Where are you in your Black or White playthrough?

[Jeff]

Been doing alot of catching lately, I still have a bunch of evolving to do to fill my Pokedex. Yeah, I hope to fill it up this time, I tried in Diamond, but started working on it pretty late, so I figured I'd start trying as soon as possible with white. So far I got:

Unova: 79/147
National: 112/351

[Charles Legend]

trying and failing to catch Cobalion any tips would be helpful...

~Charles Legend

[Jeff]

The usual. Take plenty of Ultra Balls, save in front of it so if you screw up you can start over, and of course, False Swipe and sleep moves are your friends.

Anyway, finally beat Cynthia! Elite Four and Alder are next.

[Charles Legend]

Thank you Jeff now I can explore the rest of the Pinwheel Forest...

~Charles Legend

[Link]

I got the perfect pokemon for Elesa. I am going to beat her now with a little training, thanks for the help guys.

[DarkestLight]

Why does your National stop at 351? (Thinks he realize..No, he doesn't realize the answer...since he has B/W Pokemon, they should be at the bottom of the Dex :O)

[Dark Sage]

What a coincidence. I just caught Cobalion and Virizion.

They are quite hard to catch. Ultra Balls may not due the job, but Dusk Balls work wonders. (It was night when I caught Virizion, but its grove might count as dark enough even during the day.) You can buy them at the Pokemon Center in Driftveil.

Edit: I have a question of my own: has anyone managed to transfer Celebii and get Zorua yet? My second DS seemingly can't be used for the transfer. Granted, it's an old model, but it CAN run the game. Do I have to wait for the National Dex, or what?

[Jeff]

Why does your National stop at 351? (Thinks he realize..No, he doesn't realize the answer...since he has B/W Pokemon, they should be at the bottom of the Dex :O)

That's just how many I've seen. It's even higher now since I've realized that you can go back to the stadiums and some of the people in there will have different pokemon than from before.

Also, finally took down Alder last night. Game time 70:06

[MeLoVeGhOsTs]

Team before E4:

Carl (Carracosta): Shell Break, Aqua Jet, Waterfall, Rock Slide
Walter (Serperior): Leaf Blade, Giga Drain, Wring Out, Sustitute
Rick (Excadrill): Swordsdance, Sandstorm, Earthquake Rock Slide
Mai (Scrafty): Hi Jump Kick, Payback, Crunch, Dragon Tail
Galvantuala: Thunder, Chargebeam, Gastra Acid, Signal Beam

All at level 55, 'cept or Serperior and Carracosta who are at 53.

And I beat them. Easily actually, but I thank Mai for that. She had super-effective attacks on 3/4th of the E4. Great defenses, paired with a decent attack = killercombo! Also, unlike I predicted, Walter - my Serperior was very handy. Big Root + Giga Drain and Leech Seed was pretty solid. Marshall didn't stand a chance. Fast Tanks are a new concept! Wonderful.

New part: the cutscene's of Zekrom were amazing. Beating N and the Gethsis was really well thought off. I'm really impressed with Pokemon this time around!

Mai even withstood a full powered Focus Blast from Hydreigon and took it down with one Hi Jump Kick. Serioiusly, Scrafty is a beast! A beast with pants!

Carracosta was the least usefull in my entire team.

Also, Kyurem is probably my favorite legendary of all times (although I got the hots for Articuno,too!)

[Knight of Time]

Well, I got both versions...I'm in the middle of getting both starters in Black first (so far, I've beaten the first gym and gotten the Pal Pad with Snivy as the main starter)...so far, I had help from a friend on another forum to help me trade my White version Tepig to Black...sooner or later, I'm going to restart White and go with Oshawott, then when I get that traded to Black, I'm going to start over on White and go for Snivy, eventually getting all three on White as well. I mean, it's a time consuming and slightly difficult process, but when starting a new game, getting all three starters in both games has to be my first priority.

[Mystic_clown]

I've made it up to Nimbasa City, though I'm hanging around the Desert Resort to strengthen my pokemon. My current team is:

Dewott Lvl 25
Snadile Lvl 25
Lilligent Lvl 25
Sawk Lvl 22
Blitzle Lvl 24
Swoobat Lvl 22

[Blademaster]

HEY I GOT THE GAME AND NOW I'M GONNA PLAY KTHNXBYE

[DarkestLight]

What a coincidence. I just caught Cobalion and Virizion.

They are quite hard to catch. Ultra Balls may not due the job, but Dusk Balls work wonders. (It was night when I caught Virizion, but its grove might count as dark enough even during the day.) You can buy them at the Pokemon Center in Driftveil.

Edit: I have a question of my own: has anyone managed to transfer Celebii and get Zorua yet? My second DS seemingly can't be used for the transfer. Granted, it's an old model, but it CAN run the game. Do I have to wait for the National Dex, or what?

National Dex :O.

[Jeff]

Also, Dark Sage, make sure you're transferring them via the relocator: http://www.pokemasters.net/forums/sh...ad.php?t=22175

Anyway, caught Thundurus today.

Pokedex:
obtained/seen
Unova: 80/148
National: 126/374

[Dark Sage]

Never mind, I figured out how to do it.

[DarkestLight]

Haven't played since Wednesday. Gonna get on tonight and catch that first cloud dwelling idiot, then level so I can deal with this ridiculous level spike. 'Bout to make me start breeding a whole serious team man!

[DivineAll]

Post-level spikes are still intimidating for gen. 5. I know the exp. rate was changed since the transition, but seriously, level 60-ish Pokémon from trainers you can consistently battle? At least for HG/SS they kept it mostly consistent and manageable for Kanto.

[classy_cat18]

I've caught two of those four-legged legendaries. My Zebistrika was essential for both of them with his Discharge. Cobalion was a little tough but Virizion was a real bitch! Sadistic grass muncher!

Not sure if I'm looking forward to the third...

[Dark Sage]

Virizion was a bitch to me too. My False Swiper for my Black game is Samurott, and it was getting pummeled by the thing's Giga Drain. but I caught it.

[classy_cat18]

Oh yeah! Took down Drayden's strongest Pokemon with one Earthquake! Thank you, my lucky Excadrill! *smooches*

[Dark Sage]

Okay, I just got the eighth badge in both games, and caught Tornadus and Thundurus in their respective games.

Right now, I'm leveling up Scraggy in both, to put on my team as the Fighter.

[classy_cat18]

I didn't know they made the walk to Victory Road so epic. That was so awesome how they did that!

[MeLoVeGhOsTs]

Got bored after beating E4 and started Black! I beat the second gymleader and just arrived at Pinewheel Forest!

So far:

Boris (Pignite) l.25: Flame Charge, Rollout, Arm Thrust, Work Up [Blaze]
Todd (Palpitoad) l.25: Bubblebeam, Uproar, Mud Shot, Aqua Ring [Swift Swim]

Wtf, Uproar now has 90 basepower, hoyo! Also, looking for a decent Sewaddle (yeah, I actually like Leavanny, dunno why, I just do o_O).

[DarkestLight]

Ok. What the hell is the point of the Abyssal Ruins? I keep getting thrown out of there, and its pissing me off. ><

Anyway, got some time to play, and I haven't caught those cloud dudes yet. Been too busy connecting the eastern half of the map. My Black City is gonna shrink unless I do something stat!

And whats up with that one Towns night spirit stealing story? ::Gfaqs asap::

[Dark Sage]

You really need a map to get anything out of the ruins. There's one on GameFaqs.

If you want to know a good way to catch Thundurus or Tornadus, PM me. I caught them rather easily.

[DarkestLight]

I got it broken down. Watchog was made to catch roamers >D It just needs to STAY. IN. THE. BALL! >_O

Ruins are done. I still dun have two of them though...but BIG money!

[Jeff]

Ok. What the hell is the point of the Abyssal Ruins? I keep getting thrown out of there, and its pissing me off. ><

Anyway, got some time to play, and I haven't caught those cloud dudes yet. Been too busy connecting the eastern half of the map. My Black City is gonna shrink unless I do something stat!

And whats up with that one Towns night spirit stealing story? ::Gfaqs asap::

Just so you know, the roamers are version exclusive, and you need both to unlock Landorus (like with Kyogre/Groudon in HG/SS).

As for that town. The monster they talk about is Kyurem. If you go out to the water, surf north, head back towards the town, and stay on that path, you'll reach the Giant Chasm, where you find Kyurem. It's Lv 75.

[DarkestLight]

Got them both. No legend stands a change against my persistence. Hrm, not much left now. Caught a Ditto (Squee!!) and it will soon be time for shuttling my whole old posse's over. Caught a Deli too. Pory 2 and Chansey...that's all that's left.

Anyone did the Battle Subway yet? Or been to Anville town, for that matter

[The Blue Avenger]

Anville Town is worth visiting. On weekends, there are dudes there who will trade items with you. One will give you a Revive for 2 Escape Ropes, and the other will give you a PP Up for a Stardust, which is excellent considering Stardusts are freaking everywhere in this game.

I just caught Kyurem, which means that, until I get a Thunderus, I've caught all the legends I can possibly catch right now. Next up on my list: Exploring Undella Bay and the Shrine.

[Link]

I am at the Elite 4 with some underleveled guys. I am about to train them to level 40 or higher because when I fought two Elite 4 members the 2nd time in there, I got really outclassed by them. I am going to trade my guys over from HG/SS, Pearl, and Platinum when I have the time, and after I beat the E4, because the battles are becoming more intense as the game goes on.

[classy_cat18]

Trying to get through Victory Road. AARRGH! MOST FRUSTRATING VERSION EVER!

As soon as I'm done with Elite 4, I'm going back to my fourth gen games and breeding me some pokes. I need an Empoleon!

[Dark Sage]

I just got done with the main story in Black. Four words: Coolest... Elite... Four... Ever.

In response to your post, Heracross, my team was all lvl 50 before I tried to take them on. N is no pushover, and Ghestis is even harder. I'm going to have to take a break until tomorrow morning before doing it in White.

[Shivaree]

Trying to get through Victory Road. AARRGH! MOST FRUSTRATING VERSION EVER!

As soon as I'm done with Elite 4, I'm going back to my fourth gen games and breeding me some pokes. I need an Empoleon!

Victory Road has always been a pain in the butt for every version, definitely not looking forward to this one.

As for me, I've gotten my 7th badge with; Emboar, Musharna, Unfezant, Zebstrika, Krokorok (for another level), and Carracosta. Not looking forward to the last gym leader either. X_X

[Dark Sage]

I just finished the main storyline in White too, and... you'll never believe this... When I caught Zekrom, it was a critical capture!! I mean, I had one critical capture up to now, and it was when I caught a Timburr, but I actually made a critical when I caught Zekrom.

Too bad you don't get anything extra for doing it.

[MeLoVeGhOsTs]

Finished everything in desert and picked up a Yamask! Then proceeded through Nimbasa to Driftveil where I caught myself a Ferroseedin Chargestone Cave. It even twirls as an action! Look at it go!

Now, I reached the flying-town and did some training with my new obtained lucky egg and everyone evolved to it's final stage, yay! Cleared out the Gym after that and just received Surf. Gonna do some surf-catch-up first.


Boris (Emboar) l.40: Flame Charge, Heat Crash, Arm Thrust, Hammer Arm [Blaze]
Todd (Seismitoad) l.40: Muddy Water, Flail, Dig, Rain Dance [Swift Swim]
Hei (Sygiliph) l.40: Air Cutter, Mirror Move, Reflect, Light Screen [Magic Guard]
Cogg (Cofagrigus) l.40 Will-o-wisp, Hex, Shadowball, Night Shade [Mummy]
Xxiva (Ferrothorn) l.40: Curse, Gyro Ball, Power Whip, Metal Claw [Iron Barbs]

Also, Iron Barbs + Rocky Helmet = win.

EDIT: Whooops, edited over =/

[Dark Sage]

Figure this out:

In my Black game, I just got to Black City. One hour later, I turned on my White game and just got to White Forest. I got to them in roughly the same amount of time.

But... My White Forest has only two people in it, while my Black City has six.

I heard one report say that the number depends on how long it takes you to get there, while someone else said that it always starts out low. It seems to be completely random, given this odd situation.

What has everyone else encountered on their first visit to Black City/White Forest?

[Bear]

Ok, so the biggest pain in the ass so far was (Spoiler:) Cynthia with her gfkvhgfejfjhsfdj level 75 pokes. I didn't expect this battle when I reached this area, and my team was HORRIBLY underleveled. I won, but not without spamming hyper potions and PP stalling. Rough stuff

[Link]

I got Cobalion. Next stop is training my Throh, Krokorok, and Simisage to higher levels for the E4. I also plan to catch the two other cave dwelling legendaries which my friend claimed was impossible to get before fighting the e4.

[classy_cat18]

No, it's possible. I haven't beaten the E4 and I've caught all three.

I just caught the one in Victory Road. Definitely the easiest to catch IMO, one Dusk Ball and it was mine.

[Link]

It took me like 20 dusk balls to get Terrakion. You guys have it easy.