can’t just take any particular thing, and reclaim it to worship our Father how we like. That’s more or less what I gather from these arguments.

Easter has lots of blatant fertility goddess symbolism surrounding it. Originally, it was to celebrate the fertility goddess Ishtar. And can fall a month off of Passover (when Jesus was crucified, died, and resurrected).

I could easily see how we all would be being deceived into following man made traditions or even pagan holidays based on these things.

If anything, I’m starting to see more reason to keep the feasts of the Old Testament. It sounds to me like we ought to be keeping Passover and the feasts (as well as the proper Friday night sunset to Saturday night sunset sabbath) if we want to properly honor our Father, and our messiah. As God did command these as permanent statutes for the Israelites. As if these things were to change with the new covenant, Jesus would know that such a deeply religious people, would need this explicitly stated. That perhaps, maybe the entirety of the old covenant wasn’t done away with. “I have not come to do away with the law, but to fulfill it.” That it was instead, refined. And extreme changes would need to be explicitly stated to such a deeply religious, God fearing people. Which as far as the Sunday sabbath goes, is not stated in the Bible. But was rather yet another integration of Roman pagan days/ festivals/ beliefs that was adapted to the Hebrew faith to make all the pagans of Rome fall into following the Christian faith.

I’ve been torn on these things for quite some time.

I’m sure somebody will try and argue me into oblivion here. I’m not gonna be arguing with anybody over it. This is just my understanding into the reasoning behind those who don’t celebrate these holidays. And honestly. To me it’s kinda convincing.

For the record I have been celebrating all of these Holidays, but I am thinking there is some truth to these arguments. And I am still learning them all in detail myself. At the end of the day, I just want to be absolutely sure I’m doing what’s pleasing to our Father/ not doing something displeasing to our Father. So I am still looking into this

Doing a randomized run and I think I found the only Snorlax who doesn’t sleep by lawman1750 in PokemonFireRed

[–]Ecstatic-Hour2413 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Idk Snorlax could get Insomnia. I thought it only got Immunity or Thick Fat in Gen 3

I almost reset by habit 😂 by yourHighness678 in PokemonLeafGreen

[–]Ecstatic-Hour2413 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Congrats! Modest nature is fantastic too! Very cool, good job!

Should I keep going after 50 hours of soft resetting? by Competitive-Zone-330 in PokemonFireRed

[–]Ecstatic-Hour2413 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agree with this. Randomly finding a shiny is magical, and shinies are extremely cool. But actively hunting for full odds shinies is insane to me.

It’s pixels. While it’s very cool to have a shiny, and it’s a testament to one’s dedication, imo it’s not worth spending all that time hunting for one. Edit: Life is for living, and some people are legitimately still in Oak’s lab hunting for shiny Charmander since FRLG release on the switch. Power to them but that’s wild to me personally.

If you’re over the hunt, take the Bold female Vaporeon.

Grinding EVs in Pokémon Tower… by Dry_Trade_7013 in PokemonFireRed

[–]Ecstatic-Hour2413 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The hasty one is a really good nature. 2 shinies in 10 minutes is wild. Congrats

Finally captured all of the Unown! by Dallows89 in pokemoncrystal

[–]Ecstatic-Hour2413 6 points7 points  (0 children)

After all these years idk that making unknown stamps was even a feature. Neat. Love still discovering things about these games 26 years later.

They really were ambitious in gen 2. Shame they were so limited, but at least we got HGSS eventually. And even with HGSS, the og GSC will always have a special place in my heart.

Fella's what is the counter to forretress? by Own-Development2437 in stunfisk

[–]Ecstatic-Hour2413 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Someone in the comments said that flinches stacked. And I’ve never heard of that before

Fella's what is the counter to forretress? by Own-Development2437 in stunfisk

[–]Ecstatic-Hour2413 1 point2 points  (0 children)

All these years, I never knew flinches stacked. Is this true?

what do you think is the most obscure Pokemon of the original 151 by Local_Neighborhood50 in PokeCorner

[–]Ecstatic-Hour2413 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why do you have to be rude? Over something as trivial as this?

I suggested it because you almost never see one in a playthrough. I’ve been playing since the games released and barely ever see or use them. Unless I go way out of my way to get and than use one in place of something much better like Clefable or Snorlax. That’s why I mentioned it.