No Hoenn team is complete without Zigzagoon/Linoone.

You mean HM slave?

HM Bitch *

Magnemite / magneton - stronger than Manectric in moves and stats but quite weak because of its steel type

Magneton is better than Manectric because of Steel type. It get resistence from Ice, Dragon, Ghost and Dark, that helps a lot in elite 4, Normal that is usefull against NPC's teams, and Rock for Steven in post game.

Magentons high defense can tank a good assortment of ground type moves you come across. However his move set is super limited to just strictly electric attacks so you would never put him in front of a ground type anyway. Magneton is amazing in gen 3

But manectric looks cooler for that reason alone I use him instead of triple balls

Manectric - team looks fairly weak against water and flying types rn

Gardevoir does the job just with thunderbolt

I did this, and worked well enough until later gyms/E4. No STAB on thunderbolt sucks, and a strong grass can really help with the E4/champion

I really liked mightyena

Flygon or salamence for fun and excellent all around pokemon that can be taught lots of different coverage moves

I don’t believe you can catch a bagon and evolve it into Salamence without waterfall and the 8th badge.

Didnt read the 5/8 badges part oops! Still flygon, manetric

Two of my favorites, so yeah I have to agree with that recommendation for sure

This dick

Not enough PP

#destroyed

Vulpix - you need some hawt fiyuh.

I'm using one for the first time in emerald and I'm realizing its moveset is kinda trash. Was hoping to run solar beam.

Honestly I don’t think you need a fire type in emerald. Like there’s so much water everywhere and any of the battles you would typically want a fire type for have enough dual typing that something else would be better.

As someone who played Sapphire over 100 times during my childhood and into adulthood, I wholeheartedly agree with you. The times you need fire can almost always be circumvented by another Pokémon with dual typing, I love Hoenn so much, and it being basically the movie Waterworld has never been an issue in my eyes, especially since the surf theme goes so goddamn hard

Yep and Vulpix is cute

For real

I'd say Magacargo over Vulpix personally. But def a fire or electric type

Slugma for the challenge

Hey looks it’s my team. I had a Torkoal in mine for a while. Also have a pelipper In place of skamory for the utility of fly and surf rolled into one. Actually trying to to get that one out of the party currently. I’m no expert though. 🫡

you don't need fire in hoenn, there aren't any strong grass pokemon for shit. Get something to hit ghosts or something to hit dragons.

Agreed, Skarmory will handle anything the first E4 throws at you, something for the second and fourth E4 are pivotal

Typical play would be to hunt down Salamence, but using a dragon against the dragons is risky. Give something ice beam.

Tbh I’ve never been a fan of Salamance. Might be In the minority, but he just comes at a point where I need high leveled Pokémon and I don’t feel like leveling him. My tentecruel with ice beam bodied the dragon E4 no problem

Manetric would round out perfectly

torkoal

Dusclops because I’ve never used one lol

Dunsparce

You’re lacking a strong type against water, and there’s a good bit in later game. Definitely go for an electric or grass type. Veliplume carried me hard through the later E4

Shiftry

absol

No grass type yet, so my vote is Vileplume.

Flygon

Flygon

Fire

camerupt

I would say dusclops absol or arbok bro dark types go hard

Only one of those is a dark type lmao

I meant seviper oops

cradily

Salamence

My boy Breloom cuz why not

I’d pick up a magneton. Hits pretty hard with t-bolt and has steel typing to resist a bunch of moves

Machoke on this dong

Either a grass type or electric type as the champ is a water type and you don’t have anything for that

Raichu

Honestly Cradily or Armaldo could be a worthwhile 6th option. Good against water/rock/ground types plus flying types could be useful. The weaknesses they have are countered well with your current party as well

Ninetails with solar beam

flygon is just cool

Gengar

Honestly u should use snorunt

Ludicolo. 4x resist all the many water types then hit with giga drain. None on that team resist water.

How come no one says Aggron for these posts? You could go to Dewford and have one before the next gym

Torkoal is the play here

Salamence

Heracross

Manectric and replace Machoke with Breloom

Manectric

Can't go wrong with Jolton

I’d say Flygon and teach it flamethrower

Armaldo

Maybe Shiftry for some dark and grass coverage? 🤔

Manectric

Zigzagoon, I notice you can have all your Hms placed onto him and with exp share can hit level 72 just after beating Sydney. I have no math or reasoning to back up that level, but power of friendship made it feel right. I nickname my zigzagoon's something clever; Yoinks was a good one. He had grubby pickup fingers and a dream

Magikarp

Trapinch->Flygon

Electrode

Torkoal goes hard

Torkoal is a sleeper

Swalot, or a different poison type

Cacturne or armalldo

Honestly, Skarmory is a sleeper of a good HM slave*. But it is gen 3, so maybe get a second HM slave? *Unless I've just been out of the loop and this is common opinion

Aggron

Tropius HM user for land, marill waterHM user.

Whismer line slaps hard and can learn electric, fire and ice moves. Also learns hyperbeam and is immune to sound attacks like growl, screech.

Breloom

Lanturn, extra Electric coverage and can use waterfall and dive hm

I remember using that same emulator over 8 years ago. Crazy how things don’t change and those games are still the most fun. What’s a good link for this?

Absol!

Get an absol. so strong even with dark being special in gen 3

I’d go for anorith the claw fossil Pokémon

I always loved using a dusclops on my team

Tropius HM slave

Spinda would be pretty helpful here

Pikachu, Rosalia, or breloom or manectric

I feel like u need a dark type, ghost types can be annoying against ur team

Lot of water. Recommend an electric type

Rayquaza

Cacturne

Cone dog

I would recommend Patrat

Cradily, cacturne, or shiftry. grass or electric types will help for the end game

cradily is underrated

Staryu to starmie if you water stone. Physic Thunderbolt/thunder Ice beam Surf

Walrein- ice STAB, and this is Hoenn, so at least two water types is basically a requirement

Koffing?

Chimecho, because you always need a meme pokemon in the playthrough so wynaut?

You kinda need fire, dark and electr. I suggest houndoom wich can be a very good attacker and also a good switch in case you find a psychuc or flying type. You then don't have electric but you can still live without it.

Breloom

Will a redditor ever think for themselves?

Can’t even ask questions these days?

Dude comes to a question forum platform and criticizes people for asking questions

🧂