Annoying Enemies in Gaming-Wild Zubats (Pokemon Series)

[Cheese7710]

Since the blog area has been inactive for 2-3 days, I thought it would be an appropriate time for the next installment of Annoying Enemies in Gaming. Introducing...Wild Zubats! (Specified wild because a trainer's Zubat is much less annoying).

Also, on a side note, this is me through caves in Pokemon

Spoiler: First Encounters

At first, I wasn't annoyed by Zubats. I just killed anything that got in front of me. It only occurred to me that Zubats were annoying after I got Pearl. Honestly, I don't find them too annoying still, but I understand how annoying they are to other players.

Spoiler: Basics

Zubats are usually weak. Most Zubats I see only know Confuse Ray and Leech Life. They are found in most-if not all-caves in Pokemon. They also happen to usually be the most commonly spawning enemy in caves.

Spoiler: Reason of Annoyance

Spawn rate. I cannot stress this enough. If I was to take an estimate on how many Zubats you will run into out of 10 Pokemon, It would be 7-9. Zubats are also generally weak, making combat worthless on your EXP and capturing them is only good for your Pokedex.

Spoiler: Combat Methods

Zubats are Poison/Flying type, so using Electric, Ice, Psychic, or Rock type moves do well (There are probably more).

Spoiler: Rating

Due to Pokemon's leveling system, all values go for a Level 10 Zubat if up against a Level 10 Pokemon.
Difficulty=3
Rage-Inducing=9
Damage=5
Annoyance=9
Overall=6.5

Although Zubats are annoying, they do lose a few points for difficulty. They do get really annoying with their Confuse Rays, but other than that, they are just plain annoying.

Sorry for how short this one is. It was hard to describe combat methods for these guys and the fact that they can't do too much damage makes their basics go down.

Next time on Annoying Enemies in Gaming-5th Blog Boss Special (It's a secret)

 

[Crogenitor_Mario]

So, playing White 2 made me learn one thing... Castelia Sewers is the most annoying place in all Pokemon games. You might ask, "Why it's so annoying?". Let me give you a list of the Pokemon that appear there: ZUBATS, RATTATAS AND GRIMERS. Ok, Grimers aren't THAT annoying, but they have a 5% encounter rate. Wanna know what the other 95% are? ZUBATS AND RATTATAS. That's right, 95% of the Pokemon you see there are Zubats and Rattatas. Going through that place was a torture. Oh, and you should do a Gary MOTHERFUCKING Oak version someday.

 

[TheGurw]

Honestly, rage-inducing score was a little low for me.

I would have given them a 9.

 

[Cheese7710]

@TheGurw Hmm...you may be right. I put it as I would and, as I stated, I'm not the most annoyed by them.

 

[CaptainGinyu]

Relevant video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fi_HgrrKYc4
Zubats aren't annoying when it's a shiny, but it's your partner that will prove most cumbersome.
Although Zubats and Rattatas in a double battle sound like some kind of Poke-hell...

 

[Cheese7710]

That video reminds me of the two shiny Oddishes and the shiny Jolteon I ran into. The first Oddish was in the Safari Zone, and fled right away. The next shiny was a Battle Tower trainer's purple Jolteon (confusing because a shiny Jolteon is green). The last shiny was in the Ilex Forest in Silver, but I had no pokeballs...so I Fire Blasted him with my level 75 Typhlosion. (There is also the Red Gyrados I caught, but I don't count him due to it being an event. If only I caught a legit Red Gyrados.)

 

[konflakes]

Zubats are worth at least an 8 purely for sheer unbelievably absurd waste of time. It doesnt matter if it ranks dirt low on damage or difficulty. At the end of the day, you know you're going to spend 50 minutes out of an hour in any cave pressing right, down, a, a.
(I think that controller reference only applies to the gameboy ones.)

 

[Godliberator]

I am most definitely a fan of this blog series. Feel free to post as many as you are willing to write, it is never considered spam if you put a good amount of effort into it.

 

[Cheese7710]

@konflakes The way I get the overall is i add up all of the values and divide it by 4 because there are 4 values. I'll think of reconsidering an exception for this one due to it's difficulty and health throwing things off.

 

[TheXraptor]

This series is great. Definitely inspiring me to get back into the blog writing business.

 

[Cheese7710]

I am hoping for that. I don't like having to spam the blog area, but I thought that if I was to start a blog series, more would pop up.