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About Me
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This user uses Eastern Standard Time, which is UTC-5.
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During the northern Hemisphere summer, daylight saving time is in effect, which is UTC-4.
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This user's favorite color is blue.
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Mons
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☆ This user's favorite Pokémon is Magnemite. ☆
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☆ This user's favorite Pokémon is Magneton. ☆
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☆ This user's favorite Pokémon is Magnezone. ☆
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When a man and woman love each other very much...
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Introduction
Yup. I am the Editor-in-Chief of Bulbapedia. I joined on December 9, 2007, worked hard enough to get nominated for a staff position, and clawed my way up from there. That's right, you too can be EiC. All it takes is hard work, dedication, and all those other inspirational things you hear about getting ahead in life. After being EiC for a while, I decided that I wanted to focus on the user experience. My main goal as EiC is to make everything easier to understand and help my fellow user find the page they want as efficiently as possible, and when they get there, I want it to be full of all the juicy info you need organized around some fancy and colorful templates.
I've been a fan since Gen I, but near the end of Gen II, I lost interest. After seeing Beautifly, I figured Game Freak had run out of original ideas, so I skipped Ruby and Sapphire, but the remakes of Gen I brought me back. Thanks to FireRed and LeafGreen, I also invested a little time checking out Gen III Pokémon, and came to the realization, that some of them were actually pretty original. As for Gen IV, well, I wasn't going to jump in, but after a friend of mine did first, I decided, why not? I had to try out the all new Magnezone and get in on that Wi-Fi action. While looking for info to educate myself on what I missed during my Poké-hiatus, I found Bulbapedia. The rest is history.
Contact
E-mail - [email protected] | Bulbagarden Forums - MAGNEDETH | Twitter - @MAGNEDETH
To Do list
- Pre-text
- In the anime: Appearances
- Welcome new users
- Lern tu spe9l
Interesting Stuff
Meanwhile, there's a less friendly sub-page sitting way down below...
Nifty
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Excerpts from random conversations. Flawless logic? Or outright stupidity?
| The dark lord trombonator
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Trom: Well well well. If it isn't MAGNEDETH.
DETH: where? that bastard owes me money
Trom: He's on the other internet. Let me get him for you.
Trom: *smash*
Trom: *pow*
Trom: *crash*
Trom: He is now subdued.
DETH: has gone offline **
Trom: Another victory for the dark lord :D
DETH: has escaped your clutches **
Trom: WHAT? NO!
Trom: IF IT WEREN'T FOR YOU MEDDLING KIDS...
DETH: set your house on fire **
Trom: crap, i'm in my house.
DETH: has come online **
DETH: there we go, i stuck that bastard in a burning house
Trom: you idiot, that was my house
Trom: After all we've been through!
DETH: well what the hell was i doing in your house?
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Trom: That wasn't meant to show up again.
DETH: well then kill it
Trom: Oh, it's coz the window closed itself.
Trom: Or rather, I Ctrl+Wed it.
DETH: wheres the Wednesday button?
Trom: In between Tuesday and Thursday.
Trom: It turns everything a nice shade of green.
Trom: I think Wednesday is a green day.
Trom: (Thursday is orange)
DETH: so if it turned everything green, why did it close the window?
Trom: Because we didn't want the green getting inside.
DETH: Geo?
Trom: Precisely.
DETH: that green bastard
Trom: He gets a lot of places where he's not wanted.
DETH: well, maybe people should stop giving them to him
Trom: We try. It's all take-take-take with Mister Derako.
DETH: hes a crafty green fellow.
DETH: never know what hes up to
DETH: how did we go from an away message to discussing Geo being green and his apparent theivery of anything and everything
Trom: That's how crafty he is.
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electAbuzzzz
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DETH: nifty
Maverick Nate: tubular!
DETH: radical!
Mav: Way out!
DETH: far out!
Mav: Extreme!
DETH: excellent!
Mav: Fantastic!
DETH: totally!
Mav: Hi-Larious!
DETH: Reaganomics!
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electAbuzz: You guys have a very strange country, you know?
DETH: very
Buzz: *sigh* Colombus and his silly ideas.
DETH: well, i guess it all started with the crazy Spaniards. and thanks to them with help from the English, theyve created a monster.
Buzz: and yet you'll probably never consider living elsewhere.
DETH: when you get accustomed to it, its hard to leave.
DETH: well, a guess accustomed is the wrong word.
DETH: surely, i could get accustomed to living anywhere, be it England, Japan, Israel, Australia, or even somewhere as disgusting as Canada.
DETH: but when you grow to LIKE where you live, surely, theres no reason to leave.
Buzz: xD what is it with you guys and Canada?
DETH: its a love/hate relationship. we love to hate them.
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DETH: we can dance.
DETH: we can dance.
Glinn: Everything's out of control.
DETH: we can dance.
DETH: we can dance.
Glinn: Doing it from pole to pole.
DETH: we can dance.
DETH: we can dance.
Glinn: Everybody look at your hands.
DETH: we can dance.
DETH: we can dance.
Glinn: Everybody take the chance.
DETH: DAAAAAaaaaannnnnnccccceeeee.
Glinn: Do the Safety Dance.
DETH: all my systems work, whats your excuse?
Glinn: Hammertime.
DETH: good answer
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DETH: i was sort expecting you to smile and give me a Vegemite sandwich
Glinn: I had a slack jaw, not much to say.
DETH: are you trying to tempt me?
Glinn: Because I come from the land of plenty?
DETH: so you come from a land down under?
Glinn: Where woman glow and men plunder (damn convicts!)
DETH: cant you hear? cant you hear the thunder?
Glinn: You better run, you better take cover...
Glinn: Well, let's just say everyone that's annoying never existed, we would never know what annoying people are like, hence not knowing what annoying is.
DETH: would that be a bad thing?
Glinn: We wouldn't know!
DETH: given the fact humans have different personalities, and different variations on "annoying" itd be literally impossible for it to not exist.
Glinn: Is that a good thing?
DETH: we wouldn't know!
Glinn: Exactly.
Glinn: Wait, what?
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...and this my friends, is how we get things done.
...but not like that. (see more at Explosm.net)
Different Nifty
This picture was made by Tina☆♫ . HOWEVER. That doesn't mean you can go bug her to make YOU one...
This picture was made by me!!
....I don't think I need to worry about people bothering me.....
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Teams
My teams follow a simple pattern.
- Starter
- Flyer
- Magnemite
- Surfer
- Earthquake-er
- HM slave/Powerhouse
Certain Pokémon get placed in the same position. However, Flygon on my Sapphire team is a good example of how this isn't always the case. I don't know why or how I started doing things this way, but, it's nice to be organized. It should be noted though that this doesn't mean I'm going to send the same Pokémon out first every time if you battle me online.
Gen I
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Blue
Back in the day when legendaries we're the only way to go and if you didn't have a Mewtwo, you were a nobody. I had an Articuno (named "Icy") which was mostly for Flying, but, also good for beating Lance. Megamite is a Level 100 Magnemite, and the rest are what you'd expect.
Level 255
Thanks to the Missingno. glitch, You can get one hell of a team by trading with friends.
Red
THIS GAME HAS BEEN LOST. I started with Squirtle.
Yellow
I had never played Yellow version before 2010. Namely because I hate Pikachu. Well, a friend was cleaning his place, and found 3(!) copies. I gave away two of them, and decided I might as well beat Yellow. Of course, I had to find a way to ditch Pikachu...so I did, by making him an HM slave and Submission user on any weak Normal-type I came across. I traded a Vulpix in as my new starter. Back in Gen I, before the Special split, some Pokemon were a lot more powerful than after the split. If I was gonna run Gen I, I wanted in on that, so I decided to grab Ninetales and Tentacruel, both of which got really screwed in the Special split (more Ninetales than Cruel). And it shows. Tentacruel is a beast, and Ninetales is totally usable (and huggable). Magneton is standard, although now packing a tank-worthy 120 Sp.Def. I chose Dodrio and Dugtrio for 2 reasons. I don't use them as much as I'd like, but more importantly, in Gen I, Speed is key, and they have it (also, the Gen I Tri Attack animation is AWESOME!).
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Gen II
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Silver
With the introduction of a new generation, we got the opportunity to play with 100 new species of Pokémon. Buuut, I was a naive young boy who still insisted on using legendaries...however, I did move up to a Magneton. Ho-oh had Fly and T-tar was pretty crappy. But he was cool looking.
Gold
This game was lost for the longest time, but I found it as of February 15th. But, sitting under the dresser for a few years hasn't done it any favors. So I restarted it! You wouldn't think restarting and playing an ancient Pokémon game would be fun, but, it seems to have really shown me how good these older games were.
Aerodactyl and Horsea were traded in, and Heracross kinda-sorta has a hacked moveset.
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Gen III
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Sapphire
This is actually the second team, as this game was restarted. The first time around was pretty bad, but I made sure I knew the score this time around. I planned the team ahead of time, and then left a spot open for a Crawdaunt knowing 4 HMs. They all do their jobs quite well, even Walrein, the weakest.
LeafGreen
Like above, there was a second team. This was my first Pokémon game since Silver, three years prior. I knew nothing about natures and EVs, so, it was a mess. Second time around, I had Blastoise, a hacked Scyther with Fly, Magneton, Arcanine, Nidoking, and a Kingler with any HM I didn't want on the main team. Super hacked Scyther bothered me a little, and I wasn't really satisfied with Blastoise or Arcanine either, so I restarted it again!
This is the new team. Would you believe its 100% legit? Well it is! I guess it evens out the hacked Emerald team... This team is great. I could have used Hitmonlee instead of Primeape, but i just used Hitmonlee in SS, so I decided to give Primeape a go. Also, as a sort of boycott, I had never used a Charizard before (granted, his special stat in Gen I was abysmal) so I gave him a go here.
Emerald
A friend of mine has been shipped off to Iraq. Godspeed to him. He gave me his Emerald. This team was used to beat his game and harvest legendaries: Sceptile, Xatu, Magneton, Golduck, Dugtrio, Machamp.
Hoenn sucks in terms of Pokemon choice. I milked it for all it was worth with my Sapphire team, but when I was given an Emerald, I had to quick think of a team to fill it in. Very few of the Gen III Pokemon flow well enough with Swampert to make a good team of them. Granted, that's a giant opinion, but either way, I cheated a little. First, Swampert can't effectively use Water-type attacks, and secondly, there's too damn many Water-type HMs in Gen III, so Ludicolo is used to handle that stuff and Swampert is used as the Grounder. Ninjask is hacked with Fly and Signal Beam (why didn't they give it to him in the first place?), Breloom is used as Fighting only, and Typhlosion was imported because Fire-types don't exist in Hoenn (aside from Blaziken whom i already used).
XD
TEMP TEAM - Game is slated for restart.
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Gen IV
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Diamond
This is my team for used in the story. Beating gyms, E4, etc. I have rarely used it in battles against anyone. Magnemite and Porygon had to be traded over because they aren't in the Sinnoh Dex. I don't really like any of the Sinnoh starters (Torterra is cool, but, I'd never use him) but I chose Infernape simply because it was useful and fit into the team. However, thanks to that annoying monkey sound, I almost replaced him. Very annoying. Magnezone and Garchomp are used in other teams and Porygon-Z does see occasional online use.
Platinum
Being that I'm not a "third version" sort of person, so, Pt isn't a super by-the-books affair. I don't like any of the of the Gen IV starters outside of Torterra, but, he just didn't fit well into this team. So I chose Piplup because Empoleon is a great HM whore. Vaporeon takes the place as my "starter", Gliscor pulls double duty as the Flyer and Quaker, Zone is Zone, Gallade shows up to kick some ass, and Houndoom gets a spot as a solid Fire-type, because he didn't get enough exposure in any other team I have.
SoulSilver
For the record, HGSS are awesome. Yea, there's some stuff here and there that could be better, or maybe some stuff that was removed from the originals that shouldn't have been removed, but it's still awesome. Started with Totodile, just like my old Silver, and with the Phys/Spec split, he's even more awesome than ever. I wanted to try some "new" guys, so I finally decided to try a Crobat, and surprisingly, training a horrible little Zubat was actually pretty fun, and Crobat is proving very useful. Swinub was quite a challenge, but all in all, Mamoswine is strong enough to make you forget. Hitmonlee is also proving very useful. Meanwhile, Houndoom in Johto? Feels good. Magneton can't evolve? not a problem.
--HeartGold--
- Typhlosion - HOTBLOODED (i cant wait to team up with Ty again)
- Gliscor - XLISCOR (gonna have to hack Fly on, again.)
- Magneton - MAGNEDETH
- Kingdra - BARNEGET (a true Gen II can't be turned down.)
- Weavile - THE CLAW (hell, Sneasel works just as well.)
- Heracross - ROADHOUSE (took me forever to think of a name for him, but, this could work well.)
Titanium Gym
This is my old IPGL gym team. When I left the league, my overall tally for this team is an awesome 65 wins, and only 6 losses. I always lead with a Steel-type, but it changed depending on who I was facing. Now that I'm not battling anymore, I can openly say that both Lucario and Scizor run Swords Dance sets (although, I had alternate sets in my early matches) and when they were on the field, they nearly guaranteed me at least one, probably 2 kills each. Magnezone was a revenge killer, Steel trapper, and generally used for killing anything that was already damaged. It may sound weird, but basically, everyone knew I had Zone, but no one knew when they would see him. And as they pondered this, that's when he would surprise them. Metagross was just brute force. No real strategy on him except an unconventional moveset. Worked awesome. Skarmory and Empoleon rarely proved useful and were rarely used as a result. Our rules allowed 2 non-Steel-types allowed, so I chose Gliscor and Gyarados because they resisted a lot of the types that are strong against Steel. I didn't have much time to give them proper movesets, but they proved confounding enough that even with fairly straightforward attacking sets, they did exactly what I needed them to; cause the opponent to switch.
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Gen V
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Gen V is here! WHAT?! NO MAGNEMITE?! It's true. For the first time since Gen I, I didn't use a Magnemite (before Megamite, I had a Raichu). Galvantula is pretty damn cool though, and with Compoundeyes it throws a mean Thunder. Granted, its a hell of a lot less powerful than Zone, and noticeably more frail. In this gen, I don't really like any of the starters. Game Freak really screwed this all up making Emboar another Fire/Fighting because really, Samurott should absolutely be Water/Fighting. Not to mention Samurott's really stupid stat spread, but regardless, he did a pretty good job. Sigilyph is just plain cool. He looks, sounds, and acts ridiculous, and with Magic Guard, he just doesn't care what you think. Good stat spread and great movepool. Chandelure and Mienshao were Pokemon I wanted pretty bad, but you only get late in the game. Thankfully, Umeko and Jo The Marten respectively traded me a bred Pokemon. Specially bred IV made them both killing machines. Then there's Excadrill. As soon as he was revealed I wanted one, and I searched FOREVER in Wellspring Cave for a good Drilbur. Can't tell you how long it took, but it payed off. By the way, in the interest of learning names, I didn't nickname anything. The nicknames listed are simply names they I called them myself.
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Favorite Pokémon
Gen I
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No real story here, it was my Blue starter, liked him since. Looks cool, sounds cool, quiet attitude.
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Yea, but, I haven't used him much. Statistically has the best stats in Gen I, but Grass and Poison are fairly useless types in the grand scheme.
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He's just AWESOME. You got him early and could use him late. That, and just look at him, look! Oh wait, you can't, because he will kill you if you make eye contact.
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Of course! He isn't as useful as he was, and he's Poison, but, who cares? Nidoking rocks! I would be a Nidoking fan if it weren't for Magnemite.
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I never realized how much I liked him until Gen III because I started with Blue, and, he wasn't in it. Besides, big giant puppy! It's like a way less stupid Clifford!
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Yea...but...is Fire Fang the best they can give us? (I don't like recoil moves), and his stats are all over the place. But, he is a giant puppy, and that's awesome.
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It started with the sound...
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...and escalated with the look...
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...then they combined...
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...and became a national terror...
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| Dodrio
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I overlooked Dodrio for a long time, but when I finally noticed, I realized he is really good. Fast, hits hard, and it has three heads!
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Despite the loss of physical Tri-Attack, whats not to like? Its almost like a bird version of The Three Stooges if you think about it. Drill Peck spam ahoy!
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Giant Crab. Giant claws. Another beast...and it walks sideways! Weeee!! If it weren't for that pathetic Special Defense...
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THANK YOU GEN IV SPLIT!! As soon as I heard of the physical/special split, Kingler was #1 on my mind. Who wants some? Kingler is ready to rock!
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Makes a funny sound, has a funny 'face', and has a massive attack stat. It's hilariously devastating.
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Another Pokémon I overlooked for a long time, but better late than never I guess.
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HE'S A WALKING GUILLOTINE!! If he were real, I bet he would murder people for fun. You do not mess with Pinsir. Sir!
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Oh yes. Thanks to Gen IV, he explodes out of the gate thanks to X-Scissor, and can commence a serious beat down.
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A true Gen I beast. We were too young to care about stats, he just looked awesome. But heck, he had the stats anyway.
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Well, he did, in Gen I, but, the split ruined him. He became a powerhouse without a STAB. Of course, Gen IV changed that. He was been promoted to the gym team and decimated the competition without even trying.
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The sound it makes was the real attention grabber, its awesome! Then appearance for another of course, the unrounded edges. And finally, the sheer hilarity of it all.
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Oh yes, especially given we get Porygon-Z in the end. That and, how could you NOT like Porygon?? Oh wait...
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Other than this thing just plain looking cool, it is a very potent fighter as well...
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...not that I would know as I've never used one. It was useless until the Gen IV split, but now it is here to kill.
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It's a flying piece of rock that screeches at you in battle. Of course it's awesome. Super fast, and pretty powerful.
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I find places to put him in here and there with good success. His main problem is a lack of good Flying-type attacks though.
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It's not so much him as it is that I have a bunch of Lv.147s...
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To be honest, not really. It's hard to like him when hes playing for the other team (tanks). The original appeal to me was Lv.147. But hey, he is fat and lazy, and that's funny.
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Oh come on, not like you didn't see this coming. As a Gen I guy myself, he was the bees knees. Destroyed everything.
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More legendaries have come, but still, to me anyway, Mewtwo is right there with all of them. Even Arceus.
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Gen II
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Another awesome Pokemon given to you for free, and he doesn't have that nasty Flying-type to bother him with extra weakness.
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Thanks to him only being seriously available in G/S/C, I've found him to be a "want what you can't have" and that makes me like him more. Didn't wear out his welcome.
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He was kinda useless until Gen IV which is a shame because he crushes small children with his jaws (as he eats them of course).
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Finally got to use him properly in SS and he is all attitude.
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Goes from the most annoying bat in the world to a silent killer. Super fast, fairly powerful, very versatile.
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As with some other Pokemon, I overlooked him for a while, but I would use him again. However, He doesn't fit into many places.
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| Xatu
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No particular reason, he looks cool and he sounds cool.
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Meh. He has stayed the same. Looks cool, I still like his cry, but don't have much use for him.
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SHEEP!!! It's a sheep, AND a Pokémon!! Him and Mareep, the look, the sound, just hilarious.
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On a strict novelty only basis, oh yes. He is still a sheep, and he still sounds hilarious. But, when he evolves, it's all over.
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| Unown
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I don't know why. They are so weird and funny, if only they were useful.
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Yea, but, again, not useful. Maybe they need an evo of some sort..
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| Pineco
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It's a pine cone, AND a Pokémon!! WHAT A HILARIOUS CONCEPT!! Seriously, Pineco is awesome.
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Of course. I won't use one, nor its evo, Forretress, but, that doesn't mean I can't like them!
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Being the intro for Steel, Nintendo needed a good first show, and here he is. Looks awesome, sounds awesome, and is way better than Onix.
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He will wall the hell out of physical attacks, but, he's not overly useful otherwise. But, he still looks and sounds good.
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Another crazy new Steel-type, and they pulled it off. Excellent stats (except Speed) but hey, if he did have more Speed, he would be unstoppable.
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I always wanted to use one, but, thanks to a lack of good movepool, I couldn't. Whats this? Iron Head? X-Scissor? A Steel-type gym leader position? FATE.
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It has a giant horn on its head. Deal with it.
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He is kinda silly and delivers a great beatdown, so I definitely still like him.
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The phys/spec split brought Sneasel from the "useless" bin to the "awesome" bin quite fast.
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Neither of his types are immediately useful in single play, but yea he is still cool.
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Another Gen II type intro. This time, the Dark intro, and he fits the bill easily. Hellgar.
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I never had a use for him, but, I've forced him into a few teams, he's too awesome to ignore.
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All my friends were still playing with Dragonite, but when I stumbled upon a Larvitar, I knew it was bound for greatness. Rock Slide to your Dragonite! And even a Crunch for Mewtwo!
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Yes, but, with the resurgence of Fighting-type, more notably, special fighters like Lucario, he is in danger. But who cares?? He's awesome!
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Gen III
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Unique type combo (at the time) and great stats. It's also the most useful Fire-type in Hoenn (well, that may be a matter of opinion). Flaming kick to the face. BAM!!
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Oh sure. Infernape tried to dethrone, but failed (in my opinion anyway) so, Blaziken continues to work his magic.
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Lets see Uri Geller get mad at this thing.
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Haha, in-joke. Oh Lotad. The best Kadabra ever.
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Sometimes I wonder what gives Ludicolo so much energy....remember kids, don't do drugs.
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It's a great typing, I just wish he didn't lean towards bulk, but he is still funny, so it's ok.
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No, not like that, this is merely battle wise. She is like an Alakazam only, with Defense.
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On the downside, shes a Psychic-type, and I'm not a big fan of them...but, she can still kick some tail (just don't search the net for pics of her, trust me...).
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The fact he evolves from a pod-like blob of grass is great. Then you've got his immense Attack and you win!
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Oh yes. I've forced him into my Gen III teams, and even made a Gen IV battler out of him.
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It's an ant with a huge head! HILARIOUS!!! And while its slow as molasses, its got a heck of a bite.
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It is what it is, and it evolves into Vibrava who is pretty cool, but, not as cool as its final stage...
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A big, friendly killer. What's not to like? Very straightforward stats, and while im not a fan of Dragons, he's still great.
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Doesn't exactly compete with Garchomp but, Flygon is still awesome. a great quaker in Gen III.
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Powerful and extremely underrated. Most fossil Pokémon struggle to be overly useful, but, Armaldo shows them whats what.
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Unfortunately, his awful Speed holds him back some, but, it doesn't mean I can't like him.
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A useful Water/Ice-type. Really came in handy in Gen III as a better-than-most Water-type. Anyone for B-Ball?
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He's too slow and has a limited movepool to be seriously used competitively, but, in single play, he's still good.
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I know a lot of people like him, but, whats not to like? Massively powerful, few weaknesses, and he just looks awesome.
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As a Steel-type leader, he has a permanent place on my team. I can't think of one reason to get rid of him. I even use him in my non-gym team sometimes.
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I don't like legendaries, but Kyogre just strikes me as cool for some reason.
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I don't have a use for him, but he is still cool. Somehow.
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| Rayquaza
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I'm not much of a legendary guy, but he's awesome. Deadly stats, looks awesome, sounds awesome, whats not to like?
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The sub-par defenses (compared to other legends) I suppose, but, who cares? Kill! Maim! Destroy!
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Gen IV
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Why?
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Still?
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| Torterra
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He's got a tree on his back, that's hilarious!!
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Meh, I don't generally use Grass-types, and he is no exception. He is also immensely slow (as he should be, being a turtle), but, like Pineco, I still like him regardless.
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| Staraptor
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Finally, a regional bird thats useful! Seriously, we haven't had a good early bird since Pidgeot, and even so, Pidgeot mildly sucks.
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Of course, being regional, it's hard to use him anywhere else, but, I'm sure I'll find a way.
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| Garchomp
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If you're surprised, then go away. I quite like the Ground-type so, it's really a no-brainer.
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Actually, it is, as I really don't like the Dragon-type, but Garchomp tears down that wall of hate, and tell me to like him or die, so, you know..
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| Lucario
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I don't like him for the same reason everyone else does, I like him because he was an invaluable asset to my gym team.
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I don't run the gym anymore, but Lucario did such a great job I can't forget him.
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| Drapion
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Now this guy can hurt, and he is hard to hurt. That is how you use a Poison-type.
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Well, it may cover most of his weaknesses, it doesn't cover the fact Poison is sort of useless. But, this guy still rocks.
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| Weavile
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It was awesome they did the phys/spec split and made Sneasel useful, and then they cranked it up to 11 and gave us Weavile.
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As stated, still haven't used him, but when I do, I know it'll be awesome.
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| Togekiss
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This might seem unlikely, but I know from experience she is a very excellent fighter.
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One of the first Pokémon I trained, and it won me a lot of early battles.
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| Magnezone
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...and after all those years, he's back, deadlier than ever.
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Some people ask me if I'm happy with this new Mag-lution. How do i respond to that? Seriously?
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| Yanmega
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An evolution of Yanma? Why should I care? Oh right, the usefulness, and awesomeness.
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I initially trained Yanmega just to see whats what, I never realized I'd like him so much to keep him around. Nintendo did it, they finally made Bug-types useful!
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| Gliscor
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Gligar was the first with the awesomely unique Ground/Flying combo, but he was useless, and then Gliscor shows up and wins.
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While he doesn't hit as hard as some other Ground-types and his STABs are entirely TM based, he's still good enough to be a type outliner on my gym team, so, there ya go.
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| Mamoswine
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Doesn't resist pretty much anything, but with 130 attack, who cares?
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Can be tough to use (they have been known to level cities), but very rewarding.
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| Porygon-Z
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Porygon is cooler, but Z has so much Special Attack, he could spare some for the poor. But he won't, he'll just destroy you.
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Of course. It's a zany computer glitch thing that decimates everything it meets! Still doesn't have the charm of Porygon, but at least he is genuinely usable.
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| Gallade
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I bet, if Pokémon were real, he would run into a party, cut all the girls' dresses off, destroy the furniture, and then take all the beer with him as he leaves. Awesome.
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Oh yes. He takes the properties of Medicham, makes them less stupid, and here he is, ready to destroy.
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| Giratina
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What is he? I'm not sure, but I can tell you that he's big, he's ugly, and downright devastating.
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Again, I'm not a legendary guy, so, I haven't used him much, but, doesn't mean I can't appreciate his awesomeness from afar.
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| Excadrill
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Fast hard hitting metal mole. That is a recipe for awesome. Gen V is brand new, so its pretty hard to tell if he will go out of style or not. Currently looking good (although the competitive battling community might argue that).
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| Krookodile
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Deal with it.
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| Sigilyph
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As I said in the above section. It looks, sounds, and acts ridiculous. Whats not to like? It's so hard to tell what it looks like, how can it get old?
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| Galvantula
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Another Pokemon that as soon as it was revealed I wanted it. It's so ridiculous! Cool type combo, great ability. Stats aren't stellar, but it adds to the novelty.
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| Chandelure
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Two sides to the coin here. On the face of things, its an interesting concept. a Ghostly chandelier. That alone is pretty cool, but a staggering 145 Sp.Atk makes it a total beast.
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| Mienshao
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A textbook Fighting-type with a bizarre appearance. Fast, incredibly powerful, but frail. That's all it needs to be. Making it look like a cat in long sleeves that can't sit still just means you won't be expecting the destruction.
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| Golurk
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Big ghostly statue that causes earthquakes. What is this thing and why can it fly? You know what, it doesn't matter. It's awesome.
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| Braviary
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AMERICA! F*** YEA! Unfortunately This guy is a bit outclassed by the hundreds of other birds just like him. However, do those birds have attitude, courage, AND BACKING FROM THE U.S.A.? NO THEY DON'T!
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| Durant
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Haha, this guy goes under my "prob won't use, but still like" file. It's an ant in metal armor. There really isn't anything special here. What you see is what you get, but thats all it needs. That and a massive weakness to Special attacks.
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| Volcarona
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Another type combo I like combined with absurd stats. It has the presance of a legendary without the tacky fan following.
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| Zekrom
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Yea it is a legendary, but there's always one every generation that seems to catch my eye. A giant black beast spewing electricity is pretty eye catching if you think about it.
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If you enjoyed all of that, they why not check out my least favorite Pokémon? -- MAGNEDETH
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