The new Pokemon of the Week is...Dragonite! Dragonite is a Dragon/Flying Type with the Ability Inner Focus and the Hidden Ability Multiscale. You can't catch Dragonite in XY or ORAS, but you can catch it's previous forms, Dratini and Dragonair.
In XY you can catch Dratini by fishing on Route 21, and you can't catch it in ORAS. In XY you can catch Dragonair by fishing on Route 21 or in a Dragon Type Friend Safari, and you can't catch it in ORAS either.
Dratini Dragonair
Dragonite
The best Ability for Dragonite is Inner Focus. What this Ability does is it prevents the user from flinching, except when your opponent's Pokemon has a contradicting Ability. (i.e. Mold Breaker or Turboblaze)
A good moveset for Dragonite consists of Dragon Rush, Outrage, Hurricane, and Dragon Claw. They're all powerful moves that will get a STAB. That goes for all moves on the list. Note: You'll have to teach Dragonite Dragon Claw via TM.
A good item for Dragonite to hold is the Dragon Fang. The Dragon Fang boosts the power of Dragon Type moves by 20%.
So that's how I'd use Dragonite! Be sure to leave alternate ways to use Dragonite or a suggestion for next week's Pokemon of the Week in the comments!
I've known about this for awhile, but never got around to posting it. For those of you with Pokemon Bank you can get the final forms of all three Johto Starters!
You'll get all three at the same time and they'll all have their Hidden Abilities and be at level 50. They'll also have a random chance of being male or female. Meganium will have Leaf Guard and know the moves Solar Beam, Sunny Day, Synthesis, and Body Slam. Typhlosion will have Flash Fire and know the moves Overheat, Flamethrower, Flame Charge, and Swift. Feraligatr will have Sheer Force and know the moves Ice Punch, Crunch, Waterfall, and Screech.
Pokemon Bank is only $5 and it's a really good way to transfer Pokemon between games. You should definately get it if you want an alternative to trading with yourself to transfer Pokemon from X and Y to Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire. Plus it comes with the Poke Transporter and it's the only way to transfer Pokemon from Black, White, Black 2, and White 2 to X and Y and ORAS.
The new Pokemon of the Week is...Toxicroak! Toxicroak is a Poison/Fighting Type with the Abilities Anticipation and Dry Skin and the Hidden Ability Poison Touch. You can catch it in a Poison Type Friend Safari in X and Y, but you can't catch it in ORAS. But you can catch it's previous form, Croagunk.
In X and Y, Croagunk can be caught in Route 7. He can't be caught in ORAS. To turn Croagunk into Toxicroak all you need to do is get it to level 37.
Croagunk Toxicroak
The best Ability for Toxicroak would have to be Poison Touch. Yes, I know it's hard to get Hidden Abilities, but it's worth it. What Poison Touch does is when your Pokemon with this Ability makes contact with another Pokemon, it has a 30% chance of being poisoned.
The best moveset I could come up with for Toxicroak is Poison Jab, Brick Break, Sludge Bomb, and Sludge Wave. Poison Jab is on the list because it is a powerful Physical Move that Toxicroak will get a STAB from. Brick Break is for the same reason. Sludge Bomb is another good STAB move for Toxicroak, since it's Special Attack stat isn't too terribly shabby. Sludge Wave is a very good move for it, but you'll have to teach it to Toxicroak via TM.
A good item for Toxicroak to hold would be Black Sludge. It restores the HP of Toxicroak 1/16 of the max HP at the end of each turn. And if a Pokemon steals it from you in battle, they'll take damage at the end of each turn (if they're not a Poison Type).
So that's how I'd use Toxicroak! Be sure to leave alternate ways to use Toxicroak or a suggestion for next week's Pokemon of the Week in the comments!
Hey guys, sorry I haven't posted in awhile AGAIN. I've had the worst flu in the history of all cases of it. But I'm finally feeling better so I thought I'd post about my newest obsession: Pokemon Shuffle. It's fun, addicting, cute, and also the bane of my existence. It's like a mix of Pokemon, Bejeweled or Candy Crush, and a really, really frustrating Facebook game.
So basically what you do is you match little chibi-esque Pokemon heads until you make the Pokemon on the upper screen faint. I still can't get over how cute the little heads are. They're pretty much just the same ones from Pokemon Battle Trozei though, but nonetheless still completely adorable.
But the reason I say it's like a Facebook game and the bane of my existence is because of the hearts. THE HEARTS ARE EVIL. So let me explain how the hearts work. To play a puzzle (like the one in the picture) you use 1 heart. You can collect up to 5 hearts at a time. It takes an entire 30 minutes to get just one heart! I know that doesn't sound too crazy, but considering a puzzle only takes about a minute to complete, it can be SO annoying. It takes forever just to do a few puzzles.
Another thing that annoys me in this game is how hard it is to catch Pokemon. So even if you complete the puzzle, that's not a guaranteed catch. Depending on how many moves you have left and the Pokemon's catch rate (In Shuffle catch rates are different than other canon games), you have a chance to catch the Pokemon on the upper screen. Pokemon as basic as Riolu only have a base 7% catch rate! That's ridiculous!
Besides those two things, the game is really fun and really, really addicting. You should definately download it from the eShop when you get the chance to. Oh, and did I mention it's FREE?
In other news, today new Pokemon Home Screen themes are available! They are Mega Rayquaza, Pokemon Friends, and Pokemon Hanafuda.
I totally need the Pokemon Friends one! (I love Generation 5, yes, I'm one of the few.) They're all $1.99 each. Get them while they last!
And for those of you who are into the TCG, I'm getting into it, the new theme Double Crisis is coming out March 25th! It will have a Team Magma/Aqua theme to it. I love the design of the cards!
Ok, that's all the news for now. Don't forget about to look for tomorrow's Pokemon of the Week! Also feel free to comment about how I can incorporate ThePokeNews' mascot, Goomy, into the blog. I want to use him more, but can't think of any ways to use him!
