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Normal Warning: I apologise if these aren't the exact words, but… <_JolteonStorm_> Darth, you're nice and all, but you're just not very good at writing guides Back in the dark ages, Normal Types weren't hugely popular, ignored for Psychics. Now you're liable to meet either a Chansey, Tauros, Snorlax or Persian in whatever serious team you face. They're everywhere. For every mobile phone that rings half way through a concert, there's a Wigglytuff. Each time you hear someone play a Westlife song, that’s the equivalent of a Chansey Thunder Waving. Now. Read that paragraph again. That's the biggest load of toddle I've ever written in my life, and I promise you that in this guide, I'll do a better job, specifically of summarising Pokémon attributes, suggesting moves and of course, covering the best of the all-important nicknames. And there are *(&£*$&£$ loads. For additional reference on Normal/Flying, check out the flying guide at www.marblepalace.co.uk
Yes, total, not 'base', I'm not here to pretend things are more complicated than they are ^_^ The Normal element is often referred to as 'neutral', meaning that it has no weaknesses and no strengths. It does in fact have a weakness to fighting, but in R/B/Y you're chances of bumping into a fighter such as Machamp, Prince Naseem or Poliwrath are minimal, so the weakness is ignored. Ghost attacks that aren't calculated-damage, ala Night Shade, will not affect a Normal, and Normal attacks will not affect a Ghost. Note for idiots: This does not extend to moves like Leer and Confuse Ray. Summary It begs the question first posed by the great Rikki Fulton; "What was he on, and where did he get it?" Chansey is happy, too happy. In addition, Chansey is the most annoying thing ever. Don't believe me?
Anyway, chances are (no pun intended) you'll have seen what this thing can do. It is a yob, a ned, a villain in r/b/y. The attack stat is totally irrelevant, commonly it's given either Seismic Toss as its sole attack or a combo of Thunderbolt and Ice Beam. That Special is solid, especially from a defensive point of view coupled with the best HP in the game. Chansey is often toppled with…with…*suddenly has idea for experimental Chansey set!*…physical attackers. Thus, Reflect is worth consideration, as it will mean the only attack that is likely to worry you greatly would be Slash. Slash, not Splash. Mind you, that’s a point…Splash…is there such a thing as Magikarp clause? Movesets Standard Molly: Seismic Toss, Soft Boiled, Thunder Wave, Reflect Minimise is the standard actually, I put Reflect over that because this guide is anti DT. Seismic Toss is annoying and often more damaging than Ice Beam or Thunderbolt, it has good PP and…it's depressing if you use high special and low HP 'mon that populate most teams. It's an arrogant move that doesn't respect Light Screen or Reflect, Amnesia or…man, I wrote all that about one move. Used to be my favourite. Thunder Wave is excellent, as shown on Alakasub, a similar set, it compliments the rest of the set well. Molly is however, predictable and counterable once the player realises that’s what it is. Be wary of Slash on Sandslash (silence!) and Persians designed with Chansey in mind (Slash, Substitute, Rest and Swift if evade clause is off). If you'd like, you can put Rest over Softboiled to bounce status changes, but you will be allowing the opponent to switch, if (s)he doesn't already have a Changer out. Thunderbolt, Ice Beam, Thunder Wave, Soft Boiled The simplest things are always the best ^_^. I've fallen in love with this set recently, but you might want Reflect over Thunder Wave, as this is obviously an offensive set. Be prepared to switch; Rhydon has a good chance of taking you down before you take it down. If you choose to put Substitute and Softboiled on Chansey, I will be your best friend. *falls off chair cackling 'substitute took the attack' and something about banking HP with Softboiled* Nicknames: Skillet, Molly, EggsBox Summary Y'know, on TV, when Westlife win an award…and the female half of the crowd goes wild… Well, that’s actually because they've sent a live current through the seats. And that current is generated by a Clefable Normal Attack. Clefable reminds me too much of Chansey for it to ever be anything more than an alternative. I'm not racist, but its pink. Clefable is a Chansey that can do Physical attacks. Yes, that grants it more versatility. Clefable is a Chansey without Soft Boiled. That HP might as well be 400, and Chansey's 700. Okay, so Clefable has above average HP, but Chansey has more HP than Snorlax has chocolate. But Clefable's stats are averaged out more. It's faster, though if it pushed forward with its toes when sprinting instead of the whole foot it would increase speed by 50%. In any event, Clefable sets have to take into account that the attack rating is not as bad as it seems given STAB. That the Special stat is the right side of average. That with Light Screen the HP can drag on. Right? Get it? Drag-on-right…Dragonite…yeah…I might just…get on with it… Movesets Thunderbolt, Blizzard, Light Screen, Thunder Wave Hmm? Body Slam, Light Screen, Thunder Wave, Hyper Beam What? It's not totally insane. Remember Clefables attack is the same as Persians. If it learned Recover I'd have one sitting on my team. You can have thingimy…Seismic Toss or Blizzard over Hyper Beam if you'd prefer. Nicknames: Orchid, Pax, NWlife … … A description of Ditto is a description of Transform. And Transform on Ditto is stupid, look at the HP, look-it! That doesn't change when it Transforms! Movesets Transform, -, -, - Go away. ^_^;; Summary Dodrio is the greatest Normal/Flying type in existence. There are five reasons for this; Drill Peck, joint best-normal-attack with Snorlax, Drill Peck, its Speed and Drill Peck….what? For a Normal type, its TM compatibility is thin, and its weaknesses plentiful, thank you very much Mr Flying Type, if that is your real name. Hey…I wrote a flying guide…why am I writing another description of Dodrio? *shrugs* I wonder which will be better. The greatest bird of all time is weak to rock, ice, electric, and is strong against Bug and Fighting. Really landed on its feet there. The only Bugs liable to use a Bug attack are Parasect and Beedrill. Anyway, that's irrelevant, and I've run out of stuff I meant to say. Movesets Drill Peck, Hyper Beam, Body Slam, Substitute/Agility As good as it gets. Drill Peck is a given, you get STAB on it, BS and HB, I think you'll be turning to the Normal attacks more often. Substitute or Agility should be used when there's a switch, Body Slam as a main attack and an on-the-seat-of-your-pants-hoping-to-PAR-me-do. Hyper Beam is there when all else fails and you know you're going down anyway. If you play on GB, then Agility, if on Stadium, Substitute. Summary Typically evolved into either Jolteon or Vaporeon. I don't even think I should be covering this, it’s a pre-evolution. Okay, okay, so are half the people I was talking to on IRC today. I'd evolve it though. Movesets *hurriedly added at the last moment before guide is sent away!* Focus Energy, Sand Attack, Body Slam, Swift About as useful as it gets, Swift gaining STAB and CH. Nicknames: Odo, Biscuits, Jessie (after a legend), X-Mon Voted most likely to be extinct in Pokémon Advance Ditto, Farfetch'd…and I've still got Lickitung to come… Summary Pointless. Movesets Swords Dance, Swift, Sand Attack, Body Slam Never before have I wished Transform was a TM. Farfetch'd will die. This moveset is no barrier at all. If you wanted you could pop on Agility so you're faster than the next Poke, if, by some cosmic intervention you kill your opponent. Being faster allows you to take a shot with Sand Attack. For all the good that's going to do. Use Dodrio instead. Nicknames: Protected Species doesn't fit does it? It’s the only reason a trainer would have for not fainting it. Thus, all nicknames are irrelevant. On to the next one! Summary Fearow isn't quite as good as Dodrio. They are extremely similar; They both learn Drill Peck, they have identical speed, the difference in the special stat is negligible…The difference in every stat except Attack is negligible, similar TM compatibility...But Dodrio is slightly better ^_^;;. The main reason is the attack, its most useful stat. Neither have much staying power, Attack is essential to maximise their impact. Fearow has slightly better endurance against Special attacks, with a +2 and +10 difference in Special and HP respectively. But c'mon, Dodrio! There are better things to do than train a Fearow. Specifically, eating cake. Moveset Hyper Beam, Drill Peck, Substitute/Agility, Double Edge Same as Dodrio. Summary That’s a baby in there, by the way. You can say it’s only a Pokémon, you can say it doesn't have any feelings...but can you deny that its life? Can you deny that it is totally innocent? If you're a Kangaskhan trainer, you are in the wrong. And I don't care how you justify it, its wrong. You might say it has good attack and speed, in which case I would counter so does Dodrio, and it has better Special with it. You might say its HP means that defensively those stats are better than they look, I'd answer, only a bit. Kangaskhan isn't really that great. Its not totally bad either though. But it comes close. Kangaskhan is just too unexceptional; there are too many alternatives for it to even be considered. And its wrong. Moveset Earthquake, Rock Slide, Substitute, Fissure Covering as many weaknesses as it reasonably can be expected to. This is a cleaner. Assuming you're faster, come in Earthquake or Fissure blazing. But there is another Pokémon that can do this moveset better. Can you think which one? Nicknames: I, Should, Be, Locked, Up Summary There is only one thing Lickitung is good for; Sushi Go Round. Anything else, and its worse - yes, that’s right, worse - than Kangaskhan. Poor thing. The stats sucking is what brings it down. That and looking like a rejected Raptor model for Rugrats. It has excellent TM compatibility, but lacks the ability to use it. Movesets Hyper Beam, Swords Dance, Screech, Surf Normal types don't deserve STAB on such a wonderfully wide element, but they have it anyway. Hyper Beam on Lickitung is more powerful than Hyper Beam on Aerodactyl. On its own it hurts. With Swords Dance…heh. Nighty night. Well maybe not, but with STAB, Swords Dance and Screech you're starting to enter the region of mildly scareful. But you're chances of surviving that long are roughly equal to the chances of Prince Charles sneaking up behind her majesty and offing her with a banjo. Hyper Beam, Supersonic, Screech, Swords Dance Start with 'sonic. Assuming a confuddle (when will the spell checker get that confuddle is a word?) then start Screeching. The idea is that this will both serve to deepen the scars of confusion and leave the enemy crippled with Hyper Beam. Of course, it will never work. Ever. Nicknames: Kidding, Myself, If, I, Think, This, Will, Work (Ok, I'll stop it now) Yes! Lickitung, Farfetch'd and Ditto out of the way, now the fun begins ^_^ (Yes, I am sad) Summary (I'd just like to point out that I've spent summary wrongly about ten times now) I've said it before in this guide. Speed and Attack is a great combination. Okay, so if that doesn't deserve a 'duh' nothing does, but simple as it may sound, it is the guts of Persian, the scourge of many a trainer. As a cleaner, this is just about as good as it gets. Slash on this thing beats Hyper Beam on anything, bar a few other Normal types. Have Alakazam slapped by anything before hand, and Persian will kill it, and it’s the same for a huge amount of other Pokémon. Whatever you do with Persian though, leave it till last, no matter how tempting. Movesets Slash, Substitute, Bubble Beam, Swift This is the set I used. I don't see much case for Hyper Beam; Slash is almost as powerful at 140 (70power + constant critical = 140) as Hyper Beam at 150. If you're playing on GB, then fine, put it over Substitute. But if you're playing on Stadium, Substitute is wicked, blocking PAR, and forcing the opponent to take their own life as Persian rips a ruddy great trench through their team. Swift is for anyone that still uses DT (you can put rest over this) and Bubblebeam for cocky Rocks. Summary Something that’s always overlooked about Pidgeot: Defensively it’s the best Normal/Flying type there is. But
then, it'd probably drop dead if you flung a snowball at it. And the fact it’s a doddle to catch in the earliest stages of the game is irrelevant; you'd have to rare candy the thing at least forty six levels to see what the stats turn out like. (you can't judge between a tribe of level five Bulba's which will be the best at level one hundred for example) If you're wanting to use this then you're main reason has to be that it holds a place in your heart or something. Don't even get me started on its TM compatibility. Anyway, listen: Dodrio owns all your base. Movesets Hyper Beam, Agility, Substitute, Double Edge I'm aware its impractical. So are milk cartons. But Hyper Beam, even off 258, with STAB, dents. Pidgeots attack overtakes that of Kingler and other such hard things. Agility puts you in front of the opponent, and Substitute should be replaced by Sand Attack in GB. Nicknames: Avion, TheEagles, Saban, Preserver Summary HA! Porygon is a lightweight Lickitung. Why? WHY? Because its duff, that’s why. Totally, uselessly duff, with one saving grace; Recover. And that is like saying seaweed is great because its edible. Movesets Thunderbolt, Blizzard, Recover, Thunder Wave Thunder Wave ought to stop the speed problem. Now, if it actually managed to kill something, your opponent would give up there and then, before promptly going into hiding. Nicknames: Odo, DittoChild, Sally
Summary Due to an accident with a lemonade bottle and a gardener, its nose went up at a straight angle. Additionally, it failed to get the part of Splinter in Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles, and as a result its very haughty, and grabbed Super Fang and Hyper Fang all for itself. Its got a fairly brisk speed to say the least, but still, despite it having mystic powers that nobody knows about, beyond that of any Pokémon, its too narked off with the world to fight like it means it. Just like Sega. Ow, flames! Hot! Now evaporate: Raticate isn't statistically very inspiring is it? But still, it can learn some pretty good moves. It may not have much use for the majority of them, but still. Raticate has been very useful in a recent Pokémon Daily experiment. Specifically, when LugiaStorm told me he could pull a better guide out of a rats ****… Anyway, Raticate learns Focus Energy. Now, pay attention, this is important! Assuming CH, even that Special (go take a look, I'll wait right here) turns into a weapon. Unfortunately with low HP (313), low defence (218) and low special (may as well be 200) Raticate is going to be relying on that speed a lot. So. Listen carefully Bond… Movesets Focus Energy, Hyper Beam, Super Fang, Bubble Beam Hyper Beam with STAB and CH? Feel the love behind that, I dare you. Super Fang weakens the enemy to the point that they might have mercy on you and recover, and also gives your super wonderful Hyper Beam, possibly the most overused move in this guide aside from Substitute, a chance to say "cowabunga". Which is really, really good. I think that’s just about the best performance your going to get out of…what's his name again? Splinter? Just slot Blizzard and T-bolt in place of the attacks if you want to go all elemental. Nicknames: Tattoo, Piper, Raticake, CateWinsNot, Splinter, WinningSux YES! Summary Snorlax is uber dominant. Powerful. Beautiful. Moving. Artistic. Swifter than a speeding bullet. A stationary speeding bullet. Stronger than the killing force of a dozen curries in an enclosed space. More or less. <Hypnotizing>Use it! Now! Get it in your team!</Hypnotizing> From the top: Its got so much HP that it could provide a centuries ketchup for a small island, its attack is the LEVEL BEST in the normal element, with Amnesia the thing edges near indestructible, Self Destruct on this thing is likely to be illegal in some countries and it can do anything. Anything. It can do physical. It can do elemental. It can do dishes. Mum, can we keep it? Movesets Thunderbolt, Ice Beam, Amnesia, Rest Standard elemental. Body Slam, Earthquake, Self Destruct, Rest Standard Physical. Amnesia can be put over Self Destruct if you want defensive protection. Or rest if you want to blow up instead of giving your enemy a chance to recover. Hyper Beam, Surf, Amnesia, Rest I used this way back, and they, being some of you lot, didn't see it coming. Invariably at the time people tried to off the thing with Rhydon (!), Surf deals with that. Hyper Beam can kill a zam, but its not guaranteed; slap it with Surf beforehand and it'll think you're kidding, that you've got nothing to really make an impact. And then…*Dark imagery* However, many Zams, mine for instance, have reflect. In which case Amnesia up. But that’s not the point! Zam is just one! Look! Hyper Beam! Powerful! Leave me alone! The point is, it can do anything! Even Fly with Metronome! You can't tell me having twenty tonnes of pies land on top of you isn't force enough to kill a man. Allergic to pies. Nicknames: (I had some really good ones but forgot them -_-) Darth (no, I don't look like a Snorlax, but I'd be honoured if you named such an incredible, amazing *rambles…*), BiteMe, Laxative, LaxChance… Summary Nearly as fast as Persian, but not quite. Tauros is a real do-anything Pokémon that could sit comfortably on many teams, if the trainers got a hold of how to use it. You do not bring out a Tauros first. Don't be silly. Bring it out last, because its at its best when it doesn't have to worry about status changers or stallers…Its meant for just knocking down the enemy once all your other players have left his/her team weakened. Now, shutup and listen to me! The thing is statistically high. Compared to other Normals it has the second highest Attack, the highest defence, second highest speed and fourth highest special. (I hate trivia too…) That manifests itself wonderfully in battle, cutting through teams like a bull shaped knife through so much weak custard. If you have the right set, and the one thing that annoys me more than being knocked about by Tauros is downing the thing because of its set. Moveset Body Slam, Earthquake, Blizzard, Thunderbolt BY LAW this is what you must have. I don't care about stupid Body Slam, Hyper Beam and Horn Drill combos! This is better! Believe me, I'm wanted in six countries! It covers as many weakness as is possible, and because of that, it must be used, otherwise it’s a waste of a ruddy great bull, do you hear me?! Now. Repeat after me. I (your name here) will never add or take away from that set in any way, including but not limited to the inclusion of Hyper Beam, Strength (!!!), Double Edge, Horn Drill, Fissure (!!!!), Substitute and Stomp. Again. Say it louder. Open a window. Scream it. Body Slam, Hyper Beam, Blizzard, Thunderbolt Don't look at this.
Summary I don't go to Azure Heights. I'm wondering if because of that, I'm missing the worlds funniest joke or something. Because there have been a disturbing number of Wigglytuff in the AH PBS, which at time of writing is the best around and features the living punch bag sporting a skull and cross bones. No doubt there's some Azurian secret, far beyond the capacity of my feeble mind, that turns it into a weapon of mass destruction, possibly involving moves I'd never touch that have unknown powers or a secret handshake somewhere...So sure am I of this, that I'm afraid to give it the bashing its stats deserve. Instead, I'll just slip in the words 'is' 'better' 'Clefable' 'than' 'this' and allow you to rearrange. Moveset Body Slam, Thunder Wave, Blizzard, Thunderbolt Cannon fodder. Well that’s it, shows over, nothing left to see here, until/if I redraft with credible advice and possibly move profiles (though nobody reads them and they're usually pretty pointless). Thank you for reading, if you have any questions about the wonderful world of rby you can email me at DarthDavid@knighthammer.fsnet.co.uk or talk to Forge on IRC.
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Raticate
Wigglytuff