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Anonymous Mon 23 May 2016 18:12:05 No.26448303 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>26448378 >>26448428 >>26448442 >>26448457 >>26448534 >>26450387 >>26451000

Is Ampharos the most used Pokemon in G/S, and HGSS runs? It feels like most teams I see on /vp/ and elsewhere have one.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 23 May 2016 18:21:43 No.26448378 Report

Quoted By: >>26448404 >>26448417 >>26448437 >>26448441 >>26448474 >>26451578

>>26448303
It's your only choice for an Electric-type in G/S outside of Lanturn which isn't very good and Raikou which is one of three (two in Crystal) roaming Pokémon. In Crystal you instead have to get lucky with the second egg you receive and hatch an Elekid or a Pichu.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 23 May 2016 18:24:54 No.26448404 Report

Quoted By: >>26448440 >>26448450 >>26451502

>>26448378
>outside of Lanturn which isn't very good
>he says while defending Ampharos
The reason people use Ampharos over Lanturn is because Ampharos is early.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 23 May 2016 18:26:54 No.26448417 Report

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>>26448378

Lanturn is fucking godlike in story mode.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 23 May 2016 18:28:18 No.26448428 Report

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>>26448303
I main'ed it before until I wanted to try something new, went with a magneton and it's pretty cool

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Anonymous Mon 23 May 2016 18:29:27 No.26448437 Report

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>>26448378
>what is magnemite

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 23 May 2016 18:29:49 No.26448440 Report

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>>26448404
>>26448417
Ampharos' special attack is like 40 base points higher.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 23 May 2016 18:29:54 No.26448441 Report

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I used it in Colosseum, but that's it.

>>26448378
>Lanturn
>isn't very good

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 23 May 2016 18:29:56 No.26448442 Report

Quoted By: >>26448614

>>26448303
It's an early electric mon so it's to be expected.
Plus sheep are cute, though I don't entirely know what ampharos is supposed to be, but whatever.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 23 May 2016 18:30:56 No.26448449 Report

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>>26448440
Which doesn't even slightly matter in story mode. Lanturn provides utility.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 23 May 2016 18:30:59 No.26448450 Report

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>>26448404
Ampharos still has better bulk and gets Fire Punch to hit Grass types.
>>26448417
This is true. Stadium 2, hoo boy that's another hurdle entirely.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 23 May 2016 18:31:31 No.26448453 Report

Quoted By: >>26448483 >>26451603

>>26448440
>Better Movepool
>Volt Absorb
>Can surf without being an HM slave

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 23 May 2016 18:31:35 No.26448455 Report

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You get amphy early, it has twave.

People usualy get quagsire too. Quagsire is a bulky ground pokemon so it didnt get run down by Whitney's roll out.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 23 May 2016 18:31:44 No.26448457 Report

Quoted By: >>26448515 >>26448525 >>26451780

>>26448303
It's because GSC has the worst Pokemon distribution of any game ever made and HGSS didn't fix any of the problems, but instead, added new ones.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 23 May 2016 18:32:06 No.26448460 Report

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>>26448437
I'll take slow horribly typed dogshit for 40 dollars.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 23 May 2016 18:33:07 No.26448469 Report

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Mostly because it's so early and personally I think 3-stagers have a certain kind of appeal. The mareep line is also kind of nostalgic. It's not very good but its fine.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 23 May 2016 18:33:24 No.26448473 Report

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>>26448460
>90 speed as Magneton
>steel typing
as if half the shit in game actually carry ground type moves

Magneton's issue is that it learns like no moves. You're stuck with Spark (Tbolt if you wanna play Voltorb Flip) until Discharge at level 40 and Mirror Shot/Flash Cannon come even later.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 23 May 2016 18:33:32 No.26448474 Report

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>>26448378
>Lanturn
>not good

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 23 May 2016 18:34:24 No.26448483 Report

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>>26448449
>utility
>story mode
>>26448453
Only Surf is a valid point outside of HGSS. I'm talking more Gen II specifically.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 23 May 2016 18:36:57 No.26448512 Report

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>>26448473
I'm talking about Gen II though.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 23 May 2016 18:37:31 No.26448515 Report

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>>26448457
Eh, GSC/HGSS definitely had horrible type distribution among other things that weren't fixed but I dunno if it really added problems. Just didn't fix any of the existing ones. I guess Gamefreak just assumed nobody cared since GSC was already so loved.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 23 May 2016 18:37:45 No.26448520 Report

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>>26448473
>>90 speed as Magneton
It's 70 and its gen II learnest is really bad

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 23 May 2016 18:38:40 No.26448525 Report

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>>26448457
>HGSS didn't fix any of the problems
stop this meme.

The safari zone let you catch mons that were Kanto only in the original (Larvitar,Murkrow, Misdreavous).

Also, adding in some cross-gen evos(Ambipom, Mamoswine,Yanmega) helps give more variety too.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 23 May 2016 18:39:34 No.26448534 Report

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>>26448303
Ampharos is pretty much the Ralts of gen 2.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 23 May 2016 18:40:22 No.26448540 Report

Quoted By: >>26450347

>Ampharos
>Learns literally only electric moves, Fire Punch if you buy the TM and Dynamic Punch (lol)

>Lanturn
>Hydro Pump/Surf, Ice Beam AND Electric moves
>Also it's faster

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 23 May 2016 18:40:22 No.26448541 Report

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>>26448525
>inb4 safari zone wait times REEEEEE

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 23 May 2016 18:41:24 No.26448554 Report

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>>26448525
The issue isn't/wasn't (entirely) lack of Kanto-only Johto Pokemon, though the cross gen evos made some fo the shitmon you were stuck with in GSC better. GSC just has absolutely horrible, terrible, no good, very bad type distribution. They didn't even really figure that out until DP (where they didn't have enough of certain types, but placed the few specimens of specific types in very choice spots, like ponyta rightouside Gardenia's gym) and didn't REALLY do it well until BW and XY.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 23 May 2016 18:48:47 No.26448614 Report

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>>26448442
>though I don't entirely know what ampharos is supposed to be
A sheep without wool. You see it lose a bit already with Flaaffy.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 23 May 2016 21:30:47 No.26450312 Report

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>>26448449
>Lanturn provides utility.
I catch a Wooper instead. Boom, 2 pokemon on one route and no use for any more water pokemon

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 23 May 2016 21:34:52 No.26450347 Report

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>>26448540
>cherrypicking

You're not getting ice beam/tbolt on lanturn in g/s, and once gen 4 rolls around, ampharos actually gets coverage.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 23 May 2016 21:39:38 No.26450387 Report

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>>26448303
Yes.
I have to go out of my way to avoid using it, often at the expense of my team later on when Clair's Kingdra totally rapes me

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 23 May 2016 22:23:07 No.26450768 Report

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It's one of the most used pokemon in any games that it is available in. I have used it so much in BW2 and HGSS I have to remind myself not to use it anymore.

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Anonymous Mon 23 May 2016 22:33:19 No.26450915 Report

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It helps that it's pretty much always very early in the game, and stays useful for the entire game, whereas many early game pokemon drop off in usefulness after a point. About the only games it's not found early in is Emerald and XY, not counting games where you simply can't get it of course.

I love the entire line and it's a mainstay on my team, so it works out well enough for me.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 23 May 2016 22:40:16 No.26451000 Report

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>>26448303
It's an electric type that most people can get early. It's gotten to be such a boring choice for GSC runs now that I never use it, though.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 23 May 2016 23:15:57 No.26451502 Report

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>>26448404
Also because most people pick Feraligatr making Lanturn somewhat redundant.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 23 May 2016 23:20:10 No.26451557 Report

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>>26451502
i did that once and instantly regretted it the second i saw croconaw

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 23 May 2016 23:22:10 No.26451578 Report

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>>26448378
>Lanturn
>Not good

Somebody's never nuzlocked Emerald, I see

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Anonymous Mon 23 May 2016 23:24:49 No.26451603 Report

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>>26448453
>HM slave for Surf

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 23 May 2016 23:25:04 No.26451605 Report

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I started using Mega Ampharos on Showdown on a whim, it's bulky as fuck and hit hard to boot. If it gets Parabolic Charge and it gets buffed to 70 power like giga drain or drain punch, Mega Amphy will be OU

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 23 May 2016 23:26:34 No.26451620 Report

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I haven't ever used it, my friends haven't, and I don't see it popping up in too many other communities' teams.

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Anonymous Mon 23 May 2016 23:28:03 No.26451633 Report

Quoted By: >>26451658

>>26451557
>disliking Croconaw

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 23 May 2016 23:30:01 No.26451658 Report

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>>26451633
In my 7 year old mind, i couldn't see the "caveman" pattern on it as anything but a diaper. This was followed by disappointment as i realized it didn't get much outside of Surf.

I don't hate totodile or feraligatr, but i'd never use them ingame.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 23 May 2016 23:41:38 No.26451780 Report

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>>26448457
You're becoming worse than the guy who derails threads with Gen V hate

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