Hi everyone, I hope you're doing very well. I would like to share with you a couple of winning streaks I have recently achieved in my Emerald cartridge.
Battle Dome Singles. Clear streak: 83. Open Level. Retail.
Team:
King Kong (Slaking) @ Choice Band
Level 100 Stats: 440/460/235/189/166/299
Adamant Nature
- Double-Edge
- Earthquake
- Shadow Ball
- Hyper Beam
Metallian (Metagross) @ Quick Claw
Level 100 Stats: 364/405/296/180/216/177
Adamant Nature
- Meteor Mash
- Earthquake
- Shadow Ball
- Explosion
Dominence (Salamence) @ Lum Berry
Level 100 Stats: 367/405/196/230/196/264
Adamant Nature
- Aerial Ace
- Earthquake
- Flamethrower
- Dragon Dance
Description:
A highly offensive team. Slaking is the lead, he crushes any opponent with DE or Eq/Shadow Ball if needed, then switches out against the second opponent. Hyper Beam is only used in extreme situations. My second pokemon, previously chosen, finishes the job: Salamence for fighting, bug, steel, grass and fire types, double team and fissure abusers, curse Skarmory and reversal users; or Metagross for water, ice, psychic, dragon, ghost and rock types, bulky pokemon in general like Snorlax, the Regis, etc. The spider usually explodes at the end to ensure the KO, even if it's a tie (the judge always chooses me). For Tucker rounds only, I used a Swampert instead of Metagross, as Tucker always sent his own metal spider:
Swampex (Swampert) @ Leftovers
Level 100 Stats: 404/254/303/202/215/135
Relaxed Nature
- Earthquake
- Surf
- Ice Beam
- Protect
Threats:
OHKO users with the fricking Quick Claw. Also opposing Metagross, Armaldo, some Tyranitars, and anyone who isn't OHKOd by Slaking could become a threat if not handled correctly. Protect, Fake Out and Bright Powder also ruin Slaking's hit and run strategy.
Loss:
The opponent was PKMN Breeder Tess. Slaking's Double-Edge missed against Walrein 4 (thanks to her Bright Powder), and then the fattest walrus ever landed a critical hit on me. During the loafing turn I had to switch out Slaking, who would die if he took another hit, so I had to let Salamence eat an Ice Beam, which OHKOd him. Slaking entered again and pulverized Walrein with Hyper Beam, hoping for the next opponent to make a stupid decision during the recharge turn, but the PKMN Breeder sent Blaziken and finish my streak with a wicked Rock Slide. I didn't choose Metagross fearing the hen's fire moves and the reversal set, but maybe it was a better option than Salamence. You can see the Battle Video here:
Battle Arena. KOs in a row: 114. Open Level. Retail.
Team:
Panzer (Snorlax) @ Lum Berry
Level 100 Stats: 524/281/229/134/256/97
Adamant Nature
- Earthquake
- Shadow Ball
- Yawn
- Rest
Latios @ Cheri Berry
Level 100 Stats: 303/189/190/394/250/310
Modest Nature
- Psychic
- Thunderbolt
- Ice Beam
- Calm Mind
Darude (Tyranitar) @ Liechi Berry
Level 100 Stats: 382/403/256/203/235/180
Adamant Nature
- Rock Slide
- Earthquake
- Hidden Power Bug 70
- Dragon Dance
Description:
At first it was only a test, but I ended up breaking my own record with this team, so I continued playing. I consider this as a poor man version of submenceisop's team (
see here), I only followed his strategy but using my own pokemon. Snorlax is Adamant, so he can hit harder, and the Yawn/Rest combination is OP in the Arena. Latios has Calm Mind instead of Substitute and is Modest, so he is slower against Starmies, etc. Darude has 180 speed to outrun every single opponent (except for Jolteon 4) after two Dragon Dances.
Loss:
Basically, an opposing Metagross woke up and chose violence: it exploded on Latios' face with its Quick Claw activated after 2 turns sleeping. Darude was ready for the comeback, but the enemy sent out Aerodactyl, who was faster than my DD tar. Here's the video of the loss:
If you want, you can see here a review of all the records achieved on my 12-year-old save file on cartridge:
Bye, and thank you all for reading!
I think I'm going to be semi-retired for a while.