Zombie apocalypse!

What team of Pokemon would you have in the event of a zombie outbreak? Here are some rules to keep it interesting:

• No Legendaries. Picking Celebi and going back in time ruins this.
  
• Steel, Rock, Ghost and Poison types CAN be infected. Steel and Rock are harder to infect because of their tough bodies, but they can be infected if the zombies manage to scratch/bite them up enough to wear them down. Or get their eyes, that's a pretty vulnerable spot. Ghost Pokemon can still be infected, though some of them can become intangible. Let's just say that zombie Pokemon with move like Night Slash or something would be able to infect them. Same for Steel Pokemon and Fire Fang.
  
• Pokemon with special characteristics that would make them immune to the virus may be acceptable. For example, Macargo's internals are hotter than the sun. The virus would die in its body, so it's pretty safe from infection. The rock typing alone doesn't save it, it's only saved because of its special characteristic.
  
• You're not the only survivor, there are survival camps and such. However, there aren't many survivors, and most of the time you'd have to be traveling on your own. The setting isn't a complete wasteland where you'd have to search for days on end without food; but you should preserve your rations as best you can. Just because you're not entirely out of food doesn't mean you can afford a full course meal 3 times a day. Also, there is no law, so not everyone you meet will be friendly. Wanna let your guard down because that nice old man offered you a place to stay at the night? Have fun getting everything you own robbed as you're asleep.
  

UPDATED RULES[4/27/2010]

• No more than 6 Pokemon are allowed on your team.

^ I may change the rules later if there's a disagreement, or people find them too restricting (they shouldn't be, what with the huge selection of Pokemon and all).

For my team I'd probably have something like:


Gengar to go through walls and pomegranate and tell me if the next room is safe. In other words, it'd be a scout. It's also fast as a motherfucker, and can levitate, so it can probably handle itself if worse comes to worse. Nice for projectile support as well.

Gardevoir for support. It'll be making wishes, putting up barriers, and it also has a strong will to protect its master. Also, I could use something warm to cuddle with at night to make me feel safe. Any companion that isn't needed for night lookout would be find, but Gard most likely has the most comforting feel on the team. I can't sleep in real life unless I'm holding something, there's no guarantee I'll have a spare item to hold at night with me. Teleportation would be nice as well.

[B]Absol[/B], this nigga can sense disaster miles away, and has some super fucking luck. I'll probably keep it as lookout to sense when pomegranate is about to go down. Can probably be nice for close combat, in case the zombies close in too much.

Electivire will power stuff up, light dark areas, and play a big offensive role in my team. Flamethrower, Thunderbolt, Earthquake, maybe Fire Punch or something for close combat if it's in a tough situation. Perhaps Rock Smash would be good too, just in case we get stuck in a dead end somewhere.

Dugtrio is a fast motherfucker that'll be popping in and out the ground faster than the zombies can even keep up with. Arena trap helps for keeping the pineappleers in place while Electivire blasts them. It could be good for surprise attacks. Like Gengar, I'm pretty sure it could hold its own in trouble. It's too fast.

Charizard for travel and a sweeping air strike if needed. It'll survey the skies for anything suspicious. It's fast, good for travel, and can attack from afar.

I may want to replace someone on my team for Linoone or something. I probably need a good nose to sniff out food and water, but it's so frail. I guess I could use it after Gengar, Charizard, and Absol confirm that the area is pretty safe so it avoids getting raped. Maybe it'd replace Dugtrio. Not to mention it could also be soft enough to cuddle with as well. Hmmm...

Only one Pokemon fits my needs:

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Dragonite

Nothing else is needed.

Only one Pokemon fits my needs:

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Dragonite

Nothing else is needed.

Have fun getting cornered by bandits who are desperate for supplies and find a nice target.

A salamance to fly when there is trouble
A gardevoir for... ummm barriers? yeah! barriers

Thats basically all I need.

oh! and a zoroark for the hell of it

inb4 Tropius

But wouldn't the zombies be attracted to the Electivire attract the zombies because of the light?

As for me, I've always loved Gallade.

Never failed me!

Also, Xatu might help me with the "old man stealing my stuff" situation.

Cresselia:
To heal people of mental scars and to put people who try to attack me to sleep.
Barriers.

Skarmory
Flying, and sweep through cities at high speeds.
Whirlwind to blow away enemies.

Spiritomb
Being a ghost and all would make it immune me thinks to zombies and once i kill them spiritomb grow stronger with their souls.
Shadow sneak to approach dangerous zombies and kill them swiftly.

Porygon z
To hide in the Cyberworld when things get too hard.
*thats what she said*
Ice beams to freeze zombies.
Tri-attack to make sure i can escape safely.

Vaporeon
For water and for watering the plants.
Wish and protect.

I think we should have a Roleplay about this:O(lol)

Could replace Porygon for Raikou so i can escape of land and cause thunderstorms to foil enemy plans and all.
IS cressy considered legendary ? o.0 or raikou ?

inb4 Tropius

But wouldn't the zombies be attracted to the Electivire attract the zombies because of the light?

As for me, I've always loved Gallade.

Never failed me!

Also, Xatu might help me with the "old man stealing my stuff" situation.

Well, it's not like Eletivire would be constantly emitting light. Gengar would scout a dark place first, so I wouldn't light unknown territory.

Have fun getting cornered by bandits who are desperate for supplies and find a nice target.

Two words: "Hyper Beam"

If we're talking about the anime here, technically, Dragonite is not limited to only 4 attacks.

Mine would most likely have:
-Light Screen ; Creating a square-shaped barrier around me and Dragonite
-Aerial Ace ; Speedy attack and rush through mobs
-Flamethrower ; Self-explanatory
-Agility ; Speed up and help me escape
-Fly ; self-explanatory
-ExtremeSpeed ; Same as AA, but this is for non-aerial mobs (not like there's flying zombies, unless we're thinking about flying zombies, or flying zombie Pokemon)
-Earthquake ; LOL I make an EQ to stall time and ruin their path while I run away
-Hyperbeam
-Ice beam ; Freeze a cave-opening, in case I decide to retreat in a cave, and then freeze it while I sleep.

Two words: "Hyper Beam"

If we're talking about the anime here, technically, Dragonite is not limited to only 4 attacks.

1 word. RECHARGE

IF cressy and Raikou are considered legendaries
(i think i got messed up between Uber and legendaries lols)
Luxray and Bronzong.
Forgot 1 poke and its Nidqueen for her abilities of learning several different types of moves.
Digging and being able to poison.

Cresselia is ledgendary, Ceddybear.

1. Shedinja. Invulnerable to the virus, or rather, any zombie for that matter. Sandstorm for a quick escape on Flygon.

2. Flygon. Flies. STAB Earthquake hits a lot of zombies.

3. Tropius. For its food to survive. Screw you douchebags for making it a meme.

4. Smeargle. Dark Void for Sleeping, Heal Bell for curing the virus in party mates, Wish for healing us, and Protect for a limited barrier.

5. Smeargle. Dark Void for Sleeping, Heal Bell for curing the virus in party mates, and Light Screen and Reflect for some barriers.

6. Smeargle. Dark Void for Sleeping, Heal Bell for curing the virus in party mates, Wish for healing us, and Detect for a limited barrier.

Recharging only happened in the new season. But back during the arc with Drake vs Ash, I think Dragonite used Hyper Beam and did not have to recharge, correct me if I'm wrong. The recharge situation isn't problematic anyways, once you kill off a mob of whatever, most likely, there won't be anything left surviving. So the small time adjusted to recharge wouldn't be a big deal.

Recharging only happened in the new season. But back during the arc with Drake vs Ash, I think Dragonite used Hyper Beam and did not have to recharge, correct me if I'm wrong. The recharge situation isn't problematic anyways, once you kill off a mob of whatever, most likely, there won't be anything left surviving. So the small time adjusted to recharge wouldn't be a big deal.

But theres other zombie pokes who might be ghosts and thus immune to HB. You kill off a group of zombies and during your recharge period a Zombie Froslass apprears and uses Icebeam Stab and 4x effective. your dragonites down. What happens ?

Hold on. Are we talking about the game or the anime / manga here? Because technically, in the game, everything goes down to numbers. In the anime/manga, it doesn't have to make sense. Hell, look at YuGiOh with the scene with "Catapult Turtle", this is an example:

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[video=youtube;cnXzvtR7FFk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnXzvtR7FFk[/video]
Card-game effect =/= that
In-game effect which makes no sense = that

So technically, Dragonite can survive a direct STAB'd Ice Beam (in anime/manga) with ease. In-game is extremely possible as well, with proper distribution of EVs. Your point?

Secondly, the recharge rate might be fast. -points to anime- Lots of things are broken, bro.

Hold on. Are we talking about the game or the anime / manga here? Because technically, in the game, everything goes down to numbers. In the anime/manga, it doesn't have to make sense. Hell, look at YuGiOh with the scene with "Catapult Turtle", this is an example:

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[video=youtube;cnXzvtR7FFk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnXzvtR7FFk[/video]
Card-game effect =/= that
In-game effect which makes no sense = that

So technically, Dragonite can survive a direct STAB'd Ice Beam (in anime/manga) with ease. In-game is extremely possible as well, with proper distribution of EVs. Your point?

Secondly, the recharge rate might be fast. -points to anime- Lots of things are broken, bro.

But then if you went for a SP def dragonite his hyper beam would not be as effective :F.
What if it icebeamed Dragonites wings and its mouth. MY point is you cant survive with only a dragonite in that situation.

We need a Roleplay :F

Scyther - two blade-hands and the ability to fly, great for aerial attacks and in close quarter situations.

Tauros - general land fighter, good speed and attack power makes him great for clearing hordes of zombies.

Arcanine - a powerful, fast dog that can utilize strong fire attacks (Flare Blitz) and Extreme Speed. Being a dog, it can also sense danger and sh'it.

Espeon - support (via Wish, Substitute, Light Screen, etc.).

Starmie - trap removal, water transportation, and special attacker.

Froslass - scout, trapper (Spikes), and refrigerator.

You only need a Dragonite to survive anything. Hello, Lance, anyone? In the anime, he only used a Dragonite. This excludes the time he captured the red Gyarados.

You only need a Dragonite to survive anything. Hello, Lance, anyone? In the anime, he only used a Dragonite. This excludes the time he captured the red Gyarados.

Your not lance ? the story does not say your an elite four champ and theres no pokemon centers so you cant heal it up. If it gets burned its burned for a while and all those other conditions. IF it gets infected with a virus then your done for. And using you ideology that Dragonite is the master pokemon. What if your dragonite fights a zombie dragonite ?

We need a Roleplay :F

Hmmmm....

Hmm, multiple moves makes this challenge a bit boring to come up with. Some Pokemon have amazing movepools.

However, Tyranitar shouldn't need a move slot to smash a bolder, nor should Charizard need to use a move slot to fly you around. So perhaps a limit of 4 moves, but HM moves don't add to the count because your Pokemon should be able to do those anyway. This challenge is supposed to be a mix of the games, but with some logic put behind it. It's more focused on the game mechanics, but there's a hint of realism put behind it. Just because your Tropius has 4 useful moves, doesn't mean it'd burst into flames the second you get on its back because you didn't teach it fly.

You only need a Dragonite to survive anything. Hello, Lance, anyone? In the anime, he only used a Dragonite. This excludes the time he captured the red Gyarados.

Lance did not survive in a zombie apocalypse. Under normal circumstances, you don't need much protection in the wild, especially when you consider how 10 year old kids can enter the wilderness with nothing but their level 5 Torchic and do fine.

The anime and manga are completely different canon though. The manga has a slightly darker side to it, so I guess if we'd relate this challenge to anything it'd be Special+The games or something. In any case, it's pretty hard to argue points when different sources have different rules.



I'm rethinking my team a bit. I might add Rotom in there somewhere. It can do Elect and Gengar's job, while having the ability to take over objects for my own use. Tropius is a very good choice, to avoid famine. Metagross is one of my favorite Pokemon, and it can levitate as well as provide nice offense.
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Tank that can levitate. It'll probably have Agility as well, but I'd imagine it can't levitate that high.

Do other people have Pokemon?