I think we can all agree that Scyther ranks high amongst the coolest pokemon. To many he is just another sweeper. But if you're smart enough to be reading this, he is a GOD.
Fury Cutter
Aerial Ace
Endure
Reversal
EVs: 252 Attack, 252 Speed, 4 HP
How do you get this tank of a bug? Simply.
1) Breed a female Scyther with a male Heracross that knows Reversal, Aerial Ace, and Endure. Aim for a Jolly or Adamant Nature and the Technician Ability.
2) Level up to learn Fury Cutter.
Hold the Eviolite. This will give Scyther greater defenses than his evolve form. Do not evolve him. Although Scizor has 20 more Attack power, his Speed is lowered too much to really make it work, and the Defenses are met with the Eviolite. Fury Cutter will receive a STAB and a Technician bonus. Use it once, its power will be 45, then 120, then 120(it loses the Technician bonus after the 2nd turn because the base power would exceed 60), then 240 after that until you change moves. Aerial Ace will have 135 power and never miss, so that's a useful attack in many scenarios. Use Endure if you think you will be killed, you'll go down to 1 HP. When you have 1 HP, Reversal's power is maxed, at 200. And since Scyther has beautiful Speed, you'll likely get to use Reversal on the enemy before he can kill you. And he can keep using that on any pokemon the opponent sends out afterwards, just keep killing with Reversal. Scyther's high Attack stat will make for incredible power on any of his attacks.
Screw Arceus, you worship Scyther now! Any questions/comments?
Brock out.
Monday, January 30, 2012
Timburr, the Muscular Pokemon
Looking for a powerhouse, something powerful but also something that can take a hit? You need Timburr!
Mach Punch
Hammer Arm
Payback
Dig
EVs: 252 Attack, 252 HP, 4 Defense
How can we get this adorable destruction machine? Easily, that's how.
1) Breed a female Timburr with a male Infernape that knows Mach Punch, Payback, and Dig.
2) Aim for an Adamant Nature, and the Sheer Force Ability. Level up the spawn to learn Hammer Arm.
Between those 4 moves, he'll be super-effective against 10 different types. Be certain to have Timburr hold the Life Orb. Hammer Arm is a powerful Fighting move that will lower your Speed, one of his lesser stats that's not worth anything anyhow. Between the STAB, Sheer Force, and Life Orb, Hammer Arm will deliver a blow of 254 power. Mach Punch will let you attack first, and between the same 3 effects will have 102 power. That attack will get you out of some tight situations since you can deliver a fairly powerful attack before your opponent can react. Payback is there for the Ghost types, mostly, it will have 169 power, assuming you attack after the opponent. Dig will have 135 power(Though you may want to teach it Earthquake instead, for 169 power, but Conkeldurr will have to learn that via TM because Timburr cannot). And keep in mind that Conkeldurr has a beautiful Attack stat.
Why hold the Life Orb? Because Sheer Force has a hidden little effect. It will negate the damage taken while holding the Life Orb while still giving you the 30% attack bonus. It has to do with how the damage bonus is applied during the attack and the damage is taken after the attack, I don't quite understand it, but it works.
So enjoy the powerhouse Timburr! Questions/comments?
Brock out.
Mach Punch
Hammer Arm
Payback
Dig
EVs: 252 Attack, 252 HP, 4 Defense
How can we get this adorable destruction machine? Easily, that's how.
1) Breed a female Timburr with a male Infernape that knows Mach Punch, Payback, and Dig.
2) Aim for an Adamant Nature, and the Sheer Force Ability. Level up the spawn to learn Hammer Arm.
Between those 4 moves, he'll be super-effective against 10 different types. Be certain to have Timburr hold the Life Orb. Hammer Arm is a powerful Fighting move that will lower your Speed, one of his lesser stats that's not worth anything anyhow. Between the STAB, Sheer Force, and Life Orb, Hammer Arm will deliver a blow of 254 power. Mach Punch will let you attack first, and between the same 3 effects will have 102 power. That attack will get you out of some tight situations since you can deliver a fairly powerful attack before your opponent can react. Payback is there for the Ghost types, mostly, it will have 169 power, assuming you attack after the opponent. Dig will have 135 power(Though you may want to teach it Earthquake instead, for 169 power, but Conkeldurr will have to learn that via TM because Timburr cannot). And keep in mind that Conkeldurr has a beautiful Attack stat.
Why hold the Life Orb? Because Sheer Force has a hidden little effect. It will negate the damage taken while holding the Life Orb while still giving you the 30% attack bonus. It has to do with how the damage bonus is applied during the attack and the damage is taken after the attack, I don't quite understand it, but it works.
So enjoy the powerhouse Timburr! Questions/comments?
Brock out.
Monday, January 9, 2012
Miscellaneous Breeding Notes
If you've been reading the blog from the beginning, then you know just about everything there is to know. This post is merely going to wrap up the loose ends that I left out because, on their own, they cannot make for a good update.
Baby Pokemon
Baby Pokemon were introduced in Generation II, and were released in the following Generations as well. These are often not found in the wild, while their evolutions are. Baby Pokemon cannot breed until they evolve. They include....
Pichu, Cleffa, Igglybuff, Togepi, Tyrogue, Smoochum, Elekid, Magby, Azurill, Wynaut, Budew, Chingling, Bonsly, Mime Jr., Happiny, Munchlax, Riolu, and Mantyke
Some of them can simply be bred for, but some can only be bred if the mother holds one of the Incense items. To get an Azurill, the Marill/Azumarill parent must hold the Sea Incense. To get a Wynaut, the Wobbuffet parent must hold the Lax Incense. To get a Budew, the Roselia/Roserade parent must hold the Rose Incense. To get Chingling, the Chimecho parent must hold the Pure Incense. To get a Bonsly, the Sudowoodo parent must hold the Rock Incense. To get Mime Jr., the Mr. Mime parent must hold the Odd Incense. To get Happiny, the Chansey/Blissey parent must hold the Luck Incense. To get a Munchlax, the Snorlax parent must hold the Full Incense. To get Mantyke, the Mantine parent must hold the Wave Incense.
If you breed without the Incense items, you will not get the Baby Pokemon, but rather the next stage of evolution. Baby Pokemon often have different Egg Moves than if the Incense item was not held. Budew can learn Extrasensory as an Egg Move, but Roselia cannot learn it as an Egg Move.
Dual-Species Pokemon
4 Pokemon are actually just 2 families of Pokemon. Nidoran♀ can be bred with a compatible Pokemon, and if the result is a female, it will be Nidoran♀, but if the result is male, it will be a Nidoran♂, a different evolution line entirely. A similar result if you breed a Nidoran♂ with a Ditto.
The other family is Illumise and Volbeat. If you breed Illumise with a compatible Pokemon, a female baby will be an Illumise, but a male will be a Volbeat. Again, a similar result if you breed Volbeat with a Ditto.
And it should be noted that while a Nidoran♀ can have Eggs, Nidorina and Nidoqueen may not. No reason has been given for this, but it is just something that should be noted. Nidorino and Nidoking are able to produce an Egg.
The Dream World & Breeding
The Dream World does not have a huge part in breeding, just one thing worthy of mentioning. If you breed a female Dream World Pokemon, there is a 60% that the Dream World Ability will pass down to the Egg. It's difficult to find a female in the Dream World, only about a 25% chance. Any Dream World attacks will not carry through.
Breeding for Shiny Pokemon
In case you are unaware, a Shiny Pokemon is a Pokemon that has a different color than it's supposed to have. The first Shiny Pokemon most all of us know of is the red Gyarados from the Lake of Rage in Generation II(and the Generation IV remakes). This Gyarados, like all Shiny Pokemon, had no special Ability, no unique attacks, he had the same potential as any other Gyarados. But he was Shiny. Shiny is rare. If you are a person who likes to have something rare, you want a Shiny Pokemon.
Before Generation IV, the chance for hatching a Shiny Pokemon from an Egg was the same as your chance of finding it in the wild, 1/8192, or .01%. When the Generation IV games were created, however, the Director of the game, Junichi Masuda created a way to increase those chances dramatically. The Masuda Method, as it has come to be known as, is a way to increase the chances of getting a Shiny Pokemon through the Egg. If you breed 2 Pokemon from different language games, your chance goes from 1/8192 to 1/1639, or .06%. That may not seem like much, but it's still a better chance that may as well be taken advantage of. To make things better, come Generation V, the Masuda Method's success rate went from 1/1639 to 1/1366, or .07%.
Yeah, the chances still are not great, but you are 7 times more likely to get a Shiny Pokemon if you use this method. It was probably put into the game to make people want to use the GTS more, and that's just fine. Try to get a Ditto from another language, it may very well make your life easier. Misty got a Japanese Ditto.
Graduation
Congrats, you are now well-versed in the art of Pokemon Breeding! *"Pomp and Circumstance" plays*
There is nothing more for me to teach you. Not that I know of. If I find anything out, I will of course post it to this blog. So far, I've posted a lesson, then 2 examples of Masterbred Pokemon. From here on, unless I learn something else, it will just be example Pokemon, and if they occur, some videos of some good battles I was a part of.
You may have noticed a few changes in the format of the blog. At the bottom, you can see that there are ways to follow the blog via email, as well as buttons to share it via Facebook and Twitter. I also added a Labels display at the top-right of the blog. There are currently 2 Labels, "Breeding Guide Posts" will make the site display only the lessons, and "Masterbreeding Demonstrations" will take you to the example Pokemon. This way, no matter how many examples I put up from here on, you'll be able to quickly get to the lessons if you are new or just need a reminder.
Thank you for your continual patronage, and for boosting my ego! If you have any questions or comments on anything covered in this post, just leave a comment below.
Brock out.
Baby Pokemon
Baby Pokemon were introduced in Generation II, and were released in the following Generations as well. These are often not found in the wild, while their evolutions are. Baby Pokemon cannot breed until they evolve. They include....
Pichu, Cleffa, Igglybuff, Togepi, Tyrogue, Smoochum, Elekid, Magby, Azurill, Wynaut, Budew, Chingling, Bonsly, Mime Jr., Happiny, Munchlax, Riolu, and Mantyke
Some of them can simply be bred for, but some can only be bred if the mother holds one of the Incense items. To get an Azurill, the Marill/Azumarill parent must hold the Sea Incense. To get a Wynaut, the Wobbuffet parent must hold the Lax Incense. To get a Budew, the Roselia/Roserade parent must hold the Rose Incense. To get Chingling, the Chimecho parent must hold the Pure Incense. To get a Bonsly, the Sudowoodo parent must hold the Rock Incense. To get Mime Jr., the Mr. Mime parent must hold the Odd Incense. To get Happiny, the Chansey/Blissey parent must hold the Luck Incense. To get a Munchlax, the Snorlax parent must hold the Full Incense. To get Mantyke, the Mantine parent must hold the Wave Incense.
If you breed without the Incense items, you will not get the Baby Pokemon, but rather the next stage of evolution. Baby Pokemon often have different Egg Moves than if the Incense item was not held. Budew can learn Extrasensory as an Egg Move, but Roselia cannot learn it as an Egg Move.
Dual-Species Pokemon
4 Pokemon are actually just 2 families of Pokemon. Nidoran♀ can be bred with a compatible Pokemon, and if the result is a female, it will be Nidoran♀, but if the result is male, it will be a Nidoran♂, a different evolution line entirely. A similar result if you breed a Nidoran♂ with a Ditto.
The other family is Illumise and Volbeat. If you breed Illumise with a compatible Pokemon, a female baby will be an Illumise, but a male will be a Volbeat. Again, a similar result if you breed Volbeat with a Ditto.
And it should be noted that while a Nidoran♀ can have Eggs, Nidorina and Nidoqueen may not. No reason has been given for this, but it is just something that should be noted. Nidorino and Nidoking are able to produce an Egg.
The Dream World & Breeding
The Dream World does not have a huge part in breeding, just one thing worthy of mentioning. If you breed a female Dream World Pokemon, there is a 60% that the Dream World Ability will pass down to the Egg. It's difficult to find a female in the Dream World, only about a 25% chance. Any Dream World attacks will not carry through.
Breeding for Shiny Pokemon
In case you are unaware, a Shiny Pokemon is a Pokemon that has a different color than it's supposed to have. The first Shiny Pokemon most all of us know of is the red Gyarados from the Lake of Rage in Generation II(and the Generation IV remakes). This Gyarados, like all Shiny Pokemon, had no special Ability, no unique attacks, he had the same potential as any other Gyarados. But he was Shiny. Shiny is rare. If you are a person who likes to have something rare, you want a Shiny Pokemon.
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| The mighty red Gyarados that lives in the Lake of Rage |
Yeah, the chances still are not great, but you are 7 times more likely to get a Shiny Pokemon if you use this method. It was probably put into the game to make people want to use the GTS more, and that's just fine. Try to get a Ditto from another language, it may very well make your life easier. Misty got a Japanese Ditto.
Graduation
Congrats, you are now well-versed in the art of Pokemon Breeding! *"Pomp and Circumstance" plays*
There is nothing more for me to teach you. Not that I know of. If I find anything out, I will of course post it to this blog. So far, I've posted a lesson, then 2 examples of Masterbred Pokemon. From here on, unless I learn something else, it will just be example Pokemon, and if they occur, some videos of some good battles I was a part of.
You may have noticed a few changes in the format of the blog. At the bottom, you can see that there are ways to follow the blog via email, as well as buttons to share it via Facebook and Twitter. I also added a Labels display at the top-right of the blog. There are currently 2 Labels, "Breeding Guide Posts" will make the site display only the lessons, and "Masterbreeding Demonstrations" will take you to the example Pokemon. This way, no matter how many examples I put up from here on, you'll be able to quickly get to the lessons if you are new or just need a reminder.
Thank you for your continual patronage, and for boosting my ego! If you have any questions or comments on anything covered in this post, just leave a comment below.
Brock out.
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Kecleon, the Color Swap Pokemon
Have you ever encountered a Pokemon who just seems to be resistant or immune to all your attacks? Here's the solution...
Skill Swap
Shadow Claw
Recover
Psybeam
EVs: 252 Sp. Defense, 128 HP, 128 Defense
Kecleon is unique in that he is the only Pokemon with the Color Change Ability. If you have this Ability, your type changes to whatever you were last hit with. If you're hit with Water Gun, you turn into the Water-type, if you're hit with Rock Blast you turn into the Rock-type, and so forth. This Ability was neat, and at first glance it seems like a cool defensive Ability. But in reality, this Ability lets your opponent manipulate you so you take only super-effective hits. With this build, you can pass that hazard to your enemy!
Here's how to get this little devil...
1) Breed a female Kecleon that knows Psybeam with a male Smeargle that knows Skill Swap and Recover.
2) Teach the offspring Shadow Claw via the TM.
3) Breed the male and female Kecleon to acquire a Kecleon with the desired moveset. Aim for a Speed-reducing Nature, I would say a Relaxed Nature is best, though Sassy or Brave are fine too.
NOTE: Smeargle are the only way to get this guy in Generation V. You can use Generation IV, but note that Recover is only an Egg Move in the HeartGold/SoulSilver versions of the game, not Diamond/Pearl/Platinum versions. Remember that you would want to breed Recover into the Kecleon first, then teach it Skill Swap.
Skill Swap will allow you to trade Abilities with the target, so your weaknesses will no longer be up to your opponent, in fact, you determine his weaknesses now. Shadow Claw is a powerful Ghost-type attack. Ghost beats Ghost in this game, so you can just keep bombarding him with super-effective high-critical-chance-ing Shadow Claws, and he should be dead in no time. Psybeam is there to change a Normal-type's type, since Ghost cannot hit Normal, and there's no reason to be powerless against them. Recover is there to extend the time you're alive. Kecleon has excellent Sp. Defense, but his HP and Defense leave more to be desired. It could be a good idea to send a different Pokemon out before this Kecleon, one that can use Trick Room so that Kecleon's Speed isn't a big issue.
For those of you with Diamond/Pearl/Platinum versions, here's an alternative build for a Kecleon that works just as well...
Skill Swap
Sucker Punch
Psybeam
Drain Punch
EVs: 252 Sp. Defense, 128 Defense, 128 Attack
It works the same way, really. You use Skill Swap, but instead of just bombarding with 1 attack, you use a trio of attacks. Fighting(Drain Punch) beats Dark. Dark(Sucker Punch) beats Psychic. Psychic(Psybeam) beats Dark. Your healing comes from Drain Punch rather than Recover, which is why I swapped the EVs in this build from HP to Attack, so you get the most healing you can. You may want to hold the Big Root to better your healing, or maybe go for an item that increases your Attack power, such as the Life Orb or Muscle Band, so that Sucker Punch can get a little boost as well, your choice. This build also requires no breeding, it's just 2 TMs and some leveling up.
So that's my latest little devil. You don't have to restrict your moves to these types either, you can pick and choose your types. Grass Knot/Aqua Tail/Fire Punch for example, or Rock Tomb/Dig/Ice Punch. As long as Skill Swap is in the moveset, and you have attack types that beat each other, you can make your opponent hate life. Questions/comments?
Brock out.
Skill Swap
Shadow Claw
Recover
Psybeam
EVs: 252 Sp. Defense, 128 HP, 128 Defense
Kecleon is unique in that he is the only Pokemon with the Color Change Ability. If you have this Ability, your type changes to whatever you were last hit with. If you're hit with Water Gun, you turn into the Water-type, if you're hit with Rock Blast you turn into the Rock-type, and so forth. This Ability was neat, and at first glance it seems like a cool defensive Ability. But in reality, this Ability lets your opponent manipulate you so you take only super-effective hits. With this build, you can pass that hazard to your enemy!
Here's how to get this little devil...
1) Breed a female Kecleon that knows Psybeam with a male Smeargle that knows Skill Swap and Recover.
2) Teach the offspring Shadow Claw via the TM.
3) Breed the male and female Kecleon to acquire a Kecleon with the desired moveset. Aim for a Speed-reducing Nature, I would say a Relaxed Nature is best, though Sassy or Brave are fine too.
NOTE: Smeargle are the only way to get this guy in Generation V. You can use Generation IV, but note that Recover is only an Egg Move in the HeartGold/SoulSilver versions of the game, not Diamond/Pearl/Platinum versions. Remember that you would want to breed Recover into the Kecleon first, then teach it Skill Swap.
Skill Swap will allow you to trade Abilities with the target, so your weaknesses will no longer be up to your opponent, in fact, you determine his weaknesses now. Shadow Claw is a powerful Ghost-type attack. Ghost beats Ghost in this game, so you can just keep bombarding him with super-effective high-critical-chance-ing Shadow Claws, and he should be dead in no time. Psybeam is there to change a Normal-type's type, since Ghost cannot hit Normal, and there's no reason to be powerless against them. Recover is there to extend the time you're alive. Kecleon has excellent Sp. Defense, but his HP and Defense leave more to be desired. It could be a good idea to send a different Pokemon out before this Kecleon, one that can use Trick Room so that Kecleon's Speed isn't a big issue.
For those of you with Diamond/Pearl/Platinum versions, here's an alternative build for a Kecleon that works just as well...
Skill Swap
Sucker Punch
Psybeam
Drain Punch
EVs: 252 Sp. Defense, 128 Defense, 128 Attack
It works the same way, really. You use Skill Swap, but instead of just bombarding with 1 attack, you use a trio of attacks. Fighting(Drain Punch) beats Dark. Dark(Sucker Punch) beats Psychic. Psychic(Psybeam) beats Dark. Your healing comes from Drain Punch rather than Recover, which is why I swapped the EVs in this build from HP to Attack, so you get the most healing you can. You may want to hold the Big Root to better your healing, or maybe go for an item that increases your Attack power, such as the Life Orb or Muscle Band, so that Sucker Punch can get a little boost as well, your choice. This build also requires no breeding, it's just 2 TMs and some leveling up.
So that's my latest little devil. You don't have to restrict your moves to these types either, you can pick and choose your types. Grass Knot/Aqua Tail/Fire Punch for example, or Rock Tomb/Dig/Ice Punch. As long as Skill Swap is in the moveset, and you have attack types that beat each other, you can make your opponent hate life. Questions/comments?
Brock out.
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Snover, the Frosted Tree Pokemon
You know how Mismagius died to kill? This guy is designed to kill AFTER death! I'm talking damage-over-time, fools! Here's the Snover that the enemy will never forget!
Toxic
Leech Seed
Blizzard
Rest
EVs: 252 HP, 128 Defense, 128 Sp. Defense
This guy is designed to drain the enemy's HP quickly. Because of his Ability, Snow Warning, a Hail storm appears and that will cause damage to the enemy(unless its an Ice-type). Leech Seed will drain the enemy's HP and heal your's. Toxic will slowly do more and more damage over time. Blizzard will never miss as long as it is hailing, and Rest will prolong your existence.
How might one get him?
1) Breed a male Oddish that knows Leech Seed with a female Snover.
2) Teach the spawn Blizzard, Toxic, and Rest via their respective TMs. Aim for an Attack-lowering Nature, either Bold, Modest, or Calm.
You set up the Toxic, then the Leech Seed, and blast the foe with a 270 power Blizzard until you need to Rest. The enemy will have lost 3/8 of his HP by your second turn, and he'd likely die by the end of the 3rd turn, 4th turn at the latest. Death by ice, poison, and grass! This is a great build to take care of those Pokemon that seem to resist all of your attacks or have built up their defenses a tad too high for you. Comments or suggestions are always welcome. Rest may be substituted, I just went with that for recovery, I also considered Ingrain, Substitute, Double Team, or whatever you see fit.
Brock out.
Toxic
Leech Seed
Blizzard
Rest
EVs: 252 HP, 128 Defense, 128 Sp. Defense
This guy is designed to drain the enemy's HP quickly. Because of his Ability, Snow Warning, a Hail storm appears and that will cause damage to the enemy(unless its an Ice-type). Leech Seed will drain the enemy's HP and heal your's. Toxic will slowly do more and more damage over time. Blizzard will never miss as long as it is hailing, and Rest will prolong your existence.
How might one get him?
1) Breed a male Oddish that knows Leech Seed with a female Snover.
2) Teach the spawn Blizzard, Toxic, and Rest via their respective TMs. Aim for an Attack-lowering Nature, either Bold, Modest, or Calm.
You set up the Toxic, then the Leech Seed, and blast the foe with a 270 power Blizzard until you need to Rest. The enemy will have lost 3/8 of his HP by your second turn, and he'd likely die by the end of the 3rd turn, 4th turn at the latest. Death by ice, poison, and grass! This is a great build to take care of those Pokemon that seem to resist all of your attacks or have built up their defenses a tad too high for you. Comments or suggestions are always welcome. Rest may be substituted, I just went with that for recovery, I also considered Ingrain, Substitute, Double Team, or whatever you see fit.
Brock out.
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