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Do You use HM slaves?

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The Mustache

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yes. I fell bad for the poor bibarel but hey! HM'S are a pain to forget and I don't want to polute my pokemon team with them. Usually I only use surf on one of them in competitive.
 
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thunder2910

Loves pizza
Ampharos was my HM slave for S/S, 3 of its attacks were for HM
 
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MedMana

Wired, Yet Tired
Yep, though they tend to be whatever I pick up when I need one. I never have a surf slave, though, seeing as I always have a water-time on my team that can use it well in battle.
 
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mew661

Crush the Oppression
I used to but nowadays I use all my party so almost all my pokemon in my story party have at least one hms since it hard to have a good hm slave that can fight well in battle
 
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IdyllicCritic

Lady Luckless
I normally always keep an HM slave in my party, and I try to have an pokemon that can have 3 to 4 HM moves. I typically teach Cut, strength, and Surf/flying, and an 4th HM/TM move depending on which obstacle I'll likely face the most, such as whirlpool, waterfall, Flash, dive, etc. But as soon as I make into an city or when I can go thru somewhere that does not require these moves, I leave my slave in PC XP

When it comes to field moves, Strength, surf and fly are the moves that I tend to use the most. As of Gen 5, however, surf is the sole move I use reliably on my main team. :p
 
Locormus

Locormus

Can we please get the older, old forum back?
I've got a Kangaskhan I use as the main HM-slave, Strength, Cut, Rock Smash and Surf for when there's that moment when I don't have a Surfer in my team.

A Swellow gets the honor of being a fly slave.. He flies high, he swellow...
 
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arceus03

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Yeah...? I used to have my team Pokemon learn all the HMs (good Crystal times). Then I started using them in the 4th Gen. Back then I still use a 6-Pokemon team so I kept having to switch Pokemon between journeys. Then I started crafting teams with 5 members so I can carry one Pokemon with the "necessary" HMs.

Then I just use 4 Pokemon and try to find 2 Pokemon who can learn all HMs between them. Not particularly hard for RSE/DPPt. For FRLG, I have mostly a Flier and another one with Cut and Strength plus Rock Smash.
 
TheCharredDragon

TheCharredDragon

Tis the Hour to Reload
I've only ever had one, and it was only because I transfered my Pokémon to Black 2 so I had to get new ones for Diamond.
 
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DaMaaan

Member
zhixun said:
I think you have just wasted on Mew. Although it can learn all TM/ HM, but for me I would make use of the Legendary Pokemon to use awesome attacks.
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If you use a Gameshark code, you could get all the legendary Pokemon you want. I can make a Blastoise with Flamethrower/Fly/Earthquake/Wrap and infinite HP. And you can walk through walls with the right codes.
 
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zhixun

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DaMaaan said:
If you use a Gameshark code, you could get all the legendary Pokemon you want. I can make a Blastoise with Flamethrower/Fly/Earthquake/Wrap and infinite HP. And you can walk through walls with the right codes.
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That is some sort of cheating which I do not encourage since it destroy the spirit of the game. It takes no difficulty to get a Pokémon this way.

Back on topic I do use HM slaves but they are simply Poppo/ Koratta which are common and easy to catch. Moreover it saves the slot for my main Pokémon to use another move.
 
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Isacc

Banned
if the Hm is powerful like surf or fly i'll teach it to a Pokemon on my team. if it's weak I'll give it to an Hm slave
 
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Tangeh

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Before Gen VI I never used HM slaves... I'd just put all HMs (even the bad ones) on my IGT.

In X I used strength, surf, and fly on my team members (fly was only for part of the game though because I ended up replacing my talonflame with a jolteon :p It wasn't too hard to bike anywhere if I was too far away / too lazy to grab talonflame from the PC) and the rest I taught to random other pokemon and kept them in my PC. So I use different pokemon for certain HMs, but they aren't a part of my team... I'd just go back and grab them if I find an obstacle. Post game now I have a quagsire for most of my HMing with surf / waterfall / strength / rock smash. Also an anorith with cut / strength / rock smash, and my talonflame for fly. :3
 
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Sephora

yes I'm back
Of course I do! And I always have, with Bibarel being my favourite since it could learn water moves as well. I actually even nickname them "HM slave" :p
 
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majormanafemale

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I try not to though for first half of hg/ss you will need hm slave. Accept it and catch Sentret. So far no need for one in platinum. I spread the hms out in firered and emerald. If I half to get hm slave I will but I try not to as that takes up a slot that can be used for valuable team member
 
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Clovaria

Member
I don't usually. I always keep surf and fly on team members and I just scoop some random thing that can learn the other HM's from the PC when I need them. When I'm done, back in the PC they go! I guess my Swampert on Emerald is a bit of one because he knows 3 HMS plus Earthquake, but it actually works pretty well on him.
 
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