jbastian1

Hi Everyone! Not sure if this is the right location to post this tbh, but I was curious about the randomizer. I've always wanted to do a randomized run, and I started it recently. However I started thinking, does this eventually prevent you from completing the quest of returning everyone's stolen pokemon later in the game? Your purchasing of them in 7th Street would give you a random mon. Because it isn't the mon they're supposed to be returned, will this prevent you from completing that quest line and obtaining the Mega-Ring? Would love to know if other people have encountered this, or if the mod already took this into account and it actually isn't an issue. Just trying to plan ahead I guess! Thanks everyone!

Kind of late to this discussion, so I don't know if anyone is keeping up with it currently but I am in the process of finishing up my Flying monotype run through and I have to say I am quite impressed. The hardest part of the game has to be the beginning with Julia just due to lack of early options. Even still, some early pokemon have great abilities to help you carry through like Super Luck Pidove. Additionally you have a good balance of physical and special attackers. After Julia, there really isn't much of a challenge until you hit Blake. Ice Shard can do a number on you, but with a Charizard and Aerodactyl, you can take a surprising amount of his team down without much stress. Especially if you set up a tail wind to help counteract Slush Rush Sandshrew (same goes for Titania's), or if you use a Pelipper with drizzle you can just get rid of the hail. Hardy was a bit of a challenge because of Rock Slide, but having a tank like Gliscor who can Bulldoze alot of the team made life easier. Also Moxie Gyarados was amazing. My favorite pokemon is Aerodactyl who honestly carries so hard late game that you almost never need to switch out of him, especially if you use his mega evolution. Also, alot of the rock weakness can be countered with Swanna, Hawlucha, Pelipper, Tropius, etc. You don't really get access to much in the way of electric types, other than Emolga (bleh) but you really don't need it. The only gym electric really would benefit in is with Amaria, but using Gyarados with Moxie in that field actually still lets you steam roll, especially if you dragon dance. Honestly, I think I had an easier time doing the monotype playthrough than I did my standard base game with no type restrictions. Hell even the big guys like Ditto Arceus can be brought down with a Perish Song from Altaria. Speaking of Altaria, you also get two other amazing dragons: Dragonite and Salamence. All in all, I have definitely had a blast with this run so far. The amount of team comps you can create for a mono flying run is impressive and its a fun sweeper-styled gameplay. Oh yeah, and did I mention you get access to one of the best healing moves ROOST... Yeah its a good time.

Ahhhh gotcha. I was so confused haha I even attempted to de-level it down to 19 and level it back up to 20 and I was like what is going on hahaha.

So I finally picked back up with my Mono-flying run of Reborn and I got my favorite Mon, Aerodactyl. I went ahead and fully EV trained it, but then I found that it never learned Rock Slide? Move relearners do not show it, but it is supposed to learn it naturally at level 20... Is this a glitch??

I agree with the person above about Metagross. Also, you have a bronzong too that could work well too! Gyro Ball her whole team and that levitate will help incase she has some ground moves to combat the steel typing since we all know the gym leaders love to have their coverage. You could also pull your Typhlosion out of the box for the fight too for more fire power (literally) and just rebox him afterwards. I find it useful to train up a good rotation like that so you are prepared for any situation.

One thing to consider though is aside from Alakazam, you only have physical attackers. It might be useful to try to balance out with some special attack as well just to help with certain parts of the fight. Your Alakazam should be able to outspeed the Garchomp too, maybe try using Dazzling Gleam on your Alakazam, you might be able to OHKO it since Garchomps sp def is one of its lowest stats.

Yeah I would diversify the team somewhat. Definitely good to have multiple types trained up but I wouldnt use them at the same time unless you're working on a specific gym, like the fighting gym for example. If you look you have multiple members weak to Steel. Fire and Ground and poison are also some weak areas for you. Look at this chart or go to https://marriland.com/tools/team-builder/ to help plan out a team so you can see how well your type coverage is. While you do have coverage, losing one mon, like Talonflame for example could really hurt you during Reborn. For example, a good Alolan Sandlash would BODY your team. So finding those weak points and covering them will be crucial, especially in the late game.

Train both, grinding up a few extra mons never hurts. Sure it takes some time, but as long as youre doing it as you go along, especially as they approach the level cap, its not too bad. Also theyre both useful in the longrun depending on the fight. I wouldnt use them both at the same time unless you're in a specific battle that they both could be useful like fighting that dang bug nerd but other than that I don't forsee any issues having both. Also shiny Noivern is wicked so like definitely keep him around!

Honestly, I would say train both separately. There are so many times that you will be swapping out your mons depending on the challenge you face ahead so it doesnt hurt to train a few of each type. I know I have a box almost completely full of mons that I can swap to if need be. You obviously can win through other methods but its so much easier to have a couple of each type that you like. I know I kept my Slugma til late game and there were many times it came in handy. Additionally though, I used a Rapidash and a Darmanitan just depending on the battle. So I say keep both and level them up accordingly as you play along and you'll probably be glad you did in the long run!

Oh no worries at all! With everything going on in the world right now, I completely understand how it could be challenging to focus on this. Hope you have a great time though when you do start!

See, I do disagree with your theory even though I think it is extremely well thought out and here is why. If Arceus is the god pokemon, I don't think it is something that would truly be evil. Lin (at least in the adult form we know her as) is truly evil. Forcing friends to fight and torturing (not just killing or trapping to get rid of those in her way) but truly torturing is evil. Additionally, she cares nothing for loyalty or family, only "unbridled power". My personal take, is that perhaps the Lin we see as an adult is Giratina and Child Lin is somehow with Arceus. Perhaps Giratina took this form or is making a projection of Lin to Spite the god that condemned him. Idk it just doesnt seem like the current Adult Lin's traits would fall in line with the ideals of the Creator pokemon.

So I think you have a pretty solid team tbh. Gallade is great, you could also try out Medicham, with Pure Power it certainly hits harder, but it is a little slower. I would agree that adding Thunder Wave to your Togekiss would be beneficial as you have no hazards on your team right now. If you had a way to set up Sticky Webs or Stealth Rock youd be set. Maybe even toxic spikes or something. It is usually really helpful to have some form of hazards that eat up your opponents health or force them to take a turn to get rid of them.

Honestly though you have some great options in reborn. Aerodactyl, Turtonator, Hawlucha, the issues I guess are with early game getting access to decent ones, but late game you'd be fine.

Hey bud, how is the playthrough going? I am curious how far you've made it so far and what your team is looking like? Hope you're having fun!

What did you end up utilizing in its place?