Topic: Team Building Q+A Thread

[Specstile]

lol i actually thought infiltrator was prankster. Dam no priority sleep powder!
Looks like whimscott will be the one then thanks. Might make  a chlorophyll a jumpluff in the future for my sunny team.

[Enigma]

Chimchar - #390 (Mild) : 22 - 23 / 20 - 21 / 22, 24 / 15 / 31 / 31

HP Ice 66 or 68.


I'm in a quandry. The attacking stats are both subpar, but the HP Ice is too good to pass up. I'm still breeding, but do you think a set of Flamethrower / HP / CC / Grass Knot could still work for this mal-IV'd poke?

[Richard and Blaziken]

Honestly, no, not for competitive. Base 102 isn't hugely amazing for attacking stats as it is in this metagame. Lowering it further is even worse. =(

[Ledyba]

i thought richard would demand you threw it in a river.

HOW WRONG I WAS.

[Richard and Blaziken]

I had already done so when he told me his plans to breed it a few days ago. I have moved past heartbreak, and into acceptance now. ;~;

[Ledyba]

I recently got a Kick ass Lucario, the set being Extreeme Speed/Sword Dance/Crunch and Hi Jump Kick.  I'm very tempted to replace HJK with CC because of accuarace concerns but I'm releunt to beacuse a) its a bred move and b) It has higher base damage than CC.  But would its overall performance be effected even by 10 less base points.

Much thanks.

[Richard and Blaziken]

I'd go with Close Combat. The difference in power isn't really a concern after an SD, but missing your opponent ends your sweep pretty fast.

[Ledyba]

cheers Richie.  you make a good point and I'd like to subscribe to your newsletter.

[STADoggeh]

Does anyone know of a fast way to EV train and level up Pokemon fast without using cheats or having Pokerus? I ask this because I see people putting together teams and building them in-game within like a week yet it takes me forever to EV train a Pokemon and then to get it to level 100. 

[Specstile]

why are you leveling them up to 100? You only need to level them up to 50 because the wifi will convert it to lvl100
ev training: use calcium,protein and the like so you get 100evs in a certain stat.

there are power items which give you a +4 bonus in an ev stat.



technically you only need 10 zincs and to battle 16 frilish (one without power item) to maximise special defence.
takes me about an hour to do 2 stats.

Trading your pokemon to another game will make the experience rise faster

[Kyriakou]

there are power items which give you a +4 bonus in an ev stat.

It's worth mentioning that Pokerus is applied after the Power item. So say you were battling a Basculin, holding a Power Anklet with PKRS: You'd get (2+4)*2 EVs overall, 2 for the Basculin, 4 added on from the Power Anklet, then PKRS doubles it to a not too shabby 12 EVs for one Pokémon!

But since you don't have PKRS, if you want 252 EVs in a stat, then this is how many battles you need to do:

1. Get 10 of the respective Vitamins and give them to your Pokémon
2. Take them to battle a Pokémon that gives the EVs you want.

If a Pokémon gives 2 EVs then you want to battle once without Power item held and 25 with it and if it gives 1 EV then you need to battle it Twice without and 30 times with

And here's a list of Pokémon that are good for EVing in each stat:

HP: Stunfisk in the surfing area of Iccirus city (where the massive puddle is). 2 HP EVs each. Also, word of advice, use a special ground type if you can, Static and Discharge are annoying! Palpitoad in the puddle also give 2 HP EVs as well, so if you see one on the way, feel free to kill it xD. Also I would recommend doing HP first, because of the levelling formula; it'll often raise your Pokémon enough to start doing the battles by itself.

Attack: Patrat and Lillipup on Route 1. 1 Atk EV each.

Defence: Roggenrola in Wellspring Cave. 1 Def EV each. Preferably take something with Mold Breaker because they all have Sturdy.

Special Attack: Litwick and Elgyem in Celestial Tower. 1 EV each. Take something that resists Burn or doesn't care about it.

Special Defence: Frillish surfing off Driftveil city. 1 EV each.

Speed: Basculin wherever you can find them really, I use the water between Striaton city and the day-care, personally. 2 EVs each.

If you don't have enough money to buy the vitamins, then you can get them in the battle sub for 1 BP each and failing that, just add on 25 battles with the Power item if they give 1 EV or just do 42 battles with the Power item if they give 2 EVs.

[Specstile]

gotta be carefull with stunfisk, it has endure which can mess up your ev gaining if you are basing it on moves (one hit kills)

[STADoggeh]

Thanks for the help! It will be much easier for me now.

[Moon Chaser]

I'm ev training a pokemon for the first time and have a pokemon with 94 evs in attack and if I use the vitamin which boosts attack (forgot which) do I have 104 or 100 in attack.

[Hahex and Oshawott]

Honestly, I'm sure this has been asked before but I'll ask it anyway. When one puts a team together, what is it exactly that one looks for when putting together 6 pokemon? Synergy to cover one another's typings is one thing but what else?