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If I may suggest a Trick Room strat against Lin and the New World, that could work fine to counter that speed drop.

The fact that Ice would resist to Water.

Always thought the same thing on Grass and Flying. The Water call would be great as well, with Scald acting on Ice types the same way Freeze Dry does on Water types.

Big fan of Ice type too, my favorite one. Too bad it is so mediocre defensively. Being able to resist only to itself, what a sadness... Game Freak could have put a Fairy resistance as of Gen 6, but did not. Such a shame, that one would make pretty much sense moreover.

Lin will probably be battled on the New World field, which halves speed to each grounded Pokémon, so I think the best way to do it would be an Air Balloon Excadrill. Edit : Yup I forgot it, no weather allowed on the New World Field so no sand anyway. Time to think of another master plan.

Just wait for G-Darmanitan, pure Ice hasn't said its last word yet (probably available after Damien though). If Glalie turns out Grass/Ice that might be terrible for the dude. Still fully hyped anyway.

Well so basically is actually my favorite Pokémon (buck off ), my hype for V13.5 has already decupled. Can't wait to see its Aevium form!

For El I can give you most of his team : A double Trick Room fight on the Holy Field, with some Oranguru, M-Audino, scary Drampa, maybe some Porygon2.

Laura and El, for sure!

Speaking of Jan, what if Lin is actually like Terra's Sakitron?

V14 is gonna be the Nastasia's one I call. Best Xen admin, the hype is real.

Everything is said. Xatu is by far the easiest way to beat Keta.

Not so sure now I think about it, Fairy and Dark and neutral against each other in the Bewitched Woods, so Fairy should not be such a threat for her.

Same now you say it. But obviously it will be highlighted in the main game as well.

Not sure about that, all I know is this field gets me hype and makes me want to build up my boy Golisopod especially for it. Lmao just discovered these two by error two days ago while I was looking for information on the Bewitched Woods. Now I'm just terrified by the Infernal Field. By the way I agree that we could fight Indriad/Vitus on this field as well.

Same, Crest Skuntank is good but quite a bit limited. I'd rather go for Bisharp as well.

I had the same reflection on a fight against both Allen and Alice in Oblitus. I was sending Grimmsnarl in Alice's team more than Allen's one though, it looks to suit more to Alice's personality, and also in order to give her a good option to get through Fighting types and a Bug neutrality. A Grimmsnarl for Alice, a Hatterene for Allen, mark my words. Also maybe a Crest Skuntank and a Bisharp, she needs some solid options against fairies if we fight her on a field buffing Fairy moves. On Mega Sableye I couldn't agree more, it is perfect for Alice.

Just noticed the existence of the Infernal Field, all I have to say is, what the... hell ? Guessing we are about to fight Tesla on this field in the Elite 8 battle, I am currently shitting in my pants. Like, is there a type on some field which is more broken than the Fire one on the Infernal Field ? Basically no weakness at all, of course no possibility to cheese with Stealth Rocks, obviously a Fire moves buff, and then a double-boosted Inferno which cannot miss, plus probably another free boost thanks to Blaze or Flash Fire... Indeed, what the hell is that ?? Can't say I look forward to fight her. Charizard, Houndoom with a double STAB boost (wonder which one of these two will be mega), Ninetales, Chandelure, Crest Magcargo (!!!!), Torkoal (let's go for another Fire boost with the Sun because why not), Typhlosion can all learn Inferno. Butchery incoming. :)

Yeah Snarl is excellent on mons like M-Sableye, plus it hits both of the opponents in double. Darkest Lariat could be a possibility as well I admit.

True, this is why I suggested that we would fight Bennett just before Laura on the same field, because that would be a waste if you don't fight him on this field considering his team. I remember the Mirror Arena worked as well for him back in the days. A 12v6 double against both Bennett and Laura could be salty as hell anyway.

After checking the missing list I'd say Snarl.

I think the relationship points will affect the postgame mainly, with nothing being irreversible. But yeah clearly there is something with Shade and Anna, as the game heavily suggests you that the correct answer is the one which gives you their points in your several choices.

Yeah it is a possibility as I said, and I don't believe either in an Elite 5. But I still think he won't be part of the Elite at all, because unlike Laura and the other three members, we already battled him, and twice, plus the Sapphire is now in possession of Laura, in both routes. I think we will fight him anyway a third time in an independent battle on the Flower Garden just before battling Laura, like he did with Serra and Luna.

Dazzling Gleam should come after beating Allen, Dragon Claw after beating Damien. There should be a Dark TM missing for Alice as well, wonder which one.

If Laura really is a pain in the ass I should go with this strat as well in a last resort, but I'd rather not doing that if it affects your relationship with Laura, big fan of Belrose sisters. For El I guess the main strat would consist in hitting Oranguru as hard as possible to OS it (in my case that should be Buginium-Z Volcarona). If you are able to negate his Trick Room or keep El far from it that could go fine. I hope he doesn't have a Porygon2 though, but this one you should be able to taunt it without any obligation to OS.