Showing posts with label Pokemon abilities. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pokemon abilities. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Palkia vs. Dialga

Ruler of Time or Ruler of Space?

Palkia or Dialga, which is stronger? That question has been around ever since the two showed up. Palkia has only one weakness so he must be stronger, right? Wrong. Dialga has Roar of Time and could demolish Palkia in one blow. That makes Dialga stronger, right? Wrong again. Dialga is weak against Ground, Fighting, Dragon type moves; Palkia can learn all of those types. So which is stronger? It all depends on moves, the enemy, the item they hold, and their Natures.

First of all, let’s compare the two. Dialga is a Dragon/Steel type meaning when he has a Steel type move or Dragon type move it is powered up image of poke dex
a little when he uses it. Palkia is Dragon/Water type, and as with Dialga, when he uses a Water or Dragon type move it is slightly powered up. Both have the ability Pressure which makes the enemy use one more Power Point (PP) when attacking. When learning moves, they are surprisingly in sync with each other as all but 3 moves are the same from level to level. At Base level they both learn DragonBreath and Scary Face, at level 20 Ancient Power, level 30 Dragon Claw, level 50 Heal Block, level 60 Earth Power, level 70 Slash, and level 80 Aura Sphere.

However, they also have their differences. Palkia has more Speed then Dialga (due to his Steel or Palkia’s Water type I’m sure), but Dialga’s Roar of Time has more power then Palkia’s Spacial Rend. When it comes to learning moves they have Metal Claw and Water Pulse at level 10, Roar of Time and Spacial Rend at level 40, and Flash Cannon and Aqua Tail at level 80. Weakness is little when it comes to Palkia as his only weakness is Dragon while Dialga is weak against Ground, Fighting, and Dragon types. When it comes to resistance Dialga is uneffected by Poison while Grass, Normal, Water, and Electric deal half their damage. Palkia has no immunity to any type but Fire, Water, and Steel type moves deal half their damage.

There are many items they could hold in order to power up or weaken a Super Effective move. Berries, Bands, and their orbs all could boost attack, defense, etc. Or just Dragon, Water, Steel, etc. There are way too many to name, but I would suggest having Palkia or Dialga hold their orb which boosts the power of their Dragon and Steel/Water moves.

Natures and Personalities of Pokémon affect what grows most and by how much. Hardy doesn’t affect any stat while Lonely raises attack most when leveling/when its favorite Poffin is given to it and slowly raises defense when leveling/Foul Poffin is given to that Pokémon. Personalities are kinda the same. Loves to Eat raises Heath Points (HP) while Highly Curious will raise its Special Attack. As there are 25 different Natures and 30 different Personalities, I won’t name all of the combos.

So which is stronger? The movie Rise of Darkrai showed Dialga badly injuring Palkia before Palkia fled. Maybe Dialga is stronger, but it’s all up to personalities, items, moves, and what type of opponent they face. If Palkia were to face a Fire type Pokémon he would probably win, but against a Dragon type he might not. So there is no set answer on which is stronger due to all the possibilities; it all depends on what you need in that Pokémon.

Saturday, October 25, 2008

Pokemon Cards - All You Need to Know




Complete Set of 23 Pokemon
Mysterious Treasures Rares



Pokemon Cards - All You Need to Know

Author: Ivanovich Cuxev

The Pokemon trading card game has become very popular after its original launch back in 1996 in Japan. The most appealing factor is that the game is played very similarly to the way it is played in the animation series which captured the attention of young people. Its complexity is similar to games such as chess due to the fact that each player needs to know exactly what each card does, how it can be used in addition to the many others available and how to anticipate attacks.

Each Pokemon card have marked on them their attack abilities, powers, weaknesses and hit points. The card games has only 9 types of Pokemon cards instead of the 17 which were originally displayed. The card color varies according to the Pokemon type, for instance:

* A blue card describes a Pokemon which resides in the water and has water abilities.
* An orange or brown trading cards describes Pokemon with earth, rock and fighting abilities.
* Purple trading cards represent psychic, ghost or poison type.
* Red as you may think represents a fire type
* Yellow cards are used for the electric type.
* Silver or gray cards are used to represent metal, or steel abilities.
* As assumed, green cards represent the grass type of Pokemon or the ones related to nature, bugs and poison.
* Navy blue or obscure colored cards depict dark type.
* And white cards represent flying and normal types.

Another basic card classification shows that every player's deck has more than just Pokemon cards, they also have stadium, supporter, trainer, and energy cards which affect other players cards according to its abilities. For instance:

* Stadium cards can block special abilities of certain Pokemon which will give an edge to some players over the rest of them.
* Supporter cards are used just like stadium cards but only one can be played each turn.
* Trainer cards allow players to bring back cards which have been discarded, remove energy from adversaries and heal damage caused by attacks.
* Energy cards are mostly used to enable attacks.

Each attack requires a certain amount of energy which depends on the Pokemon card. Some cards have no color specified so any type of energy card can be used to enable the attack, while others have a color requirement in order to work.

As you can see there are many factors which influence how a certain card will perform in battle, the best way to rapidly become familiar with them is by thinking about the classifications described above and relating them to a specific Pokemon card in the deck which will enhance its attack abilities and give you an advantage over your adversaries.

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