Pokemon Reviews: Forretress

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Forretress

Forretress is a Bagworm Pokemon, which is protected by an outer shell. Nobody really knows what the Pokemon looks like without its armor on. The only thing we do see are its eyes.
To me, Forretress is a Pokemon full of potential. He's a Bug and Steel type, which is an okay type matchup. All you're weak to is Fire-Type moves, and when those moves hit, they hit hard. However, it still doesn't mean that it makes Forretress bad or anything. I mean- look at Scizor; he's gotta be one of the toughest of all Bug-Types. Forretress has an average amount of HP, an a fair Attack stat. Being a Steel-Type, he has high Defense stats. However, Forretress has low Sp. Attack, Sp. Defense, and Speed stats. The thing that bugs me is that Forretress seems to lack some strong Physical Moves.
You can use Heavy Slam, but Forretress isn't exactly the heftiest Pokemon out there, so Heavy Slam may not do much. Bug Bite isn't a bad move to put on him. You can use Double-Edge and Gyro Ball, but Double Edge just gives you recoil, and being a Normal-Type move it isn't super-effective against anything. I just don't use Double-Edge. For me, Gyro Ball never works, no matter how slow a Pokemon is. Explosion is okay, and is really useful if you're desperate. But I don't like it seeing as how you never know how much damage it may inflict, and if it doesn't do much, you just "kill" yourself for nothing. I poorly decided to make mine Specially based. I gave him Sunny Day and Solar Beam, and Zap Cannon, too. I like it, but I don't think it's the best strategy. Give him Counter, it's really good, or maybe Rapid Spin.
Forretress's only ability is Sturdy. You can't be knocked out with one hit as long as you have full HP. It can be useful against Fire-Types, I guess, and you can strike with counter. He has a Dream World ability called Overcoat. You take no damage from Hail or Sandstorm weather conditions. You don't take damage from Sandstorm because you're a Steel-Type, but you are protected from Hail. It's okay.
Forretress is not for everybody, but when use correctly, he can be a powerhouse of power or something.

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Pokémon Black 2 And White 2

Scheduled to be released in America in October 7th, 2012, and in Europe five days later, Black 2 & White 2 will be extremely amazing. With a new Unova Dex, as well as new forms to legendaries like Kyurem & Keldeo. New items and more Pokémon with Hidden Abilities accessible outside the Dream World and in the game, and the release of Unova Pokemon in the Dream World- (apparently) . For more information, which may contain spoilers, look it up on Google and check out sites like serebii.net and Bulbapedia.

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Positive Review- The Pokemon is strong, great, used a lot, Pokemon is good overall.

In-Between Review- The Pokemon is okay, not the best, okay, acceptable, has one or two faults, In the Middle.

Yikes Review- The Pokemon is bad, maybe weak, not the best at all, has a few faults, it needs improvement.

STAB- Stands for Same Type Attack Bonus. It's when a Pokemon uses an attack that is the same Type as itself. The move becomes more powerful because the move is the same Type as the user.

Eeveelutions- An evolved form of Eevee.

Staller- A Pokemon that takes up time in battle. They usually use something like Toxic, use an Attack to inflict damage and after that, uses Protect to take up some time, and rely on the Poisoning to defeat the opposing Pokemon. It also counts with Pokemon who use moves like Refresh. Usually a Stalling Pokemon has to have high HP, Defense, Sp. Defense, and Speed stats.

Uber- A Pokemon capable of doing a lot of damage, mostly legendaries.

Tiers- Ranks that separate Pokemon into different classes, based on how often they're used and how capable they are in battle. LC is Little Cup, which is mainly unevolved Pokemon, NFE is Not Fully-Evolved, which are Pokemon that have evolved, but aren't fully-evolved, and Limbo are Pokemon being tested out to see how capable they are. To find out more about the main tiers, check out serebii.net, smogon, and Bulbapedia.

Entry Hazards- Things set up by using the moves Spikes, Toxic Spikes, or Stealth Rock. These can hurt Pokemon after being set up upon the Pokemon being sent out in the battle. Depending on the Pokemon's typing, they may get hurt a lot. If a Pokemon is 4x weak to Stealth Rock, for example, they lose half of their HP. Spikes can be avoided with levitating or Flying-Type Pokemon. Toxic Spikes poison the opponent's Pokemon when they're sent out into battle. Two sets of them badly poison them.