That's not how Magnet Rise works.
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Sun and Moon August 12th Update Possibly Leaked: The Redemption of Raichu
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That's not how Magnet Rise works.
Geminosity
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I don't have a problem with you thinking they look bad at all. If all you'd said was that you didn't like it, i wouldn't have responded.
The response you got was from your insinuation that anything not 'badass' was for 'toddlers', which makes you as bad as the people you're trying to paint me as. If you don't like the taste of this medicine I suggest you don't try to give it to other people, and especially don't try to get on your high horse after being guilty of what just offended you
Aaronrules380
Member
Oh, could've sworn it changed the ability to levitate. nevermind then
Charlie0108
Member
Diprosalic
Banned
go check out Uranium, they only have "BADASS" pokemon!
the rest of us enjoys the great designs they've shown so far.
If it's a Pikachu/Pichu that was caught in Sun/Moon then yeah, most likely.
Diprosalic
Banned
unless you import your Pikachu from other regions.
PadWarrior
Member
I think only if your pikachu is from Alola.
This. Some of you are in here acting like weather wasn't super dominant in the past. This thing is gonna be running around at 2x speed with 100 accuracy Life Orb/Choice Spec STAB Thunders, and it's gonna hurt.
nintendoman58
Member
Wishiwashi's evolution leaked.
Alola forms being the only one you can get in this game isn't a problem due to GTS, Pokebank and other means of getting the standard forms. They also are giving these forms to other pre-evolutions like Sandshrew and Vulpix, in addition to the final evolutions, so there's really no reason Pikachu can't get one as well.
Yeah...I'm sure you don't, all things considered
Like most people who are vaugley aware of comic book...anything they like batman and its related characters.
Along with that i am beyond trying to back handly justify what I like.
Cool shit is cool. Cool pokemon are cool. Thats all it really needs to be.
Vin_Mistborn
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Aaronrules380
Member
your image isn't working
Geminosity
Member
People have already answered this in a few posts before me, but I think it's worth saying that the easiest way to understand the alola forms is to think in terms of these new forms being essentially new pokemon that are like cousins to the older species. As such your old pokemon won't change
The leaker seems to be done for now, as they noted "bye bye" in the post with their last leaked image. The full trailer should officially reveal on the 12th anyway, if I recall correctly.
Came in to laugh at the guy who wanted to avoid spoilers when this thread is as vague a possible in the title, along with saying I don't really like the Raichu form. Love surfing Pikachu, wish we got water/electric Pikachu & Raichu instead.
Rest of the leaked stuff is great, keep em coming.
Rest of the leaked stuff is great, keep em coming.
Electric Terrain also increases the damage of Electric moves by 50%.
People have already answered this in a few posts before me, but I think it's worth saying that the easiest way to understand the alola forms is to think in terms of these new forms being essentially new pokemon that are like cousins to the older species. As such your old pokemon won't change
Thanks, makes sense.
NeonZ
Member
If they did that, then it'd make it hard for someone who's just playing Sun & Moon to get a standard Pikachu. Yeah, it'd be no problem for veteran players, but these games are always designed with first time players in mind too. Pokemons like Vulpix and Sandshrew aren't comparable at all with the franchise's mascot.
I guess I can stop F5ing the Youtube channel.
That's why this is Alolan Raichu and not Alolan Pikachu.
It's possible, but they've already showed Pichu and Pikachu in this game and they looked the same. They've also shown that it's regular Exeggcute in this game and that it evolves into Alolan Exeggutor.
Geminosity
Member
You don't have to justify what you like, that was never the point of my post to begin with. Instead I was just being harsh to someone who said that the 'non-badass' stuff was to appeal to toddlers because I get tired of people pissing on cute stuff sometimes :3
I'm not about to jump down someone's throat because they don't share my sense of taste... but if they talk down to it enough then every now and then I'm going to spit some venom
lol
GiantBreadbug
Member
You can not like whatever you want, just don't be alarmed when people find you abrasive.
Also I guess your mind is made up about it but the reduction isn't that simple. In fact, it usually never is with a Pokemon design. So no your defense of why Alolan Raichu is worse than Alolan Ninetails doesn't really hold.
Brawly Likes to Brawl
Member
Raichu's Day has finally come
I don't see it
haha
Well, Otakon is this weekend, so...two days, at the most.
And prevents sleep
Shadow Broker
Banned
Imagine if Ash caught a female Alola Meowth and Team Rocket's Meowth fell in love with it.
Everytime they get together Ash's Meowth uses her charms to trick Rocket's Meowth to help her out.
Ash needs a devious Dark type on his team.
Everytime they get together Ash's Meowth uses her charms to trick Rocket's Meowth to help her out.
Ash needs a devious Dark type on his team.
You can't forget though that trading is a huge core of the Pokemon games and always has been. With internet being literally everywhere now, trading online to get a standard form isn't really an issue at all, not to mention doing it the old fashion way. Even these games will have version exclusives that you can't get in just one game, so trading will be necessary if you see a Pokemon in another version that you really want.
Electric Terrain also boosts the power of Electric attacks 1.5x.
Aaronrules380
Member
You probably wouldn't even need to invest heavily in speed due to the ability, meaning you could put more evs into its bulk
I think it's going to be gimmicky, but Alola Raichu under ET is a threat and if you run Tapu Koko it requires no set up besides sending him.
Dark Orchid
Member
Does Electric Terrain stack with Sun/Rain? If it does, there's some pretty potent teams you could make.
For example: Ludicolo/Victreebel/Venusaur with Nature Power get Thunderbolt if Electric Terrain is up. Put Raichu A with them and you have the new doubles meta right there.
For example: Ludicolo/Victreebel/Venusaur with Nature Power get Thunderbolt if Electric Terrain is up. Put Raichu A with them and you have the new doubles meta right there.
Vin_Mistborn
Member
Ok so, we got a Double Battle with Tapu Koko and Alolan Raichu. Electric Terrain is on the field, so that's a 50% power boost to Electric type attacks. Tapu Koko's got a move that can half an enemy's HP. Alolan Raichu's Speed is doubled in addition to the power boost.
Slap a Rain Dance on there (assuming it can still be used in combination with terrains in Gen 7), and you've got 100% accurate Thunder attacks. Add on top of that, I wouldn't be at all surprised if Alolan Raichu can learn Surf, and I would crack up if it also learns Zap Cannon. I really wanna see this thing in action now
Slap a Rain Dance on there (assuming it can still be used in combination with terrains in Gen 7), and you've got 100% accurate Thunder attacks. Add on top of that, I wouldn't be at all surprised if Alolan Raichu can learn Surf, and I would crack up if it also learns Zap Cannon. I really wanna see this thing in action now
DeployThatPizza
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Electric Terrain does stack with weather. Another possible combination is ET + Thunder + Rain.
Is Zap Cannon still a possibility?
Nope, but even if it were, it doesn't get the accuracy boost that Thunder does in the rain so it wouldn't be a great trade.
Ya done good for yourself, Raichu. Ya done good.
You will probably be going for fake out more often than not assuming you would want to lead with Raichu over Politoed.
D
Deleted member 231381
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Why even bother with Magnet Rise? waste of a turn; Raichu is pretty frail and if Alolan Raichu is similar you won't really need to use SE to take it down adequately. I'd juts focus on throwing out Life Orb'd Thunders with, what 120*1.5*1.5*1.3=351 power after STAB and Electric Terrain and Life Orb? That's brutal as fuck.
Ok so, we got a Double Battle with Tapu Koko and Alolan Raichu. Electric Terrain is on the field, so that's a 50% power boost to Electric type attacks. Tapu Koko's got a move that can half an enemy's HP. Alolan Raichu's Speed is doubled in addition to the power boost.
Slap a Rain Dance on there (assuming it can still be used in combination with terrains in Gen 7), and you've got 100% accurate Electric attacks. Add on top of that, I wouldn't be at all surprised if Alolan Raichu can learn Surf, and I would crack up if it also learns Zap Cannon. I really wanna see this thing in action now
If A. Raichu can learn surf then it can also use the water Z move.This thing could really be a force to be reckoned with.
EndlessSky
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What other terrain moves are there? A fairy one and a grass one, right? Didn't think of it before, but those will most likely be the abilities of the other island guardian pokemon, I bet.
I don't have a problem with you thinking they look bad at all. If all you'd said was that you didn't like it, i wouldn't have responded.
The response you got was from your insinuation that anything not 'badass' was for 'toddlers', which makes you as bad as the people you're trying to paint me as. If you don't like the taste of this medicine I suggest you don't try to give it to other people, and especially don't try to get on your high horse after being guilty of what just offended you
Most of these designs look bad. Badass doesn't have to mean everything looks like Charizard. I think Fennekin is a badass design. So is Sandile. Grubbin line looks good. Nothing "edgy" about these designs, They look great. This looks dumb:
Nah, I'll go back to Red version. You know, best Gen.