413
Weeks ago I wrote about an uxie lead I was using instead of rotom in my trick team and im glad to say that it was an absolute success, unfortunately my streak ended at 413 wins (platinum battle tower), I didn’t posted my record before because I was on vacations but mainly because im really annoyed about the tower and how it cheated, but I will write about it later. So after the introduction here is the great team that gave me so many wins:
“Psychic power isn't something that only a few people have. Everyone has psychic power. People just don't realize it.” Gym Leader Sabrina, FireRed Version.
Uxie@Choice scarf
Levitate
(25/31/30/28/22/28) 252 hp/ 98 def/ 160 spd
Bold
*trick
*reflect
*safeguard
*memento
Introducing my new trick lead directly from the bulky levitating psychics and it’s a very good one, you may compare them or think that cresselia does a better job because the better overall defenses, but memento really sets uxie apart from cressy, with memento not only uxie gains an incredible versatility but also dragonite and registeel become capable of setting up in the face of a wide range of opponents even easier.
But none of the above reasons is the best one for using memento and uxie, with uxie´s bulkiness it is almost unfair for the AI the number of super effective attacks that fail to 4HKO or 3HKO the little pixie, and because of this in almost every battle you will be able to use memento when required, before the initial set up when facing klutz, sticky hold and strong fire attacks for example, or the recommendable choice when it´s not necessary to sacrifice uxie in the first turns to do the set up with safety: switch to the pokemon who will set up and sweep, this way you save uxie and you get a streak insurance for emergencies like hax, miss click, etc. so when a thing that was not expected happens and the pokemon who was supposed to sweep dies or you need to set up with the another one, then uxie comes in and saves the day with memento and reflect.
Reflect is there for the obvious predominance of physical attacks, initially light screen was on the moveset but with the risk of burn, paralysis, etc. I remembered why I wanted so much that rotom could learn safeguard in the old days of the pearl battle tower, so I replaced light screen with safeguard and so far I can’t remember one time that I wished to have light screen in uxie´s moveset and in the other hand safeguard helped me many times. Finally there is trick and choice scarf but I don’t think there is any need of explanation of the use of this awesome move coupled with this wonderful item. The IV´s are pretty self explanatory too, 160 in speed to hit 134 and go first against anything but electrode, scarf linoone and scarf prygon z, 252 in Hp to maximize defenses and the remaining goes in physical defense, bold nature to further increase defense.
“Do you know about the Steel-type? It's a type that was only recently discovered. ” Gym Leader Jasmine, Silver Version.
Registeel@Leftovers
Clear body
(29/30/31/15/31/05) 252 hp/ 128 def/ 130 sp def
Impish
*curse
*amnesia
*substitute
*iron head
My classic pearl registeel comes back but now with great IV´s and a beneficial nature making it an even sturdier stalling force, if that it´s not enough the sweeping job is easier than ever because the revamped movesets in platinum tower diminished considerably the sturdy pokes that couple rest with stat up moves, making the stall wars to run out of PP the opposition almost unnecessary, also making the streak to flow faster, is still recommended to use PP max on registeel, uxie and dragonite thought.
Being a pure steel type it has 11 resistances and immunity to poison making registeel an excellent choice for type resistance coverage. Curse allows to maximize defense and attack while lowering speed which is useless anyway and coupled with amnesia registeel becomes a fortress making up for the low number of OHKO´s that is capable of score. In the Hp department is where registeel suffers from the 4 slot syndrome because the nature of its stall there is no room for its only recovering move and any stalling pokemon needs recovery, so let’s give it lefties and with its great defenses it is rarely seen a move that does 1/16 or more damage, allowing registeel not only to recover the instant damage but also the damage taken before the set up and from critical hits.
Next is substitute a move that protects you from critical hits hax and many non-attacking moves, with its laughable speed the opponent always does its move making this an invaluable move, iron head is the choice to attack because its stab and the lack of a type immune to it. 252 IV´s in hp maximizes the defenses, physical defense get 128 and impish nature, 130 in sp. defense because even if less than physical ones there are some special hard hitters.
“You know that dragons are mythical POKEMON! They're hard to catch and raise, but their powers are superior! They're virtually indestructible! Elite Four Lance, Red Version.
Dragonite(Cosmic Jeff´s courtesy)@Lum berry
Inner focus
(29/31/31/10/31/30) 252 hp/ 252 atk/ 6 def
Adamant
*dragon dance
*roost
*substitute
*outrage
My favorite dragon strikes back in platinum and is stronger than ever, look at the beautiful IV´s of this adamant dragonite, thanks to Cosmic Jeff and his Pokemon Orphanarium for this superb dragon. Now this team has resistances for every type but electric, that was the main reason to choose rotom as the lead of my previous trick team, but now almost every electric pokemon has in its moveset a move that hits for super effective my psychic uxie, and for the rare ones that uses electric moves if the attack is too strong there is memento to take care of it.
With its above average defenses and good IV´s dragonite can set up easily against its resistances and other low powered moves from opponents with low attack. When the opposite lead wants to set up is even easier for dragonite and when uxie faces stat inflict moves just use safeguard and switch. With roost dragonite can set up reliably, recover quickly after the critical hits and use substitute freely which is not only useful to block attacks from opponents with focus sash, band and quick claw on the sweeping phase but also protects from critical hits on the set up phase when dragonite is against a hard hitter like strong fire opponents and status attacks.
Dragon dance gives even more power and provides the speed that gamefreak negated to dragonite, allowing it to outspeed everything in the same priority bracket and happily OHKO through the tower with outrage its strongest physical attack, the lum berry grants more turns of devastation and helps in the rare case that aggron, steelix or registeel show their faces, the only opponents that have the shame to barely survive a 6DD outrage without sash or band. With 252 IV´s in attack and adamant nature dragonite reaches its peak physical power, finally 252 hp gives it more overall defenses than investing in sp. or physical defense.
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Now it´s a list with some opponents that could give some trouble, they aren’t really a threat because they can be handled you just need to put more effort in this situations, the thing that you have to concern about is OHKO leads because every 3 times (rounded up) out of 100 times that a lead get locked on a OHKO move it will hit 3 times in a row, of course it happens more often in the tower if you´re unlucky enough lol.
--889 Dragonite 4 Adamant Choice Band 166 204 115 136 120 100 Outrage Giga Impact Earthquake Superpower Attk/Sp.Def
With its outrage it is a hard hitter, so before switching to registeel after the trick it´s a good idea to use reflect or memento for a permanent effect.
--799 Lopunny 4 Jolly Muscle Band 140 128 104 66 116 172 Dizzy Punch Fire Punch ThunderPunch Ice Punch Attk/Speed
If you find out that it has klutz then it is recommendable to use reflect and memento before set up with registeel, also when fighting against sticky hold leads use the BT database to find out which pokemon will set up and use all the team strategically to pull it off.
--899 Entei 1 Jolly Shuca Berry 190 167 105 99 95 167 Fire Fang Return Roar Reflect Attk/Speed
When facing opponents like this entei or lairon as the second or third place with registeel they will use roar so use the database to check the moveset and think what to do, in this case for example dragonite can pull off some DD´s after uxie´s reflect while paying attention to roar.
--267 Bibarel 2 Adamant Shell Bell 186 150 80 67 80 91 Hyper Fang Super Fang Pluck Attract HP/Attk
The first time I faced a bibarel lead with unaware it surprised me but wasn’t a big deal, just pay attention and remember that it´s immune to stat changes.
--806 Weezing 4 Modest Quick Claw 140 99 172 150 90 80 Sludge Bomb Flamethrower Shadow Ball Destiny Bond Def/Sp.Attk
When facing a weezing as the second opponent with registeel if it uses flamethrower then it has destiny bond, it will survive the fist iron head so don’t go for the 2HKO or it will kill you, instead burn its destiny bond PP with amnesia, curse or substitute.
--598 Dusknoir 2 Careful Leftovers 120 120 187 76 205 65 Curse Pa in Split Confuse Ray Attract Def/Sp.Def
If this thing gets locked on curse then you can´t set up right off the bat, wait with dragonite and roost and then set up while it struggles (don´t leave the curse on dragonite, before set up do a switch).
--721 Exeggutor 3 Brave Focus Sash 202 161 105 145 85 67 Wood Hammer Zen Headbutt Trick Room Explosion HP/Attk
When facing this as the second opponent with dragonite it maybe use trick room, so be careful and pay attention to the third opponent.
--702 Rampardos 3 Adamant Life Orb 204 238 80 76 70 78 Head Smash Zen Headbutt Fire Punch ThunderPunch HP/Attk
--838 Rampardos 4 Jolly Choice Scarf 172 217 80 76 70 121 Head Smash Earthquake Giga Impact Superpower Attk/Speed
I haven’t faced a rampardos lead but it is very probably that it will use head smash if it is one of this two, so first use reflect, then switch to registeel and bring again uxie, at this point you will know which rampardos is, and it is very likely that you will need to use memento.
--596 Hippowdon 2 Impish Sitrus Berry 183 164 187 79 92 67 Earthquake Swagger Sand Tomb Yawn Attk/Def
There are some leads that are completely stalled by members of this trick team, this lead for example will switch if you try to set up with dragonite, so set up with registeel instead.
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Here are some general directions about the way this team works in most of the scenarios, but remember nothing is set in stone and an action might not be the best under certain circumstances, the opponents mentioned above are examples of exceptions.
* Start with trick unless you face rampardos, if there is a chance of a sticky hold lead analyze the pokemon(with the database) and decide if it is a good option to use trick to confirm the ability.
*If you locked the opposition successfully in a direct attack switch out the resistant pokemon set up and sweep, if you think it is viable use reflect before switching, but remember that it is always recommended to keep uxie alive because it will help a lot in unexpected scenarios.
If you locked the opposition successfully in a set up move, then switch out dragonite, set up and sweep.
If you locked the opposition in a status inflict move use safeguard then switch out dragonite, if it is a stat lowering move switch to dragonite.
If you locked the opposition in a move that will do little damage to dragonite switch out it, set up and sweep.
If you locked the opponent in a fire move it is a good idea to use safeguard before switching out dragonite, if it is a strong fire attack like flare blitz from blaziken use memento.
***Notes.-Use the BT database to face any unexpected situation. When sweeping with registeel and face as the second or third pokemon one that can’t be 3HKO, uses rest and a set up move, you will face a long stall (in platinum tower this is very rare, like 1 time per every 100 trainers), you must use curse and amnesia while renewing the substitute until the opposition runs out of attacking moves and starts using rest every turn (don´t use iron head because it will rest and last longer before running out of attack moves),then switch out dragonite.
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My record is not the only thing that I want to share with you so if you were waiting for the story of my lost I can assure you that you will never guess the way my streak ended. After tricking all my way through the tower ironically at the end the tower tricked me, here is it: I defeated my 413th opponent then proceeded to the lobby and saved, I wanted one more set of trainers so I talked to the girl again, picked up my team and saved, I was watching TV so after the proceed to the battle room part and enter the elevator I stop paying attention, when I thought that was time to be at the battle room I looked at the DS but I only saw a black display, I thought “maybe it is the scene going out of the elevator” but unfortunately it wasn´t, it remained black for ten or fifty seconds, I freaked out and started to push all the buttons but nothing happened and suddenly the black display changed and I was at the lobby again reading the “we hope to see you again” message, I quickly checked the records computer and it displayed 413 as my record but instead of “current” a stupid “previous” with a 0 was above my record.
I can´t understand what happened, I mean after all my effort the game just decided to kick me out or what?, the only thing that I can think about it is that the game malfunctioned because neither me or my friends have hacked or used an action replay even a single time, I just can´t find a reason for that to happened but there is nothing I can do anyway, I think that is really unfair how it ended but looking for the bright side I think that is good for my team to retire unconquered until the next time I decide to try my luck in the tower with the risk to finish very annoyed lol. So if anyone had a similar experience I will be glad to know. Here ends this post, so luck to anyone battling the tower and thanks to all of you who read this short post.
