Pokemon Reviews: Poliwrath

Monday, January 9, 2012

Poliwrath

Poliwrath has tough muscles that make it able to swim across the Pacific Ocean nonstop. It easily beats human swimmers by a long shot. Despite Poliwrath being a good swimmer, it usually lives its life on land.

Poliwrath is a good Pokemon. It doesn't have high or low stat amounts. Just in between. It's usually great, but it doesn't work out for everybody. Base HP is 90, Attack is 85, Defense 95, Sp. Attack 70, Sp. Defense 90, and Speed is 70. For a Fighting-Type, one would expect a higher Attack stat- but now Poliwrath could be great whether it is Physically based or Specially Based.
Poliwrath has several good STAB moves. Submission, Hydro Pump, Surf, Water Pulse, Scald, and so on. It has Dynamicpunch, which has high base power and causes confusion to the target when it hits. But it has a low accuracy, so give it Mind Reader. Mind Reader ensures that the next move that you use will hit its target. It works good with moves that have low accuracy. Poliwrath can learn Endeavor, which is an awesome move. If you use it, it brings down the target's HP down to as much as the HP you have. Basically, the less HP you have- (not low HP stats, I mean low health where the meter is at red) the more powerful the move Endeavor has. Poliwrath has several good moves available in its movepool.
Poliwrath's abilities are Damp and Water Absorb. If any Pokemon has the ability Damp, no Pokemon can use Selfdestruct or Explosion, including your's. It's an okay ability. It's not the best, but it's acceptable, considering how powerful Selfdestruct and Explosion are. Water Absorb means that you'll have your HP restored when you're hit by a Water-Type move. I always say it's bad on a Water-Type because opponents just know Water moves don't do much to Water-Types. However, Water Absorb can still be useful on occasions.
Poliwrath is a good Pokemon. I've always liked its design, and it has a good movepool. It just doesn't have the highest stats. It isn't the best, but it's a useful Pokemon overall.

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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.

Blog Key

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.