Pokémon Battle Revolution - Mar 6 08 A1

[Sypran]

I really want to know what the expression on peoples faces are when you just clobber something with an outta nowhere move, with an underestimated pokemon.

[Overhazard]

@Sypran I don't know, but it always feels nice.

[theaarontjuh]

lol i have an attacking minun and a supporting plusle XP

[glare1319]

groundon got owned!

[PkmnLegendMaster]

Gotta Love Plusle and Minun! What's up with all these Ubers anyways?!?!

Nice grass knot btw.

[ShadowNeonKid]

f.e.a.r is easily countered in double battles

[sweetmillenia94]

What is F.E.A.R?

[Overhazard]

It stands for Focus-Band, Endeavor, (Quick) Attack, Rattata. A terrible acronym, but it's more convenient than syaing all that.

[sweetmillenia94]

Owh..thanks!^^ Yea. I wasn't that though. Could only make E as Endeavor.

[ShadowNeonKid]

sorry about that

[8vertigo93]

@Overhazard Or F.E.A.R. - F*cking Evil Annoying Rodent.

Forget not!

[RocketGiovanni]

The whole debate about banning the F.E.A.R strategy is kinda useless. There are dozens of ways to counter it, so it's not really "cheap"

[ShadowNeonKid]

@RocketGiovanni i used it in the sinnoh battle frontier agaisnt palmer's dragonite

[RBEO22]

Not one of your better recordings, but still fun to watch

[beraboman]

out of the first four pokemon, Groudon is the only large one! hahaha!

[PieToPollur]

Your plushle knows good moves

[XIXSylarXIX]

its refreshing to see someone like you pounding the noob uber users our there with your underused team! 5 STARS

[Overhazard]

Thanks. I often find myself facing off against Groudon and using Plusle to get rid of him.

[bluezgoldz]

i didnt have this game but does this game have nature? if it does do u mind sharing ur plusle and minum's nature? and ev points? :P soz was trying to combine some ideas

[Overhazard]

All of the informaiton about a Pokémon except for Ribbons and contest stats are kept for this game.

[bluezgoldz]

holy alrite sounds like "cooking" secret recipe xD

[Juancri98]

nice OHKO on groudon

[2h2k]

lol...the endeavor, focus sash, quick attack rattata strategy is cheap and should be banned....but its funny 2 see lol

[Boomguy88]

Does the Helping Hand Grass knot downed a Kyoge yet?

[Overhazard]

Kyogre has a very high Special Defense, which means it's not as easy for Plusle to take down as Minun can. Besides, Thunderbolt is more powerful than Grass Knot, and Thunder is REALLY powerful against Kyogre.

[superstickie]

if you had a torterra,then grass knot would be extremely powerful (the bigger a pokemon is the harder grass knot hits)

but its strange that a small plusle hit that hard on him

[pokemonfan2200]

The Grass Knot was backed by Helping Hand, and it's the other way around, the power of Grass Knot boost when the foe is heavy, not when you are heavy.

[dialgapalkiamew1]

your bellosom owns...not to mention the electric mouse duo!

[LucarioFan274]

Another falls by the hand of your Plusle!

[gino14]

the downside to groundon lol!

[ultimatpokemonmaster]

rattata? oh i understand they are some pokemon that have very good attacks.

for example a simple starly or even taillow of level 1 can kill an arceus of level 100 yeah i mean:put to a pokemon focus sash,then arceus atack leaves 1 hp you use endeavor and in the next turn quick atack and ¡¡¡YOU WIN!!!

[Overhazard]

That's right. Phanpy can do it too.

[TheGreatAnime]

Yeah that's right.Boy,I sure miss some of Ash's Pokemon staying with Professor Oak.I don't like to use Pokemon with endavor,quick attack holding focus sash.

[Countrymusiccrazy]

yeah, but fails if the opponent of the rattata has a priority move or another pokemon.

[Overhazard]

Or a Ghost-type.

[blackchaosshadow]

But thats when a Focus sash, Endeavor, Sucker punching, Scrappy Kangaskhan comes in handy

[stonzy87]

why is wobbuffet a uber i think its weak as hell i had 1 on pokemon silver and it was lvl 25 and kept getting 1 hit KO'd all the time i think its so useless it shouldnt even be in the OU teir but i mat be wrong does it learn any REALLY good moves later on?

[Overhazard]

The reasons why Wobbuffet went into Ubers is because of the Shadow Tag ability, which prevents switching; and the Encore ability via Wynaut, which locks the opponent into one move.

What that means is that you can be certain what move the opponent wll do next and use Counter or Mirror Coat accordingly. Whatever damage they do to you, you do twice as much back to them.

[bobby56781]

what does helping hand actually do?

[Overhazard]

It doubles the damage the teammate will do.

[Auraclaw]

Why would they expect grass knot? Plusle is electric type ^^

[Eddie4790]

OMG. That guy has a FEAR!

[sfields4]

OverHazard, which Legendary Pokemon are Uber?

[Overhazard]

Mewtwo, Mew, Wobbuffet (under dispute), Lugia, Ho-oh, Latias, Latios, Kyogre, Groudon, Rayquaza, Deoxys (Attack, Defense, and Normal), Dialga, Palkia, Giratina, Darkrai, Manaphy, and Arceus.

That's it. If a Pokémon isn't on that list, then it isn't Uber.

[TehFoamy]

I thought all of Deoxys' forms were listed as übers... Then again, I might be wrong. *checks my sources...*

[Overhazard]

Deoxys Speed Forme is in dispute, just like Wobbuffet. Some people are putting it back among the Ubers, and some sites have demoted it down to OU.

The problem is much like a flip side of Garchomp: Deoxys Speed Forme has a very hard time competing against any other Uber, but it totally tears up any Pokémon from the lower tiers.

[TehFoamy]

Ah, I see. Deoxys' Speed Forme might be faster than anything alive, but its relatively low offense and defense doesn't make it very useful?

[Overhazard]

Essentially, yes. Its stats are a lot like Kingdra, except with the equivalent of an automatic Swift Swim boost and four different sets of level-up moves to mix and match with. It can go first, but it can't really do too much to other Ubers.

On the other hand, it can match offensive power with Pokémon up to OU, and it can take hits about as well (the Defense and Special Defense of Deoxys Speed is higher than Attack or Normal), but it's so fast that it can outrun Pokémon even under Paralysis.

[TehFoamy]

True, but it's still susceptible to priority moves like ExtremeSpeed and Sucker Punch (the latter of which seems to be the ideal "anti-Deoxys" move).

[Overhazard]

I looked it up, and Deoxys Speed has an Attack and Special Attack of base 95 each and a Defense and Special Defense of 90 each. ExtremeSpeed won't be knocking it out, unfortunately, though Sucker Punch might.

Deoxys Speed learns a whole bunch of priority attacks, however, which is definitely something to watch out for.

[sfields4]

No one is gonna suspect grass knot on my Pochama!!!!!!!!!!!!! Muahahahaha!!!! Uh.... did I say that out loud?! LOLz!

[marrlind]

Amazing Hit With Your pluse with Grass Knot

[sytycd4rocker12]

this is a brilliant battle from both trainers and my thoughts were right when they sent out giratina was to use grass knot and that would take it out cause it is a dead block of weight

[Bringerofdeath799]

The morale of this battle is to not underestimate any pokemon no matter now small and cute they are :)

[milkymcgee12]

that person must have been enbarased to have his groudon knocked out by a minun in one hit

[Overhazard]

Plusle, actually.

[sfields4]

What did you pick as a starter in Pokemon Diamond/Pearl?

[TemaShika24]

If I'm not mistaken, it was a Chimchar. He has a Infernape in one of his passes, but not an Empoleon or Torterra. I could be wrong though.

[Overhazard]

I began with Piplup, actually.

[TemaShika24]

Really? Have you used you Empoleon (presumably) yet? I guess the Chimchar was traded.

[Overhazard]

As I used this Empoleon to get through the game, he has random EVs, an unsuitable Nature, and mostly level-up moves. If I were to put Empoleon onto a battle pass, I'll breed another Piplup.

[TemaShika24]

Could you? Empoleon's my favorite of all the starters.

[ChaosDemon2]

Something tells me Groudon is more like a special attack magnet with the "Kill Me" Sign everywhere, plus, Grass knots power against groudon should reach about 120 base power.

PS: You seem to like Plusle and Minun Alot, Don't you =)

[Overhazard]

Nothing humiliates people who think they're invincible more than Plusle and Minun. They're third-generation Pikachu lookalikes with significantly lower stats than Raichu. Plus, they're both the same type, meaning people usually dont even consider putting both Plusle and Minun on a team.

[Raygirly]

lol why are minun and plusle are so strong?

[Overhazard]

Because I raised them well, and nobody thinks they're any good.

[zackomilk101]

Just out of curiosity

has anyone wondered whyyy he has a rattata

[123hahawa123]

kind of a random team O.o

his rattata dose more damage than giratina O.O

[giancarloparimango11]

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[catman0111]

great battle! I wanna battle you sometime!

lol minun p0wned groudon

[insodbz]

Eh.... actually it was Plusle. :D

[Jermalie0]

whenever i go on wifi...nobody is on, i wait for 5 min but then nintendo jus logs me out of wifi...so ye lol

[Overhazard]

The Nintendo Wi-Fi service has been pretty unstable since the beginning, but it's even more so right now because SSBB is coming out very soon, and the Americans are playing that already.

[NarutoMasterNo1]

groudon got owned!

[meXsomeone]

that guy had a weird team to me anyway

[luitcsh01]

Ra-Ta-Ta? wtf.

[Raichu111092]

I know what you mean. Lately, I've lost the urge to play PBR, and was playing a lot of my old games like Mario Sunshine and Super Mario RPG. I've pre-ordered my copy of Brawl, so when that comes out I'll be so busy playing it, that PBR will go untouched for quite a while.

[Overhazard]

I hadn't played PBR for a while for the reasons that I'm too busy doing assignments and waiting for SSBB, and I suddenly got a surge of people asking to battle with me, not knowing I have extremely limited Friend Code space. I got tired and really annoyed of them.

And it looks as though I have 6 unread messages. I'll bet one of them is someone asking to battle.

[dalandb4time]

Haven't seen you battle for a while! I'd expect a Focus Sash-Endeavor-Quick Attatck stategy on the Rattata. No surprise.

[genius11433]

Overhazard, did you know about the "FEAR Rattata" strategy when you played this battle, or did you just think that it would not be a factor? That Rattata was lucky (1) that Quick Attack was enough to kill Plusle and (2) that nobody aimed for it. Otherwise, it would have went down.

[Overhazard]

I was anticipating FEAR, which is why I chose not to attack it. a FEAR Rattata, in a double battle, can't make a KO if both Pokémon attack it on the same turn, and if they both go first when it wants to use Endeavor, it's wasted completely.

[genius11433]

But you could have used ONE pokemon to attack it; it had only 1 HP. Anything could have killed it!

[Overhazard]

This was when it had full HP: In a double battle, one Pokémon can bring Rattata down to 1 HP through the Focus Sash, then the other can knock out that remaining 1 HP before it can use Endeavor.

(Also, I had chosen Lucario specifically because she can easily get rid of a FEAR Rattata through ExtremeSpeed.)

[TKnHappyNess]

I knew what your opponent had in mind. They bring out Rattata, Groudon heavily weakens it, activates the FEAR Rattata.

[RaemMorea]

I love it when your Plusle kills Groudons

[marnerbroman]

unbelievable!

[SimChao]

Aw, I wanted to see Pidgeot. Good battle nonetheless.

[Overhazard]

I had a feeling I wouldn't be seeing it, considering that Groudon and Giratina are in this team. Of course, I didn't expect Pikachu and Rattata to accompany them either.

[chazolave]

I don't know why people use Pidgeot if they don't use it. I use mine all the time.

[Overhazard]

As in putting it on their Battle Pass, but not actuall using it in battle? I've been seeing Pidgeot more too. I don't know why either.

[chazolave]

Yes, putting them on their battle pass and not use them. I just want to see if any other Pidgeot is as good as mine.

[Overhazard]

There was this Trainer from Japan who used to upload his battles here who used Pidgeot frequently. I forgot who, however.

[XSonictheH]

Is it TanTan255 you are mentioning? She still uploads battles but it is very infrequent

[ShineyEspeon]

nize battle

[manaphy490]

Cooool nice battle

Plusle and Minun rox xD

[auroradafox]

Wow, that sure was an odd team!