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Well, for the early game, you should definately get a Kricketune. Kricketot is in a house in Peridot, it evolves at lvl 10 and gets Fury Cutter. That thing can slice and dice everything in the early game, it's perfect for the Tangrowths and it can easily oneshot Florinias Cradily. It lasts untill the last Tangrowth, after that it's useless, but until then, it's easily an MVP.

It's practically a recombination of old field effect clauses, so we'll get used to it easily. I'm most of all waiting for the Pasarela field or Living Room field or Blue Carpet field Serra's going to get. ...is that very certain Dragalge a very certain Pokemon we have fought before?

I've hit a brick wall and I'm slowly chipping it away with my nails. No, not a gym leader, not a gang leader and not a rival. The toughest part the last few days is spicing up the roster and finding good IVs. I've added Emolga, Doduo, Zuzu the Azumarill, a female Meowstic (13% drop rate in the back alleys, practically 6,5% to get the right gender) and I'm stuck on the last one I want, a Barboach under 25. And poor Shelly was brutally done with only Emolga spamming Acrobatics and Dodrio with Rage at the start and then Pluck. Camerupt, Manectric and Sudowoodo were spectators and nothing more. I've beaten Grasshole in the Grand Hall, sent Team Aqua packing (still way cooler than Magma) and I now have to face 100 Barboaches, 1000 "not even a nibble"s and Cain in the Beryl Cemetary to advance the story and storm the orphanage of Dr. Siggy Sparkblast and the Spiders from Mars. The roster:

I'd love to have Scald, and I hope Amaria gives it to us when we fight her eventually. It's the only Water TM left. Though I wouldn't be surprised to see her (and Ame) give us Whirlpool.

I've already said somewhere here I'm getting Dodrio That Medicham gives me fits anyway, I never bothered in my other runs with a good flying or fairy attack at that stage, and Medicham would come in and go down only after kicking 2 or 3 of my mons good night. This time though I put a lot more thought and plan adjustments to sail smoothly. My Shelly plan includes Camerupt and Sudowoodo with Rock Slide, Dodrio and then Manectric for anything that flies. Maybe Persian with Power Gem for Heather the Yanmega and its bad SpD I also have a much better knowledge of Gen 1, 2 and 3 mons, cause the last Pokemon games I played before Reborn were Ruby and Sapphire back in the day and then the occasional rerun out of nostalgia. Although Reborn has let me meet eventually all newer 'mons, I'm not that used to them. What do you think about my Whiscash or Sharpedo dilemma?

I'll have to be kinda selective 'till then, since there's a great Bug type variety under 480, but that's definately a great option and a great set. Although I'd go for a more standard approach with Bug Buzz and Draining Kiss instead of HP and Sleep Powder, like the one in your sig. Thanks a lot for the suggestion! ...in other news, I beat Corey handily with Manectric dispatching Skrelp and dealing the finishing blow on Crobat, Numel taking Skuntank and Meowstic doing the bulk of the damage, downing Croagunk, Grimer and leaving Crobat a Quick Attack away from going down. I'm not sure if Numel or Meowstic did Nidorina. Anyway, that Guts+Facade Raticate was completely unnesecary, Arbok as well. I really did load on some trash in the beginning instead of getting Roselia as soon as I could. Damn. Also, should I join Aqua or Magma? It's practically a Sharpedo vs Whiscash question, and I'm leaning on Magma, since Whiscash will be really good for the next few gyms. Muddy water gets a boost in Shade and Kiki, Cal is obviously a good matchup anyway, and then Ayas field boosts Mud Bomb.

Actually, I'd love the devolution or an extra move relearner for the exact opposite reason: many evolved forms lose access to moves of their preevolution forms. That's mostly on Pokemon that evolve via evo stones, but there are other intriguing cases as well. Trapinch gets Superpower at 40 but evolves at 35. Vibrava learns Bug Buzz at 26, only accessible via move relearner. And Flygon learns neither. So I'd love the possibility to de-evolve Flygon to get these moves and then re-evolve it, or to have a move relearner that can teach it moves of its older forms.

Well, you don't have any Pokemon that learn it by level up... Go to the Move Relearner and teach Drapion Toxic Spikes and Poison Fang. Once you bring down Nidoking, use it to lay 2 layers of Toxic Spikes. That should badly poison Rawrchomp. Or, if she brings it out direclty after Nidoking, send Drapion and go on with the kamikaze mission: pray the odds swing to your favor and use Poison Fang to badly poison it. 30% chance, not too shabby. ...or go back to Ametrine, catch a Vanillish, level it up and go to the relearner to teach it Freeze-Dry. 4x damage to both Rawrchomp and Swagsire.

Go to the vendor in the Circus who tells you the Hidden Power type of your Pokemon. If any has Ice, teach it HP and pray it will do the trick. The much safer way is a good Ice type, but you'll have to grind it. And maybe the safest bet against that thing is Toxic. Also, mine a Moon Stone, evolve Clefairy and give it Metronome. In Terra's field, it chooses attacks of min 70 base power.

The run continues right on track after beating Julia without Electrike and without having Goldeen take an electric attack with its Lightning Rod as well. I just destroyed Florinia, who managed to actually use one, and only one turn in the battle. I started Kricketune, got the first Fury Cuter against Maractus, took a strengthened critical Needle Arm. The first Cutter left her right at 50%, she didn't bother with the Super Potion, got KO'd by the second. Then she puts it the Cradily, which took the third Fury Cutter just like that. Grotle took the fourth, Breloom got Psybeam'd by Meowstick, Ferroseed and Cacnea were handled by Numel. Some time before, Numel also scorched Pulse Tangrowth, normally a duty reserved for Kricketune and the FC. Numel is pretty much pushing Kricketune to retirement already, and I don't know if I should do it now or wait for the big showdown against ZEL and Taka, where both will be useful but Numel could pretty much destroy Kricketune in the Burning Field. The team after executing the planed, swift, efficient neutralization of Florinia Also starring: Goldeen: Retired after Julia. It's still as in the first post Budew: Gotta friendship-grind that little thingy. Ugh. And for what purpose? For a Roselia that I can't ever evolve. Still. Venonat: I may catch another one later. It will take a while before it's useful. Sunflora and Sentret: Trade bait. I actually thought about getting a Castform. I still do. Meowth, Pachirisu, Zigzagoon, Oddish: Pickup and Sweet Scent and Cut Mudkip: I had to come out of the Grand Hall in the start of the game Trubbish: my dear Black Sludge donator On to the Voltorbs. On to the friendship. On to the Beedrills. Edit: ...and on to your suggestions from the other day. Thanks a lot for the ideas! I already can see Chatot opening against Samson, with Feather Dance and that boosted Chatter. The bad news will be if Ciel does that to us eventually when we get to fight her. Simple Swoobat is a definite addition, but I'm not sure when. Should I get it at 20 in the Rhodochrine caves to use Air Cutter at Shelly, or better wait after Shelly to have Rock Smash and catch it in Citrine Mountain next to Shade, at around 28? I'll definately get Sharpedo. Gotta have the speed and versatile moveset. Numel's already there. Archie and Maxie are proud. But I won't bother with Crawdaunt. You're absolutely right, it's a beast. But it belongs to the horrid fluctuating experience hogging group and levels up slower than legendaries, it's tough to meet it again and again to get one with good IVs, since it comes from Rock Smashing boulders in Apophyll, and there's another solution. Adaptability Basculin. Easier to meet, catch, and raise. Weaker, but easiness wins this trade-off for me. Thank you, I'll definately need some good luck. Or the mere essentialization of statistics, per Flobot. 480 is not allowed, sorry. As of Bird Jesus, I'd rather have Dodrio. Fast, hits hard and gets Drill Peck at 41. Good luck with that, Kiki! I thought there is a trade for Mime Jr. in North Obsidia. Other than that, Xatu is definately an idea. I think that Medicham and the Kiki way are a good start for a fighting type. The Hitmons and Primeape each have stuff that I like and stuff I don't like, but untill I reach Route 1 I'll propably have figured it out. Thanks, this list is very helpful, that's the one I checked before starting the run to see where I should put the limit. Although 480 prohibited, so no Whimsicott, Lilligant and Darmanitan for poor me. Also, cheers, I also dislike Amoongus real hard. Actually, out of sheer affinity, I'll go Whiscash. I like it more. Also, I kinda like its level-up moveset more. It can go with both physical and special moves, it can go the Rest and Sleep Talk way, it learns Zen Headbutt and Future Sight for more variety, and I think I can get it earlier as well, if I join Gang Magma and chase Gang Aqua out of their building. Although I'm Gang Aqua for life. Thanks a lot! And god, that post is full of rejected temptations. Breloom and Skarmory aren't obtainable and Absol is way too far away. Yeah, sub-480 ain't horrible, but it still lacks a lot of options and firepower. But I'll pull it through, anyway.

Well, I started a run in which I'll only use Pokemon with a Base Stat Total below 480 and conquer Reborn only with the help of underdogs, miscasts and a bunch of ugly dirty tricks. Bird Jesus is God and Coreys Skuntank's the Devil and these two are the strongest BST-wise Pokemon I can use. Rules of the house: 1) There are no rules, I do whatever I please. 2) I want to use Pokemon with a BST below 480. 3) I can use Pokemon with final forms that go over 480, only as long as they are unevolved. If they evolve by level-up, I can use them untill they hit that level. That means, no canceling an evolution to stay under 480. If they level up via Evo Stone, Link Stone, friendship or level-up under conditions, I can use them untill the pre-evolved form learns the last move on its level-up movepool. After that, they're illegitimate. Although, I'm not thinking of using anything I must ditch later because it will or can go over 480. Exception: any pokemon that its pre-evolved form has a sub-480 BST and was its final form in any older generation (or else, Golbat, Magneton, Murkrow, Piloswine, Roselia and such are usable, as long as they don't evolve, by virtue of being final forms in older Generations) 4) Even if we apply the Pure Power or Huge Power effect on their BST, Medicham, Azumarill and that ground bunny are still elligible. And if you think I won't grab that big fat rabbitt after declaring my lovely Swampert and Golduck inelligible, you're crazy. It's the first time I'm gonna use it ever, anyway. Pure Power don't twerk that way, and I'm keeping these two, thank you very much. 5) I want to use only stuff I want to use. I won't bother with Hilda's favourite Hariyama, no Trubbish or Mr Bigglesworth etc. Now. I have already KABOOM'd the Mosswater Factory with Julia, Florinia and of course Fern following me like Pikachu in Pokemon Yellow and I'm ready to storm Julia's Gym and drink all her espresso. The team, so far: And now the floor is yours, dear fellow members. I'm waiting for your comments, suggestions and maybe a little bit of blasting for Elektrike as well. Peace.

Noel's Clefable has Softboiled, Cosmic Power, Moonblast and what else? Hidden Power Ground if I remember correctly?

I actually meant the likes of Gastly (you say no, it dissappears into nothingness, leaving no trace behind), and Pinsir/Heracross when you meet them to beat one and obtain the other (if you say no, it plays the same line after opening the blockades (Herracross quietly ascended/Pinsir swiftly flew or something like that).

Mis'us actually goes to places where you must get in and out of the Grotto to follow her, but no, you don't need a Tauros. Just explore, find her, talk to her, repeat. I've never done the Spoink event though, so I can't help. The only thing you must notice are the conditions of the events (weather, day/night, day of the week etc). The event Pokemon won't go away. And, once you find them, BE CAREFUL! If you talk to an event pokemon that wants to join you and a Yes/No dialog pops, there are cases where saying No makes the pokemon dissappear. There are other cases it will just stay there. But you don't wanna miss one because you clicked No and thought it would stay there.

Ok, I have beaten Radomous, gone to 7th Street, beaten the granma and enemy gang leader to get the weather TMs. I know from my first playthrough that I meet Bennett, but I can't find him and no talking to NPCs, running around, visiting the two small caves and going to the watering hole does the trick of fetching him. Any idea? Edit: I found him, I got him, problem solved.

I beat Charlotte yesterday in my second/first playthrough (the real first stopped right after Kiki, so it doesn't really count). And in my second/third I'm about to face Radomous. Charlotte was not that hard, even with an underleveled team and some mons that are not typical matches against fire (Ampharos and Machamp). That immortal Rotom was annoying, it better be smacked down and then have a ground attack against it, it tanked a freaking lot even against SE attacks without STAB. The one that was a real pain in the second playthrough, although I knew what I was about to face, was Noel. That bloody Pixi was even harder to go down. Although later I found a certain pokemon that could match his Clefable, if I start a third one later I'll bring him Crobat with Cross poison and Screech. Good luck, Nomos. Serra was also a hard battle in the first time and a really easy in the second, once you know what she is gonna throw to you and what you can hit, what you can zap and what you can burn. And I can't wait for her getting a field effect and maybe that old double battle where she was a pain, as I have read around here.

You got that point just fine. The one you missed was the "pleased to meet you, hope you guess my name", which is not a literal wish for you to guess my own name. And I still wonder how you concluded my name is Stan

Definitely not. My name is not Stan. Really, how did you come to that conclusion? Not to mention, you missed the point.

What? How do you make that happen? You can just talk to him and like, you battle him? As of Sierra, I just hope we don't see a Living Room field, or a Pasarela Field. All bets are off. Amaria + Titania on the Water surface would be a pain, and a good idea too, it nixes two of Titania's three weaknesses.

The flash is in the subrailnet. If you go back to the railnet, you'll find another locked door like the one you opened for the kids. Open it by reconnectin the rails, then use Rock Smash to the black shaded parts of the wall. As of grinding, you have a nice choice between the Tanzan cove Basculins (good rod needed), whatever Normal or Grass types you find in the Chrysolia forest and then the Tanzan mountain. Go to the former Meteor base, and you'll find a cave that was created when you came out of the mountain with the Steelix. Enter the cave and explore it, it leads to the tunnel net where you first found the Steelix.

Pleased to meet you, hope you guess my name! I am glad to see you differenciating between your sexual relationships and the ideology of the LGBT community. I really like that you don't force yourself in aligning your beliefs and your orientations. I hope you can keep going while you manage that balance. Also, you may identify yourself as a moderate conservative in the american political spectre. And only in the american political spectre. As a kind-of-left european in a country that has everything from neonazis to monarchy loyalists to USSR-faithful communists to anarchists, I can't see you as "slightly leaning to the right". So don't bother leaning slightly to the right. Just stay true to what you believe, whatever it is. It is really trivial today, but well, let's just start with the trivial and the usual and the meaningless and the safe stuff. What kind of music and movies to you like?