Despair Syndrome

Art is amazing as ever! I do love how you manage to express your character's expressions so vividly. Truly a savant of Pokemon facial expressions! C: Do you have a DeviantArt/other-image-uploading-site account? I would love to see your other work! as a ghost-lover, i demand you finish that giratina

According to this, Genymotion and Amiduos are working alternatives. Can't confirm myself though since I quit my emulator days long ago. (￣⊿￣)

Are you playing on an emulator? Cause I heard this latest update kinda screwed with it somehow.

Day 15: Still trying to figure out what you're sorry for. Clickbait. That's the answer isn't it. Anyway, welcome to Reborn! Piplup is extremely cute, I'll give you that, but no other starter beats my derpy Oshawott. Your first game was Trozei. Of all the Pokemon games, you first was Trozei. I'm honestly speechless. :l That said, you seem like a pretty cool person. Hope I can get to know you more! ; ) EDIT: I have no idea who your friend is, but if my Sherlock-senses are right, seeing as you're both Australian, and in the same age group and he's an active member of the forum and also because he's your friend according to your profile. If I had to make a guess...

Welcome to Reborn, friend! Rejuvenation is slightly more challenging than Reborn imo, but that's part of the fun right? Good luck in your run! you'll need it

While Chubb procrastinates on his guide, I consider writing my guide a form of procrastination. Procrastination is a funny thing, it makes you do boring stuff so you don't have to do even more boring stuff. In this case, I'd much prefer to be writing about Route 2 than do the homework that's sitting here right next to me. CHAPTER XI: DEMON ROUTE 2 – THE RECKONING After you're done with Agate Circus, head back to Route 2. Ugh. Head all the way back to the Celestinine Cascade and grab your HM. If you forgot how to get back, use my previous chapter as reference. (Don’t be ashamed, that’s what I did too.) Head onto the house and you’ll find Titania writing in her diary. Amaria is out so Titania will fetch the HM for you. Now have fun waiting for Titania to get the HM. Because she never will. Not unless you decide to invade her privacy and read the diary! NYEH HEH HEH. This is gonna change in EP16 though so you don’t have to read the diary. But don’t tell me you’re not curious. ; ) Read the diary and you’ll find out some nasty secrets. Turns out Amaria is mentally insane and Titania was only pretending to love her to try and make her stable. Oh, and also Amaria is gay for Titania. Not that I’m complaining ; ) But seriously, am I only the one who only knew they were lovers NOW? I mean, this was a huge plot twist for me. I always wondered who Amaria’s love was, and turns out she’s standing right next to you! And I mean literally right next to you. That’s right, stay in that room for 2 hours looking for the HM and only come out as I was reading the diary. Thanks, PLOT_VS_PLAYER™. She’ll give you the HM and ask whether you were reading the diary or not. Doesn’t matter if you lie, Titania ain’t gon’ take yo bullshit. She chases you out of the house. But before that, she warns you not to let slip any of the contents to anyone. Especially not Amaria, who just so happens to return at this very moment. Thanks, PLOT_VS_PLAYER™. You get the choice whether or not to tell Amaria what you read. Seeing as how you just received what seemed to be a death threat from Titania, I’d recommend not telling her. But it doesn’t matter anyway, cause she decides to read the diary for herself. She figures out that Titania was faking it and leaves. Titania chases after. Now would be the time for you to gtfo and head far, far away from here before anything bad that happens gets blamed on you. Unfortunately we can’t do that. Follow them out. Walk out and you’ll see an Absol on a cliff. You know what that means, kids… Head over to the river and you’ll see Amaria and Titania having a Mexican standoff. And she jumps. Wow. That’s almost as depressing as Corey. And Titania jumps after her, and since you’re conveniently standing there, it’ll be your job to come back later and get her out. There was supposed to be a joke here but I’m too darned depressed to say it. With that, head back to the start of Route 2. We’re going to through the North Part now, hop to through the area listed in the spoilers. If you followed Lostelle’s video, then you probably have gone through this part already. If you did, save yourself the trouble and skip this chapter. Remember to grab the sleep powder before hopping through here. Also, remember to avoid the weak pillar, otherwise you have to backtrack and collect the sleep powder again. Once you’re on the upper area here, get a Crustle and put it to sleep. Push it to the hole at the North. Easy. Backtrack and get another vial of sleep powder. Now, move here. Now put the Crustle here to sleep. Your next step is to push the Crustle down the slope which is a hella lot more complicated than it seems. First, push this Crustle all the way to the left. Now backtrack to where you came from using and push the Crustle down. Next, come over here to the left of the Crustle using the route shown in the picture. You should know how to push it down the slope now. If you don’t, you’re an idiot. I highly, HIGHLY (Yes, two ‘highly’s) recommend saving here. One screw-up and you’re gonna have to do that all over again. Now head back to the big tile maze area and head on this route. This time, take the North. Jump across the Crustle you placed here one chapter ago and you’ll be at the spot where you pushed the last Crustle. Again, and I cannot emphasize this enough, SAVE for god’s sake! It’s EXTREMELY easy to screw up here, and if you don’t save, you’re gonna regret it. Once the Crustle is safely in place, head on over to this area. AND THAT’S IT! THAT’S GODDAMN IT! WE PURGED THIS PLACE. PURGED IT I SAY. Ahh, I feel so relieved now that I finished the Demon Route. It’s as if a weight have been lifted from my back. It’s as if I had finished my homework that is sitting oh-so idly on the desk here next to my computer. I haven’t finished it by the way. Coming up next on a Horrendously Written Guide: Despair Syndrome’s Horrendously Written and Oh-So Demonic HOMEWORK. Stay tuned. Head on in to Ametrine Mountain. Compared to Route 2, everything else is a piece of cake. Nothing past this point should faze you anymore. CHAPTER XII: DEMON ICEBERG Welcome to Ametrine Mountain. Ah. It feels great welcoming you to an area that doesn’t begin with DEMON. Immediately, you’re greeted with a river. Surf across it. After that, you’re confronted with a slide puzzle, but that should be no problem. Head up and- What the hell. How did everyone get up here without pushing Crustle. What. WHAT. Discrimination. Discrimination against playable-characters I say! It turns out that the route to Ametrine City is blocked by a gigantic iceberg. Convenient. You ask Cain for the HM for Waterfall. Tough luck. That’s in Ametrince City too. C O N V E N I E N T. Thanks, PLOT_VS_PLAYER™. And as it turns out, Ametrine City is a mountain city, so with the only route cut off, no food is gonna be delivered, meaning everyone in the city will starve to death. CONVENINIENIENIENINETNDINDASDJiKJSBHO But seriously, can’t someone with Fly just fly out and get food? Hardy gets his Gigalith to break the ice, and fails misreably. Way to impress a girl. It seems we’re having a change of plans now. You’re following Aya, Cain and Hardy to Calcenon. Continue East. Welcome to Route 3. The blandest route in the entire game. Not that I’m complaining. This is heaven compared to the previous 2 routes. You’ll see the gang standing in front of the entrance to Calcenon. Cain will try to enter and the stairs will be blown to shreds. Ç̜̪̋͋̍̍̆̏̽͠O̸͔̥̻͙͕ͥͯ̈ͪ͐̒͡ͅN͒ͮ̂͏̞̲V̶̡̙̫̭̗̖̥̞͊̊̑Ẽ̪̣̪̖̉̀̒͜Ņ̇̈́͒͜҉̲̪͉̫̥̪ͅI͉̟ͫ̂͐͟͞ͅĘ̴̷͔̪̹̝͎̿̂͛̈́N̸̸̖̹̙͉̉̊̌̋T͎̗͇̰̫̼̻̅ͪ͑͆̆ͣ̕ Saphira comes to check on us and tells us that Team Meteor is using a Pulse!Clawitzer to bombard the area. And instead of giving us a lift on her Dragonite (the hole is like what, 2 meters long?), she tells us to find another way. Conveniently, there’s an Eastern entrance we can use. So go there. Luckily, the builders learnt from the mistakes of Route 2 and made this route extremely simple to traverse. It’s literally a straight line. So what are you waiting for? Lezgo. Head on East, and- Well’p. So much for a straight line. Aya is sticking with you for the time being. Head on into the cave. In the cave, head to the topmost area and hop on the ledges all the way to the right. You should be able to reach the second floor. There’s another hole in here, head on in. Inside, there’s a Metal Coat, which you can use to get Scizor. Now head back out and hop to the bottom-most part of the cave. There should be a ladder down. The exit is in this room. Feel free to leave the cave. The other ladder simply leads to a mine-able rock. And Boom. Thanks PLOT_VS_PLAYER™. Head into the second cave. There’s Meteor Grunts in here, so it seems that we have to take em out. Nothing new. After you take care of the grunts, head into the hole, and you’ll be in another Meteor Base, which is luckily not as Demonic as the one in Tanzan mountain. Hit the console and it’ll open up the hallway. You can only head to the bottom door, so head there. You’ll be back in the cave, continue through it. At the fork here, head up. Hop down one ledge to the left and hop to the middle and take the ladder. You’ll be on the second floor, here you’ll find more grunts. Destroy them and carry on. You’ll be back outside. By this point, you’re probably goddamn tired of Double Battles. I know I am. Well, too bad, there’s gonna be a helluva lot more. Well, at least this bridge isn’t destroyed. Cross it, and by Merlin’s beard, it doesn’t get destroyed while we’re on it! The plot is finally on our side! Oh, another Absol appears as well, but whatever. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ You know how Absol appearing usually means someone’s about to die? It’d be funny if Fern/Bennett dies and no Absol appears. Maybe it’s because Absol forewarns disaster, and those 2 dying would be more of a relief than anything. Anyone, continue on. Two more grunts here. Sigh. The grunts are trying to stop you from getting to the Pulse. Erm, bitch? I just want to cross, do whatever the hell you want with the pulse lol. Anyway, there’s another downed bridge here, jump on the rocks down to the lowest part and enter the cave. Here, take the right-most path and you’ll find another entrance. You’ll be at the right side of the facility this time. Activate the console and head up. You’ll find our recurring Team Meteor lackeys, Jessie and James Aster and Eclipse, monitoring some contraption. Aster is eager to pound you guys into the ground, Eclipse? Not so much. “Erm, excuse me, can you please direct me to Calcenon City? I don’t want any trouble. You can go ahead and play with your Pulse.” But since your player character can’t talk, they fight. METEOR KNIGHT ASTER & METEOR DAME ECLIPSE This battle is essentially a 12v10, which is frustrating cause it takes so goddamn long. Eclipse specializes in Sp Attackers while Aster uses regular physical Attackers. What I’d suggestis to leave either Lunatone or Solrock on the field, depending on which your team (cause Aya is frikkin useless) can handle better, and take out all 6 of the other person’s Pokemon before moving to the next, so it’s a 2v1. Remember, this battle is all on you, cause Aya seems to always use ‘not-very-effective’ moves. I don’t see you using ‘not-very-effective’ moves in our gym battle! Lunatone can absolutely destroy Aya, since all it’s moves are good against Poison. Solrock on the other hand, immensely cripples physical attackers with both Reflect and Will-o-Wisp. With that in mind, go all in on Lunatone, unless you have a team full of physical attackers, then go for Solrock instead. Watch out though as these guys (unlike gym leaders) know how to switch out their Pokemon. Plan accordingly. Watch out for Rhyperior, that thing is huge. Pray that Aya can get a Poison on it. Electivire’s boosted Thunder Punch is also a bit of a pain in the ass. Eclipse’s Pokemon tend to put a lot of crippling statuses on your Pokemon too. This battle shouldn’t be too much of a problem, unless Aster and Eclipse decide to go all in on your Pokemon instead of Aya’s. Aya is just a meat shield in this battle. If you can beat Serra, you can beat these two. With that, Eclipse turns off the Pulse!Clawitzer. Erm, thanks? Aya decides to tell her that we were simply passing through just as she turned it off. But it turns out it was a lucky break for Eclipse, cause she just wanted an excuse to stop. Aster and Eclipse argue a bit about how ‘right’ Team Meteor is. Bitch, stop talking and just gtfo. Take me to Calcenon, man. Eclipse gives us some backstory on Team Meteor, turns out they weren’t always bad. They only started going down the shitter when Lin took over. That’s nice and all, but I’D REEEEEEAAALY SUGGEST YOU GTFO. Whoops, too late. Sirius gets his Chandelure to burn Eclipse’s soul. Bummer, that’s frikkin savage. Now, Sirius directs the attack to you. Didn’t he save our lives a few chapters ago? Aya pushes you out of the way. Heroic. Sirius decides to take her instead. He’s gonna use her as a hostage and he and Aster flee, completely neglecting the perfect opportunity to finish you off. …well’p, another character gone. That sucks man. I find it funny that all of this could’ve been avoided if Team Meteor simply refrained from shooting off the stairs to Calcenon City. Karma is a bitch, huh. With that all done, head to the room on the left for a Grass Knot TM. Grab it and head right this time. Climb through the cave and we’ll finally be at the end of Route 3. Welcome to Route 4. If Route 3 was bland and not-that-demonic, then Route 4 is even less demonic. It’s hella easy to traverse. Simply head to the Northwestern part of the map and you’ll find yourself at the entrance to Calcenon. Finally, civillisation! Head on in whenever you’re done with whatever it is you’re doing.

Bloodborne is frustrating I feel you, but have you tried Dark Souls? Anyway, welcome to Reborn! Would like to get to know you more. ; )

Nice Psyduck! But seeing as your favorite type is Ghost and Ice, shouldn't your profile picture be a pixelover of a Pokemon more your style...? This QT right here. Anyway, welcome to Reborn! You're gonna enjoy your time here! If you don't, I'll kill you! jk i wont kill a fellow ghost-lover

Done and PM'd. Enjoy!

PM'd. To install the new save, simply copy the new save over the old one. PM'd. Enjoy!

Two updates in two days, wowie! MVP Chubb. Keep it up with the updates! Here's a little present for you: ; )

Welcome to Reborn! You will definitely enjoy your time here. Emphasis on 'Will'. Your description of Fern's death is pretty graphic, not that I'm complaining. ; ) Throw Bennett in there as well and we'll be golden.

STARBOUND For a pixelated game, the scenery is absolutely stunning. Simple and amazing.

Oi to you too, friend. ; ) For some reason, the word 'Astranaut' is now constantly ringing in my head. I would love to hear some of your compositions if you're willing to share. I would love to say that this isn't a cult, but... :I That said, welcome to Reborn, enjoy your eternal stay!

Kittens, butterflies and FORMULA 1 RACE CARS! HELL YEAH! An odd combination, but I don't judge ; ) That said, welcome to Reborn, enjoy your eternal stay!

Yo, left the lurker life have we? I'd be happy to converse with you but you're not stealing my Nutella. Hope you enjoy Reborn!

Relevant.

nice guide btw I get 'really funny' alot, but you took a step further and used 2 'really's and even slapped a 'freaking' on top of that. I'm flattered >w< I am pretty despair-inducing, but we all know that AME is the true despair, so my despair feels like nothing in comparison. :^)

will you be my valentines, shelly Whoops. I meant happy birthday, Shelly! As for your present, I got you a burning forest field. That's what you get for sweeping my team with that demonic Yanmega of yours. Hope you enjoy your special day!

petition to change chubbs guide's name into Perfectly Written Guide for Reborn I'm flattered that you took inspiration from my guide. I'll link your guide in mine asap. And also, one little thing that I would like to request: As much as I would love to take credit for 'every single detail', I'm afraid I can't do that. Remember, kids, my guide is Horrendously Written. I'm pretty sure 'every single detail' is Chubb's work, since his guide is Perfectly Written. It'd be nice if you can change that to 'Chubb and DespairSyndrome's work', otherwise, I feel that it might not do Chubb's guide justice. and yes im still taking a little bit of credit, but dont tell anyone ; ) That said, your guide is gold. Can't wait for more of it! but seriously, jokes for apprentice victoria and pretty boy cain, yet no jokes for swag jockey fern?! how could you11 There's also something I wanted to say here, but I forgot. Keep up the good work. :^) EDIT: I remembered what I wanted to say. I wanted to say 'you win the cookie', but it's too late for that now isn't it...

Sup, Yanez! *Obligatory Welcome to Reborn* Good luck with your run. you'll need it. Watch out for the next gym leader. Let's just say she's pretty... demonic.

Ugh. I really don’t want to write this chapter. Part of me wants to just write the title and in it, simply link Lostelle’s video, then onto the next chapter. But you guys know I’m too good to do that. Right? Without further ado, let’s hop right in. CHAPTER X: DEMON ROUTE Ok, here’s a video guide for this area by Lostelle. Onto the next chapter! CHAPTER XI: DEMON NOTHING-CAUSE-NOTHING-WAS-AS-DEMONIC-AS-ROUTE-2 jk, guys. Fine I’ll cover this area, since my editor demands it. btw the editor is myself, but don’t tell the editor. Start by hopping over these rocks. It actually took me 5 minutes to get through this part the first time I played. Screw me. Hopping on that stone pillar thing that causes your screen to shake will destroy any powder in your Powder Vial, so that’s something to take note of. What you wanna do, is push the Crustle into the hole at the far right. First grab some sleep powder (that’s the tree with the green flowers) and give it to the Crustle to make it sleep. With that, you can push them around. If you are a moron screw up, grab some rage powder (that’s the tree with the red flowers) and give it to the Crustle to wake it up. Now ruthlessly murder that goddamn piece of shit so you can get a new one. Alternatively, saving after putting a Crustle to sleep and softresetting is WAY easier. And be sure to not royally fuck up like I did right here. Now you understand why I don’t want to write this part? With the Crustle in place, it can now be used as a stepping stone to hop onto the other side. Here’s where you have to hop to now. Once you’re there, head South. We’ll save the North Side for another day, yea? If you want to get this puzzle over with now though, just check out Lostelle’s video. I’ll cover the rest of the Crustle puzzles when the time comes. Anyway, once you climbed these stairs, head East. You’re gonna have to complete another Crustle puzzle. How to get through this demonic tile maze is in the spoilers: After you get through that demonic tile puzzle, you’re gonna have to do the demonic Crustle puzzle. The Crustle nest is at the rightmost end of this little area and the hole you’re supposed to get it in is all the way to the left. And no, I’ll not teach you how to do it. Hell, even I didn’t know how I did it. Once that’s done, backtrack to the fork and head West this time. Head South and you’ll battle LORD_GOOMY. CLOWN GOOMY Nah, just kidding man. I just really wanted to write a boss section. 2-shot that Goomy at your own leisure. Though it is a single Lv75 Poke, so it might count as a boss? Idk. Continue south and jump across the Crustle that you put here earlier. (PETA would like a word with you, Ame) And you’ll find yourself in the bottom of another god-forsaken tile-maze. Why couldn’t these people build bridges over these areas? Are they seriously content with jumping across stone pillars and pushing wild Crustle? Screw Route 2, man. Head to the bottom rightmost part of this area, ANOTHER tile maze. Perfect. Head on to this area first. Get the Crustle here and push it down the slope. (Yes, that is a slope. If it wasn’t for Lostelle, I would’ve been stuck here for hours) There’s another slope at this bottom area, push the Crustle down there and it'll land on the hole. Perfecto. Oh, but we still need another two, thanks PLOT_VS_PLAYER™. Backtrack to the bottom of the tile maze. The Crustle we’re looking for is at the rightmost portion of the area. The slope you need to push it down is at the bottom-right, near the entrance of the tile maze. Now, head back into the tile maze and take this route. This one is a lot easier. Push the Crustle a bit to the left, and then it’s a straight beeline South to the slope. (Well, not exactly, the Sleep Powder tree is in the way) Finally, get back on the tile maze and head on this route. By the end of this puzzle, the protagonist’s jumping skills (or bicycle skills if you roll that way) will have improved tremendously. What a workout. Step up your game, Samson. Continue straight and hop over the Crustle you pushed here earlier. Here’s where you left the second Crustle. Push it down to the bottom bit of the map and proceed to push the Crustle into the hole. And here’s another reminder to not royally fuck up like I did. Sometimes I wonder why you guys even read my guide. :c And with that, all 3 Crustles are in place! Goddamn demonic this place is. I could’ve used the 2 hours beating this place (not to mention the 1 hour of writing this bit) to I dunno, do something productive with my life. Thanks, Ame. How many times did I link Lostelle's video? 3 times? No, that makes it 4. Seriously, watching it is a whole lot easier than reading. ty based lostelle for making this light in the depth of hell. Now head on left, jumping on all 3 Crustle, and you’ll end up at Celestine Cascade. There’s not much here except for a river and a house to the North. Go to the house. Since you are a badass and can stride into people’s houses uninvited, stride right on in and talk to Amaria, sitting on the couch. And since she recognizes you (hell, I didn’t even recognize her), you don’t get arrested and put in prison for trespassing on private property. Hell yeah! She lets you meet her best friend- Titania, who totally isn’t a Steel-type gym leader. Turns out Titania found Hardy and brought him here. It also turns out that they're siblings. Sorry, Hardy, Aya and Cain already took the ‘love-hate sibling relationship’, so you’re gonna have to get a new stereotype. It turns out Amaria is still injured after that fallout with Solaris. Hell, even I forgot where that happened. Pulse!Muk was just too easy. Head upstairs and find Hardy slumped on the couch. Titania uses Wake-Up Slap, which is super-effective against Rock-types. Get owned, Hardy. And Titania just lets him leave because that’s what a caring sister does to her little brother. Leave the room and you’ll find Hardy and Amaria watching a TV show. What happened to finding Aya again? It turns out that Team Meteor took control of Labradorra and is having a showdown with the neighbouring city of Calcenon. Labradorra is being protected by a barrier set up by a Pulse!Mr Mime. Sounds bad. But that’s none of our business. Except it totally is, because that’s where Anna, Noel and Charlotte are. Goddamnit protagonist and your responsibilities. If you’re a heartless bastard and play simply to challenge the Reborn League, one of the gyms is located in Calcenon, so you’re gonna have to help whether you like it or not. Anyway, Titania forbids Amaria from going to help in order to protect the Saphire Bracelet she gave her (Oh, and Amaria’s life. That too.) And since Amaria can’t go, you’re tasked to do it against your will. You’ll need a HM for surf to get through Ametrine Mountain to get there. Titania gives you the Battle pass for Samson. Defeat him and you can use Surf. Simple. Except it isn’t cause that means another run through the demon route. Now leave and go back to the circus. After that workout on Route 2, we’re gonna whoop some strongman butt. Once you’re back at the circus, head to the Big Top. Turns out the Agate Ace Triumvirate are helping out against Team Meteor too. And by Agate Ace Triumvirate, I mean only Terra. cuz she iz super 1337 hacker. And even then, she isn’t really helping. 10$ says she’s simply googling hentai on that monitor and not doing anything of importance whatsoever. Talk to Ciel and watch the Agate Ace Triumvirate throw out sex jokes in full view of like 4 people? This world would be a better place if it was filled with people like them. Talk to Samson and fight him when you’re ready. And now, for the much awaited gym battle! Damn, we haven’t done this in a long time, hope your team isn’t lagging behind ; ) Do note that this badge doesn’t increase the level cap (don’t worry, Samson isn’t about to die) so try not to overlevel your team. Trust me, the next gym battle is tough as nails and you don’t want any of your Pokemon busting the level cap anywhere during that fight. STRONGMAN SAMSON This battle takes place on the Big Top Arena, otherwise known as RNGrena. Fighting type moves have a chance of dealing XTRA_DAMAGE™! Though it has a chance to do the opposite too, but with a high enough attack stat or the right ability, this won’t happen very often. ‘Dance’ moves also have their effects amplified so if you can somehow survive long enough to set up, this battle becomes a cake-walk. Unlike Kiki’s field, using Flying types have no repurcussion whatsoever, in fact, Acrobatics even gets a damage boost in this field. An attack heavy Acrobatics user will destroy Samson. Samson has two Pokemon that know Acrobatics, Mienshao and Hawlucha. Mienshao’s doesn’t have the boost because it’s holding Life Orb. Hawlucha, however, is holding a Sitrus Berry. If you don’t one shot it, and it eats the Sitrus Berry, prepare to get your ass sweeped. STAB Acrobatics Hawlucha is no laughing matter. Samson hits hard and hits fast. To counter him, you need to hit harder and faster. With the right Flying or Psychic type, almost all of his Pokemon can be one-shotted, with the exception of Lucario and Blaziken. Lucario and Blaziken are his turnaround cards. Lucario is equipped with a Focus Sash and almost always uses Swords Dance first. With the Swords Dance boost, it can destroy you with priority Extreme Speed and Bullet Punch, this is the only Pokemon in his team that must be dealt with strategically instead of brute-forcing. Paralyzing or burning it will cripple its sweep potential drastically. His other turnaround mon is Blaziken. All this time, you cheesed the game with Speed Boost Blaziken, how does it feel getting cheesed back eh? His Blaziken knows Protect so it can freely stack its Speed Boost, despite that, there’s still Pokemon that manage to outspeed it and take it out in one hit. If it poses too much of a threat, find a way to paralyze it, Prankster works great but I don’t think there’s any at this point of the game that can use Prankster and a paralyzing move. Trick Room is also an effective strategy. Basically, a brute-force comp that out brute-forces Samson’s can win you this fight no problemo. If you can beat Serra, you can beat Samson. Holy shit that was long. Especially since Samson isn't even that strong of a gym leader. With that, you gain the ability to use Surf and your Pokemon all get a slight boost to their ATK. You also get the TM for Brick Break which is a pretty good move. After that, you’ll be backstage. It turns out terrawr traced the source of the Pulse causing the people of Agate to fall asleep. Apparently, it’s located in Ametrine City. You need the HM for Surf to go there, and as always, you get shoehorned into the task without your consent. Bitch, there are 5 gym leaders here and I’m the perfect candidate? There isn’t even a gym at Ametrine City! And then, Aya, Hardy and Cain set out for Calcenon. Your next stop is Ametrine. And to get there, you need to go through Route 2! Wooooo. Sigh.

Wow, I feel bad for your friend man. Give him my condolences. So this just happened a few weeks ago. I am a math nut and when I'm not playing games or reading a book, I'll usually be doing random math problems. So the start of the year, start of a new syllabus. Our math teacher comes in and gives us all a workbook filled with problems. She'll occasionally give us homework to do in that workbook. One day, I was super bored, so I went and complete about 50% of the book. The book was about 150 pages and so far the teacher only asked us finish it as far as, what, page 10? So a few days later at school, our math teacher instructed us to do a few pages of the workbook in class. I was mega exhausted, and since I had already finished all the pages she assigned (and probably the pages she'll be assigning for the next month too), I decided that now's a great time to sleep. The teacher, of course, walks over and instead of waking me up, she asked my friend sitting next to me (who was nonchalantly copying off my workbook) why I was asleep, and whether or not I had finished my exercises (I wasn't fully asleep, so I heard everything). Then my friend bloody showed her the notebook and flipped through the 50+ pages that I had already completed. Our teacher just said "Wow, this students definitely going to get a 100 in the next exam." And she walked away. now im hyper stressed out, if i dont get a 100 in the next exam, i might never get to sleep in class again help me