Articuno.....woah

[Maverick Hunter]

I discovered Articuno and now he's a very valued member of my team lol

For Pete's sake he learns Mind Reader AND Sheer Cold by leveling up!!

First I'm surprised Nintendo let that Slide

Second i'm winning a lot more since i found him! lol

i also gave him reflect (to make up for his less than perfect defense) and Rest with Chesto Berry

[Charninja]

Uhh... care to tell us where you got him?

[Maverick Hunter]

a fun little device called an Action Replay

i hope this isn't a shock to too many people :p

[Charninja]

Figured... Oh well.

[Maverick Hunter]

I'm not the first one to use AR to use past pokemon either...

you make me feel like a criminal :(

lol

[Wiggy]

We were hoping you found him in the actual game.

[Maverick Hunter]

the idea to this topic was to discuss Articuno, not discuss how the h311 i got him lol

no i didn't find him in the game, articuno does not exist in Ru/Sa and everyone knows that (at least without using a code/glitch)

any thoughts on my Articuno?? Any weaknesses in it's MS that i missed?

[wobmaster]

with rest,reflect,sheer cold, and mind reader, it takes two tuns to kill someone. add quake for killing electric and fire. its other weakness is only psychic i think

[Lahar]

with rest,reflect,sheer cold, and mind reader, it takes two tuns to kill someone. add quake for killing electric and fire. its other weakness is only psychic i think

Um, Articuno can't learn Earthquake, and an Ice/Flying type isn't weak to Psychic.

Anyway base 100 for Defense isn't bad but Articuno is 4x weak to Rock, so Reflect is a good idea. Sheer Cold hits all types, doesn't it? With a OHKO set you don't really need to worry about covering weaknesses.

I think they probably knew what they were doing when they added Sheer Cold.

[Maverick Hunter]

ya i don't wanna take out Reflect because it saved him from a Machamp Rock Slide, and Rest with Chesto is too good as healing power

[wobmaster]

sorry didnt know it couldnt quake

a quick electric or rock type could KO it before it could blast em' away, though

[Maverick Hunter]

not true

his special defense is about 345 (mine is) so even elctric attacks barely scratch him, and reflect saves him from rock attacks, if it's a really good rock user i wont use Articuno against him

[Jo Mamma]

If only it was accompanied by good speed stats, then arti would own.

[Maverick Hunter]

without EV training his speed is about 160...so if i did EV train him for Speed, it would be about 223...not too shabby, but it still doesn't have amazing speed potential, like you said

[Kuiper]

No trapping moves means all they have to do is switch. And Baton Passing Mean Look would take too long. Although it is useful for taking out tanked stuff. (But I'd rather Perish-trap.)

[marhawkman]

Well we do have two other pokemon for this team. I'd stick swampert in since it's resistant to practically everything Arti is weak to. Maybe Wobbuffet for the third. (good antidote to sweepers)