Thread 57971803

I remembered to continue my SoulSilver game after a while but I can't quite finish deciding on a team.
I have everything up to Azumarill, WIP still a Marill, but I can't decide what else to pick up past Jynx. I'm considering Ninetales because I've never used it on a playthrough but that would be a second bulky special support mon. Maybe Magmar? I've never used it before either.
Remembering that you don't get the tutors until after the league threw a wrench on my original plan of having an elemental punches Ursaring.

>>57971803 (OP)
ninetales is cute and you should use one for that very reason
also pretty fast for a "bulky special support mon" at 100 base speed, and it has some nice coverage

>>57971812
The issue is that it will have to stay a Vulpix for a while and Morty already gave me trouble.
I can always use Golem for Jasmine and Scyther/Meganium for Chuck but I don't know how well Vulpix can do with Pryce. Or would that be a job for Azumarill?

Also, I just found out that you can just snag a Clefairy from the Safari Zone at night.

People seriously pick Meganium?

>>57971855
Blame Battle Factory Meganium being one of the most reliable picks.

this is my brilliant diamond team. I'm also rotating through a team of 9. So add electvire, glaceon and Torterra

>>57971859
are its sets really that abysmal?

>>57971989
Huh? Having an obese, annoying thing that doesn't budge on your side of the field is good.

>>57971955
5 game raping monsters….and Piplup!

>>57971955
>Piplup
Hella based, me and my friend didn't evolve ours either.

>>57971803 (OP)
i can't recommend magmar enough, it was an indespensible part of my recent run. every member of the team pulled weight but magmar especially carried me out of some tough spots. still sitting on the post-game but i imagine it'll keep up the heat.

>>57971855
people always mistake meganium being outclassed competitively for meganium being a bad pokémon when it really isn't, it has rock solid bulk all around, status spreading, recovery, and dual screens. it can be a really valuable team member.

>>57972699
What does it do?

>>57973198
tons, on my team it sponges physical hits after a granbull intimidate and spreads burn with flame body, it sets sun for a meganium switch in or to run away with lava plume sweeps which honestly it can do without sun if it needs to, and it can even learn psychic if you can get ahold of the TM which filled a huge gap in my team.

>>57971803 (OP)
This is what I have so far for my blaze black game. I’m thinking of eventually retiring Pignite and Julia.

>>57971803 (OP)
I think these movesets can sweep the elite 4. thoughts?

Going to tackle omega ruby's elite 4 with this team soon.
Absol with super luck and high affection is 100% crit rate on night slash and psycho cut
Blaziken is my starter, and blaze kick and night slash also have 100% crit rate with focus energy
Zangoose is a toxic boost facade engine
Gardevoir is just a great special attacker
Milotic is a toxic stall with confusion on top via water pulse
Muk is for water, flying, electric and fairy coverage with a special attack build rather than leaning into into its higher physical attack base stat

>>57974316
Cool team. No items? Why no Scald or Surf on Milo? Low Sweep, Brick Break, or HJK instead of Double Kick on Blaziken would be worth considering.

>>57974342
>No items?
zangoose: silk scarf
absol: black glasses
gardevoir: odd incence
milotic: leftovers
muk: expert belt
blaziken I haven't decided

>Why no Scald or Surf on Milo?
water pulse for the chance of causing confusion. toxic competes against scald for status effect. I like the idea of aqua ring + left overs for passive heal and then recover for a big heal if needed while toxic does its work
>Low Sweep, Brick Break, or HJK instead of Double Kick on Blaziken
I like that double kick breaks sturdy since it's a two-hit move and I really don't like the risk of self damage on high jump kick

>>57971855
Typhlosion and Feraligatr are easily replaced. Meganium is the best grass type in the game, especially in gen 2 where the chlorophyll mons don't get a power level boost after obtaining sunny day late in the game.

Been posting threads about my playthrough all week, here's my final team after Gym 8 (Diamond)
>>57971803 (OP)
I like it!
I dunno if Ninetales is really necessary though, your team already covers every fire type advantage.
You can probably just pick up something else like a Gengar or a Magneton, maybe get the Ursaring anyway, Slash + Rest and Snore isn't bad at all.
>>57971955
cute Piplup
>>57972699
Would love to see the moveset on that Dunsparce
>>57974316
Great team and really creative movesets, though is that Zangoose really that effective without Toxic Orb?

>>57974469
>Great team and really creative movesets,
thanks,. zangoose and absol are my 2 favourite mons so I've always wanted to bring them ot the final team.
>though is that Zangoose really that effective without Toxic Orb?
can't acquire a toxic orb in ORAS until the battle mansion which is not only post elite 4 but post delta episode, sadly. I was planning on pre-setting poison before going into the elite 4. If not that then sydney's shapedo has poison fang and 1 of phoebes banettes has toxic.

Currently babysitting this damn bug

>>57971803 (OP)
platinum team, 3 badges so far

>>57974620
and white team, 6 badges here

>>57974469
>You can probably just pick up something else like a Gengar or a Magneton, maybe get the Ursaring anyway, Slash + Rest and Snore isn't bad at all.
I didn't mention it, it somehow slipped my mind, but I wanted to try having a balanced team of special and physical attackers but I'm not sure if I actually need more special attackers than Jynx and Meganium.

Playing through Pokémon: The Kanto Expansion Pak. I’m really liking it so far.
Members from top to bottom:
Mankey
Luxwan
Nidoking
Gaotora
Wartortle
Gloom

>>57974620
>>57974624
Are you playing on an iOS?

>>57974732
drastic on android
here's the skin i use

>>57974649
sir this is a latinx speaking board

>>57974649
>The Kanto Expansion Pak.
Is my nigga Crocky in it?

>>57974955
Yes, he’s known as Gaivillain and is Dragon/Electric in it.

>>57974958
Awesome.

first time in gen5, just kinda rolling with it
flufee came as modest and blueeye came as adamant

>>57974224
>no eviolite on braixen
It's shit.

>>57974469
behold, wiggle

>>57975012
Same dawg, this is my team. Just hatched the Larvesta egg.

>>57975172
Also sidenote, explored a bit & found Cobalion, kinda weird that you can catch a legendary pretty early.

>>57974469
Don't lie. You caught Bronzor/Bronzong just for Bertha and Garchomp. Hippowdown OHKOs your Gastrodon with fissure and runs a train on your team.

>>57975204
I actually caught it cause I needed a Strength user that didn't overlap any types with the mons I already wanted to use, it's not like you're spoiled for choice in Sinnoh.
Plus at this point the tanky barely animate object Pokemon of the region is basically my brand so why not keep it going?

>>57975422
I'm just warning you that DP's endgame is far more unforgiving than Platinum's. Bertha, Lucian, and Cynthia were all nerfed pretty hard.

finished my disco elysium inspired vanilla yellow run. I intended to evolve growlithe at 50 for flamethrower, but it was pretty useless in the end. But everyone else was key to my success.

>>57975764
teams and ai are way better in platinum though

Another Crystal Legacy run. Having half my team with a base speed of only 30 was interesting.

Quagsire had it's Special stats buffed by 10 and learns Bubblebeam and Magnitude early on. In Legacy, you fight a ton of Quagsires, especially in the post game. The buff along with Amnesia makes it survive at least one more turn than you're used to seeing, even with grass moves.

Fearow's unchanged afaik. Unlike in Yellow Legacy, it doesn't learn Sharpen.

Sudowoodo got +10 in HP and +20 in Special Defense. Since dark moves are physical now, Faint Attack is much more useful.

Ninetales got +5 in HP, Defense, and Special Attack. It learns Flame Wheel and Shadow Ball by level up.

Sunflora got +20 in Special Attack. Frankly, I would've preferred the +20 to go to Defense.

Hypno is basically unchanged. It doesn't even get Psybeam. On the plus side, it keeps all three elemental punches. Alakazam and Gengar only have Thunder Punch now for balance.

How cool is my team?

>>57976797
>muh shiny slop
cringe/10

>>57976797
What game is this nonny

>>57977883
Is that or having a 4/6 purple team which would trigger my autism.

>post soulful team
They all hate it
Nothing changes

>>57976797
pretty cool
i like the nidoking and iron moth

>>57971803 (OP)
Rate my teams

>>57978678
This is my crystal team

>>57978680
This is for the 2nd half of the game and what I had when I beat red

>>57978681
>>57978680
>>57978678
peak soul

Playing through Scarlet again. Ended up finding 4 full odds shinies so decided to use them. Just need to do Area Zero.

My B2 team. Stoutland is surprisingly good for an early game normal type.

>>57975965
But your levels are much higher (low 50s compared to mid 40s), you have better moves thanks to the move tutors (Sneasel had to chain breed with Nat Dex pokemon for ice punch in DP), and you have a much better Pokemon to choose from (Gliscor for example solos the first 3 E4s and most of Cynthia's team). DP E4's challenge stems from how weak your team is.

Fuck starter pokemon.
Dunsparce is my real starter.

Just got to KANTOOOOOOOOOOOOO in Polished Crystal. Exeggutor and Arcanine are Alolan and Hisuian versions

>>57978779
LETS GOOO DUNSPARCE NUMBER 1

>>57974649
Same team, just captured Mewtwo!
Top to bottom:
Totartle
Vileplume
Luxwan
Gorotora
Venomoth
Annihilape

OP here.
I just remembered that I had a Granbull haha, but it seems like it will be a pain in the ass to give it the elemental fangs.

>>57971803 (OP)
Will you use Seviper on your next team or what

Top is my most recent team, poison-only in diamond. Not pictured: HM slave chimchar. I thought giving Barry an empoleon would make it harder but honestly it didn't end up mattering at all.
Bottom is me planning a fighting-only run in Black2. I'm thinking about using some legendaries, because something like virizon would give me some type variety, but on the other hand using legendaries is lame as fuck.

>>57981402
Using a Virizion is miles more interesting than another Lucario in B2W2.

>>57981402
kino teams

>>57980883
if all you need is heart scales to remember moves, go to dark cave from the blackthorn city side and walk in and out of the entrance, smashing the rock on the inside every time. great way to get revives too, half decent way to shiny hunt dunsparce too.
i hope your granbull has intimidate, it makes a great lead.

>>57971803 (OP)
Mario Kart keeps distracting me, so I haven't played Black in a bit. Only confirmed members for the final team are Dewott and Scraggy.
>>57981402
>because something like virizon would give me some type variety,
I feel you, wanted to use Victini on my Black team because I wanted a Psychic Type (and I've already used Gothitelle), but I decided against it for the same reason. (And I want to use Chandelure; planning on using Emboar in B2W2 when I go through that)

>meganium
Based.

Omega Ruby team, I have 7 badges so far.
>>57974316
Salutations fellow toxic boost Zangoose enjoyer.

Many cool teams ITT but I can't be bothered to give everyone (You)s. Just glad there's finally a decent current team thread, feels like months since we had a proper one of these
Only fagets pick Meganium btw.

>>57981555
>Only fagets don't pick Meganium btw.
ftfy

>>57978770
What? The wild Pokemon in Victory Road are mid 40s, no fucking shot any of your team member make it out of there not being at least 52+