Pokenations 2 Megarun

[Drymus]

With the conclusion of Pokenations 2, I have gained a lot of free time. Thus, I decided to start a new run.

Then I decided to start six instead.

One for each player character.

Each character will be named after one of the six nations (Chosen at random).

That character may only use Pokemon of that nation's type in battle.

Exceptions to the above rule include HM slavery (ONLY if there is nothing that can learn the HM that is of the nation's type) and grinding a mon that evolves into one of the nation's types. Magnezone and Metagross are banned, as Ame has made it clear that they will be axed in Episode 16. Going back to a previous episode is also banned.

I will also rank each nation in terms of difficulty at the end of each boss fight.

Also, nickname suggestions will be accepted from members of a given nation. (Excluding the starter, which will be named after the nation's leader)

Update 0: Starters Get!

Amazon:

Amazon gets the roll for Male 1.

Now, available starters for Amazon include all grass types, Charmander, and the Fire Fighters.

Choosing Snivy due to the simple fact that I've never run Snivy before.

Atlantis:

Atlantis gets Non-Binary 1.

Now, Atlantis has access to every water type. But among them, the one with the most interesting ability is probably...

So Bubble Frog it is.

Avalon:

Non-Binary 2 goes to Avalon.

Now, Avalon can only use one of the starters...

And they can't even use it in battle until it can reach level 36...

So I picked this guy up to act as the replacement starter.

Gaia:

Gaia, who have been assigned Male 2, can use 2 of the starters.

Of course, only one will be of any use in the first few fights...

Phantom Vulcan:

I tried, guys...

Anyhow, PV won't be getting anything to deal with Cradily after this, really. That cuts down the options to the Fire Fighters. As we all know, Tepig is obtainable later and Torchick breaks the game. So...

Ravenholts:

Lastly on the alphabetized list, we have the Ravenholts.

Like Gaia, they have access to a whopping 2 starters. Also like Gaia, one is unusable until it evolves fully.

Now then. The starters are chosen. Next time, we see things actually happen.

Thanks for reading!

[Odybld]

Thx for the snub tbh. If memory serves me well I was a Ravenholt leader too for some weeks /salt

Same for Davidpwns too

[Red_Chaos]

Thx for the snub tbh. If memory serves me well I was a Ravenholt leader too for some weeks /salt

Same for Davidpwns too

Hey hey, dont get saltly he cant account for every piece of drama/complication that happened. Besides, did you really want to be named after a bulbasaur? I can see another pokemon fit you perfectly.

[Odybld]

I was obvsly vryvryvry srs.

But go ahead Red, tell me who I am...

Also props to Skitty for becoming more and more known as Reignited Light despite everyone older calling her Skitty

[Red_Chaos]

I was obvsly vryvryvry srs.

But go ahead Red, tell me who I am...

Also props to Skitty for becoming more and more known as Reignited Light despite everyone older calling her Skitty

i like you more as a drapion tbh

[Drymus]

So, it turns out that regardless of how good of a game you play, to running through the same chapter six times in a row can be difficult in terms of motivation.

But finally, after 2 months, all six save files have finally cleared Julia.

@Odybid: It should be noted that starters are not necessarily finishers, if you know what I mean.

Nickname Reservations:

Amazon:

HYCR0X: Noivern

Pyrrhon: Pidove

Honchy: Guess.

Ravenholts:

Odybid: Drapion(?)

Altantis:

First order of business for Atlantis is to make Xiri less likely to die instantly against Julia.

Then Atlantis meets another user of bug Pokemon, and acquire a Kricketot,

And a powerhouse is created.

Other team members are caught as well, with most being fodder.

Boss Fight #1: Fern

Note that the word "fight" is used loosely here.

Boss Fight 2: Aster and Eclipse:

Again, "fight" is a very loose term. However...

Now the true fight begins.

So far, so good...

Less good...

And I forgot that Emolga has one stat that isn't terrible.

Those two go down easily enough afterwards...

Which brings us to the ace.

Spinarak gets off two Scary Faces...

Butterfree lands a Poisonpowder...

And Xiri finishes the fight.

Avalon:

Given the boxing of Secc, Avalon has a bit of difficulty in the early game...

But Espurr is able to break through the first roadblock eventually, letting the team grow.

Fortunately, the weather happened to be stormy, and the team was able to expand further.

Disregard the trade fodder for now, his stay is temporary...

Missed the battle transition, but Boss Fight 1:

Easy enough. Next up, Fodder fulfills his destiny:

Boss Fight 2:

Again, easy enough. Now, let's move on to Julia:

Alright, let's see how this team-

...

Dammit...

Attempt 2?

Alright, back to where we were before...

That attack did less than I had hoped...

And with two strokes of luck, Avalon wins the day.

Gaia:

Gaia has a decent variety of options, including the only Pokemon that can break Julia's field...

Which can be taken away by an unlucky round of RNG.

This is the team that's used for the time being...

Boss Fight 1:

Easy enough.

Igglybuff event complete...

Could be worse. Perish song is nice to have as well.

Boss Fight 2:

Fern is utterly useless while Dark Desire destroys the delinquents.

Boss Fight 3:

It's significantly easier to win when you can deal Super Effective damage, I find.

Get rid of the one Pokemon that can't be OHKO'd...

Resume...

Aaaaaaaaand...

Done.

[Drymus]

I apologize for the double post, but it wouldn't let me post all the images I needed to. If anyone can tell me how to merge these posts, that would be appreciated...

Phantom Vulcan:

There's a good side and a bad side to the weather...

The good side:

Reignited doesn't need to solo the first part of the game.

The bad side is that Phantom Vulcan only has fire Pokemon, and it's raining.

But even in the rain, the two fire monkeys can take down the grass specialist.

Given the limited team members, Phantom Vulcan will likely have a little bit more trouble with this fight...

Let's try and remove one variable from the equation for a while...

FERN YOU IDIOT!

Fortunately, all there is left to do is clean up...

Game. Now, one last fight before a few new members can be recruited.

And we desperately need new members...

Dammit...

Alright...

Use Pansear as heal fodder and hope for the best?

Yes!

The Ravenholts:

The Ravenholts also have a fair number of potential recruits. A small force is built up in no time.

Boss Fight 1:

Given Fern's lineup, I decide to set 2 layers of Toxic Spikes for Snivy.

Which works out quite nicely.

Poocheyna gets off two Sand Attacks...

And Trubbish cleans up.

Second Boss Fight:

Kaito drops two servings of Leech Seed...

Fern is generally useless aside from being fodder...

And everything gets cleaned up in the end.

Third Boss Fight!

Toxic Spikes set...

Emolga successfully baited and removed...

Bite does much more than I was expecting, which is nice.

Mightyena deals a decent amount of damage to Electrode on the way out...

And although Leech Seed + Toxic isn't as powerful as it was back in Red...

It's enough to finish the fight.

Amazon:

Contrary is so great in the early game...

First Boss Fight:

Predictable...

Bazaro is much smarter than Fern's Snivy.

And Woobat and Bazaro take out Budew together.

Boss Fight 2:

To my shame, many of the images to my own nation's battle were lost.

But we won, so that should count for something...

Last Julia fight...

Not a bad start...

Actually, that's a pretty good start...

Voltorbs down...

Blitzle down, at the cost of more paralyzation.

So, let's try this to ease the pressure...

And Butterfree bought enough time to heal Bazaro.

That's the last of it, folks! Thanks for the read!

[DW~]

I'm a former Gaian, and may I request to be named the Porygon~

[Drymus]

@TheDW66: A solid choice. With Psybeam, Signal Beam, Nasty Plot, and Tri-Attack in its learnset, the Porygon line has the potential to see quite a bit of use.

Amazon:

HYCR0X: Noivern

Pyrrhon: Pidove

Honchy: Guess.

Gaia:

The DW: Porygon

Ravenholts:

Odybid: Drapion(?)

I suppose I forgot to list the difficulty rankings of the last episode. All playthroughs were relatively easy through the first rival battles and the factory gauntlet, so this ranking will be based off of the Julia fight.

6. Gaia Nation: Being the only team with access to a decent super effective move can do wonders for the difficulty curve, I find.

5. The Ravenholts: Between Toxic Spikes putting a timer on Julia's ace and an early fully-evolved Pokemon in Mighteyena to tear through the others, the battle went fairly smoothly.

4. Atlantis Nation: Kricketune tore through most of Julia's nicely, and not much was left for the rest of the team to pick off afterwards, despite the observed type disadvantage.

3. Amazon Nation: With some good RNG against Emolga and satisfactory matchups all around, Amazon was able to squeeze out a win on the first attempt.

2. Kingdom of Avalon: Barely winning on the second try due to good RNG, Kingdom of Avalon was the second hardest matchup against Julia.

1. Phantom Vulcan: No matter how you look at it, only being able to bring two Pokemon is bound to make things a bit more difficult...

Avalon:

At any rate, after the first badge is awarded, Victoria tells us about some bad gardening in Obsidia, then promptly blocks the path to do anything about it.

Aside from some evasion shenanigans by Ralts, the fight goes relatively smoothly.

Avalon gets lucky on their egg RNG, obtaining a Drowzee with Nasty Plot.

Next up is the Pokegang fight!

Simple Charge Beam is a powerful weapon...

But it's also a double-edged sword.

In the end, Woobat is the only one on the team left standing. (After a switch to reset accuracy.)

Next, the fight with Cain...

Well... Let's just say that a team of Electrics and Psychics has a slight advantage over a team of Poisons and a Water.

The power of friendship is astounding.

And so, we meet the 3-for-one villain.

Shimmer gives Swoobat some free turns to set up...

And everything works out.

Avalon gambles away enough time to buy a Shinx...

And post-Fern, the team looks like this.

Now, Blitzle should be able to push through Ferroseed with Flame Charge. Swoobat has type advantage against everything else except-

Cradily...

Okay, new plan...

Nice doggies...

And with one surviving Pokemon...

Now, there's a one in three chance we get a bad move, a one in three chance we get a good move, and a one in three chance we get a great move.

I'll let you figure out what I mean.

Round 2:

Luxio effectively takes out Florinia's lead, removing her potions in the process. Swoobat cleans up.

Blitzle goes in to do his one job...

And falls just short of the mark. Swoobat cleans once more.

And then Cacnea gets cheeky with 2 crits on a 5-hit Pin Missile.

Twice.

Manectric cleans, then deals decent damage to Breloom with its elemental Fang...

Gets seeded in the process.

Florinia switches...

This Spoink is used as heal fodder...

And Breloom is finished off. Both sides are now down to the last 'mon.

This could be a bit of a-

...

Ah...

And once more, Avalon wins on their second attempt thanks to the blessings of the RNG!

Gaia:

Upon hearing about the plant crisis, Gaia immediately rushes over to ensure the most important building remains intact.

Relieved, they grab some cotton candy whose relevance to the run may or may not depend entirely on the contents of a certain egg...

and push past a very concerned Victoria to investigate the source of the disturbance.

They encounter a foolish Pokegang.

There were no survivors.

Against Cain...

There were fewer survivors.

Finally, the Gaians came face to face with the abomination causing the disaster...

It took all of three turns to subdue the beast.

After the culprit ran off, the Gaians prepared for the upcoming gym fight.

The surprise adoption of a stray Litleo nearly ended in failure...

But after defeating a giant mechanical thing on the ninth try the cub decided to join them.

After defeating Fern's cronies, the team was ready to fight!

Fearow allowed exactly one layer of Spikes to be placed before removing Maractus.

Breloom failed to do anything remarkable.

As did Ferroseed.

As did Cacnea.

Cottonee made the mistake of poisoning a Guts Raticate...

And the noble Dark Desire fought off Florinia's Cradily.

With minor assistance.

Phantom Vulcan

Now, I'll be honest here...

It was sunny while I was doing Phantom Vulcan's playthrough.

So I thought I would just see how far I could get with the "set everything on fire" strategy.

For these two, it went fairly well...

But sometimes you need to let the fists do the talking.

Against the Pokegang, the "click Mach Punch" strategy was employed with relative success. (with switching to reset Intimidate drops)

Next was Cain. The plan was "Magnitude everything."

Then Grimer got cheeky.

Fortunately, fire is always an option.

Oshawott wasted its only chance by using Focus Energy before getting 2HKO'd by Mach Punch...

Magnitude did its thing eventually...

But Flame Burst proved itself to be much more reliable.

And then a Litleo was saved by causing a minor cave-in.

And so began the true test of the "set that thing on fire" strategy.

Numel did a bunch of damage.

And Reignited took all the credit.

One last fire type was picked up...

And "Operation Set Everything On Fire and Punch the Cradily" was set into motion.

One layer of Spikes was set.

Breloom provided some resistance...

But eventually fell as well.

Ferroseed exhibited its highly flammable properties...

Whereas Cacnea used evasive tactics, eventually falling to Slugma.

Who also removed Cottonee.

And lastly...

The behemoth did fall.

Second portion of Episode 2 to come soon due to image limits.

Edited November 10, 2016 by Drymus