Pokemon Play Through Event

[Dragon in the Shadows]

Too easy.  Gabite took down Magneton with Dig.  Gyarados KOed Steelix.  And Infernape took down Bastiodon with a combination of Flame Wheel and Close Combat.

Gyarados
Male
Level 40
Hasty Nature
Ice Fang, Aqua Tail, Bite, Surf

Staraptor
Male
Level 39
Brave Nature
Fly, Aerial Ace, Close Combat, Wing Attack

Luxray
Male
Level 39
Docile Nature
Thunder Fang, Bite, Charge, Spark

Infernape
Female
Level 40
Lonely Nature
Flame Wheel, Rock Smash, Ember, Close Combat

Gabite
Female
Level 40
Timid Nature
Dig, Dragon Rage, Dragon Claw, Slash

Gardevoir
Female
Level 39
Gentle Nature
Confusion, Magical Leaf, Teleport, Psychic

[Dracian]

Unlike none rpg games like hack n slash and platform games which can beat fairly easy except DMC3 of course. No game is as hard as DMC3.

Plus the process of power leveling is boring so I play by ear and use strategy and luck to win instead of brute strength. Because it provides more adrenaline and emotional payoff.

I think your forgetting Jinja Gaiden. Not to mention, all those games have hard difficulty that are retarded hard. God of War, Ninja Gaiden, Devil May Cry all have super hard modes that are insane. I'm playing normal difficulty right now and there are still times where I'm yelling at the screen.

Boring for you, but not for everyone. Me and Fever obviously like doing it. You like the process of having difficult battles and that's entertaining for you. But I get entertainment from 1HK a gym leaders last Pokemon and then verbally shouting 'How you like that sh!t B!TCH?!? Didn't even give you the time to taunt me Mother F*cker!' If I was in the world of Pokemon I would be one of the most verbally violent trainers in the world lmao.

[Dragon in the Shadows]

Started off with Infernape against Sneazel.  One Rock Smash too it down.  Piloswine was a bit more difficult because she healed it, but in the end Gyarados was able to beat it with a combination of Hydro Pump and Bite.  Back to Infernape for Abomasnow.  Another one hit KO with Flame Wheel.  Finally Froslass.  I went with Luxray's Crunch.  Took two hits.

Gyarados
Male
Level 41
Hasty Nature
Ice Fang, Hydro Pump, Bite, Surf

Staraptor
Male
Level 42
Brave Nature
Fly, Aerial Ace, Close Combat, Wing Attack

Luxray
Male
Level 42
Docile Nature
Thunder Fang, Crunch, Strength, Spark

Infernape
Female
Level 43
Lonely Nature
Flame Wheel, Rock Smash, Ember, Close Combat

Gabite
Female
Level 42
Timid Nature
Dig, Dragon Rage, Dragon Claw, Rock Climb

Gardevoir
Female
Level 42
Gentle Nature
Confusion, Magical Leaf, Teleport, Psychic

[Dracian]

YOU KILLED OBAMAsnow?!?!?! ASSASSINO!
Teehee, old joke, but still funny to me.

[Dracian]

Got the Action Replay friday and have been playing most of the weekend. I beat the first gym and I am currently power leveling before the second gym.
Trio Badge Team at Victory:
16 Monferno Male Hardy
15 Snivy Male Docile
15 Piplup Male Hardy
15 Dratini Male Docile

[PkMn Trainer]

Nice team, Dragon.   Gyarados wants some stronger physical moves though!  I'd just tack n00b moves like Rock Smash and all those other bullsh*t HM moves on some HM slaves.

[Dracian]

Man, perhaps I should have rethought taking 5 Pokemon so early, this power leveling is taking a long time. ESPECIALLY with Dratini, well Dragon Rage is making it not as cumbersome, and that nurse right next a leveling spot made it ok. But not sure I'm gonna power level before the next boss again, this is taking awhile lol.
Basic Badge
Monferno 23
Blitzle 22
Dratini 22
Prinplup 22
Servine 22
Also, I don't remember Dratini having such low stats. Even when compared to a chimchar or snivy, Dratini's defense sucks. It gets hit once and almost half health... WTF. Thank god Dragon Rage is one shotting everything ATM.

[Fever]

Dragons are hard to train.

[Dracian]

Dragons are hard to train.

Yeah, but also, the level you would normally get a Dratini in White is 35 lol.

[Fever]

I will probably play that game next. But 5th gen sorta scared me away.

[Dracian]

Yeah, I definately don't like it as much as DP. Though I hear Black 2/White 2 is much better. That being said, INSECT BADGE!
Monferno 26
Blitzle, Prinplup, Servine, Dratini 25
Sandile 20
Full Pokemon party now, and the leveling is super slow. I might start cheating with exp just so I don't have to power level so much lol. I'm playing Skyrim again, so only playing this game for about an hour a day.

[Dragon in the Shadows]

Just a heads up, this Play Through event will enter the end phase once the first person beats the Elite 4 and will conclude once the last person beats the Elite 4.  The next event, which will be limited to one generation, will begin during the end phase.  You can start the second Play Through event while finishing the first.  Furthermore I have planned a Play Through event for X and Y starting October 12.  Spoilers will not be permitted for that one.

[Fever]

wat

[Dragon in the Shadows]

We can discuss this in the mod section.

[Dracian]

Was in that damn desert for days it seems. Finally got out last night. Also, got the Bolt Badge last night. Didn't have to power level this time since I got plenty of levels fighting Pokemon in the desert.
Krokorok 30 (He took out Zebstrika)
Zebstrika 30 (He took out both of the Emolga)
Servine 29
Monferno 29
Prinplup 29
Dratini 29 (This little b@stard better get better when he evolves next level, it's getting annoying lol.)

[Dragon in the Shadows]

Long over due update.  Almost a clean sweep with Garchomp's dig.  Only his Luxray didn't go down with one hit.

Gyarados
Male
Level 49
Hasty Nature
Ice Fang, Hydro Pump, Hyper Beam, Surf

Staraptor
Male
Level 48
Brave Nature
Fly, Aerial Ace, Close Combat, Wing Attack

Luxray
Male
Level 50
Docile Nature
Thunder Fang, Crunch, Strength, Spark

Infernape
Female
Level 49
Lonely Nature
Flame Wheel, Rock Smash, Ember, Close Combat

Garchomp
Female
Level 49
Timid Nature
Dig, Crunch, Dragon Claw, Rock Climb

Gardevoir
Female
Level 49
Gentle Nature
Confusion, Magical Leaf, Future Sight, Psychic

[Fever]

How the **** does Staraptor punch someone?

[PkMn Trainer]

How the **** does Staraptor punch someone?

Remember that .gif I showed you?  Wing swipes.

[Fever]

Doesn't count. Those are fists on the attack in the game.

[PkMn Trainer]

Doesn't count. Those are fists on the attack in the game.

:I You know damn well that's just the generic attack animation.

[Dracian]

:I You know damn well that's just the generic attack animation.

Yeah in Pokemon White/Black the animation isn't of fists, just impacts. They look like little tiny explosions.

[Fever]

Yeah in Pokemon White/Black the animation isn't of fists, just impacts. They look like little tiny explosions.

Because they know. Staraptor can't punch anything.

[Dragon in the Shadows]

In theory Staraptor can.  Most aves' feet or talons are just as dexterous as a human's hand allowing them to grip and manipulate objects (to a limited degree since their feet are under them and they would, naturally, have to look down to see what they are doing).  Clearly being a raptor species (I would classify Staraptor as being designed as member of accipitridae or hawk family), this would hold true to Staraptor.  So if Staraptor could coordinate it's foot movement without taking it's eyes off the target it could throw a "punch".

The question is how effective would it be?  Birds fly so most of their strong muscle groups are in their chest and wings, not in their legs.

[PkMn Trainer]

Gaiz. Wing attack. k? Staraptor f*ckin' fights. End of story.

[Dragon in the Shadows]

Gaiz. Wing attack. k? Staraptor f*ckin' fights. End of story.

I always wondered about Wing Attack.  Wouldn't that be like getting slapped with a pillow repeatedly?  How can that be super effective?  Maybe super annoying.  I have been meaning to p**s off a bird to test this one, but every time I try I get kicked out of the pet store.