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I'm actually playing through reborn for the first time and I decided to do water mono cause it's my favorite type. And I looked around to see what my options are for party members and I found this and been kinda usin you as a guide to potential party members :P

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Alright, forgive my tardiness, but between real life obligations and my friends picking up Starbound, I didn't really have much time (or, in one case, motivation) to continue the run. Now, though, I am finally able to continue.

 

Chapter 5: Evolution spree

 

After defeating Shelly, we were asked to head over to the Grand Hall and inform the leadership of Corey's...well, you know. Once we get there, we encounter Fern who is doing the same thing as we were doing. He then challenges us to a battle with the prize being information to the key to Byxbyxion. However, the first battle against him was a complete sweep in Fern's favor as his Roserade OHKO'd four of my Mons from full health. So, it was time to go back to the Grand Staircase and grind on wild Unowns until my team was 35. During that time, I got some evolutions.

 

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Once everyone on the team was level 35, it was time to take on Fern once more.

 

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Anyway, Fern told us to find Cain who is hiding all the way back in Beryl Graveyard. We wander all that way, in the beaming sun and he agrees to this: We defeat him, he gives us a key...alright, sounds good to me.

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We were about to get the key, but then Heather showed up and, thus, begins the Children arc, alongside the "Get the key to Byxbyxion from Cain" arc. Anyway, we get to the Lapis Gym, Heather storms off and gets captured by Dr. Sigmund Connal. We retreat to debate a rescue plan when we hear the screams of the poor child. It's time to mount a rescue mission...

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...after taking care of a loose thread: The excision of the Magma Gang. Thus, with our Aqua Gang companions, we storm the Magma Gang. The first battle went by easily enough. Then it was time for Maxwell.

 

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The battle lead to this, and I'll talk about this a little later. Let's just say I much prefer Dewott's sprite over Samurott's.

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And with that, we are now well and truly members of the Aqua Gang and we are thusly rewarded.

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Pictured: The reason why Shade is going to be sad...if he can feel emotion, anyway.

However, the evolution did not come instantly. Why? Unevolved, Jaws learns Crunch at 36.

 

With that, it was time for the Orphanage Assault. It was...pretty rough, actually. Too many Magnemites, Eelektriks and HP Fighting Elgyem's! But, slowly, we persevered and, on the very last battle, Jaws hit level 36.

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Oh yes... Oh, by the way, I gave her an ability capsule, so now she has Speed Boost.

 

Which means, finally, it is time for Shade.

 

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And, finally, the team as of the end of Episode 5: wYVH7Ho.png

 

And now, one more thing: I am planning on changing the Samurott sprites for those of a Dewott. If anyone has objections to it, please announce them. Note that these will only affect the sprites, mechanics-wise Otto and all other Samurott's (So, mainly Cain's) will still be a Samurott.

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Well, first of all, I tried to change the files, but the uncomfortable raised position of the sprite, combined with me not knowing how to change the audio, convinced me to ultimately not change the Samurott sprites. With that said...

 

Chapter 6: A bitter taste

 

After defeating Shade, we got to witness the children get captured by some Team Meteor grunts. Even worse, Cain proceeded to show that he had the Earthquake TM. After some chasing, we got to witness Cain sail off on his Muk. Alright then. Then we got to meet someone who we'll be looking up to: Amaria, the Water leader. Needless to say, she left us jealous.

 

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After falling for the most obvious trap in the world mk. 2, we eventually made our way to the depths of the factory, where we had to battle ZEL for the PULSE-Muk.

 

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Anyway, Amaria then bulks a Tyranitar Superpower, hello suspension of disbelief, fancy seeing you here today, then leaves towards her manor, but not before giving us her boat. It was off to Apophyll.

 

First things first, a selection of new Water-types to acquire. First and most importantly, I needed to prepare myself for a little bout of revenge for my other Mono run...

 

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Ugly-looking shiny, IMO? Check. Lame IV's? Check. Even though I don't care for them. Still, I'm not optimistic about Seaspray's chances of staying on my team. Still, at least he got to be on the team. The other three...yeah, I'm not planning on using them, sadly.

 

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After this small gathering montage, I went out of my way to get Seaspray to level 40 for Air Slash.

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I'll be honest, I really don't like how shiny Pelipper looks.

 

After that and a brief journey up Pyrous Mountain, it was time to begin the Cal-Victoria-Kiki gauntlet.

 

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Next was Victoria, trying to stop us from challenging Kiki who is falling apart.

 

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And finally, it was time. It was time for me to claim my revenge on the woman that caused me so much grief on my Ice Mono...

...and then my first battle, she proceeds to sweep me 6-0.

The second battle was more successful, but it was still...so unsatisfying to see it end in such a way, to see myself still only barely defeating her...

I swear to Arceus I'm seriously considering just hacking in an Attack-Forme Deoxys and destroying her like that.

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That nightmare is over, at least, but that's only the first half of the Apophyll Arc...there's still part 2 to go.

The team as of the end of this episode, though Jaws will be making a return soon.

 

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So, we just posted about the exact same part of the game on the same day and even had lots of the trouble with the same Gallade... xD

Although I lucked out by having rain end for the fight against Kiki, rather than profiting from the weather.

 

That Wingull looks kind of like from an old picture; somewhat sepia-ish.

 

Out of curiousity: How many High Jump Kicks did you switch Jelliking into in this chapter? Because abusing that sounds like a lot of fun.

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  On 6/3/2017 at 9:36 PM, Gentleman Jaggi said:

So, we just posted about the exact same part of the game on the same day and even had lots of the trouble with the same Gallade... xD

Although I lucked out by having rain end for the fight against Kiki, rather than profiting from the weather.

 

That Wingull looks kind of like from an old picture; somewhat sepia-ish.

 

Out of curiousity: How many High Jump Kicks did you switch Jelliking into in this chapter? Because abusing that sounds like a lot of fun.

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Only one, sadly, and that would have been a miss anyway.

 

Anyway, I'll be a bit busy for the next few days as I'll be starting on Rejuvenation. That, plus exams, means it might take a while for me to get the next part out.

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Well, that took a fair bit longer than I thought to get back to this run, but I figured I probably should make some progress before this is forgotten.

 

Chapter Seven: Screw you too, Fern!

 

After we failed to get sweet revenge on Kiki, we were off to go find Cain on Azurine Islands. Now, I know there's a small selection of Water-types that can be gotten there, but, honestly, I didn't really bother searching for any, at least not right now. I admit I just wanted to get this over with. I'll return later to capture what I missed. However, I did encounter and capture one Water-type at least.

 

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Anyway, it was time to begin the gauntlet of battles. First of all, Aster and Eclipse.

 

...I kind of forgot to take any real screenshots of this battle. But, just trust me when I say that it was not even close. Aster and Eclipse just couldn't hold back the assault. Only the Milotic put up a real resistance, but even it faltered.

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Next up was Taka.

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Oh, before I forget, this happened:

 

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Finally, my whole team is fully evolved.

 

After that, it was time for Solaris. I did not take any screenshots of that because it was a complete failure on my part, so instead I'll just say that this is a pretty funny moment.

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Anyway, after having my rear handed to me by Solaris, plot happened and we got the Strength TM, finally. All that was left is Aya's badge so we can use it. And for that, we needed Cain's co-operation. For that, he requested one more battle because of course he did.

 

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A brief romp through the wasteland later, we arrived in Aya's abode. However, before we can challenge her for the badge, there was one. Last. Obstacle...Fern.

 

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And, finally, it was time for Aya.

 

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And the team that came this far:

 

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And with that, I'm returning to Rejuvenation, so don't expect another update for a little while.

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Alright, finally completed another gym leader's worth of content on this run. With that said...

 

Chapter Eight: Weather Blues and Team Revamps.

 

So, I started things off by...rebattling Aya because I am a moron that forgot to save. Thankfully, I defeated her first try, so no issues there. Anyway, the first think I tried to do is get Squirtle. Sadly, I forgot how to. That, and derped weather prevented me from acquiring Squirtle. Ah well, wasn't planning on using it anyway. After that, I decided that I do actually want a Water/Ground. I had three choices to choose from. Ultimately, I went with this:

 

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After acquiring the lord of all Slugs (And yes, Lords can be female too), it was time to raid Yureyu. A bunch of boring grunts later, we had a choice: Sirius and Sigmund. And because fighting Sigmund would have meant fighting an Elec Mono in a field that boosted him, I went with Sirius.

 

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At this point, I could have went straight to Spinel and challenged Bennett and Serra. However, you know me and I can't resist Eevee or it's evolutions. So I...proceeded to wait a few days because I forgot that the tree in Chrysolia disappears in windy weather at night. Yeah...

 

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A quick trip to grab a Water Stone, I got her evolved (as well as Slug Lord who evolved earlier).

 

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Anyway, it was time to deal with Spinel Town. First of all, probably the hardest battle against Meteor Grunts in the entire game.

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No, seriously, these guys actually took me three attempts to defeat. Our reward for it?

 

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(I forgot to take a screenshot immediately. I had to take it after training her up.)

I have a feeling I'm going to like using her.

 

The training montage actually happened after I lost horribly to Bennett.

 

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And with that, it was time for Serra. You would think I'd just execute the same strategy...right?

 

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And with that, that battle is done with. It is time to move on to Tanzan where I won't find any new team members but have to deal with Noel anyway.

 

The team as of right now that took down Serra: lFHceyH.png

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Who were those meteor grunts you were having a hard time with? And great job on defeating Bennet however you could have used a rain dance ludicolo to KO his mons which worked out pretty well in my grass mono cuz apparently that was the only strategy I had in hand.

 

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I couldn't have really used Ludicolo because, well, it's still Bug vs Grass.

 

As for the two Meteor Grunts in question, they are the two grunts that show up in Spinel Town that you talk to, then they challenge you to a battle in Tanzan Mountain. They are really tough because they actually have a really strong pair of teams for the point of the game, including a Toxicroak (With Dry Skin, no less), a Golem and a Seismitoad, among others.

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Well...I was in the mood to push forward, so here we go.

 

Chapter 9: Tanzan Assault

 

After Serra, I went and gave Tortolla a break and brought out Lotus again. This was a good decision on my part, as will be seen.

 

Anyway, first things first, I had gotten a Good Rod, there is a large body of water, there was only one thing to be done: Fishing! Got three new Water types, none of which I'm like to use.

 

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Anyway, we brought AnnaNostra her medicine and we were about to go straight into a battle with Noel when Saphira intervened, saving us from being humiliated. However, she did that by warning us of an incoming threat. A major one...

 

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After that battle and getting to witness Saphira literally Hyper Beam Connal through the wall, it was off to Tanzan Base. We quickly smashed our way through all defenses until we got teleported away to the depths of Tanzan Mountain.

 

First was the giant Steelix who put up a fight, but Rain Dance + Razor Shell/Water Pulse was too much for it. Secondly was the PULSE-Abra It decided not to Hyper Beam. Instead, it Dark Pulsed. It helped, because Frosty bulked one of those, letting Jaws go to town on the poor Abra.

 

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Finally, it was time for Noel, proper.

 

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And, with that, it is time to move on to Route 1 where we will find many Pidgeys, Rattata's and-oh wait, wrong game. Welp.

 

Anyway, team: sfUuMX5.png

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Well, I know this took a while, but I was busy with a few other runs I had incomplete, namely my Eeveelution-only run and my old second run. Now I was able to get back to this.

 

Chapter 10: A Tale of Legends and Grassholes

 

After Noel, we headed off towards the north in search of new adventures. And we found them in the Aventurine region. Alas, before we could experience them, we had to get past Fern. Again. And holy crap was he a nightmare. I actually had to leave and revamp my team a bit because his Roserade was literally sweeping all six of my Pokemon by itself. So I went hunting for new Pokemon and got myself this guy:

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I looked up it's natural moveset and I greatly approve of it.

I also made sure to catch this guy from the fountain:

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Not because I'm planning on using it, but because I need it to evolve Stingray, my Mantyke. While grinding Stingray and Sharpshooter, the latter evolved as well.

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After fully leveling up, it was time for Fern again.

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Once that was taken care of, we started to make our way across Route 1, first to the Nature Center, then to Vanhanen. Inside, we met Radomus and Cain catches up to us and challenges us to decide who fights Radomus first.

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After the battle, G. Gardevoir proceeds to be kidnapped and we go confront El about it. Plot happens, we side with Radomus because he's less suspicious (Emphasis on "Less") and we have to fight a Ditto that transformed into Arceus.

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Or, you know, Destiny Bond.

 

Once that was taken care of, it was time for Radomus himself. The team that took him on, doubling as the team at the end of the episode: P8nF6Ta.png

 

And with that, it's time for the one Leader I have always struggled with, on all my runs.

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And with that, this part is finished. I don't know when the next part will go up, so stay tuned.

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Two parts close together? Madness! Well, yeah, I'm kind of on a roll again and the chapter was pretty short, so yeah, why not.

 

Chapter 11: Embrace the Darkness

 

Yeah, after defeating Radomus, we got ambushed by El, but then Cain bailed us out. Before we headed off to save Luna, though, I did a bit of exploring and work and bolstered the Water-type ranks a fair bit, some of it happening in 7'th Street.

 

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After that, we raided the Subseven Sanctum and were told to make our way down to Iolia Valley to battle Luna. En route there, we were confronted by, and eventually challenged by, Bennett. After last time, though, I came prepared.

 

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And after that...yeah, only one major battle before Luna. And next part will be even shorter, as there are no major battles between Luna and Samson.

 

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The team that struck down Luna, a little underleveled: wabqoB9.png

 

Fair warning, the next part is going to take a while to come out. Why is that? Because I am planning on leveling every single Water-type that I have collected up to this point up to level 50 and evolve them as much as I can. This is mainly so I don't have to spend an eternity catching up if, suddenly, I need to train someone up for a certain battle. I have over 300 levels to grind, so...yeah. This could take a while.

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  On 7/4/2017 at 5:44 PM, Jess said:

Pics are uploaded on imgur, then the link is posted (hence using zero space from the attachment max. available space). However, the pic appears normally ;) 

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Cool! Thank you so much! I've been trying to find a way to upload more images without having to delete them!

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It's more a pain than anything else, honestly.

 

I've already grinded Lumina (Lumineon) to level 50. One down, 14 to go...

 

And I originally used Tinypic, but then they stopped working, so since then I've started using Imgur.

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Alright, short one here because, really, there's not much to talk about.

 

Chapter 12: Grinding Spree

 

As I said I would, I grinded everyone I have in my box to level 50 as well as evolving all I could. Here are some of the evolutions that occured.

 

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Before crossing over to Agate, I did a little bit more searching for Water-types and picked up two more that I missed earlier. This is after I caught and evolved them because I forgot to take screenshots before I did so.

 

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After crossing into Agate, I found some more Water-types to bolster my ranks!

 

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And yes, I got a Dragon Scale from a different Horsea.

 

All that taken care of, it's time for the only battle of note: Samson.

 

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And, as always, the team: ky5bqhC.png

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