Where should I go if I wanted to start playing Pokemon at a high level?

[Briggs8417]

Are there any sites that could give me an idea behind the metagame of the Pokemon video games. I've been on a Pokethon lately and have been becoming interested in this.

 

[Enigma]

Try this website.
http://pokemonshowdown.com/
It's one of the best place to learn about competitive battling If you have any specific questions..feel free to send me a PM because I don't know how much you know already so I wouldn't know where to start.

 

[PPJ]

smogon.com

 

[Briggs8417]

Thanks for the repies guys, I will be sure to look into both of these, and be sure to hit you up with all my questions Enigma.

 

[Rampage254]

Pallet town, and work your way up from there.

 

[Enigma]

Thanks for the repies guys, I will be sure to look into both of these, and be sure to hit you up with all my questions Enigma.

Well smogon and pokemon showdown work together. Smogon is where you can find articles and pokemon showdown is where you can build and test your teams against people.

 

[RM Truth]

Go move to Australia.

 

[THTB]

Smogon's probably one of the better places to learn Pokemon. Some of us here know some Pokemon, though, also.

 

[chessmaster]

POKEMON, Gotta catch em all. POKEMON

 

[chessmaster]

In all seriousness, Pokemon sucked after gen 2. All the best are in Rby and gsc.

 

[Briggs8417]

Smogon's probably one of the better places to learn Pokemon. Some of us here know some Pokemon, though, also.

I mean I think I have a basic idea of everything, but not a whole lot. I just know that my favorite Pokemon (Alakazam) has been godlike since Gen I (not as much now as he used to be) and he is one of the hardest ones for me to get due to trades lol.

 

[Briggs8417]

In all seriousness, Pokemon sucked after gen 2. All the best are in Rby and gsc.

Isn't Ruby Gen III?

 

[chessmaster]

Isn't Ruby Gen III?

Lol. I meant red, blue and yellow. Gold, silver and crystal.

 

[Komatose]

I want to play Pokemon period.

 

[Briggs8417]

Lol. I meant red, blue and yellow. Gold, silver and crystal.

OOOOOH I didn't notice the u was gone haha.

 

[THTB]

I mean I think I have a basic idea of everything, but not a whole lot. I just know that my favorite Pokemon (Alakazam) has been godlike since Gen I (not as much now as he used to be) and he is one of the hardest ones for me to get due to trades lol.

If you're playing on the pre-DS games, trading is difficult without two Game Boys. After that, though, just find some random guy looking to evolve his own shit.

 

[Briggs8417]

If you're playing on the pre-DS games, trading is difficult without two Game Boys. After that, though, just find some random guy looking to evolve his own shit.

I gotta get a DS soon. Planned on doing that after TFC lol. I've just been playing on emulators lately lol.

 

[chessmaster]

Do people still play heart gold and soul silver. I would buy a ds just for those.

 

[Rampage254]

Can't wait for Pokemon X/Y, I'm gonna go ham and be the very best, like no one ever was.

 

[Briggs8417]

Can't wait for Pokemon X/Y, I'm gonna go ham and be the very best, like no one ever was.

I want to get dat Mega Charizard going maaaaaaine.

 

[THTB]

Do people still play heart gold and soul silver. I would buy a ds just for those.

I JUST sold my SS copy for gas money a couple months back.

Get a 3DS! Pokemon X/Y are projected to be among the best main series games yet.

 

[THTB]

I want to get dat Mega Charizard going maaaaaaine.

Meh, MegaSaur bitches!

 

[Rampage254]

I want to get dat Mega Charizard going maaaaaaine.

I'm not sure how I feel about mega Pokemon. I don't hate them, but idk if I like them either.

 

[Briggs8417]

I'm not sure how I feel about mega Pokemon. I don't hate them, but idk if I like them either.

I like the idea methinks. However, aesthetically to me some of them look pretty whack. Mega Charizard actually being one, but I'm sure he's going to be a badass though. I think I got a glimpse of Mega Mewtwo and that actually looked pretty sick.

 

[G4S MinotaurLord]

I played competitive Pokemon for Gen III and Gen IV, and Smogon was the place to go for strategies, writeups, etc. However, Smogon also assumes that you're using a battle emulator and/or have extensive knowledge of egg move breeding lines, etc. I always used www.psypokes.com for a comprehensive list on when pokemon learn moves, how they learn moves, locations, stats, etc - a lot of which is relevent to competitive CARTRIDGE battling (which Smogon doesn't really cover).

Also, Alakazam was pretty jacked, but he got a lot more 'normalized' in gen 4 when the elemental punches became physical moves. IMO the gen 4 splitting of phys/special moves for each type was one of the best additions to the competitive scene (with innate abilities as a close second).

but yeah, it's important to decide whether you're going emulator (much easier) or cartridge (a lot more work, but good if you want to feel like you actually raised pokemon and accomplished something besides a win/loss ratio). I've done both and they are both enjoyable, but cartridge is a helluva grind.