Ghostie's Pokémon Gym

3D Pokedex Fun #5

2011-07-21T21:13:00.000-07:00

A steel type like Excadrill would be good to use on a Bug type with Poison point ability like Scolipede.

This Ferrothorn is taking good care of the baby Ferroseed.

Awww, a Family. Haxorus, Fraxure and Axew.

Beautiful. Pidove, Tranquil, and Unfezant female.

So elegant, Volcarona you shall be mine!

Dancing Pokemon

2011-07-21T21:02:00.000-07:00

I was listening to music, and thought I'd attempt to make some new 3D Pokedex picture.

I quickly realized that it would be hard with the music playing, as the Pokemon really wanted to dance to it. So I made a video of them dancing instead. Take a look:

3D Pokedex Fun #4

2011-07-18T06:56:00.000-07:00

I heard Cofagrigus haunted ancient ruins, guess this house is pretty ancient.

Wow, a Conkeldurr and Mienfoo working together to fend off a Mandibuzz.

Awww, Cubchoo is so adorable. I almost didn't notice the Tirtouga.

These two Druddigon were having a bit of a scuffle!

Is it me, or does this Eelektrik remind you of a leech?

Garbodor is camera shy. Seems Krokorok and Shelmet are cool in front of a camera though.

Klang must love cars.

This was a strange group to spot together. Krookodile, Timburr, Swanna, and Drilbur.

I guess this alley is where Seismitoad and Palpitoad live. Cute Vullaby on that guy's shoulder.

I didn't think much of Swoobat till this one did a dance for me out on the balcony.

These cute Archen were playfully annoying the Carracosta.

I wonder why these Deino are finding a Joltik so fascinating?

Mienshao and Eelektross eh? Did you spot the Durant's in the tree?

3D Pokedex Fun #3

2011-07-12T02:38:00.000-07:00

Blitzle must be attracted to the electric field Klinklang was generating.

Klinklang must have been attracted by the clockwork in the garden.

Bouffalant and Scraggy are banging heads..

Such beautiful Braviary and their baby Rufflet.

Oh my, Ferrothorn are so cool!

Musharna is so dream like.

A trio of Sawk were having a sparring session.

This Tornadus was totally attacking the van!

Tynamo and Tympol in the fountain!

A cute Zorua in a tree.

Random Cute Pokemon #8

2011-07-08T10:40:00.000-07:00

Ducklett

More Fun with the 3D Pokedex

2011-07-08T09:19:00.000-07:00

Some Accelgor showing off it's speed to me.

Archeops is searching for prey in the water?

This Simipour was showing me the vicious Basculin in the fountain.

This Cryogonal gave me a big fright when it popped out from behind a wall!

I wonder who this Duosion was waiting for in this waiting room?

I spotted two Cerebral Pokemon at once! Lucky!

These Escavalier certainly like to play rough!

This Galvantula gave me one might electric shock when I took this photo!

This was awesome, a Golurk and two Golett waiting to cross the road with their trainer.

I think these Gurdurr were helping build something. I'm not sure.

Just beautiful. Wild female Jellicent and Frillish.

This was a cool scene. a cute Joltik on a column with Lillipup, Stoutland, Maractus, Tranquil, Unfezant(F), and a Samurott all hanging out in the background.

These Karrablast were having a blast dancing in the tree for me.

I think these two were planing on stealing my life force.. Creepy.

NUU WAY!! LANDORUS!!!

Aww, it was so cute seeing these two best of buddies playing together in the garden! Too Cute!! xD

Naww, the Leavanny on the left was dancing for me, and the one on the right was giggling at it.

These Liepards are so purrrdy.

It's hard to see, but there's a Pawniard being taught how to fight by a Bisharp in mid jump in this shot.

I do wonder what two forest pokemon were doing hanging out in an urban area. Must be on a mission.

Purrloin look so playful!

Who needs a 3DS when your DSi can produce Popping Graphics like this!

Poor tree, you just know it's going to get a few more head butts from those three before the day is up.

Tehehehe! I wonder if he noticed he had a Sewaddle on his hat! Can you spot the Swadloon?

Some beautiful Tranquil flying to see me.

These Trubbish must have been having a party of some sort. They were totally dancing like crazy!

Too Cute!! These Vanillite were freezing a puddle for some reason.

This was a strange spot to see Vanilluxe and Watchog. A bridge of all places. Well, they are from the land of bridges, maybe they felt at home here?

No way! Victini again! Awesome!

This time is seems Victini wanted to show off a bit more before vanishing again.

Tsk tsk. I caught this Klink and Whirlipede racing with the boy racers.

I just think Yamask is adorable.

This silly Herdier startled the poor Zebstrika.

Oooh, Zekrom and Reshiram battling while onlookers watch in awe!

So still. Almost like a statue.

This Zweilous was a bit busy having a scuffle with itself.

3D Pokedex Fun

2011-06-26T22:48:00.000-07:00

I decided to have a bit of fun using my newly printed off AR cards, and some photo's I had taken with the 3DS. These here are the resulting photos, and you can see I gradually improve at making it more realistic.

A wild Alomomola jumping out of the water!

A passenger watching a female Jellicent float alongside the boat.

The Captain's Oshawott was showing off it's skills with it's Scalchop.

Emboar is teaching the passengers how to dance.

A wild Hydreigon lives on these cliffs!

It's very territorial!

A wild Parent and Child Serperior and Snivy!

This Haxorus is looking after the church.

I thought this Thundurus was trying to attack us, turns out, it was only showing off.

I had to stop and take a photo of this flock of female Unfezants.

Awww, look at this cute family of a Gigalith, Roggenrola and a Boldore!

his cute Gothorita was showing me where all the Woobat's like to hang out at dusk.

This Chandelure wouldn't let me get past.

There was a bright light and lots of warmth, I took a snap shot of it, and realized I had taken a photo of Victini!

This Vanillish was busy entertaining the couch dwellers.

A wild Bisharp and Zoroark had a brawl in the middle of the road! Stopped traffic and drew a crowd of watching Pokemon and People.

Here we see a bunch of Flying type Pokemon above the street, while a Gothitelle and Munna wait to cross the road.

Here I was doing trippy multi-layered effects.

This cute Solosis was hanging out by a traffic light.

This was quite the excitable Tepig!

More multi-layered effects.

Zekrom getting angry!

If you want to make these yourself, you first need a 3DS, download the 3D Pokedex (which is free), and use the 3D Pokedex AR cards I posted earlier to bring the Pokemon to life in reality.

At first, it will be difficult to make awesome pictures, but as you unlock more Pokemon through Spot Pass and sharing with friends, you'll also unlock new features of the Pokedex, such as allowing you to change the size of the Pokemon, the use of backgrounds, and how many Pokemon are allowed on screen at once.

For these, it helps to have unlocked the backgrounds, because you want to use photo's you have previously taken as the backgrounds.

When you have the background set, use the AR cards to make the Pokemon appear in the image where you want it to, use the size adjuster to make it fit the background, and start taking photos!

Get creative. I can imagine there are a lot of awesome photo's waiting to be taken, so get out there, and make them happen! :D

Random Cute Pokemon #7

2011-06-24T18:21:00.000-07:00

Pika-Whaaat?!

Breeding Dream World Abilities

2011-06-11T21:24:00.000-07:00

If you want to breed Pokemon to have their Dream World or Hidden Ability, you first need to have the Female Parent have the Dream World ability.

Basically, this is how it works

Female with DW ability + Male without DW ability = A good chance for a Pokemon of the same species as the Female with DW ability

Female without DW ability + Male with DW ability = A Pokemon of the same species as the Female without DW ability

Female with DW Ability + Ditto = A Pokemon of the same species as the Female without DW ability.

So, only when the Female has the DW ability, and the Male is not a Ditto, will you get a chance that the offspring will have the same DW ability as the Mother.

So, when you're going to the Dream World, and collecting yourself some Pokemon, try to only take Female Pokemon from there, they're the ones you can breed with. :)

I hope this helps you on your Poké-adventure. Stay tuned for more useful tips.

Pokemon I will cover in the future: Sableye, Klingklang, Wobbuffet, Shuckle.

How to unlock the rest?

2011-06-08T16:22:00.001-07:00

If you haven't already worked it out by now, you can unlock the remaining Pokemon over time by randomly getting them through SpotPass. Which just means, leave your 3DS in sleep mode while connected to the internet, and you'll automatically download 3 new Pokemon each day.

Another way is to trade with your friends who got given different random ones.

Complete QR/AR 3D Pokedex Cards

2011-06-07T19:43:00.000-07:00

It took me quite a while to work out the pattern to these cards, but I did it, and managed to produce this set of cards, which is the complete Pokedex, excluding Keldeo, Meleotte (both forms) and Genesect.

You may want to save the image to your computer, and then zoom in on it working better.

As you might notice, a lot of the pokemon don't show up properly when they're scanned, not sure the reason for this, but I assume you'll be able to see them when they get unlocked properly.

Hope this helps! :D

3D Pokedex

2011-06-07T05:57:00.000-07:00

If you have a Nintendo 3DS, you may have noticed that the 3D Pokedex has been released, available for free download.

This Pokedex allows you to view the Unova region Pokemon in 3D using Special QR Cards, or Augmented Reality Cards.

I had a fiddle with some cards I knew, and worked out the pattern for them.

Here's some cards that will unlock some Pokemon on your Pokedex if you point your 3DS at them.

These cards should unlock these Pokemon in your 3D Pokedex, Victini, Cobalion, Terrakion, Virizion, Reshiram, and Zekrom.

For some reason, though I made the cards for all the other standard Unova Pokemon, only these 6 got unlocked properly. There seems to also be another set of cards for alternate forms, but I haven't yet found them in the over 65 thousand card possibilites.

Sorry for the slowness in posts. There will be more in future. Stay tuned. xD

Random Cute Pokemon #6

2011-05-17T17:45:00.000-07:00

Pidove

Oshawott

Axew

Random Cute Pokemon #5

2011-05-17T17:21:00.000-07:00

Elgyem

Chansey!

2011-05-15T18:54:00.000-07:00

Chansey is one of the most useful Pokemon you could have with you in Single battles.

They have an incredibly high HP and good Special Defense Base Stat, which turn them into a Special Attack Wall.

Pokemon that rely on Special Attacks to take down their opponent will find a Chansey to be an Impenetrable wall.

Given that Chansey is so gifted with it's Special Defense, to make the Pokemon fair for the game, it's Defense stat is almost non-existent. How ever, this does not mean it cannot take a Physical hit! If you know how to train it right, it can at least take one strong Physical hit without feinting.

Lets take a look at Chansey's Base Stats so we know what we're dealing with.

250 HP

5 Att

5 Def

35 Sp.Att

105 Sp.Def

50 Speed

For training Chansey, you want to get one with 31 IV in HP, Defense, and Special Defense. You also want to have one with a nature that adds 10% to the Defense stat, while taking from one of either Attack, Special Attack, or Speed stats. These natures are: Bold, Impish and Relaxed, in the same order.

When you have this Chansey, you want to train it so that it has 252 EVs in Defense, and 252 EVs in HP. This brings Chansey's Defense stat to a reasonable amount, and with such a bloated HP stat, it will definitely be able to hold it's own from a Physical hit.

Now, you may be asking, why didn't I say to do this with Blissey, given that Blissey has slightly more Base Stats than Chansey? Well, the answer is that Chansey, unlike Blissey, is able to use an item called an Eviolite. The Eviolite adds an extra 50% Defense and Special Defense to Pokemon holding it, if they have yet to evolve into their final form. This item makes Chansey much stronger than Blissey, and also really gives it that kick when it comes to being a Wall Pokemon.

All that sounds great, but a Wall Pokemon is nothing if it can't cause mayhem for the opponent along with standing in their way. So you're going to need a move set that can do this most of the time. Here is a move set that I think works best for this Chansey.

Soft Boiled (Level Up)

Toxic (TM)

Heal Bell (Egg Move)

Stealth Rock (Gen IV only)

This is a complicated Chansey to cook up. But it can be done, and as you can see, one attack only exists in Gen IV for this Pokemon, so all the cooking will have to be done in a Gen IV game with Stealth Rock TM.

To get the Egg Move Heal Bell, you'll need to breed a Male Skitty with around 31 IV in HP, Defense and Special Defense, and have it learn Heal Bell through leveling up. Use this Skitty to breed the move Heal Bell and it's IVs across to a Chansey. When you have a Chansey with 31 IV in HP, Defense and Special Defense, you're set, kuz it'll also have Heal Bell. From there, just train its EVs as mentioned above, then level it up till it learns Soft Boiled, then Give it the TM for Toxic and Stealth Rock. From there, you can send it over to your Generation V game through the Transfer machine.

Once in Pokemon Black or White, give it the Eviolite, and you're ready to use it in Battle. (Given it is at least level 50)
The idea for using this Pokemon is to have it use Stealth rock at the start, if you're opponent has sent out a non-steel type Pokemon or a Pokemon that doesn't have Poison Heal Ability, then the next attack would be Toxic, and from there, you would alternate between Softboil when needed, keep in mind, you might have to anticipate an attack and heal directly after it in the same turn to keep Chansey from feinting, (If trick room is in play, then Chansey should be able to heal before they strike) and as time goes on, Toxic will take them down eventually. It's also good to have a Ghost type Pokemon of some sort in the team, so when you can see the opponent is about to use a Fighting attack on Chansey, you can swap to that Pokemon, without causing it damage (Assuming there isn't a Stealth Rock in play on your field or anything similar)

I hope you find this information useful, enjoy playing with you pinkolicious Chansey! Stay tuned for more useful information.

Practicing with my Ion team

2011-05-09T22:20:00.000-07:00

So I recently ventured out in my Pokemon White game to catch the new legendary fighting dogs.

Cobalion

Steel Fighting type

I took my Jolly Munna with Synchronize ability out to Mistralton Cave where Cobalion waits. You first have to catch this one to unlock the other two.

It took me a couple retries to get a Cobalion I was happy with. I got a Jolly Cobalion with IV's 29|29|6|20|30|25. With that, I decided to put 252 EVs in speed and attack, and 6 in HP.

Terrakion

Rock Fighting type

After catching Cobalion, I put it in my PC, and set off to catch Terrakion. This Pokemon is located in Victory Road. There's a cave that would have previously been blocked from you before you caught Cobalion. If you enter through the Elite 4 side, it's down the left stair case and a bit further to the left.

I once again took my Jolly Munna with Synchronize ability, and after some retries caught a Jolly Terrakion with these IVs: 29|29|24|27|18|5. It's speed stat was disappointing to me, but I knew it's others made up for it. So I chose to put 252 EVs in Speed and Attack, and 6 in HP.

Virizion

Grass Fighting type

After catching Terrakion, I set off to Pinwheel Forest where Virizion is located. Just off a path near the double bridges. I took my Jolly Munna with me, hoping to catch a jolly Virizion, but I ended up with a Mild one, but I took it, because I figured I could have my Virizion be flexable, and learn both attack and special attack moves. Its IVs are: 29|26|20|20|29|31. Because of this, I chose to give it 252 EVs in Speed and Special Defense, and 6 in HP.

These three Pokemon are definitely made for Triple Battles. They're able to work together really well, and they all come with Helping Hand attack to boost each others' attacks in battle. I've made another video here showing just as an example of how these three work really well together, enjoy!

I hope this is useful to you for when you catch your Ion Pokemon. Just remember to save before you battle, and be patient, and take your time till you catch one you're happy with! :D

Random Cute Pokemon #4

2011-05-09T22:01:00.001-07:00

Minccino

Upgrade!

2011-05-09T21:58:00.000-07:00

If you're still playing Heart Gold, Soul Silver, Platinum, Diamond or Pearl, and you haven't yet played these new games, you should definitely upgrade!

Lots of awesome new Pokemon to battle with in these games!

Random Cute Pokemon #3

2011-05-07T22:00:00.001-07:00

Litwick

How to: Catching Strong Wild Pokemon

2011-05-07T02:14:00.000-07:00

So far I've taught you how to breed your own strong Pokemon, but what if you wanted to have a strong version of a Pokemon that can't breed? Like Cobalion, Terrakion, Virizion, etc.

Well, to get strong versions of these Pokemon, there's very little you can do but be very patient.

There is one tool that will help you get that ideal one faster, and that is the use of the ability Synchronize.

There are a few Pokemon that can have this ability, but the most easily available Pokemon in Black and White with Synchronize is Munna.

What you want to do is catch heaps of Munna's with Synchronize. (Make sure when you encounter them, they don't have a forewarn ability telling them your strongest move, because that Munna doesn't have Synchronize ability)

You want to catch one that has the Nature you want your [Cobalion/Terrakion/Virizion/etc..] to have.

When you have this Munna, you just make sure it is in the first position in your Party when you encounter them in the wild, that way the wild Pokemon will have a 50% chance of having the same ability.

You can use some other tools to help you catch them quicker, I advise having a Pokemon with False Swipe attack, and particularly a very high level one too, I use a Haxorus that I don't battle with. Just switch from Munna to your False Swipe Pokemon and bring the wild Pokemon down to 1HP.

It might also be a good idea to have a Pokemon with Static ability to be sent out after that, so if the wild Pokemon makes contact with it, there's a chance they will get paralyzed, or alternatively, send out a Pokemon that knows Thunderwave.

There's also a thing called Critical Pokeballs in Pokemon Black and White. These have a distinct sound when you throw the Pokeball, sort of a "shing!" sound. All they do is up the catch rate of that particular Pokeball.

Some people say Critical Pokeballs are rare, but I've had them occur a lot to me, so I find them relatively common, given the kind of rare things there are in Pokemon. Some people also say that it's rarer to have a Critical Pokeball fail than to actually have a Critical Pokeball, but I've also seen a Critical Pokeball fail when I tried to catch Cobalion in this exact what I'm describing.

Anyway. It's good to leave a space in your team when you seek out the Pokemon in the wild. Save the game before you speak to them, and when you've caught them, use the IV calculator here:

[IV Calculator]

To work out what IV's it has, and from there, you can decide if you are happy with what you have, or are willing to keep trying again and again until you get one you're more pleased with.

Keep in mind, this process gets you completely random IV's each time. So if you ever find one that has 30/31 IV in 3 stats that are beneficial to it, then it is very rare, and you should definitely stick with it. If by some stroke of luck you got one with 30/31 IV in 5 stats, you would have a very valuable Pokemon.

Next time I'll talk about the usefulness of Ditto in Pokemon Breeding. And how to get Shiny Pokemon.

Random Cute Pokemon #2

2011-05-06T20:46:00.000-07:00

Joltik & Oshawott

I haven't forgotten about making posts about different types of teams, I'm in the process of getting a good battle video of a Sandstorm Team. So keep an eye out for that post, as there are many possibilities to a Sandstorm Team, given four groups of Pokemon can benefit from a Sandstorm. (Rock, Ground and Steel types, along with Pokemon who have Sand Veil, Sand Rush or Sand Force ability.)

Random Cute Pokemon #1

2011-05-06T02:19:00.000-07:00

Emolga

Pokemon Teams Part 1

2011-05-05T13:44:00.000-07:00

The Rainy Day team:

There are many types of Rain based teams, and I intend on just presenting a few of the possibilities.

-First of all, what does the rain do?

Water moves are 50% stronger.

Fire moves are 50% weaker.

Solar Beam is slower to charge up.

Thunder and Hurricane attack never miss, and have a 25% chance of breaking through Protect/Detect attack

Synthisis, Morning Sun, and Moon Light only heal 25% HP.

Dry Skin ability Pokemon gain 1/16th HP each turn, and up to 1/4 HP if hit by water attacks

Rain Dish ability Pokemon gain 1/16th HP each turn.

Hydration ability Pokemon are cured of Status Problems.

Swift Swim ability Pokemon have their Speed doubled.

-Second, how do you activate the Rain?

There are two ways, either have a Pokemon use the attack Rainy Day, or send out a Pokemon with the ability Drizzle. The second way is best, as Drizzle lasts until the weather is changed, where Rainy Day will only last 5 turns, or 10 turns, if the user held a Damp Rock. (I might be wrong by how much the Damp Rock lengthens Rainy Day, but it definitely does.)

Now you know all the effects of having Rain in a Pokemon Battle.

The next step is to use this knowledge to your advantage, by making a team of Pokemon that will utilize these Rain effects to maximize the damage you can do, while also reducing the damage you take, or in this case, recover any lost HP.

Here's some examples of opening set ups for Triple Battles with a bit of an explanation:

A) Kingdra (Swift Swim ability and Surf Attack)

Jellicent (Water Absorb ability and Muddy Water Attack)

Politoed (Drizzle ability and Surf Attack)

This is a very useful set up, what you get is the ability to hit each Pokemon either side of the middle Pokemon with both a Surf attack and a Muddy Water attack, the second having a chance to lower their accuracy.

And the middle Pokemon gets hit by two Surf attacks, and a Muddy Water.

Because Kingdra will attack first usually, it might be a good idea to give it a Razor Fang as an example, as it will increase the chance to cause the first Pokemon to get hit to flinch.

You could also have Politoed hold a Water Gem, or something of the sort. You can get really creative, and play around with what items they hold to make this set up work that much better.

As for the extra three Pokemon you would need for a Triple Battle, its best to try get Pokemon that can replace those first three in any particular order, and still be very effective. Though, as we should know by now, sometimes you have to take a risk to get a good pay off.

So, I leave you with that, play around with a Rainy Day team, see how it works for you. Next time, I'll give some examples for other Weather based teams, and then start on non-weather based teams. The non-weather based teams will have a greater range in Pokemon types, which we all know, is a good thing to do, it's always easy to beat a team if they have a common weakness! Until next time! :D

Another Triple Battle Demonstration

2011-05-04T17:36:00.000-07:00

This isn't the best example battle, so once again, if I get a better example, I'll post it here.

So, in this video, there are some key points I want to highlight, given they're things I've already tried to point out in my previous posts, but this is showing an in-game example of those lessons.

At the 0:35 mark, Weavile uses a Physically contacting attack on my Chandelure which has Flame Body ability (30% burn chance on contact), as you saw, Weavile was burnt from that contact with my Chandelure.

Burns are useful in any battles. A burnt Pokemon will have only 50% their normal Attack Stat, so it's good to get Physical Attacking Pokemon burnt to weaken their attacks, and given the nature of Chandelure's ability, it is most often Physical Attack Pokemon that would get affected by it.

At the 1:20 mark, Spiritomb uses Swagger on Hydreigon, I didn't really talk about this attack before, but I wanted to point it out in this case. It proves to be useful to me in this battle, as it renders their Hydreigon useless for the rest of the battle. Swagger is best used on Pokemon in two ways.

-If they are Special attacking Pokemon, it will increase their attack stat so that they do a little more damage to themselves, without adding more damage to the attacks they use against you.

-If they are Attacking Pokemon, it boosts their Attack Stat, so it's a risk, but they also tend to do some serious damage to themselves in confusion, especially if they have a low Defense Stat. (I have seen a few different Attack based Pokemon with low Defense Stats knock themselves out in one hit when they've been swaggered in combination with other attack power ups)

At the 2:15 mark, Cofagrigus' Mummy ability is spread to Weavile, and at the 3:25 mark, Pikachu also loses it's ability to Mummy. The second case was more useful to me, as it meant I could use contact moves against Pikachu, without getting paralyzed, but it would also mean I'd get Mummy Ability on which ever Pokemon I used to physically contact it.

At the 2:25 mark, Rotom uses Rain Dance. Normally, I'd prefer Gengar to still be on the field at the time, as it has Thunder attack like Rotom, which gets 100% accuracy in Rain.

At the 2:40 mark, Cofagrigus uses Trick Room, which mean gave my team an advantage, allowing them to attack first, though if you notice, the opposing Pikachu is also slow, and so the next round, I aim two of my attacks towards it.

At the 6:00 mark, Rotom uses Discharge, which is an EFTA. It hits all Pokemon on the field in a Triple battle when in the Middle Position, which Rotom is in, as you can see, my Golurk is Ground type, and unaffected by the attack, if you had a Pokemon on Rotom's other side, it'd be best to use a Pokemon with one of these attributes:

Ground type

Volt Absorb (Would heal up to 1/4 HP)

Motor Drive (Would up their Speed Stat)

Using Protect attack

Using Substitute attack

Using any attack that takes the user out of the field for one turn (eg. Fly, Bounce, Dig, Dive) Just make sure you have the timing right. (You want to have them out of the way before they use Discharge)

Resistant to Electric attacks (Grass. Electric and Dragon types)

That concludes this post for now, once again, any questions, please feel free to comment and ask. I'll do my best to answer. I'll be looking out for some interesting Triple Battle teams to show you in the next couple of posts. Until then, stay tuned! :D

How to: Double/Triple Battles Part 2

2011-05-03T17:31:00.000-07:00

Field Dynamics:

This should be pretty basic.

Doubles are simple, two Pokemon per team on the field. Attack order is based on Speed Stats.

Triples are also simple, they are, if you can imagine, two simultaneous Double Battles going side by side, containing a cross-over Pokemon in the middle of each player's side.

The Cross-Over Pokemon (Middle Position) is able to battle freely in either double battle field. Whereas the two Pokemon either side of the Cross-Over Pokemon are restricted to their own side, unless they have a CFA as mentioned it Part1.

That's mostly all you need to know about the Field Dynamics.

In Part 1 I talked about attacks that become more useful in Doubles/Triples. In this part, I will start on some Abilities that become more useful in Doubles/Triples.

Firstly, in single battles, you usually come across the same Pokemon in use over and over, and they tend to be used in the same way each time. The same goes from Doubles and Triples, only they are a different set of common Pokemon, and they are used in very different ways to a single battle.

An example of one of these Pokemon would be Smeargle. It is possible someone's found a way to make use of this Pokemon in Singles. But I have often seen it pop up in Doubles and Triples.

The reason for this is because Smeargle learns the attack Sketch, which can in turn copy any attack permanently. This means attacks that you wouldn't find in flat rule battles can sneak in with a Smeargle.

And the most common attack Smeargles turn up with is Dark Void. The trade mark attack of Darkrai.

As you can imagine, behind hit with a Dark Void in a triple battle can be very annoying, and it is. But that's the nature of Pokemon. You can't always win, and you have to accept losses every now and then.

Good Abilities for Doubles/Triples:

Cloud Nine (stops all weather effects)

Damp (Prevents opponents from Self Destructing - in other words, no destroying half your team in one go)

Drizzle (Summons Rain)

Drought (Summons Bright Sunshine)

Snow Warning (Summons Hail)

Sand Stream (Summons Sandstorm)

Friend Guard (Ally Pokemon receive reduced damage)

Healer (30% status healing chance on Ally Pokemon each turn)

Justified (Attack increases if hit by a Dark type attack - can abuse this by having an Ally Pokemon use Beat up on the Pokemon with Justified ability)

Levitate (Immune to spikes and ground attacks)

Lightning Rod (Draws all electric attacks towards this Pokemon and the Pokemon's Sp.Att will go up)

Storm Drain (Draws all water attacks towards this Pokemon, and the Pokemon's Sp.Att will go up)

Magnet Pull (Traps steel types in the field)

Motor Drive (Speed goes up if hit by an Electric attack)

Telepathy (Immune to Ally attacks)

Victory Star (Teams Accuracy goes up 10%)

Water Absorb (Heals up to 1/4 HP when hit by a water attack)

Volt absorb (Heals up to 1/4HP when hit by water attack)

These are just some of the good abilities for these types of battles.

There is real potential out there to get creative and put together some interesting team set ups.

The best way to make a team for Doubles and Triples is to get the Pokemon in the team to feed off each other's strengths and abilities. You want your whole team to work together really well, and in as many combinations as possible, so that you can still use your team's full potential in any scenario.

For example, it's a bad idea to have a Pokemon use Earthquake from the Middle Position, if say, one of the Pokemon on either side has Levitate ability, and the other is Flying type. Normally, Earthquake wouldn't affect the levitating Pokemon, but because the Ally Pokemon using the attack has Mold Breaker, it will affect them.

I'll leave you with an example video of me battling a trainer named Jasper online using the Random Match Up system.

It's not the greatest example of a Triple Battle. If I have a good example battle, I will upload it here and explain what makes it such a good example.

If there are any questions about any of my posts so far, feel free to comment, and I'll do my best to answer them in future posts! Stay tuned! :D