Doom doesn't know **** about Pokémon

*Dr. Doom* · 03-25-2010, 10:44 AM

As I've said elsewhere, I just recently bought SoulSilver. The only other Pokémon game I've ever played was Yellow, when I rented it from Blockbuster like 10 years ago. So I have no ****ing clue what I'm doing.

The biggest issue I'm facing is not knowing what to do when I'm faced with the option of forgetting a move in favor of learning a new one. I feel like I've already ruined my Quilava by forgetting two of the earlier debuff moves he acquired by leveling, Leer (-Def) and Smokescreen (-Acc). Now I should note, I rarely ever used those moves at all. My Quilava is 24 and that's usually at the very least like 5 or 6 levels higher than anything I've faced so far. The wild Pokémon I run into are still like less than 10. So I can pretty much just one-shot most stuff if I'm not trying to level up another one of my Pokémon. But I worry about how this might effect Quilava (or Typhlosion, as he will evolve into) as I get further and further into the game, only having attacks and no status effects or debuffs. He currently has Quick Attack, Cut, Ember, and Flame Wheel. I kept Ember and Flame wheel at the same time because one is physical and one is special, though they both revolve around fire. I figured there was some application for having each, maybe against a Pokémon with greater physical defense or special defense. Quick Attack lets you attack immediately, so that replaced tackle as soon as I got it. And cut is what will let me chop down those tiny trees on the field.

I'm not really sure what direction to go in after that. Like if I should seek out TMs that will give me other status/debuff attacks, or if I really don't have anything to worry about, as well as what I should try to pursue going forward with my other Pokémon,

03-25-2010, 10:44 AM	#1
Dr. Doom Allons-y! Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Castle Doom Posts: 4,535	Doom doesn't know about Pokémon As I've said elsewhere, I just recently bought SoulSilver. The only other Pokémon game I've ever played was Yellow, when I rented it from Blockbuster like 10 years ago. So I have no **ing clue what I'm doing. The biggest issue I'm facing is not knowing what to do when I'm faced with the option of forgetting a move in favor of learning a new one. I feel like I've already ruined my Quilava by forgetting two of the earlier debuff moves he acquired by leveling, Leer (-Def) and Smokescreen (-Acc). Now I should note, I rarely ever used those moves at all. My Quilava is 24 and that's usually at the very least like 5 or 6 levels higher than anything I've faced so far. The wild Pokémon I run into are still like less than 10. So I can pretty much just one-shot most stuff if I'm not trying to level up another one of my Pokémon. But I worry about how this might effect Quilava (or Typhlosion, as he will evolve into) as I get further and further into the game, only having attacks and no status effects or debuffs. He currently has Quick Attack, Cut, Ember, and Flame Wheel. I kept Ember and Flame wheel at the same time because one is physical and one is special, though they both revolve around fire. I figured there was some application for having each, maybe against a Pokémon with greater physical defense or special defense. Quick Attack lets you attack immediately, so that replaced tackle as soon as I got it. And cut is what will let me chop down those tiny trees on the field. I'm not really sure what direction to go in after that. Like if I should seek out TMs that will give me other status/debuff attacks, or if I really don't have anything to worry about, as well as what I should try to pursue going forward with my other Pokémon, __________________ I love you, Pickle.**