The Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 Playthrough Thread

[Magpie]

I think I've been too obsessed with catching everything from each place before moving on. I've spent three evenings doing nothing but look for a darn Scraggy. Finally got one yesterday, and so now having being stuck around those areas for so long, I think I'm falling a little behind. I shall crack on!


Dewott
Nickname: Odin
Gender: Male
Nature: Mild
Level: 30


Riolu
Nickname: Ghost
Gender: Male
Nature: Serious
Level: 30


Magmar
Nickname: Cinnabar
Gender: Male
Nature: Quirky
Level: 30


Jolteon
Nickname: Veruvian
Gender: Female
Nature: Quirky
Level: 30

Let the adventure begin!

Badges: 8
Play Time: 34 hours 48 minutes
Pokedex: Seen 221 Caught 18
Pokedex Stamps: 43 All Seen 0 All Caught
Current Location: Join Avenue


Flygon, Male
Level 55
Naive Nature
-Fly
-Rock Slide
-Dragon Claw
-Earth Power


Lucario, Male
Level 55
Impish Nature
-Strength
-Force Palm
-Aura Sphere
-Bone Rush


Arcanine, Male
Level 56
Jolly Nature
-Fire Fang
-Outrage
-Flare Blitz
-Crunch


Serperior, Male
Level 55
Calm Nature
-Cut
-Leaf Blade
-Mega Drain
-Leaf Tornado


Wailord, Male
Level 55
Brave Nature
-Water Spout
-Surf
-Waterfall
-Dive


Grumpig, Male
Level 55
Brave Nature
-Signal Beam
-Psyshock
-Charge Beam
-Power Gem

Training in Nimbasa until I get the fitness place in Join Avenue up to level 2. Wish everyone would stop wanting the god damn antique shop. Then time to go waterfall hopping around Unova and finally train on the trainers on Route 23 and Victory Road. Team should be in or edging towards the 60's by then. My Pokemon seem to be slightly above the norm in terms of level even though I haven't really done much extra training :x Also I think Marlon may be my favourite gym leader now despite that horrible tan xD

It's okay, I was around that level too. *nodnod*
Oh god Marlon's tan. XD

I think, I'm more or less finished? Almost got the Unova Dex completed, taking a detour to try and breed a VERY specific growlithe... Yeah. Fun times.

[Linkachu]

I've still got quite a bit to do, me thinks. My team hasn't changed much since my last update, but I've reached Lentimas Town! I wasn't sure which location I'd be visiting after Mistralton so hitting another new town was quite a pleasant surprise.

I still can't decide what to use for a Flying or Electric-type, and Emolga refused to show up. Damn rustling grass. Damn low encounter rates. At this point I may just cave and raise Therian form Thundurus because it fits both needs. Its new design is half-decent too. ;x

Is it bad to say while looking for Audino to train my Wailmer (because it needs a tonne of xp and no trainers around its level) I kept finding Emolga and Roserade which is even lower than Emolga

[Linkachu]

Is it bad to say while looking for Audino to train my Wailmer (because it needs a tonne of xp and no trainers around its level) I kept finding Emolga and Roserade which is even lower than Emolga

Yes. Your luck makes me die a bit on the inside.

*Fistshakes at you and your little Emolga too!* >:O

[Magpie]

While not catching every Pokemon per route actually damages me, I'm now making pretty good progress I think. Just got the Lucky Egg from Celestial Tower, so I should speed up even more from now

I was happy I got Tynamo while running through Chargestone Cave though <3


Samurott
Nickname: Odin
Gender: Male
Nature: Mild
Level: 38


Riolu
Nickname: Ghost
Gender: Male
Nature: Serious
Level: 38


Magmar
Nickname: Cinnabar
Gender: Male
Nature: Quirky
Level: 37


Jolteon
Nickname: Veruvian
Gender: Female
Nature: Quirky
Level: 37

[Yoshimitsu]

Well, I beat the Elite Four and Champion, and the first two levels of the White Treehollow so I've just been going around catching legendaries until I can be bothered getting the BP for the other 3 power items I need. Wishing I had more friends IRL who had these games so my Join Avenue could expand.

Current Team:


Ironhide
Brave
Sturdy
Rock Slide, Earthquake, Iron Head and Autotomize


Battery
Lax
Motor Drive
Thunder Punch, Thunder Wave, Fire Punch, Strength


Kaonwanwan
Mild
Flash Fire
Fire Fang, Flamethrower, Crunch, Extremespeed


Lord Gaga
Naive
Swarm
Slash, Protect, X-Scissor, Leaf Blade


Snapdragon
Hardy
Levitate
Dragon Claw, Rock Slide, Earthquake, Fly


Leviathan
Modest
Water Absorb
Aqua Ring, Surf, Ice Beam, Waterfall

Currently, I've beaten my main game, White2. My sister bought Black2, but she lost interset after PokeStar Studios. She asked if I could take it off her hands and I happily oblidged.

In White2, I'm the male hero, Douglas. I completed the main story and I've been preparing Whitetree Hollow.
White2 team

Dipper, 74, male
Rash, a little quick temper
Surf
Ice Beam
Return
X-Scissor

Cadmium, 72, female
Quiet, Often dozes off
Thunderbolt
Signal Beam
Confuse Ray
Thunder Wave

Skarloey, 72, male
Sassy, Scatters things often
Leaf Blade
X-Scissor
Quick Attack
Bite

Breaker, 72, male
Jolly, Loves to eat
Iron Tail
Rock Slide
Earthquake
Dragon Claw

Patriot, 71, male
Serious, Likes to run
Fly
Aerial Ace
Hone Claws
Shadow Claw

Lunick, 73, male
Lonely, Likes to thrash about
Night Slash
Flamethrower
Areial Ace
Psycho Cut

Current playtime: 43 hours 25 minutes
Pokedex: Seen 236, caught 19
Pokédex stamps: 0
Badges won: 8
Current location: Route 13

Team:


Electivire
Nickname: Stephanie
Nature: Careful, sturdy body
Level: 55
Moves: Wild Charge, Fire Punch, Return, Volt Switch
Electivire seems a really neat Pokemon, I can see why it was used so widely in Gen IV.


Skarmory
Nickname: Ruby
Nature: Naive, highly curious
Level: 55
Moves: Steel Wing, Spikes, Night Slash, Fly
The new Sturdy ability is a LIFESAVER. So so good. She basically gave me a free win against Marshal too, flying over a high jump kick hahaha


Steelix
Nickname: Hyperion
Nature: Relaxed, often dozes off
Level: 58
Moves: Iron Tail, Ice Fang, Dragon Tail, Crunch
Steelix gave me free wins vs so many people, its unreal. It tanks so many non-STAB Earthquakes, and may as well have taken down Iris on its own after her Lapras fainted!


Starmie
Nickname: Josephine
Nature: Bashful, likes to run (ON WHAT LEGS!?)
Level: 55
Moves: Surf, Psychic, Ice Beam, Thunderbolt
I ditched Lucario for Starmie. Lucario gave me too many common weaknesses, and Starmie helped cover those.


Walrein
Nickname: Kalypso
Nature: Hardy, capable of taking hits
Level: 54
Moves: Waterfall, Blizzard, Hail, Rest
I found out why no one uses Sunflora. They're TERRIBLE. Albeit, if they don't resist grass then her Giga Drain/Solarbeam/Petal Dance does SO much damage. Finding something that doesn't resist grass was too hard, so I replaced her with a Walrein! Very happy with it.


Mamoswine
Nickname: Aurore
Nature: Adamant, alert to sounds
Level: 54
Moves: Blizzard, Ice Beam, Strength, Earthquake
Another replacement, this time for Azumarill. Mamoswine was kinda a last minute replacement that I picked up in Giant Chasm. Not bad, though it really needs some breeding for the better moves.

On the whole, my favourites are probably Steelix, Skarmory and Walrein. Very fun to use!

I feel as if I should post my Black2 adventure.
I play the female hero,Rosa Bailey because she is so dang cute (Both Nate and Rosa had excellent designs in these games. Same with Hugh. Good job Game Freak!) Back on track, in Black2, I am outside Nimbasa on Route 5. My team is a little wack-o because I currently have only two members my Serperior and Trapinch. Most of my team members come later in the game.

36, male
Rash, Proud of its power
Leaf BLade
Coil
Cut
Leech Seed


31, male
Gentle, Somewhat stubborn
Dig
Rock Slide
Bide
Bulldoze.

I plan on the rest of my team being Walrein, Mienshao, Chandelure. But I don't know who the last slot will go to. I'm thinking Galvantula, but I don't know.

Spoiler: show

Pokemon World Tournament is probably one of the greatest additions to a Pokemon game. It's tough, nostalgic and so much fun! Nice to see Red again!

Last edited by NiteFox on Sun Oct 28, 2012 12:22 am, edited 1 time in total.

Haven't had much time to play. I'm in the Giant Chasm. 8 badges. The usual.

SERPERIOR- "Cao Pi"
Naive, Often lost in thought
Male
Level 50
Overgrow
Leaf Blade, Dragon Tail, Giga Drain, Growth

ARCANINE- "Sun Jian"
Lonely, Likes to Thrash About
Male
Level 46
Intimidate
Thunder Fang, ExtremeSpeed, Dig, Flamethrower

AGGRON- "Lu Bu"
Naive, Impetuous and silly
Male
Level 47
Rock Head
Iron Head, Strength, Bulldoze, Rock Slide

KROOKODILE- "Wei Yan"
Adamant, Good endurance
Male
Level 48
Moxie
Crunch, Dragon Tail, Rock Slide, Dig

GOTHITELLE- "Zhenji"
Gentle, highly curious
Female
Level 47
Frisk
Psybeam, Psychic, Charge Beam, Shadow Ball

JELLICENT- "Huang Gai"
Serious, Somewhat Stubborn
Male
Level 49
Damp
Ice Beam, Shadow Ball, Surf, Scald

Finally got around to finishing the Elite 4 and the Champion. Had lots of trouble with Caitlin's Gothitelle but other than that fairly easy. Arcanine sweeped Shauntal and only got hit by one Shadow Ball, swept Grimsley using Lucario didn't even take damage. And Grumpig almost swept Marshal and Iris swept by Lucario. Going to trade my Pokemon to my Black version and start challenge mode :3

Lucario
Level 61
Aura Sphere
Strength
Dragon Pulse
Bone Rush

Arcanine
Level 59
Fire Fang
Outrage
Flare Blitz
Crunch

Grumpig
Level 59
Signal Beam
Psychic
Charge Beam
Power Gem

Flygon
Level 59
Dragon Claw
Fly
Earth Power
Rock Slide

Serperior
Level 59
Cut
Leaf Blade
Leaf Tornado
Giga Drain

Wailord
Level 58
Surf
Waterfall
Ice Beam
Dive

[Linkachu]

After many life-related delays, I've finally won my 8th badge. And sadly that gym was possibly the easiest for me, but it's mostly thanks to my Leavanny's Leaf Blade attack (destroyed everything).

I haven't ventured onto route 22 yet but I explored route 21 and Seaside Cave prior to taking on the gym. The new Unova region is really quite nice. Time to see what the rest of the game holds!

Current playtime: 43 hours, 45 minutes
Pokedex: 112 obtained, 203 seen
Full Pokedex Stamps: 16
Badges won: 8
Current location: Humilau City

As for my team, it now has 9 members that I switch between depending on their current levels (and, previously, which gym I was challenging). I rarely train legendaries as part of my in-game teams but I'd wanted to train a Flying-type that I've never trained before, and I really like Tornadus' Therian form. Once I unlocked it on the Dream Radar it was a done deal.

Samurott Male
Nickname: Musashi
Level: 43
Current Moveset: Return, Revenge, X-Scissor, Surf

Lucario Female
Nickname: Faith
Level: 44
Current Moveset: Quick Attack, Force Palm, Dark Pulse, Ice Punch

Leavanny Male
Nickname: Taylor
Level: 45
Current Moveset: X-Scissor, Leaf Blade, Protect, Return

Weezing Female
Nickname: Nox
Level: 44
Current Moveset: Return, Sludge, Explosion, Venoshock

Flareon Male
Nickname: Serge
Level: 42
Moveset: Fire Fang, Quick Attack, Bite, Strength

Druddigon Male
Nickname: Ruffles
Level: 41
Moveset: Fire Fang, Crunch, Dragon Claw, Revenge

Zoroark Male
Nickname: Zoroark
Level: 43
Moveset: Faint Attack, Snarl, Night Slash, Fury Swipes

Sandslash Male
Nickname: Jura
Level: 42
Moveset: Magnitude, Shadow Claw, Rock Slide, X-Scissor

Tornadus (Therian Form) Male
Nickname: Zephyrus
Level: 43
Nature: Bashful
Ability: Regenerator
Moveset: Psychic, Bite, Revenge, Air Slash

Well started again but taking the catch the first Pokemon rule of Nuzlocke hopefully to widen my experience with Pokemon

Time: 2:44
Badges: 1
Pokedex Stamps: 1 All Caught 3 All Seen

Oshawott
Naive Nature
Level 12
Obtained: Aspertia City
Ability: Torrent
Moveset: Tackle, Water Sport, Water Gun, Tail Whip

Purrloin
Lonely Nature
Level 12
Obtained: Route 19
Ability: Limber
Moveset: Sand Attack, Fury Swipes, Scratch, Assist

Sewaddle
Naughty Nature
Level 12
Obtained: Route 20
Ability: Swarm
Moveset: Tackle, String Shot, Bug Bite

Mareep
Bold Nature
Level 12
Obtained: Floccesy Ranch
Ability: Static
Moveset: Tackle, Growl, Thunder Wave, Thundershock

Patrat
Careful Nature
Level 11
Obtained: Virbank Complex (Outside)
Ability: Keen Eye
Moveset: Detect, Bite, Leer, Bide

Magby
Bashful Nature
Level 10
Obtained: Virbank Complex (Inside)
Ability: Flame Body
Moveset: Ember, Smokescreen, Smog, Leer

Oh hey, picked up White 2 last week, and since this is here. I might as well update on progress.

Protagonist: Damian
Starter: Snivy
Badges: 3
Playtime: ~15:00
Location: Nimbasa City
Party

Vines - Snivy
Aurax - Riolu
Wave - Pidove
Magneto - Magnemite
Floats - Azumarill
Darmanitan (Zen Mode, traded from White for an Azurill)

More detailed talk later, when I pick up my game again later

To be honest, the playtime is slightly ridiculous, given how fast I could play this. I blame my hunt for a Riolu, because I wanted to do a playthrough with pokemon I haven't actually used in one before, and when someone in the Trainer School told me that I could catch Riolu, I didn't expect to be up there for an hour searching for one. Also, I was busy being a movie star. I am very famous now, I'm expecting to get an Oscar.

...I feel a little bit embarassed that I got the game when it came out in Britain, yet have only just reached Castelia. I've kinda been busy with other things, but, damn, everybody else is so far ahead of me. I must catch up!

Team


Abraham lvl 24 [M], Vincent lvl 22 [M], Curtis lvl 15 (in-training) [M].

Hey look! Update!!

Badges: 5
Playtime: 23:53
Location: Chargestone Cave
Party
Vines - Snivy - Male - Lv.30 - Lax Nature
Aurax - Lucario - Male - Lv.30 - Timid Nature
Zorua - Zorua (N's Pokemon) - Male - Lv.30 - Hasty Nature
Floats - Azumarill - Female - Lv.30 - Quiet Nature
Wave - Tranquill - Female - Lv.29 - Gentle Nature
Darmanitan - Darmanitan (Imported White Pokemon) - Female - Lv.35 - Hasty Nature

And although he's been dropped from the current roster, because Floats does his defensive job better than him, and we already have a Steel type. Magneto gets special mention, and also because he may come back into rotation when I reach Mialstrom, unless my new Joltic takes over.
Magneto - Magnemite - Unknown - Lv.27 - Bold Nature

Also, I'm starting to actually enjoy myself playing the game again. Before, I wasn't enjoying it much, maybe because of school related things, but I felt like there was so much to do and I didn't know where to start really, and also I wasn't really connecting with the story. That is up until I began to understand my own rival better, and his struggle to make up for losing his sisters pokemon to Team Plasma several years back. It's helped me connect to this game like with White and other games that really captivated me. Also, the memory link cutscenes have also helped me connect between them. Maybe once I get further into it, I'll be able to immerse myself again into the latest installation in the main series.

[Linkachu]

After a bloody month of owning White 2, I've finally beaten the Elite 4 + Champion. :'D

The worst part about training teams larger than six Pokemon is having to choose which Pokemon accompany you on your first Elite 4 challenge and which stay behind, sad and alone in the PC. To make matters simpler I decided to just use the same team that I took on Victory Road with.

Levels before Elite 4 challenge:
Druddigon (Ruffles) - L. 51
Samurott (Musashi) - L. 52
Sandslash (Jura) - L. 52
Flareon (Serge) - L. 52
Leavanny (Taylor) - L. 52
Tornadus Therian Form (Zephyrus) - L. 52

Levels after Elite 4 challenge:
Druddigon (Ruffles) - L. 52
Samurott (Musashi) - L. 55
Sandslash (Jura) - L. 52
Flareon (Serge) - L. 53
Leavanny (Taylor) - L. 53
Tornadus Therian Form (Zephyrus) - L. 54

Team members in the PC
Weezing (Nox) - L. 48
Zoroark - L. 49
Lucario (Faith) - L. 49

The full team. <3

It was a fun journey. As suspected the plot didn't end up having quite the same impact as Black/White's plot (didn't feel fleshed out as much as it could've been), but it was still rather nice having plot-related things to do between the 8th gym and Victory Road. I'm looking forward to checking out all of the post-main story stuffs but I'll likely take a break from the game for now. Too much else to play~

I beat the E4 about a week ago, and I totally forgot to post. I haven't really played since then, so they're still where they were at the time~

Serperior
Gender: Male
Nick: Cao Pi
Nature: Naive
Characteristic: Often lost in thought
Ability: Overgrow
Level: 52
Moves: Leaf Blade, Dragon Tail, Giga Drain, Growth

Arcanine
Gender: Male
Nick: Sun Jian
Nature: Lonely
Characteristic: Likes to thrash about
Ability: Intimidate
Level: 55
Moves: Thunder Fang, ExtremeSpeed, Dig, Flamethrower

Krookodile
Gender: Male
Nick: Wei Yan
Nature: Adamant
Characteristic: Good endurance
Ability: Moxie
Level: 59
Moves: Earthquake, Rock Slide, Dragon Tail, Crunch

Gothitelle
Gender: Female
Nick: Zhenji
Nature: Gentle
Characteristic: Highly curious
Ability: Frisk
Level: 57
Moves: Psychic, Shadow Ball, Charge Beam, Psyshock

Aggron
Gender: Male
Nick: Lu Bu
Nature: Naive
Characteristic: Impetuous and silly
Ability: Rock Head
Level: 53
Moves: Iron Head, Strength, Dragon Tail, Rock Slide

Jellicent
Gender: Male
Nick: Huang Gai
Nature: Serious
Characteristic: Somewhat stubborn
Ability: Damp
Level: 57
Moves: Surf, Scald, Shadow Ball, Ice Beam

Wei Yan and Huang Gai were major players, with Wei Yan decimating most of the E4 and Huang Gai soloing Iris. Cao Pi and Sun Jian didn't see any action, and Lu Bu stepped in should someone fall. Overall, I'm glad my Dynasty Warriors team did as good as it did, and it far exceeded my expectations.