4oursword wrote:
Aha, thanks!

My friend code is 1805-2711-3775.

Added. I'm 013032163471

Apparently I cannot use internet registration because I am not online. I am though, why would this be and how do I fix it?

You need to register your wireless network with your DS in the settings.

It's all set up there, can't see the problem.

Hmmm.... Magic?

I got nothing.

I'll try to force an update...

 Fafnir wrote:

 mega_bassist wrote:

Also, Fafnir, do you have any Larvitars? Doesn't need to be perfect or anything...I just love those guys! Ha. Also, I was looking to trade for a Houndour if anyone has one.

Plenty. My in-game name is Mute, so just request a trade if you see me in game, and I'll give you one.

Cool. I'll add you tonight and try to catch you when I get home from work.

My FC is 3325-2576-0039. Name would be Joshooa (haha).

It's fixed! Now to add everyone!


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Added everyone who posted their FC. I'm interested also, what type's my safari?

They give away Pokémon hand-over-fist in this game. I'm not using the Lapras or Lucario I got given- they're just in the way.

I actually quite liked my Lapras. That, and it's cooler to look at in-game when you're surfing around :3

Not finding Y very difficult, and that's without using Super Training. Think I've used it once. Currently at the Power Station.

Did you make sure to turn off exp share? Also you might want to put your battle on set as well as have a rotation team. THe game is undeniably easier than other pokemon games so if you want a minor challenge (no pokemon game has ever been hard but at least it wasn't THAT much of a breeze) then those are some good choices.

The AI in some of them even managed to cheat. I'm looking at you Lance! You and that damned level 50 Dragonite of yours I call BS!

Just thought I'd repost my code that got buried in page 5 since people are posting codes again. With any luck someone will have an Electric type Safari.

4012 - 4506 - 8977

3DS Friend Code: Rysaer - 5129-0913-0659

 LordofHats wrote:
The AI in some of them even managed to cheat. I'm looking at you Lance! You and that damned level 50 Dragonite of yours I call BS!

That isn't as bad as... as... Ghetsis' Hydreigon. DARN YOU HYDREIGON AAAARGH!

Think that's bad, just try fighting in the Battle Maison (Or Battle anything). Nothing but hax.

 Fafnir wrote:
Think that's bad, just try fighting in the Battle Maison (Or Battle anything). Nothing but hax.

In fairness you at least expect those, it's the one "challenging" place in the whole game.

To add someone as a Friend on the game itself, you both have to be online at the same time, right? I used my girlfriend's DS while mine was charging, and it wiped my friend's list from the game .-.

I've added the friend codes of a few in this thread, does the name matter when you put in the friend code, I put in your dakka user names as nobody seemed to post their 3DS name with their code.

Apologies. I am a Nooblord with few 3DS friends.

Yes the name you enter is temporary, It'll get overwritten with their DS name when they accept

Just added you Rysear and you came right up. Will be going right to the Safari now; let me know what you get out of mine.

As for making the game harder/longer, I think set battles really could be an idea alright as not only does it add challenge to the battle, but it makes training new guys a bit harder.

I think my safari is the Poison type if that helps anybody

Just picked you up Mimicry and Mega_Bassist (Joshooa).

Godless-Mimicry you are Grass type, I caught a Tangela and a Sawsbuck in your safari.

Mega_Bassist you are a Flying type, I caught a Farfetch'd and a Swanna in your safari.

Nah you were a Poison Ry, though I got Cascoon and Garbodor, so that's pretty sweet. If anyone is interested, I got Noibat and Sliggoo in Hat's Dragon Safari, Butterfree in someone called Brian's Bug Safari, and I had a Rock Safari under the name Brendan but already had the Pupitar and I think it was Rhyhorn I found in there.

Ahh coolies, one of my mates told me I was Rock type, must have been confused.

I wonder how it works out what type you are, is it by friend code or by the name attached to it, as there must be some out there with Dragon and other types.

Added you, Rysaer. Anyone know what type my safari is?

 4oursword wrote:
Added you, Rysaer. Anyone know what type my safari is?

Ground. I haven't gone into it yet though so I don't know what's inside.

 4oursword wrote:
Added you, Rysaer. Anyone know what type my safari is?

Ground: Trapinch and Nincada.

Could be worse. I like Nincada, and Flygon's pretty neat.

 4oursword wrote:
Could be worse. I like Nincada, and Flygon's pretty neat.

Yup, and Nincada is Rare in the normal game world, so that's a plus.

Rabble rabble rabble. I need to hurry up and finish the game so I can get into the Safari Zone :/

I beat the game, and am now quite bored with it. Im going to go with the "Wonder" gameplay. You start the game, catch a full team and trade the whole thing in the random trade thing. Use all the pokemon you got for the rest of the game.

I finished the main story today. It was pretty neat.

I tried training a Dragalge, but found it underwhelming. Anyone managed to make one viable?

It's got pretty good Sp.D, passable Sp.A, and Adaptability (turns STAB into a 2* multiplier, rather than a 1.5* one) as its hidden ability. Its offensive movepool looks to be fairly decent, although not much has been confirmed on the supportive side. It'll probably make a decent UU bulky special attacker. Maybe RU.

I found its special attack lacking. That said, I'm used to Dovakiin the Azumarill.

I eagerly await for OU discussions to open on Smogon. it's always fun lurking on the forums each new gen watching them put the articles together. Not really using the simulators right now so I have no idea who will end up in what teir but it'll be interesting to see.

In breeding news Tyranitar, Tentacool, and Gible's are now complete. Gonna do some training for a bit. Get their levels up take a break from breeding XD

In competitive gameplay, I think choice scarf ditto's going to suddenly become quite a bit stronger due to mega evos: You can be certain the mega evos won't outspeed due to needing to hold the evolution item, and they're often powerful enough to sweep without needing to set up due to higher base stats.

Mine managed to get me to no.31 on the pokemon showdown temporary 6th gen ou

Major news, we now have images of the new pokemon. As well as a new mega evolution for Latias.

http://serebii.net/index2.shtml

 Fafnir wrote:
Major news, we now have images of the new pokemon. As well as a new mega evolution for Latias.

http://serebii.net/index2.shtml

Now that's cool.

Awesoooooome. Looks like that video I saw of "all" the Mega Evolutions is out of date

I'm hoping that the video by the end is long out of date (even if I have a feeling there won't be TOO many more)

Volcanion looks like a boss.

Looks like the rumors of periodic megavelotion releases my turn out to be true. Hopefully Nintendo doesn't charge for it XD

Considering Nintendo's attitude toward DLC, and the trading mechanics built into Pokemon, they'd probably have a very hard time getting any pokemon turned into paid DLC. Maybe things like clothing, but not gameplay altering things like pokemon or items.

Well I bit the bullet and bought X also since I felt that I rushed my Y experience through over-usage of the free Pokemon. Gonna take my time at this one and train at least 4 of my guys this time rather than just 1.

With my team now pretty much complete, I've started up rebreeding my Tyranitars again. Need to ensure maximum possible survivability.

So there might be even more Larvitars to throw into the fold.

Also, does anyone know if TTar can get Knock Off as an egg move this gen?

I have TTars with 31/31/31/x/31/31 and a Careful nature with pursuit and stealth rock as well as rapid spin tentacruels but I'm in the mists of NaNoWriMo and haven't been keeping up with it :[

 Fafnir wrote:
With my team now pretty much complete, I've started up rebreeding my Tyranitars again. Need to ensure maximum possible survivability.

So there might be even more Larvitars to throw into the fold.

Also, does anyone know if TTar can get Knock Off as an egg move this gen?

Usually the egg moves don't go away through generations, so I'd say you are safe.

Thing is he didn't get it in previous generations.

Egg moves do disappear. This gen for example Scizor can no longer learn Superpower as an egg move.

Well I did say 'usually'. If he didn't get it before though Fafnir, I can't see why he would get it now? Is there a reason why you are speculating this?

BTW Fafnir, what's your code? Need more Safaris.

 Godless-Mimicry wrote:
Well I did say 'usually'. If he didn't get it before though Fafnir, I can't see why he would get it now? Is there a reason why you are speculating this?

Well, because I really want him to get it. Likitung learns it, and is in the same egg group, and it's now been buffed to be a really good move. 65 BP move that knocks away an enemy's item while also getting a 1.5* multiplier when doing so, and TTar gets STAB to boot, increasing its potential BP to 146. The damage alone is impressive, but the added effect of removing the enemy's item would absolutely cripple most survivors. Would be a very potent alternative to Crunch, with added utility, and would be a fantastic addition to my special-wall TTar.

Also, FC: 0860-4081-6465

Not sure if I have yours added or not.

Well if you missed it, it's 4012-4506-8977.

As for the move, sounds good, but the only way to know if it will pass is to try I suppose.

Whoop whoop, finally found an Emolga! Let the trolling commence!

Need more Safaris; still waiting on adds from doc and startrotter. Faf, your Safari is 66% the same as Hats' which I find hilarious given that ye are both on here. Both of ye have Fraxure and have Sliggoo as the hidden, the only difference being you have Dragonair and he has Noibat.

Ooops, sorry about that godless, thought i'd added you already. Done now though.

 Godless-Mimicry wrote:
Need more Safaris; still waiting on adds from doc and startrotter. Faf, your Safari is 66% the same as Hats' which I find hilarious given that ye are both on here. Both of ye have Fraxure and have Sliggoo as the hidden, the only difference being you have Dragonair and he has Noibat.

My apologies. I'll add you later this month (my college's security is too much so i'll have to set it up when home) also I am jelly of both faf and hats :U

My team is finally complete. Took forever to get it done, but it looks some fantastic.

EDIT: Additionally, the system they have for ranked battles is ridiculously stupid. I honestly have no idea why they limited them to 3 pokemon per team. It makes it nearly impossible to have a team without an easily exploitable counter, and essentially turns ranked battles into a luck of the draw to see who can pick the team that counters the other's, rather than rewarding actual smart play and team composition.
The games aren't very interesting either, since you tend to have a good idea whether you'll win or lose once you see the specific pokemon that counters your selection, or that you have the one your opponent didn't pick a counter for themselves.

It's a real shame too, since of the handful of online matches I've done, some of them were against some pretty interesting team loadouts that would have been pretty fun to fight, had the entire match not been decided by a coin flip.

When you say 'they', I'm assuming you are referring to Smogon?

No... Smogon doesn't limit battles to three per team. Smogon's wonderful. I love Smogon. It's the official online ranked matches that have this stupid 3-per-team restriction.

 Fafnir wrote:
No... Smogon doesn't limit battles to three per team. Smogon's wonderful. I love Smogon. It's the official online ranked matches that have this stupid 3-per-team restriction.

Never even heard of them. Is it Nintendo sanctioned like?

 Godless-Mimicry wrote:

 Fafnir wrote:
No... Smogon doesn't limit battles to three per team. Smogon's wonderful. I love Smogon. It's the official online ranked matches that have this stupid 3-per-team restriction.

Never even heard of them. Is it Nintendo sanctioned like?

http://www.smogon.com/

It's basically the central community for pokemon battling online, IRC, forums, and I think competitions? Though don't quote me on that.

Smogon and the online simulator community isn't sanctioned by NIntendo so much as allowed to exist.

Baffling when you think about it really cause Nintendo sure doesn't want lets plays to exist but copyright infrining simulators of their game are a okay

But yeah. Smogon is awesome. Lots of info, a chatroom dedicated to friend codes for safaris, huge trade threads and breeding shops etc.

I wasn't asking about who Smogon was; I played Pokemon competitively for a few years in 4th gen., but what I meant were who are this official ranked group that Fafnir is talking about?

As in official online rankings on the 3DS.


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I'd just like to add, right now I have some hidden ability Dratinis, as well as Pursuit/SR Larvitars available for trade. They all should have 4-5 perfect IVs. I'm looking for:

Slowpoke (Regenerator) (turns out you actually can get it from hordes)
Absol (Justified)

Female is preferable.

I'm also open to other offers.

 Fafnir wrote:
As in official online rankings on the 3DS.


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I'd just like to add, right now I have some hidden ability Dratinis, as well as Pursuit/SR Larvitars available for trade. They all should have 4-5 perfect IVs. I'm looking for:

Slowpoke (Regenerator) (turns out you actually can get it from hordes)
Absol (Justified)

Female is preferable.

I'm also open to other offers.

I'll take a look through my boxes for you later.

Never knew there were official 3DS rankings. Can you point me to where I can see these please Faf?

Use the Battle Spot option in the online window, and you'll have a rank.

But it's hardly of any value. Since the ranked online mode for singles is 3v3 (picked after team preview), it's pretty much a coin flip to see if you picked the right counters.

Ah, so it's PBR style. You are right then to an extent, but you can also build to a 3v3 meta, or at least you could back in the gen.4 days. I won't lie though, it wasn't terribly exciting, and did still often devolve into a one-sided affair.

 Godless-Mimicry wrote:
Ah, so it's PBR style. You are right then to an extent, but you can also build to a 3v3 meta, or at least you could back in the gen.4 days. I won't lie though, it wasn't terribly exciting, and did still often devolve into a one-sided affair.

PBR?? WHERE!?



...ha, it's been a crazy day, and I could use a beer.

Can I get a hidden ability Froakie at some point? I looked at the GTS, but don't want to part with my Yveltal/Zygarde/Mewtwo for one.

I'll be able to find something worthy of getting, I'm sure.

Argh, I want a Houndour too, and don't want to sacrifice a Zygarde for one. Stupid GTS.

Houndour is available in Y. If you put something up you got from a friend safari and ask for a Houndour you'll probably get one in a day.

I shall throw a Noibat at it and hope that happens. Although it's not available in Y, it's exclusive to X :(

 LordofHats wrote:
Houndour is available in Y. If you put something up you got from a friend safari and ask for a Houndour you'll probably get one in a day.

Last I saw, Houndour was in X only. They're pretty available online, though.

My bad lol. Yeah it is X XD. SHould have known that, I have Y

Haha. My girlfriend has X, but she keep "forgetting" to find one and trade it to me -.-

I appreciate how the moment I finish building one team, I start planning the next one.

 4oursword wrote:
Argh, I want a Houndour too, and don't want to sacrifice a Zygarde for one. Stupid GTS.

I think I caught one yesterday during my X playthrough. Will check and get back to you, but if I have one you can have it for anything.

So... it turns out I have a new favourite pokemon. Hello, Quagsire.

In other news, Blaziken is finally officially banned from Smogon standard once more.

 Fafnir wrote:
So... it turns out I have a new favourite pokemon. Hello, Quagsire.

In other news, Blaziken is finally officially banned from Smogon standard once more.

Is he outright banned or just made Uber?

I might as well be ubar cause talonflame takes a giant gak on his face XD

I played the smogon sim a lot. Mega Houndoom in the sun is hilarious.

Godless-Mimicry wrote:

 Fafnir wrote:
So... it turns out I have a new favourite pokemon. Hello, Quagsire.

In other news, Blaziken is finally officially banned from Smogon standard once more.

Is he outright banned or just made Uber?

Uber.

LordofHats wrote:I might as well be ubar cause talonflame takes a giant gak on his face XD

Talonflame also gets utterly crushed by stealth rock and can't safely switch in on him because of it.

Talonflame's ability is good, but it's not helped by its measley base 81 attack stat which, while not being utterly terrible, isn't that great for OU compared to physical attackers such as banded dragonite, kyurem-b or shell smash cloyster to name a few. That, coupled with taking 50% damage each time it switches in, will probably put it down in UU once the tiers have settled a little.

I honestly think that Talonflame does have a place in OU, or at the very least, UU with potential to work well in specific OU teams.

Losing 50% off of SR on the switch is pretty bad, but we've been given some new tools to combat entry hazards this gen, and priority on all flying-type moves is just too good to ignore. Volcarona has a similar crippling weakness (actually even worse, since it's not even immune to spikes), but manages to do quite well with the right support, and I can see Talonflame doing very much the same.

But it's definitely not the kind of pokemon you can just throw on to any team, as it seems some people are doing now. You definitely need to build your team around ensuring he gets in safely.

Thing is, while having priority on all Flying type moves seems great, in a competitive build you are only going to have one anyway. So it's not much to write home about.

And historically the majority of Pokes with 4x weakness to entry hazards get relegated to UU, though there are of course exceptions, but I don't think Talonflame will be one of them.

Still, priority Bravebird/Acrobatics and Roost(!) are both fantastic, and access to swords dance/bulk up can give it the ability to hit hard with prediction.

Even without priority, with 126 speed, it will be outspeeding a lot of the competition with Flare Blitz.

Even if it ends up UU, it'll definitely be capable of finding a viable niche in OU teams.

 Fafnir wrote:
Still, priority Bravebird/Acrobatics and Roost(!)

Don't forget the newly viable defog!

 Fafnir wrote:
Still, priority Bravebird/Acrobatics and Roost(!) are both fantastic, and access to swords dance/bulk up can give it the ability to hit hard with prediction.

Even without priority, with 126 speed, it will be outspeeding a lot of the competition with Flare Blitz.

Even if it ends up UU, it'll definitely be capable of finding a viable niche in OU teams.

126 Speed means that the ability becomes even less of a wow factor, given that it is fast enough anyway. Problem is the mediocre-at-best attack stat, meaning it is been lynched into either a Banded set or a Sword's Dance set, which could be difficult given the 4x weakness to Stealth Rock (harder to get a switch in to set-up on) and its weak defenses.

Not bad by any means, and maybe it will see some use in OU, but I don't see it being as popular as many might think.

Just a thought, but how would people feel about a Dakka mini tourney?

Oh? I wouldn't be able to join tourneys unless they continued during the spring and or summer but if they lasted until then I'd be all up for it. Any limitations or rules? Also OU, UU, NU?

Using Pokemon Showdown, or in-game?

Either way, I'd be down.

If it were in-game, I'd require time to breed and train my new team.

Maybe in game, keep it in dakka. Set up a new post or update the OP with the info if mega_bassist doesn't mind. Was thinking depending on how many people are interested do it either as a random drawn ladder type thing or just keep it simple with a 3-2-1 point split and probably wait till at least new years before getting things set up properly, kinks to iron out first I guess/give people chance to train, and as far as I can see on smogon x/y hasn't been officially tiered yet unless i'm missing it?

As for Tiers, up for vote I guess. Depends if people want to go super serious with OU or do a "make the best of it" with UU/NU.

I vote use the Simulator, simply because it's easier and allows StarTrotter to join in. It also means we can freely experiment without the need for grinding and training.

Plus I'm not very good at EV training, so this makes it nicer for me

I also vote use the simulator, bacause I can't get a 3ds until Christmas most likely. I think we should do RU for the tier: Typhlosion, Abomasnow, Absol, Aerodactyl!

Simulator exists for a reason

I'd be in for an in-game tourney, but I never liked the simulators.

I'd be up for that. I'd have to download it but it's certainly easier than building a team

Not even a download. You can run it in your browser.

If it were on a simulator, I'd be happy to play. I recommend pokemon showdown, I've got a good team on there already
As for talonflame, bringing up volcarona and defog makes a good point. It'd still have to be used on a team that had a strong spinner (or defogger) but after Christmas I can see Skarmory being a good defog user, and if excadrill remains OU that's another option. It could maybe use swords dance to boost its attack to decent levels, but I still think there'd be a large number of strong counters. I can see it being in use in OU, even if it were put into UU.

I'd be interested also. But, I've never used a Pokemon Sim, so I'd have to check it out first

Can we play Hackmons?

Seriously, I've become a little addicted to Hackmons. It is possibly the most fun thing ever. Become quite good at it too.

I love hackmons, I use a riolu-like tactic of setting up loads of hazards then getting something with prankster to roar then use copycat :3
That, with sturdy shedinja, no guard deoxys-s with sheer cold, wonder guard spiritomb, and then teravolt arceus to finish off.

well, finally got around to finished off the 4 and champ last night, now i can hopefully make painting progress again.
also, for safari zone purposes, my code is 3582-8827-5460

 greenskin lynn wrote:
well, finally got around to finished off the 4 and champ last night, now i can hopefully make painting progress again.
also, for safari zone purposes, my code is 3582-8827-5460

Awesome-sauce. So you don't have to go back through the thread, mine is 4012-4506-8977.

 Godless-Mimicry wrote:

 greenskin lynn wrote:
well, finally got around to finished off the 4 and champ last night, now i can hopefully make painting progress again.
also, for safari zone purposes, my code is 3582-8827-5460

Awesome-sauce. So you don't have to go back through the thread, mine is 4012-4506-8977.

woot, i'm up to one person, i can now catch.......hm........tangela.....and some deer looking thing

I'll get around to adding you next time I actually manage to turn on my 3DS. Lately, I've just been playing a lot of simulator stuff.

 greenskin lynn wrote:

 Godless-Mimicry wrote:

 greenskin lynn wrote:
well, finally got around to finished off the 4 and champ last night, now i can hopefully make painting progress again.
also, for safari zone purposes, my code is 3582-8827-5460

Awesome-sauce. So you don't have to go back through the thread, mine is 4012-4506-8977.

woot, i'm up to one person, i can now catch.......hm........tangela.....and some deer looking thing

Yup, Tangela and Sawsbuck are my contribution to the Pokemon world. If we are online at the same time also there is a third Pokemon that shows up, but I don't know what it is yet.