Looking at Pokemon: Elekid

February 14, 2009 | 3 Comments

Elekid

Elekid is an Electric-type Pokemon from the second generation Pokemon games. Introduced in the Crystal, Silver and Gold games Elekid sits at number 239 of the National Dex and falls into the Baby Pokemon group. This Pokemon can be captured in Pearl and Diamond by having a copy of Fire Red in the GBA slot while visiting Route 204-South Valley Windworks. If you are lucky the Elekid may even be holding an Electirizer!

Elekid comes with the ability Static: 30% chance of opponent becoming Paralyzed after using a direct attack.

Unless you have planned to use Elekid in your starting party you are not likely to get one in the early part of the game because the GBA trick only works after you defeat the Elite Four. The only way to get one prior to completing the single player portion of the game is through trading.

Because Elekid is a baby Pokemon you can not use it for breeding. It can evolve into an Electabuzz at level 30 and an Electivire at any point thereafter. Believe it or not its scores as actually quite good. Its base scores are even better than those of a Pikachu!

With Attack and Special Attack scores in the 60’s and a Speed of 95 Elekid can be a very good pick for your Pokemon team.

Elekid in Adventure Mode

Because Elekid is a baby Pokemon and the base stage for a third stage Pokemon a little bit of planning can go a long way in making this Pokemon a permanent addition to your battle roster.

A base Elekid will come with the moves Leer and Quick Attack. Even though you can’t catch one (and you are likely to breed better moves for it) for the purpose of this article we are going to assume you started with a base Elekid.

Because Elekid’s Attack and Special Attack are very close it pays to keep a mixture of attacks on this guy.

Thundershock (level 7) and Low Kick (level 10) will quickly become two of your main moves. Swift (level 19) is a very nice replacement for Quick Attack. With Elekid being one of the fastest Pokemon around at this point in the game it is more useful to have a move that can hit both opposing Pokemon in a double battle than having a weaker move that always strikes first but only hits one opposing Pokemon.

Shockwave (level 19) will replace Thundershock and Light Screen (level 25) can replace Leer. At level 28 we begin to enter the realm of hard choices.

When Thunderpunch (level 28) becomes available we find ourselves at the first crossroads. Up to now all of our electric attacks have been Special Attacks. Thunderpunch is the first physical Electric move that becomes available. It is more powerful than Shockwave but Shockwave is an automatic hit move. Thunderpunch is also the only physical Electric move in Elekids level-up move pool. I usually hold on to Shockwave at this point.

Discharge (level 34) is another hard choice. More powerful than Shockwave and also has the added effect of hitting all other combatants on the field, that includes your other Pokemon! If you normally have Elekid partner up with a Volt Absorb or a Ground-type Pokemon then Discharge is a good choice. If you don’t take Discharge (or even if you do) Thunderbolt (level 37) soon becomes available. This is followed by Screech (level 43) and the ever powerful (but not always accurate) Thunder (level 46).

Adventure Mode Move Breakdown:

Move 1: Leer -> Light Screen -> Screech
Move 2: Quick Attack -> Swift
Move 3: Thundershock -> Shockwave -> Thunderbolt
Move 4: Low Kick

Competitive Battling Elekid

Elekid is legal for the Little Battle format.

It is highly unlikely that you will ever find yourself in a situation where you choose to field a Elekid in a competitive situation. The only time you will have one of these guys on your team is when a tournament restricts you in some manner. With that in mind I offer the following move set.

Punched-Up Elekid

EV: Atk:252 / Spd: 252 / Def: 8
Nature: Adamant (Atk+/SpA-)

Move Pool:

Move 1: ThunderPunch (Electric 75/100)
Move 2: Ice Punch (Ice 75/100)
Move 3: Fire Punch (Fire 75/100)
Move 4: Brick Break (Fighting 75/100)

All of the moves on this guy are Physical and they are all 100% accurate with a base damage of 75. Thunderpunch is the only one that gets STAB. Ice Punch is there to take out those pesky Ground-type Pokemon who can do Elekid in quite quickly.

Other types of Elekid

I request that if you have any other ideas for an Elekid move pool to please leave them in the comments below. As good move pools are suggested I will update this article accordingly.

Posted by HMTKSteve | Filed Under Tips 

Pokemon Farming- Ash Kicking Pichu

August 26, 2008 | 34 Comments

August 26, 2008

Surprise Pokemon Farming!

Pikachu is the classic staple of pokemon. Everyone who knows of pokemon knows pikachu. While these little guys are just the babies of Pikachu and Raichu they will grow up to be more powerful than Ash’s Pikachu could ever dream. Sure, Ash’s pikachu has volt tackle but so do these guys. Ash’s pikachu has iron tail these little fellows have Grass Knot. These pichu are indeed a force to be reckoned with. The Pichus I’m adopting out today are hasty(speed+, defense-), and have the following move set:

  • Wish: A healing move that takes effect on the next turn. Using it is all a matter of timing.
  • Thunderbolt: A powerful STAB attack, if you’re opponent thinks about sending in a Water type, this will rip a hole in them.
  • Grassknot: Take out those hefty ground types always looking to ruin your day.
  • Volt Tackle: A powerful physical attack only the electric mouse can learn.

These pichu have the ability:

Static: Chance of paralyzing opponent if it makes physical contact with pichu.

All Pichu will hold:

Hold Item: Light Ball, doubles pikachus special attack. Needed to farm pichus with volt tackle. (all lovingly farmed from wild pikachus)

Rules:

Post your name and FC (even if we’ve traded before I will need it again)

Only1 Pokémon per person
This is on the first come first serve basis.
I only have 30 so get one while you can! After this there will be no leftovers.

Please do not trade me eggs
Be in the Wi-Fi zone at 6:30pm(EST), on August 26th TODAY!
Make yourself available to Trade (Invite–>Trade) I will come to you when I’m ready.
Items(heart scales, rare candies, TMs) are very appreciated but not required.
If you are new to our site, your first comment will be moderated. Don’t worry if your post doesn’t show, we will get to it in time, and you will not miss out!

Voice Chat must be turned off to receive one (press x)

My Information:
Nikola 3050 8616 6055

Posted by NikolaTesla | Filed Under Farming 

Pokemon Farming: Magby

September 26, 2007 | 85 Comments

Today in Pokemon Farming we present: Magby, the ‘live coal Pokemon!’dpmfb240.png

Magby, and it’s evolutions Magmar and Magmortar are all tricky to get in-game, to get Magby you have to go to Stark Mountain with Leafgreen inserted into your DS and hunt one down. Too bad if you don’t have Leafgreen, because you can’t get it! If you do manage to get one, you can level it up to Lv. 30 and it will evolve into Magmar, a throwback to first generation games. To get the final Evolution, Magmortar is tricky yet again, you have to not only trade it, but trade it with the item Magmarizer attached, which you can pick off a wild Magby. How extremely complicated!

Well today, I intend to help you with one of the steps, by handing out Magby! But this is no run-of-the-mill fire starter Magby, this is a mind-reading, future-telling, Psychic Magby!

Looking in on Magby’s beefy movepool, I see that it can learn the rather powerful Psychic move, well, Psychic! Here the whole cool move set I gave it:

  • Psychic
  • Thunderpunch (to deal with those pesky water types)
  • Fire Blast (Powerful STAB)
  • Fire Punch (STAB)

Magby and its evolutions all have the ability Flame Body, which will burn the opponent if they come in contact with the user. This is also the ability which, when using these Pokes in your party, can half the time to hatch eggs! You can read all about it in our article, Hatching Eggs The Fast and Easy Way.

I looked into seeing if I could hand out the item with it, but I can’t! I have Diamond, which Magbys found in the wild have a much lower chance of having of the wild-held item (5%!), Pearl having a 50% chance. Also, I don’t even have Leafgreen! So I can NOT give out Magmarizers!

So you want one of my crystal-ball-gazing Psychic Magbys?

  • Comment with your Name and Friend Code
    • Even if we have traded before, I need your information again!
  • Get a Pokemon to trade (preferably non-Sinnoh, though I will take anything, items are always appreciated. If anyone has a Slakoth to spare though, I’ll gladly take one! Not required though, of course!)
  • Be in the Wi-Fi zone at 7pm EDT on September 27 (Thursday)
  • Make yourself available to Trade (Invite–>Trade) I will come to you when I’m ready.
  • I am only giving out Magbys tonight, sorry!

My Information:

Trainer name: God

Friend Code: 5369 6895 7194

I chose the alternative sprite to post here because he looks like he is sneezing! See everyone tonight!

Posted by TheTaterTot | Filed Under Farming 

Pokemon Farming: Tyrogue

September 22, 2007 | 70 Comments

Hey Everyone!

I’m here today to offer up a pokemon that is unlike any other pokemon in existance!

Tyrogue!

Tyrogue is a pokemon that is the only fighti… whats that? It’s not the only fighting type pokemon? Oh…right. It wasn’t even the first.

Well in that case, Tyrogue is the only pokemon to have three different evolutio…WHAT?! Ok, so Eevee beats this one out by just a few in that category as well.

I happen to know for a fact that Tyrogue is absolutely the only Pokemon to look real cute and still be able to kick butt! Oh…BryGuy beat me to that Yesterday, didn’t he?

Well, Tyrogue may not be the MOST unique pokemon in the lot, but it is really cool and evolves based on its stats when it hits level 20. Depending on its attack/defense stats it will evolve into Hitmonlee, Hitmonchan, or Hitmontop. I’ll leave you to find out the details if you don’t already know.

I have named my Tyrogues by taking away their names, and giving them all numbers. These are all numbered in the order they were hatched by roman numerals. I hope you enjoy them as I had a unique time farming them!

Here are the rules this time around:

  • Leave a comment with your trainer name and friend code. I’ve had to dump most of my pal pad, so more than likely I will need your info again.
  • Have Fun!
  • Have something to trade. I will take anything, but I’m still filling my ‘dex so I prefer non-Sinnoh Pokemon. Also, they don’t need to be holding anything, but I will always take any item you might have to offer, especially evolution stones.
  • Be in the Wifi Union Room by 6:00 pm Eastern/5:00 pm Central time on September 22nd, 2007
  • Be waiting in Trade Mode (Invite -> Trade). I will come to you when I’m ready.
  • My information is as follows:
    • Trainer name – Whit
    • Friend Code – 3136-3364-7333.

Can’t wait to see you all there!

Whitdjinn

Posted by Babael | Filed Under Farming 

Pokemon Farming: Munchlax

August 15, 2007 | 81 Comments

This week’s theme for Farmers Market is Farmers Choice!
You may have noticed a drop in farming events, sorry about that, but two members of the farming team are taking a break from the fields and won’t be around this week. We farm on without them!

Today, I’ve chosen to farm Munchlax, the Big Eater Pokemon! He is the baby446-3.png form of Snorlax, an original from back in Red/Blue days who, thanks to his high HP, could take a beating and could also deal out a good punch or two.

Munchlax in D/P is one of the ‘Sweet Honey Tree’ Pokemon, and one of the rarest. So the trouble of getting him is a tough one, unless you bring a Snorlax down from The FR/LG games and breed it with the ‘Full Incense’ attached. He evolves into Snorlax by maxing out his happiness and then leveling him up. Nothing easy about getting this little gem, except for today, ’cause I’m handing him out!

To get this hungry fella, here’s what you do

  • Comment with your Name and Friend Code
    • Even if we have traded before, I need your information again!
  • Get a Pokemon to trade (preferably non-sinnoh, though I will take anything, items are always appreciated. If anyone has a Sableye to spare though, I’m looking for one!)
  • Be in the Wi-Fi zone between 6:30pm-7:30pm EDT on August 15 (Wednesday)
  • Make yourself available to Trade (Invite–>Trade) I will come to you when I’m ready.

My Information:
Trainer name: God

Friend Code:5369 6895 7194

See you all tonight!



Posted by TheTaterTot | Filed Under Farming 

Pokemon Farming: Saturday Edition

August 10, 2007 | 52 Comments

Hello there!

Hopefully I’m reaching plenty of new folks with this post! This new weekend version of Pokemon farming is being done for two reasons.

  • We’ve had a lot of requests for different timezones from our European visitor base.
  • My schedule has changed that this is the only day I’m able to farm.

Lucky for you who are able to respond to this on both accounts! It seemed like a perfect fit, so here we are.

First, a couple things about the weekend farming. I’m going to try and stick with whatever theme was done the previous week, which means that yes, I’ll be offering a baby Pokemon today. Also, the time may change slightly from week to week depending on the feedback I get from those who will quickly become Saturday regulars, so that I can get a feel for what works and what doesn’t.

TogepiNow, down to business.

I’ll be offering Togepi today. Togepi has the distinction of being the very first in-game egg ever given to a player as they played through the Gold/Silver/Crystal versions of the game. He has also been given a brand new evolution that offers some superb stats in both special attack and special defense! This is one where its kinda hard to get the right moves naturally, so you’ll be relying on TM’s quite a bit with this guy. I think that’s pretty much the only downside. Togekiss has a very unique look and some real possibilities which can quickly become a mainstay in most teams.

The Togepis that I’ll be handing out today are pretty basic and bland, but all of you armchair quarterbacks will be pleased as they’ve all been named after NFL Teams. I mean, he does kind of look like a little football, right? (American Football that is)

I hope you enjoy my addition to Baby week, and I hope to see many of you in the future on Saturday!

Here’s to a good turnout!!

  • Leave a comment with your trainer name and friend code. I’ve had to dump most of my pal pad, so more than likely I will need your info again.
  • Have something to trade. I will take anything, but I’m still filling my ‘dex so I prefer non-Sinnoh Pokemon. Also, they don’t need to be holding anything, but I will always take any item you might have to offer, especially evolution stones.
  • Be in the Wifi Union Room by 3:00 Eastern/2:00 Central time on August 11, 2007, and be waiting in Trade Mode (Invite -> Trade). I will come to you when I’m ready.
  • My information is as follows: Trainer name – Whit, Friend Code – 3136-3364-7333.
  • Feel free to check in early, I will be early if I am able.



Posted by Whitdjinn | Filed Under Farming 

Pokemon Farming: Pichu

August 9, 2007 | 129 Comments

PichuContinuing our Pokefarm Baby Week Kickoff, today’s Farmer’s Market Special is that lovable little Electric-type that grows up into arguably the most famous Pokemon ever, Pichu!

Pichu has the distinction of being among the first group of pre-evolutions when they were introduced in Pokemon Gold and Silver (along with Cleffa, Igglybuff, Elekid and Magby). His stats and moves are nothing to write home about, at least not until he evolves into Pikachu through a Friendship evolution.

Pichu is fairly easy to come across: being a baby, he can’t breed, but you can breed a Pikachu to get one, or you can catch one in the wild (in the Trophy Garden in Diamond and Pearl).

However, the Pichu that I am offering today is NOT your typical (Trophy)garden-variety Pichu; this one comes with the other-wise unobtainable egg-move Volt Tackle. The only way to get that move is to breed a Pikachu holding a rare item called a Light Ball, and that’s exactly what I did for you today.

The Light Ball is pretty hard to get a hold of, and if you do get one, you then have to go through the process of breeding and hatching and what-not. Instead of going through all of that, I did it for you, and instead here is all you need to do:

  • Leave a comment with your trainer name and friend code. I’ve had to dump most of my pal pad, so more than likely I will need your info again.
  • Have something to trade. I will take anything, but I’m still filling my ‘dex so I prefer non-Sinnoh Pokemon. Also, they don’t need to be holding anything, but I will always take any item you might have to offer, and if you have any berries I need I will gladly take them! I need berry #’s 59-64.
  • Be in the Wifi Union Room by 8:00 Eastern/7:00 Central time on August 9, 2007, and be waiting in Trade Mode (Invite -> Trade). I will come to you when I’m ready.
  • My information is as follows: Trainer name – Bott, Friend Code – 2320 2629 3165.
  • Feel free to check in early, I will be early if I am able.

I can’t wait to see all of you here tonight, and thank you all for making this new site possible, we couldn’t have done it without you! See you tonight :)



Posted by Robottnik | Filed Under Farming 

Pokemon Farming: Phione

August 7, 2007 | 138 Comments

PhioneContinuing with baby Pokemon week, I present you the baby of a legendary, Phione!

Ah, Phione, the complicated result of breeding the legendary Manaphy. You can get the pretty awesome Manaphy from a Pokemon Ranger game, and thats the only place you’ll get it. Put your Manaphy egg in the Daycare with a Ditto and you get Phione. But, Phione will never, ever evolve back into Manaphy. And poor Phione has much lower stats and does not learn some moves its parent learns, like Heart Swap and Tail Glow. Regardless, it is still very usable, just not a powerful as its parent.

To get a Phione, there is no other way to get it if you don’t have Manaphy than trading. Don’t have a Manaphy? Have one, but you don’t want send it to daycare? Good, because tonight I’m handing out Phiones for all to enjoy and fill up their Pokedexs!

Tonights crop is all named after Cheeses! It seemed appropriate. Want one?

  • Comment with your Name and Friend Code
    • **READ THIS**–> Even if we have traded before, I need your information again! I had to clean out my palpad, I had no room for new trades. I have to make room for all this trading! If you don’t give me this information, I CAN NOT trade with you!
  • Get something (preferably non-sinnoh, though I will take anything, items are always appreciated)
  • Be in the Wi-Fi zone between 6:30pm-7:30pm EDT on August 7 (Tuesday)
  • Make yourself available to Trade (Invite–>Trade) I will come to you when I’m ready.

My Information:
Trainer name: God

Friend Code:5369 6895 7194

Surprise! I’ll be on early to check up on my WiFi, to see if it is up to par. Come early if you please!

-Farmer Tot



Posted by TheTaterTot | Filed Under Farming, Ranger 

Pokemon Farming: Bonsly

August 6, 2007 | 41 Comments

BonslySudowoodoWelcome to PokeFarm!

To celebrate the move from HMTK to PokeFarm we are running a very special week devoted to Baby Pokemon!

To start us out I will be offering the Rock type Pokemon Bonsly. This new Pokemon is Rare in Diamond but common in Pearl. To breed this Pokemon you must have a Sudowoodo holding Rock Incense. Lucky for all of you I just happen to have that item!

Bonsly first appeared in the GameCube game Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness. You had to coax the Bonsly out of an area and if you startled him you had to start all over again! Later you had to find him at a battle spot. Once you caught him his owner would show up and take him back.

Bonsly will evolve into Sudowoodo once Bonsly learns the move Mimic. This move is learned at level 17. What this also means is that if you choose not to learn Mimic at level 17 your Bonsly will never evolve out of its baby stage.

Bonsly can be hatched with one of two abilities:

  • Rock Head - Bonsly receives no recoil damage.
  • Sturdy – One hit KO moves will not work.

The Bonsly I have hatched may have either one of those abilities and they have the following move set:

  • Copycat (Normal) – Copies opponents last move.
  • Rollout (Rock) – A five turn attack that gets more powerful over time.
  • Selfdestruct (Normal) – Inflicts severe damage and knocks Bonsly out.
  • Rock Throw (Rock) – Throw small rocks.

Rules
1. I don’t care what you trade me though I would prefer a non-Sinnoh Pokemon.
2. The Pokemon you trade to me must be holding something.
3. I prefer berries over all other items.
4. The only exception to berries are the two items that Magby/Elekid hold when caught in the wild.
5. For berries I need: 60+.
6. When you leave your information in the comments below your trainer name must be correct. When I do the trading I refer to the comments on the site to see who gets what.
7. When you enter the Wi-Fi zone select the trade option and wait for me to select you.
8. If you can, be early. I am sometimes on early.
9. Don’t be afraid to trade amongst yourselves.

My information:
Trainer: Ezekial
Friend Code: 0559 3242 3898

    Instructions

  • Have something to trade to me
  • Be in the Wi-Fi zone by 8:00PM EDT (New York Time) on Monday August 6, 2007
  • Be ready



Posted by HMTKSteve | Filed Under Farming 

Pokemon Farming: “Punched-Up” Elekids

July 19, 2007 | 81 Comments

Elekid Electabuzz Electrivire

Greetings, Everyone!

Welcome to Thursday of “Farmer’s Favorites Week”! My handle here is BryGuy and I will be heading this evening’s Pokemon Farmer’s Market featuring Elekid. Elekid is the “baby” form of Electabuzz. Electabuzz made its first appearance in the original Pokemon games (Red and Blue). Obviously an electric-type Pokemon, this yellow and black, human-like Pokemon always seemed to have so much potential, yet it never seemed to catch on as a “big-hitter”. Maybe its original, somewhat disappointing stats in HP and Defense had something to do with it not showing up on winning teams. Electabuzz’s future may now be changed with the release of the Diamond and Pearl games. A new evolutionary step has been introduced. If you trade Electabuzz while it’s holding an “electirizer” it will evolve into Electivire. Electrivire still doesn’t have base HP and Defense stats to write home about, but its base attack stats are pretty impressive. Electivire should be a lot of fun to experiment with to see where it fits in the Pokemon universe.

How do you get an Elekid to train and evolve? If you are playing Pokemon Diamond and Pearl, and you have become Pokemon League Champion, and you own a copy of the Fire Red GBA game, insert the Fire Red game into the GBA slot of your DS while playing Diamond or Pearl and head to the Valley Windworks and cruise around the tall grass until an Elekid finally pops up! How do you get an electirizer to evolve an Electabuzz into an Electivire? In the Diamond game every wild Elekid will have a 50% chance of it holding an electirizer. In the Pearl game the chances are quite a bit lower: each wild Elekid has a 5% chance of holding an electirizer (yes, I said: five). Instead of hunting down a random, basic Elekid, you could trade with me for a really “punched-up”, extra-special Elekid!!!

I have bred a fine batch of Elekids and I am looking forward to sharing them with all of you! The Elekids I have bred for this occasion have an amazing set of learned egg-moves (these are moves that the Pokemon can not learn through leveling-up). Through a process of multi-stepped, carefully-controlled breeding, I have created Elekids that have the following set of moves built-in:

Elekid Moves

  • Thunder Punch
  • Fire Punch
  • Ice Punch
  • Dynamic Punch

What can’t this little guy totally hit?! These Elekids are 100% game-legal. They were not hacked in any way. The move set was obtained through normal breeding and careful study! You will be on your own in acquiring a electirizer. If you play the Diamond game, this shouldn’t be too difficult. If you are playing the Pearl game (like I am) you may have to trade for one or be very patient (I have obtained a couple, but not enough to give away – I do have quite a few magmarizers, however).

Please feel free to turn up the loudness on your game so we can talk back and forth during the trade, making selection easier. By the way, you don’t need a headset to talk. Your DS built-in microphone will do the trick. If you would rather not talk and select a Elekid, I will pick one for you.

Here are the rules and procedures for tonight’s Farmer’s Market:

  1. Enter my trainer name and friend code into your pal pad. My trainer name is BryGuy and my friend code is 3737 6015 6762.
  2. Have a Pokemon ready in your party to trade to me. Today I will accept anything but I like to be surprised! Feel free to trade me something you think is cool or unique. It is especially nice if the Pokemon is holding something (berries, items, etc.)!
  3. Post a comment to this article saying that you would like an Elekid. Make sure you clearly and accurately list your trainer name from your game and your friend code. Even if we have traded before, please list this information. I can’t guarantee that you are still in my Pal Pad. I will enter as many of these before the Farmer’s Market as I can.
  4. In your game, enter the WiFi Club at 7:00 pm eastern time (6:00 pm central time) on Thursday, July 19, 2007.
  5. When you enter the Wi-Fi zone select the trade option (INVITE -> TRADE) and wait for me to select you.
  6. If you can, be early. I may be online early.
  7. Please be patient. I should have plenty of Elekids. I may have to leave the WiFi Club sometimes to get more Elekids. Please don’t panic, I’ll return promptly!
  8. The Farmer’s Market will run from 7:00 to 8:00 pm EDT.
  9. I am only prepared to trade specially prepared Elekids. Please do not ask for other Pokemon. I will not be trading anything other than Elekids tonight. Thanks.

I am looking forward to trading. See you at the Farmer’s Market!

••• BryGuy •••

* Trainer name: BryGuy
* Friend Code: 3737 6015 6762

Posted by BryGuy | Filed Under Farming 

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