4th Gen gengar or alakazam?

lanceaaron

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    im currently only interested in training 4 pokemon, my starter, a staraptor, a machamp and for my 4th slot i think an alakazam or gengar would work nicely. for the time being im only training 4 because im lazy and want to use the last 2 slots as HM pokes. keep in mind, im only a casual player. i care little about all this breeding crap. anyway, i honestly cant decide which one i like more. ive had a lot of luck with alakazam in past games, but gengar looks pretty sweet and seems pretty similar. suggestions?
     
    alakazam is awesome, but gengar with dream eater is pretty powerful, too. alakazam is always my number one guy, so i'll obviously go with that one :D
     
    hm.. i always used alakazam and he rocked in previous games.. somehow the way the cards are shuffled in D/P make alakazam really not thát good anymore, he's just really fast (so a good special attack sweeper), but i don't know; he is somehow so weak now..
     
    Ahhh, Gengar and Alakazam... a classic rivalry. It all counts on what you want: Gengar has higher Defenses, but Alakazam has higher Speed and Attack. They can no doubt OHKO each other, but 9/10 times, Alakazam will strike first (unless faulty natures come into play).

    Personally, my choice is Alakazam. He has real bad Defenses, but is fast enough to OHKO things without blinking an eye. And even though his movepool is a bit more limited, he can still make due as a fantastic all-round Special Sweeper.

    Although, Gengar's Ghost typing along with his trait (my favourite: Levitate), also makes him a fantastic choice. Gengar can last longer in battle, but pitted up against an Alakazam, and usually 'Zam will win. So I would go with 'Zam. But it's all up to your preference!
     
    My Alakazam never seems to land Focus Blast when I need it to. >.<
     
    ahh ok, thanks guys. they both seem to pretty good, so maybe ill get a gengar later if its necessay, but ill stick to alakazam considering i just caught an abra.
     
    Yea I like Gengar its pretty good and so is Alakazam, go with everyone else on this one

    :t354:~*!*~Queen Boo~*!*~
     
    I would say to go with Gengar because Alakazam is too popular (he's even on my team!).
     
    Like the others said, Alakazam is fast and can ONKO pretty easily. When I use my alakazam against a gengar I usually get the attack off faster, and killing it with one 1 hit. Go with Alakazam.
     
    Fiore said:
    Like the others said, Alakazam is fast and can ONKO pretty easily. When I use my alakazam against a gengar I usually get the attack off faster, and killing it with one 1 hit. Go with Alakazam.
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    Exactly! At the same level, Alakazam is faster than Gengar, and Alakazam can OHKO Gengar. Thus, by process of elimination, Alakazam FTW! Besides, Alakazam has a greater Special Sweeper movepool.
     
    i would go with gegar cause fighting and normal don't affect it. also it has good defense attack and speed!!!
     
    DOesn't matter. You choose. They both can destroy each other.
    Gengar Ghost, pwns Alakazam.
    Alakazam Psychic, pwns Gengar cuz he's a Poison type.
     
    hmm

    well this is a classic choosing situation
    i personally like alakazam in many different aspects but gengar is pretty nice too

    it really comes down to the choice between wether u like ghost types or psychic types
     
    you can just be like 20% of the people i've battled so far and have both. well... they didn't have both, but Alakazam and Gardevoir are on the same level, and so many people are running Gengar + Gardevoir combos.

    gengar alone is a threat, but when you have 2 special sweepers who somewhat complement eachother on one team (alakazam/gardevoir basically absorb Psychic, and Gengar just sweeps what they can't). i have to challenge myself to make at least 2 gengar/gardevoir/alakazam counters on each of my teams.

    but if you still want either one, an advantage of Alakazam is that he now has Focus Blast (godly move). an advantage of Gengar is that he has Energy Ball and Thunderbolt and is immune to normal/fighting attacks.
     
    Samson said:
    you can just be like 20% of the people i've battled so far and have both. well... they didn't have both, but Alakazam and Gardevoir are on the same level, and so many people are running Gengar + Gardevoir combos.

    gengar alone is a threat, but when you have 2 special sweepers who somewhat complement eachother on one team (alakazam/gardevoir basically absorb Psychic, and Gengar just sweeps what they can't). i have to challenge myself to make at least 2 gengar/gardevoir/alakazam counters on each of my teams.

    but if you still want either one, an advantage of Alakazam is that he now has Focus Blast (godly move). an advantage of Gengar is that he has Energy Ball and Thunderbolt and is immune to normal/fighting attacks.
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    Since Alakazam lost the "punches", Metagross can counter him pretty well, with a 2X resistance to Psychic and the other moves are just normal effective, and will not likely OHKO it, not even Focus Blast methinks. And a single Meteor Mash from 'Gross will usually knock Alakazam and Gardevour dead. Gengar is a slightly bigger threat, of course I'm not sure how common Metagross will be in this generation. Used to be an extremely common one in the last.
     
    oh metagross is very common as well. i usually have something with Will-O-Wisp to take care of him.

    thing is... i don't like metagross.
     
    Alakazams great attack and speed and his recover ability more than makes up for his low defence, i have one on my team and he just owns everything he sees, he is the best choice although if i where you i would have both to balance it out
     
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