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>>59539197Espeon and Tysphion are kino and I am tired of pretending they arent
>>59539199Dubs confirmed
>>59539197Nobody uses Crobat
No one used Crobat, Heracross and EspeonNo boomer in their right mind would ever catch and train up a Zubat/Golbat and max out its happinessNo boomer ever found a Heracross in the wild, most boomers ever got was a lucky Pinsir or Scyther at the Bug Catching ContestNo boomer ever returned to Goldenrod City outside of beating up Team Rocket to advance the story, most can't even find Bill's house; if they ever got their Eevee everyone else evolved it into Umbreon because Dark types are coolThe quintessential Johto team is Typhlosion/Feraligatr, Pidgeot, Ampharos, Sudowoodo, red Gyarados and either Haunter/Dragonite/Donphan/Ursaring
>>59539238Kids saw Ash had a Heracross in the anime so they spammed headbutt on trees until they got one.
>>59539197This meme only works for Sinnoh. Everything else is just cope.
>>59539197Last time I played Crystal I used a 3 mon team of Furret, Bellossom and Togetic.First time I can recall Chuck whooping my ass repeatedly.
>>59539197I've never used an Espeon
>>59539238>No boomer ever returned to Goldenrod City outside of beating up Team Rocket to advance the story, most can't even find Bill's house; if they ever got their Eevee everyone else evolved it into Umbreon because Dark types are coolwrong and wronger I darked to get that eevee and woke up early that summer just to get espeon
>>59539197I've never used Typhlosion and Johto is one of my more replayed regions (Crystal, HG). I always do Totodile and sometimes Chikorita. Other times box starter.In my HG run from 2010ish I have>Arcanine>Feraligatr >Ampharos, rotated in and out with Electabuzz. Idr if i ever tradevo'd it >Marowak>Heracross>Togekiss>Most evolved it into UmbreonTrue but I also got all eevees due to breedingI think my original Crysral run was similar but no Ampharos, Togekiss or Marowak. It was Articuno (from Gen 1), Ursaring, and Sandslash from Gen 1>>59539238I used Heracross. I never used Espeon. The anime did sell me on Heracross.
>>59539238>The quintessential Johto team is Typhlosion/FeraligatrYes. What, you need more?
>>59539238Heracross was easy enough to get with Headbutt trees, I think you can get one before Goldenrod
>>59539197Trainers are too underleveled in Johto to justify having a full team.
>>59539197LoolI don't even think that team needs Crobat for the Pokemon League
>>59539197Johturd is literally just the starter, ampharos, and 2 hms slaves. Raising any more is abysmally boring dogshit
>>59539309For PP purposes to not have to revist the Pokemon Center maybe.Just replayed Crystal for VC, and jesus the game throws so much Rocket fodder at you for the Radio Tower section.
>>59539238I used Espeon fuck you.
>>59539238>PidgeotPfft.Fearow is the Johto Bird.
>>59539197For me it's>Typhlosion (or very rarely, Meganium)>Togetic>Heracross>Sudowoodo>Gyarados>Dragonair
>>59539291>I drool so much I need a bibok man you do you
I have never used Heracross in game, the only time he wasn't either too annoying to get or too late to bother was ZA but I had a new mega only policy.
>>59539197Typhlosion and Red Gyra are really only truly common picks there.
>>59539209>>59539238crobat is the only one of these i use on playthroughs
>>59539238You have no idea how much Ashnime made Heracross cool as fuck. I still use him for my fighting type every game I can.
>>59539197>X meme.jpg checks out
>>59539410What I mean is that there is literally not enough experience to go around to have 6 evenly trained mons unless you are grinding the absurdly low level wild encounters
>>59539238>boomerIt's HGSS though. Zoomers played those games.
>>59539572It’s funny because he didn’t even do anything in any gym in his debut gen. He just showed up to body Magmar and disappeared for 5 years.
>>59539197my most used is probably Forretressit's kinda hard to use but I like to trade it for Metagross in the postgame
>>59539238>No boomer in their right mind would ever catch and train up a Zubat/Golbat and max out its happinessWhat a joyless life you live not to play a game and leave one of your favorites in the dirt.
>>59539197>>59539238Rank mine or whatever
>>59539197I always end up using furret, ampharos and togetic/kiss.
>>59539625Sure there is. It's okay to be "evenly trained" to a lower level than the enemy trainers, your Pokémon have EVs and theirs don't.
>Feraligatr/Typhlosion>Ampharos>Scyther/Scizor/Heracross>Mamoswine>Gengar>random wild card pick like Togetic that'll be useless for most of the game
such is the problem of being an autistic adult with meta knowledge and not a kid who'll use whatever design he finds most appealing in the moment with no idea what the fuck a base stat is
>>59539199fpbp
Still doesn't beat the OG
>>59541409i know i had infernape, floatzel, and luxray but i cant remember what my other 3 were
>>59541418actually i do remember i ended up just using dialga when i caught it so thats 4 of my OG team...
>>59541409Those games had such poor choices of line ups you were basicly forced that time.Infernape is ass but one of 2 fire types you could have. Shinx and Mamoswine were baller and snover is an unsung favorite of mine
>>59541418I had Empoleon, Staraptor, Luxray, and Mismagius. And then Bidoof and Dialga.
>>59539197kek it do b liek dat doe
>>59539197Nice try, I only used two of those on my last playthrough (Ampharos and Crobat)>>59539238I used Crobat this time at least, I remember it being pretty popular in the past too
>>59540149>Crobat>Furret>Magcargo>two unevolved monsI fucking kneel
Johto only, no repeating types, all catchable by the fourth gym, all useable mons with reliable stats and good movepools. Xatu, Espeon and Magcargo can also be swapped in while still fitting the same description.
>>59541567What's wrong with Crobat and Magcargo? Their stats and typing work great for single player. Remember this isn't PvP where every mon under the sun has a ground move for coverage to hit Magcargo for 4x.
>>59539197Never used Crobat, Heracross, or Espeon. Don't think I used Ampharos? Might have just gotten to Flaafy. >>59541409Never used Infernape, Floatzel, or Lucario. Used Luxray only once. Staraptor is absolutely a 'mon I have to fight myself not to use every run, though.
>>59541873Crobat is legit great. It's fast as fuck and hits hard enough, but it's bulk is actually good too. It's just a big ball of stats. Only issue is the movepool depending on the game.
I always boxed the gen 2 starters though.
>>59541409You'd get Lucario too late for it to be relevant, Roserade would be guaranteed
>>59539197>>59539238Typhlosion CrobatFurret (HM slave)AmpharosUmbreonQuagsireAre my favorite Johto mons and I'm tired of having Red Gyrados just because it's free and OP
>>59541866Is it a personal preference not using a starter? Not being a dick just curious
>>59541409Change Floatzel into Bibarel, otherwise it's 90% accurate
>>59542150Because some retard somewhere will say the starter "doesn't count" when finding non-Ledian tier Johto mons to use in the first half of the game. HGSS really fixed that issue by making a whole host of mons available much earlier (except Houndoom for some reason, he still gets shit on) and giving the entire Gen2 roster actually useable learnsets.
>>59539238>PidgeotStolen Fearow.
>>59541866Isn't Slugma not until Kanto?
>>59542326Prismo egg
>>59542326HGSS let you get>Slugma egg in Violet City>Murkrow from the Pokewalker>Misdreavus from the cave on Route 47>Larvitar from the Safari ZoneOnly Sneasel and Houndour are still limited to Kanto.
>>59542483>>Murkrow from the PokewalkerIt's also in the Safari Zone
>>59542327>>59542483>Exploits that 99% of people don't use
>>59542746>exploit
>>59542146If you’re playing HGSS you’re better off grabbing that retarded level 50 Magikarp in the new area
>>59539197>grifter farm account Frig off Pirat
>>59540149>35 hourslmfao
>>59539197>>59541409What are the standard teams of Kanto and Hoenn?
>>59544245Don’t really exist because those games have a bunch of stuff available without needing to bend over backwards for it.
>>59539302>mfw I learn that heracross tree spawns are based off of a seed generated by your trainer ID, and if you have the wrong trainer ID, you can't get heracross until 4-5 gyms into the gameI was tryign to do a monotype bug run, and was too deep to start a new file when I learned this .I think I had to beat morty with a fucking ledian and pineco before I finally got heracross. A little fuzzy on the details, but if you want heracross, it's worth looking up the heracross encounter tool online
>>59544267Johto ans Sinnoh too, those teams are just the most balanced and most powerful you can have but there are other options. Hoenn teams would have Aggron and Flygon, that's for sure, and Linoone too for HM
>>59539197not my fault Johto has fuck all for electric types until raikou
>>59544282Aggron is unironically a mid ass Pokemon for in-game use, it’s too much of a chore to use to be popular.
>>59544308I’d also say that Flygon wouldn’t be common on an initial run because you don’t actually see anything use Vibrava and Flygon itself isn’t seen until the end of the game.
>>59539238My team as a kid was Gatr, Ferret, Bat, Sudowoodo, Red Gyar, Ampharos which was replaced with Ho Oh. Then Sudowoodo replaced with Larvitar late game.
>>59541409>come on Sinnoh's distribution isn't that bad->BIDOOF>BIBERAL>STARLY>STARAVIA>MACHOKE>ZUBAT>GRAVELER>EVERY>FUCKING>ROUTE
>>59539197What's this gay shit
>>59539197My team in 2011 was pretty close to this. TyphlosionEspeonDunsparceCrobatKingdraSneasel
>>59539238>Retarded zoomerOpinion discarded
>>59544476A bad parody of >>59541409.
>>59539238Not in the gen 2 remakes but I definitely used a crobat in platinum and it clutched out the mirror with Cyrus' crobat
>>59541409>muh distributionGeneric teams exist because of having appealing pokemon available early.Even XY, a game with a massive dex, has commonly used pokemon like the mega starters, sylveon, and lucario.There is only one game that doesn't have one because its earlygame pokemon are awful, you know what game it is.
you can tell this guy did NOT play gen 2 when it came out otherwise togepi would be there, at least he's watched plenty of youtube essays though lmao
