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Horrible Luck in Pokemon

Raptor737

Raptor737

Mage of Void
Escheria said:
I feel like raging when some random pokemon throw Doom seeds at my pokemon or partners. I've worked hard for those levels and they just destroy that with a stupid seed >_<
That happened too many times :(
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Don't you gain back those levels insanely fast though? Sorry if it's wrong, I just started replaying my Explorers of Time and Red Rescue.

Anyway, losing a shiny Dratini in the Safari Zone in FireRed. My excitement plummeted.
Having a shiny Graveler selfdestruct in an emulator and losing a shiny Tailow in the beginning of another because I just started it, had no Pokeballs, and was training my starter.
 
Cometstarlight

Cometstarlight

What do I do now?
In Emerald: Groudon always and I do mean always, hitting me with fissure as if it had 100% accuracy
 
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jdmi012

Active Member
Training a Solosis on route 4 that knows Recover, Psyshock, Psychic, and Light Screen. Then running into 19 Sandile's in a row that all know Sand Tomb and are impossible to escape from. FML
 
OshyHikari

OshyHikari

c l a r i t y
Training some Pokemon against wild Audino on Route 10.

Run into a male Audino.

My female Sceptile gets hit with sleep and Attract.
*Switch*
My female Blaziken gets hit with sleep
*Switch*
My female Gothitelle gets hit with sleep
*Switch*
My female Chandelure gets hit with Attract
*Switch*
Archeops takes out Audino.

Yeah, you consider this bad luck?
 
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charizard:Luvr

Flame Trainer
recieving 5 confuse hax in a row XP......the last one killed my TOGEKISS =(=(
 
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Spacial

procrastination
For the equivilent of 3 days I've been MMing for shiny Axew, and now I discover than there's gonna be a shiny Haxorus of some kind in B/W 2
 
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Ausgirl

Well-Known Member
The game is designed to work against you. Just yesterday I was trying to hatch an adamant shroomish for my sapphire team and got like ten modest ones and twice as many lax ones, eventually I got what I was looking for but it took ****ing hours! Yet when I tried to hatch a brave aron I got it in the first three eggs I hatched. Basically everything you do in the game is based around luck. Also in regards to accuracy for certain moves, I don't think that this really applies to npc. Since like you said they never seem to miss.
 
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*IZ*

Well-Known Member
Johto_girl said:
The game is designed to work against you. Just yesterday I was trying to hatch an adamant shroomish for my sapphire team and got like ten modest ones and twice as many lax ones, eventually I got what I was looking for but it took ****ing hours! Yet when I tried to hatch a brave aron I got it in the first three eggs I hatched. Basically everything you do in the game is based around luck. Also in regards to accuracy for certain moves, I don't think that this really applies to npc. Since like you said they never seem to miss.
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Yes this is how I feel. Once when I was doing a playthrough I wanted my team to have good natures and it took like an hour to get a good nature (and gender) So because of that I have decided IDC about natures as long as their not horrible.
 
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Escheria

Ray Tracer
Raptor737 said:
Don't you gain back those levels insanely fast though? Sorry if it's wrong, I just started replaying my Explorers of Time and Red Rescue.

Anyway, losing a shiny Dratini in the Safari Zone in FireRed. My excitement plummeted.
Having a shiny Graveler selfdestruct in an emulator and losing a shiny Tailow in the beginning of another because I just started it, had no Pokeballs, and was training my starter.
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I don't know, I haven't checked how much EXP I needed for next level. But you're right, it's easy to get the EXP back by doing a harder dungeon.


Aaaaand wow, I just arrived in a room with an outlaw and then got a Monster House to boot. The outlaw music was playing until I beat him, then the Monster House music started... at least I'm always prepared (and not when out of orbs) for one <_>
 
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synthetica

A Failed Experiment
A few days ago during my HG run, I was battling Whitney. Out of 10 Stomps from her Miltank, 3 were crits and 4 caused flinching. The other few times, my Pokemon were immobilized by love. :/
 
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rykerr1

The Great Gublet
I just had some pretty horrible luck in Platinum. I was fighting the ice-type gym, with 3 Pokemon left against Froslass. It uses double team. Empoleon proceeds to miss with flash cannon 5 times and aqua jet twice, Gabite misses with Dragon Claw, and Rapidash misses with Flame Wheel and Fire Blast multiple times. I lose the match -.-

I also have terrible luck with confusion, once my Pokemon gets confused it usually ends up hurting itself until it faints.
 
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SasoriSand

Master of Sand
Losing a 6v6 wifi OU match on PO level 100 each..

Reason? I was paralyzed, flinched, and immobilized by love the entire duration -.-


Metronome :
Getting explosion three times in a row -.-
Getting Lunar Dance, Memento, and Healing Wish three times in a row.
 
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Escheria

Ray Tracer
Oh no, Explorers of Time just trolled me hard :( So I was on a mission and my partner fell in the Pitfall trap. All my pokemon are level 99 and in a few runs they'll all be lvl 100. So when that happened, I thought, okay well I can still continue with Manectric. On the next floor, Manectric fell thru a Pitfall trap and I was like 'oh snap' and when my escort fell on the next step as well, I was seriously annoyed. I was a few floors away from the destination :(
 
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FRUITYai

Member
Back before I began EVing any of my Pokemon, whenever I encountered a Watchog in Battle Subway, it would most nearly always mean certain doom for my team. Hypnosis --> continue to obliterate my team.
 
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Golden_Arcanine

Well-Known Member
Running into a shiny Pokemon that can use Self Destruct/Explosion OR a shiny in the Safari Zone would be the worst luck ever.
 
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MewForever

Well-Known Member
Tracking and capturing Entei.

Spent about 5 hours, a total of 10-15 encounters, with a Golbat that knew both Mean Look and Taunt, and a Sneasel that knew False Swipe. 1 HP left and Entei still would not be caught for another hour or so. The thing was stubborn.
 
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_Snivy

Lover
Having 10 Pokemon encounters in a 10x10 high grass patch. -.- Purely painful.
 
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Midnighteclipse

New Member
Yesterday when battling Grimsley in White, his Purloin used attract on my Togekiss and he was 'immobilized by love' nine times in a row. I had to waste two Full Restores before I could use Aura Sphere.
 
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