In Game Surprises: Good Pokemon that you want on your team

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Every one on this thread has played though at least one pokemon game. Most people have played many. This is a question for every one

what are some unusual pokemon that you have raised in games that were suprisingly good or bad? what pokemon did you take a risk and put on your team that was either a success or disaster

post your pokemon and why; hopefully this will open some trainers eyes up to some new pokemon instead of the traditional species that get so old...
 
I don't know many people who will raise Espeon.
 
Unusual?

Maybe Mantine?

In Diamond, I decided to NOT raise the standard issue Bird and Rodent at the beginning. That's a small departure from the norm, isn't it?

Ryuutakesh! said:
I don't know many people who will raise Espeon.
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For me, it's Flareon which people avoid.
 
As far as things I took risks on...

In Pt, I actually caught a Zubat early on and used it as my main Flying-Type. It actually did me surprisingly well, and I ended up using it through the entire main storyline and even through the Elite 4. It was the first time I actually raised a Happiness-Based evolutionary line from scratch, without the sole intention of just evolving it for Dex completion.

In SS, I decided to take a chance and try raising a Jynx I captured in Ice Path to use against Claire and eventually Lance, but the thing was absolutely worthless. It could barely take two hits from anything around it's own level without getting KO'd.
 
Ryuutakesh! said:
I don't know many people who will raise Espeon.
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I've trained Espeon a couple of times. He's actually really good!

Starmie and Togetic/Togekiss were a pleasant surprise... both are actually sooooo good. I'm using Koffing for the first time ever in SoulSilver and he ain't the best, but he's not bad, either.
 
Ive decided to replace my Nidoking with Nidoqueen
Woking pretty well,acualy, might even be better than King...i'm not gonna have to change my name, am i?
 
King of nidos said:
Ive decided to replace my Nidoking with Nidoqueen
Woking pretty well,acualy, might even be better than King...i'm not gonna have to change my name, am i?
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no. King will still be cooler. It's like lions. The males may just lay around all day and suffer heat stroke while the females hunt, but still, male lions pwn.
 
at the beginning og SS i picked up a wooper to serve as my water type early game

i HATED that thing, it was always dying, missed all the time, and any time it could possibly get a status effect it did

then it evolved into quagsire, and became AWESOME, and is now my main water/travel hm pokemon
 
I trained a Nidoqueen in an Lg playtrhough I did a few months back. I love the thing. It's been a staple of my Lg ever since. I'm also training one in Gen IV because it's so awesome.

I also trained a Girafarig in Pt and a Farfetch'd in SS, both to surprisingly good results. Girafarig worked betterh than Farfetch'd but both are surprisingly reliable Pokemon.

Other Pokemon I trained in-game that I never thought I would train are Dusclops (Emerald), Manectric (Emerald), Victreebel (LeafGreen), Floatzel (Platinum) and Machamp (SoulSilver). All of them have their merits, but weren't the biggest surprises for me
 
The best games to try out different Pokémon are the GameCube RPGs, Colosseum and XD. The limited number of species really makes you look at Pokémon you would ignore in most of the handhelds, be it for their horrible distribution (2nd Generation Pokémon in GSC) or their "coming too late" factor.

Many of the 2nd Generation Pokémon I never played with in Gold due to the reasons mentioned above were readily available in these games, and I ended up trying them out with certainly satisfying results. One of my favorites was Magcargo. I thought it sucked like most people, but I tried it out in Colosseum (a bit of it was forcing myself, so I wouldn't end up ruining the Entei by using it in-game), and it proved to be a really good asset. It's especially helpful when you want to catch Entei, because it's got a quadruple resistance.

XD Gave me Ursaring and Houndoom, both late game acquisitions in the original 2nd Gen games. They proved to be truly amazing Pokémon in every way. These games also provided good choices of rare 3rd Gen creatures. Among them, Medicham and Altaria proved to be quite useful.

That's why I love these games, because they do the best job showcasing often overlooked Pokémon, and make you realize their strengths.
 
In FireRed, when virtually everyone's preferred Electric type would be Jolteon, actually, Electabuzz too kicked serious ass in-game. The main draws were the availability of Ice Punch and cool Fighting type moves as well, alongside the usual TBolt & TWave.

Also in Sapphire/Emerald, not many paid attention to the absolutely perfect companion for their Torchic, which was the underrated Lotad. Ludicolo is actually an incredible pokemon at the Battle Frontier as well.

Also, I found myself rather amazed by the awesomeness that is Dusclops in the BF in Emerald. I mean he can take you through double battles single-handedly with Protect/WoW/SToss.
 
Well, I've used Illumise and Stantler on my Platinum team for the main story (I got help to trade them to it early on in the game), and they did all right considering that they're not as strong as some of the other Pokémon. Illumise's decent Speed and Special Attack, as well as its Tinted Lens ability, are good assets, and Charm can help it survive longer against physical attackers. Stantler's Intimidate is rather useful as well as having a decent Attack stat + Earthquake.
 
Hmmm, probably Tauros on SS. Because of its over the average rareness together with its not so awesome stats (when compared to his rareness, since its stat are pretty good anyway) make him quite rare in teams, even ingame.

I love to use him, though. It's quite fast AND bulky (my Haunter, for instance, needs to at the least 2HKO things or it's done for good). Also, like all the normal types, it has barely any weakness ingame, since you don't see a Fight type attack at every battle, and can learn a good variety of moves.

Strength is actually useful on him, due to STAB, and grats to that I only need a HM slave. (I have to sacrifice my Noctowl a bit so it can hold Fly and Waterfall is WONDERFUL on Feraligatr). Add to that Zen Headbutt, Earthquake and Iron Tail/Rock Slide and you have a pretty solid set, not always reliable due to the imperfect accuracy of most of his moves, but powerful. Additionally, he has potential to learn Iron Head and Outrage, which make him an even more powerful beast.
 
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In Ruby I used a Seedot, and it sucked. The most useful move it had when not in a building was Rock Smash, in buildings nature power become Swift, so that's OK, but in grass it's Stun Spore -_-
 
In Platinum I used a Chimecho, it was very useful overall. It actually was key to me beating Cynthia at the end of the game. It is Modest natured with the moves Calm Mind / Wish / Psychic / Yawn :]
 
V Faction said:
Unusual?

Maybe Mantine?

In Diamond, I decided to NOT raise the standard issue Bird and Rodent at the beginning. That's a small departure from the norm, isn't it?


For me, it's Flareon which people avoid.
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Ive never ever raised one of the beginning bird pokemon. Nor anything like ratata or zigzagoon.

First game I ever played which was Yellow, I just found and male nidoran and continued the rape fest from there.
 
I know this was posted earlier on the thread, but in HG I used Zubat instead of Pidgey, and it turned out to be a very powerful Crobat that worked just as well. I also use cloned legitimate Mews as my HM slaves, which not many people do.
 
why does everyone love nidoking?
I really liked using metronome on primape in leaf, and heavily used medicham in both of the gamecube games.
pure power high jump kick rips through anything.
 
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