Poll: Pokemon: How do you train your 'mons?

[DJ_DEnM]

I'll usually leave the weakest one to be slightly lower (5-10 levels lower) then the rest. This is determined by who is the HM slave, or overall lowest level because I don't feel like grinding extra levels with this pokemon.

 

[RADIALTHRONE1]

I usually just use my Lv. 100 Rayquaza that has-
353 HP
356 Attack
238 Defence
355 Sp. Attack
209 Sp. Defence
206 Speed
Which eats the Elite 4 for breakfast (~15 times right now)

Right now im trying to level some pokemon for the (Diamond) Battle Tower, mainly my Venusaur, Blastoise, and Charzard. I have a spare copy of Fire Red ok?

 

[MetallicaRulez0]

At the start of the games I make sure I have 2-3 pokemon leveled very high that can solo each of the first few gyms. Later in the game I spread the love to all 6 of my main 'mons.

 

[w9496]

I usually just supercharge one pokemon and leave the rest around level 50.

The first time I beat the elite four, I had a level 85 Venusar, the legendary birds at around 60-65, and the rest were HM pokemon mainly or just there to take a beating while I revive my mains.

 

[GodofDisaster]

I try my best to even the levels out, but this becomes difficult when some Pokemon level slower or faster than others.

When I start the game, I let my starter take out a few wild Pokemon, and I fight every trainer I see, it makes a world of difference. Never could understand why people would avoid them. (Unless their Pokemon were to injured to battle.)

I've started a new game on Leaf Green going with Bulbasaur this time.

So far I have a.

Level 24: Ivysaur.

Level 23: Nidorino. I have a moon stone to evolve it, I'm just not sure when I should.

Level 20: Kadabra.

I'm planning on using an Arcanine and a Dragonite which could also serve as my flyer.

I need a water type, I'm not using Gyarados and I used a Starmie during my Charizard run through of the game. (I have this rule where I never use the same Pokemon twice the teams are always different.)

Would a Lapras or Slowbro be worth raising? Personally I prefer Water types which a high special attack as opposed to ones with a high physical attack.

 

[Charli]

Pokemon that can freeze are essential to my plans basically. Nothing more.

 

[james0192]

Well To be honest I can't remember the last time I played a pokemon game without cheating up some rare candies but even without that the principle is still the same:

-6 pokemon
-Try to cover as many types as possible with pokemon types and the moves they know
-keep them all around the same level maybe 1 or two, usually my starter, may be a little higher
-keep them just above the level of the trainers/next gym around.
-All out attack - none of this faffing around with status changing moves or stat reducing moves (the exception to this is sleep causing moves)
-team will always have: 1 Fire, 1 Water, 1 Psychic, 1 Electric, 1 that can learn lots of different types of moves (Dragon types, Snorlax, Nidoking/Nidoqueen, Gyarados etc)
-The last space is a bit more flexible.
-Oh and I don't play against other people or care about the mechanics behind the game or anything so I don't worry about EVs or anything.
-Try to avoid legendaries, except Lugia - Lugia is one of my favourites!

I Guess you could say its a 'brute force' way of doing things xD.
Example: in Red/Blue my team would always end up as:

Charizard
Gyarados
Raichu
Hypno
Nidoking
Something else


Interestingly the first time I played pokemon was pokemon gold. I didnt really know what I was doing and didnt use the 'run' option once until after the eighth gym - by the time I got to the pokemon league for the first time I had a level 100 feraligatr a level 12 abra and a level 30something ryhorn i caught in the cave just before the league -feraligatr took the elite four out on his own!

 

[JasonKaotic]

I usually just stick to my starting Pokemon and level him as high as I can. My other ones are usually just there for the sake of collection. Although if I manage to get some Pokemon I like I'll usually level them up a little bit.

 

[Slash Dementia]

Squad of six, but I update it whenever I see a new Pokemon that can replace one of a certain type. One thing is that I never leave my starter Pokemon in the PC--though I've been tempted with the Ruby fire starter (I forgot its name).

 

[MeChaNiZ3D]

I level my starter to lvl 20 before the first gym (they have generally learnt a useful move even if they're a poor match for the first gym), and 10 levels before every gym after that. Level 90 when the Elite 4 are available, but I normally train to 100. Along the way, I've given up catching them all and instead gone the opposite way, only catching Pokemon that are going to be really powerful in my team. I try to cover every type, and when I get to the Elite 4, they're generally all level 70. I never use legendaries in my final team, I pride myself on training up 'regular' Pokemon to great levels. But my starter pretty much carries through the whole game.

Funnily enough, I have fond memories of Gold version, where I had a level 100 Typhlosion that would take out the Elite 4 ENTIRELY by itself.

 

[Tincat]

I normally have about 5 or 6 which I train to about the same level
1 a few levels higher which is my main,
The 5 or 6 get swapped around as I find new pokemon to replace them

 

[Lunar Templar]

i just kinda do what ever until i hit the league

then!

grind like a mofo 6 i want to use to beat every ones asses

 

[Gormech]

Level 100 5 of them with a wide variety of elemental affinities, and one newbie with a share-exp item to get working. Continue till I have the ability to swap them to match my opponent's weaknesses.

 

[Fishyash]

I just realised, I'm at the elite four, and here is my kickass team for Pokemon Saphire. I'm not going to grind after at least attempting to fight them once.

All 6 of my pokemon are the absolute best ones you can get in the game. These gems are:

Sableye lv42
Masquerain lv42
Nosepass lv40
Chimecho lv42
Spinda lv42
Luvdisc (My ace in the hole) Lv42

Oh yea, I'm gonna kick the E4's ass.

 

[Alade]

Just get an Excadrill. Excadrill can steamroll every gym starting with Elesa, three of the four Elite 4, the champion, N (Excadrill [lvl 50 at the time] onehitted Zekrom in my playthrough) and Ghestis. EQ, Rockslide and Swordsdance + the basic resitances through typing make this Poke just so OP during the storymode.

And that's why it's banned from standard in the Metagame. Excadrill's the most powerful non-legendary to be released since Garchomp.

Even Garchomp is nothing compared to Excadrill, Excadrill is firmly set in the ubers while Garchomp is being tested in OU.

 

[ThePenguinKnight]

I always keep 6 on me. I typically pick Pokemon that can simply 1-shot every time and are always fast enough to get first move, makes things kinda boring honestly.

 

[ManimalR]

I try my best to even the levels out, but this becomes difficult when some Pokemon level slower or faster than others.

When I start the game, I let my starter take out a few wild Pokemon, and I fight every trainer I see, it makes a world of difference. Never could understand why people would avoid them. (Unless their Pokemon were to injured to battle.)

I've started a new game on Leaf Green going with Bulbasaur this time.

So far I have a.

Level 24: Ivysaur.

Level 23: Nidorino. I have a moon stone to evolve it, I'm just not sure when I should.

Level 20: Kadabra.

I'm planning on using an Arcanine and a Dragonite which could also serve as my flyer.

I need a water type, I'm not using Gyarados and I used a Starmie during my Charizard run through of the game. (I have this rule where I never use the same Pokemon twice the teams are always different.)

Would a Lapras or Slowbro be worth raising? Personally I prefer Water types which a high special attack as opposed to ones with a high physical attack.

Try a Seadra, a Golduck, a Vaporeon, or a Seaking. And why not a Gyarados?, they're awesome.

As for the nidorino, wait until your Ivysaur evolves (lvl 36ish)

 

[Roroshi14]

I usually just raise three till I beat the game, then move on to different parties ending up with like 3 full teams.

I find leveling two levels at a time then switch is just the right amount of time to get to know your strengths and strategies. Always gotta get two Dragonites each with different moves, and Arcanine.

 

[Legendairy314]

Generally I'll take my starter and keep that until the end. I'll catch pokemon that I'll need for HMs and swap those out when I find a better one that can also use the same HM.

I used to have 1 uber with 5 HM slaves but that eventually got boring. And wrecking Red with one Feraligatr isn't very rewarding.

 

[GodofDisaster]

I try my best to even the levels out, but this becomes difficult when some Pokemon level slower or faster than others.

When I start the game, I let my starter take out a few wild Pokemon, and I fight every trainer I see, it makes a world of difference. Never could understand why people would avoid them. (Unless their Pokemon were to injured to battle.)

I've started a new game on Leaf Green going with Bulbasaur this time.

So far I have a.

Level 24: Ivysaur.

Level 23: Nidorino. I have a moon stone to evolve it, I'm just not sure when I should.

Level 20: Kadabra.

I'm planning on using an Arcanine and a Dragonite which could also serve as my flyer.

I need a water type, I'm not using Gyarados and I used a Starmie during my Charizard run through of the game. (I have this rule where I never use the same Pokemon twice the teams are always different.)

Would a Lapras or Slowbro be worth raising? Personally I prefer Water types which a high special attack as opposed to ones with a high physical attack.

Try a Seadra, a Golduck, a Vaporeon, or a Seaking. And why not a Gyarados?, they're awesome.

As for the nidorino, wait until your Ivysaur evolves (lvl 36ish)

Ivysaur evolves at level 32 I believe but I like the sound of Golduck. As for why I don't want to use Gyarados, well whilst I respect Gyarados and his battle capabilities, I want to try something different. Gyarados is a bit overused.