#movepool

[snooterbooter]

tfw ur pokemon only knows one move

[shrapnelstars]

Can we get two moves that act as mixed Calm Mind/Bulk Up? Boost Atk and Sp. Def/ boost Sp. Atk and Def?

Maybe call them War Cry and Steel Nerves, respectively.

Man, that might end up broken, though.

[shrapnelstars]

I've been trying to breed an Amaura with Barrier, and it's just about made me cry (figuratively speaking).

You need Tentacruel, then you have to breed the move to Corsola, then you have to breed the move again from Corsola (7:1 female to male ratio) to Mudkip (7:1 male to female ratio), then you can finally breed from Mudkip to Amaura. Why Iron Defense couldn't have just been put on Amaura's list is beyond me. The chain could have been made far shorter. Nooo, we have to give it the outdated and obscure +2 Defense move.

I did have fun breeding Wish Disarming Voice Pikachu, though, as annoying as it was to have to evolve the child every time I wanted to replace one of the parents with another that had superior IVs. Then the final Pikachu I got ended up with Hidden Power Dragon, so Disarming Voice was instantly discarded. XD

[shrapnelstars]

Everyone says that Serperior is horrible due to a strange stat spread, poor movepool, and lack of coverage.

I agree that the coverage aspect is frustrating, but I actually liked her stat spread and used a fun set during story mode that was actually extremely effective, even against some skeevy matchups.

Item: Leftovers

Nature: Neutral

EV Investment: Doesn't quite matter

Moveset:

Leech Seed

Coil

Giga Drain

Leaf Blade

Open with Leech Seed, Coil a bunch of times, Giga Drain off any serious damage, start hacking through foes with Leaf Blade.

I don't know if this is how Serperior was intended to be used by GF, but this is how I love to use her. Gen 5 was the first time I actually even bothered trying to strategize in the games, and I really liked the results I got.

[boltbeam]

An idea for Ferreon's stat distribution and hidden ability: 110/65/130/95/65/60 (making it a tanky monster like a Steel-type Eevee deserves to be, but with usable special attack rather than physical) and Liquid Ooze (seems that anything you'd drain from Ferreon would hurt you rather than heal you).

Posted by: numbuh214

[boltbeam]

Vorprowl is a Quiver Dance sweeper with Illusion.

May the gods have mercy on us all.

Posted by: Pokemaniac_Chris

[boltbeam]

I'm not even going to try to deny it; this is a Game Freak stat spread.  By which I mean that I have no idea what I want this thing to do, or how I can make it effective given only moves and abilities which fit the design, so I'm just throwing stuff at the wall and seeing what sticks.  I like to think I've managed to cram enough weirdness in there that Tabbantula will be able to do something useful... but damned if I know what that is.

Posted by: Pokemaniac_Chris

[boltbeam]

I guess the thing to do with Annalisk is switch in on something that can't hurt you, keep it in play with Arena Trap, and start Cursing up, Recovering as needed.  With Dragon attacks and Earthquake, coverage is unlikely to worry him unduly - he only has to worry about Flying and Levitating Steel-types, and it's not really Annalisk's job to deal with those anyway since they ignore Arena Trap.  Like Dugtrio, this little bastard is practically guaranteed a kill if you use him well, but he handles very differently to Dugtrio since he's so slow.

I hope no-one thinks that because I'm doing these, other people aren't allowed to!  I'm not really committed to getting all of them done; I have my own damn blog to take care of!  I ask only that, if you want to take a crack at statting up one of Adam or Wekhter's fine creations, you leave a comment on the relevant post and 'call dibs,' as it were, so I (and others) know not to spend any time on that one.

Erm.  Not that it's my place to make the rules here.  I'll, um... I'll just shut up and see if Adam and Wekh have anything to say when they read this.

Posted by: Pokemaniac_Chris