The Last Poster Wins! [v20]

[The Nonexistent Tazz]

I'd say that depends partially on your party; Having Grass types on is sure to make it nightmarish, but having Water/Fire types makes it much easier just because of resistance.

Trust me when I say the Darkrai battle is worse.

[Neo Emolga]

I just kind of liked that scene where I flew on Mega Ray to blow up the meteor. I don't recall too many gameplay shenanigans of similar impart.

Ok, that and the Darkrai fight in Mystery Dungeon Explorers. That fight is hard.

Discharge, Discharge, Discharge. My goodness, I abused the heck out of that move in Sky. You actually welcome Monster Houses if you're waltzing around with that move.

[The Nonexistent Tazz]

But then Volt Absorb happens.

And it happens HARD. 'lolnope.'

[Neo Emolga]

And that's when I bust out the Totter Orbs. HARD.

But yeah, I hate those Volt Absorb / Lightningrod / Motor Drive abilities. They're a horrendous pain in PMD games if you're playing as Pikachu.

[The Nonexistent Tazz]

It's those abilities that make Silver Wind one of the best abilities in the entire game. You cannot be immunized from it; you cannot have an ability to screw it over; and when you use it, you get stat buffs, including Speed (oh glorious speed) if you're lucky, which is considerably more often than in the games. To say nothing of PP up/Ginseng items.

AS for starters: Treeko. There's a reason Grovyle is a thing, it's subtly hinting at you picking its pre-evolved form to have a fun time, because Bullet Seed (which doesn't require skill link to run) + STAB + Concentrator + Gap Prober = Everything dying. And then there's Agility, and then there's no abilities that can nullify the damage.

It's beautiful to behold a Bullet Seed Multi-kill.

And let us speak not of Smeargle in these games.

[Steven_Six]

Oh, god, smeargle.

It's broken, cos Sketch = ANY MOVE EVER
Dragon ascent? Sure!
Transform? SURE!
JUDGEMENT? WHY THE DISTORTION WORLD NOT!

[The Nonexistent Tazz]

Oh, god, smeargle.

It's broken, cos Sketch = ANY MOVE EVER
Dragon ascent? Sure!
Transform? SURE!
JUDGEMENT? WHY THE DISTORTION WORLD NOT!

Only in Mystery Dungeon because basically it's stats are basically the same as everyone else's stats. However, in the main games, it's far too weak for any real attack to work.

[Sir Sivelos]

Ever used Chespin in PSMD? That little guy carried my team, I tells ya.

Chain moves are absurdly broken due to each hit having the same damage formula as regular moves, so you got LODESADAMAGE.

And Chespin, little spike ball he is, starts with a few of them.

[The Nonexistent Tazz]

I haven't played PSMD at all. Then again, my opinion is that they really dropped in quality post-Explorers, just because of the 3D models. They annoyed me.

[Neo Emolga]

I played Gates and it was pretty good in my opinion, although I didn't bother with the post-storyline stuff. Haven't tried PSMD yet, I've been meaning to get around to it eventually.