Pokemon Farming: Shroomish

March 30, 2008 | 52 Comments

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This time in Pokemon farming: Shroomish, the Mushroom Pokemon!

And the Shroomish for this event are bred ready to grow up to be a nasty Breloom, a Grass and Fighting Pokemon. Breloom is an interesting Poke, it has a nice attack stat, and has a fun move set where you can use Spore (puts your opponent asleep for sure) and Focus Punch (two turn hit, where your opponent cannot hit you first or it flinches). Breloom can do a wide array of mess up your foe!

What stinks about breeding a whole bunch of baby Shroomish is that they lack the ability to learn handy moves like Focus Punch or Stone Edge (to take care of those flyers!), those mean little moves can only occur in the more vicious Breloom. Well, what do you get from these babies if you can’t get those moves? How about these?

  • Spore (never fails to put your opponent to sleep!)
  • False Swipe (egg move, 40 Attack, always leaves your opponent with 1 HP)
  • Seed Bomb (STAB 80 Attack)
  • Leech Seed (Plants seeds that sap HP from your opponent every time)

Spore is the handy move I’ve bred in there for all of you! Both parents need to know Spore for it to be passed down and they both learn it, in their unevolved, Shroomish forms, at level 45! Spore and False Swipe is also useful for catching Pokes, like in chaining for shinies. Just evolve these Shroomish to Breloom at Level 23, and teach him some really cool moves.

Shroomish have 2 abilities: Poison Heal, restores HP while being poisoned, and Effect Spore, when contact with Shroomish may cause Paralysis, Poisoning or Sleep. They will all be Adamant nature, which raises Attack, while lowering Sp. Attack.

Want one of these can’t-wait-to-grow-up Shroomish? Here’s what you can 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 like Rare Candies and TMs are always appreciated!)
  • Be in the Wi-Fi zone at 7pm ET (New York Time) on April 2 (Wednesday)
  • 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 you all Wednesday!

Posted by TheTaterTot | Filed Under Farming 

Pokemon Farming: Tropius

January 25, 2008 | 62 Comments

Tropius

How does that Pokemon fly?

When Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire came out some of us were surprised that another Grass/Flying Pokemon had been added to the game. (Hoppip was the first.) So here was have Tropius, the fruit Pokemon!

Tropius

This Pokemon will have one of two Abilities:

  • Chlorophyll: When sunny, the Pokémon’s Speed doubles. However, Speed will not double on the turn weather becomes Clear Skies.

  • Solar Power: Pokémon’s Special Attack raises to 1.5 times but HP decreases every turn.
    Move Set

  • Grass Knot - Grass - Special: The heavier the foe the more damage this move does.
  • Air Slash - Flying - Special: Power 75 and Accuracy 9%: 30% chance of causing Flinch.
  • Body Slam - Normal - Physical: Power 85 and Accuracy 100 : 30% chance of causing Paralyze.
  • Earthquake - Ground - Physical: Power 100 and Accuracy 100 : Hits everyone on the field.

Tropius’s main problem is Ice Pokemon. Tropius has a 4X weakness to Ice types. None of the move on this Tropius are of much use against an Ice type Pokemon so please keep that in mind when using Tropius.

Tropius also has 2X weakness against Fire, Poison, Flying and Rock Pokemon. Lucky for you Earthquake is very effective against Fire and Poison Pokemon, Grass Knot will take out most Rock Pokemon (who are often heavy). The only typing that you do not have an effective attack against is Flying.

When I started this project I wanted to see just what I could do with Tropius. Two of the moves on him are from TMs but I did not want to use up a TM is possible. With that in mind I bred my first female Tropius with my Torterra to pass on Earthquake. Sadly no Pokemon learn Grass Knot by leveling up so I had to burn a TM for that one.

Now that I had the TM moves that I wanted I looked over Tropius’s level up moves and decided on Air Slash and Body Slam. Tropius learns Body Slam at level 37 and Air slash at level 47. Because both parents must have matching level up moves in order to pass them on to their offspring I had to level up two Pokemon to level 47. Yes, it took some time to do so. It is also important to note that the next move learned (Solar Beam) pops up at level 51. Why is this important? Because, if you leave them in the day care popping out eggs for too long that move will be learned and will replace one of the other moves that they know!

After breeding up a large number of eggs I had to work to hatch all of those eggs. At close to 4100 steps each (even with an egg-hatching Pokemon in the party) it was quite some time before all of these kids were ready.

Rules
1. I will take any Pokemon you want to give me.
2. The Pokemon you trade to me should 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. 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.
6. When you enter the Wi-Fi zone select the trade option and wait for me to select you.
7. If you can, be early. I am sometimes on early.
8. Don’t be afraid to trade amongst yourselves.

My information:
Trainer: Betty
Friend Code: 2878 8651 3556

    Instructions

  • Have something to trade to me
  • Be in the Wi-Fi zone Saturday January 26, 2008 at 9:00 AM New York Time
  • Be ready




Posted by HMTKSteve | Filed Under Farming 

Pokemon Farming: Oddish

November 26, 2007 | 43 Comments

In this installment of Pokemon Farming we present the “Weed” Pokemon, Oddish!

Oddish, and its evolutions, Gloom and Vileplume hail from the Johto region, and as Grass/Poison Type, they can do some interesting stuff! And in the 2nd generation Oddish earned another evolution, Bellossom. While browsing through what moves I could give it, I found that these little guys don’t have much in the way of offensive moves to choose from. And from prior experiences he is slow!

But it’s ability, Chlorophyll, boosts its speed during sunny weather, so I bred up some Oddish to take advantage of this!

  • Sunny Day –to utilize his ability (boosting speed)
  • Sludge Bomb–Poison STAB move (90 Att. 100% accurate) Can also poison
  • Solarbeam–Grass STAB, no waiting for it to charge with Sunny Day (120 Att. 100% Accuracy)
  • Synthesis–restores HP

All starting with ’s’, funny!

So, do you want one of these ‘S’uper Oddish? Heres how:

  • 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 6pm EDT on November 28(Wednesday)
  • 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

They evolve into ‘S’melly Glooms! See you all Wednesday!

Posted by TheTaterTot | Filed Under Farming 

Pokemon Farming: Cherubi

October 19, 2007 | 47 Comments

Greetings Weekend Harvesters!

I am back and hopefully back on a weekly schedule that will allow me to continue farming.

So, based on that fact I figured that there would be others that with school or work this was a chore that you’d rather let someone else take care of. And so I have!Cherubi

This Cherubi was bred with care and with a few special moves as well. Those are:

  • Tackle (Good ol’ tackle)
  • Sunny Day (Combo with Solarbeam)
  • Solarbeam (SATB and Sunny day = COMBO)
  • Grass Knot (STAB)

While the stats aren’t amazing on Cherubi or Cherrim, this moveset is about as good as it gets. Couple this with Magical Leaf (Gained at lvl 19) and it becomes a pretty handy lil poke!

I’ve gone ahead and named all of these guys and gals after fruits and vegetables, since its namesake is the Cherry, also a fruit.

I hope you enjoy!

Here are my 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 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 2:00 PM Eastern Time (1:00 PM Central Time) on Saturday, October 20th.
  • 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 Whitdjinn | Filed Under Farming 

Pokemon Farming: Treecko

October 2, 2007 | 91 Comments

 

Today in Pokemon farming we present, the grass starter, Treecko!

Today’s pokemon is our forums choice! A couple of days ago, I couldn’t pick what starter I would do for todays farming, so I asked our great group at our forums! After a few days of voting, a winner was chosen and it was Treecko! I gave it a nice moveset and I am handing it out tonight!

Unfortunately, in the past when I have played my Ruby/Sapphire games, I’ve only played with Mudkip, due to a rather giant bias. So I’ve never played a game with Treecko or it’s evolutions Grovyle and Sceptile. But working with him the last couple of days have shown me everything this little beast can do! Hes got great speed and can learn some great moves, I’ve always liked moves like Giga Drain, that both inflict damage and regain HP. It’s obvious why! So here’s the move set that I gave him, seems like a fun one!

  • Giga Drain (Depletes opponents HP, raises it’s own HP)
  • Rock Slide (Rock type move to deal with those fire types)
  • Leaf Storm (Powerful STAB)
  • Grass Knot (A move that increases in power depending on the opponents weight)

So, do you want on these Forum Choice Treecko? Heres how!

  • 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 Taillow to spare though, I’ll gladly take one! Not required though, of course!)
  • Be in the Wi-Fi zone at 8pm EDT on October 3 (Wednesday)
  • 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!
  • Only Treeckos will be handed out tonight, thanks!

My Information:

Trainer name: God

Friend Code: 5369 6895 7194

See everyone tonight!

Posted by TheTaterTot | Filed Under Farming 

Pokemon Farming: Chikorita

August 1, 2007 | 176 Comments

ChikoritaContinuing with our Week-O-Johto, today we’re offering the Grass Starter, Chikorita!

My first experience with this happy little grassy dinosaur-thing wasn’t until Diamond and Pearl, but once I got my hands on one, this leafy wonder quickly became one of my all-time favorite grass-types.

It’s stats are average but once it evolves, first into Bayleef at level 16 and then into Meganium at 32, it quickly becomes quite the powerful, um, whatever it is. Add to that it’s ability to learn Solarbeam on it’s own and the ability to be taught Sunny Day and you have a very powerful Grass-type that can take on even the toughest of opponents!

It never gains any extra type so you’ll always have to worry about Fire types and a couple others, but that’s a small price to pay for, in my opinion, one of the better Grass starters around.

Normally, as Tater described yesterday, the only way to get this little dino-weed is to play through Emerald and get it after beating the Elite 4 (or earn it in Pokemon XD for the Gamecube). However, today I will be cutting out the middle-man and delivering this one directly into your grubby little mitts. And here is all you need to do:

All you need to do:

  • Leave a comment with your trainer name and friend code. I’ve had to clear out my pal pad a bit, so I will need your codes!
  • Be in the Wifi room by 8:00 EDT (7:00 CDT) on Wednesday, Aug. 1, and be in Trade Mode (Invite -> Trade). I will come to you when I’m ready.
  • Have something to trade. I’ll take anything, but I’m still trying to fill my ‘dex, so I prefer any non-Sinnoh Pokemon that you may have.
  • It doesn’t need to be holding anything, but items are always appreciated, including berries. I’m still trying to collect all the berries and I still need #’s 31, 48, 53, 59 - 64.
  • Don’t be afraid to trade amongst yourselves!

My trainer name is Bott and my friend code is 2320 2629 3165. I look forward to seeing all of you at the Market!



Posted by Robottnik | Filed Under Farming 

Pokemon Farming: Treecko

July 2, 2007 | 67 Comments

TreeckoWelcome to Hoenn week! This week we will be revisiting the Hoenn starters.

First up is the Grass starter Treecko. This Pokemon is known for its great speed and being one of the few Pokemon who can learn the powerful Grass attack Energy Ball without the need of a TM.

Treecko is also known for his high hit points and speed scores. His final evolution, Sceptile, is even faster. He is rated as the 15th fastest Pokemon in the game, and the fastest among the starters.

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: 37, 39, 47-49, 60 - 62, 64+.
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 7:00PM EDT (New York Time) on Monday July 2, 2007
  • Be ready

Note: If you miss a farming event just click on the Farming Category and look for the current offer.



Posted by Jolly | Filed Under Farming 

Pokemon Farming: Bulbasaur

June 27, 2007 | 47 Comments

BulbasaurAfter a few days off I am proud to bring back Pokemon Farming. We will be farming the Leaf Green/Fire Red Grass/Poison starter Pokemon Bulbasaur today.

Bulbasaur is Pokemon #1 in the Pokedex and a staple of the Pokemon world. Some would argue he is the best Grass starter until Turtwig (Grass/Ground) entered the fold in Pokemon Diamond and Pearl.

If you do not have one now is your chance to get one.

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: 37, 39, 47-49, 60 - 62, 64+.
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 7:00PM EDT (New York Time)
  • Be ready



Posted by Jolly | Filed Under Farming 

Pokemon Farming: Treeko

June 4, 2007 | 27 Comments

TreekoIt is time once again for Pokemon Farming! This time I present to you the grass starter from Ruby and Sapphire.

I have been breeding Treeko for a few days now so I have a sizable stock just waiting for new homes. I realize that Treeko is not as rare as the the G/S/C starters are but some of you may not have a Treeko.

Each Treeko will be holding a rare berry with an ID number above 30.

So, do you want one?

If you do you need only follow the following very simple rules:

    Rules

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

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

As an added bonus: If I run out of Treeko I will provide some G/S/C starters.



Posted by Jolly | Filed Under Farming