Pokemon Review: Flygon

Flygon: The Mystic Pokemon



Flygon is a Dragon/Ground type that was introduced in the 3rd generation. 

Flygon is the fully evolved form of Trapinch and evolved from Vibrava at level 45. 

Flygon is one of two non-legendary Dragons from the 3rd generation and comes in much earlier than the other Dragon, Salamence. 

Flygon is also known as the "Sand Spirit" for its graceful flying and creates sandstorms with its wings.

On to my review!

Flygon is a very balanced Pokemon who can run many different sets.

Personally I enjoy running a Choice Scarf set with Outrage, Earthquake, Stone Edge and U-Turn. Flygon is very good in the UU metagame and is quite possibly one of the greatest threats.

Flygon is also a great member in game. He is in the 3rd region and Black 2 and White 2. He is good in all of them. He comes in reasonably early and is very easy to train and is very powerful. He will be one of your greatest assets to your team!

Rating: 

Stats: A
Design: A+
Typing: A
Abilities: A
Competitive Capability: A
In Game Capability: A+
Overall: A+

Pokemon Review: Gengar

Gengar: The Shadow Pokemon



Gengar is a Ghost/Poison type Pokemon who was released in the original games, the Kanto region as the only Ghost type.

Gengar is the fully evolved form of Gastly. He is the 3rd evolution of Haunter. He evolves by trade. 

Gengar's pokedex entries tell us that he casts large scary shadows and is possible the shadow of Clefable.

Now on to the review!

Gengar is a very fast special attacker who can run a very diverse amounts of movesets.

My personal favorite moveset is a choice scarf with Thunderbolt, Shadow Ball, Focus Blast and Hidden Power Ice. Oh, and he also has a very good ability: Levitate.

In game Gengar is still a monster. He comes in really early in HG/SS and is very good in the first generation, being the only Ghost type in the original region, he is very diverse from every other Pokemon. 

Overall, USE A GENGAR!

My rating:

Stats: A
Design: A+
Typing: A-
Abilities: A+
Competitive Capability: A
In Game Capability: A+
Overall: A+

Metagame of the Hour! Hackmons

Hackmons is a fun metagame that is currently only on Pokemon Showdown.

Hackmons makes it so you can add unlimited EVs, IVs, any move, any ability, and any Pokemon.

Some of the most popular combinations include Imposter Blissey, Sturdy Shedinja, and Wonder Guard Sableye.

Hackmons games typically consist of crazy strategies and insane different abilities.

Go ahead now! Go to Pokemon Showdown and try Hackmons! It explains itself more as you go along!

Competitive Battling 101: Part 2

During this post of competitive battling 101 I will be talking about Physical and Special moves, IVs and EVs, and team synergy. 

First, Physical and Special moves. This is a very important part of the current metagame. Some Pokemon, such as Weavile, are physical attackers, therefore they should use physical attacks. Some are Mixed, like Infernape, which can utilize both physical and special sets. The rest are special attackers, like Volcarona, who use strictly Special Attacks. 

Pokemon also need EVs and IVs to be in their greatest potential. EVs stand for Effort Values. Effort Values are points you get from defeating an opposing Pokemon. For each EVs in one stat, you gain one point. For instance, if you defeat one lillipup you will get 1 EV in Attack. IVs are randomly generated stats the determine how strong your Pokemon is. They go anywhere from 0-31 and affect your Pokemon's Hidden Power.

Team Synergy is how well you team works together. For instance, if your entire team is weak to electric type moves, you might have a really bad time with a Jolteon. So you want to balance your team out. Balance out your weaknesses! If one Pokemon is weak to a move, cover it with another!

Thats all for now. But there will be more Competitive Battling 101 later!

Competitive Battling 101

Welcome to Competitive Battling 101! Where I will be covering how to competitive battle and how to get accustomed to the game.

This post I will discuss how to get started!

First, the basics.

As many of you know, competitive Pokemon battling has become a very large part of the overall community of Pokemon fans. From its diverse battles and 649 Pokemon, the competitive interface is really easy to get into.

All you really need to know when starting competitive battling is the following: The tier list, switching, super-effective and not very effective moves, how to make a moveset, physical and special moves, EVs, IVs, and team synergy.

First, super-effective and not very effective moves. Here is a simple chart that explains all of this quickly. 

This is the most common of the type charts.

Now you have to learn the basics of the tier lists. Visit Smogon for the tier lists and most movesets.

Switching is also a very important thing to learn when getting into competitive battling. For instance, if you start a battle with a Water/Flying type, lets say Gyarados, and your opponent starts out with an Electric type such as Jolteon, you are probably going to want to switch out because of the massive damage electric type moves go to Gyarados. Switching is also good for predictions. For instance, lets put us back in the senario. You could predict your opponent to predict your switch to your ground type, which is immune to electric type moves, and switch to something to counter their oncoming water type. Switching is very important and takes a long time to master, but when it is perfected, it is one of the biggest threats you can cause.

That will be all I'll cover in this post, so tune in next post for the rest of competitive battling 101!

The Wedlocke, a Nuzlocke variant.

Before you read this post, read my previous one about the regular nuzlocke challenge, for you will need that information for this post.

Now that you have done that, lets get started!

Although the Nuzlocke is a very popular challenge, there are also variants to it. The ones I will be covering are as follows: The Egglocke, the Wedlocke and the Typelocke!

This post I will be explaining the Wedlocke, a challenge created by Marriland, a popular Youtuber and Pokemon website maintainer.

In the Wedlocke you keep all rules that pertained to the Nuzlocke challenge but you add a couple more.

1. When you catch a Pokemon, it must be "partnered" with a Pokemon of the opposite gender. For example. If you start out with a Male Totodile, you MUST catch a female pokemon as your next team member. The two then become paired, and the next encounter can be whatever gender you find.

2. You can only switch between one couple per fight. The only exception to this rule is if one couple dies. If one member of the couple dies, the other must avenge their death and finish the battle successfully or die. If a couple dies then you must switch to a different couple in your party.

3. If you lose one member of a couple, replace the member with a Pokemon of the same gender who died. If both members die, than replace them with a new couple.

4. You may not deposit a Pokemon in the box, in order to do so they must die. The only exception to this is if none of your Pokemon can learn a required hm. Than you can take a slave. The slave cannot battle and if the slave is the only Pokemon left in your party, you lose.

The Wedlocke is a hard challenge that should be considered for every hardcore gamer. If you enjoy challenges, this is for you.

A Pokemon Nuzlocke: All there is to know

Today I will be talking about a very popular topic in the current Pokemon community, the Nuzlocke Challenge.

The Nuzlocke Challenge was an idea struck up to create a game that would be both hard and fun.

The Rules are as Follows:

1. You must only catch the first Pokemon you find on each route. Failure to catch this Pokemon means so Pokemon for the entire route.

2. You must nickname every Pokemon you catch/receive to create a stronger emotional bond with them.

3. If a Pokemon faints it is considered dead and cannot be used for the remainder of the Challenge. Preferably releasing, migrating or putting all dead Pokemon in a "Death Box."

4. If you get a White/Black out it is Game Over, and your adventure is over. Some people skip this rule and just get Pokemon out of the box and continue their adventure.

Why would you want to do the Nuzlocke challenge?

The Nuzlocke challenge is a way to make new friends and have a fun, but hard, run through a Pokemon game. They are also very popular on Youtube.

People also commonly draw comics of their Nuzlocke runs.

I hope you decide to do a Nuzlocke run at some point in time! Good luck to all of you!

Pokemon Review: Swampert

Swampert: The Mud Fish Pokemon



Swampert is a Water/Ground type released in the Hoenn region, otherwise known as the third region. It came into the franchise in Ruby and Sapphire.

Swampert is the fully evolved form of Mudkip. Mudkip is the Hoenn region's water type starter Pokemon. The evolution stages go Mudkip, Marshtomp, and Swampert. Marstomp evolves into Swampert at level 36.

Swampert is known for being the water type starter for Hoenn and for being an offensive tank.

Swampert's Pokedex entries state that he is very powerful, even to the point of being able to break a boulder with a swift chop. Swampert also lives near the sea, making nests out of boulders that it carries away.

Now that that's out of the way, onto the review!

Swampert is a very bulky and very offensive water type. And is a consideration of every Hoenn team.

Swampert is my favorite starter Pokemon because of the nostalgia I get from him and from his amazing capability defensively and offensively.

My personal favorite set for Swampert is a Choice Band. It has Waterfall, Earthquake, Stone Edge and Ice Punch. This thing can wreck through teams in seconds!

In game Swampert is no wimp. Even before the Physical/Special Split it was great! He is, as stated earlier, one of the third generation's starter Pokemon. He destroys half of the game and has an immunity to the electric type, which is extremely helpful while going through Hoenn.

Overall, Swampert is a great Pokemon for any team and should be considered! Get yourself a Swampert today!

Now the ratings:

Stats: A
Design: A
Typing: A
Abilities: A-
Competitive Capability: A-
In Game Capability: A+
Overall: A

Source: "Swampert." Pokemon Database. Pokemon Database, n.d. Web. 24 June 2013.

Picture: Sugimori, Ken. Swampert. Digital image. Pokemon Database. Pokemon Database, n.d. Web. 24 June 2013.

How to make a Competitive Pokemon Team: Part 1: Adding in the Pokemon

Hello everybody!

I have decided to make a tutorial to make a great competitive Pokemon team in any tier!

Before we start, the websites I will be commonly referencing in this series include:

http://www.smogon.com/

http://www.marriland.com/tools/team-builder

Now lets get started!!!

First, choose which tier you want to do, if you can't decide, pick a Pokemon that you love, then find what tier it is in. For this example I will be doing the OU tier, for it is the most commonly played.

To start your team, pick a singular Pokemon which you want to use. I decided on a Salamence. So lets input Salamence on our Marriland Team Builder.

As you can see, I have added in a Salamence. On our chart we see he is weak to Ice, Dragon and Rock. Which a Steel type could wall completely! I'm gonna chose Ferrothorn, although he may not resist Ice, he can still take the hits.

As you can probably tell, we have a ton of resistances now! But we are still weak to Ice types, so a good fire type could easily cover that for us. I think I'll use Volcarona, which can take ice type moves quite nicely. 

As you can tell, we gained a weakness when adding Volcarona, and we have 2 rock weaknesses and only 1 resistance. So adding in another steel type could be a very viable option! I'm gonna decide on adding a Magnezone, whose weaknesses are covered by our Salamence.

Now we have a resistance for absolutely every type! But we are still really weak to Fire types, so adding a Water type would be a very reasonable option. Keldeo seems to work pretty well on this team, so I'll add him.

Now we have all of our Pokemon except one. We have plenty of grass resists, so a ground type would be a viable option. So I'm going to add a Mamoswine. 

Now our team is balanced and is ready to get their movesets! Tune in next time!

Pokemon Review: Scrafty

Scrafty: The Hoodlum Pokemon

Scrafty is a Fighting/Dark type Pokemon that was released in the Unova region, otherwise known as the 5th generation. It came to the franchise in Pokemon Black and White.

Scrafty is the fully evolved form of Scraggy, who was also released in the Unova region. He evolves from Scraggy to Scrafty at level 39

Scrafty is known for his ability to easily set up due to his great bulk, good attack, and amazing set up moves such as Dragon Dance and Bulk Up.

In Scrafty's Pokedex entries it states that Scrafty's crest on it's head determines how respected it is. We also figure out that Scrafty are very hostile Pokemon, and like to attack in groups. Scrafty also use their shed skin to defend themselves.

Now that we have that over with, time for the review!

Scrafty is a bulky Dark/Fighting type that is great for any team and can fit onto anything.

Scrafty is tied for my favorite Pokemon because of his ability to set up, awesome design, great movepool, and awesome stats.

I enjoy Scrafty with a Dragon Dance set consisting of Dragon Dance, Drain Punch, Zen Headbutt, and Crunch. I like to run a Life Orb on this set with that ability Shed Skin.

Scrafty is a huge threat to any team and if it ever gets the chance to set up, you can basically call it game over. 

In game Scrafty is amazing. Many evil team trainers like to use Dark Types, which Scrafty deals with ease. It also has great coverage on many Gym Leaders and the Elite 4. Scrafty could possibly be my MVP on every team I make in the Unova region. He is also easy to train and Scraggy is a great Pokemon while you wait for it to evolve. 

Overall, Scrafty has really grown attached to me and I definitely recommend it to anyone who wants a Fighting or Dark type on their team.

Now for the word based rating!!!!

Stats: A
Design: A
Typing: A
Abilities: A+
Competitive Capability: A+
In Game Capability: A+
Overall: A+


Source: "Scrafty." Pokedex: Stats, Moves, Evolution & Locations. Pokemon Database, n.d. Web. 05 June 2013.


Picture: Sugimori, Ken. Scrafty. Digital image. Pokemon Database. Pokemon Database, n.d. Web. 5 June 2013.

Pokemon Review: Crobat

Crobat: The Bat Pokemon

Crobat is a Poison/Flying type that was released in the second generation of Pokemon in the two games known as Pokemon Gold and Pokemon Silver.

Crobat evolves from Golbat and is the highest evolution currently for Zubat. He becomes Crobat by leveling up with high happiness.

Crobat is known for his extremely high speed stat (base 130) and his ability to break down opponents with his powerful attacks.

It states in Crobat's pokedex that it can fly silently and flies very quickly. He also has two sets of wings.

Now that we have that out of the way, the review!

Crobat is a powerful flying type that can, and should, be considered for every team due to his great movesets, high speed, and decent attack.

Personally Crobat is my favorite Pokemon, which is because of his original design, interesting combat style and ability to stop stalls.

Personally the moveset I enjoy using is a life orb set with Brave Bird, Roost, Cross Poison, and U-Turn.

Crobat is a threat to any team and should always be thought about when creating a team in competitive play.

In game Crobat is also a monster. Crobat usually comes in early as Zubat. Although Zubat is considered as an annoying Pokemon because of his fast Supersonic. Although the bad rep that Zubat gave to the line, you will not be disappointed in your Crobat.

Crobat also typically covers the Gym leaders and the Elite 4. For many of them are Fighting, Grass, Bug and other things that it gets STAB on.

Now I'm going to rate the Pokemon on a word grading basis.

Stats: A-
Design: A
Typing: A-
Abilities: A-
Competitive Capability: A
In Game Capability: A+

Overall: A

Source: "Crobat." Pokemon Database. Pokemon Database, n.d. Web. 05 June 2013.

Picture: Sugimori, Ken. Crobat. Digital image. Pokemon Database. Pokemon Database, n.d. Web. 5 June  2013.

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