[Gofre]

(Original post by farawayheartbeat)
Just out of interest, what kind of set would you use from a competitive standpoint?

For Gengar?

[Truered]

Turned on my DS for the first time in ages today Traded some soulsilver pokemon over to my Diamond game to train up faster. Apparently I last played Diamond on the 3rd of March

It's very odd, I seem to be in the interested stage of my pokemon cycle (which seems to have decreased from years to months) but instead of playing the games, it's manifesting itself in nostalgia and listening to the red soundtrack on youtube

[farawayheartbeat]

(Original post by Gofre)
For Gengar?

yes

[Gofre]

(Original post by farawayheartbeat)
yes

Assuming 5th gen;

Gengar@Life Orb
Timid
252SpAtt/252Spe/6HP
Substitute
Shadow Ball
Focus Blast
HP Fire/Pain Split

Substitute sets have become pretty much standard for Gengar now, defending against status from the slew of walls who can survive being 2HKO'd and the priority moves of sweepers which have become obscenely popular. Shadow Ball gets STAB, Focus Blast combines with SB for perfect coverage and hits like a truck (When it actually hits, but Substitute eases that burden somewhat). HP Fire offers additional coverage, particularly against the omnipresent Scizor and Ferrothorn, while Pain Split screws over stall and makes Blissey surprising easy to handle- If you can drag the standard Blissey to about 1 third health (36% is the exact number) you'll be able to KO her with Focus Blast [=

[farawayheartbeat]

(Original post by Gofre)
Assuming 5th gen;

Gengar@Life Orb
Timid
252SpAtt/252Spe/6HP
Substitute
Shadow Ball
Focus Blast
HP Fire/Pain Split

Substitute sets have become pretty much standard for Gengar now, defending against status from the slew of walls who can survive being 2HKO'd and the priority moves of sweepers which have become obscenely popular. Shadow Ball gets STAB, Focus Blast combines with SB for perfect coverage and hits like a truck (When it actually hits, but Substitute eases that burden somewhat). HP Fire offers additional coverage, particularly against the omnipresent Scizor and Ferrothorn, while Pain Split screws over stall and makes Blissey surprising easy to handle- If you can drag the standard Blissey to about 1 third health (36% is the exact number) you'll be able to KO her with Focus Blast [=

Awesome, thanks!
My knowledge is limited so I tend to go for moves that simply hit hard, so it's interesting to try and learn a bit more about what kind of moves people seriously use.

[Gofre]

(Original post by farawayheartbeat)
Awesome, thanks!
My knowledge is limited so I tend to go for moves that simply hit hard, so it's interesting to try and learn a bit more about what kind of moves people seriously use.

Yeah the teams with nothing but attacking moves rarely work in a competitive environment =P

[The_Jatt_Joker]

ive made a team on PO how do i play against someone

edit: ive figured it out

[mycodenameis:rosie]

caught a shiny droddigon (or however it is spelt) todayyyyyy!!!!!

shame it is a rubbish pokemon tho!! bad nature for it as well- bold

[Gofre]

(Original post by mycodenameis:rosie)
caught a shiny droddigon (or however it is spelt) todayyyyyy!!!!!

shame it is a rubbish pokemon tho!! bad nature for it as well- bold

If you've managed to get rough skin for the ability, you could go for recoil abuse [=

Druddigon@Rocky Helmet
Bold (Obviously =P)
252HP/252Def/6SpDef (If you plan on EV training)
Substitute
Roar
Dragon Tail
Rest/Taunt

Force the opponent to hurt themselves by rubbing against you while simultaneously switching them around a lot to rack up entry hazard damage. Rest allows you to heal back up, but leaves you defenceless for a couple of turns, while taunt stops you getting set up on in the rare occasions you cannot use Roar or Dragon Tail [=

[R.J. Omega]

Hey guys so uni has officially started, and they expect us to do 40 hours work a week, same as a standard 9-5 job so I haven't been able to play as much only notable things are that I've reached Victory Road in my Nuzlocke and caught a decent Lugia:

Calm/Relaxed (can't remember which, it reduces Attack and boosts a defence anyway), 8-10/30/24-26/13-15/27/30

[kog]

i have not been playing anything at all this week, on work xp in a series of biomedical labs, and it's pretty exhausting stuff ;P, then will have loads of work to catch up that i'm missing out on atm!!

[mycodenameis:rosie]

(Original post by Gofre)
If you've managed to get rough skin for the ability, you could go for recoil abuse [=

Druddigon@Rocky Helmet
Bold (Obviously =P)
252HP/252Def/6SpDef (If you plan on EV training)
Substitute
Roar
Dragon Tail
Rest/Taunt

Force the opponent to hurt themselves by rubbing against you while simultaneously switching them around a lot to rack up entry hazard damage. Rest allows you to heal back up, but leaves you defenceless for a couple of turns, while taunt stops you getting set up on in the rare occasions you cannot use Roar or Dragon Tail [=

hmmmm

ability- rough skin
characteristic- a little quick tempered
female
31level
94hp
78attack
70defense
43special attack
61special defense
40speed

not the best on iv's either 17–20hp; 11–13 def; 3–5sp.att; 1–3 sp.def; 17–20 speed, though attack is decent at iv27.....

looks like it's staying in the pc then.

[pongalo]

Hey guys new dream world expansion is live as of y'day for us! It looks well good and now i can finally get a magic guard abra i spent ages trying to encounter one but after you've been round it once, nothing seems to appear so bear that in mind and has anyone else experienced this sort of spooky-ness?

[pongalo]

http://serebii.net/blackwhite/dreamw...ml#spookymanor

[The_Jatt_Joker]

did they announce that new game??

[skipp]

(Original post by The_Jatt_Joker)
did they announce that new game??

If you're referring to this: http://bulbanews.bulbagarden.net/wik...h!%27_Sept._18 then haven't heard anything as far as I can tell, bear in mind it wasn't necessarily going to be a game announced

I'm not really with it though so feel free to look through bulbanews: http://bulbanews.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Front_page announcement was meant to be made on the 18th

[R.J. Omega]

(Original post by skipp)
If you're referring to this: http://bulbanews.bulbagarden.net/wik...h!%27_Sept._18 then haven't heard anything as far as I can tell, bear in mind it wasn't necessarily going to be a game announced

I'm not really with it though so feel free to look through bulbanews: http://bulbanews.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Front_page announcement was meant to be made on the 18th

I think pongalo mentioned it was the Dream World expansion, which would be great if I had some damn wifi Going to the library for Pokemon wifi < sleep tbh right now, but I'll try and get back into the groove of my Nuzlocke and Battle Subway-ing this weekend

[NOBODY MOVE!]

(Original post by R.J. Omega)
I think pongalo mentioned it was the Dream World expansion, which would be great if I had some damn wifi Going to the library for Pokemon wifi < sleep tbh right now, but I'll try and get back into the groove of my Nuzlocke and Battle Subway-ing this weekend

hey! hey, YOU! *prods you* O.O'

.........how is dovile, the SEXY (.....male) sudowoodo, doing? ;D still alive?

[R.J. Omega]

(Original post by NOBODY MOVE!)
hey! hey, YOU! *prods you* O.O'

.........how is dovile, the SEXY (.....male) sudowoodo, doing? ;D still alive?

Yeah he's still around, he's my (literal) rock Physical attackers can't do **** to him I was considering replacing him with a different Pokemon but he's a hard guy to replace, it ain't easy getting others up to level 40 like he is.

Team so far is Alonso, Lieselotte, Maximilian, Jaeger, Dovile, and Sebastien is holding down the resident HM slave spot thanks to Surf AND Strength.

[R.J. Omega]

R.J. Omega used a Max Revive on the TSR Pokemon So- oh wait, I'm in a Nuzlocke. That's not allowed.