Make Good Use of Your Four Moves
Each Pokémon only gets to use four moves in Battle, so you need to make good use of them. I recommend not using two Attacks of the same type, for example, you wouldn’t want to use both Fire Blast and Flamethrower. Unlike when you’re playing through the game, when you’re Battling you don’t need to have Pokémon that know all of the Hidden Machines or HM’s, so using moves like Strength, Cut, or Rock Climb is a wasted move in my opinion.
Also, moves that are the same type as the Pokémon using it get a power up, so always try to use a move that’s the same type as the user, even if it doesn’t hit anything super effective like Normal. Try to fit moves on your Pokémon that can hit your opponent’s Pokémon’s weaknesses super effectively. For example, a Water-type makes great use of the move Ice Beam because it can hit Grass-types super effectively.
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Very general advice, but it’s all valid. No one team is unstoppable. The key is to find a strategy and build the team around it. Picking some uncommonly used mons helps a bit too.
you know your life has hit rock bottom when you’re in your mid to late 20′s and enter pokemon competitions, plus give out advice on how to play a game that has barely evolved since its 2nd generation release (adding new moves isn’t evolving a franchise, neither is moving it from low quality sprites to slightly better looking ones).
mockery aside, i want to see another pokemon arena (you know, the one released on the n64), that was some serious s*** right there folks
As opposed to any other sort of game? Just because the key demographic is children, that does not mean there is not a deep meta-game. I’ve never understood why people really even need franchises to “evolve”. If it’s not broken, don’t fix it.
I completely agree. People just instantly shun anything that they are not familiar with. Intolerance is arguably one of the worst problems with society today, and throughout time for that matter. If someone enjoys it and hurts no one or thing in process who are you to say it is wrong?
umm i grew up with pokemon, playing the games all the way up to emerald (yes even the remakes of the 1st 2 generations). what does tolerance have to do with my comment ?
my point was that there really isn’t a whole lot to thinking about when it comes to the franchise and let’s be honest, why would any 20-30yrs old adult play this game, when they could be playing other more sophisticated games or making their own game in essence of pokemon ?
this is one franchise that has been milking nostalgia since ruby/sapphire. those 2 where the last true sequels to pokemon b/c they had a new and really cool set of creatures, looks nice (better then the 3d ones imo) and they introduced some pretty neat (if small) features that made the game that much more fun to play. everything form then on has been a recycle of the first 3 generations – release 2 games then one that has the content of both etc. i would hardly call b/w true sequels b/c they dont add anything new to the formula, one that has not really changed since the original pokemon games.
that quote has been done to death by fans, i mean dont you think it would be cool if they actually made the battles full 3d like in pokemon arena ? the engine is now more then capable of supporting full 3d sprites so why not make the leap.. i know b/c they’re scared that the fans will run away, so they just keep releasing the same thing over and over.
you can tell the franchise is getting stale just by looking at the designs of b/w and d/p pokemon roster, the new additions are laughable compared to the likes of r/s’ roster.
jwalka,
Judging by your comment I can tell you’ve never tried competitive battling have you? You will be pleasantly surprised at how much skill and knowledge required to compete in a battle with pokemon. And to say the mechanics havent changed, then youve missed out on the small changes in gen IV, which is loved more than gen III, that made a huge impact. For instance, Ev’s and IV’s. Not to mention the biggest impact, making moves either physical or special. These changes alone made a drastic change to the game.
To be able to beat thousands of people to become world champion not only once, but twice, takes a great amount of skill, strategy and thinking. It’s as sophisticated and deep a game as you want it to be. It may seem childish and immature on the outside, but to become a “master” at the game is quite an accomplished feat.
You might ask yourself why any grown man has stuffed animals, Transformers, Ninja Turtles and Thundercats on his shelves. Or has Harry Potter and Star Wars one-sheet posters and a painting of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit on his walls. Or how about a telephone that’s in the shape of Mario driving a freaking go-cart? lol. That’s just how I roll.
While I’m not a huge Pokemon fan, I like playing Mario and Kirby just as much (if not more) as I like playing games that are more adult oriented. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with a grown individual that enjoys playing Pokemon, especially when he’s the best at it.
never said there was anything wrong with grown men playing games orientated at a younger audience (i’m having a blast with rayman origins atm), it’s just that these sorts of things imo should be confined to the individual, i mean why would a 20-30 yr old get excited for winning a competition for a game that is essentially aimed at kids, i ask myself the same question in regards to competitive shooter players.
That is why i always use spiritomb- he has no weaknesses and is immune to Normal and fighting
Just because a pokemon has no weaknesses doesn’t mean it’s good. The only thing Spiritomb resists is Poison, which is not common, so Spiritomb isn’t that Great.
well, that is the basic, but is missing some very aspect of training tru the game: hungry and thrity, sleepy, hygeine, and above all that, how much a trainer cares for their pokemon, what they’re feeling, what they’re needing, what they’re wanting. with that, you bet’cha will win ageinst a world. too bad that games feaks forget that