Pokemon Reviews: Politoed

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Politoed

One Politoed will be a leader of a group of others that it gathers. Their cries make Poliwag obey them. In these groups, they also sing in a loud voice that makes a sound like bellowing. The blue thing on its head shows proof that it's a king. Apparently, the longer and more curled the crest, the more respect that Politoed will earn.
Politoed is the second option you can choose to evolve Poliwhirl. Like Poliwhrath, Politoed has balanced out stats. They're all at a base from around 70-100. Politoed's highest base stat is his Sp. Defense, which is pretty good, because there seem to be more Special Electric-and-Grass-Type moves that being overly used than there are Physical ones. I don't know, I just think that high Sp. Defense is good. All its other stats are equally balanced.
Politoed can use some acceptable moves. Since it's a Water-Type, it's clearly gonna have several Water-Type moves. You've got Hydro Pump, Dive, Surf, Waterfall, all that stuff. Politoed has Hyper Voice, which is an acceptable Normal-Type move that hits all of your opponent's Pokemon sent out to battle in Double, Triple, & Rotation Battles. You also have Bounce, which, once it hits, might cause Paralysis to its target. It's a useful move. The final verdict on Politoed's movepool- not too bad, not the best.
Politoed has Damp and Water Absorb. No Pokemon sent out into the battle can use Explosion or Selfdestruct as long as Politoed is sent out. Seeing as how Selfdestruct has a base power of 180, and Explosion having a base power of 250, it's a fairly useful ability. Politoed also has Water Absorb. You take no damage from Water-Type moves, but if you are hit by one, HP will be restored. As I always say, it isn't any good on Politoed. Nobody would hit a Water-Type with a Water-Type move because they just know it won't do much damage at all. Politoed also has a new Dream World ability called Drizzle. When Politoed is sent out to battle, it starts to rain in the battle. It's good in some situations, and it's probably the only reason some people use Politoed.
So Politoed adds up to an okay Pokemon. Again, not the best, but not the worst, either.

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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.