> Oh Drat is going to kill me... I'm sending you a deck
without
>Dratini in
>it... after I told her I'd send in "Dratini Bites." But
that's a
>fairly
>dependable denial deck and I wanted Aurora Bored tweaked instead. (I'll
>probably end up sending "Dratini Bites" to you eventually... if I
get
>bit too
>many times!)
> Aurora Bored's strategy is to get out 50-damage-doing
stage 1
>Pokémon to,
>of course, do damage reasonably fast... Or just settle for Chansey,
>Jynx or
>Lapras until the others can make it out there. I have another version
>of
>this deck with Charmeleon and Magmar (F) instead of Dewgong and Lapras,
>but
>it doesn't work so well (the discard... ugh)
> Well, before I go dithering on about my usual loads of
nonsense,
>I'd
>better get this deck down before Oh Drat notices and bites me!
> Pokémon... 20; 14 basic, 6 stage 1
> 4 Abra
> 3 Kadabra
> 4 Seel
> 3 Dewgong
> 2 Lapras
> 2 Jynx
> 2 Chansey
> Trainers: 12
> 2 Oak
> 2 Bill
> 3 Switch
> 3 Gust of Wind
> 2 Energy Retrieval
> Energy: 28
> 3 Double Colorless Energy
> 12 Water Energy
> 13 Psychic Energy
>
> That's 60, right?
>
>Some comments on my Pokémon choices:
> Putting Kadabra in there was a
given. In all of the decks I've
>built
>around the "high-hitting stage 1's" strategy, Kadabra has been
there.
>It's
>solid, dependable, retreats for a whopping THREE, has 60 HP and evolves
>from... Abra! Hmm. Maybe it isn't so great.
> Anyhow, it took me a while to settle on the water types.
I was
>leaning
>toward Wartortle for a while there... until I remembered that it does
>40
>instead of 50, and 50 is what I wanted. That's 20 outside of
>Resistance...
>of course, nothing outside of Resistance plus Defender... *shrug* Then
>I
>remembered trusty old Dewgong, that adorable Sea Lion critter card...
>Got two
>Farfetch'd for a Dewgong once! Dewgong does 50 for 3 energy, just like
>Kadabra, but has 80 HP, evolves from Seel, and its picture on the
>gameboy
>always made me think of a giant funky rabbit. Dewgong also adds a nice
>status effect. Status effects are *good* And with Dewgong comes
>Lapras with
>an even better status effect (Confused Aero means that I can evolve
>next
>turn... paralyzed Aero means they can evolve and I can't!)
> My main problem with building decks like this is
"internal debate"
>...
>Jynx, Mime, or Mewtwo? Which Mewtwo? I picked Jynx because it's
the
>best-looking of an ugly crew, and has a 1 energy attack that does
>damage!
>Kangaskhan, Chansey, Lickitung, or Snorlax? I decided to go with
>Chansey, it
>lasts a teensy bit longer! The Lapras or Articuno debate was a
>toughie, I
>decided Lapras was better in HP and Energy Costs. I'm still debating
>the
>Dewgong-Gyarados thing... right now it's strongly in Dewgong's favor
>but by
>no means a set thing! Though if I did go to Gyarados, I'd have to
>change the
>name...
>
> I hope you can help me with this! I'll take
advice/suggestions, a
>full
>fix, a big bash session, but I don't think I'd like an "Ignore this for
>a few
>months and suddenly it shows up in July's fixes under the name
>'Overboard'
>with OhDrat as the author!"
> Happy Bashing! :)
> Rainy,
the Furry Blue Mock-Dragon
>
and OhDrat, the Bratty Blue Poké-Dragon
>
(as well as Brassiere the Abra and Ceiling the Seel)
***
Hey there, Rainy. Good to hear from you anytime.
Nice little deck you've got there. I do see some stuff I'd tune up. Shall we
begin?
1) You've got some good choices. While I don't think Kadabra is the strongest
Pokemon in sight, he's OK, I suppose, as long as you can afford to build him on
the bench. Leave him, by all means. Likewise Dewgong. I just love this guy--I'd
have him in my fire-water deck, but I cannot get Seels to save my life. I buy
boosters-- Dewgong, Dewgong, Dewgong. I'd have enough Dewgongs for three decks
if I had the Seels to evolve them from. IMO, Dewgong is much better here in a
multi-color deck--and besides, as you said, he's so adorable =) Jynx and Lapras
are also good. I would recommend Movie Mewtwo instead, though... that guy is
just amazing, and he will be more so with some Computer Searches in the deck.
And Chansey... well, you know how I feel here, but whatever works for you. I'll
leave him. In short, none of your Pokemon are bad choices in and of themselves.
I *would*, however, drop one of your families to 3-2, just for space. 20 Pokemon
is a bit much. It's your call which one, but I'll drop Kadabra a bit since
2) You need more trainers. We've created a bit of space by dropping a couple of
Pokemon. Now let's try to put it to use. Those two slots will go to two Computer
Searches, which you badly need. Next fit in another Bill by dropping either a
GOW or a Switch-- I'd go with GOW because of your retreat problems. Now, you
need 4 Energy Removals. We'll make the space by dropping energy in just a sec.
3) The DCE are good here, but consider whether 3 may be overkill. I'll leave all
of them in for right now, though. Other than that, you probably want to drop the
amount of colored energy to 11 each. That should be enough, and 28 energy was
too much. If you have energy problems, adding another Oak or another Retrieval
would be more efficient than simply adding another couple of energies. This is
another reason for Mewtwo-- he puts an end to late-game energy worries!
***
18 Pokemon:
3 Abra
2 Kadabra
4 Seel
3 Dewgong
2 Lapras
2 Mewtwo (Movie Promo)
2 Chansey
18 Trainers:
3 Bill
2 Oak
2 Computer Search
3 Switch
2 GOW
2 Energy Retrieval
4 Energy Removal
24 Energy:
11 Psychic Energy
11 Water Energy
3 DCE
***
Hope this helps. If you still have problems, or don't quite understand why I
made some of the changes I did, write to me. This goes for anyone. By the way,
Vulpix asked me to say hi to Drat for him... so I'll pass that along.
Laterz,
*SPIKE is wondering how Rainy's Seel and Abra got their names...
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