Hello thots. I am the (in)famous HeavyMetalFairy – mainly known for my crazy theories and gimmicky strategies. Everyone pretty much knows my Smeargle for being a nightmare – mainly because 90% of the time my opponents allow me to set up Geomancy. But when the official first ever PJN tourney was announced, I knew Junglian’s would expect me to run my Geo-Smeargle set, so I figured… why not change its move pool up a bit – and run a full on Baton Pass team. Something I always wanted to do. I’ve been battling competitively since Gen 4, running Baton Pass Ninjask to help set up good physical sweepers that needed the speed – and as time passed with new moves & niche’s I discovered my buddy Smeargle.
So for the PJN tourney I studied upon a good baton pass chain, and figured out one that I could use. A lot of people may think you have no skill for running a full baton pass(BP) team, and may think it’s cheap, but teams are subjective so to each their own. Baton Passing allows me to max out a Pokémon’s potential and exploit the limits of a Pokemon. I’ve always been drawn to that notion. I love chain-sweeping. Unfortunately, in the PJN, I didn’t get a chance to show my full potential because I broke my game (wore down the gold contacts of it) which forced me to forfeit from the tourney since my game didn’t make it back in time. Now… let’s check out the team I used:
Team Overview
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Scolipede
Ability: Speed Boost (HA)
Held Item: Mental Herb
Nature: Timid
IVS: 31/0/31/31/31/31
Moveset:
-Iron Defense
-Protect
-Substitute
-Baton Pass
Ninjask who? Scolipede, the monster, gets Ninjask’s job done much better now that it has Speed Boost (I don’t know what 5th gen was thinking giving it Quick Feet). Much better bulk, and can absorb toxic spikes if it has too. I usually lead off with Scolipede, specially when I’m expecting my opponent to lead off with Ferrothorn. There is nothing Ferro can do. Set up a substitute while it goes for the leech seed, then proceed to trying to get a +6 defense with 3 uses of Iron Defense. Someone wants to “Taunt” you? Laugh at them as Mental Herb washes the effect of Taunt away. It’s needed for all the Prankster users.
EV Spread: 240 HP / 80 Def / 188 Speed
1 protect and you will outspeed Max Jolly Garchomp.
Sylveon
Ability: Pixelate (HA)
Held Item: Leftovers
Nature: Calm
IVS: 31/0/31/31/31/31
Moveset:
-Calm Mind
-Stored Power
-Hyper Voice
-Baton Pass
The two sweepers of my team are Sylveon and Espeon. If I see a lot of Dark types or dragon types on the opponent’s team then I’m forced to try to sweep with Sylveon. You’re ruined if Shedinja is on the opponent’s team though. Apart from that, Sylveon is immensely powerful. Specially with defense & speed boosts from scolipede to make Stored Power stronger.
EV Spread: 216 HP / 208 Def / 84 Speed
At a +2 speed you will outspeed anything slower than a base 112. You don’t want to catch these Hyper Voices though. The defensive investments whilst keeping a Calm nature allows it to take hits from both physical & special dishers.
Vaporeon
Ability: Water Absorb
Held Item: Leftovers/WacanBerry/RedCard
Nature: Bold
IVS: 31/0/31/31/31/31
Moveset:
-Acid Armor
-Roar
-Substitute
-Baton Pass
Arguably Vaporeon & Scolipede are the best defense boosters in the current meta. Specially Vaporeon because it doesn’t have a 4x weakness to anything, and will eat a Gyro Ball from a Ferrothorn if you’re baton passing from Scolipede into Vaporeon. If your enemy tries to set up on you – with, per-say, Dragon Dance, Roar them away and scout them in to a Pokémon that will allow you to further set up.
EV Spread: 192 HP / 252 Def / 64 Speed
Just a monstrously bulky Pokémon. Can take on pretty much any physical hits from any Pokémon – specially couped with Defense boosts. More defense to pass = higher base power for Stored Power.
Espeon
Ability: Magic Bounce (HA)
Held Item: Leftovers/RedCard
Nature: Calm
IVS: 31/0/31/31/31/31
Moveset:
-Calm Mind
-Stored Power
-Substitute/Shadow Ball
-Baton Pass
Espeon, one my sweepers, is a Pokémon I toyed with (EV-wise) on this team. It’s fragile physically, and at the time Aegislash & Talonflame were running wild (I see them less and less used now), so I believe for the PJN tourney I might have maxed out its defense but I’m not too sure. I would sometimes run a unique set with max HP and Defense investment, but I think for this tourney I might have run something different (check EV spread below). Esp is pretty much the poke that I try to send all the baton pass boosts over into. STAB Stored Power is amazing, and I replaced Substitute over time with Shadow Ball so I can have a way of hitting Shedinja & Aegislash. Red Card is too catch an opponent off guard and force switch them out while you set up another Calm Mind. And if I manage to set up Ingrain for recovery with Smeargle, I no longer need to fear Whirlwind or Roar from Skarmory & friends so then I’ll use Sylveon as my sweeper. If you want to run a full baton pass team, try testing these two spreads depending on what you fear the most:
EV Spread: 200 HP / 252 Def / 56 Sp Def
or
EV Spread: 200 HP / 56 Def / 252 Sp Def (I use this one more)
Smeargle
Ability: Own Tempo
Held Item: Focus Sash
Nature: Timid
IVS: 31/0/31/31/31/31
Moveset:
-Ingrain
-Quiver Dance
-Spore
-Baton Pass
Probably one of my top 5 favorite Pokémon of all time. Not only can it learn any move in the game, but it’s a fricken dog that paints with its tail. Can we get any more original than that? My more infamously known Smeargle runs Geomancy with a Power Herb, but this Smeargle I cherish as well – because it’s PERFECT for a full baton pass team. Ingrain is to make sure you can’t get roared or whirlwinded out (breaking your chain) and also for recovery. Spore your foe to sleep, set up a Quiver Dance and get the ball rolling.
EV Spread: 88 HP / 168 Def / 252 Speed
Mr. Mime
Ability: Soundproof
Held Item: Leftovers/Sitrus Berry
Nature: Calm
IVS: 31/0/31/31/31/31
Moveset:
-Calm Mind
-Encore
-Substitute
-Baton Pass
Perfect Pokemon for blocking sound moves (boom burst, roar, perish song, you name it). In the PJN tourney the first match I had was up against RioSpeedWagon, I lost miserably because I mispredicted his Mega Gengar using Perish Song (even forgot it could learn that) and trapped me with Shadow Tag ruining my chain. You have to be careful with your predictions when baton passing. 1 wrong move and you’re wrecked. I later replaced Mr. Mime with Zapdos (due to Talonflame & Pinsir) which I find works MUCH MUCH better. But I couldn’t swap out my Mime for Zapdos or else I would’ve been disqualified (we needed to keep same 6 through the whole tourney) – wish I had discovered Zapdos sooner. Mime still gets the job done, but it’s better to have another sweeper with my Sylveon & Espeon. Mime is great at locking poke’s in with Encore.
EV Spread: 252 HP / 240 Sp Def / 16 Speed
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Post-Tourney
I thought I would’ve done really well in the tourney if it wasn’t for my game having to under-go repair (which didn’t even happen at all, Nintendo sent me a completely new game). And I can’t wait until I re-build the same team again (minus mr. mime) … Just been busy with work and MM’ing and life in general. But once I get my team rolling again the community is in for some rage quits XD (mwahaha)…
Check out two battle video codes that I managed to save from the tourney to get a feel for how OP this team is:
Vs. Edgardo: G2ZG-WWWW-WWW8-NQZJ
Vs. Nathan: 3CGW-WWWW-WWW8-NR3N
The following video is not from the tourny, but is a demonstration of how great this team sweeps. 6-0 FTW! I’m surprised he didn’t rage quit:
Vs. Sergio: PYSG-WWWW-WWW9-ZTB5
Congrats to the winner of the tourney & everyone that participated. I had fun honestly. I thank you for reading this analysis of my PJN team and I hope you can face my next BP team in the future:
I’m disappointed in GF with this one. They really could’ve just sent them all out at the same time later today.
Or just put it on the eshop >.>
Server issues kill.
that’s why the SSB demo was all over the place
Can confirm that it won’t work on Mail or Yahoo itself.
If the download is still not showing the code. Try clicking the view online in the corner my code appeared when I did that! I don’t know if you already tried it; yet it’s worth a shot! (Refresh.)
Told me the service wasn’t available.
I’ve been trying that forever now. Why does it work for you? ;~;
because you’re a whore
That’s not okay.
Bu-but I’m okay ;~;
I’m currently using FireFox. Try that!
I AM.
*cries*
Try Google Chrome!
I did and no luck. Trying Opera though. not expecting anything though.
Games like these make you glad to be an Australian (or European but only in the case of the demo because Europe gets the main game a week after everyone else)
Я так зол сейчас . Я хочу убить Gmail для не посылает свой код еще .
Excuse me? What language is that?
russian
russian
Там нет необходимости , чтобы расстраиваться
nice google translating djja 😉
The wording of the sentence is off
What else would it have been I don’t have a small russian child by my side who provides me with my russian keyboards
theres a thing that can switch the keyboard
Там нет необходимости быть расстроен
No hablo ruso.
Pienso que nadie hable ruso.
Pero si español
Yo sé :3
Was my grammar right in the second sentence?
Yeah 🙂
This is one of the only times ill say im a little disappointed in GF. There really was not a valid reason to limit the demo codes to certain people and regions. Everyone has the right to play the demo.
It was all just a promotions boost and to generate hype. But all they did was get peoples hopes up and then annoy others by not even making the code redeemable in their country.
I had about 5 people today asking me for codes in work, in which I one had to say, sorry its not a retail code and 2 you cant even get the code in Ireland without doing a load online signing up for Pokemon.com etc.
Im not one for a rant but, well they disappointed alot of people today andjust limited the codes for little reason. :/
http://click.email.pokemon.com/GraphicMaker/Controls/Editor/default_coupon.gif
Curse this image! Curse this image!
The code picture isn’t there to begin with, I clicked view image on that general area and this link popped up with this picture. (rf)
Have you tried to send that mail to another mail account?
Have you tried turning on and off again?
I turned the universe on and off but it didn’t work.
So that’s what happened..
Im so sorry I don’t seem to understand you. please calm down as I put you on hold while we undergo maintenance
Happened for my brothers gmail account too.
You know what’s more frustrating than receiving an E-mail without the code? Is being one of the first people to get it and later realizing you’ll never be able to use it.
Give meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeh
mountmoon.net
this place helped me out with it
Give me? 🙂 Please?
Also who won the code from the forums competition ? 🙂
http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/thumb/4/4c/554Darumaka.png/250px-554Darumaka.png
s/o to based darumaka, whom without I would not be able to play the ORAS demo
S/o to having no friends as a child and knowing the cinematic in emerald!
So who’s up for flooding GameFreak and Nintendo and whoever else with a lot of angry email?
All you’ll get back is a sassy response
http://i.4cdn.org/vp/1413915101481.jpg
Is this what’s happened to people???
well it’s great they’re sending the letter but we also need the code. that’s a little important.
Thats a much better reply than I got……
I got we have nothing more to say on the matter, codes will be sent out in batches and may take upwards to two weeks. Nintendo, GameFreak and its affiliates have nothing more to announce at this time.
Wow, that’s kind of harsh
yeah 🙁 I suppose its because I sent it from work so it seemed like Gamestop was like wtf as apposed to me being like wtf haha but oh well 😛
rekt
the sass is real
http://ust.chatango.com/um/t/c/tcmets/img/l_233.jpg
The Metagross is annoying af.
The response I got from my Nintendo Rep. At least he was really nice about telling me to basically f*ck off 😛
Dear Simon,
Thank you for your email.
Nintendo has no official announcement about your query at this time.
We therefore apologise as we are unable to help you further, however you can keep updated for any further announcements or updates directly from us by signing up to our newsletter at http://www.nintendo.co.uk or by subscribing to the Official Nintendo Magazine, or alternatively by turning on your ‘Home Notifications’ on the Nintendo 3DS. Additionally you can find further information and updates using the Nintendo Wii U and Miiverse application.
We hope this information helps you out, and we wish you a happy gaming experience. If you have any further questions or queries, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Kind regards,
Lester Paul
Your Nintendo UK Team
0345 60 50 247
I hate Nintendo so much right now………….so much……..
The guy I emailed is really sound, he doesnt even have a demo code 🙁
thanks a lot lester paul. makin someone wait like that.
can you pm me on chatango?
I dont have that, what’s up ? 🙂
My little brother’s email didnt have the code. So… he’s pretty upset. He’s wanted to play this demo probably more than me! So when I told him he didnt get the code, he was pretty upset. hes at basketball practice now, but I was wondering if you could get us gengar codes. If I remember correctly, you work at gamestop? So if you can get us some when ever, i would be so happy. Even if the codes get fixed, I still wanna make it up to him
HOLY GOHOHFHD THE BATTLE GIRL ENCOUNTER MUSIC! caught me off guard with such a load and cool music like that!
I got the email but the code itself isn’t showing up. There’s just a white space. What do I do?!
Cry because I have the same thing.
pry to arcues it will appear.
For now, I don’t think there’s anything you can do. I’ve heard they’ve run out of codes (which makes no sense to me). I face basically the same thing, except I get a gray box with “Coupon” in it.
The worst part is that there’s a code for tcg on the bottom that does show up……………
I just checked, and I didn’t get that one either. -_-
It only wrks on firefox for me………still doesn’t help me with the demo code tho……….
Update for those who haven’t played the demo, here’s an update:
ORAS has really smooth movement, the colors are real bright and the graphics are a step up from X and Y’s. the music is beautiful and touching, and it makes me quiver
FULL CIRCLES
I love the demo!! 1000x better than X and Y! Maybe it’s just all the nostalgia?
Here’s to hoping that they make shinies more difficult to find. Who am I kidding, shiny hunting is dead.
The only way is to go back to older generations ;-;
And even then only the legendaries that haven’t been released as shinies in an event are special
There’s just no point to it anymore. Assuming that they don’t do anything to fix this, it’s time to hang up my hardcore hunter’s hat ;(
Yup! The animations are better and sped up! Colours are great and vibrant! X/Y did really have a dull feel! The music is amazing! Yet, the lag on 3D is still present in battles!
Now I feel bad that I got the code through my iCloud email
Not sure if i should be sad that i haven’t gotten the code email yet or happy that i haven’t gotten an email w/o the code…
I won a giveaway and got it for free ;~;
well then ;-;
coolmath.com
here
I stil go there. they got some fun games.
Seeing the sprite and 3D model TC posted that really brings forth fond memories, Steven was such a pain in the butt to defeat and it was the toughest battle for me out of every game not even Red could compare to him imo.His battle stuck with me more so then others because I remember all of the times spent grinding for levels and re battling as he knocked my Pokémon out 1 by 1. This was the first game out of the series that really motivated me into trying harder to get past all of those obstacles and putting so much effort into my Pokemon. He is one character truly deserving of the word champion and I couldn’t be happier to see him coming back with a 3D model and how they got his movements down. So I’m positive this next battle with him will bring back all of those good memories as well as new ones ^-^
I totally feel the same way! Steven is the best champ ever!
Cynthia btfo
She became stale in bw2
now she done 8)
just wait till sinnoh remakes.
gen 7
holy shit no one wants this bitch anymore she’s been in too many games
ok diamond and meh pearl release
Cynthia the champion
ew
suddenly they realize her theme wasn’t that good either
peace is restored
1. Blue, 2. Steven, 3. Cynthia for me!
GUYS!
I just checked my email again to see the code for the TCG sleeves, and it disappeared along with the demo code! I’m lucky I entered it earlier!
This means that everyone who received the email without the code had the code earlier, but for some reason it disappeared.
i checked mine the second it popped up in my inbox. it was never there.
Same here
Why would you give out codes that will expire in several hours?
If they were to be expired, at least give the user a day or two.
Mega Solrock & Lunatone confirm (rf). https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/s552x414/10355007_861407100544834_3948443295006085726_n.jpg?oh=2e0d6497b8c7dc04b1bdec92022a3ee8&oe=54EF2E99&__gda__=1425483689_dc9d09515875379dbe47b5d249f55a6b
Seems legit.
Mlre people need to look at the buzznav. it has some cool references. like the MDU: mirage detection unit.
How do you do things to the buzz nav lol
you just….WATCH!
Just played the first four parts of the demo. These game will be beautiful! Everything just seems amazing!
The evolution screen is breath taking
I love how walking around doesnt seem like a grid with diagnal movement
Everything!
I love the wild encounters
3D battles dont lag
And (have not tested this fully) I think you can skip regular trainers by sneaking, not sure though.
FULL CIRCLES!
Ugghhh. I’ve got two emails (one code for me, one for my brother) and neither of them actually have the demo codes one them. This is infuriating. Has anyone emailed PoA?
Thousands of people have, at this point.
Well look who it is.
Wait, Just checked the email for my brother’s code and its gone! where is the code?
Was it there b4?
I DONT KNOW!
I’m nervous right now,
hes been waiting all day and I just had to tell him he doesnt have a code! I feel so bad!
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