Tomas Elliot

Well, that wouldn't be "one" change tho

In general, a Pokemon whose base form has a weather-inducing ability, and whose mega form has a weather-abusing ability. Dunno, Swift Swim Mega Politoed? Solar Power Mega Ninetales? The latter would be particularly clever IMO, in that Charizard does the reverse: so they could just start off with Ninetales setting and Charizard abusing, and then swap halfway through the match...

I have the entire series Smackdown! vs RAW (2005 to 2011), I used to love the Season mode, and truth be told, the more the series deviated from that format, the less I enjoyed it! The CAW function has always been cool tho.

Which is what I have been telling you this whole time, isn't it? Have you seen my earlier post?

As you wish: Pokemon: Arcanine Held item: Leftovers EVs: 252 HP, 252 Def, 4 SpAtk (Bold Nature) Ability: Intimidate Moves: Morning Sun, Will-o-wisp, Roar, Fire Blast (or Flamethrower) A great physical wall that burns opponents, making it even easier to wall stuff on the physical spectrum. Has a great synergy with Gastrodon, messes with set uppers with Roar, and can hit decently hard with Fire Blast (yes Fire Blast, not Flare Blitz: this is a defensive Pokemon so the recoil would hinder its walling abilities). If the accuracy of Fire Blast worries you, Flamethrower is also an option. Pokemon: Gastrodon Held item: Leftovers EVs: 252 HP, 252 SpDef, 4 SpAtk (Calm Nature) Ability: Storm Drain Moves: Recover, Scald, Earth Power, Ice Beam (or Toxic or Protect) A fantastic special wall that can also take physical hits from burned opponents and, thanks to its wonderful typing, can force switches and take advantage from the free turns to recover off the damage taken. Scald helps Arcanine spreading burns, which makes Toxic a slightly less useful option for the last slot. Earth Power can deal some serious damage to most Pokemon if you can absorb a Water-type attack thus getting a +1 to SpAtk, and this will make the opponent want to switch some bulky Grass-type into Gastrodon: knowing this, Ice Beam can be useful in the fourth slot to catch them on the switch and deal some nasty damage. Protect helps the passive recovery from Leftovers and makes prediction easier against choiced Pokemon, so yeah, it's your pick in the end... Pokemon: Armaldo Held item: Leftovers or Choice Band EVs: 252 HP, 252 Atk, 4 Def (Adamant Nature) Ability: Battle Armor Moves: Rapid Spin, X-Scissor, Stone Edge, Earthquake or Stealth Rock Armaldo is bulky and hits hard, meaning it can force switches. And you can take advantage of the switches it forces to Rapid Spin. Also, with its powerful X-scissor it can break through Regen cores, which is always nice. If you like to hit hard, give it Earthquake in the fourth slot along with Choice Band. If you prefer durability and support, give it Stealth Rock and Leftovers. Pokemon: Flygon Held item: Choice Scarf EVs: 252 Atk, 252 Spe, 4 HP (Jolly Nature) Ability: Levitate Moves: Earthquake, Stone Edge, U-turn, Outrage Flygon is not supposed to be the hammer of this team. Flygon is supposed to be the scalpel: switch into weakened Pokemon (you have 2 key immunities and many resistances, so it is easy to switch the guy in) and finish them off with the appropriate move. With this set, you can outspeed more or less the entire tier, making this job all that easier. It would be a smart move to default to this guy as your lead, using U-turn to scout the opponent's decisions and get a chance to send in Sceptile and Mega evolve. In general, early on you want to always use U-turn no matter what, forcing switchings and keeping momentum on your side: use other attacks only at the end of the game, when you are sure you can score kills regardless of your opponent's attempts at switching, picking on their weakened mons. Pokemon: Sceptile Held item: Sceptilite EVs: 252 SpAtk, 252 Spe, 4 HP (Mild Nature) Ability: Overgrow (Lightningrod after Mega evolving) Moves: Earthquake, Leaf Storm, Dragon Pulse, Hidden Power (Fire or Ice) This guy hits like a truck. Leaf Storm can deal over 70% damage to anything that doesn't double-resist it (or Blissey), and if the opponent think they are smart, sending out a Fire or Steel Pokemon and then assuming you'll be forced to switch out by the SpAtk drop, EQ will catch them off-guard and score the kill. Dragon Pulse and Hidden Power round off the coverage: pick the type of HP depending on your needs, both can be ok... Well, this is it. This is a very solid team to be honest, except... I still find Linoone to be the odd name out. This team needs a Volt-switcher like you need air to breathe, to keep momentum going and give Sceptile and Flygon even better chances to come in and wreck havoc...

Oh I concur to the "get Mother 3" thing. There is actually a small community that provides a free English patch somewhere around the web, look it up... I remember a link to their forum was present in the Tv Tropes article about Mother 3...

Interesting... Well it does sound like a way to save time, adjusting EVs manually instead of going through that insanely long and tedious work that is EV training, and indeed it helps with breeding... But I do agree with Ame on the individuality part, so I'd never use it to alter the IVs...

What is this "cheat engine" I hear people mentioning from time to time anyway?

Well, PMD is not canon for the overall timeline of the main series games, but still, that's probably where they got the idea for the "primal" names from. I am honestly surprised they came up with this whole new concept, instead of just calling the new formes of Kyogre and Groudon... You know, just Mega Kyogre and Mega Groudon.

Oh yeah, Knock Off. Reborn already implements all Gen 6 mechanics, so Knock Off is actually pretty good, and IIRC Hariyama learns it naturally... Except most non-gym leader enemies you'll be facing won't be carrying any items on their mons, but oh well...

Don't say such things aloud please. She could decide to remove that <.<

Does Linoone really have to stay? Because a team consisting of physically defensive Arcanine, specially defensive Gastrodon (that's actually one hell of a defensive core, considering both have reliable recovery in Morning Sun and Recovery respectively), Mega Sceptile as a fast special sweeper, Armaldo a a bulky tank that can set-up a Swords Dance and hit hard while also doubling as a rapid spinner, and Flygon with some hit-and-run tactics (I'd actually recommend a Choice Scarf set) could actually be a pretty decent team, and I will be glad to go in-depth about the sets for each mon if you'd like. But Linoone is just... The odd name out. I really don't think it can be of help in any way, it will never manage to set-up Belly Drum reliably in today's UU meta, and even if it did, Extreme Speed wouldn't really guarantee a sweep with all the things around that can shrug it off even at +6... I seriously think Linoone hinders you more than it helps you! Don't you have another "Pokemon you like" to use for this "challenge" of yours?

That's exactly what I meant: the only 4 viable moves Hariyama gets are Bulk Up, Fake Out, Vital Throw (and later Close Combat) and a Rock-type filler for coverage (Stone Edge? Not sure it's in the game tho). However, to make itself useful in-game, that's all it needs!

For once that a tour I like is being hosted on SD, I cannot join it because by the time it starts, I'll have been arrived in my hometown <.<

I'll go ahead and be that guy. Rules state that posting the importable is not enough. You also need to provide in-depth descriptions of what each Pokemon does, and state your strategy in general. Please refer to this topic for more details. Also, we actually have a device on Reborn for easy RMT creation, you might want to check that out... Also, you should have probably posted this in the RMT sub-section... #minimodding

Next field effect Ame introduces: "[Player] Loses".

Well, Ttar has some great Special Defense with maximized HP and the boost it gets from Sand, which means it can form a defensive core of sorts with Hippowdon, which in turn has great Defense... So yeah, hand Hippo a Smooth rock and keeping up Sand long enough for (Mega) Garchomp and/or Excadrill to bring the pain should be easy, even outside Doubles environment... OmgwhathaveIdoneIgavetheevilmistressanidea