3rd Gen Salamence in Emerald

scienceboy

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    Hi
    I am ev-training a salamence in physical/sp attack. i was wondering, what should i give it in terms of moves?
    its to be used in double battles, with a special sweeper alakazam and a physical attack/tanker aagron.
    Help please!
     
    Well, which are the moves of your Alakazam and Aggron?

    If it's for double battles then the moves of it's partners are important =]

    I might help, but I need to know...
     
    alakazam : psychic, thunderpunch, ice punch, fire punch
    aggron : not done training him yet, but its probly going to be earthquake, take down, ?cross chop?, and some steel attack
     
    scienceboy said:
    alakazam : psychic, thunderpunch, ice punch, fire punch
    aggron : not done training him yet, but its probly going to be earthquake, take down, ?cross chop?, and some steel attack
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    Ok, first of all, your pokemon doesn't have supporting moves (that is, moves that will help another pokemon with it's ability/attacks, etc) so I will show you a moveset that might help you take down enemies with offensive moves:

    For moves
    Base attack/Accuracy

    Salamence
    -Dragon Claw (Lvl 79, TM) 80/100
    -Crunch (Lvl 61) 80/100
    -Rock Slide (Move tutor at battle frontier) 75/90
    -Aerial Ace/Fly (TM/HM Lvl 50) AA 60/-- Fly 70/95

    As for an item suggestion I would use King's Rock, since Salamence has great base speed he will be able to make opponents flinch.

    As you can see, Those attacks will take advantage of type disadvantages.

    Also, Aggron can't learn Cross Chop, so you might want to change it for another fighting move, my personal favorite, Brick Break.

    Also, if your Aggron has Rock Head, you might want to substitute that Take down for Double-Edge, he will learn it at lvl 63.

    As for your team Supporting each other you might want to do something like this:

    Take out Aggron and Salamence. Aggron will be able to resist most attacks and if there happens to be a Fighting pokemon you couls easily take him down with an Aerial Ace. Dragon and Ice Type attacks will bring down your Salamence, but with your own Dragon Claw (For Dragon opponents) and Brick Break (For Ice opponents), in case there is a water type, who will easily have Ice Beam or another powerful Ice Type attack you could use Fly to escape for a while and have Aggron crush it.

    Aerial Ace is a great election, especially for those pokemon at Battle frontier who keep using Double team and so on.

    Well, that's all I have to say for now, any more questions, I will be more than glad to answer them =]
     
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    Ok, so i should leave the alakazam as a backup hitter?
    and the salamence, should i leave him as attack/sp attack or sp attack/speed?
    for aggron, what should its moveset be? earthquade, brick break, double edge, and what should the final attack be?
    thank you!
     
    scienceboy said:
    Ok, so i should leave the alakazam as a backup hitter?
    and the salamence, should i leave him as attack/sp attack or sp attack/speed?
    for aggron, what should its moveset be? earthquade, brick break, double edge, and what should the final attack be?
    thank you!
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    Yeah, Alakazam is a really fast pokemon, so you could easily finish an opponent with him at the moment of sending it.

    I don't understand what you mean with 'attack/sp attack or sp attack/speed', if you are refering to which stats boost I would choose Attack/Sp Attack because Slamence has a great Base Speed so it doesnt really need to be increased that much.

    The only Steel type attacks that Agron learns are Metal Claw and Iron Tail, Iron tail is more powerful than Metal Claw, but it's also more innacurate, so it's your decision mainly there. I would choose Iron Tail.
     
    allright
    thank you for your help!
     
    I wouldn't recommend using Aggron, many Pokemon outclass him. Especially when it carries a x4 weakness to the most common type in type in the game: Ground and Fighting.
     
    well, he's got a really high def and attack, and he also is resistant to alot of the weaknesses of the his other type - like fire is strong against steel, but weak against rock, so it does normal damage.
     
    Yes, but many Pokemon have higher base stats than Aggron, less weaknesses, and overall can outclass Aggron by far. Regirock, for example, has a 200 Base Defense stat, which is larger than Aggron. A Rock type has less weaknesses and no major common x4 weaknesses. It still maintains the good Attack stat, by only being slightly lower than Aggron's. But it does gain access to Curse, which is good if you're looking to boost the Attack and Defense big time - Aggron doesn't. Aggron also has a VERY poor Special Defense, so one special blow from almost any sweeper can knock it out. Regirock still keeps his defenses balanced and above average, so in a way it still resists more attacks than Aggron will.
     
    yes, but i'm building this team for the battle fronteir - no legendaries allowed
    so what pokemon would you suggest?
     
    regirock is one of the few legends that IS allowed at the battle frontier. Deoxys, mewtwo, celebi, etc. aren't allowed, but the regi's are.
     
    Regirock's at a Borderline rank. Only the Uber Pokemon and some of the Non-Obtainable Legends are banned from the Battle Frontier. Regirock still can be entered.
     
    oh, allright, interesting
    so i'll sub out the regirock for aggron

    thank you!
     
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