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Sudden Javelin posted:Pokemon Gold/Silver - Whitney's Miltank - Mostly just putting this here because I know somebody will mention it. Someone with better Pokemon knowledge can feel free to go into more detail, but essentially it's only the third gym, the Miltank is a brick wall that hits like a truck, and as a Normal type it's only weak to Fighting. Piss! Pissy balls! So, some notes: As is normal for gym leaders, Whitney's Miltank is the highest level mon the player will have seen. It's 20, far beyond the low teens that exist outside the town. Its stat spread is roughly 2/3 better than anything the rest of the gym throws at you, with high values in HP, Defense, and Attack. Its extremely durable, especially to the physical-based mons you encounter in the early game - Bug, Flying, and Normal types all use Attack over Special Attack. Its moveset is nasty. Stomp is almost twice as powerful as Tackle, benefits from STAB (because both Miltank and Stomp are Normal-typed, it gets a 50% damage boost), and it has a 30% chance to cause the target to flinch. This shouldn't be too much of a problem, except that Miltank's second highest stat is Speed, of all things. It probably goes before you, meaning it gets the chance to proc that flinch. Attract lets it shut down any male mons, giving them only a 50% chance to act. Since your starter is likely both your strongest mon and male, this shuts down a huge chunk of your potential power. Compounding its massive defensive stats is Milk Drink, which restores 50% of Miltank's HP. You have to make a decisive strike to take it down. And then there's Rollout. gently caress Rollout. By default, Rollout isn't that great. It's got low base power, lower accuracy than normal, and doesn't benefit from Miltank's Normal typing. But. Miltank's high Attack helps make up for Rollout's low base power, the move doubles in strength each time it hits (resetting on a miss), and, as a Rock-type move, is super effective against Flying, Bug, and Fire - most of what you'll find leading up to town and one of the three starters. It doesn't reset if you switch Pokemon, either; once it starts one-shotting your team, it just keeps getting stronger. Its only type weakness is Fighting, which isn't available before this gym naturally. You can try trading with someone who's already beaten Whitney, but trading with Gen I isn't available until after the next gym. Your only other hope is trying to hit its lower Special Defense, and the Grass, Water, and Psychic types at that point are all slower than Miltank. In short, quote:Piss! Pissy balls! LawrenceFriday fucked around with this message at 12:21 on Jan 27, 2022 |
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