Competitive Crunch #9: Overgrow, Blaze, and Torrent

Hey, guys! Welcome to another late post; this time, it's a segment of Competitive Crunch.

Today, I'll be doing something quick and analyzing the three starter abilities.

First, there's Overgrow.

Overgrow is obtainable by these following Pokemon:

-Bulbasaur and its evolutions
-Chikorita and its evolutions
-Treecko and its evolutions
-Turtwig and its evolutions
-Snivy and its evolutions
-Pansage and Simisage
-Chespin and its evolutions

Overgrow boosts the power of the user's Grass-type attacks by 1.5x when their HP is at one-third or less. (Approximately 33%)

The second of these abilities is Blaze.

Blaze is obtainable by these following Pokemon:

-Charmander and its evolutions
-Cyndaquil and its evolutions
-Torchic and its evolutions
-Chimchar and its evolutions
-Tepig and its evolutions
-Pansear and Simisear
-Fennekin and its evolutions

Blaze boosts the power of the user's Fire-type attacks by 1.5x when their HP is at one-third or less. (Approximately 33%)

The last of these three abilities is Torrent.

Torrent is obtainable by these following Pokemon:

-Squirtle and its evolutions
-Totodile and its evolutions
-Mudkip and its evolutions
-Piplup and its evolutions
-Oshawott and its evolutions
-Panpour and Simipour
-Froakie and its evolutions

Torrent boosts the power of the user's Water-type attacks by 1.5x when their HP is at one-third or less. (Approximately 33%)

In conclusion, these three abilities are pretty much the same and somewhat stupid because you never realize when they activate.

~Credits to Smogon for the data used in this post. THANKS, SMOGON!!!~

That's all for today. Hopefully I can continue to catch up on missed posts. 

Until then, stay awesome!

Monotype Monday #11: Water vs Dragon

Hey, guys! Welcome to today's Monotype "Monday"! Well, it's actually Friday and you normally would be seeing a Featured Remix here, but hopefully that'll be coming shortly. Posting on Emolga's Place recently has been pretty limited due to the busy authors that haven't seemed to be posting anything in a while.

COUGH COUGH

Well, the battle for today is against a very, VERY skilled battler by the name of BeardedCharizard.

Click the Manaphy the check out the battle!

~Credits to Showdown, BeardedCharizard, and pkparaiso.com for helping me out with this post. GIVE THEM A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE!!!~

That's all for now. Tune in later for possibly some more catching up to do.

Until then, stay awesome!

Showdown Sunday #11: Diggersby Tho

Hey, guys! It's been a while since anything happened on Emolga's Place and I've been behind on my posts so I thought now would be a good time to start catching up.

Today, we have an OU battle against Trainer JC.

Diggersby, tho.

Click the Diggersby to check out the battle!

~Credits to Trainer JC, Showdown, and Pokemon Wiki for helping me with this post. GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE!!!~

That's all for today. Tune in later for more possible late posts.

Until then, stay awesome!

Sweep Saturday #7: Luxray Sweep

I wanted to do a Caterpie sweep, but that didn't work so I wasted almost two hours of my day... So have this battle that took me two minutes instead!

Click the Luxray to check out the battle.

~Credits to pkparaiso.com, Showdown, and Narsic for helping me with this post. GIVE THEM A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE!!!~

That's all for now. I got a little lazy with this post, but that's alright, I guess.

Until the next post, stay awesome!

Quick Note: From now on if I'm lazy with Sweep Saturdays, I'll most likely post a 1v1 battle like this one.

Spheal with it.

Featured Remix #12: XY Rival Battle

Hey, guys! Welcome to today's late Featured Remix! Today, I took a remix that seems to me like it could actually be in one of the main series Pokemon games. This is a remix of the XY Rival Battle Theme!

Click here to check out the video on YouTube.

Click here to check out the remixer's channel.

~Credits to YouTube for hosting this video. THANKS, YOUTUBE!!!~

~Credits to PkmnSoundFontRemix for creating this remix. THANKS, PKMNSOUNDFONTREMIX!!!~

That's all for now. Tune in later for a Sweep Saturday and/or a Showdown Sunday battle.

Until then, stay awesome!

Pokemon Collage #11: Caterpie Collage

Hey, guys! Welcome to a delayed Pokemon Collage. Today, I made a Caterpie Collage because everybody loves Caterpie.

Click here to view the image in full screen.

Click here for to download it!

~Credits to PokeWalls for the background used in this collage. THANKS, POKEWALLS!!!~

~Credits to mediafire.com for hosting the download link. THANKS, MEDIAFIRE!!!~

~Credits to Google Images and Microsoft Powerpoint 2007 for helping me make this collage. THANKS, GOOGLE AND MICROSOFT!!!~

(If your artwork was used here, post a comment and you'll get the credit you deserve.)

That's all for today. Hopefully I'll catch up and the other posts I missed recently.

Until then, stay awesome!

Competitive Crunch #8: Jirachi Analysis

Hey, guys! Welcome to today's segment of Competitive Crunch! Today, we will be analyzing a very versatile Pokemon in competitive battling, Jirachi.

First, lets analyze the basics.

Jirachi is a Steel/Psychic type Pokemon that was introduced in the third generation of Pokemon.

It was obtainable only through a bonus disc for Pokemon Colosseum or events during the earlier days of Generation Four. (I do have one myself.)

It has 100 Base Stats across the board with a BST of 600, meaning that it is very balanced.

Now it's time for competitive movesets from Smogon.

1. Wish Maker - 

Move 1: Wish

Move 2: Iron Head
Move 3: Thunder Wave/Body Slam
Move 4: Protect/U-turn/Stealth Rock
Ability: Serene Grace
Item: Leftovers
Nature: Careful
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SDef

2. Para Flinch - 

Move 1: Iron Head
Move 2: Body Slam/Thunder Wave
Move 3: U-turn
Move 4: Zen Headbutt/Ice Punch/Fire Punch
Ability: Serene Grace
Item: Leftovers
Nature: Adamant

EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SDef

3. Sub+Calm Mind - 

Move 1: Substitute

Move 2: Calm Mind

Move 3: Thunder/Thunderbolt

Move 4: Psyshock/Flash Cannon/Water Pulse

4. Choice Scarf -

Move 1: Iron Head

Move 2: Ice Punch

Move 3: U-Turn/Fire Punch

Move 4: Trick/Healing Wisk

5. SUPERACHI -

Move 1: Calm Mind

Move 2: Psychic/Flash Cannon/Psyshock

Move 3: Grass Knot/Thunderbolt

Move 4: Hidden Power Fire/Hidden Power Ground

~Credits to Smogon and Bulbapedia for the data used in this post. THANKS, SMOGON AND BULBAPEDIA!!!~

~Credits to pkparaiso.com for the Jirachi used in this post. THANKS, PKPARAISO!!!~

That's all for today. Hopefully I can continue to catch up on missed posts like the collage that was supposed to be here today. Oh well!

Until then, stay awesome!

Monotype Monday #10: Flying vs Grass

Hey, guys! Welcome to a one day late edition of Monotype Monday. Unfortunately, I had to go looking through the replay database again for a battle because battles weren't working today...
This isn't really a full battle, but more of a joke. It's the best I could get...
Also by the way Togekiss is amazing.

Click the Togekiss to check out the battle!

~Credits to Zarel and the Showdown staff for hosting this site. THANKS, SHOWDOWN!!!~

~Credits to Deebe for having this battle with me. THANKS, DEEBE!!!~

~Credits to pkparaiso.com for the Togekiss used in this post. THANKS, PKPARAISO!!!~

That's all for today. Hopefully I'll be able to catch up on more missed posts later on this week. Until then, stay awesome!

Showdown Sunday #10: Random Battle Stall

Hey, guys! Welcome to today's Showdown Sunday! I was having this battle in a tournament and it ended up going on for a lot longer than I would've thought... But here it is!

Click the Kyurem to check out the battle!

~Credits to Zarel and the Showdown staff for hosting this site. THANKS, SHOWDOWN!!!~

~Credits to Anfflo for having this battle with me. THANKS, ANFFLO!!!~

~Credits to pkparaiso.com for the Kyurem used in this post. THANKS, PKPARAISO!!!~

That's all for today. Tune in tomorrow for a Monotype Monday battle.

Until then, stay awesome!

Sweep Saturday #6: Slurpuff Sweep

Hey, guys! Welcome to today's Sweep Saturday.
This wasn't actually an intentional sweep; I didn't even Baton Pass any stat boosts this time.

Click the Slurpuff to check out the battle!

~Credits to Zarel and the Showdown staff for hosting this site. THANKS, SHOWDOWN!!!~

~Credits to Bobby Joe 13 for having this battle with me. THANKS, BOBBY JOE 13!!!~

~Credits to pkparaiso.com for the Slurpuff used in this post. THANKS, PKPARAISO!!!~

That's all for today. I'll probably be posting something in the near future, so look forward to that. Until then, stay awesome!

Featured Remix #11: Earthbound Onett Theme

Hey, guys! Welcome to a one day late Featured Remix!
Earthbound is great, so here's a remix of the Onett Theme from Earthbound.

Click here to check out the actual video on YouTube.

Click here to check out the remixer's channel.

~Credits to YouTube for hosting this video. THANKS, YOUTUBE!!!~

~Credits to MinjoJinjo for creating this remix. THANKS, MINJOJINJO!!!~

That's all for today. Tune in later for a Sweep Saturday.

Until then, stay awesome!

Pokemon Collage #10: Graveler Collage

I have no idea why I decided to focus this collage around Graveler...
But here it is anyway!

Click here to view the image in full screen.

Click here for the download link.

~Credits to PokeWalls for the background used in this post. THANKS, POKEWALLS!!!~

~Credits to Microsoft Powerpoint 2007 and Google Images for helping me make this collage. THANKS, POWERPOINT AND GOOGLE IMAGES!!!~

(As usual, if your artwork was used in this collage, comment down below and you'll get the credit you deserve.)

~Credits to mediafire.com for hosting the my downloads. THANKS, MEDIAFIRE!!!~

That's all for today. Stay tuned later for a Featured Remix.

Until then, stay awesome!

Competitive Crunch #8: Reflect and Light Screen

Hey, guys! Welcome to a very late done Competitive Crunch! I've been busy this week so I'll probably be spending the weekend catching up on my missed posts.

Today's topic is Reflect and Light Screen! (Yay?)
Not the most interesting, amazing topic, but Dual Screens, as they are after referred to as, are a very useful asset in competitive play.

Reflect boosts your whole team's physical Defense for 5 turns.
Light Screen does the same for your Special Defense.

The move Brick Break will break the screen and negate the effects of both a Reflect and a Light Screen.
The item Light Clay boosts the longevity of the two screens from 5 turns to 8 turns.

There really are no common users of Dual Screens because Reflect and Light Screen are learned by practically all Pokemon. (Correction: Only 159 Pokemon can...)

~Credits to Smogon for the information used in this post. THANKS, SMOGON!!!~

That's all for today. Hopefully later I'll be catching up on more missed posts.

Until then, stay awesome!

Monotype Monday #9: Fairy vs Bug (The Return of Whimsicott!)

Hey, guys! Welcome to today's Monotype Monday battle. I had to search through the replay database in order to find this one because battles at the moment are down so I couldn't find one.

This battle features my Fairy-type team one again and proves Whimsicott's power once again.

Click the Whimsicott to check out the battle!

~Credits to Zarel and the Showdown staff for hosting this site. THANKS, SHOWDOWN!!!~

~Credits to Dendara 34 for having this battle with me. THANKS, DENDARA 34!!!~

~Credits to pkparaiso.com for the Whimsicott used in this post. THANKS, PKPARAISO!!!~

That's all for today. Tune in tomorrow for a segment of Competitive Crunch, with a name that still wasn't stolen from Pimpnite.

Until then, stay awesome!

Showdown Sunday #9: Pink Puffy Doom!

Hey, guys! Welcome to today's Showdown Sunday in an Ubers battle. I've used this team before on a previous post. It's the team that has a ScarfMoxie Cross and a Mega Gengar. This time, Blissey saves the day by slaying some big legendaries.

Click the Blissey to check out the match!

~Credits to Zarel and the Showdown staff for hosting this site. THANKS, SHOWDOWN!!!~

~Credits to justintime2roc for having this battle with me. THANKS, JUSTINTIME2ROC!!!~

~Credits to pkparaiso.com for the Blissey used in this post. THANKS, PKPARAISO!!!~

That's all for today. Tune in tomorrow for a Monotype Monday battle.

Until then, stay awesome!

Sweep Saturday #5: Dunsparce Sweep

Hey, guys! Welcome to today's Sweep Saturday! I decided to do a sweep with a Dunsparce.

Click on the Dunsparce to check out the sweep!

~Credits to kamt2000 for having this battle with me. THANKS, KAMT2000!!!~

~Credits to Zarel and the Showdown staff for hosting this site. THANKS, SHOWDOWN!!!~

~Credits to pkparaiso.com for the Dunsparce used in this post. THANKS, PKPARAISO!!!~

That's all for today. Stick around until tomorrow when I'll post a Showdown Sunday.

Until then, stay awesome!

Featured Remix #10: XY Champion Battle

Hey, guys! Welcome to today's Featured Remix. After eight gym battles and four Elite Four battles, you face Diantha, the champion of the Kalos Pokemon League with some of the best music in the franchise. This remix was fantastically executed by GlitchxCity.

Click here to check out the video on YouTube.

Click here to check out GlitchxCity's channel.

~Credits to YouTube for hosting this video. THANKS, YOUTUBE!!!~

~Credits to GlitchxCity for creating this remix. THANKS, GLITCHXCITY!!!~

That's all for today. Stay tuned until tomorrow for a Sweep Saturday.

Until then, stay awesome!

Pokemon Collage #9: Foo Collage!

Hey, guys! Today, I made a Pokemon Collage based on Foo! And everyone loves Foo.

All of the images used in the collage were made by Alex 17!

Click here to view the image in full screen.

Click here for the download link.

~Credits to Microsoft Powerpoint 2007 for helping me make this collage. THANKS, POWERPOINT!!!~

~Credits to mediafire.com for hosting the download for this collage. THANKS, MEDIAFIRE!!!~

That's all for today. Tomorrow, I'll be posting a Featured Remix.

Until then, stay awesome!

Competitive Crunch #7: Protean, Magician, and Bulletproof!

Hey, guys! Welcome to today's Competitive Crunch segment! Today, I'll be discussing the three Hidden Abilities of the Kalos Starters. Greninja gets Protean, Delphox gets Magician, and Chesnaught gets Bulletproof.

Protean

The ability Protean is usable by Froakie and its evolutions along with Kecleon.
Protean is a very interesting ability that changes typing with the move you use. For example, if Frogadier uses Ice Beam, an Ice-type move, it will turn into an Ice-type until its next move or until it switches out.

Since Greninja and Kecleon get a wide variety of moves, Protean is a very useful and unique ability for them.

Magician

Another unique ability, Magician is only obtainable by Fennekin, Braixen, and Delphox as well as Klefki.
This ability will steal an opponent's item when a move attacks them after they no longer have an item.

If Fennekin doesn't have an item and uses Flamethrower on Munchlax with Leftovers, Fennekin will "magically" take the Munchlax's Leftovers item. (Tada!)

Bulletproof

Bulletproof is another ability introduced in X and Y and is only obtainable by Chespin, Quilladin, and Chesnaught. Bulletproof gives immunities to moves related to balls (Real mature. I know you laughed when you read that), bombs, cannons, throws, etc. You can find the list of moves Bulletproof negates here.

~Credits to Smogon and Bulbapedia for the data used in this post. THANKS, SMOGON AND BULBAPEDIA!!!~

That's all for today. I might end up posting something tomorrow, so be sure to stay around.

Until then, stay awesome!

Monotype Monday #8: Flying vs Fighting

Hey, guys! Welcome to today's Monotype Monday battle, featuring a Flying-type team. This was a very quick match because Togekiss got the job done today.

Click the Togekiss to check out the battle!

(Username: BlueDerpH0le)

~Credits to Zarel and the Showdown staff for hosting this site. THANKS, SHOWDOWN!!!~

~Credits to ScitzoFrenic for having this battle with me. THANKS, SCITZOFRENIC!!!~

~Credits to pkparaiso.com for the Togekiss used in this post. THANKS, PKPARAISO!!!~

That's all for today. Tomorrow, I'll be putting up a Competitive Crunch segment.

Until then, stay awesome!