Okay, I have just looked at some magazine that my
friend let me borrow that goes over all of the walls in the game. Some
of the choices for good stallers are awful. Here are all of the ones
they listed:
Chansey
Lickitung
Mewtwo
Mr. Mime
Onix
Snorlax(but they said this one was an awful
choice)
Zapdos
Here are the ones I agree with.
Chansey: Man, does this card rule! 120
HP is perfect for a wall as is scrunch! Double edge lets you take 2
prizes for the price of one and it is perfect for the late game!
Onix: Though common, this guy is very
overlooked. 90 Hit Points is great for a staller, as is harden.
This is a great "poor man's" staller.
Lickitung: Here is another "poor
man's" staller like onix, but this guy really kicks major @$$! He
is the only one with the ability to stall and do damage at the same time!
Snorlax: They're right, snorlax is a bad
staller. He is a much better attacker than a staller for his ability to
do 30+paralize and not take status changes.
And here are the ones I disagree with:
Mewtwo(base set): Man, does this card bite.
it's psychic attack really sucks and its barrier attack wastes energy (that
you SHOULD be putting on your benched pokés at the time). But, in the
magazine, they mention "this card rules because he is the cornerstone of
the famous mullie-mew deck--just keep using barrier and make the enemy run out
of cards!" Well I've got news for ya--THAT IS AN ILLEGAL DECK!
Zapdos: Sure he is a good staller against
haymakers but you really cant gaurentee that you will fight one every time.
This card is nothing more than trash.
As for mister mime, he is only a good staller when
you have an alakazam and a chansey/tentacool out too. when you have that
combo running he is a PERFECT staller but you dont have much of a chance of
getting all three cards out. I'd rather use mime as an attacker.
Here are ones they didn't mention:
Grimer: Don't let 50hp fool you - Grimer is
an exelent staller. for just one energy he can prevent all twenty of ten
attacks and nasty goo paralizes! excelent!
Ryhorn: Rhydon is weak and energy intensive
but rhyhorn is a good pokemon. 70 hp is good and so is leer.
-Tyler C.