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i want to be the flying gym leader.
staraptor
aerial ace
fly
brave bird
wing attack
giritina
shadow force
fly
earthpower
rockclimb
sky shaymin
seed flare
aromatherapy
subsitute
energy ball
zapdos
thundershock
fly
thunder wave
thunder
empoleon
watterfall
surf
bubble beam
hydro pump
infernape
flamethrower
flamewheel
brick break
blast burn


no items for now

[Edited by pipluproxem69, 4/17/2009 11:42:13 PM]

[Edited by pipluproxem69, 4/18/2009 8:09:45 AM]

Ok, looks good to me, how about you ghost? Maybe you should change some of the moves to not all attack moves though.

[Edited by LoC_Leftie, 4/18/2009 8:17:11 AM]

He needs a fourth flying type.

The moves I don't agree with are in bold.

I don't agree with the moves for various reasons:

Multi turn attacks are bad in general because they will either let your opponent switch to a Pokemon with a resistance (if the move does nothing the first turn) or will let your opponent set up (if you have to recharge the second turn).


Having various moves of the same type is bad as you'll generally use one over the other making the other pointless and better off as something else (If you have Surf, Hydro Pump, Bubble beam and Waterfall on your Empoleon you'll never use Bubble beam, rarely use Waterfall [the only time it will be useful will be against a Blissey or a Snorlax] and you'll either use Hydro Pump or Surf depending on your preference to Power or Accuracy).


Some Pokemon just have access to better moves than you have given them, Thunderbolt as opposed to Thundershock and/ or Thunder on Zapdos.

[Edited by ghost42, 4/18/2009 10:23:26 AM]

take giritina off and put in
beautifly
energy ball
bug buzz
pshchic
shadow ball

Beautifly is an interesting choice for a Flying type pokemon. While I have used them in the past, it seems that they are severely underpowered...

what do you mean by that like are they weak or tough

Weak. Most bug types are. A strong flying type like Gyarados has a double weakness to electricity and makes choosing flying types very hard.

For a Flying type I'd pick Gliscor or Yanmega, since Gliscor is not affected by Electric moves.