What battle strategies have you seen/do you use in Pokemon

[Aura Guardian]

Pokemon has changed a lot. With the use of abilities and new move sets, the 4th has made pokemon have a lot more strategy then the 3rd gen. So I'm asking...have you seen any good strategy in Pokemon? Or did you come up with an excellent strategy yourself? Here's what I've seen.

Spoiler: The excellent use of Simple

And here's what I've done.

Spoiler: Damp makes predictable tactics null and void

 

[Cpt_Oblivious]

Well, the last game I played was Pokemon Red so at endgame I basically cycled through the rock-paper-scissors types or spammed Hyper Beam.

 

[Aura Guardian]

Well, the last game I played was Pokemon Red so at endgame I basically cycled through the rock-paper-scissors types or spammed Hyper Beam.

Ah..that usually is the case for the originals excluding the remake.

 

[Lictbringer]

save before every legendary encounter and throw pokeballs till you get lucky. All of my legionaries have been from pokeballs/greatballs

 

[Jasper Jeffs]

I never really use any strategy on the gameboy ones, I just spam moves. I'm always +10 levels over the gym leaders and even if my type isn't effective against theirs, they'll die anyway. They should really release like a hard mode, where if your Pokemon faints, they immediately hate you and go down 10 levels, and if all of your Pokemon die and you wipe, it deletes your data and you've gotta start again.

 

[Aura Guardian]

save before every legendary encounter and throw pokeballs till you get lucky. All of my legionaries have been from pokeballs/greatballs

I usually catch the legendaries with Premier Ball(same strength as a Pokeball). Getting the right nature for them is a problem.

 

[Serenegoose]

I level my pokemon up to about 15 levels higher than I expect to face, and then use my most powerful attack at an elemental advantage. The closest I come to tactics is with my bellsprout (NEVER EVOLVE) where I use sleep powder, then max out growth, then spam vine whip. Usually it does so much damage even things at an elemental advantage against it die quickly.


...I'm not very good at pokemon.

 

[Aura Guardian]

I never really use any strategy on the gameboy ones, I just spam moves. I'm always +10 levels over the gym leaders and even if my type isn't effective against theirs, they'll die anyway. They should really release like a hard mode, where if your Pokemon faints, they immediately hate you and go down 10 levels, and if all of your Pokemon die and you wipe, it deletes your data and you've gotta start again.

My friend is doing something like that. He starts with the starter, Catches one pokemon from each area. If the pokemon faints, it's dead. He releases it and has to continue with the game. He hasn't all of his pokemon yet. He's lost about 12.

 

[Aura Guardian]

I level my pokemon up to about 15 levels higher than I expect to face, and then use my most powerful attack at an elemental advantage. The closest I come to tactics is with my bellsprout (NEVER EVOLVE) where I use sleep powder, then max out growth, then spam vine whip. Usually it does so much damage even things at an elemental advantage against it die quickly.


...I'm not very good at pokemon.

Not really. Using a not fully evolved pokemon requires a lot of strategy. Though if you play the 4th...Bellsprout get's some nice changes.

Perhaps I should have said...what battle strategies instead.

 

[TheGameXXVII]

I never really use any strategy on the gameboy ones, I just spam moves. I'm always +10 levels over the gym leaders and even if my type isn't effective against theirs, they'll die anyway. They should really release like a hard mode, where if your Pokemon faints, they immediately hate you and go down 10 levels, and if all of your Pokemon die and you wipe, it deletes your data and you've gotta start again.

My friend is doing something like that. He starts with the starter, Catches one pokemon from each area. If the pokemon faints, it's dead. He releases it and has to continue with the game. He hasn't all of his pokemon yet. He's lost about 12.

ah, a good old-fashioned Nuzlocke run. i'm doing one on FireRed currently, only lost 2 Pokemon so far...

i'll miss you Dozer the Nidorino and Baird the Spearow...;_;

 

[Tartarga]

I use the good old elemental advantage technique. Combine that with the most powerful moves I can get my hands on and I become one badass mother trainer. I was able to beat Red in the Gold version with all my pokemon in their 60's.

 

[Aura Guardian]

I never really use any strategy on the gameboy ones, I just spam moves. I'm always +10 levels over the gym leaders and even if my type isn't effective against theirs, they'll die anyway. They should really release like a hard mode, where if your Pokemon faints, they immediately hate you and go down 10 levels, and if all of your Pokemon die and you wipe, it deletes your data and you've gotta start again.

My friend is doing something like that. He starts with the starter, Catches one pokemon from each area. If the pokemon faints, it's dead. He releases it and has to continue with the game. He hasn't all of his pokemon yet. He's lost about 12.

ah, a good old-fashioned Nuzlocke run. i'm doing one on FireRed currently, only lost 2 Pokemon so far...

i'll miss you Dozer the Nidorino and Baird the Spearow...;_;

That's what it's called.
NOT SPEAROW!!!! NOooooooooooooo.

 

[TheGameXXVII]

I never really use any strategy on the gameboy ones, I just spam moves. I'm always +10 levels over the gym leaders and even if my type isn't effective against theirs, they'll die anyway. They should really release like a hard mode, where if your Pokemon faints, they immediately hate you and go down 10 levels, and if all of your Pokemon die and you wipe, it deletes your data and you've gotta start again.

My friend is doing something like that. He starts with the starter, Catches one pokemon from each area. If the pokemon faints, it's dead. He releases it and has to continue with the game. He hasn't all of his pokemon yet. He's lost about 12.

ah, a good old-fashioned Nuzlocke run. i'm doing one on FireRed currently, only lost 2 Pokemon so far...

i'll miss you Dozer the Nidorino and Baird the Spearow...;_;

That's what it's called.
NOT SPEAROW!!!! NOooooooooooooo.

it was sad...up until i caught a Pidgey in the next Route, now Kez the Pidgeotto is my new fly-slave!

 

[Aura Guardian]

I never really use any strategy on the gameboy ones, I just spam moves. I'm always +10 levels over the gym leaders and even if my type isn't effective against theirs, they'll die anyway. They should really release like a hard mode, where if your Pokemon faints, they immediately hate you and go down 10 levels, and if all of your Pokemon die and you wipe, it deletes your data and you've gotta start again.

My friend is doing something like that. He starts with the starter, Catches one pokemon from each area. If the pokemon faints, it's dead. He releases it and has to continue with the game. He hasn't all of his pokemon yet. He's lost about 12.

ah, a good old-fashioned Nuzlocke run. i'm doing one on FireRed currently, only lost 2 Pokemon so far...

i'll miss you Dozer the Nidorino and Baird the Spearow...;_;

That's what it's called.
NOT SPEAROW!!!! NOooooooooooooo.

it was sad...up until i caught a Pidgey in the next Route, now Kez the Pidgeotto is my new fly-slave!

I would always have Pidgeot as the fly slave and Fearow as my attacker.

 

[TheGameXXVII]

I never really use any strategy on the gameboy ones, I just spam moves. I'm always +10 levels over the gym leaders and even if my type isn't effective against theirs, they'll die anyway. They should really release like a hard mode, where if your Pokemon faints, they immediately hate you and go down 10 levels, and if all of your Pokemon die and you wipe, it deletes your data and you've gotta start again.

My friend is doing something like that. He starts with the starter, Catches one pokemon from each area. If the pokemon faints, it's dead. He releases it and has to continue with the game. He hasn't all of his pokemon yet. He's lost about 12.

ah, a good old-fashioned Nuzlocke run. i'm doing one on FireRed currently, only lost 2 Pokemon so far...

i'll miss you Dozer the Nidorino and Baird the Spearow...;_;

That's what it's called.
NOT SPEAROW!!!! NOooooooooooooo.

it was sad...up until i caught a Pidgey in the next Route, now Kez the Pidgeotto is my new fly-slave!

I would always have Pidgeot as the fly slave and Fearow as my attacker.

well, whenever i played a normal run on Pokemon where i could catch them i would always catch one or the other and have them as my typical flying type.

 

[Aura Guardian]

well, whenever i played a normal run on Pokemon where i could catch them i would always catch one or the other and have them as my typical flying type.

I remember when I gave Dodrio Fly. Twas funny in Pokemon Stadium.

 

[Kruxxor]

My strategy in Pokemon is to kill everything in 1 hit. I have mastered this strategy.

 

[Super Toast]

Poison and confuse the enemy, then kick the living shit out of them. I love Nidoking.

 

[flamewave7]

I try either earthquake and levitate combo or surf and water absorb combo for two on two.

One on one, I full strength rush, no status moves here ( either physical or special moves only or both)

 

[Zoomy]

Usually I try to get the following: water, fire, grass, psychic, dark, fighting, flying and steel. Ice if I can fit it in.

For example, in Ruby (which I'm playing through again) my team is hopefully going to be:

Blaziken (fire/fighting)
Shiftry (grass/dark)
Starmie (water/psychic)
Skarmory (steel/flying)

And that covers most types, with room leftover.