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.

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Zaprong’s Kids

February 8, 2009 | 38 Comments

In every Pokemon game there is always someone who is willing to trade a Pokémon to you. In Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness there was a trainer who would trade a very special Elekid to you. This Elekid was named Zaprong.

What made Zaprong special was his move set, it was full of physical attacks. Three of the moves were also egg moves.

Elekid is fairly even in the Attack(63) vs. Special Attack(65) department. Electabuzz continues this trend as Special Attack begins to gain a serious edge over Attack (83 vs. 95). Then came the 4th generation and a second evolution for Elekid. As an Electivire this Pokémon really shines when it comes to physical moves (123 vs. 95).

I know a lot of people are new to the world of Pokémon and some of those people enjoy going back and playing the older games to collect rare Pokémon while others prefer to live in the now. This farming event is for those who do not have time to go back. Besides, getting a Zaprong out of Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness is easily a 20+ hour endeavor.

Ability: Static: The opponent has a 30% chance of being induced with PARALYZE when using a direct attack against this Pokémon.

    Moves

  • Cross Chop (Fighting / 100)
  • Thunder Punch (Electric / 75 STAB)
  • Ice Punch (Ice 75)
  • Fire Punch (Fire / 75)

Rules
1. Do not trade me eggs.
2. Do not trade me hacked Pokemon.
3. 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.
4. When you enter the Wi-Fi zone select the trade option and wait for me to select you.
5. If you can, be early. I am sometimes on early.

My information:
Trainer: Ezekial
Friend Code: 2535 3208 9136

    Instructions

  • Have something to trade to me
  • Be in the Wi-Fi zone by 7:00PM EDT (New York Time) on Thursday February 12, 2009
  • Be ready

Missed the event? Check out the Missed Farming Event thread in the forums.

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Haunted Halloween Farming: Rotom

October 29, 2008 | 64 Comments

Rotom

I was watching TV late one night and all of a sudden weird things started happening.

CRASH

“What in the world was that,” I muttered to myself as I went outside to see if there was any damage. “A Thunderbolt (Electric STAB, Power 95, Acc 100) must have hit the house.”
When I returned in the house I noticed the television was showing nothing but static. “Turn the TV off boys and go to bed. The lightning must have knocked out the cable.”
“They’re here,” the boys replied in unison.
“What are talking about? Now shut off that TV, it’s only static anyhow.”
“The Rotoms are here,” they eerily replied.
Just then a Shadow Ball (Ghost, STAB, Power 80, Acc 100) whizzed by my head. “What in the …, it’s a good thing that didn’t hit me or it could have lowered my Special Defenses.”
Suddenly the fan whirred to life behind me. I walked into the kitchen to turn it off when the refrigerator doors suddenly flew open. I quickly backed up only to have the oven flash on and open its door.
“I know how to take care of electricity. I’ll just ground it.”
“It won’t work,” the boys replied, “Rotoms have the ability to Levitate and are immune to ground attacks.”
“What sort of Hidden Power is causing this,” I wondered aloud. I grabbed the boys and ran out the back only to be greeted by the washing machine starting on its own. As we were leaving the house I heard the Dark Pulse (Dark, Power 80, Acc 100) of the lawn mower roaring to life and we hurried away from the house as fast as we could. Looking back at the flashing lights within the house, even though I have a Modest (+ SpAtt, -Att) nature, I thought to myself, “Man that paint job sure makes the house look better.”

When we returned the next day the house appeared normal. No mysterious appliances running amok.
“Where are they boys? Can you tell?”, I asked.
“They’ve gone into the wifi. But they’ll be back”
“When?”
Thursday, October 30th at 4-6 PM CST (5-7 PM Eastern, 2-4 PM Pacific time, 9PM British)

If you have a unearthly desire to see these shocking sights for yourself, be in the wifi room to receive your very own Rotom holding a special Halloween treat.

OT: Wayne
FC: 1590 7531 1807

  • Comment with your Name and Friend Code
  • Please, Only 1 pokémon per person.
  • Make yourself available to Trade (invite->Trade) I will come to you when I’m ready.

If you are new to our site, your first comment will be moderated. Don’t worry if your post is invisible, we have a Silph Scope and will be able to see it so you will not miss out!

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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

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Pokemon Farming: Mareep

September 12, 2007 | 47 Comments

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Today in Pokemon Faming, the electric wool Pokemon, Mareep!

I chose this little ball of fluff because I wanted to farm something unusual and give it a useful moveset, because playing with Mareep and its evolutions can be challenging.

Mareep, and it’s evolutions Flaaffy and Ampharos, are like any other electric type, except unlike its fellow electrics, it has a rather low speed stat. Unfortunately, it’s move pool isn’t so diverse either. But, with what it can do, it can still do some damage! So I’ve made up a little moveset to help show it’s stuff!

  • Thunderbolt (STAB)
  • Thunder (STAB)
  • Signal Beam (A tribute to the ball of light at the end of it’s tail for which its known for, not a bad move, bug type)
  • Iron Tail (A steel type move to help deal with those rock types)

Breeding it wasn’t too complicated, just time consuming! I had to level a female to learn signal beam, used my beefy Feraligatr to breed iron tail to a male, leveled him up, taught him thunder and thunderbolt (I had a lot of extra TMs so I took the easy way) and bred the babies you can now receive!

So, want one of these Electric sheep? He’s how we do it:

  • 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 Kangaskhan to spare though, I’ll gladly take one! Not required though, of course!)
  • Be in the Wi-Fi zone between 8pm EDT on September 12 (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

I’ve been away for a couple of weeks, I’ve been moving, and it’s good to be back! See you all tonight!

Note: If you miss a farming event just visit the Missed Farming Eventsarea of the forum and look around.



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Special Pokemon Farmer’s Market: Second Harvest

August 31, 2007 | 87 Comments

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Greetings, Everyone!

Welcome to an extra special edition of the Friday Farmer’s Market: Second Harvest. My handle here is BryGuy. Tonight’s Farmer’s Market will be very different, so please be aware of the new conditions. Over the past number of weeks I have been offering pokemon with special movesets. Many people have been asking me for more of these pokes for various reasons. Tonight, I am going to clear out my boxes of any leftover pokemon from these events. The pokemon offered tonight are as follows:

  • Houndour (about 4 individuals)
  • Elekid (about 6 individuals)
  • Cyndaquil (about 10 individuals)
  • Swinub (about 9 individuals)

These are the same little guys I offered at previous Farmer’s Market Events. They all have amazing movesets, they are all 100% game-legal, and they were all bred by me using normal methods and loving care! Check my previous Farmer’s Market posts to see all the details about these awesome pokemon. Please be careful to follow the special procedures indicated below.

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

  • Enter my trainer name and friend code into your pal pad. My trainer name is BryGuy and my friend code is 3737 6015 6762.
  • 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.)!
  • Post a comment to this article saying which ONE of these pokemon you would like. I will issue them on a first-post, first present, basis. If you are not ready in the WiFi Club when I come to trade with you, I will move to the next person on my list. You may need to accept the pokemon offered to you. There will probably not be much choice in terms of male or female, etc.
  • In your post requesting a pokemon, 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 had to clear my Pal Pad a few times so most of my previously entered “Pals” have been removed. I will enter as many of friend codes before the Farmer’s Market as I can.
  • In your game, enter the WiFi Club at 7:30 pm eastern time (6:30 pm central time) on Friday, August 31, 2007. Please note this new time for tonight!
  • When you enter the Wi-Fi zone select the trade option (INVITE -> TRADE) and wait for me to select you.
  • I will not be on early tonight.
  • Please be patient. I may have to leave the WiFi Club sometimes to get more pokemon. Please don’t panic, I’ll return promptly!
  • The Farmer’s Market will run from 7:30 to 8:30 pm EDT.
  • I am only prepared to trade the pokemon listed above. Please do not ask for other Pokemon. I will not be trading anything other than what I have listed 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 

Pokemon Farming: Eggs!?

August 18, 2007 | 87 Comments

G’day!

For this weekend’s farmer’s choice, I’ve chosen to keep things a secret for just a bit longer. I’ve decided that I will actually be breeding two different pokemon, but you won’t know which you’re getting until it hatches!

What could it be?!

Here are some hints -

  • They are both electric type.
  • They are NOT from Sinnoh naturally
  • They each have an ability that is unique to them

Ok, that’s all the info you’re getting from me! I hope that doesn’t make it TOO easy to guess. Regardless, hopefully you’ll all have fun hatching the eggs and guessing which one you’ll be getting until that point. If you go back and read through this article there are clues which will tell you exactly what two Pokemon I’m breeding today, so I challenge you to scour it for the info!

Without further ado – Here are the rules!

  • 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 4:00 pm Eastern/3:00 pm Central time on August 18, 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.



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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: “Punched-Up” Elekids

July 19, 2007 | 81 Comments

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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