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  1. doombotmecha

    Showerthought: For a proper "collect-them-all" Poison monotype in Reborn, the whole poipole quest requires the runner catch every Pokemon in the game.

     

    I for one am utterly stoked to try it, after I finish my current run of course.

  2. doombotmecha
    Eh, I feel like as a hate sink he does his job perfectly well. He easily out-Garys Gary. There's never been a time I wasn't super stoked to kick his butt lmao
  3. doombotmecha

    Me: *breaks all the mining rocks in bybyxion wasteland* Me: oh, this is where you put the Old Keystone! How do you get it?

     

    Me, 5 minutes later: *surprised pikachu face*

  4. doombotmecha
    You know, you're right, I was being kind of a jerk about it. I was actually super impressed that he didn't lose anyone to Julia. It's entirely possible that the support of his yt commenters and Twitter fans might actually be enough to pull him through. I really do want to see his reaction to Reborn's "good bits". The deaths, the gangs, the Pulses, how beautifully effed up every gym leader is... early shofu was before my time, but I feel like this is the best press we've gotten in a while.
  5. doombotmecha
    That's exactly what I mean. You need a plan to either prevent the rain or exploit it, or else rockslide anorinth grinds your entire team to dust. As I was writing my earlier comment, I thought "hey, I kinda brute-forced it in the rain with Power Gem Ampharos..." But then I remembered that I specifically trained a Swift Swim Aqua Jet Floatzel to nuke down Anorinth before it could act, and even then Aquaranid made it kinda iffy.
  6. doombotmecha

    Beat Aya for the first time! I'd like to thank my Gastrodon, for tanking sludge wave for ten turns straight, my Ampharos, for 1v1-ing toxapex, and Aya's Toxapex, for making this fight infinitely easier for me by sludge waving her partner every turn.

    1. Skullkin

      Skullkin

      Congrats! I would never have beaten her without my Shiny Golem and Gothitelle

       

    2. doombotmecha

      doombotmecha

      Gothitelle is mon I desperately want to try and use sometime, but unfortunately I was already using Meowstic as my psychic-type. Prankster light clay dual screens is UNGODLY.

       

      I haven't really found uses for my shinies. I have two different shiny swinubs from grinding in the mountain next to shade's gym, but I already have ground covered and the next gym is ice anyway....

  7. doombotmecha
    Yeah she's really the reality check for a reborn run. You brute-force up to shelly. you cannot brute force shelly.
  8. doombotmecha
    In actual in game online battles it's too niche without something like Slaking to partner it with. In an environment like VGC or Showdown where there's a more established "meta" it could be better if there's specific, commonly used abilities you want to nullify, e.g. weather setters or form changers.
  9. doombotmecha
    True. My money's still on Shelly though. Anorinth and Aquaranid are terrors in the rain.
  10. doombotmecha
    Glass gauntlet? Isn't that near the end of the game rn? I feel like something else will get him before that.
  11. doombotmecha

    You know, I was thinking about monoruns, which got me thinking about a poison mono of reborn, but that's been done, so I started thinking about a poison mono of Emerald, 'cause it's fairly easy to emulate, but.....problem is....the first gym is rock and the only poison type you get before it is Dustox.

     

    Guess that's not happening lol. Maybe in Platinum? at least then you have Budew.

     

     

  12. doombotmecha
    TTT: begins meditating TTT: Ammmmmmmmmm
  13. doombotmecha
    Loved this episode. I love how quickly T3 caught on to ZEL, even if he wasn't totally correct. Also his reaction to p tangrowth was AMAZING. I literally gained in respect *for a part of the game I liked already* due to this series.
  14. doombotmecha

    is using hazards in Wasteland field worth it? Like, I understand Toxapex using Tspikes to spread poison, or mayyyybe sneaky pebbles against very durable bug/flying types, but....why use hazards when you can just kill them?

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    2. Autumn Zephyr

      Autumn Zephyr

      So it buffs the moves? That's news to me. Does make them more viable, at least.

    3. Azeria

      Azeria

      *    Entry hazards are consumed at the end of the turn, returning a special effect to the side they were on:
              Stealth Rocks deal type-scaling Rock damage double the normal effect to Pokemon
              Spikes deal 33% max HP to grounded Pokemon
              Toxic Spikes deal 12.5% max HP to grounded non-Poison/Steel types, and inflicts poison
              Sticky Web severely lowers Pokemon's speed

       

      Sticky Web being just string shot aside, they are potent.

       

    4. doombotmecha

      doombotmecha

      WOW. I think me and Autumn just thought it did normal spikes damage, compared to tspikes dealing a little and poisoning.

       

      I was actually thinking about Spikes specifically in relation to Forretress, since I kinda want to do a steel mono at some point, and nulling Aya's Toxapex's shenanigans while effectively doing them myself sounds fun.

       

      I'd say the one thing holding me back is the lack of an answer for Rini's Ferrothorn. I suppose if I gave myself something like Drilbur or honedge* as my free extra starter then I could sd in its face and try and just break past it.

       

      *With the restriction like a ghost mono I saw once where I can only evolve to Aegislash once I could get it normally.

  15. doombotmecha
    Yeah he's pretty popular, but as a steel main anyway I don't think I can pass up something so directly in my wheelhouse.
  16. doombotmecha
    Mine is probably 1. Sobble -Scorbunny is cool but it's also everyone's favorite. I really want to see what Sobble becomes. 2. Corviknight -I loved Skarmory and this is cooler! Skarmory 3. Duraldulon -steel. dragon. 4. G!Weezing -i loved A!Muk, and I always get excited for faries that aren't just the standard "pink and cutesy" fare
  17. doombotmecha
    I am blissfully unaware of all that spoilered content but I'm gonna go back and take beldum now. Sure the early game will be hell, but Metagross is my absolute favorite Pokemon ever!
  18. doombotmecha
    You've convinced me to try this game myself! edit: it is a little sad that you only get one option though. I could kinda tell from the moment the player's mom says "you pick any pokemon that will follow you back", but it's still kinda dissapointing. Togepi is....really not that great.
  19. doombotmecha
    For what it's worth, smogon's offical Aegislash sets don't reference EV reversing at all.
  20. doombotmecha

    me, fighting Aya: hmmm, there's a lot of spread damage coming in here, better set up light screen in order to combat it

     

    Her Toxapex with merciless: I'm about to end this trainer's whole career.

     

    (At least I can just set Reflect to weaken that damn Nidoqueen instead)

    1. Wolfox

      Wolfox

      Yeah, Aya, to me, it where the game really kicks off. 

    2. doombotmecha

      doombotmecha

      IMO I still think Shelly is harder. Like, Nidoqueen can OHKO most of my team, but that's just good offensive stats and coverage. She's not *that* hard as long as Toxapex gets left alone, since my Gastrodon can tank it easily. I figure I can get through her team easily enough once I train some new mons and change my battle strategy. My only worry is that Dragalge is just too fast and strong for my team, as I haven't really tangled with it yet.

       

      Shelly though....if you didn't stop her setup somehow, her team didn't have a weakness. Which is real achievement considering they were all bug types.

  21. doombotmecha
    Thanks a ton, I didn't originally see the south-to-north ledge. Now to train....
  22. doombotmecha
    I am at Aya's gym, ran into some trouble, and I'd like to head off to level up my Scraggy in order to hopefully give the team some more offensive punch. Problem is, I'm not sure how to leave. I turned the machines near the gym red, went down a ledge, then found an area with more machines...and no way out. thankfully I didn't save while I was there so I wasn't softlocked, but still....how do I leave? Am I stuck here until I beat Aya?
  23. doombotmecha
    Just caught up, I'm cautiously enjoying this run. I loved hearing his reaction to Florina talking about field effects! But yeah, Shelly is an oncoming truck and Ttartube has airpods in. I wonder if he'll get ZEL's deal right off the bat.
  24. doombotmecha

    going into the bybyxion wasteland...

     

    those graves....ame how dare you.

    1. Wolfox

      Wolfox

      I say it every day, Ame is EVIL

  25. doombotmecha
    Ok, first off: electric terrain bulls sleep for all Pokemon. It's one of the few terrains copied almost wholesale from mainline Pokemon, so you have Game Freak to thank for that. The other poster covered anorinth Thirdly, getting awful rng is the Pokemon experience. I basically don't use sleep any more myself, since it's so unreliable. All that said, that is some godawful luck you've got there. I hope it gets better soon! P.S. Shelly really gave me trouble too. Her whole gym is designed to thwart traditional bug weaknesses, and it works all too well.
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