Dragon116

I really love this. I love that I'm a Tynammo with the dream to be a Noivern. Very well done

I agree with Dondon about getting to +6. Even if the opponent has an SE move, Swoobat brushes it off pretty well at +4. The biggest flaw with Swoobat is that it HAS to match up against a specialist or it will die. This leaves it in a very shaky position when using it in your team. Swoobat struggles on Julia, Corey (Confusion is horrible), Shelly (She's prepared for Flying types), Shade (boosted TBolt), Yuyeru, Noel, Radomus (Both STABS are mediocre on him), Luna, Blake, and Ciel. That's half of all the major fights in the game. That's why I said it should be C+, but I'm willing to agree with a B ranking. Alright I'll settle for B ranking of Sudowoodo, but I strongly recommend you try it out with the set I stated. Shinx-Luxio-Luxray: B- Availability: 1 Badge Movepool: Pretty Good Comments: Luxray is most effective during the fight with Corey thanks to evolving at 30 and having Guts ability. It has fantastic 120 attack, but awkward 70 speed. Access to Crunch, Roar, Charge, and Scary Face offer Luxray some utility moves that help support it (Charge boosts Electric damage and Sp.D) or the team (Phaze, Speed drops). Luxray struggles to keep up with the desirable damage output throughout the game, which really hinders its appeal. However, it's only weak to Ground, and has good enough defenses to take hits from other types, as well as lower Physical attackers with Intimidate, or increase it's own stats with Rivalry (it's a gamble though). Luxray is definitely an option worth considering early game, but there are better Electric types available soon after.

The AI cannot use Volcarona effectively, so definitely drop it. Delphox or Talonflame would be good options to replace it with. Mega Y instead of Houndoom would be a good option.

Just wait as Genesis gets further in the game. Sudowoodo is seriously the best toolbox ever.

Not a bad few updates. I always like seeing the different methods people use to take down bosses like PULSE Abra and Farceus.

Watch out for field boosted TBolt as well as whatever pokemon has Brick Break.

Swoobat, Dodrio, Fearow, all Pan/Simis, Sharpedo, Heliolisk, Durant, Scolipede,

This is why we don't go places without status inflictors or gimmicks. If you can get back to your box, then I would just go back to Shade's gym and get a sturdy magnimite and spam thunder wave on Arceus. Don;t even bother with training, it only needs to serve the purpose of T-Wave.

Or it could end up like his final fight with Dartz, where Dartz has a monster with infinite attack and Yami totally abuses the hax and wins with infinity + 1, thereby channeling his inner Kaiba and becoming one with the hair. But seriously, no PULSE use by the protagonist. I once joked about hooking Fern up to one, but quite frankly that would be mortifying in every way imaginable.

Don't forget Eclipse deactivated PULSE Clawitzer, so ZEL might have been sent out to reactivate it. During that time, Laura runs away, meaning there could easily have been a confrontation there.

Swoobat can be B rank. I personally feel it's too frail, but obviously it's general opinion here. Sudowoodo for A-. C+ is an insult for such a fantastic toolbox. You never updated the OP for B- Arcanine and C Meowstic. Pancham is still listed as B+ in the OP, when you already updated it as a C- Litleo-Pyroar: B+ Availability: 1 badge Movepool: Pretty Good Comments: Pyroar is not as good as Chandlure or Ninetails, and it gets walled against Rock types. Beyond that, Pyroar has the stats and movepool to support what it needs to do, although it struggles up to 38, when it gets Flamethrower. At 48 it gets the other needed STAB move Hyper Voice. Flamethrower and Hyper Voice allow Pyroar to remain on the field for longer periods of time. If you want a nuke, Overheat and Hyper Beam are available, although the last requires a Heart Scale. Pyroar is weak to Fighting and Ground, which are constant coverage types in Reborn. Without any coverage moves of it's own, Pyroar will be dependent on the rest of the team to manage those threats, which is what holds it back from A tier.

Laura already got captured by Sigmund in one variation of the mansion fight, so we know her Lilligant is a worthless prick. ZEL was never seen during one of the confrontations at the Calceon barrier, so it's possible that's who Laura meets.

Emboar? I hope you man Pignite. Otherwise I call Phoney! Next up is Shade, so how about Piloswine like Chubb said. Gothita for Kiki like I screwed up and said before >.>

Maybe farm a Quick Claw off a Meowth, pop it on OP, get a priority Sleep Power. Follow up with Supersonic if he Full Heals, or Quiver Dance like mad, hoping he doesn't wake up. Follow through with Psybeam. Maybe sash Mate so you can get off a double Sucker Punch.

This is hilarious. I love seeing a pokemon walking around, defeating Fern and the Meteors. I predict this to be full of humor.

Solaris has Full Restores (probably Full Heals too), so that Toxic will be erased. I would suggest Prankser Murcrow with Perish Song, but you probably don't want to cheap out like that.

Ha, nice Queen reference. Good work on Shade. Houndoom is quite a terror there it seems. I'm curious to see how you handle Kiki.

I like the second story style more. Also, you keep saying Demonslayer didn't care. What does she have that makes her able to kill these behemoths?

I'll condede that 70 HP and 65 Sp.d aren't that great, but it's irrelevant. This pokemon only needs Sturdy to go against specialists. If you play it where you revive and restore it, while your other pokemon become foddermon, it's a weak strategy. That's not how you're supposed to play it though. Sudowoodo has good matchups thanks to its Rock typing, giving it's 115 def even more importance as resists Normal, Fire, Poison, and Flying (which are usually physical, and extremely common in Reborn). Rock STAB allows it to kill Fire, Ice, Flying, and Bug (the first 3 which plague the end game). What really sets it apart from other Sturdy users is Sucker Punch. Combined with 100 base attack, it can kill many matchups, while other Sturdy users can get off 1 attack (or T-Wave + 1 offensive for Magnezone and Probopass). The point isn't that Sudowoodo is the best Rock type, it's that Sudowoodo is the best toolbox. Speed drops, strong attacks, priority, physical counter. Most pokemon can only do two of these well. Sudowoodo does all these well. Woobat-Swoobat: C+ Availability: 0 badges Movepool: OK Comments: Swoobat is available from the start of the game, thanks to access to woobat and the fact that it's friendship evolution and not impaired by level cap. 77 Sp.A is not that great, but it's the 114 speed that makes it irrelevant. Thanks to Simple, Swoobat can get off a +2 Sp.A and +2 Sp.D before anything else moves, turning its 55 base Sp.d into a sizable defense turn one. Provided you're facing a specialist, Swoobat can become a monster in 3 turns, sweeping the entire enemy team with ease (provided they're not immune/resistant to flying and psychic). Swoobat does have a lot of problems. First, 67 base HP and 55 base Def mean it's game over if a physical hit touches it. Second, Air Slash is the best special flying attack it has access to. These two factors limit where Swoobat can be used. What ultimately cripples it is the defensive typing of Flying and Psychic, leaving it vulnerable to 5 types that are prevalent throughout the game. At the same time, it's resistant/immune to early game horrors Fern and Victoria. However, given the right opportunity, this thing is nearly unstoppable.

Wow Terra-Seel in one day. That was a lot of posts to read. Good job beating Seel!

I still haven't given up on convincing you about Sudowoodo. Let me try again. During my most recent replay of Reborn (hardcore version, no less), I picked up a Bonsly, evolved it into Sudowoodo, thinking it would be on my team for a badge or two until more Gen 2 were available. What I didn't expect was for this thing to be the definition of A rank "These Pokemon are almost always useful, but are held back from the S-tier for one reason or another. They usually have good stats, decent availability, good movepool and can usually handle themselves in battles." You can't get more useful than a toolbox, and a Sturdy one at that. Its inability to stay on the field for long periods of time is what hinders it from S Rank (If Camerupt can be A- with this problem, Sudowoodo can be too). Sudowoodo has 100 base Atk, 115 base defence, which is quite good on any pokemon. It does lack speed, but makes up for it with bulk, Sturdy, and Sucker Punch. It's available at 1 badge, which is fantastic. It has a perfect toolbox set, with access to a few other utility moves like Low Kick and Flail. I used that thing through Hardcore Reborn, and it is absolutely capable of handling itself. You can always find a use for Sudowoodo, be it foddermon (2 turns of healing) or toolbox. Growlithe-Arcanine: B- Availability: 2 Badges Movepool: Pretty Good Comments: This could be a B rank, but getting a Fire Stone is a pain. The only 100% Fire Stone availability isn't until after Shade, which is a tad late when Crunch is so helpful there. Arcanine is a neat mixed attacker with access to Flare Blitz, Heat Wave, Crunch, Extreme Speed, Outrage and Thunder Fang. You're better off running this Physical though, since Heat Wave is the only mentionable special attack in Arcanine's repertoire. 95 speed gives it a chance to outspeed a lot of foes, and 90/80/80 bulk gives it a good chance at surviving a hit, especially against a Physical attacker if you're running Intimidate. Flash Fire and Justified are also good abilities to run, but suffer niche uses. What really cripples Arcanine is access to better Fire types like Ninetails and Chandlure once you hit the halfway point, meaning it only sees use for 8 gyms.

I'd rather hook a Sunkern up. Show Julia the pretty boomies.

You should replace one of the leaders with Blue's sprite too. I think that would be hilarious.

Uhoh, Clair is starting to lose her luster. Good luck against Aya

Hawlucha is also a nightmare in Rejuv. It's worse on Samson's team because it gets High Striker and Trapeze field bonuses.