Does very well against Barry’s staravia/staraptor and monferno/infernape, which are overleved. Surf is still viable on it and move tutor ice punch is great coverage. I just played through platinum w/torterra, here’s my teamįloatzel- great speedy physical attacker, shreds through the mid game with its high stats for the time, Fantina especially with its access to crunch. Given those factors, what team would you guys recommend for Torterra? I'm really only worried about the Elite Four (And Cynthia, but who isn't?), but gyms and rival/Galactic battles also play a huge role. Drapion's a great mon, nice bulk and the Sniper ability to ramp up those crits. I'm still thinking of another pokemon to add, but I was thinking of maybe adding someone like Drapion, if I don't use Crobat. I'm partial to Houndoom, for aesthetic reasons and movepool.) Houndoom/Rapidash (Not a whole lot of choice in terms of fire types, for sure, but these are my top choices. On one hand, he looks badass, and has a wide movepool for moves like Crunch for coverage, but given its high Attack and only learning Spark/Thunder Fang, it may struggle late game damage-wise.Still a Tempting choice, though.) A little on the physical side, but I'm sure running moves like Surf and Ice beam would be fine, especially ingame/with a special attack nature.) Floatzel(Pretty good, speedy water type you can get pretty early on.
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Crobat's another good choice, with STAB Poison Fang/Cross Poison and Fly/Ariel Ace/Air cutter and Crunch for coverage, plus a nice speed stat. Staraptor/Togekiss/Crobat (Staraptor is an obviously good mon, but I've heard some good things from Togekiss as well, Psychic is pretty dope.
(Pokemon introduced in gen 4 are on a higher priority for me, but I'm still somewhat open to other, non-Sinnoh mons, as you will see.) I know I want to use Turtwig, since he's my favorite starter from Sinnoh, and I just wanted to hear some ideas for good teammates that can help the little guy through the game. I've recently been thinking of playing through Platinum again, and I've been thinking of team ideas.