Recent content by Familiar Trainer

Might be worth replacing Substitute with Earthquake or Fire Blast because of resists like Tyranitar, Mega Metagross, Skarmory, etc running around. Otherwise though this thing is a beast.

My first Pokemon game was technically Red, in 1999. I was just a wee one back then, and wanted the games because of the Pokemon anime. I was so young at the time that I couldn't read much, and got stuck in Viridian City because a grumpy, stubborn old man was LYING ON THE GROUND (melodramatic...

I hatched a 31/31/25/31/31/31 Adamant Shiny Beldum after over a month of breeding. Hatched two other shiny Beldum before I got this baby, but they had worse spreads. This Metagross is now decorated with every ribbon available in Kalos, and will continue to collect every ribbon in future games.

It works for every Pokemon that can evolve.

Are there any Pokemon banned in random wifi battles? If so, what are they?

You need to watch for both Ice Bean AND Boiling Water. All in all, switching Ononokusu into a bulky water is risky. And a 2x SE move with 95 Base power will not be doing "shit for damage" to something with 76/70 defences and no investment, even if the user is bulky.

You didn't say you had to be a great player, you said it would be difficult if you were a crap player. From that we can assume a decent player could manage to get a few correct guesses, right? And I know what stage the metagame is in, thanks. Which is why we shouldn't let our Gen IV ideas...

This actually works against Shanderaa, because if you know your opponent has one you'll be more careful about what you do. Whereas if you didn't, Shanderaa could creep up at a random moment and eliminate a vital Pokemon. Shanderaa Sazandora Salamence Zoroark Jirachi Gengar 6 Pokemon that came...

I think they call it "Generation V". Nah, if a person knows their opponent has a Zoroark they'll be second-guessing themselves, which could lead to some mistakes.

I was thinking about 3 vs 3 in that case (ala PBR random battles and apparently B/W random battles), where you wouldn't be able to take all of your Pokemon into the fight. It's a fair bit tougher to prepare for something when you don't have a clue on what it can do, which was my point there. I...

Gen II brought the Special split. Gen III introduced abilities, IV/EV overhaul. Gen IV gave us the physical/special move split. And here I was, sad that Gen V was IV with new Pokemon, moves and abilities. Then this came along and made my day. For most of the latter half of Generation IV I...

When two Pokemon with Shadow Tag are facing each other, each one can switch out. So Shanderaa won't be trapping other Shanderaa unless they're lacking Shadow Tag.

Assuming Gyarados doesn't have Overconfidence. I think Ditto is being overhyped. Sure you can outrun the enemy, but you can only choose one move + you're locked into it + have 5 PP. Without too many stat boosts, the foe can predict what Ditto will do (which will be relatively easy, because they...

1. Infernape is hardly scary in a generation with things like Shanderaa, Burunkeru, Drizzle Politoed, Boiling Water and Urugamosu roaming about, among other things. 2. Because Sazando is utilizing both of its attacking stats with Cheer Up, less set up is needed; it can just attack from the stat...

No, I'm pretty sure it's been confirmed that ground types are still immune to Thunder Wave. Does anybody know if Choice items/Focus Sash/Leftovers have returned?