My Pokemon, Let me show you them!

[arkani]

With the recent release of Black2 & White2, I'm curious - what does your team look like at the moment? How far through are you? What are you liking/hating about the new game?

If you haven't gotten to the newest games yet, what one are you playing, where are you at?

I'm playing White 2 at the moment, not too far off from kicking butt at the Nimbasa Gym. My team has been upgraded with a few favorites, thanks to my JP white version - I have so far (after a *lot* of grinding), in current Party Order:
Archeops (JP) - Lv38
Samurott - Lv38
Ampharos - Lv40
Darmanitan (JP) - Lv38
Jirachi (really old event, Figured it's about time I used it!) - Lv38

I have 1 spot open.. not sure what the last Pokemon i'll put in will be, or if i'll just keep it for a HM Poke.



Has anyone else gotten the Dream Radar? I know there's a few of us with 3ds'es out there. I've caught a *lot* of Swablu, and Tornadus in Therian forme so far.

[Ally]

I don't have Black/White2 yet (getting it on Tuesday!) but I'm still playing through HeartGold trying to finish my Pokedex. My team at the moment is:
Typhlosion, level 92
Scizor, level 86
Umbreon, level 85
Ampharos (shiny), level 87
Slowking, level 87
Dragonite, level 88

I was also playing Platinum and my team on that was:
Infernape, level 65
Luxio, level 65
Golduck, level 65
Garchomp, level 65

[m4pl3g1rl]

I haven't caught Tornadus yet. Grrr. I'm not good at the radar. Boo.

However I have a new respect for Genesect. With the exception of Fire, the bug can groove!

[RMDC]

I don't have any fifth-gen games. For a while, i was doing monotype Platinum runs - I use SoulSilver as my "home" game for now, so I was breeding for movesets and natures, then moving the eggs over to a new game on Plat. I put it down for a few months after I finished my Dragon run.

A few weeks ago, I picked up my Pearl cartridge, finally got around to trading my wife's team to SS (a year and a half after she'd finished the game!), and started an in-game run. Right now, I have a full team, all in the mid-40s, just grinding before the E4. This is what I have plotted for final movesets:

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Empoleon @ Lefties
- Surf
- Flash Cannon
- Ice Beam
- Grass Knot / Swagger

Staraptor @ (?)
- Aerial Ace
- Close Combat
- Return
- Fly / ?

Gallade @ Shell Bell / Fist Plate / Mind Plate
- Psycho Cut
- Leaf Blade
- Brick Break
- Swords Dance

Mismagius @ Expert Belt
- Shadow Ball
- Psychic
- Shock Wave
- Confuse Ray

Hippowdon @ Lefties
- EQ
- Crunch
- Fire Fang
- Stone Edge

Lucario @ (?)
- Aura Sphere
- Dark Pulse
- Dragon Pulse
- Metal Sound

I'm a little concerned, though, since both of my Garchomp counters are Steels, and neither one is using a STAB Chomp-killer move. I suppose I could switch Fire Fang to Ice Fang on Hippowdon. Or I could toss Ice Beam onto Mismagius - have to check, but I'm pretty sure it learns TM13, as Missy is a special cannon. I just don't want to be grinding for the next two weeks to beat the E4 with sheer level power.

Planning on getting Black 2 someday. I know so little about fifth gen.

[arkani]

I have Genosect.. but haven't done anything with it yet.
I missed out on the Keledo event by a *day*, because the game store people gave me the wrong info. Grrr.

RMDC, I don't think Mismagius can learn ice beam, at least Serebii says so. It does look like it can learn Icy Wind from a move tutor in gold/silver, though.

Tornadus' backsprite is *huge*, it seems to be a slow leveller though. *sticks with Archeops*

Ally, Today is Tuesday! Which one are you getting?

I'm thinking when/if I get Black2 I may do a nuzlocke run.

[Ally]

I'll be getting White 2, and my younger brother will get Black 2 so we'll be able to trade between each other!
I've also started EV training a team to take out my brother who ALWAYS beats me at Wifi battles, so far I have an awesome Togekiss (with serene grace!) with maxed out stats in Special Attack and Speed, kitted out with a Kings Rock. I'm not too sure what else to train, or even if I want to train more (it was damn hard!) but we'll see

[RMDC]

I've also started EV training a team to take out my brother who ALWAYS beats me at Wifi battles

Are you also doing IV breeding?

[Ally]

Not yet. My Pokemon playing life has mostly revolved around level grinding to 100 and then thinking I was the ultimate Pokemon Master, so I have only recently been able to to get my head around the concept of EV training (surprisingly with a lot of help from the picture below!) Maybe when I get a little better at it all I'll try IV Breeding!

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[arkani]

I think I've EV trained like, 3 Pokemon lol
Weird thing just happened in chargestone cave.. I found and caught a joltik and a klink, both of which were OT'ed to N.
Apparently it happens if you do that memory link with a black or white cart.

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[RMDC]

I've got about twenty or so which I've EV trained, and I've done training for other people in trade for their very nice critters, so my stable is a couple boxes full. I have one primary six-member team which are IV bred; they also split into two three-member teams optimized for Battle Tower usage. My IV breeds are my prizes; the luckiest project still took ten generations to breed, and my annoyer Venusaur was a twenty-generation line. But I keep all the eggs that didn't pass muster so I can use them in fun runs on Plat or Pearl.

I am a sad, sad man.