Johto Starters: Cyndaquil

May 11, 2009 | 134 Comments

With the April showers fading away it is time for the weather to warm up and here is the second of the Johto starters, Cyndaquil. I offer these because they represent to me what a friend and traveling companion should be. Cyndaquil is a Fire pokémon and is not found in the Diamond/Pearl or Platinum games. Although these Mild (+Attack, – Defense) natured Cyndaquils aren’t that powerful yet, they will soon evolve into a mighty Typhlosions. They all have the ability of Blaze, which means when their backs are against the wall and their HP is low, their red hot Fire power increases by 50%.

The move-set represents how good of a traveling buddy they can be:

Flamethrower (Fire, STAB Power 95, Acc 100)
Strong and reliable, just like these little guys

Covet (Normal, Power 40, Acc 100)
Isn’t it nice to get presents for no reason? With this move Cyndaquil can take items and berries that are held by wild pokémon and give them to you. It also carries a whopping 40 PP which makes him a great companion if you like to chain as he can learns Quick Attack at level 13 (30 PP) and Cut (30 PP) as an HM move allowing you to stay out longer in the grassy patches.

Sunny Day (Fire, Makes the sun shine for 5 rounds)
If you are feeling gloomy these little guys can turn your gray skies blue. The bright sunshine raises the power of Fire moves by 50% and lessens the damage of Water moves by 50%.

Dig (Ground, Power 80, Acc 100)
If you find yourself in a jam, these Cyndaquil can often dig you out of it. Dig can be used in caves and temples to take you back to their opening which can be helpful if your team is running low on energy or if you can’t wait to check out your new legendary. Dig gives you a super-effective attack against rock and electric types as well as other fire types, but don’t use this move against pokémon that know Earthquake or Magnitude as it will double the power of that attack if you are underground.

  • To receive one of these fiery friends, be in the wifi room on Saturday at 5:00 PM Pacific (8:00 PM Eastern) on the May 16, 2009
  • Comment with your Name and Friend Code
  • Get a pokémon to trade, I’m not looking for anything particular just something you don’t want.
  • Make yourself available to Trade (invite->Trade) I will come to you when I’m ready.

My info for this event is:
Diamond
FC: 5327-6683-4353

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!

Posted by Deneves | Filed Under Farming 

Pokemon Farming!: Houndour

October 17, 2008 | 55 Comments


Houndour is an often over looked pokemon of the fire and dark typing. It’s known for their tenacity and team work, Houndour are a useful member of any team. At level 24 Houndour evolves into the eerie Houndoom. Houndoom is a great member of any team. With the ability to absorb and power itself up with enemy fire attacks, Houndoom works well for forcing choiced opponents stuck on a fire attack to switch out, giving it the opportunity to boost it’s stat. With Nasty Plot in it’s arsenal it poses a threat even to the queen of special walling, Blissey. So, the Houndour I have for you today are Timid(attack-, speed+) with the following move set:

Nasty Plot: Raises Houndour’s special attack by two stages.

Flamethrower: A powerful STAB with a base power of 95 and a 10% chance of burning your opponent.

Dark Pulse: A secondary STAB, with a bonus of a 20% flinch rate.

Counter: A retaliation move that inflicts double the damage taken from any  physical attack.

Ability:

Flash Fire: When hit by a fire attack(Will-o-wisp included) Houndour’s fire attacks will recieve a 1.5 boost

Rules:

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

Only 1 Pokémon per person
If you prefer a particular gender or ability tell me, this is on the first come first serve basis.
Please do not trade me eggs
Be in the Wi-Fi zone at 5 pm(PST), on October 18th
Make yourself available to Trade (Invite–>Trade) I will come to you when I’m ready.
Items(rare candies or Heart Scales) 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!

My Information:
Glacier/ 1160 6656 0190

Posted by Babael | Filed Under Farming 

Looking at Pokemon: Chimchar

September 24, 2008 | 5 Comments

Chimchar

Looking at Chimchar

Chimchar is a Fire Pokemon that is one of the three starter Pokemon from the Diamond and Pearl games. Chimchar sits at spot 390 in the National Pokedex and can evolve into Monferno (Lvl 14) and then Infernape (Lvl 36). Many compare Chimchar to Torchic from Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald. More specifically they refer to Infernape as the Pokemon Blaziken always wanted to be.

Chimchar (and his higher evolved forms) are unusual in that they can perform equally well as Physical Attackers or Special Attackers. Their base Attack (58/78/104) and Special Attack (58/78/104) scores are equal through each evolution. Similarly their Defense (44/52/71) and Special Defense (44/52/71) scores are also equal across evolutions. This allows Chimchar to work as either a Physical or Special Attack Pokemon.

Chimchar has the ability Blaze (Boosts power of Fire moves 50% when at 1/3 HP or less).

Chimchar can be acquired either as your starter Pokemon or via trading with a friend or over the GTS. Unlike in previous games there is a third trainer you encounter who takes the Pokemon neither you nor your rival took at the beginning of the game. Once you have seen a Chimchar you will be able to get one off of the GTS (provided you have made it far enough into the game to unlock the GTS).

Chimchar has a good mix of moves in its move pool that allow a trainer to easily mold it into the role of Physical or Special Attacker (though its complete move pool sets it up better as a Physical Attacker). Flame Wheel (Lvl 17) is the only Physical Fire move this Pokemon learns while leveling up but it does have access to the moves Fire Punch and Blaze Kick via its pool of Egg moves.

On the Special Attack side Chimchar can learn several Fire moves beginning with Ember (Lvl 7), Fire Spin (Lvl 33) and Flamethrower (Lvl 41). Its Egg move pool only contains Heat Wave for Special Attacks while it’s TM/HM pool contains Flamethrower, Fire Blast and Overheat.

Chimchar in Adventure Mode

Most players will find that Chimchar is a very rewarding Pokemon to pick as a starter. Among the starter selection Chimchar is the one who becomes dual type the fastest (Monferno, Lvl 14, Fire/Fighting). Fire Pokemon are also extremely rare in Sinnoh during the early part of the game. Ponyta is the Fire Pokemon you will first encounter in the wild and it only becomes available after you have defeated the Grass/Poison Gym in Eterna City.

A fresh Chimchar (with no special breeding) will know the moves Scratch and Leer. Not a Fire move on the list but that comes quickly with Ember at level 7.

I realize that most players will want to evolve their Chimchar at the first opportunity but there are those who like to keep their Pokemon from evolving and the rest of this article will be written with that idea in mind.

At Level 9 Chimchar will learn the move Taunt and (assuming you have not used any TMs/HMs on him) all further moves learned beyond this point will require replacing an existing move already known.

It is important to understand that Chimchar’s level up moves put him in a better position to be a Special Attacker than they do a Physical Attacker. I say this because the move Nasty Plot becomes available at level 23 while Swords Dance is only available via a TM. These moves do essentially the same thing though one applies to Attack and the other to Special Attack. If you choose not to learn Nasty Plot you can always regain it by going to the Move Maniacs house in Pastoria City but only as long as your Pokemon remains a Chimchar. Nasty Plot is not in the move pool of his later evolutions.

When it comes to Physical moves your first option is to replace Scratch with Fury Swipes at level 15. After that comes Flame Wheel at level 17 and Facade at level 31. Personally I would opt for Fury Swipes at level 15 and replace Ember with Flame Wheel at level 17. If I have not acquired a better Physical move by level 31 Facade will replace Fury Swipes.

When it comes to Special moves Fire Spin at level 33 and Flamethrower at level 41 are your only options. Fire Spin is low power (15) but it also prevents the opponent’s Pokemon from fleeing for 2-5 turns. Fire Spin is also only 70% accurate. Flamethrower is a power house at 95 with a 100% accuracy. It also has a 10% chance of inflicting a Burn condition on your opponent.

Taking a quick look at the Status moves in Chimchar’s move pool we find Nasty Plot (Lvl 23), Torment (Lvl 25) and Slack Off (Lvl 39). We have already discussed Nasty Plot above but what about these other two? Should we drop Taunt (Lvl 9) or Leer to learn these?

Taunt and Torment are similar moves. While Taunt forces the opponent’s Pokemon to only use Attack moves for the next 2-5 turns Torment prevents them from using the same move two turns in a row. Pulling these two off can really annoy an opponent but is it worth setting up? Slack Off is a healing move and restores up to ½ of your max HPs. If you want to go the annoying way then pick Taunt and Torment. If you want to go a little more all-purpose than stick with Nasty Plot and Slack Off.

Adventure Mode Move Breakdown:

Move 1: Scratch -> Fury Swipes -> Facade
Move 2: Leer -> Torment
Move 3: Ember -> Flame Wheel -> Flamethrower
Move 4: Taunt

You might be wondering why I have not bothered to learn Nasty Plot in the above breakdown of moves and why I have instead gone with the Taunt/Torment option. The simple reason is that Nasty Plot is not really useful until you learn Flamethrower. With the low power (15) of Fire Spin it’s simply not worth having Nasty Plot taking up a slot. You could keep Ember until you learn Flamethrower but Flame Wheel has 20 more points of power behind it before boosting with a Nasty Plot/Swords Dance.

Remember, the above breakdown assumes no TM/HM usage during game play.

Competitive Battling Chimchar

As an un-evolved Pokemon Chimchar is not a major player in the competitive battling scene. His fully evolved form Infernape is a major player and it sits in the OU (Over Used) tier. It is at this point that you are likely wondering why anyone would want to field a Chimchar in competitive play.

There are occasions where you will find yourself in a tournament or league with special rules in place. That is where you will find yourself battling with a Chimchar. The un-evolved three stage Pokemon tournament is where you will find Chimchar in use. If the tournament rules allow for non-evolving Pokemon don’t use Chimchar. Pokemon who do not evolve are almost always stronger than un-evolved three stage Pokemon.

All-Purpose Chimchar

This Chimchar does a little bit of everything. It makes good use of its Blaze ability and has a few tricks up its sleeves.

IV: Atk: 252 / SpA: 252 / Spd: 8
Nature: Lonely (Atk+/Def-), Naughty (Atk+/SpD-), Mild (SpA+/Def-), Rash (SpA+/SpD-), Hasty (Spd+/Def-), Naive (Spd+/SpD-)

Move Pool:

Move 1: Heat Wave (Fire 100/90 Egg move)
Move 2: Fire Punch (Fire 75/100 Egg move)
Move 3: Hidden Power (Ice TM10)
Move 4: Thunder Punch (Electric 75/100 Egg move)

Yes, this variant requires proper breading to create but it covers all but one of Chimchar’s weaknesses, Rock. You can swap Brick Break (TM31) in place of Hidden Power (TM10) but then you will still find yourself weak against Ground types and you will no longer have the 50/50 split among Special and Physical moves.

Even though Chimchar has access to Grass Knot (TM86) most Pokemon in his class will be light, thus negating the effectiveness of Grass Knot.

Special Attack Chimchar

This Chimchar focuses entirely on Special Attack and Speed. He hits hard and he hits fast!

IV: HP: 8 / SpA: 252 / Spd: 252
Nature: Modest (SpA+/Atk-), Timid (Spd+/Atk-)

Move Pool:

Move 1: Nasty Plot (Dark Status Lvl 23)
Move 2: Fire Blast (Fire 120/85 TM 3 / Flamethrower (Fire 95/100 Lvl 41/TM 35)
Move 3: Hidden Power (Ice TM 10)
Move 4: Torment (Dark Status Lvl 25)

The option to use Fire Blast or Flamethrower is based on personal preference and risk taking. While Fire Blast is more powerful it is also less accurate. If you have a hold item that increases your Pokemon’s accuracy than feel free to go with Fire Blast. If you find yourself getting “burned” by attacks that miss you can go with flamethrower.

Hidden Power Ice should help take out those pesky Ground types while Torment lets you annoy those Pokemon who only have one attack that can hurt you.

Attack Chimchar

This Chimchar focuses entirely on Attack and Speed. He hits hard and he hits fast!

IV: HP: 8 / Atk: 252 / Spd: 252
Nature: Adamant (Atk+/SpA-), Jolly (Spd+/SpA-)

Move Pool:

Move 1: Swords Dance (Normal Status TM 75)
Move 2: Fire Punch (Fire 75/100 Egg move)
Move 3: Thunder Punch (Electric 75/100 Egg move)
Move 4: Focus Punch (Fighting 150/100 TM 1)

This Chimchar is very similar to the Special Attack Chimchar except he is a little bit better. By starting off with a Swords Dance you set in motion a nearly unbeatable Chimchar. With his high speed Focus Punch is practically guaranteed to result in a series of OHKOs in battle. The only thing this Chimchar can not defend against is a Ground type who is faster than he is.

Other Chimchar:

There are many options for Chimchar and being in the un-evolved tier most competitive battlers are not familiar with it. Some may consider him to be a smaller version of Infernape but that would be a mistake. Many of the power moves associated with Infernape are not in Chimchar’s move pool.

Posted by HMTKSteve | Filed Under Tips 

Pokemon Farming: Charmander!

September 13, 2008 | 50 Comments


The “Bellyzard” is the staple of Charizards all over the competitive battling scene. These Charmander will be traded to you knowing the following moves: Belly Drum, a move that halves your HP as a cost to maximize your Pokémon’s Atk, with the move Substitute, that brings your Pokémon’s HP down to ¼ health, The Pokémon’s ability, Blaze, is activated giving you a massive STAB Blaze max attack fire fang, capable of OHKO, and the last move, Dragon Claw, provides coverage for those nasty dragons that resist fire type moves and will cause decent damage on all other types of Pokémon.

Substitute: The user makes a copy of itself using some of its HP. The copy serves as the user’s decoy.

Belly Drum: The user maximizes its Attack stat in exchange for HP equal to half its max HP.

Fire Fang: The user bites with flame-cloaked fangs. It may also make the foe flinch or sustain a burn.

Dragon Claw: The user slashes the foe with huge, sharp claws.

These Charmander have the ability:

Blaze: Raises the power of the Pokemon with Blaze’s Fire-type attacks by 1.5x when the Pokemon has less than 34% of its max HP.

All Charmander will hold:

Salac Berry: Raises Speed one stage when HP falls to 25% or less. One-time use.

Rules:
Post your name and FC (even if we’ve traded before I will need it again)
Only 1 Pokémon per person
This is on a first come first serve basis.
I only have 35.
Please do not trade me eggs
Be in the Wi-Fi zone at 4:30pm PST, on September 17th
Make yourself available to Trade (Invite–>Trade) I will come to you when I’m ready.
Items(heart scales and rare candies) 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)

James
1934 0172 6005

Posted by Babael | Filed Under Farming 

Pokemon Farming: Ninetales

June 26, 2008 | 65 Comments

This time in Pokemon Farming: Ninetales, the fox pokemon!
Ninetails
During my years playing pokemon I have found fascinating parallels between the game Pokemon and the Japanese Shinto Faith. I have spent much time researching the two and have found that pokemon has definitely been influenced by the different Kami, Yokai, or spirits in the Shinto religion.

For me the most amazing discovery was the Kitsune.

The Kitsune, kitsune translated means fox spirit. It is these Kistune of legend that are said to possess great magical powers. The more tails the Kitsune has the more powerful it is. With nine being near deity like status.

As you can see from the above woodblock print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Nintedo and Pokemon definitely have their creative inspirations.

The Kitsune also play a large role in shintoism in particular, they play an important part in worship at the Inari temple, or temple of rice. Over the centuries it is said that the Kitsune and Inari have developed a great bond. Where there is Inari there is Kitsune. Since foxes often have a playful nature it became common place to try and appease them to prevent any whimsy or tricks that may befall someone. While the foxes have not been directly worshipped there are shrines within Inari to pay them homage.

Within the temple of Inari there are two levels; an upper served by the male Kitsune Osusuki and the lower served by the female Kitsune Akomachi. As such each benevolent Kitsune I am giving will be named either by its male or female name.

Ninetales

nature: Modest
ability: flashfire

  • Hypnosis to put your opponent to sleep.
  • Dark Pulse to combat ghosts and psychics.
  • Energy Ball counter ground and water pokemon.
  • Fire Blast A high powered STAB attack.

hold item: Wide Lens

These Ninetails are ready to battle. In addition to the moves above you may teach them dream eater with a TM or use a heart scale to re-learn Nasty Plot. They have quite a diverse set of moves. The wide lens boosts the accuracy of all your moves, so both fire blast and hypnosis will have a much better chance of landing a hit.

To get one of these legendary pokemon (I only have 30)

  • Comment with your Name and Friend Code
    • Even if we have traded before, I need your information again!
  • Get a Pokemon to trade (If you happen to have any of these pokemon to spare (Hayley wants me to get them) I’d be very appreciative.Armaldo, Poliwrath, Hitmontop, Glailie, Manectric, Lairon, Agron, Larvitar, Tyranitar, Kabutops, Omastar, Lickilicky, Wartortle, Blastoise, Ampharos, Typhlosion, Bayleaf, Meganium, Sceptile, Grovyle, Swampert
    Don’t have those? That’s ok I will take anything; please, no eggs!, items like Rare Candies and TMs are always appreciated! )
  • Be in the Wi-Fi zone at 11am EST (New York Time) on June 30 (Monday)
  • 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 doesn’t show, we will get to it in time, and you will not miss out!

My Information:

Trainer name: Nikola

Friend Code: 3050-8616-6055

See you all then!

Posted by NikolaTesla | Filed Under Farming 

Pokemon Farming: Forum Special: Cyndaquil

March 3, 2008 | 82 Comments

Noctem’s Special Flamin’ Cyndaquil.

So, Cynaquil is a little weasel-mouse with a with a fiery personality once provoked. They’re usually timid but watch out, they’ll set their opponents a blaze!

So today, as a special treat, I’m offering them to you. Cyndaquil evolves into Quilava and later Typhlosion, which can be a great asset to any team as a lead or late game special sweeper. You can send it into battle alone or give it a Choice Scarf and watch it wreak havoc.

All of these little guys will be of the Timid(speed+,-attack) nature, to give your pokemon the extra speed it needs and will have the ability Blaze, fire attacks will gain a power boost if Cyndaquil’s HP falls below 1/3. So come adopt one of these little guys today for all of your Barbecuing needs, and roast your opponent’s pokemon.

Move set:

Eruption- An extremely powerful move that’s best used as the start of the battle, since it’s most powerful before Cyndaquil takes any damage. A 150 base power attack, plus STAB is a scary sight to behold.

Lava Plume- A secondary attack to use once Cyndaquil has taken some damage. While not as powerful, it still is a decently powered STABed move. So "Why not choose Flame Thrower?," you ask. The reason I chose Lava Plume is because of the 30% chance of causing burns, crippling physical sweepers, and it generally causes a nice amount of passive damage.

Hidden Power- While the power and type depends on the user’s IVs, hidden power is a very surprising attack. To check your pokemon’s Hidden Power Type, you’ll have to use an IV calculator.

Dig- It gives Cyndaquil some type coverage against rock types.

Rules:

Comment with your Name and Friend Code

Even if we have traded before, I will need your information again.

Get a Pokemon to trade (preferably non-Sinnoh, Rare Candy, Heart Scales, and TMs are always appreciated.) Do not trade me eggs!

Be in the Wi-Fi zone at 4pm PST (GMT-8:00) on Monday March 10th

Make yourself available to Trade (Invite–>Trade) I will come to you when I’m ready.

My information:
Trainer Name: Glacier
FC: 1160 6656 0190

Editors Note: This event is being performed by one of our Forum Farmers, Babael, who is also the current Mine Gym Leader. You can visit the farm directly by clicking on this link Noctem Ridge Farm. If you like the Cyndaquil here you will absolutely love the other Pokemon that have been farmed in the forums.

Posted by HMTKSteve | Filed Under Farming, Fire, Forum 

Pokemon Farming: Numel

February 15, 2008 | 45 Comments

**ATTENTION!**LOOK!**

Because of the wifi outage for everyone, I’m going to reschedule for Sunday (tomorrow) the 17th at 12pm. I hope it is working by then! If anyone has any questions or comments, comment here or PM me (TheTaterTot) on our forums. Sorry again everyone!

**ATTENTION! READ ABOVE!**

This time in Pokemon Farming: Numel, the Numb Pokemon.

Numel is a sweet little camel-like fella, with lava oozing from it’s hump. You can find it near volcanoes, like Stark Mountain, where it fits perfectly in, it’s type being Ground and Fire. He is even full of lava, and in cooling rain, he can’t move as fast! He evolves into Camerupt, with two hump, each its own little magma-filled volcano peak on top. So you better believe this guy can make some heat!

Numel has so-so stats, with low speed and defenses, but has a decent move pool to supply his offenses. Here’s what these little camels have:

  • Earthquake-Att 100 Accuracy 100% Powerful ground move, no effects on the flyers out there, though
  • Lava Plume-Att 80 Accuracy 100% A nod to those volcanoes on their backs
  • Flamethrower-Att 95 Accuracy 100%
  • Toxic-Att — Accuracy 100% Will poison your foe, for a little more type coverage

The either have the ability Oblivous, which will make them immune to the Attract conditon, or Simple, which allows the effectiveness of stat changes to be doubled. All of these Numels I will hand out have the Modest nature (+Special Attack, – Attack).

Now a story: When I was trying to post this event, almost as soon as I was ready to do so, the site went down for 6 hours, and now during the event itself, the wifi is down. These Numel must be cursed! I could not decide on names, so I wasn’t going to name them at all, but now, I must! All Numels will be named after something curse related!

So want one of these CURSED Numel? 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 and TMs are always appreciated.)
  • Be in the Wi-Fi zone at 12pm ET (New York Time) on Febuary 17th (Sunday)
  • 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 doesn’t show, we will get to it in time, and you will not miss out!

My Information:

Trainer name: God

Friend Code: 5369 6895 7194

See everyone Sunday!

Posted by TheTaterTot | Filed Under Farming 

Pokemon Farming: Growlithe

December 17, 2007 | 62 Comments

Tonight, warm up this fire puppy, Growlithe!

**ANNOUNCEMENT! READ THIS!**
I, you’re trusty farmer Tot, had something urgent come up for Wednesday and I have to move the Growlithe Event to Thursday the 20th at the same time. This was a last-resort for me, as I know we all have plans that change from day to day, and I am really sorry. I will make it up and attach a heart scale to each one (legit, I am an underground treasure hunter!)! Take this to the move re-learner after you’ve evolved Growlithe to Arcanine to learn Thunder Fang!

Again: Event time has change to Thursday the 20th at 7pm ET

**READ ANNOUNCEMENT ABOVE!**

Growlithe, and its fire stone induced evolution, Arcanine, are fire-types from the 1st generation games. These ‘dogs of fire’ can cause quite some damage! Arcanine is so majestic even, that it is classified as ‘Legendary Pokemon’ (In name only, not in competitive battle!) To obtain one of these puppies in Diamond/Pearl, you have to hunt him down with a FireRed game inserted, which can make him a little difficult to come across, but tonight, I’ll be glad to give you one!

I had some challenges with breeding this guy up, I wanted to give him Extremespeed and Thunder Fang, but these moves he can only learn after evolving. That Thunder Fang would come in handy, too, for those water-types! I wouldn’t have my feelings hurt if you taught it these moves after evolving it. Instead I whipped up this move set for the Growlithes Ill be handing out:

  • Crunch (Dark) Attack 80
  • Heat Wave (Fire) Attack 100 STAB
  • Flame Thrower (Fire) Attack 95 STAB
  • Double-Edge (Normal) Attack 120 (user takes some recoil)

These Growlithes come with two abilities; Intimidate, which lowers opponents attack upon entering battle, and Flash Fire, which when user is hit by a fire move, it becomes immune to fire attacks and when it uses Fire attacks, their power is multiplied by 1.5.

Why warm up by the fire place for the holidays, when you can heat up with one of these fire puppies? Want one? 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!)
  • Be in the Wi-Fi zone at 7pm ET (New York time) on December 20 (Thursday)
  • 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 doesn’t show, we will get to it in time, and you will not miss out!

My Information:

Trainer name: God

Friend Code: 5369 6895 7194

See everyone Thursday Night! If this does not work for you, I will be more than glad to try to meet up at later time, just ask!

Posted by TheTaterTot | Filed Under Farming, Fire 

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 

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



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