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Rock "An Onix is like a beautiful woman" - my work experience supervisor, asked to comment on Golem
A simple table, and you wouldn't believe how long it took. If anything can go wrong, its gone wrong already during the writing of a guide. Attacks Rock Slide is the better than Rock Throw, that’s all you need to remember! Pokémon Summary *big grin* Aerodactyl can be used effectively against your standard Mew; Its Flying type neutralizes Earthquake, which leaves Mew with Swift, not effective against Rock. Now at that point the trainer will switch and knock you down with something else, but, as all guides seem to assume there's only one Pokémon in a team, we'll ignore that. Supersonic means Mews Swords Dancing will hurt itself more than Aero. But I don't really want to talk about that side of Aerodactyl, go read Hitmonrich's rby anti-standards at www.pokedaily.com if you do. Want to. I'm resolved right now to try Aerodactyl out, at least in a fun team ^_^. It has huge Speed, huge Attack, good HP, and the one attack that sets it apart from the mother of all flying types, Dodrio: Supersonic. Combined with the speed Supersonic is a good excuse to have Aerodactyl sitting next to a paralyser in your team. By now you may be wondering then, if its so great, why is it only seen in fun teams? PLAYED IT TILL MY FINGERS BLED, WAS THE SUMMER OF SIXTY NINE…sorry, tape…coughLASTFOREVERcough. The things endurance isn't great. Ignore the defense stat, its been awhile since I've seen someone use a physical move other than a Ground type (again, doesn't affect a flyer) or a normal type (ineffective). Shutup about Rock. Shutup! That defense might as well be something insane for all the difference it would make. But elementally, its generally crucified, as far as TM compatibility goes it’s a reminder of the Flying types famous lack-of. If you've got no cake to eat though, try it out, switch it a bit… Yeah, me neither. Fastest Supersonic gun on the planet, if the planet is r/b/y and Aerodactyl was a gun. Movesets Supersonic, Reflect, Hyper Beam, Substitute Anti Mew set. As outlined above, only with Reflect Mew isn't going to be doing a lot of damage if it gets past Supersonic, so use a Sub for when he switches/tries futilely to attack. Hyper Beam, Supersonic, Double Edge/Substitute, Fly If evade clause is on, you're stuck for moves. Aerodactyl could have been good against swift dancers (do I really need to explain that AGAIN?! ^_^) but not Vappidys. Typically if something has sky high special, which is what Aerodactyl is scared of, its defense is lackluster, so off you go, fire of a sub when you know they'll switch, then Hyper Beam. They break the Sub on the recharge, allowing you to get another in, and two Hyper Beams = no joke against low defense/HP fiends…One thing I want to say though is that I don't think you should have both Double Edge and Substitute on the same set, because they drain the HP too much, and already its endurance isn't great. Nicknames: Aerowolf, PKsquadron, Flint Summary The Golem vs Rhydon debate is as old as the solitary hair on Atma's chin. Its generally quashed with 'well, just use the one that fits best with your team' line, but its more like 'Do you want an exploder or don’t you?'. Golem learns Explosion, Rhydon doesn't. And when I'm eighty something and the rest of you have put these guides far behind you into the back of your mind I'll still be insisting it has magical powers enabling it to weather elemental attacks better than Rhydon despite the fact Rhydon has HP that should make up for it. I'll fight you all the way on that one if you even dare contradict! Explosion…is an extremely powerful physical attack. Ground types…are physical Pokémon. Anyway. Try Rhydon for a little while, then try this for a little while if you want. I'd go for Golem given that Rhydon is supposedly too common, though the balance is shifting. Moveset Earthquake, Rock Slide, Substitute, Explosion This moveset is being taken over by the guardian of angels. HAVE YOU GOT A PROBLEM WITH THAT? You won't get much better than that. Unless your on PBS of course, as Body Slam seems to guarantee a paralyse now… Nicknames: RockyVI, WeakEnough, Fury, GolemKong, GK Summary Na, I wouldn't if I were you. Swords Dance sounds interesting, but…na. Maybe it’s the taste of toothpaste and apple slithering down to my stomach, but the thing doesn't feel right. Slash is also fun, though not affected by Swords Dance as it is always a critical him. Her. Hit. *opens this file after about three months of it lying around his comp* I hope I was finished there. Because I'm going to move on anyway. In conclusion: Okay. But you don't want an 'okay' poke for your team. Moveset Slash, Swords Dance, Surf, Body Slam Believe it or not, Slash is filler. Yep. True. The only purpose for this is to switch it in after you've SLP or FRZ the opponent. Yes, or parafused, or…will you let me get on with it? No? Oh, sorry, you want me to go home? I am home. Swords Dance up when the enemy is disabled. In no time Body Slam will be more powerful than Slash, because Slash isn't affected by the rise in your Attack stat that Swords Dance gives. Surf is just in case the opponent sees these Normal type Attacks and decides to switch in a resistant Rock. I'm being lazy, so that's all you get ;) Nickname: Pasta Summary As a newcomer to advanced Pokémon circles, I used to think 'Why don't more people use Omastar?'. That was primarily because I'd only looked at the stats. Beautiful Special, beautiful defense. If you have the attack working from the Special then you've got a good Pokémon. Now if you've read this far down, you probably don't need my help anyway. You should have a list in your head of things to think about. We've done stats, on to compatibility. Compatibility sucks. On to type. Well obviously it’s a Rock type. But at the same time, it's not got your traditional Rock type physical attacks and what it does have it lacks the attack stat to use. I just got a huge sense of déjŕ vu there, like I've written this before. Hmm. Haven't done a Rock guide before. Haven't done a water guide. Anyway, we're really spoiled rotten with Water types already, to the extent that the purpose of a Water type is usually not to spit Surf at the opponent. Starmie has Thunderwave, Lapras has Confuse Ray and both have Thunderbolt. You can confuse or you can paralyze and you can use the old tried and tested Thunderbolt/Blizzard combo. But with Omastar lack of compatibility becomes a case of lack of versatility. Man, I'm beginning to sound like Jerry Springer. It has no special trait or ability that sets it apart or it’s the best at pulling off. Basically, Omastar is all right, but its not a great water type and its not a great rock type. And have you tried to make Pasta from it? Moveset Surf, Blizzard, Substitute, Rest See what I mean? Every move there except Surf is filler. If you really want to use this, then I'm assuming you've come up with a cunning plan to render it useful. Nicknames: Tank, BoyWonder, Bennet, Tait Summary Not worth considering. Look at Rhydon or Golem instead. Just read those stats. The highest defense in the game (? I can't remember any more…) doesn't save it. Moveset Earthquake, Explosion, Screech, Substitute I said don't use it. That's why I just picked four moves at random I know Onix can learn. Sub is for electric types other than Surfing Raichu, when you know they're going to switch or can't hurt you if they don't. Here's an interesting question: Can an Onix Earthquake actually take your average electric type out in one hit anyway? C'mon. That's one for the hotshots that know all their formula. Nicknames: ToffeeCrsp, Trojan Is this the last one already? Summary Best HP of a Ground type stretches its defense and special stat. While it could be said you're not going to be using its Special stat a great deal, don't forget about its weakness totally. That's a very big attack stat he has and when you factor in Same Type Added Bonus on Earthquake then it's easy to see why Rhydon's such a popular choice *grumbles*. The great defense isn't as irrelevant as you'd think, while it may not matter against normal attacks which the big lug is resistant to, you'll want to get every single point out of it you can against Ground…moves… To be honest, I came up with a really good thing to say about Rhydon, but in the-checking-of-it just…couldn't be bothered. It doesn't matter. You're sentient life aren't you? Look at Golem, decide which is better. Rhydon has the stats, Golem has the moves. Move. Explosion. And for goodness sake, try both on PBS. And it *can* survive a Raichu Surf attack, with um…at least 1 HP. It can also not survive a Raichu Surf attack. But factor in non-max's then anything can happen. My money is sitting firmly on Raichu though. Which had better have Substitute. I mean it. You can put whatever moveset's you want on whatever poke, except Raichu and Tauros, in which cases you must defer to these guides or I kill you. And Earthquake / Rock Slide is a sweet combo ^_^ Moveset Earthquake, Substitute, Rock Slide, Rest This is the standard by the way. To be honest, I never had a lot of love for Rest. I mean, the opponents just going to switch. And you can't use the SLP status to switch-in and deflect Thunder Waves because its resistant to start with. Inevitably the other guy's got something that'll dent you. How many of you Rhydon fanatics have had this move actually come in handy? Even behind a Substitute? Realistically I don't think anyone would use it often, which is why Golem's set doesn't suffer a jot from having Explosion over it. Personally I'd prefer to use Horn Drill. No, I've not gone mad. Yes, Horn Drill doesn't One-Hit-Knock-Out a faster Pokémon, of which there are many. But if you've PAR the opponent and it's…a Tangela or something, you might thank me for this. Then again you're just as likely to scream 'Darn, it missed again!' So according to me it's: Earthquake, Rock Slide, Substitute, Horn Drill Hardly makes much of a difference anyway, if you've got the first three you won't go far wrong. I've done it! I've slayed the dragon, the guide is finished! It may suck, but it's finished! I'll write a good one next! If Draggy will let me! *bags the electric element because he's always wanted to do it…sad I know…* Anyway, Rhydon and Golem should be considered for any other team, and rightly or wrongly will be more popular than Sandslash and Dugtrio. Onix should not be considered. Use Golem instead if you want Explosion. Aerodactyl is mildly useful. Kabutops and Omastar should not be considered under normal conditions, certainly never simply to fill a space in a team which is all they're going to do, well, all Omastar's going to do. Kabutops can be mildly useful with moves such as Slash and Swords Dance, though still pants and out of the two of them I prefer Omastar. Though if you do use Kabutops you must call it Pasta, after a legend. Both are better than Onix. All your base are belong to us. Good day. End guide. I SAID 'END GUIDE'! OH YOU'RE A CLEVER ONE! I'LL BET YOU'RE THE KIND OF PERSON THAT NEVER FINDS THEIR BONUS TRACKS BY ACCIDENT! Well actually I've deleted the bonus track so fish to y…what was that? Oh rats? AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA. Ah stuff it. |
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