So my debate is about if Garchomp is really a uber or are trainers just winy wusses? post your opinion and give reason please not just he's uber because his attack stat is high give more reason than just this please thatks^^
Garchomp debate
wow ok let me figure out where to start,
first: punctu-fucking-ation! (i want to be able to understand your point before the fifth time i read it)
second: usually a debate involves the OP stating their position for someone to rebut against.
third: post this in the pokemon board, so the people that see it have an idea of what your talking about. EDIT: Still?! I assumed by now, they would have ironed that out :\
No, he really is uber. It's not enough his attack stat is so high he also has insanely high base speed compared to non-legendary Pokemon in conjunction to that high attack and all around high stats in general. Also sandstorms give him that extra 20% evasion which is just stupidly overpowered considering his other high stats and excellent move sets. He is too powerful for his own good. A novice player with a properly trained Garchomp can take out entire teams without barely being touched if the opponent doesn't know what they are doing. He's an ez mode button.
I don't know about ya'll, but I think Dragonite is still the best dragon Pokemon of all time. Garchomp can go suck it. =P
To be serious, yeah I think he's an uber. His attack stat is already high, and has the biggest advantage during battle in sandstorms (Sand Veil ability). Plus, he has one of the highest stat base out of all the pseudo-legendary ones, beating them at HP and Speed.
How to play Pokemon multiplayer:
- Build a team of whatever Pokemon you feel like.
- Battle your friends. Legendaries may or may not be allowed.
How not to play Pokemon multiplayer:
- Build a team of chain-breeded Pokemon from a specific tier, with specifically picked or trained natures, IVs and EVs.
- Battle other players who have done the same, and bitch about tiers and other stuff you really shouldn't care about when you lose.
Pokemon is relaxing, whimsical fun. If you take matters like "Should Garchomp really be in the über tier?" seriously, you're doing it wrong.
So my answer to your question is: Who gives a shit?
" How to play Pokemon multiplayer:Well said. It seems like "hardcore" pokemon players are like those insane people that bred Chocobos in FF7. I don't even know what IV and EV means, but I love playing pokemon for fun.
- Build a team of whatever Pokemon you feel like.
- Battle your friends. Legendaries may or may not be allowed.
How not to play Pokemon multiplayer:
- Build a team of chain-breeded Pokemon from a specific tier, with specifically picked or trained natures, IVs and EVs.
- Battle other players who have done the same, and bitch about tiers and other stuff you really shouldn't care about when you lose.
"
Pokemon is relaxing, whimsical fun. If you take matters like "Should Garchomp really be in the über tier?" seriously, you're doing it wrong.
Seriously theres nothing wrong with playing with your friends and all that but playing seriously is a lot of fun, no need to shit on someone's hobby (which yes it still is just as much a hobby as anything else people take "seriously")
I do know what EVs are, though.
@Zenaxzd: I've played one "serious" Pokemon battle (not with my own Pokemon, I should mention). It was the most boring, predictable multiplayer battle I've ever played in any video game. Ever.
And complaining about how you're always crushing your friends in Pokemon is like complaining about how you always crush your friend at a fighting game you've played for years, and that he's barely touched. In situations like those, all you need to do is handicap yourself. In a fighting game, that means letting your friend get a couple of free strikes, or, it it's available, using the handicap feature. In Pokemon, that means getting weaker dudes.
" @Icemael said:You're better off not knowing what the IV/EV crap are. I actually ran across that, and wow, people are taking the Pokemon games waaaaay too seriously. I thought catching and battling Pokemon was supposed to be fun, but then you get these hardcore elitists that tell you "your moveset sucks ballz" or something like that. That stuff ruins all that enjoyment for me." How to play Pokemon multiplayer:Well said. It seems like "hardcore" pokemon players are like those insane people that bred Chocobos in FF7. I don't even know what IV and EV means, but I love playing pokemon for fun. "
- Build a team of whatever Pokemon you feel like.
- Battle your friends. Legendaries may or may not be allowed.
How not to play Pokemon multiplayer:
- Build a team of chain-breeded Pokemon from a specific tier, with specifically picked or trained natures, IVs and EVs.
- Battle other players who have done the same, and bitch about tiers and other stuff you really shouldn't care about when you lose.
"
Pokemon is relaxing, whimsical fun. If you take matters like "Should Garchomp really be in the über tier?" seriously, you're doing it wrong.
" How to play Pokemon multiplayer:"I don't take this game seriously, therefore anyone who does is an idiot."
- Build a team of whatever Pokemon you feel like.
- Battle your friends. Legendaries may or may not be allowed.
How not to play Pokemon multiplayer:
- Build a team of chain-breeded Pokemon from a specific tier, with specifically picked or trained natures, IVs and EVs.
- Battle other players who have done the same, and bitch about tiers and other stuff you really shouldn't care about when you lose.
Pokemon is relaxing, whimsical fun. If you take matters like "Should Garchomp really be in the über tier?" seriously, you're doing it wrong.
So my answer to your question is: Who gives a shit? "
Great post.
The real problem with serious Pokemon battling is the fact that it would take soooo long to get a "properly" trained team i.e. all level 100, right natures, EV/IV maxed, and correct movesets. It's a total bummer, but I still enjoy fielding a decent squad and throwing my numbers against someone else's. And according to Smogon, Garchomp is uber, so that's enough for me.
Also, my Electabuzz is nicknamed Infamous.
If anything not customizing your Pokemon's stats to your liking is missing the point of Pokemon, not the other way around. It's not like it takes rocket science or a huge time commitment to do it either. Half an hour tops to EV train once you catch the Pokemon/breed for an egg.
This. Its supposed to be a game, not a career. Its cool that that depth is there, but IMO eeveers abuse it to the nth degree." How to play Pokemon multiplayer:
- Build a team of whatever Pokemon you feel like.
- Battle your friends. Legendaries may or may not be allowed.
How not to play Pokemon multiplayer:
- Build a team of chain-breeded Pokemon from a specific tier, with specifically picked or trained natures, IVs and EVs.
- Battle other players who have done the same, and bitch about tiers and other stuff you really shouldn't care about when you lose.
Pokemon is relaxing, whimsical fun. If you take matters like "Should Garchomp really be in the über tier?" seriously, you're doing it wrong.
So my answer to your question is: Who gives a shit? "
" I think the real debate here is whether or not Garchomp is French. "Well, it seems like some people think he is too powerful in battle, so it would be impossible for him to be French.
ok here's the low down so far iv can range from 1 to 31 the higher it is, the better that stat can get. EV is traning that spacific stat basically if your chansey have a iv
of 31 for health and you train it to have a max ev of 255 in that stat then chanseys health can hit from 700 to 900 instead of around 600.garchomp is not uber
people just don't play well against him. use a fast pokemon with an ice move and there garchomp i ko'ed that simple so thats my point. also i agre partially on the
fact pokemon was more fun before people discovered the stupid ev and iv crap cause now if you fight a trainer with a non ev, iv trained pokemon and they ev
trained theirs then you are thouroghly screwed
Because the battle system wasnt meant to be complex. People just discovered that they could screw with breeding tricks and turned the game into a hassle instead of a fun "catch em all" game. People seem to have forgotten that the focus of the games was catching not battling.
" Because the battle system wasnt meant to be complex. People just discovered that they could screw with breeding tricks and turned the game into a hassle instead of a fun "catch em all" game. People seem to have forgotten that the focus of the games was catching not battling. "So I assume the EV and IV system was just a phenomenally convenient glitch that occured?
@ajamafalous said:
" @Wes899 said:" @Fallen189: Its because its pokemon. "Riveting argument. "
Indeed. Call of the uneducated
" I don't understand why you people complain about an incredibly deep and complex battle system because you "Don't like it" or "Don't get it" "Exactly, they claim it's full of elitism and haters (not saying it isn't mind you) only to do the same thing themselves, pot meet kettle etc. And honestly it isn't very "complex".
IVs/EVs are super easy to understand and while IVs can't be manipulated easily (it's like that for a reason) gaining EVs is very simple and not time consuming at all, and it's something the developers stealthily support with stuff like the poketch Counter app without making it blatantly obvious to people that don't care, which is the beauty of it all. If you don't care about it guess what, the game doesn't force it down your throat. But for those that want to actually customize their Pokemon beyond 4 different attacks and a nickname it's nice to have.
Yeah I guess so. It's the extra layer of depth that's in there if you want to go there. They don't force you to do it, and it still is a catch em all fun time game. I don't understand why people claim that because it has a deeper mechanic than is on the top, it's a detriment to the entire thing." @Fallen189 said:
" I don't understand why you people complain about an incredibly deep and complex battle system because you "Don't like it" or "Don't get it" "Exactly, they claim it's full of elitism and haters (not saying it isn't mind you) only to do the same thing themselves, pot meet kettle etc. And honestly it isn't very "complex". IVs/EVs are super easy to understand and while IVs can't be manipulated easily (it's like that for a reason) gaining EVs is very simple and not time consuming at all, and it's something the developers stealthily support with stuff like the poketch Counter app without making it blatantly obvious to people that don't care, which is the beauty of it all. If you don't care about it guess what, the game doesn't force it down your throat. But for those that want to actually customize their Pokemon beyond 4 different attacks and a nickname it's nice to have. "
Nope it was something that shouldnt have been there in the first place or ignored all together. The fact that the elites have single handedly ruined online play with these "systems" is enough to say that the game was better off simple.
" @Fallen189: Nope it was something that shouldnt have been there in the first place or ignored all together. The fact that the elites have single handedly ruined online play with these "systems" is enough to say that the game was better off simple. "Considering EVs have existed since the first game, there's no way the game "was better off simple."
" So my debate is about if Garchomp is really a uber or are trainers just winy wusses? post your opinion and give reason please not just he's uber because his attack stat is high give more reason than just this please thatks^^ "Garchomp was the GBA generation's Dragonite. I *think* he also self-learns some good abilities like Dragon Dance and Dragon Claw, so easy to use him correctly. Also his Attack stat is INSANE!
" People that take pokemon seriously are bad people. "Now you're just fishing for responses.
" @Fallen189: Nope it was something that shouldnt have been there in the first place or ignored all together. The fact that the elites have single handedly ruined online play with these "systems" is enough to say that the game was better off simple. "There's no reasoning with you. This is stupid. Like this guy
@Wes899 said:
" People that take pokemon seriously are bad people. "
How is it any different to any other game, except the initial demographic was a younger audience? How is it different to COD? How is it different to <Genre game>?
People will always find a way to become better at things, or the "Elites ruining the system". Welcome to contemporary gaming.
Oh my bad, I thought I could have a different opinion on a message board. I forgot boards are just for fans.
" Oh my bad, I thought I could have a different opinion on a message board. I forgot boards are just for fans.There is a major difference in having an opinion and blatantly flaming. For example:
"
Different opinion: I don't like EV training personally, but whatevs it's not like I am forced to do it or battle against people that do.
Flaming: People that take Pokemon seriously are bad people.
I think that the problem is that all of the depth of Pokemon is hidden. If the games were more overt about catering to the competitive demographic then I would be alright with it, but as for now playing pokemon seriously requires both excessive grinding and a web page up at all times so you can remember all this shit (because the game doesn't tell you any of it directly and just gives vague hints instead). Otherwise, I would be perfectly fine with crazy people playing Pokemon competitively.
" I think that the problem is that all of the depth of Pokemon is hidden. If the games were more overt about catering to the competitive demographic then I would be alright with it, but as for now playing pokemon seriously requires both excessive grinding and a web page up at all times so you can remember all this shit (because the game doesn't tell you any of it directly and just gives vague hints instead). Otherwise, I would be perfectly fine with crazy people playing Pokemon competitively. "Depending on the stat you wish to raise it takes less than an hour or half an hour to maximize a stat and be completely done with EV training, I guess for many people that could be considered grinding but half an hour isn't that long compared to the brutality of many games.
Also the developers do too good a job to help those that want to customize their stats it just doesn't open say "HEY THIS IS FOR PEOPLE WHO WANNA MAXIMIZE THEIR POTENTIAL OF WINNING", much like you say. For example swarms that appear on various days give even faster and easier ways to max a specific stat, the counter poketch app allows you to easily tally EV gain, the "stat enhancing" items put a hell of a lot of EVs into the specific stat, and each game has a NPC who will give you a ribbon saying your pokemon has "worked really hard" that indicates they have the maximum amount of obtainable EVs.
It's all there in one way or another the developers just chose to hide it from people who aren't looking.
" i have to disagree with this. Garchomp is not that tough me and many people i know can easily take out even a ev trained garchomp. also Have you fought a ev trained chansey? you think garchomp is bad i can make a blissey or chansey that will make him look like a peice of cake "You do realize Blissey would be destroyed if Garchomp was out, right?
This is turning into a worse debate than what started.
Garchomp is a strong, but stupid looking, Pokemon. Check its stats online. I can defeat it easily too, but I type match it, so...I can kinda defeat anything easy.
Pokemon is a terribly deep game. Getting as deep as you want into it is not a bad thing, but you shouldn't tell people off for not getting deep into it. Same for you people saying getting deep is 'missing the point'. No. The fucking point is to have fun. If some people do it through extended customization, EV training and a breeding plan, then happy time for them when they do it. If someone just wants to put together a random team, like I did when I first played, wonderful. It's a game. Shut the fuck up now, people

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To actually reply to the original reason why this topic exists: Garchomp still has that 4x Ice Weakness common among all the prominent dragon types. Correct me if I am wrong, but I'm pretty sure no pokemon in the "Uber" bracket has a 4x weakness (and to Ice, which I understand to be stupid common in any competitive situation). Of course, that doesn't change the fact that I think Garchomp looks stupid and would take Salamence, Dragonite or Tyranitar (i.e. the generational high-end pokemon that can only be obtained super late) over it any day.
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