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You'd also have to breed Roserade for a second STAB move. There's Leavanny. It's first pre-evolution, Sewaddle is supposed to learn Sticky Web at level 31 but it doesn't. It also has great STAB in X-Scissor and Leaf Blade and it learns Swords Dance through level-up. Wait for E13 for it. Lilligant is also a great no-breeding-required choice. A set like Sleep Powder/Stun Powder/Teeter Dance, Quiver Dance, Petal Dance (with Own Tempo), and a good HP is what I'd recommend. Gogoat is also definitely worth looking at. It gets some sweet moves like Earthquake, Bulk Up, Horn Leech and so forth. Shiftry gets Nasty Plot, so if you don't mind it's frailness, you can make it a great sweeper, especially if you give it Sunny Day to boost it's speed, which it can afford, Dark and Grass has surprisingly good coverage. Even without SD, it also gets Nature Power and Extrasensory and through TM Hidden Power. Amoonguss is a good wall, even without Poison STAB, which you'd have to breed for, but the Clear Smog it learns on it's own is useful for removing buffs, I guess. Should you feel the need to get a bulky Grass team member, that's the best choice. Sawsbuck is also good, but you should at least take a look at everything else I listed before it. Oh, and just so you know, if you breed Crustle with a Geodude, you can get Earthquake on Crustle, giving you perfet coverage with Earthquake, Rock Slide and X-scossor. Speaking of Rock Slide, with Shell Smash, a move that reduces your defenses, I'd say Rock Wrecker is a very bad choice. And making it's ability Weak Armor would make sure that, after a Shell Smash, nothing outspeeds it.

Greninja: I assume you've only got Shadow Sneak to mess with Protean. If so, either Smack Down or Spikes give you a better number of resistances. I'd recommend Spikes, because it's more useful than Smack Down. If Shadow Sneak is not there to utilize Protean, I'd still recommend Spikes over it. You can catch a Remoraid, level it up to have it learn Ice Beam and breed that onto Greninja. I'd recommend a set of Hydro Pump/Waterfall, Ice Beam, Dark Pulse and Spikes/Extrasensory. Noivern: Yeah, that's pretty good. If you want to change moves, Arcanine, Gardevoir and Azumarill could use more speed, so Tailwind could be useful. There's also Screech and Roost. Arcanine: Instead of Extreme Speed, I'd use Agility. You'd outspeed everything, so Extreme Speed's priority wouldn't even matter. No comment on Gardevoir and Gengar. I think that next Episode gen 6 breeding mechanics will be implemented. When it happens, you can have a combo of Aqua Jet and Belly Drum. Scrap Dive for BD. For the types you don't have, team members you could consider switching in would be, Durant with Hustle (breed w/ Crustle/Shuckle for Rock Slide), Acrheops(breed Swampert/Wooper with Corsola, then with Archen for Earthquake), Crustle with Shell Smash and Weak Armor (breed w/ Geodude for Earthquake), Excadrill (breed with Smeargle for Swords Dance and/or X-Scissor), Galvantula with Sticky Web

To quote Cain: "She was adopted by some guy up in Ametrine City. I think his name was... Blake?" He says this before you fight Cain in Vanhannen Castle.

Fine, fine, I'll go away. Thank god Dobby's got some Aspirin for ya.

Hope you have fun! I know I sure did on my trip to the past. The only console I ever had was the PS1 which became inoperational when I was 8. I can't describe how overjoyed and sleep-deprived I was when I discovered emulation. I even dug up my favourite game, of which the Japanese version somehow got into my hands back then, despite my living in the middle of Europe. I didn't even know how to save, so I had to keep replaying the game over and over, but it's still one of my favorite games of all time. But enough of me. I do hope you'll enjoy delving into the past. Just don't get a Nostalgia overdose. And since you said you're doing it to kill time, PM me should you want to get into PS1 emulation. For game recommends, setups and stuff.

He'll probably post here once it's back up. Let's just keep an eye on this topic and wait.

Since you said no grinding, there's not a lot to say, but: Instead of 2 Fire moves, you could give Magmar Brick Break. I also dislike relying on unstable things like Confusion, so I'd swap Confuse Ray for maybe Sunny Day, especially if your Venusaur has Chlorophyl, which is easy to change to with Ability Capsules. Why doesn't Rhyhorn have Earhtquake instead of Drill Run? Also I'd say Chip Away would be more useful than Take Down in certain scenarios at the cost of a little power. Your team is not the fastest, so Bulldoze could give some nice support as well. Standard Gardevoir. I'd say keep Shadow Ball and Calm Mind, but if you want to change those, Hidden Power and Magical Leaf are your best options if you won't breed. ML could be useful because you only have one Pokemon to hit Water types super-effectively with, HP's usefulness depends on what you get. Sleep only last up to 3 turns, so I believe there are more useful moves. You could use Double Edge to reduce the number of foes you don't hit at least neutrally from 334 to 60. With Synthesis and Leech Seed, the Recoil should hardly matter. If you give Magmar Sunny Day, swap Razor Leaf for Solar Beam. If not, Petal Blizard is better than Razor Leaf. Only the PP is worse. It hurts me to look at a Scrafty like that. It can breed for Zen Headbutt, Dragon Dance, Drain Punch+Fake Out or the 3 Elemental Punches. Buuuuut you said no grinding and/or breeding, too bad. The Obsidia Dept Store has an item that improves the holders accuracy should the foe outspeed him. With it, HJK has 99%-ish accuracy. Facade could be more useful than Strength, especialy should you happen to get burned. After all we don't know when it's Charlotte's turn. Other than that, uhhh....Head Smash and maybe Scary Face are useful/usable. Since you don't have Dragon Dance, you don't have the speed to sweep, so Moxie may not be that great. It's better than Shed Skin IMO, but Intimidate would be most useful. Standard Gyarados. Although the Circus has a tutor for the move Bounce. Dunno if it learns it through tutoring in Reborn the same way it did in gen 5, but try your luck. As for team options, I'd say swap Rhyhorn for Crustle, especially because Shell Smash is a thing. You could breed it with Shuckle for Earthquake, just saying. Aaaand Swaping Magmar for a Zubat/Golbat/Crobat. It gives you a few things you don't have, most importantly ways to hit Fighting and Fairy types super effectivelly, as well as some actual speed. It can be caught in Aventurine Cave at level 50-ish, and with a friend Ball, you'll get it evolved in no time. Welp, that's all I've got, without breeding, grinding or what have you. Just a trip to the Dept. Store, using some Heart Scale and getting a new member is all I have to recommend. EDIT:There's also Mienshao. Bounce, U-Turn (+Regenerator), HJK, Fake Out would be a good non-bred set.

While we're still on the topic (sorta), I'm just gonna say that I think MGRR>MGS. Whoever disagrees will have to fite me. I'm looking at you, Absol. just kidding

Wh-Guys! Haven't you heard of the dangers of boxes? How can you just- Ark, can you believe this?

Bed.

I may be wrong, but I do think Saphira, the Dragon Leader, has a gym in one of the twin towns, soon to be reached. Whether we fight her as soon as we get there is another matter, but at least for now, I think Dragon Claw>Crunch.

He's busy charging Solar Beam! Why didn't you give him a Power Herb, Sheep?

Just saying, hardly anything non-legendary outspeeds Infernape AND gets one-shot by Mach Punch, so CC is good enough for fighting STAB. Also where did you find an Expert Belt in Reborn? Even without buffs, Punishment has 60 base power. It's also a Dark attack, so at least using it against Radomus would help. Also, it might've just been luck, but when I fought Radomus, the AI didn't attack Drapion even once, maybe because of it's Dark typing, dunno. That might be an exploit you could use.

Ugh, I don't remember that event at all. Maybe these can help you? http://www.pokemonreborn.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=8082 http://www.pokemonreborn.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=6627

Just to add a couple things: Infernape is fast enough, so Mach Punch isn't necessary. Instead, give it Punishment. A move with 60 base power which gains another 20 for each of the foes buffs, capping at 200. Metagross has 135 base attack, more than Krookodile, so Foul Play would be a great move for it, at least to one-hit-kill Metagross. Drapion is also a great option. It only has one weakness as opposed to Mamoswine's 5 and Krookodile's 6. It can be bred for Swords Dance with Ninjask. Cross Poison would be great for Fairies, Crunch or Knock Off are great super effective STABs against Radomus, Toxic Spikes makes for great support and Bug Bite can hit at least half of both Radomus' and Luna's teams.

Please do not post on old topics such as this. Make a new one if you have trouble. Also, Ralts isn't there in the current episode, the 12th one, it was moved.

It's a pain to train Stunky, but Skuntank and it's Flamethrower alone can handle half the gym and do some damage even as it goes down with it's Aftermath. Just don't use it against Dwebble to get the most out of Flamethrower. It learns Screech and Acid Spray for support as well and with it's Dark typing, It'll also be useful vs Shade.

It really depends on your team, but I would say Magma's side is way easier. I would always take them on the instant they became available so it was my Level 33-ish against 3 Level 40-ish foes, so both were tough when I fought them. I'd say Aqua is easier to fight against. Vulpix adds sunlight, weakening Water attacks and boosting his types STABs, while Remoraid does absolutely nothing. Charmeleon has more power even though Dry Skin is damaging it but also absorbing Water attacks, Wartortle is nothing special. And Houndoom really gave me a run for my money the first time I fought against it. Sharpedo can't take a hit at all. If you survive a single hit, it's Houndoomed.

Swap Torterra's Cut for Wood Hammer. With Giga Drain against something weak to it, recoil is nothing. Curse could also be useful. Your Primeape is waaaay to one-dimensional. Get Punishment. Has 60 BP and gets 20 BP stronger for every buff the foe gets, capping at 200BP! I'd say it's a tad too frail, it's unlikely to survive 2 hits from anything. Fetch a Scraggy. Way better defenses, slightly weaker Attack but slightly stronger Moves and dual stab and it can breed for Zen Headbutt or for The 3 Elelmental punches with a Buneary bred with Hitmonchan. Train a Seaking to have it learn Waterfall and breed that onto Sharpedo. Double power, flinch chance and if it has Speed Boost, Aqua jet's priority is unnecesarry. In the wasteland, get a Nincada>Ninjask and breed Swords Dance onto Drapion. Accuracy is hardly a concern for Drapion. Also, Bug Bite is rather useful on it as well if you want to give up Toxic Spikes for it. Also, Knock Off only has 5 less power, but it gets rid off annoying items the foes may have, such as Noel's Cinccino's King's Rock. Relying on something unreliable like Critical hits has never been my thing, but this is your team, so it's your choice, really. Flygon, I kind of undesrtand, but I don't really know why you've kept Emolga this long. No comment on those, except for pointing out the redundancy of having 2 Electric attacks on it. Good team members would be Durant with Hustle (bred with Dwebble for Rock Slide), Excadrill (bred with Smeargle for X-Scissor and/or Poison Jab), Archeops, Crobat, Crustle with Shell Smash (bred with Shuckle for Earthquake), Leavanny, Arcanine (bred with Shinx/Electrike for Wild Charge, bred with Primeape for Close Combat, or bred with Smeargle for both), Magnezone, Houndoom with Nasty Plot, Metagross, Chandelure, Helioptile, Azumarill. See who you'll switch out, what coverage you need and good luck!

Epilogue

Xe is refering to the fact that the effectiveness of massages on Bulbapedia is shown like this: +30 (6%), +10 (20%), +5 (74%) Also, If we're talking about Pokes not obtained from the Daycare, Luxury Balls set the friendship to 200 and then you gain 3 per level up or 2 for EV-downing berries. 220 Frienship is required for evolution of such Pokemon.

Mikzal isn't here, guess whose fault that is. On that note, Is there anything we can't blame Tempest for, Dobby?

And there's this, y'know: http://www.pokemonreborn.com/forum/?showtopic=6802