Wow, major bummer. One of my brother's mates lost his copy of Diamond on a road trip, then ended up playing through Sapphire cause that's all he had. He waited for soooo long to get Platinum, and a couple of days after he got it, some dude broke into his car and stole his DS which had Platinum inside...

The only consolation is that he had taken Sapphire out that morning, so he still has that game. When I heard bout it, I was almost heartbroken myself, such a sad tale lol... poor guy.

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Hmm, getting a little off topic, lol.... sorry :P

I'm in the process of training up a Machamp now (to re-do my old one, but this time it's gonna be Adamant, not whatever it was before). I think I change around too quickly, aside from the Medicham and Lucario that I've kept for a while. :P I got a surprise too - that when the first Machop hatched from the egg, it had Toxic, Rock Slide, and Payback hahaha... I didn't know thats how the egg-breeding moves worked :D

ALright people, post your teams here from the tournament i wan't to see if i can't fix/tell you what you did wrong with them.

My original team plan would've rocked. But then I realized that I couldn't possible obtain the pokemon with the move sets required for my team (all because I didn't have emerald). I'll post the team I wanted to use, and the team that I did use later.

My original team would have consisted of...

Dunsparce/Adamant/Serene Grace/Leftovers
Headbutt
Body Slam
Rockslide
Bite

Nidoqueen/Jolly/Poison Point/Expert Belt
EQ
Aerial Ace
Toxic Spikes
Ice Beam

Kangaskhan/Adamant/Scrappy/Choice Band(max happiness)
Return
Fake out
EQ
Sucker Punch


The team that I actually had was this...

Kangaskhan/Adamant/Scrappy/Choice Band(almost no happiness)
Return
Fake out
EQ
Sucker Punch

Blissey/Modest/Serene Grace/Leftovers
Flamethrower
Softboiled
Ice Beam
Charge Beam

Pikachu/Adamant/Static/Light Ball
Iron Tail
Dig
Slam
Volt Tackle

The amount of ego flaunting on the last three pages has been very amusing to read. Needless to say, Pidgeot, Nidoking and Dragonite are far from unbeatable.

Hint: Glaceon owns you.

Why Glaceon? Isn't it slow?

Choice Scarf. That, and Choice Specs are very good Glaceon items.

Ah, okay. X( Never thought about Scarf.

Yet another team of mine:

Weavile - hasty - focus sash - pressure
fake out, counter, night slash, ice punch

Starmie - modest - choice specs - natural cure
surf, psychic, ice beam, thunderbolt

Lucario - jolly - life orb - steadfast
close combat, extreme speed, crunch, swords dance

Blissey - bold - leftovers - natural cure
flamethrower, toxic, softboiled, substitute

Salamance - jolly - yache berry - intimidate
dragon dance, dragon claw, stone edge, EQ

Scizor - adamant - occa berry - technician
brick break, X-scissor, bullet punch, swords dance

some of these pokemon, salamance and scizor, are remakes from previous ones. And yes, komepelu, starmie was inspired by you. After losing because of it, I did research, and developed my own. If it is exactly like yours, sorry - this one, other than the timid starmie, was the best one possible.

Wow, very nice, at least from a quick glance. Let me start off first by saying that your Weavile would almost definitely score a kill against my usual team, as I tend to use very heavy hitters. Counter is something I don't see often, especially on such frail Pokemon. However, and I believe you'll want to take this into consideration, if your team uses Tyranitar or starts with a Hippowdon, Weavile's utility becomes neutered. You'll want to watch out for Sandstorm and environmental hazards.


Team Strengths: It has great resistances and can hit extremely hard, even without setup. If a Pokemon is given the chance to setup, a sweep is almost guaranteed. Your team will take advantage of those that try to stall or setup, and has reasonable resistance sandstorm tactics.

Team Weaknesses: No single Pokemon is really capable of dealing with mixed Pokemon, especially those that carry Fire-type attacks. You've only two resistances for your three weaknesses. This can be overcome with adequate prediction, but you'll have to be on the ball. Your berries will help you once, but after that, they're done. Don't rely on them. Also, several of your Pokemon are poweful, but slow. You'll be very vulnerable to players who want to use Choice Scarf'd Pokemon. Watch out for burns. You've so many physical Pokemon that Will-O-Wisp would be devastating, especially if you're forced to switch and lose your buffs.

Wow, I'm rusty at this ;x

Thx for the review. This team isn't completely finished yet, and I'll take these points into account.

Wow, I could never write that much!
After I train my team to level 100, this will be my team:

Victreebel
Lapras
Togekiss
Tyranitar
Ursaring
Lickilicky

Please rate 1-10

1-10 rates don't really work for me. They don't give you tips on how to improve and they don't give insights to strategy.

Go ahead and post your intended moves and items, natures if you want (but aren't needed). I'll give you as indepth a review as I can to hopefully help your team be the best it can by while maintaining its particular flavor.

As a note to people who don't know me, I will never recommend a new Pokemon to your team unless that particular advice is requested. Everyone should play with Pokemon they enjoy and you'll automatically play better with strategies you watch evolve rather than strategies you mimic from someone else. For example, I will *never* use Suicune, Raikou or Entei. I just don't like those Pokemon (for some unexplainable reason).

I don't know the moves or anything...right now they're only at level 7-8. That's gonna be my team at level 100. Sorry. You'll probably have to wait 'till they're are at level 50-70. I'll play as much as possible, Gojithefox, so you can give me a relevant walkthrough. Thanks so much.

I am in the middle of playing Pokemon Diamond, I have 3 badges headed for the fourth. My in game team so far consists of-
Monferno
Gengar
Alakazam
Murkrow
Vespiquen

For my sixth member- which do you suggest I have: Quagsire, Roselia/Roserade, Onix/Steelix, or Lucario?

I'd go with onix/steelix it's never bad to have a steel type on your team.

Quagsire. I had a Quagsire once and it beat 3/6 Pokemon of my friend's uber team!

Water Absorb's a *****. My Rain Dance team has a Quagsire. It's amazing how well it works with Parasect.

I just Restarted My pearl becuase I got bored having 2 games that were done, So i Need some advice for my Grottle, i have

Grottle lvl 18 @ nothing
Hardy
~Tackle
~Absorb
~Bullet Seed
~Razor leaf

I need a new set :(

Too bad you missed Curse, I find that it's great on Grotle. Lose absorb or Bullet Seed for bite when you can, and lose Tackle for cut or strength.