Friday, April 26, 2013

Bellsprout, the Flower Pokemon

Bellsprout is a weird little guy. But put him in the sun, and he'll bloom into a powerful fighter!

Synthesis
Weather Ball
Solarbeam
Growth/Sunny Day/Stockpile/Leaf Blade

IVs: 31 HP, 31 Sp. Attack, 31 Speed
EVs: 252 Sp. Attack, 128 HP, 128 Speed

I couldn't quite determine what direction I wanted to go in with this guy, other than putting him in a Sunny Day team. Synthesis heals 2/3 HP in sunny weather. Weather Ball becomes a Fire-type attack with 150 power in the sun. Solarbeam will have no charge time in the sun, and also gets a STAB, so it will have 180 power. Victreebel's Ability is Chlorophyll, so his Speed doubles in the sun(from a base stat of 70 to 140). The 4th move is up to you, depending on your style of play. Growth raises your Attack and Sp. Attack stat one stage each, 2 stages each if it's in the sun. Sunny Day would set up the sunny weather(use this if you don't have someone else using it). Stockpile raises your Defense and Sp. Defense one stage each(no weather effect, just if you want better defenses). Leaf Blade would be a good STAB physical attack to have to compliment the special attacks in this set.

How to get him?

1) Breed a male Roserade that knows Weather Ball and Synthesis with a female Bellsprout.
2) Aim for a Nature that lowers Attack(unless you're going for Leaf Blade as that 4th move, then go for a Defense or Sp. Defense lowering Nature).

Have him hold a Focus Sash so he can get an extra turn, and voila, a vicious plant to mess up your opponent's plans! Questions and comments are welcome.

Brock out.

Sunday, April 7, 2013

Koffing, the Poison Gas Pokemon

KOFFINGGGGGGG! Yeah, it's the guy that James owned for a good while. The very cause for pollution worldwide, here's a set for a fantastic Weezing!

Psywave
Pain Split
Toxic
Will-o-Wisp

IVs: 31 HP, 31 Defense, 31 Sp. Defense
EVs: 252 Sp. Defense, 160 HP, 96 Defense

1) Breed a male Reuniclus that knows Psywave(lv. 1), Pain Split(lv. 34), and Toxic(TM06) with a female Koffing/Weezing.
2)Teach Koffing Will-o-Wisp(TM61). Aim for a Calm or Careful Nature.

This Weezing is a tank. With his Ability Levitate, he only has one weakness, Psychic. Psywave is a move that will hit for a set amount of damage, equal to 50%-150% of the user's level. Toxic is for poisoning, and Will-o-Wisp is for those that can't be poisoned(and for weakening the high-Attack foes). Pain Split is for healing Weezing, and bringing down those high-HP foes. The beauty of this set is that it does not rely on any Attack/Sp. Attack modifiers on Weezing or any Defense/Sp. Defense modifiers on the other Pokemon. You start by Poisoning or Burning the enemy, whichever will work better in the situation, and then you just spam Psywave(in your typical lv. 50 battle this will always deal between 25 and 75 damage), using Pain Split when necessary. Holding a Black Sludge would be good for healing over time, or maybe the berry that reduces Psychic damage.

For those of you not interested in a chancey move like Psywave, but still like the defensive ways of the set, replace it with Stockpile for boosts to your Defense & Sp. Defense. (You have to breed a Reuniclus with Pain Split with a Swalot, Teach the Swalot Stockpile, then breed that with Weezing). If you want more offense, then go for moves like Venoshock or Explosion. Whatever way you go is fine, because Weezing has an astounding Defense stat, a usable Sp. Defense stat, and solid Attack and Sp. Attack stats.

Questions and comments are more than welcomed.

Brock out.