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believe it or not this is the first mega stone you can get lol

this was so much harder than Erick himself lol

I just went through this part yesterday under 13.0.3 and did not have any issues.

even the Audino trainers know to use Knock Off if you have an item, and it doesn't use it if you don't

Page 279 - clarify that the Vulpix encounter needs a Gourmet Treat! turns out I didn't have one :(

Emolga instead of a Magnet? BRUH I'm upset considering I spent 2-3 hours catching Nosepass in the Safari Zone trying to get one with a Magnet At least I have my shiny Silvally, so whatever.

bruh I'm thinking this 2% is BS, along with the 1% Oranguru rate in Hula Meadow. I did over 250 encounters with Oranguru and now over 150 with Nosepass. I've found two shinies before a 2% encounter!

not sure if this is intended behaviour or not, but this shrub right here will give you a Calm Mint every time you interact with it. in terms of usefulness? not totally gamebreaking because Calm isn't a super-common desired nature and you can't sell the mints for a lot of money ($5) but, here we are!

I beat Crawli with a Purugly too, Faking out the Galvantula and killing it with your other party member before that guy even sets up the webs makes that battle very much easier.

okay bye

you still get one from finding the Dragonite's letters at Oceana Pier

I was able to get a Dedenne on Route 2 that could both Nuzzle and swap into a Dragon Breath. Then I had an Intimidate Luxray with Baby Doll Eyes that would give him a quick -2 on his Shadow Claws. Really from there I just whittled him down. The fight after though? I honestly don't remember, but I ended up just targeting one slot and leaving the A-Wak out there neutered due to Intimidates. I would swap out from Luxray to a Flying/Levitator (I used Lunatone here) and would just swap back out and let something else take the Shadow Bone.

this dang thing is impossible, I'm finding shinies before I find this thing

That Rift Carnivine also has Gunk Shot and a Dragon Stab (I think it was Dragon Rush)

Gothitelle has Psychic, Thunderbolt, Calm Mind, and a 4th move that I have never seen because it murders me. Considering I was stuck at that Geara fight for a while, I'm well aware of their movesets. Persian has Fake Out, Slash and Burn, Return, Night Slash A-Wak has Flare Blitz instead of another fire move Grimm has Sucker Punch instead of Drain Punch

yeah this isn't really all that clear, it took me several minutes and it's like OH there's a path to the cowgirl over on the other side

I too love how the Blacksteeple arc changed. There was enough of what I remembered from v12 to jog my memory but that was most definitely an improvement.

also, be prepared as it's not what it seems

I managed to sweep Narcissa with a Coalossal of all things. Fire Spin and Flame Charge are BROKEN in the field. I put a magical seed on it which increased defense upon swap in and it just had enough defenses + Flame Charge speed boost to go to town on her whole team after my Cinderace one-shot Drifblim with a Pyro Ball. Smack Down for the Chandelure. Heck, I probably could have just 6-0'd with Coalossal.

oh I meant Geara in Terajuma lmao but yeah I had a heck of a time against that Giratina-Geara fight too. Beat that with smart swapping Dedenne and Luxray for Intimidates and then anticipating the Dragon Breath and swapping....and then eventually getting a Lunatone Cosmic Powered up

rocking with Regenerator Tangrowth right now and it's fun as hell

as an aside, how'd you get past Geara there? currently stuck on that battle (that A-Wak is a massive pain) and looking for suggestions

Hypnosis spam lol Seriously, as long as they don't wake up turn 1, you can stall out the screens and set up defenses of your own

I wasn't "locked" here but not having access to a PC/bed to heal in is really a pain. I had to use up precious resources (revives, etc) since there was no heal before Madelis

I mean.... Pyro Ball, Double Kick, Poison Sweep for coverage and Headbutt/Double Edge are all you really need for most of the early/mid game? I'm not having many issues with it. And it hits SO hard with Libero.