Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 Thread

[Charmander]

Update, got me a Starmie for a Surf slave.
Wait, didn't I used to hate these things?
Oh well, all the other surf slaves suck. Plus I needed another special oriented member.

 

[PsychoIncarnate]

I haven't had a surf slave in some time because I usually have a pokemon that surf is a good move for them to have

 

[Firus]

Update, got me a Starmie for a Surf slave.
Wait, didn't I used to hate these things?
Oh well, all the other surf slaves suck. Plus I needed another special oriented member.

Haha, the Starmie/ war. Good times.

 

[UltiMario]

Haha, the Starmie/ war. Good times.

More like Starmie > one-sided battle

 

[OkamiBW]

Update, got me a Starmie for a Surf slave.
Wait, didn't I used to hate these things?
Oh well, all the other surf slaves suck. Plus I needed another special oriented member.

Hydreigon's a pretty solid Surf slave.

 

[Ryu Shimazu]

Yeah but he has to be lv64 XD. I was wondering if you guys poke gen post elite4? Me, my friend, and my girlfriend are doing post elite four theme teams with that and some breeding. I also might use this darkrai I SRed 3 times for fun. Naive with 30/1/14/31/19/31 XD

 

[Mario & Sonic Guy]

I've recently got hold of White Version 2 myself, but so far I've only taken care of one gym.

I've also taken the luxury of getting Genesect, though I don't officially have it in my party yet; because I'm not very far into the game, the last thing I want is to have a Genesect with a lousy nature and bad IVs for its vital stats.

 

[PsychoIncarnate]

I kept reseting until I got a Genesect I thought was good. Although I didn't really care about getting the best Genesect I could get.

I don't use him, though. because while Bug pokemon are one of my favorite types, I don't like using pokemon that don't evolve.

Unless I can physically see the pokemon getting stronger, it doesn't feel to me like the pokemon is getting stronger

 

[Mario & Sonic Guy]

My main concern is if the shortcut for resetting the game is still usable; it beats having to constantly turn off your DS or 3DS system. Getting a Modest or Timid Genesect is my main consideration, but because the breeding center isn't usable until after the main game is cleared, you won't be able to properly keep track of Genesect's IVs without any Rare Candys.

Basically, while I can get Genesect at any time now, because it can't breed, I'd rather wait until I can properly raise one before receiving the gift.

 

[Claire Diviner]

My main concern is if the shortcut for resetting the game is still usable; it beats having to constantly turn off your DS or 3DS system.

Why would you need to constantly turn the system on and off? Isn't there a soft reset by pressing L + R + Start + Select? That seems to be a tradition for all main series Pokémon games, unless I'm missing something here and GameFreak decided to change the formula for no reason.

 

[Mario & Sonic Guy]

Why would you need to constantly turn the system on and off? Isn't there a soft reset by pressing L + R + Start + Select? That seems to be a tradition for all main series Pokémon games, unless I'm missing something here and GameFreak decided to change the formula for no reason.

You'd think that that would be mentioned on the instruction booklet, but I didn't see that information anywhere.

 

[Segtendo]

I think that soft reset option is in almost every DS game.

 

[OkamiBW]

Why would you need to constantly turn the system on and off? Isn't there a soft reset by pressing L + R + Start + Select? That seems to be a tradition for all main series Pokémon games, unless I'm missing something here and GameFreak decided to change the formula for no reason.

It is L+R+Start+Select in B2/W2.

Though it used to be A+B+Start+Select in RBY (I think Gen II as well), didn't it?

 

[Mario & Sonic Guy]

It is L+R+Start+Select in B2/W2.

Though it used to be A+B+Start+Select in RBY (I think Gen II as well), didn't it?

It probably was, since it wasn't until the Game Boy Advance era that the L and R buttons were implemented.

 

[ndayday]

the LRStartSelect method was introduced for the DS games if I remember right, even though the GBA had shoulder buttons.

Anyway I'm only at Mistralton right now. I was able to get a Tirtouga off of the GTS so that's cool.

 

[Firus]

the LRStartSelect method was introduced for the DS games if I remember right, even though the GBA had shoulder buttons.

It definitely existed before the DS, and I'm pretty sure it exists for both GB and GBA. It's just a different button combination...A+B+Select+Start on both of them, maybe? If I weren't so lazy I'd go and check right now.

 

[ndayday]

That's what I meant, it was ABStartSelect before the DS but then it switched to the new one.

 

[Alacion]

Join Avenue is pretty fun.

 

[PsychoIncarnate]

I'm stuck in 1 town trying to get a pokemon with the right personality.

Than I got it, and he had a sucky ability.

Wish I had an everstone...

Edit: I decided to settle for a different personality, but better ability. The personality this one has is recommended anyway. I just like the other one better

 

[Mario & Sonic Guy]

I know what you mean there. The Drilbur that I caught had Sand Force, instead of Sand Rush. Sand Rush is obviously better for Excadrill, since with that ability, it's a major beast in a large number of Sandstorm teams.

 

[Segtendo]

Join Avenue is pretty fun.

It's funny too. People can call you what the want and such

 

[Frostwraith]

You know what I really like in this game? Three words: Pokémon World Tournament. Fast way to get BP and who doesn't get that nostalgia vibe by fighting against previous Gym Leaders, with mostly Pokémon from their region in their teams?

Of course, I'm very happy with the Move Tutors too, especially for moves like Drain Punch, Giga Drain, Dark Pulse, Dragon Pulse and elemental punches. Skill Swap and Stealth Rock are also useful.

 

[Mario & Sonic Guy]

You know what I really like in this game? Three words: Pokémon World Tournament. Fast way to get BP and who doesn't get that nostalgia vibe by fighting against previous Gym Leaders, with mostly Pokémon from their region in their teams?

Of course, I'm very happy with the Move Tutors too, especially for moves like Drain Punch, Giga Drain, Dark Pulse, Dragon Pulse and elemental punches. Skill Swap and Stealth Rock are also useful.

With the Move Tutors, players can now legally own a Hydreigon that has Dragon Pulse, Dark Pulse, AND Earth Power, which is not possible to get in the Black and White versions.

And since Outrage is a tutored move as well, Pokemon like Haxorus can learn the move much sooner than normal.

 

[Frostwraith]

With the Move Tutors, players can now legally own a Hydreigon that has Dragon Pulse, Dark Pulse, AND Earth Power, which is not possible to get in the Black and White versions.

And since Outrage is a tutored move as well, Pokemon like Haxorus can learn the move much sooner than normal.

since Hydreigon is more special oriented, these tutors really benefit him. Earth Power also benefits Ground types with more Special Attack than physical Attack, like Claydol and Stunfisk.

 

[OkamiBW]

You know what I really like in this game? Three words: Pokémon World Tournament. Fast way to get BP and who doesn't get that nostalgia vibe by fighting against previous Gym Leaders, with mostly Pokémon from their region in their teams?

Of course, I'm very happy with the Move Tutors too, especially for moves like Drain Punch, Giga Drain, Dark Pulse, Dragon Pulse and elemental punches. Skill Swap and Stealth Rock are also useful.

Isn't in the slowest way? So far as I've seen, you fight 3 trainers and get 1 BP. That vs 7 trainers and 3 BP. Is there perhaps another way to fight in the PWT?

 

[FlareHabanero]

Personally I think using Earth Power on Hydreigon is kind of pointless most of the time due to Fire Blast hitting more Steel types harder. Only use Earth Power if you really hate Heatran (to a lesser extent Probopass too).

 

[PsychoIncarnate]

I have bad experiences with Fire Blast constantly missing, at least in previous generations.

With Charizard in red/blue especially.

...I've had more luck with Hydreigon so far in this gen, but having it miss so much back in the day made me very wary of the move since

 

[Frostwraith]

Isn't in the slowest way? So far as I've seen, you fight 3 trainers and get 1 BP. That vs 7 trainers and 3 BP. Is there perhaps another way to fight in the PWT?

I have once fought the PWT and got 5 BP! it depends on how many of your Pokémon not faint in the battle.

 

[UltiMario]

85 Acc isn't that bad.

 

[Frostwraith]

my Chandelure using Fire Blast is completely destructive. I use Wide Lens and it works quite nicely.

 

[PsychoIncarnate]

85 Acc isn't that bad.

It doesn't sound bad, I just have bad experiences with it. Missing when I needed to hit

Why I use Thunderbolt/ Flamethrower/ Ice Beam most of the time instead of Blizzard/ Fire Blast/ Thunder

For some reason I was under the impression those moves had the same accuracy as well. Strange, they never did

 

[Thebest1pj]

This isn't even a relevant advertisement.

 

[GunmasterLombardi]

Hidden Grottoes are annoying. I want a Vulpix with the Drought ability but Abundant Shrine's grottoes keep giving me potions and balls.

 

[---]

Just finished off the Team Plasma stuff for the game. Beat Black Kyurem in one turn using a stab, Fighting Gem boosted, Aura Sphere. lol

With the main story for both BW/BW2 done for me now, in hindsight I'm really impressed at how far the series has come in terms of story (I'll save gameplay opinions for later). Just like last Gen when they finally gave us a God Pokemon, I'm going to be wondering yet again just how Game Freak plans to top themselves yet again (hopefully after they make a sequel to Pulseman).

 

[Mario & Sonic Guy]

since Hydreigon is more special oriented, these tutors really benefit him. Earth Power also benefits Ground types with more Special Attack than physical Attack, like Claydol and Stunfisk.

In terms of Claydol, it can also Power Trick itself so that it'll have a 105 base Attack, which can make Earthquake more powerful. Of course, combining Cosmic Power with Power Trick can help even more.

On the flipside though, Claydol would end up with a base 70 Defense after using Power Trick, which is a flaw that a Calm Mind moveset can easily avoid.

Personally I think using Earth Power on Hydreigon is kind of pointless most of the time due to Fire Blast hitting more Steel types harder. Only use Earth Power if you really hate Heatran (to a lesser extent Probopass too).

You could always have both Fire Blast and Earth Power if needed, though if you're so concerned about accuracy, Flamethrower is a good alternative.

85 Acc isn't that bad.

Maybe not, but losing a match, due to a missed attack, is always a major letdown; even a 95% accurate attack may miss, but much less often. The 100% accurate attacks tend to only miss if any evasion and/or accuracy modifiers are in place. Fortunately, Hone Claws can help make moves like Rock Slide hit their mark much more often.

Anyway, the accuracy situation is one of the reasons why I often go with Flamethrower, Thunderbolt, and Ice Beam, over their stronger, but less accurate counterparts; I can always utilize Choice Specs or Life Orb to make them pack a bigger punch. Of course, I will use Thunder and Blizzard with the proper weather support; Rain Dance for Thunder; Hail for Blizzard.

For some Pokemon though, I may have to take the accuracy reduction, such as with Heracross, where it pretty much has to stick with Megahorn, as it can't learn X-Scissor.

 

[PsychoIncarnate]

This may sound stupid, but...

I had an idea for a competitive pokemon battle type

One of the balancing factors in the game is EXP, so what if there was a game type where each pokemon has a number of EXP instead of being a specific level?

 

[---]

Just beat the main game. Kinda disappointed at how easy the Elite 4 and Champion were, I swept 2 of them alone with Nasty Plot Zoroark, and an unboosted Volcanora.

Still over, great game I definitely recommend it if you don't already own it. Can't wait to see how Game Freak will top this Gen.

 

[PsychoIncarnate]

I'm still on Elesa

I have a very strict thing I do in every pokemon game. I don't beat any gym until all my pokemon are at a specific level before it.

I also never go past the first town until I'm higher than level 10. That is for ALL RPG's though, not just pokemon

 

[Alacion]

It's funny too. People can call you what the want and such

Yeah Mine's pretty boring though.

Took a while but got my Join Avenue to level 20!

 

[Wave⁂]

This may sound stupid, but...

I had an idea for a competitive pokemon battle type

One of the balancing factors in the game is EXP, so what if there was a game type where each pokemon has a number of EXP instead of being a specific level?

I don't get it. Exp (assuming you mean experience) already directly affects level, how does this change things?