Holy shit it's so bad I thought people were joking about the selection but ledyba and poochyena are genuinely something you're supposed to carry on you for the first fucking dungeon? The pokemon choices are just horrible.
>>59106808It's called "variety". Stop always using the same shillmons. Try something new, and don't cry like a baby.
>>59106899We found ourselves a Ledian fan, what's next? You'll suggest leveling Gulpin to 100 or using spheal in a game with no access to the surf hm?
I'm glad these games exist to give some spotlight to underutilized gen 2/3 mons.
>>59106907Yeah no one had any reason to use sugma in gen 3 with all the water routes or in sapphire with all the water trainers or in emerald with both the final gym leader and champion being water type specialists.
>>59106905Not the same guy, but yes.If kids two decades ago could do it, it should be easy-peasy for a big-brain adult like you.
>>59106905i am unironically a ledian fan because he's so dogshit. i just gotta give it up for a cute little guy who thinks he can punch while having one of the worst attack stats in the entire game
>>59106808I can deal with the shitmons because I fucking love the particle effects in this game, Reflect/Light Screen tickle my brain
Ledian has been great, I only got rid of it because butterfree could do everything it could + sleep powder
What's a good nickname for houndour? I'm trying to nickname every pokemon I purify.
https://www.serebii.net/xd/pokemon.shtmlJust look at how fucking bad it is, and for those who haven't played it. Citadark Isle is the last dungeon so those might as well be post game only. It's so bad, so so bad holy fuck.
>>59107088Houndy
>>59107044Something is Bugging me about this teamcomp, but I can't quite put my finger on it.
>>59107088Fire Bitch.
>>59106808>ledyba and poochyena are genuinely something you're supposed to carry on you for the first fucking dungeon?NoYoure supposed to purify them and put them in the purify chamber as fodderRetard
>>59107088Jasmine
>>59107088Marco
>>59106808It's actually a really fantastic game and I think you have shit tasteXD always stood out to me as the best game in gen 3 (yes better than emerald)
>>59106808>ledyba and poochyena are genuinely something you're supposed to carry on you for the first fucking dungeon?I mean frankly if you can't beat the first part of the game with them then I think you're probably really bad at Pokemon
This game has been carried by Shadow Lugia for years
>>59107088Cooleryena
>>59106905>leveling Gulpin to 100Imagine thinking you need to overlevel to beat this game even with shitmons
The appeal of this game was being able to use Johto mons in a main playthrough which wasn't possible in any other game
>You can pick ANY Eevee you want from the first town>Teddiursa and Ursaring as a guarantee powerhouse >Houndour, Mareep, and Spheal are early encounters with Special Type coverage.So...Have the modern games spoiled us so much that Gale of Darkness doesn't offering enough choice?
>>59107044>not evolving surskit for doubles intimidate use
>>59107341First dungeon is before you unlock that feature.
>>59107537No that's Colosseum. If you actually look most of the available Pokémon are Kanto or Hoenn.
>>59107341>>59106808Poochyena is fine man I don’t get the issue.You get bite pretty much instantly, and then you have a stab move that flinches. And it doesn’t take long to evolve (lvl18) and then you have evolved stats and Intimidate in a 99% double battle game. Is it worth keeping around the whole game? Probably not, but it’s not a bad pokemon by any means
>>59107675Masquerain a shit
Enjoying it so far honestly, even though I do agree about the limitations. Team so far in Pyrite Town is Vaporeon, Teddiursa, Flaffy and Numel. Anything good coming up next to fill up the other 2 spots?
>>59107972It's a fucking dark physical attacker in a gen prior to the special split. It's bad.
>>59107972Dark being special makes Bite hit like a wet noodle on Poochyena and Mightyena, despite STAB.
>>59107987? Physical attacker? Does the game explode if it uses a special attack or something?
>>59107993???? Did you never play a game prior to gen 4??? It just hits like shit.
>>59107993No. It makes the Pokemon feel pathetically weak and useless beyond the intial Intimidate.
>>59108011>0 Atk Mightyena Return vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Mew: 68-80 (19.9 - 23.4%) -- possible 5HKO>0 SpA Mightyena Crunch vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Mew: 117-138 (34.3 - 40.4%) -- guaranteed 3HKOSeems fine to me. You sure you’re not just shit at the game?
>>59106808It's a great game, give it a chance.Yeah it doesn't have the split yet but that's just a flaw of gen3 as a whole
>>59106899Shut the fuck you you contrarian faggot. Your opinion is worth nothing.
>>59108021Ok so use something else? What the fuck is your problem exactly?
>>59106808>but ledyba and poochyena are genuinely something you're supposed to carry on you for the first fucking dungeon?Its called sovl, something yall zoomers clearly lack
>>59108038>Ok so use something elseWay ahead of you. Still needed to point out how underwhelming Poochyena is.
>>59106808Doing a direct port over a remaster/remake was a mistake
>>59107173>>59107557Yeah, I'm with this guy Tediursa and most of the Cipher Lab pickups are decent but not amazing, better than Ledian or pre-split Poochyena.
>>59108050>gale of darkness with forced exp share and affection bonuses just so zoomers don't feel bad about sucking at a kids gameGrim.
>>59108050I don't think it's a port, just a rom, they wouldn't put in the money and effort to either port these games or remaster/remake them.
>>59107557I was looking for someone who actually played the game and this is exactly correct. People not knowing how to play is exactly why the games keep getting easier and easier.
>>59108058Houndour is pretty fucking insane. Carvanha and Shroomish are very good too.But the game doesn't throw a lot of threatening or strong Pokemon at you, so the weak choices just balance everything out, somewhat?
>>59106808You have your choice of an eevee evolution. Quit bitching.
>>59108090Should be fine as long as you don't pick Umbreon lmao.
>>59106808Yeah, the Pokemon distribution sucks, but at least the game has no exploration and the story is written like shit and there's no difficulty and you get to look at ugly N64 models
>>59108071I'm reminded of that guy who used Pidgeot in HGSS long after it became obvious it was dead weight in his party. Like at least the Octillery would have been decent with an item, Pidgeot was just kinda sad.>>59108077I mean some of the bosses having something resembling a strategy is on average slightly more threatening than non Gen 7 titles standard of "RNG snowballing" like half the Normal type gym leaders or "having a good Pokemon" like vanishingly few gym leaders. This was more true in Colosseum, but even having a super basic Earthquake strategy is something that even main game doubles don't really do. This also isn't getting into the very specific puzzle battles of the Battle Sims that are kind of a microcosm of the GameCube games, and we barely see again until Pokestar Studios where it's less about battle knowledge and more about figuring out weird loopholes and a bonus helping of style.
>>59108093Hell, even Umbreon is useful, as anyone who has played Colosseum can tell you. Having a solid defensive Pokemon with some support and status moves is useful, Toxic is no joke.
If you complain about any mon's viability in a main playthrough you're actually just horrible at the game.
>>59108093Flareon is worse>>59108100Best tanks in XD are other shadow pokemon.
>>59108095The models are sofucking bad.
>>59108108And yet, they're still better than the Switch models.
>>59107959You don't even have to use them, just being in the party at all will purify them
>>5910810495 Sp Attack is perfectly usable for it'sFire STAB. Quick Attack, Double-Edge and Shadow Ball coming from 130 Attack still hurts a lot.Espeon > Jolteon > Vaporeon > Flareon > Umbreon when it comes to Gale.
>>59108134Yeah but as a flamethrower spammer it's outdone by houndoom.
>>59108154Sure. Even Arcanine is outclassed by Houndoom. Still doesn't make it or Flareon bad picks.Even Ninetales and Camerupt are decent picks. You got to be very careful with the latter, because Water types and Water Pulse are insanely common.
>>59106808>Wooooow, I don't have Dratini and Larvitar available to me at the start, this game is fucking traaaaaash"
>>59106808>being this bad at a game for 10 year olds.Maybe go back to playing SV?
best part of this game is by far the battle cd's. best side mode in pokemon history
>>59108176Ninetales is arguably the best pick period for Fire Types because it gets access to Heat Wave as a special purification move, the only other Fire Types available in GoD to get Heat Wave are Magcargo (pure shitmon) and Moltres (literally the final boss) and Ninetales has the stats to make it a worthy investment.
>>59107557Be honest, have you ever met anyone that WANTS to play the bear cub? It's already weaker than worms in the main game, in XD all it does is take one attack (and die) so your eevee isn't down in one turn, rinse and repeat until you catch something else.
>>59108108Let's be real, low poly is a lot better than the "accurate" models we've been stuck since XY. And at least fliers aren't stuck airborne due to a game mode that only existed in one game.
Post and r8 current teams.
>all the seething toddlers ITT because Anon called their childhood shitGreat work OP. But I do have to say it's your own fault for ignoring the warnings and playing it to see how bad it is first-hand.
>>59108910And that's why the fanbase doesn't take any you retards seriously. You unironically say shit like that on the internet for the world to see, then turn around and cry things should be done your way.
>>59108910Wow, I didn't know fliers were still forever gliding even as recent as L:Z-A and Champions! That's fucked up, you have proof for that?
The only shitmons here are Gulpin, Spinarak, and the two you mentioned. There's plenty of usable choices.>>59108832>It's already weaker than worms in the main gameIt has 80 attack which is far stronger than any other unevolved Pokemon.>>59108910The shills got mad at this one
>>59108945>op is bitching that a kids game from 2 decades ago is too difficult>others anons call him out>>you totally owned those losers, op
>>59108992You're replying to a samefag
>>59106808>ledyba and poochyena are genuinely something you're supposed to carry on you for the first fucking dungeon?Wait, i am in the epstein island already and i never met those two pokemon, i thought that you build your first team with the power rangers' shadow pokemon
its called get good you fucking zoomlet
>>59108910Sky battles were so fucking stupid. Made a whole lot of mons look stupid as fuck for a lame gimmick you were forced to do MAYBE twice.
What are some moves useful for double battles I should watch out for? I picked up Snorunt for Icy Wind, not sure what else is good in this gen.
>>59108910Switchkeks won't easily recover from this one.
>>59109439Why is it tweaking like it had some edibles?
>>59109439never realized how spiky Skarmory was, wouldn't surprise me if it was designed with low poly graphics in mind
>>59106808This is one of the times where that meme of using the same team every time is mostly accurate. Though I have to ask...Dropping umbreon in colosseum and evolving the eevee into jolteon in xd is common, right? The guidebook I had as a kid said jolteon was the best choice and the umbreon thing was just because it never learned any dark moves after bite, not even crunch or anything.
>>59108100umbreon is dogshit. its best stab is bite. it's not fast enough to get off its limited support moves. so it's a tank that just sits there soaking and contributing nothing. even espeon fills a better support role since it can act first and set a reflect. I drop umbreon for skiploom who has sleep powder and the speed to use it, a dogshit stab that can chip shadow mons and recovery.
First pokemon you get is my boy teddiursa, so it's good.
>>59109473Espeon is better unless you like baltoy and mid to late game ralts.
>>59110535This, I love it so much I've been using it to help train up my other pokemon
come home white man
>>59106808You do realize they're meant to help you complete the Pokédex without needing a second GBA and the other/two versions, right?
>>59110535shut up asprey
>>59110673What is this?
>>59110770slop made by a lenora-colored creature, don't play it
>>59110770gale of darkness but good, balance is a bit wonky in the last few battles but overall its a vast upgrade
>>59110779retard
>>59110779>Physical/Special Split
>>59110535Your "boy" is not even a pokemon.
>>59110955How is Teddiursa not a Pokémon?
>>59110779>more options>updated movepools and stats to help shitmons and more>split to make everything more viable>better challengeDon't see the issue
>>59110975>things that make the game 100x easier>better challenge retard
>>59110980the enemies have these things too nigger
