How's about a Baltoy, Cacnea-Cacturne or a Manectric? Maybe something from the Clamperl Line? A Dustox?
Please consider supporting my artwork on PatreonMagneton is awful in gen 3 in-game use though (otherwise he would be in the 5th slot of my Leaf Green team right now), his only attack type is electric.
It's a hassle to train, but Lileep can evolve into a pretty nice wall ingame.
Plus, it's adorable.
Others I like: Swablue/Altaria line, Makuhita/Hairiama, Whismur/Loudred/Exploud, Wingull/Pelipper (I actually managed to get some use out of Pelipper, somehow).
edited 28th Dec '10 5:35:46 PM by Scardoll
Fight. Struggle. Endure. Suffer. LIVE.So far I think I might go for
- Spoink (Icy Wind and Shock Wave are a pretty cool combo)
- Cacnea
- Heracross
So far Bug, and grass (Fire as well, but less so thanks to Spoink's thick fat) are the only weaknesses another of the pair doesn't cover. Obviously that means something with a flying/fire type move covers the first two...
edited 28th Dec '10 6:57:21 PM by deuxhero
Ice also works. Glalie needs a friend...:( As for fire and flying types you might want to use...
Hoenn fire-types:
- Blaziken
- Camerupt
- Magcargo (
)
- Torkoal
- Ninetales
Hoenn flying-types:
- Beautifly
- Swellow
- Pelipper
- Masquerian
- Ninjask
- Crobat
- Dodrio
- Skarmory
- Altaria
- Tropius
Oh, and Gyarados, but he doesn't learn any flying moves.
edited 28th Dec '10 6:54:37 PM by Scardoll
Fight. Struggle. Endure. Suffer. LIVE.I'm not restricted to Hoenn Pokes. The national dex is automatically obtained upon trading from FRLG or an emerald with it. I'm going to be breeding and trading eggs in.
I could also try a rock and ice combo, wonder if anything gets both...
edit: hmm, Piloswine gets both, but is hit hard by the lack of physical/special classing and can't pull it off.
edited 28th Dec '10 7:02:05 PM by deuxhero
I'm limited to 1 more (need 2 HM slaves, Golduck will likely be one of them though)
Hmm, what can counter bug flying and fire... Well any rock type (or anything that learns a rock move)
Aerodactyl may work, though it isn't as... esoteric as I'd like, as is Bagon.
Ah! Cubone! My favorite Pokemon of the first gen. Learns AA (like everything else in gen 3) and Ancient Power/Rock Slide
edited 28th Dec '10 7:23:19 PM by deuxhero
I'm trying to figure out what AA means, as the only move that comes to mind is Acid Armor, and that can't be right.
It Just Bugs MeAlso Magcargo has type advantage on Flying, Fire, and Bug, and has a wonky support movepool and stat distribution. I've never used him in any of my runs but now that I think of it, I'm curious.
edited 28th Dec '10 7:29:29 PM by Longfellow
It Just Bugs MeRalts appear in the route east of Petalburg. Takes a while to see one and it needs to be babysat at first, but totally worth the effort to get a solid Psychic that early on.
The following are absolutely off limits, having used these in either my Leaf Green playthrough or my XD playthrough: Charmander line Butterfree line Poliwag line Diglet line Jolteon Houndour Larvitar line Ralts line Spheal line.
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Sharpedo is a huge Glass Cannon though, it'll go down very easily.
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Ok, I am currently replaying Leaf Green (Plus a finished XD play finished last month and I have finished Soul Silver a few months ago) and have had a great deal of fun in all of them (less so XD) using Pokemon lines I normally wouldn't use.
Pick me some odd, but useable (no Luvdisc) Pokemon to use. I have alreddy decided on Spoink for 1 slot and 2 slots are likely going to HM slaves, but who should get the other 3 slots?
The following are absolutely off limits, having used these in either my Leaf Green playthrough or my XD playthrough: Charmander line Butterfree line Poliwag line Diglet line Jolteon Houndour Larvitar line Ralts line Spheal line.
I would preferably not use any of these, having used these in the relatively recent Soul Silver, I would like to not use them again. Espeon Dratini line Magby line Beldum line
Any breedable Pokemon of the 386 useable in Generation 3 I can use, but again, I prefer things I haven't used ever but are in-fact usable.