Okay, so I should preface this post with a few statements. First of all, I am going to add a video to this post, the first one to be featured on my blog anywhere, cool? Secondly, I am not a Pokémon pro, but I also am not a newb, things like this don't happen a lot to me. Third, I'm not really used to how slow the menus progress in Blue, versus how fast it accepts input. Let me explain my situation a bit.
I'm pretty excited, I've breezed through all of Surge's gym with my Graveler (named Goldude, a play on Gold and Geodude, but you can also take it as a mixture of Golem and Geodude, your choice), because obviously nothing can really touch Graveler in an electric setting. Lo and behold, I cannot land a single Rock Throw on Surge's Pikachu, until finally I land the last one in my arsenal. Defeating every enemy in this gym has allowed my Graveler to at last reach level 29, where he will learn the ultimate move...Harden.
Okay, so I saw this and I was like, "This is stupid, he already knows Defense Curl, why learn Harden? Well...if nothing else it's a funnier move when compared to Defense Curl, and sounds more practical...let's teach it to him." So I say "Yes, forget a move to learn Harden." Four seconds later I have accidentally pressed (A) when I needed to press the down button to select Defense Curl...Ho boy...so, final round of the battle against Surge and this is Graveler's lineup:
Harden (40/40)
Defense Curl (20/20)
Rock Throw (0/15)
Self Destruct (5/5)
See? Gold-dude.So...what's a Pokémaster to do? Let's find out below shall we?
Yeah...that's what happened. Swap in Abra when it asks if I want to change, let Abra stare at Raichu for a half second, then swap Abra to Graveler so he can make the ultimate sacrifice.
I guess he's Golder? (That would be more Gold, but Graveler ends in "er," so yeah.)I'd also like to note that this was filmed on my 3DS using my phone, which I had to hold in place, so I apologize for the slight shaking and low quality of the video. As a side-note, I really really hope that when I transfer my Pokémon over to Moon version, Golem will be shiny so his name is perfect!
As a side note...just found out why Rock Throw is so dang unreliable. I suppose I'm going to have to pick up a copy of TM48 and replace that sucker.
It's the only way. Well, I mean, considering that learnsets were so tiny in Gen 1 anyway. Golem will only have Earthquake as a reliable stab move. Rock Slide will give him a bit more to play with. But who knows, I may not even use him in the end game. I think I will though, he counters Pidgeot pretty well, and all of Agatha's Pokémon are poison type (I know, she's the ghost trainer, I don't care, she uses Poison types!) so Earthquake will basically sweep them. I would say he'd be a good matchup against Lorelei, but let's be real, Lorelei uses water types that happen to know ice attacks (and Jynx) and he unfortunately sports a double weakness to all of her Pokémon except Jynx, and then he's still weak to ice. So just Agatha and Pidgeot I suppose. Oh, and his Arcanine and maybe his Rhydon, wow...that's literally half of his team and an entire Elite 4 member that's susceptible to a decent Golem set.
Actually...let's go ahead and lay out this final team.
Lorelei:
Alright...so a whole lot of Raichu...and then a reliance on Golem being tougher than Jynx...seems legit.
Bruno:
Okay...so yeah, Blastoise easily picks apart those Onixes...and yes, I'm getting Mew and using him, don't put it down, he's a cool mythical Pokémon, and I just prefer him to the other psychics in the game...sort of.
Agatha:
See? Here's where that Golem comes into play, ba-boom.
Lance:
Lance is by far one of the coolest trainers in any of the games, I hate to lay down the law with Jynx, but that's just the way the cookie crumbles.
This is it, the final battle against Blue! Or...rather...Dash:
Oh yeah, breakin' out my secret weapon, Beedrill! Who...literally is the only counter to Alakazam, and he has that weakness to Psychic that he has to get around. But if he can survive a hit, his twineedle will take Alakazam right out. The other Pokémon are pretty self explanatory.
By the way, all those sprites came out of Bulbapedia.
So here's the thing, I'm sure it's coming, I'm relying on an over-powered hacked in Pokémon like Mew, so I'm not a real player. I'll give you my opinion on the Index Number Glitch later, but for now just suffice to say I could easily run Slowbro, Alakazam or Hypno in his place, or even forgo it and use some other Pokémon, I just really fancy the idea of using Mew.
Anyway, that's my full team for the end game I think, and a bit of a blooper special!
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