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Topic Started: Sep 29 2008, 11:03 PM (1,484 Views)
Adnarel
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I'd rather be outside.

Yeah, there was always a contingent in the Metamora/Germantown Hills area that was just very hostile towards Pokémon, Suezo. I've never understood why.

I, even from Red, always used a fire Pokémon as my starter whenever I would do my first playthrough. I was delighted by any and all fire Pokémon. That, and Charizard was pretty overpowered in Red.

It was only after I was well into Silver that I got into making balanced teams. Now it's all I do. Currently, I'm working on raising a Red team. I'm trying to raise more than 6 high-caliber Pokémon so that I can switch team members if I wish. I am training: Hypno, Ninetales, Lapras, Gyarados, Charizard, Dragonite, and Venusaur. I'm aware I need to incorporate more types, but am hesitant on who to choose. I'll probably end up training a Gengar eventually, as well as some Rock/Ground choice, probably Rhydon or Golem.

So there you go, Suezo, you know what my grand schemes are.

Unfortnately, by the time my Red team will be nigh complete, I will probably be getting a real itch to raise a G/S/C team.
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Phoenix7
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Odyssey, ya see~ Odyssey, ya see~

I remember one kid told me a rumour about how to get to the Orange Islands.... XD
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Jackal
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Come and Take It - Temple Tsundere

I was the exact opposite of Adnarel team-wise...In Blue, I always had
a full team of Water-types.

Also, i've always had the latter game in each set, with the exception of
Ruby (it had Mawile in it).
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Suezo
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Right, whenever I refer to any of my experiences with these games, Adna, it's referent to my time living in Texas; as soon as I moved to Illinois, it totally wasn't nearly as popular, and it was popular in bad ways that made it less fun to play.
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Adnarel
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I'd rather be outside.

Jackal
Oct 3 2008, 11:22 AM
I was the exact opposite of Adnarel team-wise...In Blue, I always had a full team of Water-types.

That's a good idea.

Water Pokémon are disproportionately powerful in the early-generation games. Think of all the good water Pokémon: Lapras, Gyarados, Dewgong, Starmie, Poliwrath, Blastoise, etc. Those are all outstanding team choices.

But there are only three viable fire Pokémon in first-gen games: Charizard, Arcanine, and Ninetales. Magmar was, and is, a joke. Rapidash's stats are unsuited for competitive play.
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Jackal
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Come and Take It - Temple Tsundere

Man, I loved Magmar. Him and Jynx were two of my main Pokemon
in LeafGreen (Along with Magneton)
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Blissfulystoopid
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The all one type things you guys did reminds me of something. In Red, I used to have a pretty balanced team, and a wierd one at that, like Dugtrio, Sandslash, Kadabra, Charizard, Pikachu, etc. Don't remember the full team.

However, the second time I played through gold, I gave myself a challenge, and called it the "Bug Catcher Challenge" and I beat the game, Elite 4 Champion and all, exclusively with Bug Pokemon. Now THAT was a pain, but the coolest thing I've ever done.
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Suezo
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Cool. I like it, Bliss!

Magmar & Jynx & Electabuzz - the three elemental punchers. Of which Jynx is by far the best, for her Psychic capabilities.
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The Phantom Squee
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Sound the horn and call the cry: "How many of them can we make die?"

I, personally, always had a soft spot for bug Pokemon. Pinsir/Scyther~ :wub:
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Adnarel
Oct 4 2008, 06:35 AM
Jackal
Oct 3 2008, 11:22 AM
I was the exact opposite of Adnarel team-wise...In Blue, I always had a full team of Water-types.

That's a good idea.

Water Pokémon are disproportionately powerful in the early-generation games. Think of all the good water Pokémon: Lapras, Gyarados, Dewgong, Starmie, Poliwrath, Blastoise, etc. Those are all outstanding team choices.

But there are only three viable fire Pokémon in first-gen games: Charizard, Arcanine, and Ninetales. Magmar was, and is, a joke. Rapidash's stats are unsuited for competitive play.

Dude, Flareon.

I remember I ony ever used to use my starter. The concept of catching and training other pokemon seemed trivial to me >_>

I learned the error of my ways around Ruby, and have since been making an effort to make balanced teams.
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Suezo
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Oh? Did Generation 3 actually make it bad to do that? 'Cause I know it's all-too-easy and possible to just plough through Generations I and II with just the starter, Cyndaquil in Gen. II and Blastoise in Gen. I.
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Deadbeard
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Yellow: I sucked ass, used pikachu way more than anything else, had no idea about type coverage or wasting tms...

Silver: I started making a balanced party. Still used typhlosion more than I should.

Ruby: On holiday in St. Andrews, in a grotty student flat, a legend was born. I found my true love Sceptile, and almost by chance ended up with a team with near perfect type coverage. By evenly training them I became more powerful than Logo or anyone else I knew for that matter. Went on to gain all trainer stars and train my beloved team all to lvl 100. I still used ubers, used crappy items, used crappy movesets, and had no idea about evs or anything like that.

Pearl: Through the wonders of the interwebs, several people at the temple (and with help from Serebii.net) taught me ways of becoming even better, and my first party that could actually be used in competitive battling was made. As it was my first there were some EV hiccups and poor choices on my part...

Which is why I eagerly await the next game (hopefully a gold/silver remake) to create a truly awesome party. I'm still not doing IVs though. That shiz be wrong.
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Suezo
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Bliss - your Bug Catcher challenge reminds me of my ultimate Pokémon challenge I invented.

The Krabby Challenge.

Generation I only?: As soon as you hit Viridian City and are able to trade, do so, and trade away your starter for a freshly-caught (read as, completely untampered-with) Level 15 Krabby, gift of another game. This means, it may not have any TMs or stat boosts (Calcium, whatever) from another game; once it's in the player's game, though, he can do whatever he wants.. One is not allowed to trade this Krabby, or catch any other Pokémon through the duration of the game.

Yeah, you only need three HMs to beat Generation I games: Surf, Cut, and Strength, and Crabby/Kingler can learn all of those. So... yeah.
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Adnarel
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I'd rather be outside.

I forgot all about Flareon, Enro. Good point.
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Suezo
Oct 5 2008, 03:44 PM
Oh? Did Generation 3 actually make it bad to do that? 'Cause I know it's all-too-easy and possible to just plough through Generations I and II with just the starter, Cyndaquil in Gen. II and Blastoise in Gen. I.

No, I know my brother got through it pretty much exclusively using Marshtomp. That was just around the time that I came to realise the importance of a balanced team. Right pokemon for the right job, and all that.
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Deadbeard
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each gen has a pokemon that makes it easy to plow through (or easier, anyway. It's the closest thing Pokemon has to a difficulty setting).

1st gen... I'm not sure. I think Charizard was the hardest due to the first two gyms. Maybe.

2nd gen I am again unsure. Easiest was probably Typhlosion.

3rd gen Blaziken was your one size fits all guy. Sceptile was probably the hardest to play with.

4th gen was probably Infernape though I don't really know about the others as I don't know many people who have the game. It may be Torterra, actually.
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For 1st gen, the easiest to use was Bulbasaur. He owned the first two gy leaders. I literally tanked the game pretty much exclusively using Bulbasaur. Charizard was the hardest to use, but you get paid back for that in his sheer brute force and awesomeness.

2nd gen, the easiest was Typhlosion, while the hardest to use is Chikorita.

I'm unsure on 3rd gen, but I think Mudkip was the easiest to use, with Torchik being the hardest. As always, picking the hardest netted you a freaking hax pokemon.

4th gen, I really have no clue on the rankings. All I know is that Torterra is a freaking tank, Infernape is pretty damn awesome, and Empoleon is kinda lame in comparison >_>
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Adachi is not amused.

Treecko was the hardest in the 3rd gen, hands down. At times he may have had the type advantage, but he paid for it by having a lousy base move set and generally not being an impressive Pokemon. Mudkip and Torchic were superior in the long haul, much like Charizard was even though Bulbasaur conferred the earliest advantage.

Fourth generation... I've only ever done it with Torterra so I can't offer differing opinions. But honestly? I don't like any of the starters that much.

That said, I speedran Crystal version, never using anything more than Totodile and its evolutions as well as a couple of HM slaves. I did it in the span of 24 hours... real time.
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I also used torterra, but my brother used infernape, and I found that since chimchar evolves early, it is easier to use than piplup past the first gym. Torterra is probably best though.
I agree that treecko was the hardest, no good moves past leaf blade.
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Oh, I thought Torchik was the hardest to use, in terms of the opening gym battles and such, although yeah, Torchik is awesome. I tried using Treecko, but he died too easily >_>
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