Pokemon Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire

[MikeandRaph87]

Originally Posted by Gunpowder

That's entirely subjective, bud. Depends on their natures, attacks, compatibility with the rest of your team, and plenty of other things. Both are undeniably usable; hell, use both if you want. Completely and utterly up to you.

Here are the stats:
Gradevoir male level 52
Naughty
Trace
Attacks: Draining kiss, Future Sight, Magical Leaf, Psychic

Gallade male level 52
Calm
Steadfast
Attacks: Magical Leaf, Feint, Shadow Ball, Psycho Cut

I want to teach Gallade Psychic in place of Psycho Cut once I get to the point I can pick up the TM. Otherwise the attacks will remain the same. What do you think for being apart of my rotating team of 8?

Swampert, Blaziken, Metagross, Swellow, Manetric, Mightyena, and Aggron are the team that either will be apart of.

[Cure]

Originally Posted by MikeandRaph87

I want to teach Gallade Psychic in place of Psycho Cut once I get to the point I can pick up the TM.

Don't do that. While Psychic is technically more powerful, Gallade is a physical attacker; Psychic will actually be weaker than Psycho Cut coming from him.

[MikeandRaph87]

Originally Posted by Cure

Don't do that. While Psychic is technically more powerful, Gallade is a physical attacker; Psychic will actually be weaker than Psycho Cut coming from him.

Really? Psychic is one of my five favorite moves and the top Psychic move in the games since Future Sight of course takes two turns. I would not have thought that. I was surprised that the then level 28 Gallade did not come with Psychic.

With the team I built all at level 52-53 which would be the best to balance out the others?

[Gunpowder]

Originally Posted by MikeandRaph87

Really? Psychic is one of my five favorite moves and the top Psychic move in the games since Future Sight of course takes two turns. I would not have thought that. I was surprised that the then level 28 Gallade did not come with Psychic.

With the team I built all at level 52-53 which would be the best to balance out the others?

Cure's right. Stick with Psycho Cut for Gallade.

And the majority of your Pokemon are phyical attackers, so Gardevoir (a special attacker) would balance that out a bit. Plus the types would even out more effectively (having Gallade means you have 2 Fighting-types and 2 Psychic-types). So I'd personally go with Gardevoir in your case, but Gallade isn't a terrible option by any means.

[MikeandRaph87]

Originally Posted by Gunpowder

Cure's right. Stick with Psycho Cut for Gallade.

And the majority of your Pokemon are phyical attackers, so Gardevoir (a special attacker) would balance that out a bit. Plus the types would even out more effectively (having Gallade means you have 2 Fighting-types and 2 Psychic-types). So I'd personally go with Gardevoir in your case, but Gallade isn't a terrible option by any means.

I am 100% offense. Strong physical attacks from diverse types and each types have only half of their attacks be of their type. Swampert for example has two water moves, a ground, and a rock. I guess if I ever do the international battling I would not make it far with such a strategy but it always kicks major butt in-game. I will sit Gallade aside for an after game training mission leveling him up. I like Gallade's type combo and look but Gardevoir is more effective overall.

[MikeandRaph87]

I thought I would share this article to benefit some of your time in trying to level up the latest generation starters.
https://games.yahoo.com/news/serperi...231812346.html

Of those 8 I mentioned now that I know its best to stick with Gradevoir which six should I keep in the party and have the other two rotated in as needed? What type would I be most vulnerable too?

[Wesley]

I started playing Alpha Sapphire again and I changed my team slightly. I traded my Flaaffy for a Magnezone. It was at level 32 I think. It should be good against Winona.

[billbot85]

I'm really interested in getting Alpha Sapphire. How does it compare to Pokemon X/Y? I never played Ruby and Sapphire when they originally came out, so this will pretty much be a new adventure for me. Granted I never played Gold or Silver either, but I gotta say, when I played SoulSilver it became one of my favorite Pokemon games.

I have a Torchic in my X/Y game, so that's one starter I can trade over into Sapphire. Between Sceptile and Swampert, which one do you think has the better stats/coverage? How about when mega-evolved?

[MikeandRaph87]

From my experience Swampert is the best water starter of all the generations. Having a Mudkip lead your team and have Torchic brought over to assist Mudkip you should have most bases covered. That is what I did for my Alpha Sapphire team.

[Gunpowder]

If anyone wants a Serperior with Contrary, go to "Mystery Gift," and enter the code "pokemon497". I don't know how long it'll be available, though.

Originally Posted by billbot85

I'm really interested in getting Alpha Sapphire. How does it compare to Pokemon X/Y? I never played Ruby and Sapphire when they originally came out, so this will pretty much be a new adventure for me. Granted I never played Gold or Silver either, but I gotta say, when I played SoulSilver it became one of my favorite Pokemon games.

I have a Torchic in my X/Y game, so that's one starter I can trade over into Sapphire. Between Sceptile and Swampert, which one do you think has the better stats/coverage? How about when mega-evolved?

I personally found X/Y to be very forgettable; I enjoyed Alpha Sapphire exponentially more than those games, but nostalgia might have something to do with that. If you have the money to spare, I'd go for it.

Between Sceptile & Swampert, you're better off going with the latter, in terms of type coverage. You'd only have Grass to look out for. Likewise for their mega evolutions.

[Wesley]

Originally Posted by billbot85

I'm really interested in getting Alpha Sapphire. How does it compare to Pokemon X/Y? I never played Ruby and Sapphire when they originally came out, so this will pretty much be a new adventure for me. Granted I never played Gold or Silver either, but I gotta say, when I played SoulSilver it became one of my favorite Pokemon games.

I have a Torchic in my X/Y game, so that's one starter I can trade over into Sapphire. Between Sceptile and Swampert, which one do you think has the better stats/coverage? How about when mega-evolved?

I think X/Y is better than Alpha Sapphire but not as good as SoulSilver. My opinion could be down to nostalgia, though. XY had a better selection of wild Pokemon like Mareep and Houndour. I find XY and AS to be a bit boring in comparison to SS. I believe Swampert has the best type coverage of the Hoenn starters.

[billbot85]

Thanks guys, all of this advice really helps my decision in getting this game and figuring out my starter. Although I didn't think I would like Mudkip, it seems that Swampert turns out to be my best bet as opposed to Treecko. I'll throw Blaziken into my team to be my fire/fighting, unless there are other fire Pokemon to consider.

[MikeandRaph87]

Groudon looks like the toughest to obtain in Alpha Sapphire. What would be a good trade for him/her without giving up another Legendary? I have 141 at the moment in Honnen Pokedex. Aside form Groudon what are the other hardest ones to obtain in Alpha Sapphire?

To answer the above I think Arcanine is a good second choice for a fire type in the Honnen Pokedex but Blaziken is the best overall Fire type choice. If you need a grass type move Raltz evolutionary line can cover as it knows a couple grass type moves like Magical Leaf. In the original I used Vileplume as my grass type in the team.

[Gunpowder]

Originally Posted by billbot85

I'll throw Blaziken into my team to be my fire/fighting, unless there are other fire Pokemon to consider.

Not really...unless you consider Camerupt or Magcargo to be usable. Torkoal's an option, and you can get Vulpix/Ninetales at a later point, but I'd say Blaziken's your best bet for a fire type in these games. If you can use him (and want to), go for it.

[Wesley]

I think Breloom is a good grass type. It's grass/fighting typing is great against Team Aqua. You can catch a Shroomish early on in Petalburg Woods.

[billbot85]

Originally Posted by Gunpowder

Not really...unless you consider Camerupt or Magcargo to be usable. Torkoal's an option, and you can get Vulpix/Ninetales at a later point, but I'd say Blaziken's your best bet for a fire type in these games. If you can use him (and want to), go for it.

Yeah, good point. The other fire Pokemon just don't interest me enough in the Hoenn games. I've always wanted to see what Blaziken can do, especially since he's fire/fighting like Emboar. I've always been hesitant on having 2 starters in my Pokemon team because I've felt like it makes things too easy, haha. But in reality, that doesn't really matter, haha.

Btw, I love your avatar, Gunpowder. Larry Koopa's my favorite koopaling.

[Gunpowder]

Originally Posted by billbot85

Yeah, good point. The other fire Pokemon just don't interest me enough in the Hoenn games. I've always wanted to see what Blaziken can do, especially since he's fire/fighting like Emboar. I've always been hesitant on having 2 starters in my Pokemon team because I've felt like it makes things too easy, haha. But in reality, that doesn't really matter, haha.

Eh, I wouldn't say it's "too easy", but I usually avoid using more than one starter for a playthrough team unless I have access to all three...otherwise it just feels incomplete.

Originally Posted by billbot85

Btw, I love your avatar, Gunpowder. Larry Koopa's my favorite koopaling.

Haha, thanks dude. Yeah, the Koopalings are pretty awesome, but also pretty underappreciated. My favorites are Larry, Lemmy, and Roy - and I basically only got Mario Kart 8 'cause of them. Been trying to teach myself how to draw them lately, too.

[MikeandRaph87]

I love the GTs concept. I got so many great deals completed with it. The last trade I made was a Flaafy that I breed for trading and got a Shiftry level 27 that had Pokerus. What is that exactly?

[MikeandRaph87]

I just got a level 100 shiny Rayquaza however it did lack the Megaevoution item. I gave up a freshly evolved Venomoth the trader wanted. Should I be supicious of a fake or is this person either friendly or dense? The trade seems so lopsided. A few I stumbled into have been in fact.

[Wesley]

I beat the 7th gym and got the dive hm from Steven. I'm in the Seafloor Cavern at the moment and I'm stuck on a rock puzzle. I think the game is starting to get boring, as the trainers are easy to defeat and half of Hoenn is full of water routes. Are there any good areas for training Pokemon?