Furfrou

     Furfrou is not only adorable. Not only has he got a serious  "I'm going to kill you" look on no matter what trim he's flaunting. He's also battle material.
     OK, I'll admit I'm using Pokemon from my Y team for my reviews, but there's no prejudice here on that. I love my Furfrou, but I would've gotten rid of him if he sucked, I'm not like Ash, who keeps his Pikachu with him everywhere, because Pikachu's actually really bad. Besides, that means I've used them successfully :)
     Moves: Headbutt, Cotton Guard, Dig/Thunder Wave, Sucker Punch
     Furfrou, like Slurpuff, needs super training, not as much as Slurpuff, but he needs it nonetheless. Base him in attack and speed, especially speed. Headbutt is an STAB flincher, and it's very helpful. Next is Cotton Guard. Cotton Guard? "But Tyler", you say," what about Furfrou's ability that magically takes all the pain away from physical moves? He doesn't need bulk!" Oh really? His base defense stat on Bulbapedia is 60. 60. Fur Coat may seem good, but the only thing that can make a fur coat look good is Macklemore. If a Garchomp or a Hydreigon or even a Greninja had this ability, we'd be all set, but instead we've got this thing who barely limps along without it. Cotton Guard buffs him to supreme safety except when it comes to Focus Blast (flippin' Gardevoir), so yes, he does need it. Dig is really random, but it actually fits, removing the type known only as Steel, allowing fairies to dance in peace, knowing no giant iron worms or metal birds are going to poop on their parade(basically, it's a fairy type set-up). If you are still one of those people who decide to hate on Fairy types because they're 'girly' or 'weak', then you can: a.use Thunder Wave to halt physical attackers b.realize Fairy types will kick your butt one day c.get a Poison or Steel type before you get torn to shreds by Sylveon. Finally, we have Sucker Punch. Furfrou's only way to remove Ghost, unless you decide to change one of his vital moves into Odor Sleuth. Sucker Punch only works on defensively incapable Pokemon like Gengar or Banette, but it ususally works wonders.
     Counters:Most Psychic Types
     I would say all Psychic types, but there are some weird ones out there, like Gallade, who couldn't in a million years use Focus Blast effectively. Pokemon like Alakazam, Musharna and Gardevoir ]:< (really hated champion's Gardevoir) can toss out Furfrou like last weeks garbage by using Focus Blast, but it's not worth dropping Cotton Guard.

I'm Back! Slurpuff

     I've decided to do articles for this blog on Saturdays starting next week, hopefully.

     OK. Pokemon X and Y are pretty good. I still like Black and White the best, but these are good. When I saw Fairy type, though, the first thing I noticed was, "What the heck, Jigglypuff can beat Salamence." But then I saw Slurpuff. I know, I know, it looks awful, but I'm a sucker for cute Pokemon and this one fit the bill. So I tried it. By itself it's an icing covered mess. You can do nothing with it. Enter: Super Training. Holy crap. You can do anything with this sticky, confusing, edible monster. It's impossible to predict and it can learn lots of TM's. 

Moveset: Draining Kiss, Fake Tears, Cotton Guard, Dazzling Gleam

     I clearly went down the Sp.ATK path because I noticed Slurpuff was slightly more solid in that stat than any other. Always start with either Cotton Guard or Fake Tears, Cotton Guard for defending yourself from Steel and Poison or Fake Tears for setting up your primary target. Draining Kiss is for after Fake Tears just to test the waters and to ensure your health. Dazzling Gleam is for after you've confirmed you can use Fairy type moves effectively. 

     Counters: Lucario, Swalot, Other Sp.Attacking Poison Types

OK, notice how Slurpuff has no non-fairy type attacks? That's because he needs the STAB. He can't do much else. Lucario with Flash Cannon evades Cotton Guard and Sludge Bomb can do the same. However, most should be strong enough to withdraw before you lose your light, candy friend.

Just So You Know

     I've been doing other stuff recently, but I'm back with a copy of Pokemon Y! YESSSSSSSS!!! I'll be doing a review maybe this month, but I have a science project to do and Amazon is shipping my Kingdom Hearts I and II on Wednesday, so I'll be a little busy geeking out. But lucky for me, Smogon hasn't posted their Pokemon reviews for X and Y. If anyone has any new pokemon for me to look at, suggest it by commenting please. See ya :)

The Pokejump's Twenty First Post!

     This is officially the one after twentieth post. I am super psyched. Not really. Honestly, I feel like passing out. However, due to my dedication to this blog,sort of, I'm still doing this. I stink at planning things out, but these are the Pokemon I plan on redeeming: Macargo, Vileplume, Clefable, Sawsbuck, Ambipom, and one of my favorite pokemon, SCRAFTY, the greatest fighting type evah!
     P.S. If anyone would like to help me with the Pokejump, give your email adress, I'll let you do one post, and see how it goes :)

A Reason to be Ashamed

     I love to go on Wi-Fi and battle worthy opponents. I do. I love finding people who can outclass me, and smiling because I just had a battle where I didn't just squish everything in sight, where it was actually challenging.  However, I don't appreciate it when I find people who don't have a starter, instead they have a team of nothing but Lv.100 legendaries. I use a Lickilicky. OK, how well do you think two equal leveled Pokemon would do if one was Lickilicky and the other was a Mewtwo? It isn't fair to me, it isn't fair to your poor, weak, innocent little starter, it isn't fair to any trainers who are just starting their post-elite four experience, it's not fair. It's all because you and your stupid, corny, overrated legendaries. If you really were a good trainer, you'd catch the legendaries for fun and use real, fair Pokemon.I don't care what Smogon says. I fully respect Smogon, and their tiers are almost entirely correct, but I just don't think legendaries are fair. It's okay if you use one or two legendaries(I use Jirachi sometimes, occasionally Victini), but c'mon. Don't just have six Rayquaza, or six Giratina, that's just sad.  If you want to get true trainer exhilaration, then use fair game. What a bunch of sour sports >:(

Torkoal

Why exactly do people diss Torkoal? I know that people are always saying,"Pokemon without an evoloution are laaaaame," but I happen to like Skarmory, Farfetch'd, Girafarig, and especially Torkoal. I love Torkoal. If everyone cared enough about him, then they'd know he has access to one of the greatest boosting moves in all of pokemon. SHELL SMASH!!! This move lowers his fantastic defenses by one stage, and boosts his speed,Sp.Atk, and Atk attack two stages! That patches up his bad speed and gets his good Sp.Atk  to a fantastic level(and just imagine what would happen if you used it twice)
Moveset: Flamethrower, Heat Wave, Rock Slide/Will-O-Wisp/Bulldoze,Shell Smash
     This set is perfect. Torkoal needs to protect himself, but his speed is more important when he has such good defenses already, and he gets extra special and physical ATK. If you like status inflicting, I would choose Will-O-Wisp, protecting yourself from Rock types, choose Bulldoze, just want to do damage, choose Rock Slide.
     Torkoal is a fantastic Pokemon, honestly, I shouldn't have to tell people that. He's a great wall, a fantastic sweeper with shell smash, and a choice superior compared to the poor defenses of most fire types(I did this for my Torkoal, Tina)
     Counters: Samurott, Claydol, Quagsire, Vaporeon
Any pokemon who has Haze can destroy Torkoal. Without Shell Smash, this sad sack couldn't outspeed a Macargo going uphill. Therefore, even though Sp.Def is its lowest stat, Haze makes it worse. That means Vaporeon may be the best choice to make to destroy these things. Claydol could probably kill it in one hit with Earth Power, Sammurott could destroy with Surf, and Quagsire could use either Water or Ground to remove this threat.

A Challenge for the Best

     I am about to issue a challenge. If you really want to do this, then I'll be ecstatic. I want to see who can use Pokemon from the main Pokejump articles(ones that talk about how a Pokemon isn't as bad as people say it is) and ones from this list, as most of these are Pokemon I plan to write about: Stunfisk, Gorebyss, Tropius, Lopunny, Torkoal, Pelipper, Parasect, Chatot, Masquerain, Dunsparce and Mawile. +1 if you plan to do the challenge:)