My Togepi, Shadolf, and my next team

[Ket Shi]

Well, I got quite a pleasant surprise today. I hatched my very first Togepi egg (thanks to Colosseum) and, to my delight, not only was it female, but it had Serene Grace as well. Togepis have a 12.5% chance of being female and a 50% chance of having Serene Grace, so I got lucky. I named her after a resident Togepi fanatic. ;D

Now I'm wondering what to do with her. I'm planning on buying a second Sapphire version and trading over a bunch of baby GSC generation Pokémon. Currently lined up is Tesla (Totodile) Sarisa (Swinub) and Shadolf (Togepi). I'm planning on getting in a Larvitar, Sneasel, and Spinarak too. So, what to do with these babies? Final team is around here...and no I don't care about type balance this time around.

Feraligatr:
Surf
Ice Beam
Crunch
Rock Slide

Piloswine:
Ice Beam
Earthquake
Rock Slide
Return

Tyranitar:
Earthquake
Rock Slide
Crunch
Flamethrower

Sneasel:
Shadow Ball
Reflect
Brick Break


Togetic:
Flamethrower...?
Psychic...?



Ariados:
Signal Beam
Sludge Bomb



This is a heavily physically oriented team, with plenty of Rock Slides and Earthquakes. Thank you Tyranitar and Camerupt for learning them naturally to breed them on. I should probably replace one or two of these guys for type balance, and use them in a second team instead. I'm lacking Grass, Electric, Flying, and more... I really want to use Togetic and Sneasel. Pick away, and help me fill in those move slots! Remember, this is a team for casual game use, not for any serious competition.

[systematic]

Sneasel... depending on what EVs you're training her/him on, maybe you could give him/her a STAB move. Ice Beam, perhaps?

I don't know too much about Togepi/tic, but I've heard its stats are rather lousy. Defensive moves might be best.

ARIADOS! {beams} : D I say, give it Psychic and Silver Wind.

[Ket Shi]

Sneasel's base special attack is around 35. Pidgeotto has 50 in the same stat. No way am I using special attacks on Sneasel.

Signal Beam has 15 more power, lots more PP, and a 20% chance of confusion. I prefer it to Silver Wind.

[Shadolf]

OO!!! Togepi's named after me!! ;D ;D

[mattgcn]

like i named my Vibrava Dragonfree. I'm naming my Sneasel..uh I guess Sneasel ;D

[sneasel]

OO!! Sneasel's named after me!! ;D ;D

[Ket Shi]

Hey, that reminds me. Once I do get a Shadow Ball/Brick Break/Reflect Sneasel, I'll name it Nyura/Nyuura after its much more dignified Japanese name.

As for breeding combos. I have an Absol that breeds Shadow Ball, and I already have a couple Sneasels with it.
I have a Blaziken with Brick Break. I think Blaziken and Sneasel are in the same Egg groups. And Espeon has Reflect from Colosseum...whew, this'll be some work.

[sneasel]

Hey, this reminds me of the time when my brother restarted Blue and named his Pok¨¦mon after the Treasures staff... His Fusigidane was Cuddles, his Bidoru was FossilK, um... he had a Koratta named Shadolf... And he ws looking for a Nidoran¡á to name BuffyBoy...

[mattgcn]

speaking of good movesets, anyone see the Smeargle *smack* in one of the Colluseums? Sheer Cold, Spore, Mean Look and Mind Reader Combo.

[Ket Shi]

I think you mean Smeargle... If Sneasel could learn Spore... (drool)

[systematic]

Yes, but Silver Wind is STAB + chance of increasing all stats.

[Darkdog]

I have an Absol that breeds Shadow Ball.

You have an Absol! What is it named?

[Ket Shi]

Yep. I have multiple Absols. I used one on a different team. Her name is Fortunata and she is level 100.

The Absol I'm using for breeding Shadow Ball is named Passado.

[Darth Kiwi]

Hey, I named my Doduo and my Farfetch'd Kiwi.

Signal Beam over Silver Wind almost always. As others have stated, it is more powerful, more PP, and a chance for confusion. That's my say on that.

Also, your Piloswine is a mixed sweeper, right? I would suggest using it as a Physical Sweeper, but that's just me.

[systematic]

I still stand by the fact that Signal Beam sucks.

Powerful? By 15 only.
PP? Can be fixed with a berry or PP Up.
Chance of Confusion? Hah. 10% chance of confusion over 10% chance of raising Attack, Defense, Special Attack, Special Defense and Speed.

Yes, I am horribly anal about this. Don't take anything Strategic Moron!sys says seriously. APART FROM THE FACT THAT SIGNAL BEAM IS LAME.

HAH.

[Freckles23]

Darkdog said:

You have an Absol! What is it named?

Ket Shi, I think Darkdog wants to know if you named one after her.

[Darkdog]

This was from May...

[mattgcn]

Hey! Ariados can't even breed Silver Wind! I even tried..Only Psychic and Giga Drain came through!!