Gaming Pokemon's Official Help Thread

[digipokemaster]

so i can go on the dream world correct?

 

[777kidis777]

What type of team should I make? I'm great at battling, and composing, but I haven't battled since summer, and out of the metagame. What's in? Offensive-Defense style Pokemon, Stalling, what?

 

[KingdomBlade]

What type of team should I make? I'm great at battling, and composing, but I haven't battled since summer, and out of the metagame. What's in? Offensive-Defense style Pokemon, Stalling, what?

In the current metagame, the most popular types of teams are Hyper-Offensive due to the availability Deoxys, Manaphy, Latios, and such. Stalling is an option due to Burungeru, Nattorei, and Shandera cores. You take your pick, but Hyper-Offense is generally better for now, just until the banning phase is done.

 

[Acenima]

I dont really need the shiny dragonair anymore, i'll just stick with my regular one

anyone know what a good moveset would be for my dragonite with leftovers.
I was thinking
Ice Beam or Hyperbeam
Earthquake
Dragon Dance
Thunderbolt

suggestions please

 

[KingdomBlade]

I dont really need the shiny dragonair anymore, i'll just stick with my regular one

anyone know what a good moveset would be for my dragonite with leftovers.
I was thinking
Ice Beam or Hyperbeam
Earthquake
Dragon Dance
Thunderbolt

suggestions please

ABSOLUTELY NOT.

If you would like a dragon dance set, you need physical attacks, like Outrage and Extremespeed. Hyperbeam is a horrible move. Ice Beam is useless. T-Bolt, take it off.

 

[777kidis777]

What type of team should I make? I'm great at battling, and composing, but I haven't battled since summer, and out of the metagame. What's in? Offensive-Defense style Pokemon, Stalling, what?

In the current metagame, the most popular types of teams are Hyper-Offensive due to the availability Deoxys, Manaphy, Latios, and such. Stalling is an option due to Burungeru, Nattorei, and Shandera cores. You take your pick, but Hyper-Offense is generally better for now, just until the banning phase is done.

So I should stick to my hyper-offensive team? >.

 

[KingdomBlade]

What type of team should I make? I'm great at battling, and composing, but I haven't battled since summer, and out of the metagame. What's in? Offensive-Defense style Pokemon, Stalling, what?

In the current metagame, the most popular types of teams are Hyper-Offensive due to the availability Deoxys, Manaphy, Latios, and such. Stalling is an option due to Burungeru, Nattorei, and Shandera cores. You take your pick, but Hyper-Offense is generally better for now, just until the banning phase is done.

So I should stick to my hyper-offensive team? >.<

Even if you have one built, modify it if you don't want to be pounded by the current gen's threats. (Doryuuzu, Shanderaa, Sazandora, Roopushin, and such)

 

[777kidis777]

What type of team should I make? I'm great at battling, and composing, but I haven't battled since summer, and out of the metagame. What's in? Offensive-Defense style Pokemon, Stalling, what?

In the current metagame, the most popular types of teams are Hyper-Offensive due to the availability Deoxys, Manaphy, Latios, and such. Stalling is an option due to Burungeru, Nattorei, and Shandera cores. You take your pick, but Hyper-Offense is generally better for now, just until the banning phase is done.

So I should stick to my hyper-offensive team? >.<

Even if you have one built, modify it if you don't want to be pounded by the current gen's threats. (Doryuuzu, Shanderaa, Sazandora, Roopushin, and such)

Hrmm, I suppose. Thank you! (:

 

[Acenima]

I dont really need the shiny dragonair anymore, i'll just stick with my regular one

anyone know what a good moveset would be for my dragonite with leftovers.
I was thinking
Ice Beam or Hyperbeam
Earthquake
Dragon Dance
Thunderbolt

suggestions please

ABSOLUTELY NOT.

If you would like a dragon dance set, you need physical attacks, like Outrage and Extremespeed. Hyperbeam is a horrible move. Ice Beam is useless. T-Bolt, take it off.

What if I were to replace Dragon dance with Dragon claw? I didnt really wanna go with dragon dance but what ive seen on google is dragon dance being used alot.

 

[KingdomBlade]

I dont really need the shiny dragonair anymore, i'll just stick with my regular one

anyone know what a good moveset would be for my dragonite with leftovers.
I was thinking
Ice Beam or Hyperbeam
Earthquake
Dragon Dance
Thunderbolt

suggestions please

ABSOLUTELY NOT.

If you would like a dragon dance set, you need physical attacks, like Outrage and Extremespeed. Hyperbeam is a horrible move. Ice Beam is useless. T-Bolt, take it off.

What if I were to replace Dragon dance with Dragon claw? I didnt really wanna go with dragon dance but what ive seen on google is dragon dance being used alot.

Will still not work. Here's a common moveset. Base it from here.

Dragon Dance
Outrage
Extremespeed
Earthquake

or

Superpower
Draco Meteor
Flamethrower
Thunderbolt

 

[Acenima]

The second build looks good, do you think it'd be wise if i switched superpower with earthquake?

 

[KingdomBlade]

The second build looks good, do you think it'd be wise if i switched superpower with earthquake?

No. You need the coverage of Superpower rather than EQuake.

 

[Acenima]

The second build looks good, do you think it'd be wise if i switched superpower with earthquake?

No. You need the coverage of Superpower rather than EQuake.

Wouldnt superpower lower your attack and defense, which you need for physical attacks? why would it be a benefit?

 

[EvangelionEX]

I was wondering if this team is good FOR the official English Version Pokemon White.

Pokemon: Daikenki
Nature: Adamant
EV Spread: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Spe
Item: Leftovers

Moves:

Move 1: Sword Dance
Move 2: Night Slash
Move 3: Waterfall
Move 4: Shell Blade(although Smogon recommend Aqua Jet, I would want to try out some other moves)

Pokemon: Tyranitar(I FINALLY KNOW WHERE TO CATCH PUPITAR IN POKEMON BLACK/WHITE)
Nature: Jolly/Adamant(Depending on which one is more suitable for today's competitive scene)
EV Spread: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Item: Life Orb

Moves-

Move 1: Dragon Dance
Move 2: Stone Edge
Move 3: Earthquake
Move 4: Crunch

Pokemon: Doryuuzu
Nature: Adamant
EV Spread: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Item: Leftovers

Moves-

Move 1: Sword Dance
Move 2: Earthquake
Move 3: Rock Slide
Move 4: X-Scissor

Pokemon: Sazandora
Nature: Modest
EV Spread: 64 HP / 252 SpA / 192 Spe
Item: Choice Specs

Moves-

Move 1: Draco Meteor
Move 2: Dragon Pulse
Move 3: Flamethrower
Move 4: Surf

Pokemon: Darmanitan
Nature: Adamant
EV Spread: 252 Atk / 4 SDef / 252 Spe
Item: Life Orb

Moves-

Move 1: Flare Blitz
Move 2: U-Turn
Move 3: Rock Slide
Move 4: Superpower

Pokemon: Shibirudon
Nature: Naughty
Item: Life Orb
EV Spread: 252 Atk / 172 SpA / 84 Spe

Moves-

Move 1: Wild Bolt
Move 2: Flamethrower
Move 3: Grass Knot
Move 4: Dragon Claw

Yeah, I copied and pasted the information from Smogon.com but the entire team is my decision.

 

[KingdomBlade]

*snip

Daikenki wasn't built for competitive play. At all. Don't use it, there are many better water types. Perhaps a Gyarados? (There's a magikarp obtainable)

Darmanitan is a good Pokemon in-game, but it's too slow to have any competitive value. Replace. (import a Heatran or something)

Shibirudon's horrible speed is... well, horrible. Electivire is the obvious better choice. (A LOT BETTER)

The team lacks focus and synergy, there's no common focus in the team's strategy. Sandstorm serves no purpose here except to help Dory, and when Dory is gone, you can barely do anything anymore. It just lacks an overall strategy. Define your team first then rebuild it.

 

[EvangelionEX]

*snip

Daikenki wasn't built for competitive play. At all. Don't use it, there are many better water types. Perhaps a Gyarados? (There's a magikarp obtainable)

Darmanitan is a good Pokemon in-game, but it's too slow to have any competitive value. Replace. (import a Heatran or something)

Shibirudon's horrible speed is... well, horrible. Electivire is the obvious better choice. (A LOT BETTER)

The team lacks focus and synergy, there's no common focus in the team's strategy. Sandstorm serves no purpose here except to help Dory, and when Dory is gone, you can barely do anything anymore. It just lacks an overall strategy. Define your team first then rebuild it.

Yeah but what are some definition for teams? I'm quite new to competitive battling and I did read guides but I don't get what you meant by 'define your team'.

 

[KingdomBlade]

*snip

Daikenki wasn't built for competitive play. At all. Don't use it, there are many better water types. Perhaps a Gyarados? (There's a magikarp obtainable)

Darmanitan is a good Pokemon in-game, but it's too slow to have any competitive value. Replace. (import a Heatran or something)

Shibirudon's horrible speed is... well, horrible. Electivire is the obvious better choice. (A LOT BETTER)

The team lacks focus and synergy, there's no common focus in the team's strategy. Sandstorm serves no purpose here except to help Dory, and when Dory is gone, you can barely do anything anymore. It just lacks an overall strategy. Define your team first then rebuild it.

Yeah but what are some definition for teams? I'm quite new to competitive battling and I did read guides but I don't get what you meant by 'define your team'.

Find out what kind of team it is. If it's going to stall, offense, hyper offense, bulky offense, weather type.. and such. Make a definition on what your team will be doing. Build it from your definition, but make sure that the strategies of the different Pokemon fit. That they can cover each other's weaknesses, and that there are no contrasts. (like a Shedinja in a sandstorm team or something)

 

[EvangelionEX]

*snip

Daikenki wasn't built for competitive play. At all. Don't use it, there are many better water types. Perhaps a Gyarados? (There's a magikarp obtainable)

Darmanitan is a good Pokemon in-game, but it's too slow to have any competitive value. Replace. (import a Heatran or something)

Shibirudon's horrible speed is... well, horrible. Electivire is the obvious better choice. (A LOT BETTER)

The team lacks focus and synergy, there's no common focus in the team's strategy. Sandstorm serves no purpose here except to help Dory, and when Dory is gone, you can barely do anything anymore. It just lacks an overall strategy. Define your team first then rebuild it.

Yeah but what are some definition for teams? I'm quite new to competitive battling and I did read guides but I don't get what you meant by 'define your team'.

Find out what kind of team it is. If it's going to stall, offense, hyper offense, bulky offense, weather type.. and such. Make a definition on what your team will be doing. Build it from your definition, but make sure that the strategies of the different Pokemon fit. That they can cover each other's weaknesses, and that there are no contrasts. (like a Shedinja in a sandstorm team or something)

Let's see. What if I want to do a Hyper Offense? How should I start doing it? Like, building up the team needed.

 

[KingdomBlade]

*snip

Daikenki wasn't built for competitive play. At all. Don't use it, there are many better water types. Perhaps a Gyarados? (There's a magikarp obtainable)

Darmanitan is a good Pokemon in-game, but it's too slow to have any competitive value. Replace. (import a Heatran or something)

Shibirudon's horrible speed is... well, horrible. Electivire is the obvious better choice. (A LOT BETTER)

The team lacks focus and synergy, there's no common focus in the team's strategy. Sandstorm serves no purpose here except to help Dory, and when Dory is gone, you can barely do anything anymore. It just lacks an overall strategy. Define your team first then rebuild it.

Yeah but what are some definition for teams? I'm quite new to competitive battling and I did read guides but I don't get what you meant by 'define your team'.

Find out what kind of team it is. If it's going to stall, offense, hyper offense, bulky offense, weather type.. and such. Make a definition on what your team will be doing. Build it from your definition, but make sure that the strategies of the different Pokemon fit. That they can cover each other's weaknesses, and that there are no contrasts. (like a Shedinja in a sandstorm team or something)

Let's see. What if I want to do a Hyper Offense? How should I start doing it? Like, building up the team needed.

I can choose to base it from one Pokemon which is called the "core" or it can also be based from a theme (weather, entry hazards, and such).

For example, if my core is Doryuuzu, I would build a team that covers his problems and weaknesses. I could also build a Rain Offense team with Politoed, then a bunch of Swift Swimmers that take advantage of this.

 

[EvangelionEX]

I can choose to base it from one Pokemon which is called the "core" or it can also be based from a theme (weather, entry hazards, and such).

For example, if my core is Doryuuzu, I would build a team that covers his problems and weaknesses. I could also build a Rain Offense team with Politoed, then a bunch of Swift Swimmers that take advantage of this.
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Oh, what does "Entry Hazards" ACTUALLY mean?

And is there a sort of theme that suits the Hyper-offense orientated team? What if I choose base on Sazandora? Is it a valid choice?