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Blaziken
01-02-2008, 04:45 AM
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Lanturn
One of my favourites, Lanturn has a great amount of health and its defenses aren't that bad meaning it can stay in battles for quite a long time. Also, its special ability is good and it does have a good movepool, allowing it to play a few different roles. Lanturn I would say is quite underestimated as it is in the UU section but it can easily stand up to and take down OU pokemon with ease.

3rd Generation
Special Sweeper

Item: Leftovers
Nature: Modest
Ability: Volt Absorb

Attacks:
Thunder Wave
Confuse Ray/ Surf/ Ice Beam/ Thunderbolt
Surf/ Ice Beam/ Thunderbolt
Substitute/ Confuse Ray/ Surf

Lanturn isn't an incredibly hard pokemon to use. The only hard thing about it is choosing the moves. Thunder Wave cripples those sweepers. The rest of the moves are up to you. For this sweeping Lanturn, I'd choose Thunderbolt, Ice Beam and Substitute. Everything there is self-explanatory. Lanturn has really good stats with a very high hp stat, into the high 400s at full. It's defence is average but its special stats are underestimated, especially its special attack. Finally to fully use Lanturn, switch it in when your opponent is about to use an electric attack. Volt Absorb with convert the attack into health.

Rating: 7.5/10

Annoyer

Item: Leftovers
Nature: Bold
Ability: Volt Absorb

Attacks:
Thunder Wave
Confuse Ray
Substitute/ Amnesia/ Rest
Surf/ Thunderbolt/ Ice Beam

This is the Lanturn I use. Thunder Wave cripples your opponent's while Confuse Ray confuses them. The chance of them attacking now has become quite low. With the 3rd move, the only one that really stands out is Substitute allowing it to set up Thunder Wave and Confuse Ray a bit more easily if lucky. The final move is plainly just to help Lanturn attack, the choice is yours. Again with its high defenses and a movepool to suit it, this kind of Lanturn is one of the best. The exact set I use is Thunder Wave, Confuse Ray, Substitute and Surf.

Rating: 8.5/10

4th Generation
Annoyer

Item: Leftovers
Nature: Bold
Ability: Volt Absorb

Attacks:
Thunder Wave
Confuse Ray
Substitute/ Aqua Ring/ Amnesia/ Rest/ Charge
Ice Beam/ Thunderbolt/ Surf

The 4th generation annoyer Lanturn is a bit better than the 3rd with the expansion of its movepool. But basically it's the same as the 3rd generation one. The only difference is that with its 3rd move it has a few more options. Aqua Ring is like a Leftovers, restoring that amount of health each turn. Now if you do pick Charge, remember that Charge raises special defence and you have to pick Thunderbolt for your set. There's no use picking Charge just to raise a single stat when there's a better move that can raise it more.

Rating: 8.5/10

Special Sweeper

Item: Leftovers/ Life Orb/ Expert Belt/ Choice Specs
Nature: Modest
Ability: Volt Absorb

Attacks:
Surf
Thunderbolt
Single Beam
Ice Beam

The sweeping version of Lanturn. There's nothing really to explain about this one except Lanturn doesn't have a great speed. Its special attack isn't bad but be careful that you don't rely on this Lanturn to sweep like an Aerodactyle can. The good thing though about this Lanturn is that with its high hp and ok defenses, it can sweep for a longer period of time.

Rating: 7.5/10

Tank

Item: Leftovers
Nature: Bold
Ability: Volt Absorb

Attacks:
Toxic
Confuse Ray
Whirlpool
Aqua Ring/ Amnesia

A toxic tank version of Lanturn. In the 4th generation, Lanturn has been given a move that really help it out and that's Whirlpool, which stops your opponents from switching out while doing damage each turn. However Whirlpool's accuracy is a bit worrying. The power of Toxic also increases as you go on in battle, which is your main source of damage. Confuse Ray limits your opponent's chances of attacking while Toxic and W while the final move is simply to help Lanturn stay in a battle for a while longer. With its high hp stat, Lanturn has potential to become a powerful tank.

Rating: 6/10

Stats
Gender: 50% ♀ / 50% ♂
Type: Electric/ Water
Species: Light Pokemon
Height: 3'11
Weight: 50lbs
Weaknesses: Grass (x2) Ground (x2)
Resistances: Fire (0.5) Water (0.5) Ice (0.5) Flying (0.5) Steel (0.25)
Immunities: Electric (With special ability)
D/P Pokedex Entries: Lanturn's light can shine up from great depths. It is nicknamed the Deep Sea Star.
Evolution: Evolves from Chinchou at lv27.
Location: Uncommon- Route 220 (Super Rod)/ Evolve Chinchou
Abilities:
Volt Absorb: The pokemon heals up to ¼ of its maximum hp when hit with an electric type move.
Illuminate: Raises the like hood of meeting wild pokemon
National Dex No.: 197
Popularity: Relatively low
Generation Introduced: 2nd
Anime Appearances: Around 5

HobbesI
01-02-2008, 03:32 PM
Great PoTWs. I'd like to see more PoTWs on UU pokemon, so you can give people something to work with that won't be found on many other teams.

Blaziken
01-02-2008, 03:38 PM
I'm pretty sure both these pokemon are on UU teams because I rarely see them. I sometimes also use Wigglytuff on my team which is also a UU pokemon. Would you like to see pokemon in the never used section? Pokemon like Delibird and Kricketune. Also I'll be finishing a movie guide for the 10th movie soon, would you like me to put it up on the forums. I've gotta warn you, its about 15 pages long in size 12 writing with Time Times Roman font on Word.