It’s certainly worth exploration, anonymous. Whereas allowing a pokémon to romance a human or vice versa tends to be a taboo, there are really no social qualms against allowing a pokémon to romance something not within its own egg group. So long as your kirlia understands that breeding would be impossible and that it’s imperative for him to engage in safe practices when mating, he should be fine.
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Hey Bill, I need some advice: My Gallade has been training for months but can’t seem to defeat strong Flying types. How can I help him train mentally as well as physically?
There are several ways you can do this.
If you’re looking to train your gallade’s psychic abilities, meditation is often the key. If you can, try pairing him with a medicham for best effect, but if not, simply be sure to have him sit down and engage in self-reflection for at least an hour a day. While, certainly, it sounds counterintuitive to have your gallade train his mental abilities by not doing anything at all, that’s strangely how many psychics go about fine-tuning their powers. (Some even do so under waterfalls, which may sound like a cliché but is actually an effective way to train discipline.) This is due to the fact that when meditating, a pokémon’s entire focus is on strengthening their inner self and seeking enlightenment, so by stopping all physical movement, they have no choice but to train their minds instead.
Of course, this isn’t the only way a gallade can defeat a flying-type. Gallade can, for example, learn Thunderbolt, Thunder Wave, and Charge Beam, among many others. However, because many of these moves don’t match either of gallade’s native types, training yours to use them may be a bit trickier. On the other hand, the associated training is often less time-consuming. You would still need to dedicate an hour a day to do so, and there will still be some level of meditation involved, of course. It’s just that most forms of type-based training are more active compared to psychic training.
For example, with electric-type moves, while your gallade will need to learn how to channel electricity properly (a process that will involve some meditation, combined with plenty of focus on the field), the bulk of your gallade’s training beyond that will be a simple matter of target practice, as electrical attacks are notoriously difficult to control due to their speed.
In short, each element tends to require different training techniques (some of which may vary depending on whether or not you’re dealing with your pokémon’s native elements), but should you simply want to train your gallade’s psychic abilities, intensive meditation should do the trick.
Best of luck, anonymous!
Is it safe for my Sandslash to be rearing my newly hatched Chikorita? I obtained the egg from a breeder so that i could have my first ‘real’ pokemon, since the Sandslash was my Dads who gave it to me. Sandslash is acting very motherly towards him, and I want to make sure that this is acceptable behaivior.
Yes, of course. Any pokémon may raise any other, regardless of species or type of both the “parent” and the child. So long as your sandslash is careful, both it and your chikorita should be fine.
Bill! Please answer my questions I sent in months ago! I don’t know if you ever got them and it makes me sad.
We apologize for the delay, anonymous. It was certainly not my intent on making you feel sad! However, to give you an idea for why I might not have answered your ask yet:
In order to clear my inbox, I often put asks in my drafts instead so I can work on them at my own leisure. This means that, in total, I currently have over 180 unanswered asks. There are, meanwhile, a few left in queue, so I hope to reduce this number considerably soon.
Also keep in mind that I may not answer certain questions, either due to the fact that I’ve gotten quite a few like them or I simply can’t answer them at all. (It’s fascinating how much some of you know about Mewtwo, for one.)
Finally, while I would increase the frequency of queued asks, I’ve been told by my editor that “the mun has been busy in real life” … whatever that means.
Regardless, I apologize again for the delay, and I hope to clear my inbox—and, thus, hopefully get to your ask—soon.
Hello Bill, I recently caught an Absol and raised him. We are trying to take on the Battle Tree but usually lost, so I tried to take him and my Goliosopod to Resolution Cave, but my Absol seems completely against going too deep within the cave, only seeming to accept the early foggy section with the hanging vines. Is there something deep within the cave that seems to continually concern my Absol? Both he and Goliosopod are more than capable of handling the wild Pokemon.
Hm. Resolution Cave is located on Poni Island, yes? If so, I must admit I’ve never been there myself, and Poni Island is notoriously rough and barely charted territory. There are rumors among Alola natives of dangerous pokémon deep within Resolution Cave, but other than common but rather ordinary pokémon of exceptional strength, many of these rumors are unsubstantiated. Likewise, according to the Alolan administrator Molayne (who himself has a team strong enough to protect him against the wild pokémon of Poni Island), the terrain of Resolution Cave itself is rough and dangerous, but he admits he’s never been much further than the area you’ve described. It could very well be that your absol is simply reacting to the risks presented by these pokémon, or perhaps risks presented by the terrain of Resolution Cave itself. Either way, I would trust your absol on the matter.
Hey, a while ago I sent an ask about teaching my Pangoro the TM Infestation. The move was great in combat, but I had a problem with the move outside of battle. And by that I mean my Pangoro accidently infested my house. Now I know you’re probably thinking that I should just call pest control, but the guy I usually go to is out of town and… Would it be smart to release a bunch of Poliwags in my house? They eat bugs, right? There’s a whole pond of ’em near by… Is this a good idea? Please help.
This would only be a good idea if you didn’t mind recreating There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly but with a house instead of the elderly.
In all seriousness, anonymous, never use wild pokémon to solve a domestic issue. Wild pokémon rarely understand house manners. Instead, consider catching one and training it to clean up insects. Just one should be sufficient.
So I guess this means that Blissey is Danny Devito, and just wants to offer you a egg in this trying time?
I could have gone my entire life without imagining this, but yes.
My beedrill and I have been together since he was a weedle, so I can usually read him pretty well. However, as of late, my friend has gotten a cutiefly, and my beedrill gets really agitated and aggressive when it’s around. Can you help explain this?
It could perhaps have something to do with the fact that beedrill eat cutiefly.
Contrary to popular belief, beedrill are not herbivores that feed off nectar or pollen. Rather, they’re carnivores that attack prey with the three stingers on its body, then drag the corpse off to their hives to feed themselves and their weedle hatchlings. While beedrill will generally attack and eat anything that’s both smaller than them and considered meat, they gravitate especially towards other bug-types pokémon. Cutiefly, being part-fairy, are a bit of a delicacy in particular.
In short, I would consider keeping your beedrill as far away from your friend’s cutiefly as possible.
Why can’t psychic types, or at least some of them, eat things that have/had emotions? What would happen?
Psychic abilities tend to be stronger when the psychic in question is in physical contact with a target. Thus, imagine putting your mouth on something, only to hear the last dying scream of a once-living entity.
That’s why psychics generally prefer vegetarian lifestyles. Or at least the ralts line does. Many other psychics tend to have less potent empathic abilities (or aren’t quite as concerned), so eating meat or the like is less of an issue with them.
im going on a cruise to a tropical location so i was wondering what pokemon would be good to bring?
Steelix. I’m just curious to know what would happen.
Edit: As expected, my editor has requested very politely for me to edit this answer.
First and foremost, anonymous, consult your cruise(’s website) first. Each cruise line has their own set of rules concerning what you may or may not bring aboard. Some ships have weight limits, others may have bans on certain types, and so forth. Thus, you may actually find yourself placing many of your team members in the storage system by default, simply because your cruise line may bar them from coming aboard.
That aside, though, it depends on which of the remaining members of your team wish to accompany you. While it’s true that some ice-types may encounter difficulties with the weather and some rock-types may not be comfortable out at sea, it’s also true that luxury cruise liners take this into account and have special rooms aboard their ships to accommodate such pokémon. So while certain members of your team may not be able to go with you on island tours, they may be just fine if left aboard the ship.
However, I will say this: from what I understand, some cruises are best enjoyed with pokémon that can use Dive, Surf, or both. These pokémon may go with you to any port you visit and could very well add to your experience, especially if you plan on scuba diving or snorkeling. Some tourists also prefer taking telepathic pokémon with them to foreign ports in order to facilitate communication, so that’s certainly an option as well. But of course, if any of your pokémon seem particularly excited at the prospect of exploring new places with you, those are the ones you should consider taking above all others.
Bon voyage, anonymous!
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