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asverner@unity.ncsu.edu (Andrusi) wrote in message news:<d95427ae.0408011322.1aedb197@posting.google.com>...
> > > > Which psychic pokemon can learn the following moveset:
> > > > Psychic, Recover, Amnesia, Imprison.
> > >
> > > When did you start caring about what moves a Pokémon CAN learn?
> >
> > I'm bored and I'm trying to breed the perfect anti-Mewtwo pokemon for
> > when FR/LG come out and Mewtwo are common on R/S.
>
> I think you may be going about it the wrong way. Imprison's a good
> thought, but it won't really be effective as an anti-Mewtwo strategy
> until he's common enough to have a "standard" moveset.
And that won't even happen. Popular, uber monsters are usually
popular and uber because they're quite versatile, and this is true of
Mewtwo. I guess Imprison/Recover is a nice idea, but even Disable has
certain advantages over that (specifically, it's not really a wasted
move spot if Mewtwo DOESN'T show up).
> And
> offensively it's not going to be very effective, since Mewtwo will
> resist Psychic. In double battles it'll probably work fine (until it
> catches on and people start bringing Mewtwos with Thunderbolt, Ice
> Beam, Calm Mind, and Rest or something)
People will cotton on as soon as Imprison is used. People aren't
stupid. They'll work out which moves the two Pokémon COULD have in
common quite quickly, and will simply use other moves. This is why
Bide never caught on short of being an excellent move for taking out
GameSharking kids a few years back.
> Probably your best bet is going to be a Dark-type with Crunch.
> Houndoom resists a lot of popular TMs (well, popular in the R/B days
> anyway) and can double as a Shedinja killer.
For the record, ANY Dark type is a Shedinja killer - Shedinja's part
Ghost.
> Not sure if it has good
> enough stats for the job though.
Well, Mewtwo was part of the cause for the creation of Dark types
anyway, so Houndoom will certainly hold his own. Statwise, you could
also go for Tyranitar. You could also fight fire with fire and use a
Lugia, taking advantage of Mewtwo's Defense, which is somewhat worse
than its Special Defense, while enjoying a resistance to Psychic.
Thing is, Mewtwo's not as much of a problem as it used to be.
Kyogre's actually a bigger problem, but I've not seen many design
Pokémon specifically to combat that.
--
Steffan