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On Wed, 27 Oct 2004, DeepThought wrote:
> William Rendfeld <WARendfeld@aol.com> wrote:
> > So unless we've got ourselves a Normal-type
> > Elite in the future, Linoone won't be in an Elite
> > lineup.
>
> A normal-type Elite would just be silly... send in ONE Ghost type and
> you'd have a 99.9% chance of beating it without actually getting injured.
Of course, if they actually took some time and attempted to give the best
legal movesets to each of the 'mons, at least a few of 'em will have Shadow
Ball, and those that don't will certainly have moves that'll work anyways.
Zangoose (Return, Brick Break, Shadow Ball, Swords Dance; a couple of days
ago, at level 56, this particular Zangoose beat the R/S E4

Linoone 1 (Return, Shadow Ball, Belly Drum, Rest)
or (Return, Thunderbolt, Ice Beam, Surf)
Slaking 1 (Focus Punch, Yawn, Hyper Beam, Slack Off/Rest)
or (Hyper Beam, Brick Break, Curse, Slack Off/Rest)
Girafarig (Return, Psychic, Thunderbolt, Earthquake)
Swellow (Return, Aerial Ace, Double Team, Thief/Endeavor)
Exploud (Return, Brick Break, Ice Beam, Shock Wave)
...all at around level 50 or so, of course. Return's boring, but...

Probably not the best movesets, but I tend to think offense more than
anything else ('cos it works well in story mode), so that tends to limit my
inventiveness.
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