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Anonymous Sat 27 Apr 2013 15:54:27 No.12135350 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>12135377 >>12135617

>using only your starter and maybe one or two other Pokemon
Is this bad?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 27 Apr 2013 15:55:19 No.12135360 Report

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No.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 27 Apr 2013 15:56:03 No.12135367 Report

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i usually use 3 and have another 3 for slave/switch out to heal/revive my mains

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Anonymous Sat 27 Apr 2013 15:57:35 No.12135377 Report

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>>12135350
If thats your style of play, have at it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 27 Apr 2013 15:59:32 No.12135395 Report

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Nah man, there's only 1 way to play wrong at Pokemon in-game.
If you use more Pokemon than your opponent has available.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 27 Apr 2013 16:08:21 No.12135466 Report

Quoted By: >>12135552 >>12136083

Depends on the game you play. Some games like GSC/HGSS are meant to be played with little teams of 2-3 because of the shit level-scaling. The typical HGSS team looks like this:

>Typhlosion
>Gyarados
>Ampharos

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Anonymous Sat 27 Apr 2013 16:21:25 No.12135552 Report

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>>12135466
That makes a lot of sense. I've been playing SS and I've been stuck at Morty's gym with a team of 6. What other games have bad level-scaling?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 27 Apr 2013 16:29:15 No.12135606 Report

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>>12135552
The other games are alright.

FRLG had a low level curve, but the bosses were especially easy compared to HGSS's titans like Clair.

Emerald can be troublesome post-gym#6 thanks to the overabundance of water routes, but it generally isn't a problem.
Platinum's is mean early on. The third gym (Ghost) and the fifth gym (Water) have especially cruel teams compared to yours, but no complaints anywhere else.

BW1 had a bizarre post-game level scale but hey, who's scared of a level 65 Weedle after beating the game?

BW2's level scale is perfect.

/opinions

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Anonymous Sat 27 Apr 2013 16:30:53 No.12135617 Report

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>>12135350
>Is this bad?
is this 1997?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 27 Apr 2013 17:05:26 No.12135849 Report

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>>12135617
What?

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Anonymous Sat 27 Apr 2013 17:08:18 No.12135865 Report

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This is what I've found so far to be the ideal number of pokemon you should use if you don't want to grind:
>Platinum: 4
>White: 5
>White 2: 4

Haven't tried the others yet.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 27 Apr 2013 17:13:33 No.12135902 Report

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You can clear BW/2 using just your starter. Maybe a few other pokes to toss out while you revive your starter, and the odd HM slave. You can do this fairly efficiently, too; by the time I reached the first E4 battle in BW1 my Samurott was level 80, and I actually managed to get him to level 100 in W2.

Can't really speak for the other gens, as it's been a while.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 27 Apr 2013 17:22:09 No.12135940 Report

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In Pearl, I think I just used Torterra and Staraptor for most of it.

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Anonymous Sat 27 Apr 2013 17:23:53 No.12135945 Report

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I've done this on literally every play through since my first soul silver play through when the game first came out, and I play a lot of pokemon. It honestly makes the game a lot easier, faster and in my opinion more enjoyable, especially considering you have a bunch of free slots for HM slaves.

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Anonymous Sat 27 Apr 2013 17:27:50 No.12135959 Report

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That's what I did in Platinum.
Infernape
Staraptor
Weavile
All were in the 70's when I got to the E4

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 27 Apr 2013 17:31:20 No.12135976 Report

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I beat Ruby with only my starter. I think it (Swampert) got up to level 60-something by the end.

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Anonymous Sat 27 Apr 2013 17:39:03 No.12136016 Report

Quoted By: >>12136044

>tfw you will never have the original starter from pokemon red/blue you started with

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Anonymous Sat 27 Apr 2013 17:43:49 No.12136044 Report

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>>12136016
Why would I want a shitty level 40 blastoise chalk full of hms and terrible stats?

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Anonymous Sat 27 Apr 2013 17:49:57 No.12136083 Report

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>>12135466
That makes sense. I was wondering how I beat Gold as a kid with only a Feraligatr, but I can't beat Heart Gold with a fully balanced team

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 28 Apr 2013 03:01:57 No.12140643 Report

Quoted By: >>12140743

On a somewhat related note, how do you feel about using a Pokemon you acquired through Gameshark or similar means in your regular party?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 28 Apr 2013 03:12:28 No.12140743 Report

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>>12140643
mite b Koo

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Anonymous Sun 28 Apr 2013 03:35:51 No.12140994 Report

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I use to use just my starter and maybe one other Pokemon but when I got black 2 I decide to put my starter in the box the moment I caught my first Pokemon and let me tell you it was a much better game afterwards

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