3 Starters. . .

Spike9123 · 01-31-2004, 05:32 AM

Alright, I am restarting my Ruby and will buy Sapphire today or tomorrow. . . I figured, why not take advantage of having both?

Would it be okay to have a team that includes all 3 starters? Or do you think there is a better choice? I don't want to use legendaries. I don't go to tournaments, but I still find them kind of cheap. But when I battle my friends, they always use legendaries, so I want to stomp them with powerful non-legendaries.

So, Sceptile, Blaziken, and Swampert all in one team. Good idea or should I only use one?

Venusaur1 · 01-31-2004, 05:42 AM

so are you all about power?

Spike9123 · 01-31-2004, 05:46 AM

No, I just want the best strategy to take my friends down, and each starter covers a few types.

I may sound like a n00b in Pokemon but I try to think I'm not. =p

Venusaur1 · 01-31-2004, 06:00 AM

how will you get all 3 starters in 1 game if you trade they will get double expirence points and which will eventually make them weaker then what they should be

wobmaster · 01-31-2004, 06:02 AM

I played a team with 3 starters, but i cut sceptile cause he doesnt learn good attacks w/o tm help. blaziken and swampert together make a good sweeper combo but youll need a couple more pokes to make a good team. I reccommend an ice like welreign and a thunder or grass like magneton or <insert grass type here>, plus an HM slave or 2 and youve got yourself an in-game team

also, if you trade, beware, your pokes will stop listening to you

Spike9123 · 01-31-2004, 06:03 AM

Ah, yeah, I trade starter over, restart that game, and trade the other starter over.

. . . How does it make them weaker?

Spike9123 · 01-31-2004, 06:06 AM

Oh, just saw other guy's post.

What I do, is before I start playing, is make my team and print it out. Then, as I'm going through, I can build it as I progress. Not in-game, out-of-game. In game is easy. I want a good tournament quality team even though I don't go to tournaments. =p

Venusaur1 · 01-31-2004, 06:06 AM

because they get double exp points you think the double expirence points for getting 3 starters means no side affect?

Spike9123 · 01-31-2004, 06:07 AM

But, it's just that sideaffect? There's no reason to it?

Venusaur1 · 01-31-2004, 06:10 AM

idont no but since you get double exp points from a traded pokemon that pokemon will not get as strong as it should

wobmaster · 01-31-2004, 06:10 AM

Why make a good tourney team if you dont go to tournaments?

Your best op wud be to beat ingame then build a tourney team when you've unlocked all the areas...

Oh wait you want a team for the battle tower. that is the hardest part of ingame

Venusaur1 · 01-31-2004, 06:13 AM

You mean the battle tower not tourney?

Spike9123 · 01-31-2004, 06:13 AM

I build my tourney team as a I go along with the game. . .

I want a tourney team because:

1. it should be good as and in game team in the first place. . .
2. Battle Tower, of course!
3. To stomp my friends who are arrogant and think they know how to make really good teams, when they just pack it with legendaries, don't go on the internet for reference, and just use moves they think are cool. Mudslap. . . Tsh.

Venusaur1 · 01-31-2004, 06:15 AM

yeh but you dont need an ultimate team to have fun just pick the pokemon you like and train them GOOD

wobmaster · 01-31-2004, 06:18 AM

I often own all over people with UU pokes...

Spiritual Rain · 01-31-2004, 06:23 AM

Once the Pokemon has all of it's EVs then it doesn't matter how you raise it.

Linzoy · 01-31-2004, 06:35 AM

I've trained lots of traded pokemon and I haven't seen any evidence that they come out weaker.

Spike9123 · 01-31-2004, 06:35 AM

I don't know if I want to keep a talley on every single battle and have to keep track of every single point I raise doing that EV stuff. . .

Linzoy · 01-31-2004, 06:40 AM

You don't have to keep track of your points, just battle only two kinds of pokemon until you get an effort ribbon. It doesn't really take that long.

BusterBladerLord · 01-31-2004, 06:43 AM

As for the weaker traded pokemon thing, just use the box trick to max out their stats.

wobmaster · 01-31-2004, 06:45 AM

Well u have to battle wild pokes for this to work...so it usually does take some time...

unless of course u have the macho brace and/or pokerus

Spike9123 · 01-31-2004, 06:56 AM

What is this "box trick" you speak of? And what's a Pokerus?

wobmaster · 01-31-2004, 07:00 AM

pokerus is a virus that doubles your EPs

Red the pokerus topic!

Venusaur1 · 01-31-2004, 07:27 AM

EV's are complicated i never understood them

Linzoy · 01-31-2004, 07:40 AM

All you do is battle pokemon, get effort points, and get an effort ribbon. It's not so complicated.