I'd like to battle and stuff online but I feel like I'm going to get my ass whooped because I don't play with the overpowered types. I tend to play with what I like and ignore their tier ranking.
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Most of us seem to do the same. I know Moo, Scenario, Cyner and myself tend to use what's awesome over what's strong. Though when those things overlap, hey. Haven't battled against many other people from here yet, though, and I don't even have a team together yet either, so lol.
Though I have my Vivillon finished thanks in large part to Scenario.
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I have Y and beat it, go to your home screen on the DS. Look up at the top and click the square smiley face, go to your own profile and look at the top screen for your own friend code.
I laughed when I saw this and it made me so happy, good to know he's still the same douche we know and love xD. (please log in to view the image) (please log in to view the image)
I can see it now "Bonjour...SMELL YA LATER!" *theme starts*
I think you've just got the wrong mindset. Typically, Pokemon should focus more on taking advantage of their strengths rather than covering for their weaknesses. Covering the weaknesses are what their teammates are for. That's how you build a team. Find the right Pokemon that can cover for the others' weaknesses by virtue of playing to their own strengths.
Gyarados never needed any more help to begin with. He's a tank that got Dragon Dance with stats that don't making using it a waste of time.
You can damn near always outplay your opponent, top tier Pokemon or not. You could always use a battle simulator to practice or experiment with new teams and strategies, or at least use it for more battling to learn other people's strategies. The better you know the game the better you'll be by extension.
I recommend Pokemon Online if you're looking to battle with a sim. It's populated since Smogon made it their official battle sim for tournaments.
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I've got that. You can't really cover weaknesses for him since he can't learn counters for Ground and Fire. I get that the team is there to help, hence my planned lineup. I just want to make sure no one falls behind. That's all.
I'm also still trying to plan movesets for Weavile and Kabutops as well.
That's true and all. I was mostly just talking about it having better dark type moves to complement its megaform, like Crunch or something. And yeah, even with the megaform, Dragon Dance still works great on it.
There's also the Battle Institute in X/Y which is a pretty good way of testing out your team. Plus you get more BP from it if you don't want to risk going further in the Battle Maison for the time being, assuming you're already on a streak.
OK. I'm gonna need a list of friend codes. I keep typing some of them in, but it then follows up with "enter the name of friend" or some shit. Scream is the only one I have so far. Could use some help. Thanks.