As part of the Hidden Ability Starter Distribution you can now get Serperior, Samurot and Emboar via Mystery gift using the codes below, take in consideration not all regions are not getting this event, and don't get upset with not being able to exchange them the games obtainable with: Omega Ruby, Alpha Sapphire and they are available from:
-January 22nd 2015 - November 30th 2015 (Serperior)
-January 29th 2015 - November 30th 2015 (Emboar)
-February 5th 2015 - November 30th 2015 (Samurott)

 Serperior
Level 50
OT:Present
ID:01225
Ability:Contrary
Hold Item:
No Item
Any Nature.
Date of Receiving
A lovely place. Apparently had a fateful encounter at Lv. 50
Leaf Storm
Hold Back
Wring Out
Giga Drain
Emboar
Level 50
OT:プレゼント
Present
ID:01165
01295
Ability:Reckless
Hold Item:
No Item
Any Nature.
Date of Receiving
A lovely place. Apparently had a fateful encounter at Lv. 50
Flare Blitz
Hold Back
Head Smash
Take Down
 Samurott
Level 50
OT:プレゼント
Present
ID:01165
02105
Ability:Shell Armor
Hold Item:
No Item
Any Nature.
Date of Receiving
A lovely place. Apparently had a fateful encounter at Lv. 50
Razor Shell
Hold Back
Confide
Hydro Pump

    This special event is the first to use shared Serial Codes and offers the Unova Starter Pokémon with their Hidden Abilities. The passwords are as follows: 
-Serperior - POKEMON497, 
-Emboar - POKEMON500, 
-Samurott - POKEMON503

   You can only use each code once and then you'll receive your Pokémon in game. Make sure to get if you haven't yet! Just for limited time!
   Well it hasn´t been an easy month, all the things I wanted to do to get the YouTube channel up and ready, but everything got a little bit difficult, I´m trying to enter college wich means I need to study and other stuff, and I don´t have the time to fully focus on YouTube now. bt still is a coming soon plan I want to do and provide content for you guys.

   If you want to submit a suggestion for any sort of content for the site, please make sure to post it here or tweet me at @Pkmgecko.

   I´m sorry for the delays, but I´ll make sure t make it up! Thanks for the awesome support, and if you can share the site with your friends. Thank you and see you later
   As part of the distribution of Hidden Ability Starters, player with acces to Poke BAnk can now obtain Meganium, Typhlosion and Feraligatr. Games Obtainable With: Omega Ruby, Alpha Sapphire and they are available from: February 27th 2015 to November 30th 2015.

 
 Meganium /
Level 50
OT:Yours
ID:Yours
Ability:Leaf Guard
Hold Item:
No Item
Any Nature.
Date of Receiving
Pokémon Link. Apparently had a fateful encounter at Lv. 50
Solar Beam
Sunny Day
Synthesis
Body Slam



 Typhlosion /
Level 50
OT:Yours
ID:Yours
Ability:Flash Fire
Hold Item:
No Item
Any Nature.
Date of Receiving
Pokémon Link. Apparently had a fateful encounter at Lv. 50
Overheat
Flame Wheel
Flame Charge
Swift



 Feraligatr /
Level 50
OT:Yours
ID:Yours
Ability:Sheer Force
Hold Item:
No Item
Any Nature.
Date of Receiving
Pokémon Link. Apparently had a fateful encounter at Lv. 50
Ice Punch
Crunch
Waterfall
Screech


   If you access Pokémon Bank during the alotted time, you will gain access to all three of the fully evolved Johto Starters. Each of these have their Hidden Abilities and you get all three for each Pokémon Bank Account.Next time you load the game up, Brigette will give you the Pokémon.

   They are avalable Worldwide!. Make sure to get them NOW!


   Week 3 of our weekly strategy... had a it of a stop, but now we are coming back! sadly, for personal purposes we´ll have two sets every month... Either way! we are here and we have Beedrill with us, now make sure to vote if you want a specific Pokemon or just tune in for a random one. Now let us begin.

   Beedrill shines in the UU metagame thanks to its Mega Evolution, which, by having amazing Attack and Speed stats besides Adaptability, grants it the strongest U-turn in the tier, letting it pummel offensive and defensive teams alike, that´s why it can grab offensive momentum with very little trouble, which makes it one of the best offensive Pokemon in the tier. However, it has a bit of a limited movepool aside from its STAB attacks, and it only access to Knock Off and Drill Run for coverage moves. It also has pitiful defensive stats and mediocre defensive typing. It also is forced to run Protect to Mega Evolve and get the Speed boost without taking damage, as its Speed before Mega Evolving barely decent. Despite these flaws, it still is a fantastic Pokemon, and it should always be considered when making an offensive team in this tier or even OU.

#15 Beedrill

Ability: Swarm or Sniper. Gets Adaptability when Mega evolving.

Item: Beedrillite.

Effort Values: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe.

Nature: Adamant / Jolly.

Sugested Moveset:
-U-turn
-Protect
-Poison Jab
-Drill Run / Knock Off

   U-turn is Beedrill's main STAB move, as it nets it offensive momentum with little trouble and is useful to get some chip damage. Protect is used so that you can get the Speed boost from Mega Evolving without taking any damage and is also useful to scout for foes' movesets and potential Choiced Pokemon . Poison Jab is your strongest attack, as well as your main Poison-type STAB, and it has a fairly high chance to poison the target, which works well in conjunction with Protect to rack up damage on the foe while scouting for its moveset. Knock Off hits Ghost-types such as Chandelure for super effective damage and also cripples Pokemon reliant on their item. Drill Run is mainly used for coverage, as it hits Poison- and Steel-types that resist your STAB attacks, such as Tentacruel, Nidoking, Nidoqueen, and Lucario, for super effective damage.

   A standard EV spread is used to max out Beedrill's offensive prower, with the remaining EVs in Defense so it can maintain an odd HP number. Jolly nature is used so you can Speed tie with other base 145 Speed Pokemon, such as Mega Sceptile and opposing Beedrill. An Adamant nature can be used instead to give a little extra power.

   Protect should be used the first turn Beedrill is sent out if the opposing Pokemon is faster, as it lets you safely Mega Evolve and attain the Speed boost without taking damage, scouting the foe's moveset in the process. Although it has poor defensive stats, a decent defensive typing gives it 4x resistances it can use to switch in. However, some powerful physical moves such as Mienshao's Reckless High Jump Kick have a shot at 2HKOing it, although you can use Protect to scout and potentially make Mienshao take crash damage. It can grab momentum with little trouble thanks to its strong U-turn and high Speed stat, so pairing it with entry hazard users is a good idea. Keeping entry hazards off your side of the field is appreciated, as you will be switching out more than often due to U-turn and can be KOed by priority users after Stealth Rock damage.

   You can run X-Scissor can be used over U-turn if you feel that keeping up offensive momentum is not necessary, as it hits for more damage. Swords Dance can be used to boost your attack immensely, but Beedrill usually does not have the room to run this and finds it difficult to set up. If it does manage to set up, it can still get revenge killed easily by priority and Choice Scarf users, so running Swords Dance is not usually worth the loss of coverage. Toxic Spikes can be used to wear down some of Beedrill's switch-ins, such as Alomomola and Porygon2, making it easier for you to deal with them later in the game. Pursuit is an option to cause significant damage to fleeing Ghost-types and Psychic-types, such as Reuniclus and Chandelure.

   So, here you have a simple set for Beedrill, use it, share it and make sure to follow me on Twitter at @Pkmgecko for news and heads up for the new content

   So as an 18 year old, loving Pokemon and following dreams and hobbies are kind of a normal thing in my life, a good relationship is always good for leating things out when you are too stressed, but some of those things can´t be solved by talking.

   As a Pokemon Fan I see almost every time a face of rejection or weirdness when I tell people that I enjoy to play the game, and even take that play into a competitive level via Battle Spot, but almost every person never understands my affection to the franchise, and I am not surprised. Usually in Video Games if they are not about a mature theme, being for example killing or exploring, real life characters or stuff like that, older people think is everything else is childlish and you are a grown up, that you should be more mature and more.

   Those very same people tend to forget that when they were younger maybe my age or a bit less, they were also following their hobbys and singer or band, the hottest actor / actress, and for some reason they left those thoughts, maybe it was because of their jobs, or a family member told them to "grow up"...

   The point is that no matter what other say about you or the things you like, nothing else will make you who you really want to be if you don´t do what you love. So for all the Pokemon Fans out there, we are a great community, we play for fun and for glory with each other, and you know people who say we are adults playing a kids game, we don´t need to prove them wrong, because only we know that Pokemon is not just a simple kids game and above all else we Love It!

   If you have friends that have had the same issue or they are going trough something similar, show them your support, show them what a great community we are, and if you can... Make sure to follow me on Twitter @Pkmgecko and subscribe to the Blog for more of the franchise we all love. Thank you all so very much, till the next post.

Pokemon Moves.


   There are 3 types of moves in the Pokemon games, the first type is Status inflicting moves, which have two ways of working, they inflict a Status on your Pokemon, being Confusion, Burns, Sleep, Freeze or Sleep and the other way they could work is by lowering or raising Stats, some moves work by doing both.

   The other type of moves are Attacking moves, these are the most common moves you see, they focus on inflicitng damage on the opposing Pokemon, this category has two subcategories being Physical Attacks and Special Attacks. Physical attacks reside on doing damage to the opposing Pokemon based on your Attack Stat and their Defense Stat. And Special Attacks focus on doing damage taking your Special Attack Stat and your opponets Special Defense Stat, while some moves can be based on your Special Attack but, doing damage on your opponents Defense Stat, being for example Psyshock.

   Some Attacking moves also have a chance of inflicting Statuses on your opponents Pokemon or even yours. but they only have a chance and that is determined by a percentage fixed into the move itself.

   Attacking moves deal more damage when used by a Pokemon that shares the same typing as the move being called a STAB Move, that means Same Type Attack Bonus, and is a small boost the move gets, that way inflicting more damage when used.

   And the last type of moves covered are Weather changing moves, now this are just four moves, and they are Sunny Day, Rain Dance, Sandstorm and Hail, these do one thing and one thing only set up weather inside a battle, the weather can affect a Pokemon Battle as well, while being in Rain Dance and Sunny day, Water and Fire type Attacks become more powerfull respectively and becoming less effective the other way around. Some Pokemon even take advantage of weather with either Abylities or specific moves that have low accuracy on a normal situation, but have their accuracy improved in the right weather.

   That is everything you need to know about Pokemon Moves.

   As always I really appreciate all the support and make sure to share with your friends!


Typings and Matchups

   Every Pokemon has a Type and it determines what is goin to be strong or weak against, Pokemon moves also have aa Typing and as well it determines what is going to be strong or weak against certain Pokemon, As of today in generation 6, there are 18 types and those are:


   Each of these types have their strengths and weaknesses and you can learn them, or know them by using a simple chart like this one: 


   On the chart the Attacking Type side is for the type of the move you are using and the Defending Type is the type of Pokemon you are using it against, the 0x means that the Pokemon will not recieve any damage from that attack, wich translates to the Defending Pokemon "not being affected" by it, the 1/2x means the defending Pokemon will recieve half of the damage from that hit, being "not very effective", the 1x means that the Defending Pokemon is reciveing neutral damage, and the 2x means that the Pokemonis recieveng twice the damage translating it into a "very effective" move.

   Since not all Pokemon have only one typing the chart also serves to calculate the strengths and weaknesses of your Pokemon, for example a Rock and Steel type will recive not 1/2 but 1/4 of the damage from a Normal type move, a Fighting and Dark type will recieve 0 damage from a Phsychic type attack, that is beacause despite Fighting beaing week to it, Dark is inmune to it and so 2 x 0 is , also if you recieve a Fire attack while being an Ice and Grass type you will recive 4x times the damage, because both types are weak to fire, it's really simple math, you just multiply to get your result, and so some Pokemon have more weaknesses than others, but also more resistances.

   Now that you know about Pokemon Typings we can have a look at Pokemon Moves right here in this next part: Part 5 Pokemon Moves



   Week 2 of our Weekly Strategy series... and we are taking last week's vote for Stoutland for this week, remember that if you want to vote for the Pokemon you want to see next, leave your comment bellow or tweet me at @Pkmgecko with the hashtag #weeklystrategy and name the Pokemon you want. Now let's get started.

  It faces lot of competition from other offensive Normal-types in the NU tier: Kangaskhan, Zangoose, Tauros, and Bouffalant outperform it in almost every role, however Stoutland stands out as one of NU's two Sand Rush sweepers and boasts good coverage, power, and decent bulk. Unfortunately, sand is not such a great playstyle because of its reliance on matchup and it cannot beat rain or sun teams easily. The best Stoutland can do is being a Sand Rush Sweeper, and I'll be covering just that.
Stoutland #508

Ability: Sand Rush.

Item: Choice Band.

Effort Values: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe.

Nature: Adamant.

Suggested Moveset:
-Return.
-Crunch.
-Superpower.
-Pursuit / Play Rough.

   Return is a powerful STAB move that hits very hard. Crunch is a coverage move to hit Ghost-types. Superpower weakens or outright KOes most Rock- or Steel-types such as Rhydon, Regirock, Probopass, Ferroseed, and Klinklang. Pursuit is a great option to trap Ghost- and Psychic-type Pokemon such as Mismagius, Rotom, and Jynx, but Play Rough is an alternative to hit Fighting types, mainly Gurdurr.

   The EVs maximize Attack and Speed. An Adamant nature is used to hit as hard as possible, allowing Stoutland to get some important KOs. For example, Adamant Stoutland always 2HKOes Gurdurr with Return after Stealth Rock damage. And Jolly nature allows you to outrun non-Choice Scarf Adamant Sawk and Timid Ludicolo outside of sand, but you should not attempt to sweep outside of sand anyway. Choice Band is used for maximum power; a Life Orb can be considered, but the power drop is quite noticeable, and also cuts into Stoutland's above-average bulk.

   Sand should always be set up before triying to sweep. In addition, you should try to predict switch-ins to Stoutland where appropriate to avoid wasting precious sand turns. It is better to eliminate Rock-, Steel-, and Ghost-types before sweeping with it so that you can spam Return. Stoutland can be played as either a wallbreaker or a sweeper; it can either wear down bulky opponents for its teammates or sweep with sand up once its checks and counters are KOed.

   Hippopotas with Sand Stream is a compulsory teammate because you are mediocre, Sandlash is another good Sand Rush sweeper, working together with Stoutland to break down opposing teams. Cacturne can be considered on sand teams thanks to its ability, Sand Veil, and Spikes, which aid its teammates. Other entry hazard users, such as Garbodor, Crustle, and Rhydon, are good teammates to help you grab more KOs. For example, Stealth Rock and a layer of Spikes ensure 2HKOs on Gourgeist-XL and Rhydon with the appropriate move. Rock-types are good teammates that take advantage of sand's Special Defense boost. In particular, Carracosta makes use of the boost extremely well, in conjunction with good physical bulk and Solid Rock to set up Shell Smash. Pursuit users such as Liepard and Skunktank are good teammates for their ability to trap and KO troublesome Ghost-types that prevent Stoutland from freely using Return.

   Sleep Talk is a good alternative to Play Rough that allows you to absorb sleep. A bulky tank set with Intimidate and Thunder Wave can be considered. A Choice Band Scrappy set can be run, but it faces competition from the faster Kangaskhan. Stoutland gets Roar, but it would generally prefer to attack rather than phaze. Stoutland also gets Facade to switch into and take advantage of status moves, although it is quite situational.

   And that's the set we have for this week, remember to follow me on Twitter and Subscribe to the Blogs Newsletter to  recieve everything new on your e-mail. 

   As alwayss thanks for reading.

How do Pokemon Grow Stronger.

   As you progress through the game, and battle, your Pokemon will gain Experience Ponits, you can gain experience points by three simple ways:

   a) Defeating Wild Pokemon, when you faint a wild Pokemon, all tof your Pokemons involved in the fight will recieve a share of the experience earned. In Generation 6, you also gain experience by capturing Pokemon.

   b) Battling Trainers, usually battling trainer Pokemons give a bit more Experience Points than just battling with wild ones, but it's also a bit more challenging.

   c) Leaving your Pokemon at the Day Care, when you leave your Pokemon at the Day Care, they'll get experience points based on the amount of steps you take, the more steps you take, the more experience your Pokemon get, this has a small drawback though, they charge you 100 Poke for evey Level your Pokemon grows and the base rate is 100 Poke.

   When they gather a certain amount of experience, your Pokemon will Level Up, when Leveling Up your Pokemons Stats grow, the stats of your Pokemons are divided into HP (Hit Points), Atk (Attack), Def (Defense), Spe. Atk (Special Attack), Spe. Def (Special Defense) and Speed, This Stats are the values your Pokemon has in that field, the higher the value the better the Stat. As well as this, your Pokemon may also learn new moves, a Pokemon can only have 4 moves at a time, and when learning a new one, you can choose whether to keep your old moves or to delete an old to make space.

   Some Pokemon when reached a determined Level will evolve, but they can also evolve by performing certain special actions, or when met a specific criteria, when Pokemon evolve they gain a big boost to their Stats as well as changing form, you can of course cancel the evolution for some reasons, for example a basic Pokemon will learn a certain move at a lower level than its evolution, but other times only the evolutions get certain moves, it is up to you to decide if you want or not to evolve. and also, sometimes the evolution gain another typing to them, but since I haven't told you what Typings are, please read this next article: Pokemon Typing Matchups


How to Catch a Pokemon.

   Even though you and your Rival recieve a starter Pokemon in the beginning of the game, you can't go on such a big journey with only one Pokemon, and your Rival won't do it either, you have to catch more Pokemons!

   You can find Pokemons in different places and eaach place has a different diversity of them and you can find them in various ways, the most usual way is to walk on tall grass, but you can also encounter them while walking on caves, fishing or even surfing, special Pokemons are set as static encounters and they don't change, when you find a wild Pokemon you'll engage in a battle. At the start, catching Pokemons is a fairly easy thing to do, but as you progress through the game the catches become more difficult and rarer, as for what you use to catch Pokemon are called PokeBalls, these have variants and each one has more chances to catch Pokemons.

   The harder the Pokemon is to catch depends on several things:

   a) Its Catch Rate, every Pokemon has a base catch rate and the lower it is the harder the catch.

   b) The Amount of HP it has, the more HP the Pokemon has the harder it is going to be to catch, so lowering the Hp before trying to  catch the Pokemon increases your chances of getting it.

   c) The PokeBall you are using, the standard PokeBall is good for the simple tasks, but for other works we also have Great Balls and for even harder works use Ultra Balls, we also have more PokeBalls more specialized which I cover in this article.

   d) The Status you inflict on the Pokemon you are trying to catch makes it easier to capture, the most effective ones are Sleep and Freeze, and then Paralysis, Burn and Posion.

   Now that  you know how to catch a Pokemon let's look at how to make your Pokemon grow stronger in Part 3


Getting Started.

   Pokemon is a fighting strategy game inhabited by creatures called Pokemon (short for Pocket Monster), these creatures are the center of whole game, they have different typings depending on the Pokemon and these typings have strenghts and weaknesses, as you advance through the game your Pokemons will grow stronger and the challenges as well, the whole point of the game is simply to: 

   a) Beat the Pokemon Gym Challenge, in which you'll have to travel the region meeting new Pokemons, trainers and cities, find the Gyms and beat their leaders in order to recieve a badge showing that you conquered that Gym, each reagion has 8 Gyms and each one is completly different from the others.

   b) Beat your Rival, along your travel you will have a Rival, he or she battles you along the way to test your skills and try to beat you.

   c) Defeat the Bad Guys, each reagion has a Bad team which plans to rule the world or conquer the Region, whichever their master plan is, your job as the protagonist is to defeat them by eventually beating their Leader.

   d) Become the Champion of your Region, once you clear the Pokemon Gym Challenge and you defeat the Bad Guys you can go to the Pokemon League and take on the Elite Four, these Trainers are among the best Trainers in the Region, and after you defeat them you are handed with the most difficult fight of the League, the Champion once you defeat him / her, you are available to do the after game.

   Now, the after game is a subject not in the basics of the game, so I'll be covering the subject on a later article.

   So now you know what your objective is let's explain what are the real basics of the game. Tomorrow we will focus on Part 2



  Hey guys since I know we all like to play Pokemon, but not always have pour handheld with us, here are some emulators for your Android smartphone so you can always play our beloved game!

   To emulate Nintendo Ds I can only recommend one emulator, its a paid one, but its the best out there it is very fast and has a really good support for Roms: Drastic Ds Emulator is an amazing emulator and you can download it by clicking on the name, and if you don't feel like paying before trying they have a demo version too: Drastic Ds Emulator Demo, if you really really don't want to spend anything at all I somewhat recommend nds4droid is a decent emulator with some drawbacks, but is the best free one out there.

   For the Nintendo GameBoy series we have two sections, one for the Gamboy Advance and one for the GameBoy / GameBoy Color:

   For the GameBoy Advance emulator we have My Boy! GBA Emulator a really solid emulator with a ton of features, but it also has a free version My Boy! Free, both of them are amazing they play really smooth and have incredible support for most devices another free option is John GBA Lite which is another solid choice with basically the same feautures.

   As for the GameBoy and GameBoy Color we have My Old Boy! which is a paid version with various features and its free counter part My Old Boy! Free, with not so many features but the same compatibility as the above, and another option is John GBC Lite which is equally solid as the My Boy! versions.

   So there are they guys, if you want to have your favorite Pokemon games on Android make sure to check them out and just an advise, you need to have the Roms of the games you want to play, for legal reasons I can't supply you with them.

   If you like the site and you like what you read, make sure to spread the word and follow us on social media, share us with your friends, but most of all thanks for reading!





   So our first Pokemon selected for our Weekly Strategy is Snorlax, it is an underestimated Pokemon in the UnderUsed tier, and it can use this to its advantage as a fantastic win condition and slow wallbreaker. Having base 160 HP and 110 Special Defense allows Snorlax to act as a sponge to many threats including Choice Specs Hydreigon. Access to Curse and Rest allows it to become one of the best win conditions in the game after Fighting-types have been dealt with. A great base 110 Attack is ideal for a Choice Band set, while Assault Vest can be used a to maximize Snorlax's Special bulk.

   A fantastic ability in Thick Fat allows it to take on Fire-type and Ice-type attacks with relative ease. Unfortunately, a subpar base 65 Defense stat means that Snorlax sometimes needs to shift some EVs towards bulking it up on the Physical side against Pokemon such as Honchkrow or Crobat, and horrid base 30 Speed means you have to rely on sponge-and-attack tactics. Even when you analize Snorlax, you can choose a wide range of moves and strategies, today I'll be covering an Assault Vest set.

Snorlax #143

Ability: Thick Fat.

Item: Assault Vest.

Effort Values: 252 Atk / 252 Def / 4 SpD.

Nature: Adamant.

Suggested Moveset:
-Body Slam / Return
-Pursuit / Crunch 
-Earthquake
-Fire Punch

   Return is a powerful STAB option, 2HKOing all frailer attackers and doing decent damage to moderately bulky threats such as Mega Blastoise and Crobat. Body Slam is a reliable but less powerful STAB option with a 30% chance to paralyze. Pursuit is great against Psychic-types as well as Chandelure and other Ghost-types if you predict a switch, but Crunch is a more powerful move, Crunch is useful in one-on-one situations where the opponent wants to commit with a Ghost- or Psychic-type. Earthquake is a great coverage move, hitting the common UnderUsed Fire-, Electric-, Steel-, and Poison-types for super effective damage. Fire Punch is useful against Forretress and other Bug- and Grass-types. 

   The Assault Vest allows Snorlax to become the perfect special sponge, as the strongest special Fighting move, Focus Blast, is an unreliable move to hit Snorlax with. This set maximizes Attack with an Adamant nature in order to hit as hard as possible, this set also maximizes Snorlax's defensive capabilities, helping it tank physical attacks such as Superpower from Life Orb Hydreigon or Honchkrow. Snorlax's huge base 160 HP and 110 Special Defense allows it to avoid investing in more special bulk or HP, instead investing the EVs into its Defense. Thick Fat is a wonderful ability that weakens Fire- and Ice-type attacks by 50%, giving Snorlax two added resistances, further increasing Snorlax's dependability against Fire-type spam strategies.

   Snorlax is a very decent wallbreaker that can survive any non-super effective hit. It is best used as a sponge-and-hit tactician. Fundamentally, it relieves prediction due to Assault Vest, allowing it to use its optimal attacking options. Snorlax partners well with Crobat, as it can sponge all Fighting-type attacks with complete ease. Alomomola also partners well with it and Crobat by relieving some pressure of predicting. Snorlax appreciates cleric support from Florges, as Florges resists U-turn, resists Fighting-type moves, has Protect for scouting, and has Moonblast to check almost all Fighting-type threats in the UnderUsed metagame.

   Immunity can be used as an ability to prevent Toxic users from gaining the upper hand, but this is generally outclassed by Thick Fat. A mono-attacking RestTalk + Whirlwind set can be used. Lum Berry or Leftovers can also be used instead of Assault Vest, but the Defense EVs should be moved to HP. Self-Destruct can also be used in place of Fire Punch. Wild Charge and Heavy Slam are both interesting attacking options, but they are generally outclassed by Snorlax's main attacking options. Seed Bomb is an option to hit Ground- and Water-types.

   And that is all for our first follower requested Pokemon Strategy! so if you want me to write a strategy for your favorite Pokemon leave a comment or use the hashtag #weeklystrategy and mention me on Twitter @Pkmgecko. See you next Wednesday, thanks for reading

   Hey guys, I'm home right now and while playing on my 3Ds I had to go out, and then a thought crossed my mind... Why can't I play Pokemon on Android / iOS? And while that idea took shape in my head, of course my first thought was to download an emulator, which I have, and right here and right now I can recommend you guys some emulators to play Pokemon at the end of the post. But getting back to the point, we have seen how Nintendo and Gamefreak never were really into bringing Pokemon outside of the Nintendo handheld devices there were some exceptions with Pokemon Stadium and Pokemon Stadium 2, Pokemon Battle Revolution and XD Gale of Darkness those are the ones I have on the top of my mind, but as you can see Pokemon never had a game outside of Nintendo handhelds and even less outside of a Nintendo console.


   After realizing that I wanted a game out of the usual environment, it made complete sense that Nintendo would release a Pokemon game for Android / iOS since the growth of the mobile gaming platform has been enourmos over the past few years, and they want to take advantage of that huge section of the market they are currently not reaching, and as we all now, almost every person has a smartphone, but not everyone has a Nintendo GameBoy, Ds or 3Ds to play their favorite games, and Nintendo knows that, besides being reluctant on realising a mobile game for years we Pokemon fans around the world can finally crest knowing that even if limited we will have a Pokemon game for smartphones whenever we want to enjoy the franchise we all love and play.

   Its true that PokemonGo wont the be the style most of us are used to play at least from the early images... But a new take on Pokemon can be very good and refreshing for the franchise and it will help to reach a much bigger audience, we hope that Nintendo delivers a good quality product with PokemonGo, and that it continues to reach into unexplored grounds so we can all have a good taste of Pokemon in our lifes.

   But for the more casual fans of Pokemon that don't own a Nintendo Ds / 3Ds I can recommend you guys some very good emulators for your Android smartphone, sadly iOS users can't see a similar way to play their favorite games, but for us that have an Android phone and love Pokemon, be sure to check out this post to know more about some of the best emulators:


   Hey everyone, every week I'll be covering a Pokemon with a simple startegy and post it here for you guys, and not only that you guys get to vote which Pokemon is next!

   For the week 1 the Pokemon you selected Snorlax and for week 2 we have Stouland, remember to vote which Pokemon I'll be covering next, you can chose whichever Pokemon you like, and post your opyion via Twitter and right here in the comment section, I'll be counting the votes on Thursday 6th so that I can post the strategy on Wednesday as part of our weekly post where you can choose which Pokemon you want to know about!

   So, if you are reading this, post your option right here with a comment or send it to me by Twitter to @Pkmgecko with the hastag #Weeklystrategy.

    As always I thank everyone for reading and I encourage you to follow me on social media and if you want, subscribe to our newsletter to have everything new I post sent to your email!

   Thanks a lot and keep up the amazing support.
   Hey guys, I hope you have a really amazing weekend and that you can rest enough for Monday, but this really quick post is to update everyone that the launch of the Youtube channel is expected to be Saturday 24th October, a day more than a month for now.

   I'm announcing this early, because it is a project I am really eager and excited for, but the amount of work I have to do in order to have everything together and actually start is more than what I thought... Either way! The Youtube channel is an obvious go for me and if anything happens and I can't fulfill this date or the standards I have for the content I want to deliver for you guys is not what I want, I'll keep this section of the Blog updated so everyone knows what is going on.

   I have to admit that the support this blog has seen since just barely a week ago when I posted the first post has blown my mind day after day everyday we add a bit more than 10 to 20 pages seen around the world, and to just have a week doing this, it makes me feel really good.

   I promise everyone that I'm working my hardest to have the Youtube channel ready and to keep this Blog as entertaining as I possibly can, and I will only ask everyone that reads this blog or anyone that just happens to pass by this post, to share, support and follow my accounts linked in the top right of the site, and to recommend this site to your friends and family, everyone that knows or loves Pokemon that you know will enjoy the content I provide.

   And just before you leave, I'll announce the Let's Play we'll be doing on the channel about a week before posting the first episode! So stay tuned.

   With nothing more to ask or say, I thank everyone once again for the enormous support recieved by now, don't forget to support us! And thank you very much everyone!

   Hey guys, I'm going to be doing some sets for certain Pokemons in this blog, to start off, chosen at random to mark the beginning of this section of the site, we are starting off with Drifblim.

   Drifblim's decent Attack stat combined with a good offensive typing and an excellent ability in Unburden makes it an effective sweeper in the PU metagame. However, its sweeping potential is unforunately limited by the lack of a physical boosting moves, strong STAB moves and coverage, and ways for it to activate Unburden.

   It is easily walled, as physical sets struggle to get past Rock-, Steel-, and Electric-types, and special sets are too weak to break through common special walls. It can be revenge killed easily, as it is weak to three common priority moves, and certain Choice Scarf users such as Raichu will outspeed Drifblim even if it has an Unburden boost. It has a decent support movepool including Will-O-Wisp, Defog, and Destiny Bond, which provide team support and can help it sweep. Drifblim's high HP stat is unfortunatly let down by poor Defense and Special Defense and a typing that leaves it weak to five common types and to Stealth Rock. Although it has the potential to spinblock, it cannot do so in practice, as it loses to every relevant Rapid Spin user. Unburden provides Drifblim with a niche over other offensive Ghost-types, such as Misdreavus, allowing it to be more effective against offensive teams, as it is harder to revenge kill.

Drifblim #426

Ability: Unburden.

Item: Sitrus Berry / Liechi Berry.

Effort Values: 12 HP / 252 Atk / 32 Def / 36 SpD / 176 Spe.

Nature: Adamant.

Suggested Moveset:
-Acrobatics
-Will-O-Wisp
-Substitute
-Destiny Bond / Knock Off

   Acrobatics is your strongest STAB move, reaching 110 Base Power after Drifblim loses its item. Will-O-Wisp lets you set up Substitutes against Pokemon such as Lickilicky while crippling switch-ins such as Golem and Carracosta, as well as to easily activate its item while blocking status and weaker hits, and Destiny Bond allows it to KO slower revenge killers, which is effective with its high Speed when boosted by Unburden. Knock Off can be used to provide more coverage by crippling any Pokemon it touches and is stronger than an unboosted Acrobatics.

   176 Speed EVs lets you outspeed base 70 Speed Pokemon, allowing it to outspeed and burn Mightyena with Will-O-Wisp, while also letting it outspeed Choice Scarf base 95 Speed Pokemon when boosted by Unburden. Maximum Attack EV investment and an Adamant nature are required in order to give Drifblim the capability to sweep. The leftover EVs are used to increase your defensive stats, with the current spread being the most effective and allowing you to consume your Sitrus or Liechi Berry after two and three Substitutes, respectively. Berries are used to activate Unburden, which lets you outspeed the entire unboosted metagame. Sitrus Berry is easier to reach and provides a health boost, while Liechi Berry provides a much-needed power boost. 

   Drifblim should be used as a late-game sweeper when Pokemon that resist Flying-type moves, Choice Scarf and priority users have been removed, but it can also be used before that, just to spread burns or cripple foes with Knock Off. You should not switch in but rather should enter after a teammate is KOed or brought in from a pivot against Pokemon that it can force out such as Poliwrath and Roselia. When in and ready to sweep, you should either try to Substitute until it is in range of the activation of one of its Berries or use Will-O-Wisp to prevent the foe from dealing too much damage. Once it has its Unburden boost with Liechi Berry, attacking will often be the best play, as you might be too weak to take even an attack from a burned Pokemon; however, when running Sitrus Berry, you will have enough health to more comfortably take a hit. You should try to not reveal Destiny Bond, as it is more effective if the opponent does not expect it.

   Due to its limited coverage, Drifblim should be paired with a teammate that can check Pokemon that resist Flying. This includes Water-type Pokemon, which beat Rock-types; Grass-types, such as Simisage and Tangela, which resist Electric-types and check Rock-types; and Ground-types, such as Torterra and Golem, which beat Steel-, Rock-, and Electric-types. Due to its weakness to Stealth Rock, Drifblim appreciates entry hazard removal support from . Dark- and Normal-types such as Pawniard and Stoutland beat opposing Ghost-types while you check Fighting-types. Fighting- and Steel-types such as Poliwrath and Probopass beat Ice-types; the former can also beat Dark- and Steel-types, and the latter checks Rock-types. 

   Other Flying-types such as Jumpluff can form Flying-type spam cores, as they weaken each other's checks and counters. Wallbreakers, such as Heatmor and Marowak, and entry hazards from Pokemon such as Piloswine and Whirlipede wear the opposing team down, providing you with a better chance to sweep. Drifblim fits better on offensive teams, which provide enough offensive pressure to wear down the opponent's team and remove possible threats.

   So guys, this is the set I like to use for Drifblim and I think it works as a uncommon Pokemon strategy.

Let's explain and theorize what are the new Zygarde formes.

   We already heard that Corocoro magazine leaked some images of Zygarde and its apparent new forms, not to meantion that the new series of the anime is now going to be called Pokemon XY and Z and I have to admit that there are some questions coming to my head when seeing them and a small theory for the next generation of Pokemon games.

   To start of we have this little guy, the Zygarde Cell form, apparently they are the single Cells that make up Zygarde. These cells do not possess any will or thoughts. Citing the official Pokemon website "...They're found scattered throughout the region. Since they can't use any moves, researchers question whether they can even be called Pokémon!" So, by this description, we could assume that this from might not be able to be used in battle... although I'm not sure.
Zygarde Cell
The next form we have is the Zygarde Core form, you may remenber this little guy from the images that leaked saying that there was a new Pokemon generation being unofficially announced, but we now know that this is a new Zygarde form, citing the Pokemon website "...this aspect of Zygarde is little more than a part of the Pokémon's brain. Unlike the Cells, the Cores are self-aware and can communicate with Cells and other Cores via telepathy" apart from this we know that these cores gather in order to give us the other Zygarde forms.
Zygarde Core
   The next Zygarde form is called as for now Zygarde 10% forme it takes the shape of a dog, and it is described as the form Zygarde takes when it gathers the 10% of its Cells, and citing the Pokemon website "...Capable of traveling over 60 mph (100 km/h), it defeats enemies with its sharp fangs and its incredible speed" Reading this description we could imagine that this form is not going to be bulky, but more of a fast sweeper.
Zygarde 10% Forme

   The next form is the Zygarde we all know from XY and ORAS, this form is now called Zygarde 50% forme, we all acknowledge that in the games it has been given a really mediocre role, but with the next form that might just change.
Zygarde 50% Forme

   The final form that Zygarde can take is called Zygarde Complete forme and it is achieved when Zygarde gathers 100% of the Cells, and is said to be greater than that of Yveltal and Xerneas, as of now we don't really know how is it going to gather the entirety of its cells to achieve this form and what are those details in red and blue on its body, but we are sure that with time Nintendo will solve all our doubts on the matter.
Zygarde Complete Forme
   On another note, since these froms have been leaked, we can assume that the next Pokemon generation is not exactly coming soon, but we hope that we will have a sequel to Pokemon XY as we did with Pokemon Ruby Sapphire, Diamond Pearl and more recently with Black and White, with the release of Emerald, Platinum and of course Black 2 and White 2, these sequels gave us the same region, but with a mildly different story line giving more importance to the third Legendary Pokemon of the generation. I hope that these is the case with the next game, since I feel Zygarde needs a better role in the story of XY, and its own game might just do the work.

   Thanks for reading.

Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon just around the corner!

   December is right around the corner and as we all know that means we are gettng closer and closer to the official release of Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon for players around the world,

   If you have never heard of this spin-off series of the Pokemon universe, it started with Pokemon Blue and Red Rescue Team which gave us a really different way of playing, we had a partner and we took on missions to save other Pokemons, deliver or find items and solve misteries in plaes called mistery dungeons, these had a specific set of Pokemon inside, but the layout of the dungeon changed every time you got in, the leves on said dungeon were based on floors, and most of them ussually had a boss at the end, 

   Through the game you could recruit Pokemon you defeated on said dungeons, those Pokemon would them become part of your team, which later you could assemble to take on different bosses and ultimatly solve the main problem in the story, after you beat the game you had multiple other sidequests that involved legendaries and special Pokemon.

   The tariler for the game looks beautiful.



   But back to the subject, this game looks amazing and I can not wait to see what the main story in this game is about, why are legendaries turning into stone?, how are going to be able to mega evolve? what dungeons are we going to find? who are going to be the bosses?...

   Either way this game promises to be one the best looking games that will come this New Year.
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Pokken Tournament arrives on WiiU in spring 2016!

   So it has been a long time since Pokken Tournament was announced in Japan and I think that, as always,  us gamers in the outside of Japan felt pretty bad because such an amazing looking game would never come to our hands. But ladies and gentleman, Nintendo made this really huge announcement saying that WiiU players would be able to buy the game starting on spring next year.

   That is right, players will be able to fight with their favorite Pokemon against each other, here is the trailer if have not seen it yet.


   I personally am really excited for this collaboration with Bandai Namco Entertaiment the makers of the Tekken series, it looks really good, the movements of every Pokemon looks excepcionally fluid, the attacks you can see on the trailer look amazing and I am really happy to see this stile of game coming out for us Pokemon lovers out there.

   I believe that many Pokemon fans have been wishing for a game like this since you could select to play as PIkachu or Jigglypuff in the first instalment of the Super Smash Bros series, wich is a really good and challenging game.

   One of the things I really like of the trailer is that it looks as though mostly every Pokemon could make into the game... Or at the very least the more popular ones. and of course if we speak of a popular Pokemon, we can never forget Pikachu which has a wrestling suit and mask... And also  goes by the name of PIkachu LIbre. Honestly I do not know what to think about that last part, but that does not mean I don not like it. Its funny watching how is Nintendo going to showcase him in every game, and to be honest I have never been dissapointed, at least so far.

   So, if you would like to leave a comment with your thoughts about the game, or you would like your friends to know about this great announcement, please share it with them.

   As always thanks for reading.

   I'm a Pokemon fan I've had games related to the franchise since as long as I can remenber, I love knowing the latest and the newest from the franchise and I hope to keep this blog up to date. I'm planning to open a Youtube channel in the future and play Pokemon so that other people can see and enjoy the content I will be doing.

   As for a living I don't work beacause I´m studying German and I want this to be my full time job in the future, I just became 18 years old and I also like to watch the Formula 1 season supporting Sebastian Vettel.

   Currently living in Venezuela.

   I hope you enjoy my Blog and I encourage you to share it and to have some patience because I don't have everything working at the moment and my social networks still need a lot of work. 

   Apart from that, enjoy the content and be sure that when everything is done we'll be having daily new content and possibly chosen by you guys.

Well, one part of the work is finally done...
The logo is here!



   So finally the logo is done, I have to thank my uncle, and my girlfriend for all the help they gave in the making of this amazing work.

   Lets begin with why a Grovyle, well the whole Treeko evolution line has always been one of my favorites starters so I decided to use it as my image, and specifically Grovyle since I think best suits my personality and age. I also went with the Unown as my letters since it gives the whole image a sense on forest wich I honestly  belive goes with the enviroment I picture while thinking about Grovyle.

   If you have any opinions about it or you would like to leave a comment saying your thoughts on it, please feel free to do so. 

   Thanks