The conpetitive pokemon in me....

Gengar, dragonite, zapdos i think were gen 2's top tier. Drag probably wont go since he evolves at 55...

I think gen 2 special/attack split by move type, dunno if there were natures.

So just so go gengar for special, zapdos for special, and pick a physical. Unfortunately i dont remember top tier physicals cause gen 2 lol

Also dont forget to abuse stab (same type attack bonus)

Edit: i was thinking of gen 1 lol

Skambliss op

iSometric

2221 Posts

July 15 2012 22:59 GMT

omg 31 attack IV's LOL.. so sad I am.

Fishgle

United States2174 Posts

July 16 2012 01:13 GMT

#10

gen 2 was the birth of the infamous lvl1 rattata strat, right?

aRyuujin

United States5049 Posts

July 16 2012 01:26 GMT

#11

yup skarmbliss ftw
when did we start using tyraniboah? Gen 3, right?
if there are no bans, Mewtwo is op, as is lugia, though you may not want lugia if you go skarm/bliss.
just remember this was after the special atk/def split and before the gen iv phys/spec split thing and you'll be fine

Empyrean

16935 Posts

July 16 2012 02:22 GMT

#12

Check out smogon's competitive poked ex articles for the gsc generation.

Edit: pokedex, fucking autocorrect.

LunaSaint

United Kingdom620 Posts

July 16 2012 02:54 GMT

#13

You should definitely check out Curselax.

Rattata was gen 4 since it needed a focus sash. (Phanphy sandstorm variant is sicker anyway)

Tyraniboah is gen 3 because of focus punch.

Augh, so much competetive pokemon nostalgia, goddammit.

obesechicken13

United States10467 Posts

July 16 2012 02:55 GMT

#14

Gen 2 pokemon. When I played Crystal Snorlax carried me through most of my battle tower games.
Ruby Sapphire were just a quick clear.
Then when I played diamond/pearl I learned about competitive pokemon and baton pass teams. You know when a trainer uses a move that increases their attack and you think "well that was a stupid waste of time!" ? Well when you use it 6 times your attack increases by *4 which is approximate to *4 damage. This is true of speed, spattack, and all the other stats too. I beat diamond pearl with pokemon with low bases stats. Nothing stronger than an eevee using this strategy.

If you have the time then go through smogon.
All the legendaries are overpowered except for the ones with bad typing like moltres (fire and flying = * 4 damage from rock)
Wobuffet is supposedly broken with his move set and pokemon power.
Steel types are really strong outside of competitive pokemon just because their typing is so good and most people really don't have plans to counter them. Dragon is strong for the same reason.

Juliette

United States6003 Posts

July 16 2012 02:57 GMT

#15

this thread is like a roll call for anyone that used to play lol

Aerisky

United States12128 Posts

July 16 2012 03:12 GMT

#16

Wah hey, congrats paper! I think his 10k wasn't in this thread though.

And Juliette hit the nail on its head XP

Also, from paper's profile, is this true?!
+ Show Spoiler +

Apparently it's YOUR post rate, i.e. the picture you see is your personal post rate chart :O

Hm weird, I never actually went to 0 posts per week iirc, only 0 posts for certain days :o

Dead9

United States4725 Posts

July 16 2012 03:21 GMT

#17

iare you playing using the actual cartridge, or over a simulator?
eziest solution is to go to smogon ( http://www.smogon.com/gs/tiers/ ), check out some OU/ubers, and copy some skillsets

obesechicken13

United States10467 Posts

July 16 2012 03:42 GMT

#18

On July 16 2012 12:12 Aerisky wrote:
Wah hey, congrats paper! I think his 10k wasn't in this thread though.

And Juliette hit the nail on its head XP

Also, from paper's profile, is this true?!
+ Show Spoiler +

http://www.teamliquid.net/mytlnet/post_activity_img.php

Apparently it's YOUR post rate, i.e. the picture you see is your personal post rate chart :O

Holy shit I think that's right.

Froadac

United States6733 Posts

July 16 2012 05:06 GMT

#19

On July 16 2012 10:13 Fishgle wrote:
gen 2 was the birth of the infamous lvl1 rattata strat, right?

Affirmative. Although it took quite a while before it emerged.

thoraxe

United States1449 Posts

July 16 2012 05:12 GMT

#20

Easiest way to play Crystal is to get Feraligator and use him for like 80% of your battles, for the other 20% switch out your Feraligator if they are his weaknesses. Your Feraligator should be like 10-15 levels ahead of any trainer you encounter. Don't forget those flying pokes, cutting pokes, strength pokes, Feraligator should not have any of those HM moves on him, they just take up valuable real estate. The only HM Fera should probbaly have is Surf since it's so much better than the rest of the water attacks up until it gets Hydro Pump and even then, it's inferior to Surf (I'd keep Surf over Hydro). Give him different type attacks so he becomes effective against the most types of Pokes.

^^Best Strat in any Poke game. The reason for using Feraligator is because he is super affective against the most Gym Leaders in G/S/C versions. edit: Come to think of it, Water is always the strongest starter against all the leaders in all the games, it's not like they add new types ever game, right?