Pokemon Tournament Stage I: "Gotta Raise'em All!"

[Minato Arisato]

If I had gotten that Joltik, I would have named it Bachuru! *flips Russia*

I wish our time zones weren't so far apart...

[Night Fury]

Named my team members!

Cleo the Fennekin
Indiana the Vulpix
Meredith the Aron
Gwen the Froslass
Neville the Shroomish
Impala the Beldum

Indiana is my favourite at this point

[Skyblade]

Most of them look stunning. The garden pattern is probably the most dull though. I'm loving the ocean pattern!

I like Tundra and Meadow pattern the mostest

Also I like Matt's team the bestest

The Marine pattern is my personal favorite.

Well, my computer is working again. Sort of. Apparently my hard drive is experiencing linear read errors, which is massively slowing down its ability to read data. This is generally a sign that the entire hard drive is about to go kablooie (technical term there). So I'm currently trying to get a backup performed, then I'm going to have to replace my hard drive.

But, in the meantime, I can actually use it again. For now.

So...



Hello! Welcome to the world of Pokémon! My name's Skyblade! People call me "that annoying guy who posts in General Gaming a lot". This world is inhabited by creatures called Pokémon! Some people raise Pokémon as pets. Others battle with them to strengthen their bonds of friendship. Myself, I study tons and tons of useless trivia about them!

First, what's your name? Oh, you already told everyone? And you already got your first Pokémon? Great. You don't need ME then. Ciao!


Welcome to Professor Skyblade's Trainer Tips!

Here we go over the basics of raising a Pokémon for rookie trainers.

The first step of training is to build your team. Fortunately, you guys all already have your Pokémon, so we can skip this step (which is by far the longest and most tedious step of training).

An Overview of EVs
Let's take a moment to talk about EVs. EVs, or Effort Values, are one of the primary ways to customize your Pokémon. Each battle your Pokémon participates in awards it EVs, based on which foe is defeated. Generally, Pokémon grant EVs that relate to their own strengths. For example, if you defeat a fast Pokémon, like a Raichu, you are awarded EVs in Speed.

A Pokémon can have a total of 510 EVs total. A maximum of 252 can be awarded to any individual stat. For every 4 EVs in a stat, a Pokémon will gain 1 additional point in that stat at level 100. So, with a 252 maximum per stat, this means that you can acquire, at most, 63 additional points in any single stat.

The most basic stat spread for a Pokémon is 252 EVs in two individual stats, with the remaining 6 put in an extra stat. For a Pokémon that focuses on attacking, for example, 252 in an Attack stat, 252 in Speed, and a remaining 6 in HP or Defense is not unusual.

So, how to get these EVs reliably?

One way is Super Training. The points that you get in Super Training are EVs, and it is a way to get exactly the EVs you want. Unfortunately, it can be very tedious, and not everyone enjoys or is good at Super Training.

Horde Battles are another fantastic way to do this. Since you get EVs for each Pokémon you defeat, fighting five Pokémon at once is a great way to get a lot of EVs. Sweet Scent and Honey both allow you to encounter Hordes regularly. Then, it's just a matter of knowing which Hordes you should try to encounter. A fantastic guide to Horde EV training for the XY games can be found Here.



So, after EVs, what else is there to focus on? Simple. Moves!

Moveset is incredibly important. When training your Pokémon, don't just focus on what it needs to cover, but look at how it covers your team. If you notice that several Pokémon on your team are weak to one particular type, try to get a move that counters that type, even if it's not a move you would normally put on that Pokémon. Balance is important. Consider what your team is weak to, and what you can do to check those weaknesses, even if you can't eliminate them.

Don't forget as well that ORAS games have Move Tutors, TMs are always valuable, and there are plenty of moves to be acquired through level ups.

[Night Fury]

This just in, level 31 Indiana killed Drasna's Druddigon!

(it was down to 1/4 and she outsped him and avoided his attacks!) Go Indy!

[Fynn]

I don't know about you guys, but I'm really enjoying Super Training! Much more than I expected to.

Also, I find that it can be... interesting to put a Pokemon's EVs into an unexpected place

[Minato Arisato]

I hatched the eggs. And I named them, too.

So it's...

Tritodon the Shellos
Kabuki the Kabuto
Nyoromo the Poliwag
Onvern the Noibat
Poppo the Pidgey
Hiro the Heracross

7.8/10 too much water.

[Fynn]

Which Shellos type is it? I want the title page to be accurate

[Skyblade]

I hatched the eggs. And I named them, too.

So it's...

Tritodon the Shellos
Kabuki the Kabuto
Nyoromo the Poliwag
Onvern the Noibat
Poppo the Pidgey
Hiro the Heracross

7.8/10 too much water.

It's not that bad. Water is a pretty solid typing. Plus, you have your weaknesses covered. Gastrodon destroys Electric Types with the immunity and Earthquake (just watch out for Grass type moves against it, its only weakness), and Grass types are destroyed by Flying and Bug, so Heracross, Pidgeot, and Noivern can go to town on them.

[Minato Arisato]

It's the green and blue one.

[Galuf]

allright. so ive fully maxed Carbuncle's EV points.
im working on Zodiark's now. however Leviathans base stats arent good in attack sadly. which puts me at an even more disadavtage. getting those reset bags is annoying though. i shouldnt of leveled the pokemon up a bit.

[Shaibana]

ooeehh im still excited

[Fynn]

ooeehh im still excited

Same here!

I'm almost done Super Training everyone. Can't wait to get to the actaual training bit

[Ultima Shadow]

"Guess who just finished her team?
That's right. My loyal underlings are
ready for battle and hungry for blood!"







"Now, come to me, my fully evolved,
EV trained and level-grinded beasts!
Let all of Hoenn know what true fear is!"














"I have high expectation for all of
you... except you, Banana Pants.
You just happened to suck badly.
But the rest of you better not fail me."

I hatched the eggs. And I named them, too.

So it's...

Tritodon the Shellos
Kabuki the Kabuto
Nyoromo the Poliwag
Onvern the Noibat
Poppo the Pidgey
Hiro the Heracross

7.8/10 too much water.

"If the Poliwag has its hidden ability
and you are able to evolve it into
a Politoed, I believe this could be
a very formidable rain team."

[Minato Arisato]

You can't trade Pokemon for this tournament, so I'll have to make do with Poliwrath.

[Skyblade]

"Guess who just finished her team?
That's right. My loyal underlings are
ready for battle and hungry for blood!"







"Now, come to me, my fully evolved,
EV trained and level-grinded beasts!
Let all of Hoenn know what true fear is!"














"I have high expectation for all of
you... except you, Banana Pants.
You just happened to suck badly.
But the rest of you better not fail me."

I hatched the eggs. And I named them, too.

So it's...

Tritodon the Shellos
Kabuki the Kabuto
Nyoromo the Poliwag
Onvern the Noibat
Poppo the Pidgey
Hiro the Heracross

7.8/10 too much water.

"If the Poliwag has its hidden ability
and you are able to evolve it into
a Politoed, I believe this could be
a very formidable rain team."

Tropius made it on the list because I had a fully trained one. Because I train my HM Slaves, and it's an awesome Field Move user. Fly, Sweet Scent, Flash, Rock Smash, Strength, Cut...

So at least you can get around Hoenn well?

You can't trade Pokemon for this tournament, so I'll have to make do with Poliwrath.

I'm asking Fynn about that. Drought Ninetales is already out there. We didn't think it was fair to include Pokémon that you NEEDED to trade to evolve, because some people might not have the opportunity. But maybe we can give you the option?