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Good Slave pokemons in Pokemon White

What are some good slave pokemons to teach Surf, Fly, Flash, Strength ... ?

I'm currently using:

Tranquill (Slave, not using in battles): Fly
Basculin (Slave, not using in battles): Surf
Krookodile (Main Ground type pokemon): Dig and Strength

I'm looking for 1 - 2 pokemons to teach all the useful HMs and TMs.

I think Basculin would be a good one to keep because he can learn Surf, Waterfall, Dive.
I would like to take dig and strength away from Krookodile so he could learn more powerful moves. So I'm looking for a pokemon that can Dig, Strength, Fly, ?Flash?.


Rufflet: Cut, Fly, Strength, Rock Smash <- No dig.
Herdier: Dig, Surf, Strength, Rock Smash <- No fly
Bouffalant: Cut, Surf, Strength, Rock smash <-
Audino: Surf, Flash, Dig <- Has flash
Basculin: Surf, Waterfall, Dive
Cubchoo: Dig, Rock smash, Surf, Strength, Cut <- No Fly

May 12, 2012

13 Comments • Newest first

Watermelon

I'm done with my slave pokemons but since all the official pokemon threads are locked and I don't feel like making a new thread, I'm going to ask here:

My current team:
Samurott 50Lvl.
Victini 49Lvl
Thror 46Lvl
Eelektrik 42Lvl
Fraxure 41Lvl
Lilligant 48Lvl
Krookodile 47Lvl

Which pokemons should take with me to beat Elite four? And should I level them up to 45lvl first?

I don't have any proper dark pokemons (except Krookodile's Foul play and Crunch, Eelektrik's Crunch), psychic pokemons (except Victini's Confuse and Zen headbutt), Flying type, Bug type.

Reply May 13, 2012
Watermelon

[quote=ihavenonam3]@Watermelon: oops, I meant to say ducklett. they can both learn the moves, no need to evolve.[/quote]

I need a flying type pokemon too and I heard Fly move is good on any flying type pokemon so I was planning to get a main flying type one with fly. I took cover fossil instead of plume fossil by accident and now I can't even get archeops.

Reply May 13, 2012
Watermelon

[quote=ihavenonam3]Swanna learns surf and fly which is all you actually need to complete BW. Strength is optional, and either way all three moves are useful in battle, so...[/quote]

I heard Swanna is good but haven't beaten the Elite four so I can't get Swanna without getting the Ducklett and leveling it up. I'm currently leveling up my Tynamo from 30 to 45lvl which takes a lot of time so I wouldn't want to have two low level leeching pokemons in my party.

Reply May 13, 2012 - edited
Deciduous

i don't think you actually need dig for anything other than dungeon escape do you? in that case, an escape rope is better than wasting a slot on dig.

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Watermelon

[quote=boom2121]Water Pulse. And LOL, um I haven't tried because I finished the game but I think the boulders can reset if you don't push them into the pit? When you reentered was it still in the same place?[/quote]
Not sure, I gave up after the first try.

Should I get Archeops or Braviary for my main flying type? Archeop has a lot of weaknesses but he's strong and Braviary doesn't have that many but is weaker.

Reply May 12, 2012 - edited
boom2121

[quote=Watermelon]@boom2121 Which move should I replace with Surf on my Samurott? His moveset: Slash, Aqua jet, Water pulse, Aqua Tail.
And this morning when I was hunting Axew in Mistralton cave, I completely messed up the dungeon at the first rock because I couldn't see anything and couldn't proceed any further

@ZombieOverlord I got Bidoof but I'm too lazy to level it up.[/quote]

Water Pulse. And LOL, um I haven't tried because I finished the game but I think the boulders can reset if you don't push them into the pit? When you reentered was it still in the same place?

Reply May 12, 2012 - edited
Watermelon

@boom2121 Which move should I replace with Surf on my Samurott? His moveset: Slash, Aqua jet, Water pulse, Aqua Tail.
And this morning when I was hunting Axew in Mistralton cave, I completely messed up the dungeon at the first rock because I couldn't see anything and couldn't proceed any further

@ZombieOverlord I got Bidoof but I'm too lazy to level it up.

Reply May 12, 2012 - edited
Fiercerain

Bellsprout, 'nuff said.
It can learn Flash, Cut, Strength, Fly, and just about any other HM with a little magic.

Reply May 12, 2012 - edited
Kazum

[quote=ZombieOverlord]Biberal is the best HM slave, ever, no exceptions![/quote]

Tropius

Reply May 12, 2012 - edited
ZombieOverlord

Biberal is the best HM slave, ever, no exceptions!

Reply May 12, 2012 - edited
boom2121

I think I only ever used Flash for one dungeon and then that was it.
Surf is a good move for any of your main special water type. IIRC you only need Dive for the Sea Ruins, which is optional but you get like 3mil if you do it.
For Strength, just teach it to something and move delete it after. One of the good things I like in Gen 5 is that you only have to move the boulders once and they stay in place; they don't reset when you leave the area.

Reply May 12, 2012 - edited
Watermelon

I have been thinking of choosing these ones:

Basculin: Surf, Waterfall, Dive
Cubchoo's second form: Dig, Rock Smash, Strength, Cut
Archeops or Braviary as a main flying type: Fly

Any opinions of this choice?

Reply May 12, 2012 - edited
XxSparkehxX

First of all, i don't know what any of those things are.

Secondly, Think of the pokemon! Oh the cruelty.

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