why do platinum teams look so similar?

everyone chooses infernape because lmao 2 fire types
garchomp is really, really good
and then everything revolves around those two

>>713553329
Garchomp has to be the most overrated Pokemon of all time

>>713553113 (OP)
A lot of appealing and strong options are available early and people tend to not break away from them.

>>713553113 (OP)
That’s what happens when half the new mons have super weird requirements like
>Stand next to a rock
>Learn rollout/ancient power/double hit(???)
>Level up in this specific place
>Trade with specific item found in weird place late into the game
>Evolve with incredibly difficult to find stone (Dusk/dawn stone)
It’s no wonder people default to the easy ones

>>713553329
Nobody found Gible on their first playthrough without a strategy guide.

>>713553113 (OP)
garchomp pits

>>713553113 (OP)
No pokemon diversity in the grass
No original pokemon to catch
Terrible exp system
Unfair battles
Bad grinding
The game is slow
Trial and error
Bad story
Worst legendaries in the franchise
special attack is useless

For me it was
>Empoleon
>Roserade
>Crobat
>Blissey
>Rampardos
>Mismagius

>>713554701
damn...same
empoleon is goated

>>713553113 (OP)
>enter cave
>GRAVELER
>ZUBAT
>MACHOKE
>walk in grass
>GRAVELER
>ZUBAT
>MACHOKE
>enter snowy trail
>GRAVELER
>ZUBAT
>MACHOKE
>enter final dungeon
>GRAVELER
>ZUBAT
>MACHOKE
Oh but I guess a Vulpix being encountered naturally was too much to ask for

I always picked up a Gyarados
immediately invalidates the entire game by just clicking the buttons and maybe dragon dance

>>713554701
Based.

If you complain about muh Fire types you're a fucking scrub. Can't beat Wurmples without them faggot?

>>713553113 (OP)
If you don't have one of 3 or so icers Garchomp sweeps your team so that's one. You get Starraptor with a perfect moveset with zero effort. Everyone wants a Garchomp and it feels fair when Cynthia has one.

but that said Luxray sucks and everyone gets a Magnezone instead and I doubt many people use water weasel guy

Last time this was my time, i only remember a bunch of ice fang

>>713555723
>Lumineon
This has to be the most forgettable pokemon.

>>713554462
>Worst legendaries in the franchise
Nice bait.

>>713553113 (OP)
Damn I've never seen a shiny mamoswine before

>>713553113 (OP)
because popular pokemon tend to be picked by the majority, simple as that

unrelated, this was my team

>>713553113 (OP)
Not me doe

https://youtu.be/58o3qGlmOk8?si=h4oEE8Rn8dzeooQy
https://youtu.be/Xh7aI1ddvMc?si=RPUpn_8KBzcoiTbs

Me losing a couple WiFi battles from circa platinum and gamefaqs heyday time period. Not my videos not my shitty music cool glimpse into the past though

>>713555723
we got the same team 3.5 out of 6

>>713556428
I always thought rotom was a legendary despite him being fairly normal

>>713556520

>>713554462
>No pokemon diversity in the grass
>No original pokemon to catch
didn't play the game
>Terrible exp
VS Seeker + Ez Lucky egg makes Platinum easily the best pre-gen5 game to get exp in and the level curve isn't all over the place like Johto
>Unfair battles
Probopass, Luxio, Grotle all rape Fantina. Complaining about any other battle means you're gay, dumb, and brown
>grinding
See point 3
>Bad story
every pokemon game
>Worst legends
genies
>special attack is useless
entire post was bait

>>713556729
that fat dude is totally me, love all of these except lucario and ditto.. and braixen, I prefer the superior delphox

gentleman taste

>>713553113 (OP)
Why do all GSC/HGSS teams look the same? This shit has the worst team building in the series

>>713555723
Torterrafags are the biggest contrarians ever. A Pokemon with a x4 against fucking ice, with a shitty speed and a shit moveset for being an attack based Pokemon. It's like they made it bad on purpose, just like the old gens.

>>713557035
you wish

>>713557219
>Houndoom
point proven

>>713557196
>A Pokemon with a x4 against fucking ice
there aren't that many ice types though, wake, a handful of trainers up to snowpoint, and candice
>shit moveset for being an attack based Pokemon
nigga all you need is wood hammer, earthquake, and rock climb

I played a lot of pokemon games starting with blue and I never had a shiny besides the red gyarados

>>713557035
i had hera and amphy

>>713553113 (OP)
>Staraptor
Still best bird
>Garchomp
>Mamoswine
Looked up a guide

>>713554701
>>713555723
>>713556428
>>713556520
>>713557219
based teams

>>713553113 (OP)
My team from a few months ago. Was fun
>>713554085
None of those are hard besides trading.

>>713557412
>nigga all you need is wood hammer, earthquake, and rock climb
So he's a boring swiper but without the speed

>>713556789
not an argument
not intended that way
not an argument
not an argument
not an argument
not an argument
not an argument
kys yourself furfag back to vp
B/W is better than your final fantasy fan fic generation

>>713558751
>not an argument
yeah it is
>not intended that way
yeah it is
>B/W
is shit, only B/W2 is great and that's because it's nothing like B/W lol
>final fantasy generation
she says right after shilling the game with a boat ships and an underground castle? dialte

>>713558751
>not intended that way
Then why would it be in the game?

>>713557196
I tought stab earthquake and stab gigadrain would be the hotest shit, then eat ice fangs left and right

>>713557035
No fearow, no quagsire, not even an ursaring?

>>713558236
Rock polish

>>713553113 (OP)
>>>/vp/

>>713558102
>GARLOID
10/10

>>713553113 (OP)
Pokes having slow exp growth makes training them such a drag. It's already hard raising more than a few pokes in a team when they have normal exp growth.

>>713557035
Yeah nah most kids aren't getting a damn Heracross.

I've been playing platinum these past few days funnily enough

>>713557196
rock polish
getting raped by ice coverage is what grass does

>>713554159
>>713557521
You guys know pokemon games came with guides right? You know they were designed to be played with them right?

>>713553113 (OP)
Lack of choice in the early game plus people tending to not switch their team members later in the game.

>>713560104
>stab gigadrain
Torterra is base 75 special, it's shit.
>>713560280
>>713560680
>it's true
Interesting. Still boring, but interesting.

>>713560632
i'm playing it for the first time! ponyta is the only fire type i've found...

>>713561769
>2 hm slaves
Evil

>>713561769
you can get a Veilstone on the route south of Hearthome and Magmar at Fuego Ironworks which also has the Flamethrower TM

>>713561954
>Veilstone
*Houndour. lmao.

>>713561882
thats just how it is on this bitch of an earth..
>>713561954
neat

Because players are lazy. Or they didn't play the game with friends for Trade Evos. Platinum had a great selection if you care to make the effort, find Evolution items for the newer mons like Froslass or Gliscor. Same with Gen 2. It's funny because people will complain about later games making level grinding easier.

>>713560632
Based. Platinum's probably the comfiest way to go back to Sinnoh. Slow as hell but in a good way, like sinking into a warm bath of turn-based autism. Just be ready for that Route 217 snow slog and the Elite Four pulling EV-trained nonsense on you outta nowhere.

>>713562891
>Route 217 snow slog
Unironically comfy as fuck https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5B1fKByIsc

>>713553113 (OP)
No one puts Mamoswine on their team. Also you forgot to put Bibarel.

>>713557219
>injected/traded hondoom
>elekid you can't evolve until the postgame
>sneasel you can't evolve until the postgame
the funny part is you made the OP post >>713553113 (OP), when half your HG team is in Platinum but even better because the item distribution isn't cockblocked

>>713561882
The Sinnoh Standard.

>>713554085
The reason there's weird evolutions is because the game WANTS you to use a guide, obviously no one is going to figure out these retarded evolution methods on their own

>>713561769
Little Feet is too many characters, I'm guessing?

>>713563348
do you not get the team theme is gen 2 pokemon? elekid can evolve into electabuzz and i chose not to evolve it
same reason sneasel isn't evolved

>>713553329
This. you have
-The only fire
-The strong coolmon
-That cant fly so you need one that can
-And cant surf so you another for that too
The other coolmon that was worshiped before the gen started
-Your free pick

>>713563576
nah, i would've just removed the space and named him LittleFeat if i really wanted to. i just like the way some of the localization namesakes roll off the tounge.
'Smack' is a way better name than 'Kiss', for example

>>713554019
It is not overrated, it deserves all the praise it gets.
>fast and strong
>unlike other pseudos, you actually get the first stage early on
>absolutely fucking brutal STAB moves that take full advantage of the huge attack it has
>can take a hit or two
>cool design
>final evo is at 48 so is ready for elite 4
>useful abilities
>swords dance
The only negative is that it dies to ice beam, but they will have to out speed it first.

>>713563872
>do you not get the team theme is gen 2 pokemon
of course, i got that when you had to cheat, run faggy babymon, and played as the ugly tranny MC lol

>>713564781
garchomp is so good that he got a mega evolution, but everyone continued using his base form anyway. no idea what that anon is smoking by calling him overrated.

>>713555814
I rememebr Lumineon because it's an underwhelming water type when water types are so abundant. But this thing? Didn't even know it existed until I tried to complete the Pokedex in Storm Silver.

>>713564818
>trading is cheating
>i don't know anything about babymon or their mechanics because they're small
anyway, check out my newest team retarded fag

>>713565005
i like him because of the shiny

>>713553113 (OP)
I'm a Lickilicky enjoyer.

>>713553113 (OP)
this image makes me wonder. for people who started at the beginning, is there a generation where new pokemon designs obviously jump the shark, or do gens after the one you started with just always look weird?

>>713563902
>The other coolmon that was worshiped before the gen started
nigga no one seriously uses lucario in sinnoh when you can get way better fighting types earlier

>>713565424
every time i saw a new pokemon after gen 3, i always said something along the lines of "what the fuck is that? i don't want that thing" with the exception of Sylveon and Goodra

>>713565424
>for people who started at the beginning, is there a generation where new pokemon designs obviously jump the shark
Ultra Beast

>>713565424
I remember a screenshot about people laughing at gen 2 mons when it came out. It always happens with new desings and would probably happen if they switches some gens like gen 4 came first and then gen 1, people would clown on seel and krabby more.

>>713565561
gen 3 is one of the worst gens in terms of pokemon, you're just nostalgia blinded

>>713565886
nuh-uh! nuh-uh!

>>713554019
cry more fairy troon

>>713565424
i started with emerald and fire red
shark jumping happened in gen 8 desu
people will shit on gen 5 for having a bunch of bad pokemon or whatever but they're still the minority
there's like two pokemon in gen 8's entire dex that don't look like actual garbage or literal memes

>>713564781
>cool design
I never liked the whole line's designs. I've grown to like/tolerate other Pokemon I didn't like at first, but Gible/Gabite/Garchomp still look like they were designed by a 10-year old to me. Which is particularly frustrating because I do like the idea of a landshark Pokemon on paper.

>>713565424
I still stand by that gen 4 had the ugliest new designs, with gen 5 being a close second.
I actually think the designs improved after that, even though the games got shittier.

>>713556932
>except ditto
>not wanting a pokemon that can become literally anything

>>713567935
I would personally say 3 has the worst until SM onwards. I think of the fossil pokemon and Carvanha. It's probably more so that less of them stand out as ones I like in comparison to 4, but I also like a lot of gen 5 pokemon so it's probably a taste thing.

>>713561769
fire pokemon are unnecessary, free yourself from feeling the need of a fire pokemon

>>713567774
a 6/6 team

>>713557035
For me its
>Magneton
>Victreebel (getting the grass stone is gay nigger aids)
>Poliwrath (getting the water stone is gay nigger aids)
>Pinsir
>Octillery
>Sudowoodo

>>713568937
You can literally just buy stones less than halfway through gen 1.

>>713567774
Gallade's my gen 4 catch mon, love that zesty faggot

this was my team, faced cynthia at about level parity, was definitely a challenge; basically had to potion spam drifblim until her garchomp ran out of PP for everything except flamethrower

fucking hell garchomp is strong, fuck garchomp

>>713568798
i mean, i don't really *feel* like i need it... the pokemon i've been finding just aren't interesting to me. i've been saying this whole playthru that i wouldn't mind boxing my ponyta and even my starter, but i haven't found anything to replace them with. i might get Sharpedo, he is cool. but i don't have a super rod yet. i'd also love a garchomp since dragon types are the best, but i assume that is post-game only.

>>713569268
I think you can get garchomp quite early in an optional cave but I don't remember exactly

>>713569223
that's a cool ass team
>>713569268
i'd look up encounter tables and item locations if you're really struggling like that
gible can be caught under cycling road right after the third gym in platinum. ironically, i think the super rod is postgame

>>713569485
>gible can be caught under cycling road
it's in the secret entrance to wayward cave under the road, i should add

>>713554019
That would be Lucario.

- Empoleon
- Staraptor
- Luxray
- Rapidash
- Lucario
- Medicham

That's was my team when I played DP

>>713569054
Yeah I either had to do phone shit or trade them over. In Gen 2 you get like one stone copy each after the elite 4

>>713553329
Fuck you I love the grass turtle. I don't need a fire type.

>>713556520
>Chansey and Vespiquen think they're in the team
Kek what the fuck are these two freaks doing in your team, mate?

>>713569385
>>713569485
>gible can be caught under cycling road
holy SHIT are you serious? i could've had garchomp, like, 30 hours ago
i gotta think up a cool name for him..

Surprised by the lack of 'zone enjoyers itt

>>713567774
>Yanmega
>Gallade
Hell yeah

>>713570130
>holy SHIT are you serious? i could've had garchomp, like, 30 hours ago
yeah, and that same cave has the earthquake TM so make sure to go all the way through it
>>713570163
>Surprised by the lack of 'zone enjoyers itt
for me, it's gliscor. basically unkillable in pt

>>713570106
Based and turtlepilled. Everyone sleeping on Torterra like it ain't a continent with legs and a tree on its back. Wood Hammer + Earthquake hits like a truck full of bricks, and it actually looks like a final evo, not some flaming rabbit furrybait. You don't need to burn things when you can sink them into the Earth.

>>713561769
>>713560632
>>713558102
>>713556520
>>713567774
Man looking at all of these is depressing. What happened to pokémon? I played the newer generation games out of curiosity. It doesn't have that same impact. 3D feels like a mistake. And it feels like they don't try as hard as they used to. Areas to visit. People to talk to. I loved veilstone and canaclave. So full of soul. https://youtu.be/mLyJ4yo68fw

>>713570501
Pokemon died after gen 7

>>713553113 (OP)
What’s the canon team of each gen?

>>713570501
there is nothing depressing about my level 69 Sex Pistol.

anyone have a good team theme for X/Y? here's what i have so far:

X:
Y: monotype rock fossils
S: monotype weird dragons (sos salamence, zygarde 100%, etc)
UM: eeveelutions (with extreme evoboost)
US: lumina pokemon from new snap

>>713570871
How but a team of pokemon who call you cringe and tell you to kill yourself? I think that is the perfect theme for you.

>>713570697
For Sinnoh
>starter (Piplup makes the most sense if you picked Dawn)
>Togekiss (Cynthia's gift Togepi)
>Rotom from the Old Chateau
>Leafeon/Glaceon (Bebe's gift Eevee)
>Porygon-Z from the dude in Veilstone
>Lucario (Riley's gift Riolu after Iron Island)/Giratina from the Distortion World
All optional or story event pokemon you can do before the elite 4

>>713571332
i like this team

>>713553113 (OP)
How much of a normie am i?

>>713571615
>using legendary pokemon
Absolutely disgusting

>>713570871
>anyone have a good team theme for X/Y?
My favorite is running 1 Mon for all 6 gens.

>>713572231
nice, i like those guys

i'll do something similar, monotype, one from each gen, and they're all in the fan game pkmn close combat

>>713554019
dude charizard exists

>>713553113 (OP)
Mine doesn't.

>>713571615
i think your houndoom got raped by giratina and grew 8 tails, but issa nice team

>>713554159
It's not even a rare spawn.

For me, it's Roserade

>>713572706
It's not the encounter rate, it's that the entrance is obscured by the bridge above. And in DP, you have to come back after getting Strength. Platinum removed the boulders and you can catch it instantly

>>713572841
And NPC outright tells you there's another entrance though, and it's obviously in the one place you can't see. I found it on my first playthrough, you're just low IQ.

>>713572840
I fucking love gardening.

>>713572231
>My favorite is running 1 Mon for all 6 gens.
That's a pretty cool idea

>>713553113 (OP)
>starter in your final team
fucking disgusting

>>713553329
Staraptor is stronger in-game than Garchomp and arguably Infernape too. There's a reason why it is on every team.

>>713564781
Garchimp is "underused" tier now anon.

>>713555471
>but that said Luxray sucks
Intimidate Luxray is one of the best in-game electric types we've had.
-Levels faster than any other available electric type
-Thunder before half the game is done blows up anything that doesn't resist it
-Tanky
-Defensive utility with both intimidate and Light Screen
-mixes perfectly with Staraptor for Intimidate switches

>>713574884
I don't care about nu-pokemon, if an absolute beast like sword dancing garchomp is UU then that means that the metagame is in an unrepairable condition.

>>713574884
Bro...

>Garchomp
>19 years to become a UU
>GF refused to give him Dragon Dance
>Mega Garchomp lose speed


GF is terrified of Garchomp

which nature between Hardy, Lax and Relaxed should i use for Garchomp?

>>713576264
why aren't you going adamant or jolly?

>>713576264
None of those, go adamant.

>>713576346
cause none of the gibles i caught had an Attack boosting nature, and i'm really tired...

>>713576563
if it's in game, natures don't matter

if you're planning to do battle frontier, you better rev up those eggs

why'd they remove mismagius from platin bros

>>713577020
So you would but Pearl

>>713553113 (OP)
I had a based Bronzong that BTFO Cynthia's Garchomp via explosion.