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My girlfriend relies on her Mewtwo....and it's always a chore knocking that stupid thing out.

I actually had a battle the other night with a friend, and he threw out a Mawile, and I had no idea what that was I lucked out when I finally threw out my Charmeleon.

 4oursword wrote:
All I have to do is be versatile and look into the moves for each Pokémon and I'm sorted against most opponents, but underusing certain pokémon usually lead to being unfamiliar with them, which is the main reason my girlfriend can beat me, as she never changes from her main six. Even after I gave her a Dratini! The injustice of it all!

Also I spam Dragon-types. I love dragons. Currently training a Dragonite on HeartGold for use in Battle Revolution.

I'd like to say it is foolish to do that... I'd like to say spamming one typing in competitive play and battle frontier (and the sorts) is a bad idea.... problem is I'm about to have an all dragon play through and my favourite two pokemon are dragon xD. Fear my spamming of dragons! Fear iiii- OH SNAP THEY JUST SENT OUT A FLEBE! Run for the hills men run for the hiiiilllllsss!

On a side note... what exactly does the friend safari do? Max ivs in 2 stats always? Sometimes? never? just all around good stats?

 StarTrotter wrote:

 4oursword wrote:
All I have to do is be versatile and look into the moves for each Pokémon and I'm sorted against most opponents, but underusing certain pokémon usually lead to being unfamiliar with them, which is the main reason my girlfriend can beat me, as she never changes from her main six. Even after I gave her a Dratini! The injustice of it all!

Also I spam Dragon-types. I love dragons. Currently training a Dragonite on HeartGold for use in Battle Revolution.

I'd like to say it is foolish to do that... I'd like to say spamming one typing in competitive play and battle frontier (and the sorts) is a bad idea.... problem is I'm about to have an all dragon play through and my favourite two pokemon are dragon xD. Fear my spamming of dragons! Fear iiii- OH SNAP THEY JUST SENT OUT A FLEBE! Run for the hills men run for the hiiiilllllsss!

On a side note... what exactly does the friend safari do? Max ivs in 2 stats always? Sometimes? never? just all around good stats?

In fairness Goodra (and probably other versions of doing this) learn Sludge bomb, that and high dragon defense COULD even the odds a little.

Friend safari gives you 2(or 3) pokemon of a specific type depending on the person. They're guaranteed 2 perfect IV's, occasionally 3, and if i recall if you're on at the same time as the person they come with their hidden abilities.

Close, guaranteed at least 2 perfect IVs (but nothing's stopping you from getting more than 2), and you can get a pokemon's hidden ability. The person being online has nothing to do with it, it's just chance.

What you do get, if the person is online, is access to a third pokemon in the safari.

 Fafnir wrote:
Close, guaranteed at least 2 perfect IVs (but nothing's stopping you from getting more than 2), and you can get a pokemon's hidden ability. The person being online has nothing to do with it, it's just chance.

What you do get, if the person is online, is access to a third pokemon in the safari.

I thought the third pokemon was linked to the other person being in the post game or not?

 doc1234 wrote:

 Fafnir wrote:
Close, guaranteed at least 2 perfect IVs (but nothing's stopping you from getting more than 2), and you can get a pokemon's hidden ability. The person being online has nothing to do with it, it's just chance.

What you do get, if the person is online, is access to a third pokemon in the safari.

I thought the third pokemon was linked to the other person being in the post game or not?

They need to come online just once to update their status, but I can confirm you can access all 3 even if the other person is offline (currently Quilladin from an offline friend).

Finally got it! Just barely into it and it has definitely been worth the wait.

 LordofHats wrote:

 doc1234 wrote:

 Fafnir wrote:
Close, guaranteed at least 2 perfect IVs (but nothing's stopping you from getting more than 2), and you can get a pokemon's hidden ability. The person being online has nothing to do with it, it's just chance.

What you do get, if the person is online, is access to a third pokemon in the safari.

I thought the third pokemon was linked to the other person being in the post game or not?

They need to come online just once to update their status, but I can confirm you can access all 3 even if the other person is offline (currently Quilladin from an offline friend).

Hmm odd, had a person or two online while checking in the safari and seen nothing like that unless the 3rds rate of showing up is lower (or i'm just unlucky )

When you're picking your safari, look at the icons in the top right corner. It'll show 2-3 icons, either for the pokemon available in the safari, if you've seen them (in that specific safari), or just a grey pokeball, in the event that you haven't. If there's two grey pokeballs/pokemon icons, then that means you only have those two available. If you see a third grey pokeball icon, that means that the third pokemon is now available.

Each pokemon seems to show up at a fairly equal rate to its peers, but the desire sensor will always taunt you.

So, I got a Fennekin in a Wonder Trade, which got me thinking - when can I get a Ditto in X/Y? I want to be able to pump out Squirtles, Chespins, and Torchics to give out to people.

Edit: Oh, looks like in the Pokemon Village just before the 8th Gym. Yeesh. That's going to take a while.

 Fafnir wrote:
When you're picking your safari, look at the icons in the top right corner. It'll show 2-3 icons, either for the pokemon available in the safari, if you've seen them (in that specific safari), or just a grey pokeball, in the event that you haven't. If there's two grey pokeballs/pokemon icons, then that means you only have those two available. If you see a third grey pokeball icon, that means that the third pokemon is now available.

Each pokemon seems to show up at a fairly equal rate to its peers, but the desire sensor will always taunt you.

I thought they were meant to, the 3rd box is blank on all the current 9 or so zones i have though, including ones who have been online or not. No pokeball of any kind in the 3rd box.

 infinite_array wrote:
So, I got a Fennekin in a Wonder Trade, which got me thinking - when can I get a Ditto in X/Y? I want to be able to pump out Squirtles, Chespins, and Torchics to give out to people.

Edit: Oh, looks like in the Pokemon Village just before the 8th Gym. Yeesh. That's going to take a while.

Not till later in the game, Pokemon Village to be exact unless you trade for one.

And victory my name is Hats! A kind soul from Japan whose name I can't spell traded me a Protean Froakie female for an Ivysaur female. My plans to breed Gengars will likely be put on hold to acquire Protean Froakies.

Mwahahaha! On a side note.... is it wrong if I go out of my way to sit on benches?

Of course not! Between that and being able to walk diagonally, I don't know what the best feature of this new generation is!

Bwahaha, watching Magikarp flop on the ground is quite entertaining.

You know what is the worst part? My favourite three pokemon are: Goodra, Hydreigon, and Reuniclus. I have this odd feeling that one of them isn't friendly and two of them are blobs of slime.... and I want to pet them soooo badly O.O (at least I'm not somebody that likes slugma. Poor slugma lovers....)

Finally catch a Pikachu to train, now I cant stop finding the things in the forest. This is ridiculous!

Super repel is the greatest thing in the world.

Problem is I want to train him, but all the dang pikachu's are resistant and causing mass paralysis. Need that Exp. Share.

You get it very soon.

Good, to know, Maybe I'll move ahead more then. Thanks for the tip!

 Fafnir wrote:
Super repel is the greatest thing in the world.

Oh and a tip. Super Repels are better than max repels especially since they are auto used up and not forced to scroll through to click them.

They are also more cost efficient than max repels.

 LordofHats wrote:
And victory my name is Hats! A kind soul from Japan whose name I can't spell traded me a Protean Froakie female for an Ivysaur female. My plans to breed Gengars will likely be put on hold to acquire Protean Froakies.

When I get the game, I'd love to grab one from you. I'm sure I can find something you want- if you got X then I can get you the Y version exclusives (not ordered yet, but Yveltal and Dragalge are awesome- not to mention Tyranitar).

 Fafnir wrote:
They are also more cost efficient than max repels.

Wow I typed a response and forgot to explicitly state this xD. Per 5th gen I got max just to scroll less often. With the immediate hey wanna use another one you should always buy super repels as they are the most cost effective.

Bred some safari dragonairs for a friend, ended up with twin eggs. Anybody want one? really have no use for it :s

also startrotter not at all, goodra is adorable :3

Did either of the parents come with the ability marvel scale? If they did, I'll take one. If not, I'll pass.

 Fafnir wrote:
Did either of the parents come with the ability marvel scale? If they did, I'll take one. If not, I'll pass.

Coulda have sworn one of them did,but seems 4am pokemon wasnt my best idea.

Are you on now? If you are, I'll take it. I'll even give you a Larvitar for your trouble.

 Fafnir wrote:
Are you on now? If you are, I'll take it. I'll even give you a Larvitar for your trouble.

No worries, hope it ends up with it :s breeding pool of 4 pf the bloody dragonairs is my second worse pokemon idea so far -_-