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[Dawnlight]

If you're going for Haxorus, your best bet is for him to have the Lax or Jolly Natures. Haxorus sucks in terms of Def or Special Def also the face that he has low max HP. Lax raises Def and Jolly raises Speed. They both lower Sp. Atk.

[Koh]

Haven't posted my status in a while :O.

I'm just before the 8th Gym. But I stopped, to catch 2 Cubchoos, breed them, and train a Lv. 1 Cubchoo from the ground up (Currently Lv. 20 something) to be prepared for this Dragon Type gym. I didn't have anything to counter Dragons XD.

[Twilight-Prince]

Besides collecting treasures from a guy every day, I haven't done much besides complete parts of my Pokedex. I'm at least trying to complete the Unova Dex, and it's coming along pretty good thanks to the fact low-level Pokemon gain more EXP from high-level Pokemon.

Also, for online users, it's sad to say that the initial release of the Global Link online feature (normally was gonna be March 30th) has been delayed due to all the recent stuff in Japan, and the fact that energy conservation is in effect there. No news yet on when it will be active in the USA and elsewhere, but they're saying they'll try to get it up and running ASAP.

Edited by Twilight-Prince, 26 March 2011 - 12:05 PM.

[Russ]

I have no idea how your Pokemon are even that low-leveled. I'm only just past the sixth-gym and have almost hit those, and I haven't even been intentionally grinding, just fighting every trainer.

I never fight Wild Pokemon except to catch them, and I sneak by a lot of trainers. That's how.

I gotta say, I'm loving the Super Rod. Catching Kingdras at level 64 is beyond awesome. Nevermind the fact that it nearly killed my entire team.

I gotta say though, I am pretty annoyed by the difficulty spike when you try to head to the last three cities. The trainers are 22 levels higher than I am, and I seriously can't beat them? Why is the first trainer you fight harder than the final boss? It makes no sense.

And White Forest is gonna be a pain to do. Stupid forced entralink...

[Koh]

I never fight Wild Pokemon except to catch them, and I sneak by a lot of trainers. That's how.

I gotta say, I'm loving the Super Rod. Catching Kingdras at level 64 is beyond awesome. Nevermind the fact that it nearly killed my entire team.

I gotta say though, I am pretty annoyed by the difficulty spike when you try to head to the last three cities. The trainers are 22 levels higher than I am, and I seriously can't beat them? Why is the first trainer you fight harder than the final boss? It makes no sense.

And White Forest is gonna be a pain to do. Stupid forced entralink...

Well, whose fault is that for doing a low-level play-through ? You put that on yourself XD.

[Zemious]

My guy is level 38, I'd like to battle one of you guys. I use Slaking with a Toxic Orb and Facade.
When he's poisoned, I switch his item to Choice Band.

[SpacemanDan]

Why is the first trainer you fight harder than the final boss? It makes no sense.

Post game should always be more difficult than the main game, otherwise it's not that challenging. (At least, I think so.)

Anyways, I got myself a copy of Platinum, so once I get far enough in Heart Gold and Black, I'll be doing some fun transferring through the three games. I also have myself a Tepig egg now, which means I'll have to send it to a friend for more Tepigs. (I'm not that far yet. XD) Plus, she can breed/hacth Pokemon like crazy. O_o It also means I'll have all three starters. XD Actually, my Snivy hasn't even evolved yet, despite it being my actual starter. O_o My Oshowatt evolved faster. XD

[Zemious]

My Slaking's Facade ability is:
70 - Base Power
+70 - Because of toxic status.
+35 - S.T.A.B
+35 - Guts
Total damage of Facade with Slaking is 315.

[Mitchfork]

If you're going for Haxorus, your best bet is for him to have the Lax or Jolly Natures. Haxorus sucks in terms of Def or Special Def also the face that he has low max HP. Lax raises Def and Jolly raises Speed. They both lower Sp. Atk.

Jolly is definitely the best nature (in my opinion) because boosting an average-low defense really doesn't get you anywhere. However, I typically don't breed/hunt for specific natures during the game. I'll only do that if I'm going to go competitive with something. The game isn't hard enough that you need to optimize your team unless you want to tackle some specific post-game challenges.

I never fight Wild Pokemon except to catch them, and I sneak by a lot of trainers. That's how.

I just assumed everybody fights them all.

My Slaking's Facade ability is:
70 - Base Power
+70 - Because of toxic status.
+35 - S.T.A.B
+35 - Guts
Total damage of Facade with Slaking is 315.

*Switches to Gengar*
*Gengar uses Focus Blast*
lol.

[Eddard McHorn Van-Schnuder]

I think there may be one trainer who has a Pikachu, but I can't remember who (I'm trying to remember my Japanese run, but it was a while ago =P ).

But, I do have a Pichu you can have, either way, if ya want! It's a male, though, so you're gonna need a Ditto to breed with it. He does come with a bonus, though: POKERUS!! He was actually the pokemon I threw into the box in case I needed Pokerus again, but it's alright for me to trade it-- I have more infected hanging around.

Though, if breeding's not your thing, I do have a female Pikachu you can have, too. I really liked it, but I got it from SoulSilver and it's name is in ALL-CAPS, and I really don't want any of my Pokemon to feel like they're being yelled at, so... you can have it, and breed with something to produce a kid with a properly written name.

I'll be free tonight after classes, maybe 7 hours from this post, or a little earlier. I'll be free until midnight (EST), so just let me know when! (or, if not today, the same schedule applies to tomorrow).

My FC is: 0690 - 4566 - 2711, Lym

Oh, wow, I completely forgot I even posted here XD

Thank you, but as it turns out, my sister found her DS, so now I can just trade over one of my own Thanks though!

[Littlelink91]

If you're going for Haxorus, your best bet is for him to have the Lax or Jolly Natures. Haxorus sucks in terms of Def or Special Def also the face that he has low max HP. Lax raises Def and Jolly raises Speed. They both lower Sp. Atk.

Haha! If you add spaces between haxorous's name, it would sound like Hax or us when you say it. Hahahaha!! Or If you add just one space, it could be Haxor us. Hahaha.

[Eddard McHorn Van-Schnuder]

Jolly is definitely the best nature (in my opinion) because boosting an average-low defense really doesn't get you anywhere. However, I typically don't breed/hunt for specific natures during the game. I'll only do that if I'm going to go competitive with something. The game isn't hard enough that you need to optimize your team unless you want to tackle some specific post-game challenges.

I just assumed everybody fights them all.

*Switches to Gengar*
*Gengar uses Focus Blast*
lol.

.... Dude. What?

Black is actually the first game in this series where I decided I wasn't going to sneak by any trainers, and fight all wild pokemon, because I heard the post-game challenge was pretty hard.

That said however, I beat the league with three Pokemon around level 50-55, and there's still a huge spike in difficulty. I have had no issues with any trainers other than Cynthia though, and even the pokemon in level 70 were pretty easy and in no way as hard as the Elite Four, not to mention N. I don't know if I somehow just got lucky, but I've been able to take down pretty much every mon' with one or two blows, so I don't understand why everyone keeps complaining about it being hard

[Russ]

Well, whose fault is that for doing a low-level play-through ? You put that on yourself XD.

Post game should always be more difficult than the main game, otherwise it's not that challenging. (At least, I think so.)

There is a certain level of reasonableness for post game difficulty. For example, even though I was underleveled, Kanto in HG and the island who's name I forget in Platinum were beatable (tough, but beatable). But the difficulty jump here is just unreasonable. It's insanely difficult, and it's not fair to force that onto people.

[Orithan]

My pokemon didn't get much stronger since the last time since I posted, and I would have averaged at around Level 55 if I wasn't beaten by the Excadrill that Veteran had (had to restart from a save from outside the Challenge cave). It is not worth losing half of my money just to keep a few level-ups, considering that I haven't found anyway to re-challenge any trainers yet.

List of pokemon I always find difficult to fight when seen with trainers;

1. Hydreigon (we are definatley going to see this one being spammed in competitive if it isn't listed as an Uber).

2. Jellicent (more annoying than hard).

3. Excadrill.

4. Stoutland.

5. Cofagrigus.

Do you hate these too?

[Dawnlight]

My pokemon didn't get much stronger since the last time since I posted, and I would have averaged at around Level 55 if I wasn't beaten by the Excadrill that Veteran had (had to restart from a save from outside the Challenge cave). It is not worth losing half of my money just to keep a few level-ups, considering that I haven't found anyway to re-challenge any trainers yet.

List of pokemon I always find difficult to fight when seen with trainers;

1. Hydreigon (we are definatley going to see this one being spammed in competitive if it isn't listed as an Uber).

2. Jellicent (more annoying than hard).

3. Excadrill.

4. Stoutland.

5. Cofagrigus.

Do you hate these too?

Hydreigon - Definitely. Just remember to take advantage of his weaknesses. He has 4 of them: Fighting, Ice, Dragon, and Bug.
Jellicent - He has TERRIBLE defense. Crunch FTW!
Excadrill - Meh, just use Water, Fighting, or Ground Type attacks and you're done.
Stoutland - He's not really a pain. He has a VERY limited moveset.
Cofagrigus - He's just as annoying as Spiritomb. Plus, if you have Levitate, Sturdy, Pressure, etc, then make sure he doesn't activate Mummy on you.