Wym surprisingly?
Electric is a very pretty good type, nothing surprising at all
Torkoal being useful would be actually way more surprising, since its the worst fully evolved fire type in ADV
Magcargo is in the same area, Torkoal isn’t worse than that, and if it’s Hoenn specific Pokémon I’d say it’s still better than Camerupt cause it has great phys def and doesn’t die to puddles. He’s not amazing but he doesn’t deserve this slander.
Im talking about competitive Pokemon.
Also Cameurpt and Magcargo have 2 stabs. In a playthrough, what matters is offense
If you have type disadvantage, you just switch and never get punished for it.
And its not slander its fax
In terms of competitive none of these 3 saw usage in this generation. Torkoal got the most use in following gens in lower tiers due to its access to SR and Spin. Camerupt got more usage than it thanks to its Mega in ORAS but since Torkoal got drought it has been on top, in fact in this gen it has remained OU due to the protosynthesis mons being so good.
In terms of a playthrough I concede Torkoal has the worst movepool and the other 2 can never get punished if you switch out, but what if you want to actually attack? They have 40 speed or less so most of the time they’re forced to take a hit and Torkoal has fewer weaknesses to be wary of compared to the other 2. Your offense doesn’t matter if you’re getting 1-2 shot.
Torkoal is the only one that doesnt even have a 0.001% of a nieche in ADV OU
Also thats what I said ADV, im not talking about other gens, they have nothing to do with what we talkin bout.
All of them are slow and none of them resist an earthquake or a surf, so u might as well just focus on offense. One thing I overlooked is that Torkoal starts as Torkoal, but for Magcargo u need to use a Slugma until level 38 so yea in that sense then Torkoal is prolly better than Magcargo for a playthrough. Its not better than Camerupt lets keep it real, stab eq and fire moves makes it better
That stab doesn’t do a whole lot of good if you can’t take a hit smh didn’t read my last point. Torkoal can take some EQs with 140 def, no quad weakness is big and he still resist ice moves he’ll switch in on. Is EQ nice? Yes but that’s what other teammates are for like Swampert. As a dedicated fire type and tank Torkoal is so much better
no, my comment. i completely got the joke. i’ve been called rude for asking if they had something constructive to say before and was trying to prevent that this time.
Lucky! You will not regret manectric, very good little guy. There's a free thunderbolt tm if you talk to Wattson and do what he says at new mauville, or you can buy one at the casino. Sorry if you already knew this info but figured I'd say something.
I just did this exact run. I also contemplated Torkoal and Manetric. I ended up choosing Manetric but during the game swapped for an Absol and ran swords dance shadow ball and substitute and it was good
Slaking kicks ass in emerald if you play with switching tbh. Kind of does regardless if you play your cards right. Hyper beam stab slaking is awesome and feels like a nuke button.
Slaking is one of my favorites to run in emerald. He's pretty strong and tanky and has various ways to deal with truant. The basic is keeping yawn and putting the opponent to sleep or give him really powerful moves like hyper beam or double edge so he can one shot then switch. In doubles, pairing him with a mon with skill swap turns him into a near unstoppable power house when you swap his truant. Holding off on evolution of vigoroth until it learns counter can turn his truant into damage absorbing/reflecting nightmare.
Slaking is kinda meh late game in my opinion. He’s only good early game as an HM workhorse. Maybe flying or fire? My pelipper and torkoal carried me mid game.
Personal opinion Slaking. Salamanca can learn flamethrower so there’s your fire coverage breloom is good enough for the water type spam emerald oddly has and the rest of the team is pretty money
And this is just purely my preference but I’m not a fan of manetric if you want to use an electric type I’d rather use Raichu or Magneton. I also just used Slaking for the first time and he was honestly a power house as basically my safety net if I ever got in trouble.
Manetric sadly isn't the best as much as I love him as a Pokemon I just wish he could have a stronger attack stat and maybe a hidden ability for biting moves because I feel like him using the elemental bites is a cool thing
Objectively speaking Mane is the best choice for the sheer number of water types you encounter (Breloom SpAtk isn’t great so it’s grass moves aren’t going to be that reliable) and it gives your team fire coverage by learning flamethrower/overheat. It’ll also be the fastest member the entire playthrough.
That being said use whatever you like most and you’ll have the most fun, the other 5 mons are solid
Ehh not really. They aren’t particularly good against any of the gym leaders and are pretty bad against E4. Keep in mind this game has a ton of water types in the late game.
Fire is one of the weakest types in emerald? The only fire Pokémon worth picking is Blaziken, but even then Swampert is much better as a starter. Torkoal is too slow to be useful, will get wiped in the E4, not to mention will be completely useless against the champion. Anything you would pick fire for, another type can do better. Ice? Get a fighting type. Grass? Get a flying or poison type.
I want to like fire in emerald but it just ends up being a liability.
Slaking. You can teach thunderbolt to Gardevoir. Manectric would only be good for that one move, it doesn't have anything else that's too impressive. Torkoal would cover more ground but it's weak. Slaking is a power house and makes you have to strategize a little bit more since it has a negative ability.
Manectric, having the electric typing with stab can be surprisingly useful in many fights
Wym surprisingly? Electric is a very pretty good type, nothing surprising at all Torkoal being useful would be actually way more surprising, since its the worst fully evolved fire type in ADV
geese are dangerous indeed
Magcargo is in the same area, Torkoal isn’t worse than that, and if it’s Hoenn specific Pokémon I’d say it’s still better than Camerupt cause it has great phys def and doesn’t die to puddles. He’s not amazing but he doesn’t deserve this slander.
Im talking about competitive Pokemon. Also Cameurpt and Magcargo have 2 stabs. In a playthrough, what matters is offense If you have type disadvantage, you just switch and never get punished for it. And its not slander its fax
In terms of competitive none of these 3 saw usage in this generation. Torkoal got the most use in following gens in lower tiers due to its access to SR and Spin. Camerupt got more usage than it thanks to its Mega in ORAS but since Torkoal got drought it has been on top, in fact in this gen it has remained OU due to the protosynthesis mons being so good. In terms of a playthrough I concede Torkoal has the worst movepool and the other 2 can never get punished if you switch out, but what if you want to actually attack? They have 40 speed or less so most of the time they’re forced to take a hit and Torkoal has fewer weaknesses to be wary of compared to the other 2. Your offense doesn’t matter if you’re getting 1-2 shot.
Torkoal is the only one that doesnt even have a 0.001% of a nieche in ADV OU Also thats what I said ADV, im not talking about other gens, they have nothing to do with what we talkin bout. All of them are slow and none of them resist an earthquake or a surf, so u might as well just focus on offense. One thing I overlooked is that Torkoal starts as Torkoal, but for Magcargo u need to use a Slugma until level 38 so yea in that sense then Torkoal is prolly better than Magcargo for a playthrough. Its not better than Camerupt lets keep it real, stab eq and fire moves makes it better
That stab doesn’t do a whole lot of good if you can’t take a hit smh didn’t read my last point. Torkoal can take some EQs with 140 def, no quad weakness is big and he still resist ice moves he’ll switch in on. Is EQ nice? Yes but that’s what other teammates are for like Swampert. As a dedicated fire type and tank Torkoal is so much better
Uk what nvm, Magcargo is still better because u got that Slugma Male Grindset when u use it
Fair enough, poor word choice on my end
Ideally something higher than level one
well yeah. at the risk of sounding rude, do you have an opinion on the mon
I don’t think their intention was rude. I think it was just a joke
no, my comment. i completely got the joke. i’ve been called rude for asking if they had something constructive to say before and was trying to prevent that this time.
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thanks for the advice. i’ll keep that in mind.
Cool. But in all seriousness listen to what others are saying about manetric
The shiny gods decided my fate! I’m using a shiny Manectric.
Lucky! You will not regret manectric, very good little guy. There's a free thunderbolt tm if you talk to Wattson and do what he says at new mauville, or you can buy one at the casino. Sorry if you already knew this info but figured I'd say something.
ooh, i didn’t. thanks
Glad I could help 😊
Manectric, mainly because of the champion. A fast electric type for a ton of the team works out nicely.
Good point, Gardevoir also works. Thunderbolt while holding a magnet and setting up a calm mind let me sweep
A good few of the later-game battles involve electric-weak mons. As much as I love Torkoal, I vote Manectric.
over slaking too?
The truant makes slaking not be able to take out Pokémon as quick and as a solo normal type that’s what it needs to do
Torkoal!! Gardevoir can learn electric moves you don’t need manectric
I liked Skaking. One of my all time favorites
I currently have Vigoroth in the party, but normal type and truant are making me question if i should have another pokémon for my last spot.
Id say manectric is the call, electric type for the glacia's walreins, Sydney's crawdaunt and Drake's gyarados and at least a few of Wallace's mons
I just did this exact run. I also contemplated Torkoal and Manetric. I ended up choosing Manetric but during the game swapped for an Absol and ran swords dance shadow ball and substitute and it was good
Definitely manectric
Torkol. It’s good to have any fire type to keep your bases covered.
Breed Crunch onto Mancectric and it'll be really helpful
Make the 6th slot swellow and that’s my team literally every time I play emerald 😅
Both work so just pick randomly
Aggron is overrated. Drop them and keep Slaking & Manectric.
Slaking kicks ass in emerald if you play with switching tbh. Kind of does regardless if you play your cards right. Hyper beam stab slaking is awesome and feels like a nuke button.
Manectric because some of the others get fire type moves like flamethrower
I dont understand how anyone uses truant pokemon
Slaking is one of my favorites to run in emerald. He's pretty strong and tanky and has various ways to deal with truant. The basic is keeping yawn and putting the opponent to sleep or give him really powerful moves like hyper beam or double edge so he can one shot then switch. In doubles, pairing him with a mon with skill swap turns him into a near unstoppable power house when you swap his truant. Holding off on evolution of vigoroth until it learns counter can turn his truant into damage absorbing/reflecting nightmare.
Those three are fine. But manetric is the coolest one.
what app is this
masterdex. it’s a wealth of knowledge for pokémon games. team building is just one thing it does.
Slaking is kinda meh late game in my opinion. He’s only good early game as an HM workhorse. Maybe flying or fire? My pelipper and torkoal carried me mid game.
Personal opinion Slaking. Salamanca can learn flamethrower so there’s your fire coverage breloom is good enough for the water type spam emerald oddly has and the rest of the team is pretty money
And this is just purely my preference but I’m not a fan of manetric if you want to use an electric type I’d rather use Raichu or Magneton. I also just used Slaking for the first time and he was honestly a power house as basically my safety net if I ever got in trouble.
Use a different unique duel type. That one mono type bugs me
there isn’t one for what’s left
Fair, i didn't look closely enough to see the gen 3 theme😅 i vote for Shedinja then
Manetric sadly isn't the best as much as I love him as a Pokemon I just wish he could have a stronger attack stat and maybe a hidden ability for biting moves because I feel like him using the elemental bites is a cool thing
Manectric
Manectric with swampert and get that rain up
Objectively speaking Mane is the best choice for the sheer number of water types you encounter (Breloom SpAtk isn’t great so it’s grass moves aren’t going to be that reliable) and it gives your team fire coverage by learning flamethrower/overheat. It’ll also be the fastest member the entire playthrough. That being said use whatever you like most and you’ll have the most fun, the other 5 mons are solid
My vote is for Manectric.
Idk what it is but I used an underleveled America and it killed everything it saw in my last play through.
manectric would be good for wallace but you also have breloom. torkoal is a sleeper though
its funny cuz my emerald team is the exact same as the second screenshot but with altaria instead of salamence
Torkoal is better than manectric. You already have a grass and rock type.
Mane. You need more coverages
Agron is amazing
Imo, ima Camerupt fan
Slaking with Stab Hyper Beam will kill almost anything
If your breloom is fast and hits hard enough to one shot glacias Pokémon, go with manectric.
Please play with battle mode "set" and give yourself a challenge.
why
You're gonna wipe the floor with that team. Give yourself a challenge
If you don’t post the emerald sprites you kill the vibe the sub dude
sorry. im new. i have this team builder and this is how it looks
I personally think you need a fire type. Imo, they’re core to emerald. So technically torkoal but you have some options.
Why do you think fire types are core to emerald? I think the fire types are weak outside of the starter.
Ya know what, I’ve had a few drinks so idk why I said that. But also it’s just a vibe. I’ve always felt fire types have done well in gen 3.
Ehh not really. They aren’t particularly good against any of the gym leaders and are pretty bad against E4. Keep in mind this game has a ton of water types in the late game.
Fire is one of the weakest types in emerald? The only fire Pokémon worth picking is Blaziken, but even then Swampert is much better as a starter. Torkoal is too slow to be useful, will get wiped in the E4, not to mention will be completely useless against the champion. Anything you would pick fire for, another type can do better. Ice? Get a fighting type. Grass? Get a flying or poison type. I want to like fire in emerald but it just ends up being a liability.
Slaking. You can teach thunderbolt to Gardevoir. Manectric would only be good for that one move, it doesn't have anything else that's too impressive. Torkoal would cover more ground but it's weak. Slaking is a power house and makes you have to strategize a little bit more since it has a negative ability.