Ditto? Is it good enough for a team?

[Nintendo Theatre]

Ever since I was little and recieved the original Pokemon games, I've wanted to use Ditto but I wondered, is it really good enough to be on a team on Emerald? Why and why not? What are some good strategies?

Discuss

 

[Atomic Boo]

Well, if you have Metal Powder, its Defence is doubled, which can't be bad. But I don't know many people who go for it competatively.

I bet this thread gets a load of Ditto hate mail. There are so many Ditto haters out there, yes im looking at GoldenHouou.

 

[Nintendo Theatre]

Then, i should proably say this...NO DITTO HATERS!

I just want to know if it would be good on a competitive team...

 

[superjolteon]

I'd probably say NO! Since it has to transform the opponent will always have a chance to hit you. Well, not ALWAYS depending on move and types. But I wouldn't rely on a ditto in a competitive team. For fun definitely!

 

[Metal Force]

Well my advice to you that if your gonna raise it EV train it's speed so you can transfrom before the foe hits you & then continue the battle (also EV train it's def/sp.def & give it vitamins)

 

[DarkSpectrum]

ditto i would say would rank among shedinja.
Using Ditto would be a gamble. If you raised it's speed high enough, you could use transfom before a hit thus making for a possible minor damage attack. If one could manage to KO the oppent first, you could manage to have for a strong transform that would beat the opponent.
Ditto could be a very powerful pokemon, but it's a gamble.

 

[i dont know 2 A.K.A. quilava lover]

i would say yes because when you transform it then makes it an equal battle exept for the levels but the other has a slight advantage because it will attack after/before you transform but overall i would say yes because it is strong to me i use it in my emerald team and ihave 4 badges mostly because of him

 

[cxoa]

personally id say no, its not hard to predict that ditto is going to transform, giving two options to the oponent, if they have an attack which is effective against its own type, ie starmie with thunderbolt, metagross with earthquake, your ditto will probably faint straight away, alternatively they can switch in somthing else knowing exactly what attacks your ditto now has

 

[Blazichu]

I'd say no sadly

 

[The Fuzzy One]

For competitive battling I say no. It's a risk to get Ditto in there without taking too much damage or getting KO'd, but with many Speed EVs and a Nature that works for it it wouldn't be so bad. So for competitive battling I say no, but for fun in-game... why not? It's fun to copy your opponents every move. =P

 

[Volteon]

ditto can be a good pokémon, especially in doube battles, you transform into your recipient pokémon, (like you have one ditto and one snorlax, you use transform in snorlax, then you have 2 snorlaxes) but you´ll need luck and a stupid opponent.
I say no, because no one will attack snorlax when we have a ditto among us.
also ditto has a minimum HP, making it worse.

 

[The Organizer]

i dont think it is, it has BAD stats and it only has like 20 moves in total. IMO ditto is only good for breeding.

 

[Freeze Knight]

Ditto is an easy target to non ghost typed Focus Punchers...

Foe [insert Pokemon's name here] tightened its focus!

Ditto used Transform! Ditto transformed into [insert Pokemon's name here]!

[insert Pokemon's name here] used Focus Punch!

Ditto fainted!

 

[WhiteWizard42]

one strategy is to have ditto transform into shedinja, so you have a sheddy with more health.

i don't use ditto, myself, but i can see how it might occasionally be useful.

 

[water types rule]

Ditto's only good for breeding.

 

[Fiery Blaziken]

No. Ditto is slow and probably won't survive a hit before transforming. If you're still gonna use it, max out speed and defense, and give it metal powder to increase defense.

 

[Gily]

i like ditto...its just, i feel as he wouldnt help me since im an all out attacking person.

p.s. I Love your sig.. it's awesome

 

[pikachu146]

Ditto is only for breeding and fun.It isn't good in a battle,since ditto always wastes a turn to transform,giving the opponent a free hit.And Ditto isn't very fast,it might get killed by any power hit before it can transform.Even if it does transform,Ditto still keeps its garbage stats.Even with metal power,it still isn't very good.
So I say no.

 

[[Kingdra]]

I think ditto is best for breeding

 

[MetaKnight]

i use a ditto in my messaround Sapphire along with shedinja and smeargle.
but i wouldnt use it in a link up battle,maybye ingame if you ev train it and use him for his strength.....BREEDING!!