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| style="background: white;" align=center | AKA: {{p|Blissey|The Big Pink Bitch}}.  This damage sponge is one of the greatest things a [[trainer]] could have with them.  Outside of battle, {{p|Blissey}}'s {{m|Softboiled}} heals your Pokémon just as well as any [[potion]].  All you need to heal your entire party is a Blissey and one [[Max Potion]]!  In battle, Blissey is ridiculous!  Seriously.  She's the worst Pokémon for battling.  The only real way to do damage to an opponent is to teach her a [[TM]] that uses Special Attack because she only learns regular Attack moves (I like {{m|Ice Beam}}).  Blissey just isn't a fighter... she's a wall, and coupled with {{m|Defense Curl}} and {{m|Minimize}} she can be an immovable wall.  I call it "Blissey-ing" battles when you exhaust an opponent down to [[struggle]]-ing itself to death because it ran out of [[PP]].  It's helped me out against the [[Tower Tycoon]], the [[Elite Four]], and even a couple of my friends.  I love that Big Pink Bitch!

! {{p|Geodude}} ♂ !! {{p|Graveler}} ♂ !! {{p|Golem}} ♂ !! {{p|Ponyta}} ♂ !! {{p|Gastly}} ♂ !! {{p|Haunter}} ♂ !! {{p|Gengar}} ♀ !! {{p|Chansey}} ♀ !! {{p|Starmie}} !! {{p|Magikarp}} ♂ !! {{p|Gyarados}} ♂ !! {{p|Eevee}} ♂ !! {{p|Jolteon}} ♂

Hatching eggs in {{v2|Diamond}}

Hatching eggs in {{v2|Pearl}}

Hatching eggs in {{v2|Black}} and {{v2|White}}

:1) All Pokémon in your party must be the same [[type]] as the type drawn from the hat at the beginning of the tournament (duel types are allowed : i.e. {{typecolor|Water}}/ {{typecolor|Rock}} is good if you drew {{typecolor|Rock}}).

:2) All Pokémon must be acquired after the type drawing. [[Caught Pokémon|Catching]], {{pkmn|breeding}}, and receiving in [[trade]]s are allowed.

:4) All [[items]] are allowed (including berries). There are no [[move]] restrictions. All moves are allowed.

:6) Only [[Generation IV]] games allowed (Diamond, Pearl, {{v2|Platinum}}). All battles will take place on the [[Wii]] via [[Pokémon Battle Revolution]]!

:7) Tournament will take place 2 weeks after the type drawings.

:8) Players must draw another type if they draw the same type as they used in the previous tournament.

Basically, each player had two weeks to raise a new team of a specific type as high as they could get them from scratch.  There were no prizes unless a player offered one.  It was just for fun.  We held four tournaments over the course of two months and another several months later before canceling the rest due to lack of participation.  When we finished I had a 11-0 record going and it doesn't look like is will be challenged any time soon.  Hopefully, one day the biweekly tournament will come back.  Feel free to use these rules for your own tournaments :)

In the summer of 2009 I attended the Pokémon Regional Championships in Phoenix, AZ.  For those of you who've never attended an official event I strongly encourage you to take a road trip to the nearest one to you.  If you are serious about being a trainer it's an absolute must.  Upon registering your team all contestants are given a wristband with a Pokémon, and it's [[Pokédex]] number, listed on it.  I got {{p|Typhlosion}}.  About an hour and a half after registration 128 random Pokémon were posted and the contestants with those Pokémon on their wristbands were the ones selected to compete in the regionals.  Unfortunately, I did not get selected but I still obtained my shiny Milotic for registering and was able to battle against several other trainers.  It's amazing to see everyone's battle strategies.  One trainer I battled while standing in line for shiny Milotic used four [[Eeveelutions]] but was easily defeated by my {{p|Slaking}}.  Another trainer absolutely annihilated my team using a ridiculously fast Gengar.  One of my friends that did get selected managed to win his first match but was knocked out in the second round.  In all, the event was very fun and worth going to if you get a chance.

Many trainers use a Pokémon that knows some type of [[List of moves that cause sleep|sleep inducing move]] in order to catch wild Pokémon.  These Pokémon are often referred to as "Sleepers."  My "bread and butter" Sleeper has always been {{p|Butterfree}}.  His ability {{a|Compoundeyes}} makes his accuracy with {{m|Sleep Powder}} hit nearly every time.  Plus, he isn't ridiculously strong so he can wear down an opponent's [[HP]].  However, while training my {{t|Grass}} team for the Biweekly Tournament mentioned above, I ran across an amazing Sleeper: Breloom.  Breloom can learn the move {{m|Spore}} and, if chain bred, he can learn {{m|False Swipe}}.  Spore is the only [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/List_of_moves_that_cause_sleep sleep inducing move] that has 100% [[accuracy]] and works on the first turn.  Granted it only has a damage of 40, False Swipe leaves an opponent with only 1 HP.  Coupled with Breloom's maximum possible attack of 394 and you'll be able to get anything down to 1 HP in one, maybe two, hits.  Also, to make sure your Breloom doesn't have ay trouble staying awake (or alive) make sure its [[ability]] is {{a|Poison Heal}} and not {{a|Effect Spore}}.  Then just give him a [[Toxic Orb]] and teach him {{m|Protect}} via [[TM]].  That way, if you are really nervous of a [[status ailment]], you can use Protect on the first turn and you'll be protected for the rest of the match!  Plus when [[poison|poisoned]], Poison Heal acts like [[Leftovers]] and actually ''heals'' Breloom instead of hurting him.  Mix in {{m|Substitute}} and you have a hella-strong Pokémon let alone a Sleeper.  For those pesky tough Pokémon, like {{type2|Steel}}, I'd recommend knowing {{m|Sky Uppercut}}... but that might kill an opponent so you should probably bump it down a notch to {{m|Force Palm}} or even {{m|Mach Punch}}.

===Chaining False Swipe Into Breloom===

The quickest way I've found of {{pkmn|breeding}} False Swipe into Breloom is to start with {{p|Farfetch'd}}.  Go to the [[Veilstone Department Store]] and buy {{TM|54|False Swipe}}.  Teach it to a '''MALE''' Farfetch'd (or level it up to level 43... whatever floats your boat).  Then follow the table below:

If you notice above, I caught a shiny Smeargle on {{rt|212}} by chaining. Smeargle's move {{m|Sketch}} is an amazing move.  I've used it many times to [[Pokémon breeding|breed]] [[egg move]]s into Pokémon and cut out tedious links in a {{pkmn|breeding}} chain.  This time I wanted a Smeargle that was just awesome.  I took my shiny Smeargle to {{rt|218}} along with {{p|Ho-Oh}}, {{p|Pikachu}}, and {{p|Giratina}}.  In the process of catching the shiny Smeargle it sketched the move {{m|Recover}}.  After a wild {{p|Ditto}} {{m|Transform|transformed}} into my Ho-Oh I sketched the move {{m|Sacred Fire}}.  After a different Ditto transformed into my Giratina I sketched the move {{m|Shadow Force}}.  Finally, using the same method, I sketched my Pikachu's {{m|Volt Tackle}}.  It made a pretty badass Smeargle!  By using this method, a [[trainer]] can Sketch any move they currently possess with another Pokémon and don't need to find a trainer in the game that knows a specific move.  Very, very useful when {{pkmn|breeding}} in the {{egg2|Ground}}.

My coolest battle took place in [[Cerulean Cave]].  I was training to get a {{p|Charmeleon}} and took my newly hatched, lvl 5, {{m|Flamethrower}} yielding, {{p|Charmander}} into the cave to get some experience.  I left him in the first position of my party with an [[Exp. Share]] to get the most experience I could (with every intention of switching him out right away).  The first wild Pokémon I encountered was a level 55 {{p|Wobbuffet}}.  It's ability [[Shadow Tag]] prevented me from switching out.  I got lucky since Wobbuffet doesn't know any offensive attacks it didn't crush me in one hit.  I managed to burn it with {{m|Flamethrower}} and after a long battle managed beat it with Charmander.  My level 5 Charmander beat the level 55 Wobbuffet!  That was pretty cool!  I jumped up to level 13 after that battle :)

The first shiny Pokémon I encountered was my {{p|Luvdisc}}.  I needed a [[Heart Scale]] and was [[fishing]] above the waterfall in [[Ever Grande City]] (just below [[Victory Road]]).  The third Luvdisc I caught came out with a little sparkle.  At the time, I had no clue what a {{shiny}} Pokémon was or that they even existed.  So this confused me.  Then I looked at the {{p|Luvdisc}}'s beautiful golden color and thought to myself, "Hey!  Aren't you supposed to be pink?"  So I went ahead and caught it (I had been "{{m|thief}}ing" previous Luvdisc's of their Heart Scales).  Later in the day I looked up why my Luvdisc was gold.  That is when I discovered that every Pokémon had an [[alternate color]] and that they were very rare.  Now that the {{game3|Diamond and Pearl|Generation IV games|s}} have introduced chaining I have caught many more shiny Pokémon, and a few more by accident, but Luvdisc is only one of two shiny Pokémon I've encountered while [[fishing]].  He is now level 100 and knows {{m|Rain Dance}}, {{m|Sweet Kiss}}, {{m|Surf}}, and {{m|Attract}}.

===The Shorter The Chain===

When chaining for shiny Pokémon, you can get a little bored and make mistakes.  That's why it's always good to encounter a shiny Pokémon quickly with a short chain.  The shorter the chain the less stress involved.  You can find multiple videos on YouTube about people finding shinies after a chain of one, but my shortest chain was when I caught my shiny {{p|Abra}}.  After several broken chains I managed to catch him after a chain of only three.  That gave me a 0.000147% chance of find him (only 0.000025% better than not having a chain at all).  That made me happy since he's one of my favorite Pokémon.

While [[EV]] training for the 2009 Video Game World Championship I attempted to chain {{p|Machop}} to get a nice boost in my attack stat.  I stood in front of the patch of grass on {{rt|207}} and thought about what I was in store for.  Thanks to the [[PokéRus]] virus and my held item I would need to battle a total of 52 Machops to complete my training.  If I could face all 52 in a single chain I would tie my longest chain (held by Pikachu).  I also planned on taking a break from my EV training at 40 Machops and start looking for three shinies.  This would bring the total count up to 55 thus breaking my record.  It was a long shot and I planned on continuing my training even if the chain broke.  Well, after 40 Machops I spent about an hour looking for shinies and I managed to get all three.  With a smile on my face I continued training until I got to 55.  Just for fun I continued the chain to see how high I could get it.  170 [[Max Repel]]s, and another shiny, later I finally got so bored I called it quits with a chain of ''110'' (over double my old record).

While [[chaining]] on {{rt|204}} for {{p|Ralts}} I noticed a horrible trend.  My chain kept breaking once it got into the 30's.  About a month into this aggravating experience I managed to complete a chain of 40.  I had originally started with 220 Max Repels and had just over 200 once I completed the chain.  My goal was to catch four shiny Ralts in order to obtain a complete shiny evolutionary line.  217 Max Repels later, with only 3 left in the bag, I managed to catch my fourth and final Ralts.  Two of the Ralts were male allowing me to obtain a shiny {{p|Gallade}}.