Pokemon Reviews: Spinda

Thursday, December 22, 2011

Spinda

All Spinda have their own, unique patterns. In fact, the chances of them having the same pattern is about less than one in a few million.
Spinda is cute; I like his cute looks and everything. However, it goes downhill from here.
For starters, Spinda's base stats are 60 HP, 60 Attack, 60 Defense, 60 Sp. Attack, 60 Sp. Defense, 60 Speed. A base stat of 60 means low status. It basically renders Spinda practically useless. Although, I have to give Ken Sugimori credit for designing a cool and cute lil' panda thing.
His stats are really low, but he does have an okay moveset. Believe it or not, Spinda learns Thrash. He can also use that "Hypnosis-Dream Eater" strategy. Spinda learns other useful moves like Psybeam, Dizzy Punch, and Double-Edge. That's good, but doesn't fix the low stats.
There's an up side, and that's one of Spinda's abilities, Own Tempo. You can't get confused. If you equip Spinda with Thrash, you won't be confused after Thrash is over. In my opinion it's one of the best strategies Spinda has to offer. Spinda's other ability isn't that good. It's called tangled feet. Your evasion goes up by one if you are confused. Again, okay if you give Spinda Thrash, you'll become confused and your evasion goes up by 1. But you're still confused.
Overall, Spinda has its ups and downs, and he isn't my first recommendation. You probably need to have a lot of experience before you actually use a Spinda.

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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.

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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.