R.I.P. Flareon

[badgersprite]

Goddamnit, vulpix! So cute, but so useless. Back when I was playing gen 1/gen 2, vulpix couldn't go five seconds into a battle without getting slaughtered.

 

[Heart of Darkness]

Marowak for me. I enjoy having Bonemarang so much, but his speed is completely terrible. Thick Club kinda makes up for that, though, despite how much of a pain it is to find one.

Also the lack of being able to learn a physical Ice-type attack really annoys me, especially since it can learn Ice Beam and Thunderpunch. >.>

 

[Joshimodo]

I never play competitively. As it is, the most technical I get is aligning physical attacks with physical stats on my pokemon (and even then I normally give gyarados surf anyway). So yeah, a pokemon doesn't need to be competitivley beastly, it just needs to have a good in-game feel to it. So I like umbreon because it looks cool, is a dark-type (I like it for the dark, not the type, if that makes sense) and I like the slow-but-steady approach of umbreon as a tank. I like scyther over scizor because it feels better (and is speedy as shit). And the pokemon only need to be strong enough to get me through the game, not to beat any hard-core competition player.

Me either, on the hardcore competitive side. I use Pokémon I like (which, thankfully, are mostly powerful ones, aside from Nidoking). However, I like to make my Pokés as versatile and effective as possible, especially since Battle Frontier AI can get dubiously lucky with critical hits.

 

[ilspooner]

Kabutops looks awesome, but is not really good. D: Why must you be bad Kabutops? WHYYYY

 

[SteakHeart]

I don't know why, but I've always had a soft spot for Drifloon / Drifblim. They're not that bad, but the main reason I like them is because they're ADOWABUWL. Oh, and they can use Fly. That's nice, I guess. SO CUTE!

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

Every poison Pokémon ever. Seriously, they have very little going for them...

This... Why would you use one?

Oh and I agree with Onyx 100%

Five generations Nintendo, FIVE GENERATIONS!

 

[dancinginfernal]

Is it just me or does anyone else think that there is waaaaaay too much math in a game supposedly made for children.

It's easy for kids to learn, and complicated enough to keep grown men interested.

What does that say about it?

 

[SilverStuddedSquirre]

I'm an old, old pokemaster. Only ever owned red, and luckily i talked my brother into buying blue. But I remember how much fun I could have with Ditto. Not for any particular gaming combo but because he IRRITADED the shit out of other kids on link-battles. Angry people fuck up, thus Ditto, a useless waste of belt-space becomes a surprisingly effective stratagem.

 

[Awexsome]

Man, I've always wanted to at least try some of the more competetive online side of Pokemon but it's the EV training and stuff that turns me off. Seems like unless using some type of shortcut to skip that stuff it'll take like 10 hours to prepare ONE pokemon. Let alone a whole team.

Ah well. I do follow it around a bit and if I got into it would want to at least TRY to use a Pinsir. THAT is a bad-ass pokemon right there. Yeah. I'm plain Bug type. What're you gonna do about it? SWORDS DANCE-X-SCISSOR IN YOUR FACE!

 

[spectrenihlus]

Is it just me or does anyone else think that there is waaaaaay too much math in a game supposedly made for children.

It's easy for kids to learn, and complicated enough to keep grown men interested.

What does that say about it?

Kids should not bother entering real life tournaments.

 

[Plurralbles]

Yeah I always wanted to us a Tauros but NOOoooo. Douchebag nintendo/gamefreak.

 

[Amyler]

I always had a soft spot for Venusaur, if only for nostalgia. It's not Meganium bad, but it's pretty bottom-tier in the metagame, and the grass/poison typing almost guarantees it from the get-go.

Check out the UU tier. Venasaur is a beast among its bretheren. Swords Dance + Power Whip = Murderous bastard. Add in Sleep Powder and you're more or less garunteed the power to set up and sweep.

Myself, I love Flygon. It's not that he's bad ... but really guys? Another Ground/Dragon in the next generation with higher base stats in Everything and a better movepool? Bah.

 

[dancinginfernal]

Is it just me or does anyone else think that there is waaaaaay too much math in a game supposedly made for children.

It's easy for kids to learn, and complicated enough to keep grown men interested.

What does that say about it?

Kids should not bother entering real life tournaments.

And they don't. I meant a kid could pick it up and beat it with basic knowledge of "Water beats fire."

Once you get online however...

 

[subtlefuge]

Oh, Flareon.

Even if you did receive Flare Blitz, you'd still be middle of the pack NU.

At least 2 of the Eveelutions are viable comp team members, but I haven't checked that with the Gen V stuff yet.

 

[inuyasha dude]

aipom but its just so hard to find

 

[SilverUchiha]

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To be honest, from what I've read and seen, the Eeveeloutions seem rather underpowered. I'm not saying they suck. They all are pretty good and, if trained right, could make an exceptional team. But they really aren't all that great in the grand scheme of the Competitive-Pokeworld (of which I've only dabbled in and never actually played competitively).

That being said, the Pokemon I like that sucks would have to be... Hm... I have a tie!

Kingdra kinda sucks because while he has a decent movepoool and an excellent type combination, his Physical attack is awesome... but its the physical movepool that's rather lacking. Tons of special attacks to work with, but that's not entirely helpful. Everything else about him is pretty solid.

Second is Togekiss. I say this because Togekiss is fine but one of the best movesets insists on it having Tri-Attack for a STAB bonus while using Serene Grace to increase the chances of an additional effect. Unfortunately, the only way to get such a Togekiss is to play the shitty game "Pokemon XD" and transfer it into a GBA game and THEN transfer it into a Gen4 game. This pokemon sucks in the sense that one of the best movesets takes this much work to get. GRRR!

 

[open trap]

I remember when I was a kid and stats didnt matter, it was all about just having the coolest looking pokemon, and the highest leveled ones. What happened to that?

 

[SilverUchiha]

I always had a soft spot for Venusaur, if only for nostalgia. It's not Meganium bad, but it's pretty bottom-tier in the metagame, and the grass/poison typing almost guarantees it from the get-go.

Check out the UU tier. Venasaur is a beast among its bretheren. Swords Dance + Power Whip = Murderous bastard. Add in Sleep Powder and you're more or less garunteed the power to set up and sweep.

Myself, I love Flygon. It's not that he's bad ... but really guys? Another Ground/Dragon in the next generation with higher base stats in Everything and a better movepool? Bah.

Actually, Gen 5 is adding a shit-ton of dragon-types. Check out the list on Bulbapedia. And a lot of them are Pure-Dragon. There is a Dragon-Ice, Dragon-Electric, Dragon-Fire, Dragon-Dark... It's pretty crazy. Last Gen was the highest number of legendaries. Now we get dragons. It's insane.