User:Jioruji Derako

Heya everyone! New user here, but a long-time fan of the Pokémon games, and a fairly new Wiki addict.

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	This user is a player of Pokémon Crystal Version.

	This user is a player of Pokémon Sapphire Version.

	This user is a player of Pokémon LeafGreen Version.

	This user is a player of Pokémon Emerald Version.

	This user is a player of Pokémon Pearl Version.

	This user's DS friend code for Pokémon Pearl is 3780 5509 2075.

	This user is a player of Pokémon Colosseum.

I joined Bulbapedia in the hopes of contributing to the games info, mostly. I've got a couple good sites I can go to in search of good moves for my Pokémon, but one thing I noticed was a severe lack of detail on a lot of moves. The in-game descriptions of move effects are always quite vague, and most fansites don't bother to do any research on the actual effects (for example, a lot of people know recover heals the user by half the Pokémon's maximum HP, but it's rarely mentioned anywhere). I'm always looking for a good project to get started on, so that's going to be my job from now on!

For more info on me, feel free to check one of my other accounts on other websites. I'm on DeviantART, as Jioruji-Derako, and on GuildWiki, as Jioruji Derako (wow, such imaginative names). I'm on quite a few other sites as well, but DeviantART and GuildWiki are the two I spend most time on.

I've got plenty of experience with the MetaWiki formatting and coding, but keep in mind, I'm quite new to Bulbapedia. If I do anything that's even close to breaking a policy, let me know! I've gotta learn somehow. :P

Quick link to my Start Page, packed with useful links and a handy sortable PokéDex.

Pokémon Teams

So far, all my teams have been various Pokémon, nothing especially noteworthy. My only two Pokémon to make it to level 100 are my Rayquaza and my Mewtwo, named Altix and Eradix, respectively. They're both currently on my Pokémon Emerald cartridge.

I'm working on a few team ideas at the moment; due to my somewhat scatter-brained methods, I haven't gotten very far on any one team, but I do have enough to list a bit here...

...Thanks to the new Gen. IV battle system, dividing Physical and Special Attack stats based on individual moves, not types, I can work a lot more strategy into my team-building. Separate moves have more benefits now; For example, Ice Beam is a much better choice over Ice Punch, in terms of power. But Ice Punch is a Physical, which is rare for the Ice-type. On a Pokémon with high Attack, it's a much better choice.

Sneasel's been my favorite Pokémon ever since I first saw one. Dark's one of my favorite types, and I just love Pokémon with high speed stats. Up until now, It's been hard to train a decent Sneasel, due to Dark being a Special-type, and Sneasel having pitifully low Sp. Attack. But with the new system, I can - and plan to - take full advantage of Sneasel's high Attack stat.

Anyway, Keeping with a Dark-type loving theme, here's my first team in Pearl. The team's not fully built yet; you'll notice a few of the members are still low-level, while others are simply "NA" (I haven't caught/hatched those yet). Moves marked with a black "X" are moves the Pokémon hasn't learned yet, either because he/she's too low in level, or because I didn't bother to give the TM yet. Anyway, here's the full team setup:

Darkness Within

note: moves marked with an X have yet to be taught. Level "NA" Pokémon have yet to begin training.

Darkness Within
Type	Pokémon		Moves
File:DarkIC.gif File:IceIC.gif Lvl 22 ♂		Weavile Kagetsume	Ice Punch
			Night SlashX
			Double Team
			TormentX
File:ElectricIC.gif Lvl 62 ♂		Luxray Ekkususen	Thunder Fang
			Crunch
			Discharge
			Thunder WaveX
File:DarkIC.gif File:FireIC.gif Lvl 50 ♂		Houndoom Gouka	Flamethrower
			Will-O-WispX
			Crunch
			ThiefX
File:DarkIC.gif Lvl 67 ♀		Absol Saiyaku	Perish Song
			Night Slash
			Psycho Cut
			ProtectX
File:DarkIC.gif Lvl 34 ♀		Umbreon Mikadzuki	MoonlightX
			Faint AttackX
			PaybackX
			Confuse Ray
File:PsychicIC.gifFile:FightingIC.gif Lvl NA ♂		Gallade Saikoyaiba	Leaf Blade
			Psycho Cut
			Focus Punch
			Hypnosis

As of May 7th, I've added Gallade as my six-seat. It looks cool, nuff' said. And if I level Ralts/Kirlia to level 47/50 before I use the Stone (I'll need to cancel attempts to evolve), I can learn Hypnosis, which makes the impossible-to-use Focus Punch quite possible indeed. I'll end up passing by a lot of Gallade's moves though, such as Psycho Cut, but I've got plenty of Heart Scales to trade to the Move Tutor, so it's all good.

This team is more or less the evolution of a team I was planning back in Emerald. The team was called "Dogs of War" at the time, mostly because I have a thing for the canine Pokémon (who doesn't think Houndoom, Manectric, and Mightyena are awesome?). Here's how that lineup looked:

• Sneasel
• Manectric
• Zangoose
• Absol
• Houndoom
• Mightyena

I had moves planned out for them, but the full list changed more then a few times. Overall, it's not worth listing here. Most of the members just had great attacks, like Flamethrower, Thunderbolt, etc... but a lack of defensive moves. After repeated use of Rental Pokémon in the Battle Factory on Emerald's Battle Frontier, I developed a good amount of respect for such simple moves as Thunder Wave. Thanks to that experience, I make sure to save a spot on each Pokémon's movelist for a move that can defend, annoy, or hinder the foe (Double Team, Thunder Wave, Hypnosis, Confuse Ray, etc.). Beating the foe in straight-out power is aways good, but if they're a bad matchup (resistant to your types, or super-effective against you), you'll find those silly, useless moves to be a real boon.

-- Jioruji Derako.>