Favorites Thread: GAME MECHANICS

[Sigilyph2]

1. What’s your favorite TYPE?
Dragon or Water because water can surf and has good stats, but dragons can sometimes fly and sruf and always have good stats.

2. What's your favorite STAT?
Speed. Sweeping gym leaders and Elite 4 just gives you that epic feeling of, "I can do anything!".

3. What’s your favorite MOVE?
I like Leech Seed a lot, and Hydro Cannon.

4. What’s your favorite SPECIAL ABILITY?
My favourite is probably Iron Barbs/Rough Skin.

5. What’s your favorite POKEBALL?
Well obviously Masterball, but appearance-wise.... still Masterball

6. What’s your favorite BERRY?
I like the Persim Berry.

7. What's your favorite ITEM?
The bicycle or sacred ash.

8. What's your favorite STATUS AILMENT?
Toxic Poison, or Sleep.

9. What's your favorite piece of GAME MUSIC?
The battle with Lord N.

10. What's your favorite example of GRAPHICS in a Pokemon game?
The detail in Pokemon BW where you can look down and see the route below, as well as hidden items on it in Strata-whatever city I think.

[OceanicLanturn]

1. What’s your favorite TYPE?
Water/Electric/Steel.

2. What's your favorite STAT?
Sp.Atk. Love it for some reason

3. What’s your favorite MOVE?
Surf, Thunderbolt and Ice Beam. And don't forget.. Menetrome! <3

4. What’s your favorite SPECIAL ABILITY?
Volt Absorb or Water Absorb. Everything that Lanturn gets is awesome IMO

5. What’s your favorite POKEBALL?
Normal Pokeball Pride!

6. What’s your favorite BERRY?
Oran is the only one I really use in-game.

7. What's your favorite ITEM?
Hohohoho. Bicycle makes life so much easier~ Super Rod for the win!

8. What's your favorite STATUS AILMENT?
I love making them Para-fused

9. What's your favorite piece of GAME MUSIC?
The evolution one!

10. What's your favorite example of GRAPHICS in a Pokemon game?
Woah, 3d Unova & Unova are awesome!

[Fluffyy]

1. What’s your favorite TYPE?
Dragon and Water types, I guess.

2. What's your favorite STAT?
I use Special Attacks often.

3. What’s your favorite MOVE?
Dragon dance,

4. What’s your favorite SPECIAL ABILITY?
Keen eye, rough skin, static

5. What’s your favorite POKEBALL?
Apart from all the other pokeballs, my favourite ones are the Master Balls and the plain old original Pokeballs.

6. What’s your favorite BERRY?
Sitrus Berries.

7. What's your favorite ITEM?
EXP Share, and the other items that boost the type up.

8. What's your favorite STATUS AILMENT?
Poison moves, like toxic.. etc.

9. What's your favorite piece of GAME MUSIC?
Probably the music when you battle N in BW1

10. What's your favorite example of GRAPHICS in a Pokemon game?
Unova graphics are pretty cool. And the graphics are gonna be even better when BW2 comes out.

[dirkac]

Tampering slightly, and listing.

1. What’s your favorite TYPE?
1. Ice of course!
2. Grass soon after.
3. Electricity is nice.

2. What's your favorite STAT?
Special Attack.

3. What’s your favorite MOVE?
1. Icy Wind
2. Electroweb
3. Extrasensory

4. What’s your favorite SPECIAL ABILITY?
1. Cacophony
2. Soundproof
3. Illusion

5. What’s your favorite POKEBALL?
1. Cherish Ball
2. Luxury Ball
3. Park Ball

6. What’s your favorite BERRY?
1. Pecha Berry
2. Yache Berry
3. Liechi Berry
4. Custap Berry
5. Rowap Berry

7. What's your favorite ITEM?
1. Tidal Bell
2. Old Charm
3. NeverMeltIce

8. What's your favorite STATUS AILMENT?
1. Freeze
2. Leech Seed
3. Confusion

9. What's your favorite piece of GAME MUSIC?
1. Route 216. Wintery... Calming... I could listen to this 24/7...
2. The Piano in Platinum, in your Villa.
3. Hugh's Battle Theme
4. Hugh's Encounter Theme
5. Colress's Battle Theme

10. What's your favorite WEATHER?
1. Snow (from PMD)
2. Hail
3. Fog

[Moonlight_Tails]

1. What’s your favorite TYPE?
Electric, Water, Ground

2. What's your favorite STAT?
Attack or Speed

3. What’s your favorite MOVE?
Dig

4. What’s your favorite SPECIAL ABILITY?
Intimidate: triggers on entering so any kind of copying or changing by opponent is useless.

5. What’s your favorite POKEBALL?
quickball

6. What’s your favorite BERRY?
Lum

7. What's your favorite ITEM?
Dowsing Machine

8. What's your favorite STATUS AILMENT?
guess I'd have to say confusion

[Nyarlathotep]

1. What’s your favorite TYPE?

Ghost; Rock; Flying; Bug.

2. What's your favorite STAT?

HP; Attack/Special Attack.

3. What’s your favorite ATTACK?

Wood Hammer; Rock Wrecker; Rock Slide; Shadow Ball; Draco Meteor; Flash Cannon; Doom Desire; X-Scissors; Megahorn.

4. What’s your favorite SPECIAL ABILITY?

Solid Rock; Moxie; Sap Sipper (I still want a Rock Pokémon with this ability); Sheer Force; Serene Grace; Technician; Tinted Lens.

5. What’s your favorite POKEBALL?

Poké Ball.

6. What’s your favorite BERRY?

Eh, none.

7. What's your favorite ITEM?

VS Seeker; Eviolite; Lucky Egg.

8. What's your favorite STATUS AILMENT?

Burn, by far.

9. What's your favorite piece of GAME MUSIC?

Battle themes: Victini/Musketeer trio (♥♥♥♥♥); Giratina; Colress (♥); Unova Elite Four (♥♥♥♥♥); N ; Bianca/Cheren (♥♥♥); Lugia (♥); Ho-oh; Magma/Aqua Boss.

Route themes: Sinnoh Routes 205 and 216; Hoenn Route 101; Unova Route 2.

City themes: Castelia (♥); Mistralton (♥♥); Pewter; Celadon; Vermilion; Cerulean; Fuchsia (♥♥); Rustboro; Jubilife; Violet; Canalave (♥♥♥♥♥); Eterna; Humilau (♥♥♥♥♥).

Town themes: Acumula; Lavender (♥♥♥); Littleroot (♥♥), Oldale; Dewford; Floaroma; Azalea.

Misc themes: Marine Tube; Burgh (♥♥♥♥♥), Marlon and Clay's Gym themes; Cynthia (♥♥♥♥♥), Alder and Cedric Juniper encounter themes; N's room theme.

[Wolveram]

1. What’s your favorite TYPE?
Flying, Fire, Psychic

2. What's your favorite STAT?
It's a tie between Attack and Defense because I use a lot of birdies.

3. What’s your favorite MOVE?
U-turn. It's trolltastic to use in battle.

4. What’s your favorite SPECIAL ABILITY?
Magic Bounce (I like using Xatu, lol)

5. What’s your favorite POKEBALL?
Timer Ball looks really cool, I think.

6. What’s your favorite BERRY?
Cheri berry- I don't like being paralyzed.

7. What's your favorite ITEM?
Expert Belt or Sharp Beak

8. What's your favorite STATUS AILMENT?
I like using Toxic, so I suppose poisoning.

9. What's your favorite piece of GAME MUSIC?
Oh, this is a tough one. I really like the following: N's Final Battle Music, pretty much all the music from Gen II or HG/SS, Red/Lance's Battle Music, Ghetsis's theme... so many things.

10. What's your favorite example of GRAPHICS in a Pokemon game?
I think everything in B2/W2 looks amazing, especially Drayden's gym. 0_0

[Birds of Paradise]

1. What’s your favorite TYPE?
Fire

2. What's your favorite STAT?
Attack, Sp. Attack, Speed)

3. What’s your favorite MOVE?
Flamethrower, thunderbolt. dark pulse, dragon pulse, crush claw, leaf blade

4. What’s your favorite SPECIAL ABILITY?
Flame body, levitate, regenerator, scrappy, syncronize

5. What’s your favorite POKEBALL?
Net ball

6. What’s your favorite BERRY?
None

7. What's your favorite ITEM?
Rocky helmet, heart scale, leftovers. moomoo milk, lucky egg

8. What's your favorite STATUS AILMENT?
Attract

9. What's your favorite piece of GAME MUSIC?
Don't play with the music on so don't know XD

[Auaria~]

1. What’s your favorite TYPE?
Ghost, Psychic, and Ice. ^^

2. What's your favorite STAT?
Speed and Special Attack. :P

3. What’s your favorite MOVE?
Metronome....no particular reason.

4. What’s your favorite SPECIAL ABILITY?
Prankster. And Ice/Flame Body

5. What’s your favorite POKEBALL?
Quick Ball....I like the colors

6. What’s your favorite BERRY?
Sitrus is okay. :I

7. What's your favorite ITEM?
Nothing comes to mind.

8. What's your favorite STATUS AILMENT?
Sleep. :P

9. What's your favorite piece of GAME MUSIC?
Lavender Town's theme, Cynthia's theme....N's battle theme

10. What's your favorite example of GRAPHICS in a Pokemon game?
Nothing comes to mind, again

[Kasumikan]

1. What’s your favorite TYPE?
Depends more on the Pokemon. I like a lot of water and grass Pokemon though

2. What's your favorite STAT?
HP, special attack, speed

3. What’s your favorite MOVE?
Flamethrower, cotton spore, quick attack, swift, water gun

4. What’s your favorite SPECIAL ABILITY?
Static, Blaze

5. What’s your favorite POKEBALL?
Pokeball

6. What’s your favorite BERRY?
Pecha

7. What's your favorite ITEM? Items on hand:
Poke balls, first aid kit (Pokemon supplies like potions, paralyz heal, burn heal, poison heal, and bandages, rubbing alcohol, etc.), food (human and Pokemon), clothes (sweater, tights, hat, scarf, socks), coin purse, Pokedex, badge case, Blue flute, Clear bell

8. What's your favorite STATUS AILMENT? Specialty:
Paralyzing opponent, critical hits (Stick for Farfetch'd)

9. What's your favorite piece of GAME MUSIC?
Falarbor town

10. What's your favorite example of GRAPHICS in a Pokemon game?
Johto graphics were the best! Trainer sprites rocked

[Nephilim]

1. What’s your favorite TYPE?
Fire and/or Dark

2. What's your favorite STAT?
Special Attack

3. What’s your favorite MOVE?
Psychic

4. What’s your favorite SPECIAL ABILITY?
Intimidate

5. What’s your favorite POKEBALL?
PokeBall

6. What’s your favorite BERRY?
Sitrus

7. What's your favorite ITEM? Items on hand:
Full Restore, Leftovers.

8. What's your favorite STATUS AILMENT? Specialty:
Poison

9. What's your favorite piece of GAME MUSIC?
Not sure, I usually just turn on the GB sounds so everything's retro.

10. What's your favorite example of GRAPHICS in a Pokemon game?
How Soul Silver looks. All the good old stuff with revamped looks. In essence, Gen IV

[Toxinine]

My favorite type is Dark

My favorite stat is Special Defense

My favorite attack is fly

My favorite pokeball is luxury ball

My favorite berry is Kelpsy

My favorite item is definetly the bicycle.... Why is it so underrated on this thread?

My favorite status ailment is Burn

My favorite music is the music in Team Galactic

[Mystical Jackal]

1. What’s your favorite TYPE?
Water, dragon.

2. What's your favorite STAT?
Special Attack.

3. What’s your favorite MOVE?
Ice Beam.

4. What’s your favorite SPECIAL ABILITY?
Intimidate.

5. What’s your favorite POKEBALL?
Luxury Ball.

6. What’s your favorite BERRY?
Pamtre Berry (the best ingredient to make blocks/poffins to raise Beauty).

7. What's your favorite ITEM?
Leftovers.

8. What's your favorite STATUS AILMENT?
Attraction.

9. What's your favorite piece of GAME MUSIC?
Castelia City theme music.

10. What's your favorite example of GRAPHICS in a Pokemon game?
Skyarrow Bridge.

[Lucario95]

1. What’s your favorite TYPE?
Fire types. Runner-up: Dragon types
2. What's your favorite STAT?
Attack and Sp. Attack
3. What’s your favorite MOVE?
Flamethrower and Aura Sphere
4. What’s your favorite SPECIAL ABILITY?
Blaze
5. What’s your favorite POKEBALL?
Ultra Ball
6. What’s your favorite BERRY?
Pecha I think
7. What's your favorite ITEM?
Rare Candies
8. What's your favorite STATUS AILMENT?
Frozen
9. What's your favorite piece of GAME MUSIC?
None
10. What's your favorite example of GRAPHICS in a Pokemon game?
1st Generarion

[Kyro13]

1. What’s your favorite TYPE?
Dark or Ice

2. What's your favorite STAT?
Speed

3. What’s your favorite MOVE?
Destiny Bond

4. What’s your favorite SPECIAL ABILITY?
Scrappy

5. What’s your favorite POKEBALL?
Dark Ball (From Pokemon 4ever)

6. What’s your favorite BERRY?
Liechi

7. What's your favorite ITEM?
Dusk Stone

8. What's your favorite STATUS AILMENT?
Sleep

9. What's your favorite piece of GAME MUSIC?
Lavender Town and Lavender Tower from RBY

10. What's your favorite example of GRAPHICS in a Pokemon game?
Tentacruel's Gen 1 sprite

[Azran Flame]

1. What’s your favorite TYPE?
Fire, Dark, Dragon

2. What's your favorite STAT?
Sp.Atk/Speed

3. What’s your favorite MOVE?
V-Create, Megahorn

4. What’s your favorite SPECIAL ABILITY?
Serene Grace

5. What’s your favorite POKEBALL?
Quick Ball

6. What’s your favorite BERRY?
Chesto Berry, I suppose

7. What's your favorite ITEM?
Dowsing Machine, VS. Seeker

8. What's your favorite STATUS AILMENT?
Poison

9. What's your favorite piece of GAME MUSIC?
Aspertia City's Theme, Humilau City's Theme, Hugh's Battle Theme, Iris' Battle Theme, White Treehollow's Theme, Lacunosa Town's Theme, Route 23's Theme, Sinnoh Pokemon League's Theme, Hearthome City's Theme, Canalave City's Theme, Route 216's Theme, B2W2's Ending Theme... to name a few.

10. What's your favorite example of GRAPHICS in a Pokemon game?
Meh, graphics in Pokemon aren't really something I care about so much, so N/A on that one.

[RondezView]

1. What’s your favorite TYPE?
Flying or Psychic

2. What's your favorite STAT?
Um... Sp. Def?

3. What’s your favorite MOVE?
Signal Beam. Dat animation.

4. What’s your favorite SPECIAL ABILITY?
Rain Dish

5. What’s your favorite POKEBALL?
Heal Ball. Ooo, shiny.

6. What’s your favorite BERRY?
Bluk. (long story)

7. What's your favorite ITEM?
Focus Sash

8. What's your favorite STATUS AILMENT?
Paralysis

9. What's your favorite piece of GAME MUSIC?
I usually play with the sound off because I don't have headphones and I don't want to annoy people. But I do like Nimbasa.

10. What's your favorite example of GRAPHICS in a Pokemon game?
Castelia City for me

[Masterofknees]

1. What’s your favorite TYPE?
-Poison, followed by Ground and Grass.

2. What's your favorite STAT?
-Sp. Attack.

3. What’s your favorite MOVE?
-Frenzy Plant, I love me some devastating grass moves.

4. What’s your favorite SPECIAL ABILITY?
-Levitate, it's simple and negates one of the most common moves, Earthquake.

5. What’s your favorite POKEBALL?
-Ultra Ball, by far the Pokéball I've caught the most Pokémon with.

6. What’s your favorite BERRY?
-Eh, I don't really use berries, but Sitrus Berry is pretty nice early on.

7. What's your favorite ITEM?
-Air Balloon is always handy for Rock and Steel types.

8. What's your favorite STATUS AILMENT?
-Poisoning.

9. What's your favorite piece of GAME MUSIC?
-I really like the Palkia/Dialga theme, Groudon/Kyogre/Rayquaza, Alder Battle Theme, but the credit theme for Pokémon Red invokes too many nostalgic memories for me to give the honor to anything but it.

10. What's your favorite example of GRAPHICS in a Pokemon game?
-5th gen, everything just looks so damn awesome.

[charizard:Luvr]

Favorite TYPE
Steel because they have the best reistance
Favorite STAT
Speed
Favorite MOVE
Flare Blitz
Favorite SPECIAL ABILITY
Flash Fire
Favorite POKEBALL
Dive Ball
Favorite BERRY
Lum Berry
Favorite ITEM
Scope Lens
Favorite STATUS AILMENT
~~PARLZ~~
Favorite piece of GAME MUSIC
B&W/B&W2 Final Pokémon Gym Leader BATTLE MUSIC
Favorite example of GRAPHICS in a Pokémon game
4th Gen Heart Gold because of its vivid colours

[SlowPokeBroKing]

1. What’s your favorite TYPE?
Water.

2. What's your favorite STAT?
Speed.

3. What’s your favorite MOVE?
Surf.

4. What’s your favorite SPECIAL ABILITY?
Zen Mode. Darmanitan is a cool Pokemon.

5. What’s your favorite POKEBALL?
Ultra Ball. I like the colors, I guess.

6. What’s your favorite BERRY?
Wacan Berry. Anything to help my Water types.

7. What's your favorite ITEM?
Quick Claw. Without it, my Slowpoke would always go last.

8. What's your favorite STATUS AILMENT?
I guess Sleep. I always wish they made a Water related status ailment. Maybe called Drowning or something. You get submerged and lose a quarter of your max HP each turn your Pokemon can't swim back to the surface and Fire type moves are halved in power.

9. What's your favorite piece of GAME MUSIC?
Ecruteak City in HeartGold.

10. What's your favorite example of GRAPHICS in a Pokemon game?
I'm liking the looks of the battling graphics for X and Y. Of existing games, I loved when Crystal came out and the sprites moved.

[The Head Honchkrow]

1. What’s your favorite TYPE?
Bug

2. What's your favorite STAT?
Speed

3. What’s your favorite MOVE?
Scald

4. What’s your favorite SPECIAL ABILITY?
No Guard

5. What’s your favorite POKEBALL?
Luxury Ball

6. What’s your favorite BERRY?
Lum

7. What's your favorite ITEM?
Lemonade

8. What's your favorite STATUS AILMENT?
Paralysis

9. What's your favorite piece of GAME MUSIC?
National Park

10. What's your favorite example of GRAPHICS in a Pokemon game?
The HGSS graphics. Hands-down, best sprites in the series (Jolteon being the exception).

~The Head Honchkrow~

[Colt45]

1. What’s your favorite TYPE?

Electric. I've gone over this many times before, but I suppose I can explain yet again why the Electric Type is my favorite. You gotta love speed, something the Electric type, and electricity in general, is notorious for. Why is speed so important you may ask? The ability to hit first is a truly invaluable trait, one that can make or break the game for you countless times. Electric types truly have some of the best, most unique designs out there, including: Pikachu (the freaking mascot of the franchise is on our side), Electroll, Jolteon, the Elekid line, Raikou, the Luxray line, Zapdos, Rotom, Thundurus, the Joltik line, and Zekrom, just to name a few. Come one, in the real world, how can you not like electricity? It powers pretty much everything technology-wise, including whatever you are using to read this right now. Truly, electricity is one of the greatest thing about the real world. Without it, no AC, no Computers, no TV, no electric lights, no microwaves, you get the picture. Also, thunder-storms can be pretty damn awesome to watch, sometimes even beautiful. It only has one weakness. That pretty much speaks for itself. Fact is, the Electric type is the only type with only one weakness (besides normal, which doesn't have nay resistances). The Electric type has a great move pool. For one thing, it includes a status: Paralysis. Paralysis is a very useful status ailment: cutting in half the opponents speed, and causing a 30% chance at immobility every turn, rendering a fast sweeper nearly useless. To back up this status ailment is Thunder-Wave, a reliable move that has 100% accuracy. Also, many regular Electric attacking moves grant a chance a paralyzing the opponent. Speaking of attacks, Electric boasts some of the most powerful, visually-pleasing attacks out there; including, but not limited to: Thunderbolt, Thunder, Electro Ball, Thunder Punch, Zap Cannon, Wild Carge, Volt Switch, Volt Tackle, and Bolt Strike.

2. What's your favorite STAT?

As stated above, you can't beat Speed.

3. What’s your favorite MOVE?

I have no idea, so many.

4. What’s your favorite SPECIAL ABILITY?

Once again, there's too many.

5. What’s your favorite POKEBALL?

I've always really loved the Great Ball's design for some reason.

6. What’s your favorite BERRY?

Perhaps the Persim Berry, great for an Outrage user like me, and I like it's name.

7. What's your favorite ITEM?

I don't know.

8. What's your favorite STATUS AILMENT?

Toxic is very useful, and so is paralysis, but putting your opponent to sleep whilst attacking them seems very satisfying to me, so I'll say that it's that one.

9. What's your favorite piece of GAME MUSIC?

Perhaps the Johto gym leader music, but I'm also quite fond of the creepiness of Lavender Town's.

10. What's your favorite example of GRAPHICS in a Pokemon game?

I was blown away the first time I saw Diamond as a kid.

I will probably edit some of the ones I left unfilled later, to contain real answers.

[Ampy]

Fact is, the Electric type is the only type with only one weakness.

Normal would like a word with you :P

1. What’s your favorite TYPE?

Hmm, that's a tough one, but in the end I'd probably have to say Dark. Just so many great Pokemon; Houndoom, Umbreon, Absol, Honchkrow, Tyranitar, Scrafty, Hydreigon, Bisharp, and of course, my personal favourite, Weavile. Ice is a close second though.

2. What's your favorite STAT?

Special Attack due to having the coolest looking moves.

3. What’s your favorite MOVE?

I used to be able to answer this one but can't anymore ufortunately

4. What’s your favorite SPECIAL ABILITY?

Don't have one.

5. What’s your favorite POKEBALL?

Well, I'll have to say the good ol' Pokeball. I don't know why but I'm so OCD with this that it feels off when one of my Pokemon is in a different type of Pokeball.

6. What’s your favorite BERRY?

I don't use berries.

7. What's your favorite ITEM?

Choice Specs.

8. What's your favorite STATUS AILMENT?

Sleep.

9. What's your favorite piece of GAME MUSIC?

Regi Battle Theme.

10. What's your favorite example of GRAPHICS in a Pokemon game?

I'm going to have to go with how amazed I was at seeing LeafGreen and FireRed for the first time; reliving my childhood in 32-bit bliss was amazing.

[fitzy909]

1. What’s your favorite TYPE?
Electric.

2. What's your favorite STAT?
speed

3. What’s your favorite MOVE?
i really can't decide.

4. What’s your favorite SPECIAL ABILITY?
levitate

5. What’s your favorite POKEBALL?
duck ball

6. What’s your favorite BERRY?
oran

7. What's your favorite ITEM?
leftovers

8. What's your favorite STATUS AILMENT?
paralysis

9. What's your favorite piece of GAME MUSIC?
the battles music for colress.

10. What's your favorite example of GRAPHICS in a Pokemon game?
i was amazed by diamond and pearl when they were first released.

[RoySceptile]

1. What’s your favorite TYPE?
Between Ice and Electric

2. What's your favorite STAT?
Speed

3. What’s your favorite MOVE?
Leaf Blade

4. What’s your favorite SPECIAL ABILITY?
Drizzle

5. What’s your favorite POKEBALL?
Great Ball, but only use Poke Balls.

6. What’s your favorite BERRY?
Oran Berry

7. What's your favorite ITEM?
Not sure.

8. What's your favorite STATUS AILMENT?
Paralysis

9. What's your favorite piece of GAME MUSIC?
Team Magma Grunt battle.