[Finished] Geodude

Proposed Sets

Set 1
Ability: Sturdy
Nature: Jolly
Item: Weakness Policy
IV spread: 31/31/31/x/31/31
Hidden Power: Not Relevant
Egg Moves:
- Flail
- Curse
- Hammer Arm
- Focus Punch

You can run a sturdy, jolly, rock polish, weakness policy set that is pretty effective. Other than that, I don't see any reason to change anything else.

Yeah, Bunsel's idea is good.

Bunselpower wrote:

You can run a sturdy, jolly, rock polish, weakness policy set that is pretty effective. Other than that, I don't see any reason to change anything else.

Sounds good but max speed Adamant outruns Greninja at least so Adamant should be fine as well.

But running jolly you beat mega manectric and everything slower, including the elite base 130 speed tier, getting you ahead of a lot of things.

Bunselpower wrote:

You can run a sturdy, jolly, rock polish, weakness policy set that is pretty effective. Other than that, I don't see any reason to change anything else.

Seconding this

Mademoiselle C wrote:

Bunselpower wrote:

You can run a sturdy, jolly, rock polish, weakness policy set that is pretty effective. Other than that, I don't see any reason to change anything else.

Seconding this

Second this seconding

Stop.

Ok, the jolly set seems to have the majority. I'll edit the set later. What about the last egg move? Any thoughts?

Focus Punh might work well in the jolly rock polish set...

Should I also change the item to weakness policy?

This last slot must be mega punch. I haven't used that since blue. We need mega kick!

Focus punch doesn't really work with the weakness policy set because you're counting on a move strong against you, and getting sturdy to activate. But the other two are useless, so...

The last move should be Flail. Mega Punch is completely outclassed by Return. If your going Jolly you must drop Curse. Adamant can run it but running Jolly means that you shouldnt be running it in the first place.

Wide Guard, Hammer Arm, Flail and I believe the last slot should be Automize. Although I know its useless compared to Grass Knot but halfing Weight imo is more useful than anything else it can get via EMs imo.

I think curse is probably on there for posterity's sake. Just to have it. Because it's a useful move to be able to breed onto stuff. Also,

MEGA PUNCH! MEGA PUNCH!

I like the current set, I'd go with Focus Punch as the last move

Mademoiselle C wrote:

I like the current set, I'd go with Focus Punch as the last move

Seconding this

What about Flail? Also we are already breeding a ton of other Rocks with Curse so its pretty irrelevant.

Flail maxes out at 200 Base Power, it's like a reusable Selfdestruct. I like it.

BlueDryBones1 wrote:

What about Flail? Also we are already breeding a ton of other Rocks with Curse so its pretty irrelevant.

Point is, if someone wants a defensive Golem with Curse, they can just throw this Geodude in the daycare with a Bold Ditto and get the pokemon they want easily.

Also Flail is cool, but I still prefer Focus Punch. I like sub-punch sets.

I'd be fine with Flail instead of Wide Guard though.

Mademoiselle C wrote:

BlueDryBones1 wrote:

What about Flail? Also we are already breeding a ton of other Rocks with Curse so its pretty irrelevant.

Point is, if someone wants a defensive Golem with Curse, they can just throw this Geodude in the daycare with a Bold Ditto and get the pokemon they want easily.

Also Flail is cool, but I still prefer Focus Punch. I like sub-punch sets.

I'd be fine with Flail instead of Wide Guard though.

Defensive is outclassed by Rhydon(which we are breeding w/ Curse and you can use as a parent) which is why noone uses it and people run Adamant suicide lead. We are getting a ton of Rock types with Curse if you look around so I dont see why to sacrifice a useful EM here instead of using another one as a parent.

The thing is, can this thing get off a sub before getting roasted by a sport effective move? There's a small set of pokemon that don't carry super effective moves for rock/ground.

But yeah, screw wide guard, I play the original meta game.

BlueDryBones1 wrote:

Mademoiselle C wrote:

BlueDryBones1 wrote:

What about Flail? Also we are already breeding a ton of other Rocks with Curse so its pretty irrelevant.

Point is, if someone wants a defensive Golem with Curse, they can just throw this Geodude in the daycare with a Bold Ditto and get the pokemon they want easily.

Also Flail is cool, but I still prefer Focus Punch. I like sub-punch sets.

I'd be fine with Flail instead of Wide Guard though.

Defensive is outclassed by Rhydon(which we are breeding w/ Curse and you can use as a parent) which is why noone uses it and people run Adamant suicide lead. We are getting a ton of Rock types with Curse if you look around so I dont see why to sacrifice a useful EM here instead of using another one as a parent.

There are no useful EMs sacrificed here. The only actual useful EM is Hammer Arm.

So yeah: Flail, Hammer Arm, Focus Punch, Curse.

Mademoiselle C wrote:

So yeah: Flail, Hammer Arm, Focus Punch, Curse.

cool

Mademoiselle C wrote:

So yeah: Flail, Hammer Arm, Focus Punch, Curse.

But curse is useless... and its use for rebreeding isnt justified with other Rocks that we are for sure getting as parents w/ the EM and the needed IVs o_o

Mademoiselle C wrote:

So yeah: Flail, Hammer Arm, Focus Punch, Curse.

Ok. I'll breed with those egg moves. Unless anyone has any objections?

I don't, but what were we considering other than those? Oh yeah, wide guard. Idk, wide guard is fine too. Curse really is useless. I really don't care.

This set is done