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Ditto? Is it good enough for a team?

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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?

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Atomic Boo

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

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

superjolteon

TEH-MEH!!!
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

o^_^o PWNZOME
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

Shadow Amongst Light
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 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

Heat Trainer
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

Nintendo WII>>>You
I'd say no sadly
 

The Fuzzy One

Well-Known Member
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

Back I guess??
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.
 

Freeze Knight

super cuno
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

Master Breeder
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.
 

Fiery Blaziken

Well-Known Member
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.
 

pikachu146

Well-Known Member
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.
 

MetaKnight

My Heads Exploding!!
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!!
 
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