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Favourite: Crystal: - The level curve, while being ever so slightly better than G/S, still sucks - So does the move distribution (Flamethrower/Thunderbolt/Ice Beam postgame only wtf?) - No Mareep line :mad: - Still no Houndour in Johto :mad: Least favourite: Sun/Moon/Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon -...

I've thought about doing a Dexit run for sone time and may have a rules question: Assume you have two starter choices. One of them is able to achieve a lower dex count by the end, but must defeat exactly 1 wild encounter (doesn't increase the dex total at that point) to not get stuck. The other...

RB: Squirtle. Early Water-type, gets waht it needs, easy to build a competent team around. Y: Nidoking. Much needed powerhouse. GS: Mareep & Wooper. Good early-game mons that get almost all of their best moves by midgame? Yes, please. C: Lanturn. Someone has to fill my Electric niche...

Ryota Mitarai Quite a good list of auto-E tiers, my one exception to it would be Natu. STAB Fly as well as a decently timed evolution let it deal with the second half of Johto okay and have it have meaningful E4 contributions (most notably resisting Will's Psychics while killing Exeggutor and...

Going physical using Sludge Bomb+Return with Grass coverage (even if it's just Vine Whip) is quite possibly the best way to use the Bellsprout line; particularly in Crystal where you don't want to delay Weepinbel's evolution until 44 (Razor Leaf) and would rather start spamming Sleep Powder +...

I was JUST about to post about Muscle's Gold Berry as well; didn't see Ernesto's hint. What I will say is that due to the way rounding words, the gap in damage dealt between Lv. 19 and Lv. 20 is more significant than one might think. One of the basic factors in the damage formula (alongside...

Correct me if I'm wrong, but can't you only access Tin Tower after driving the Rockets out of the Radio Tower, thus obtaining the version respective access item (post-badge 7)? I'd consider that quite late TBH... With that said, I wouldn't drop Gengar lower than B. Elemental punches give it...

Update looks amazing, especially the lower tiers look a lot cleaner now, good job! The one placement I strongly disagree with is Scyther in C. Auto-crit Slash is nice, but apart from that, Scyther has nothing going for itself, especially since Slash ignores Swords Dance boosts (the second big...

Amazing runs as always Ryota Mitarai Xator_Nova and DrumstickGaming ! I hope I can advance mine enough to post an update shortly as well. Some collected thoughts of mine: Clefable I think is almost strictly better than Nidoqueen until you get Earthquake; once you have EQ and transition to the...

This is less 'Paras can sweep Whitney' and more 'Fury Cutter/Rollout can sweep Whitney' (which btw is the current speedrun strategy, only that it's used by an actively good 'mon). Also this relies on a Gold Berry (which is rare) and Clefairy not doing stupid Metronome things for multiple turns...

Ryota Mitarai Very cool insights on the 'mons you're ran. I started my own run assuming Spearow would be the worst B-tier 'mon (which is where you ended up), but right now I think it's one of the best. Seems like it will fall off harder than I anticipated during the endgame (reading your logs...

Ryota Mitarai I found your noms to not be wishy washy at all. You make a lot of good points about multiple mons that are really hard to tier because there's a lot of variables on them and they don't necessarily have easy comparisons to other 'mons (Gyara and Mime in particular). You're a...

Once you are Manectric vs. Magneton, Magneton has the stronger TBolt. However, L24 Electrike has Spark as opposed to Magnemite's Thundershock, and Electrike evolves the same level Magnemite gets Spark. Obviously a mute point if you immediately grind both to lv. 30 and slap Thunderbolt on them...

True, that statement of mine was inaccurate (and didn't account for Rock Slide at all). I should re-word that statement.

Electrike actually has 2 ways around that lv. 13-20 phase: Either give it a strong Electric STAB right away with TM Shock Wave, or catch one on route 118, skipping the availability lead (we both touched upon Electrike not missing favourable major match-ups there except for maybe Archie in...

@hiyboy1218 First off, welcome to Smogon! Interesting discussion points brought up here. IMO Magnemite is perfectly fine in B alongside Electrike, who fulfills a very similar role lategame. Both thrive on late-game routes without needing extra grinding. Both have some good late-game match-ups...

Another long overdue update to my run. A few annotations: -Since I was overleveled in Lavender, I decided to change my fourth team member to Growlithe (instead of Horsea). Growlithe's Slow EXP group makes up for Mr. Mime's trade EXP a bit, plus Seadra can be caught via Super Rod in Blue as well...

If we test, we usually test with 4 Pokés on one team because experience towards the endgame is rather thin. Seeing how Jynx is not available in Yellow (that in-game trade is only available in R/B and the only gen 1 game you can catch it in the wild in is Japanese Blue), you have an easy mon to...

Many Hours: Great Gengar analysis; my only gripe with it is that I'd only consider Dream Eater if Psychic is not available. Dream Eater is only marginally stronger than Psychic and needs a 1-turn, slightly above 50% consistent setup move (Hypnosis needs to hit off 60% and the opposing mon may...

Amazing discussion points brought up here. While I agree Hitmonchan is possibly the worst Fighting-type in the game (with Machoke being the only other contender due to slowness), having access to a good Normal move without needing a premier TM as well as coming in at a decent level for itself...