The Game

Well played, sir. Well played indeed.

I used to name my Totodile back in the original GSC era Chocodile, which was on a whim after playing it over during breakfast and I rather liked it. Then I found a few people on the internet had also named him similarly and I felt completeness over keeping him that way.

Otherwise, I usually just pick something random, keep it the same, or choose something I feel fits the Pokemon's personality. I had an unevolved Makuhita for all of HGSS named Gruul.

Personally Mt.Moon
If you started with bulbasaur/squirtle. You pretty much just kapowed Brock with one lvl 11 pokemon. With the constant encounters, and your low level team, this was absolute hell. Plus, I always got lost ¬_¬

I played so much as a kid, that I have most of the caves that needed Flash memorized...

But Mt. Moon was a pain when I chose Bulbasaur. Still, easily the most hated for me is the Safari Zone. How many Pokeballs can one Kangaskhan break free of? ¬_¬

Hrm... I have to give most idea threads credit, as they lead me to interesting ideas of my own.

Don't take this as law as it just occurred to me while noshing some breakfast and listening to some music, but we could always implement a level cap once you acquire certain badges. It could also be used to add a challenging modifier to the gyms.

For example, the first gym leader could have a level cap of 10, meaning that before you acquire their badge, you cannot raise any of your Pokemon higher than that. (However, you are free to raise an unlimited number of Pokemon up to that level). Then, once you fight the gym leader, most of their Pokemon will be a level or two higher than yours, adding a challenging feel to it.

Once beaten, you gain the badge and the ability to move on the next level cap.

This would solve the issue of people over leveling their Pokemon early in the game, the difficulty issue that most people seem to think it will lack (Though trust me, I plan to make plenty of challenges for you to overcome) and the issue of (Is it really an issue or did I simply think I read about it somewhere?) players breezing through the game too quickly. It would simply be one more reason to take it slowly and enjoy the content.

Thoughts?

I can overlook the questioning of my competitive battling experience. (Seeing as I'm going on ten years of it now, so it's not a big deal.)

All i got to say is, why in the hell would u be running dark pulse on a tyranitar?

Tyranitar's base attack = 134
base SpAtk= 95

If you have dark pulse on a tyranitar switch it to crunch.

Not to sound condescending, but I would infer that you have less competitive battling experience than me from that statement alone. From Gen III onward Tyraniboah was one of Tyranitar's most lethal movesets. (And I helped popularize it.)

It was commonly used on a team where it could take advantage of getting Tyranitar's most used counters to switch in on him, substituting on the switch, and then taking care of them using their crappy Special Defense stat. (Read: Scizor, a common switch in. He can take everything barring a SE crit, but cannot take even a single flamethrower.) Dark Pulse or Crunch were interchangeable, with the third move generally being Focus Punch to make good use of the Sub and his ability to negate Leftovers.

I would never send a Tyranitar for a 1v1 against a Dragonite anyway. If he hasnt had time to DD i pull him out.

And ive never seen my Tar been hit by a Focus Blast before so idk if he would survive, but i do know superpower wrecks him up

Then you would know that you proposed a situation that would never actually happen. You would never send in a Tyranitar against a Dragonite, and the reverse is also true.

CScarf is Tyranitar's second most common set, therefor it is usually prepared for if there is a flaw in team building that would lead to a weakness from Scarftar. If you are running Scarfed Dragonite, another equally common set, then it all comes down to whoever was out first.

In the situation the OP provided, however, there were no clear indicators to an ongoing battle, so it's assumd that both of them are out at the same time (They were your starters, which would not be a stretch as both are used as leads), in which case Dragonite would have the advantage.

[]... Zoom Lense are normally banned from competative play or not looked upon lightly.

Zoom Lens doesn't increase crit chance, it actually increases Accuracy by 20% if the user moves after the opponent. There was an error in translation and it ended up saying crit. However, testing has proven (Mine and others, if you'd care to look in to it) that it is indeed a 20% accuracy boost. The translation error was fixed in games after Diamond and Pearl.

In reference to crit boosting items, they are not banned per se. They're just generally looked down upon as they throw more luck into the game.

Realistically, Salamence would win against all the others. Dragonite would come in second, but that is only assuming a one on one fight with both Pokemon starting fresh.

Personally, I would choose Aggron as he is one of my favorite Pokemon.

Or, you could do what I did on my last playthrough.

Solo Zubat run through.

Solo.

Zubat.