Lin Team predictions

[Lorisaur]

Very well... we all know Lin has an Hydreigon but which pokemon will she use in battle? I'm gonna show a couple reasons WHY some pokemon can or cannot be in her team, than try to cut the possible members until we get the final 5 teammates for the best Hydre.

We don't know yet if she is a Dark monotype or not, so I can try to think about both options

 

1) Unbrindled power. No doubt, all of her pokemon will respect this rule, unless they have other strong reasons to be in her team. Hydreigon is emblematic of Lin's words, but also other pokemon might be good and we are talking about

Machamp, Gyarados, Houndoom, Tyranitar, Salamence, Garchomp, Magmortar, Giratina, Darkrai (we aren't even sure that she has no legendaries), Haxorus, Yveltal, Hoopa, Silvally and most of the ultra beasts

 

2) Cruelty and mercilessness. She can also use pokemon that show absolute no mercy for their prey. These pokemon are Crobat, Sharpedo, Drapion, Weavile, Toxapex, Salazzle and most ubs again

 

3) Death. The unstable bound between death and life is a recurrent topic in Lin's scenes. She might also have pokemon related to death like Absol, Spiritomb, Dusknoir or Cofagrigus. To be honest, I'm pretty sure she is going to use one of Spiritomb and Absol, as Absol would recall the one you always meet during your journey

 

4) Joking. We've seen in ep18 the bizzarre sense of humor Lin shows. She likes to joke on human being, finds funny human weaknesses. There are some pokemon like Gengar that show similar features

 

5) Ame's pokemon. Lin has taken Ame's pomemon and it is very likely that she will use someone like her Alolan Ninetales, as she did in once upon a waste of time

 

6) The theme of double. Probably Lin is not "the true Lin" and might have pokemon to show this to the player. Ditto, Mew, Mewtwo and Mimikyu would be very good for this

 

7) Arc-pulse. Do you think she will have it or El will?

 

And now, let's limit the pokemon

 

1) Competitive viability. Lin WILL have the best pokemon out there. She wont waste time with Butterfrees, she goes straight to the Volcarona of the situation. This allows us to cut out Machamp, Ditto, Crobat, Houndoom, Sharpedo, Drapion, Cofagrigus, Haxorus and some ultra beasts like the poor Guzzlord

 

2) Behaviour. Lin's pokemon must be cruel and strong, the only humor allowed is to make fun of the whole human being. This allows us again to cut away Mew, Alolan Ninetales, Mimikyu. I know she used Ninetales aganist the player, but she wasn't serious at all, she wanted to lose. With her Hydreigon she would have been discovered, with some other pokemons she would have spoiled the player some pokemon she used. By only having a Ninetales (with some common candies, probably) she wouldn't have given any hints to the player about her true team

 

3) Originality. She wont use pokemon that make players think of other characters. I'm talking about regular Gyarados, Salamence, Garchomp, Mewtwo and maybe Magmortar. I don't think Tyranitar and Gengar count, as Luna Solaris and Shade don't yse them as main pokemon

 

4) field abuse. Remember that the new world field has strong effects in a match, and probably Lin will use pokemon that take good use of it. We are probably going to see strong dark type attackers as well as levitating pokemon and space moves spammers. It's sad, but Toxapex Salazzle and Dusknoir leave us today

 

Now we can finally try to figure out her team with and without legends. I think she will MOSTLY have dark types, but not only. A bit like Victoria's fighting or Cal's fire types

 

Gengar, Silvally/Celesteela, MGyarados, Darkinium-Z Absol/Spiritomb/Darkrai/Yveltal/Hoopa-U, Arc-pulse Arceus, Pulse2-Hydreigon

 

This is my call for Lin's team and I think she will have legends. What do you think? Do you have better ideas?

[Tacos]

Something important to note is that Lin was technically a dragon leader in the online league and she’s already shown to steal Pokémon and utilize them in battle (i.e. Knight RyLIN who uses an Alolan ninetales and who also reveals herself to be Lin.  This comes immediately after Ame was killed and her Pokémon were stolen).  The current common belief is that she’ll utilize Hydreigon and a team of stolen Pokémon.  She could also end up as a dragon user, but considering many trainers have lost their monotyping, that’s a bit less likely.

[Lorisaur]

1 hour ago, Tacos said:

Something important to note is that Lin was technically a dragon leader in the online league and she’s already shown to steal Pokémon and utilize them in battle (i.e. Knight RyLIN who uses an Alolan ninetales and who also reveals herself to be Lin.  This comes immediately after Ame was killed and her Pokémon were stolen).  The current common belief is that she’ll utilize Hydreigon and a team of stolen Pokémon.  She could also end up as a dragon user, but considering many trainers have lost their monotyping, that’s a bit less likely.

Thank you, I didn't know at all she was a dragon leader. However, she might even be something like a "boss rush" of other people's team. I see her with a Solaris' pokemon, one of Ame, one of Sapphira, one of Sirius/Taka according to the route, one of ZEL, and so on. That would be nice, too

[iDunno]

I've said this in another thread, but I'm pretty sure that we're gonna face her on the as-of-now-unseen New World Field, because 1) This field screams "Final Boss" to me; 2) Some of this field's main effects seem to help her Hydreigon sweep the opposing team - grounded Pokemon have their speed halved; dark-type attacks are boosted by 1.5x; and it boosts other attacks that Hydreigon can learn, like Flash Cannon, Earth Power, and Draco Meteor.

 

If we do fight her on this field, I think her other five team members will all be Legendary Dragon-types, because this field boosts the signature moves of all Legendary pokemon (plus Silvally), and she was a Dragon-type user in the online league. There could be a reason in-game for her to have these legendaries (maybe she used Arc-Pulse's power to control them, or they are some sort of weird illusion/construct that you have to defeat, like that Reshiram/Zekrom), or maybe she's just stronk and caught them fair and square, and after you beat her, they are freed from her control. Maybe she uses the creation trio, Black or White Kyurem (depending on the path the player chose), and some other. Her Hydreigon is probably gonna hold either a Magical Seed or an Assault Vest.

 

I don't think Lin will have Arc-Pulse on her team, though, because it would steal the spotlight from her Hydreigon on the one chance we get to fight her. I think Arc-Pulse will be the "True Final Boss" of the game. I think we'll be tasked with finding the Arc-Pulse, and once we find it, Lin will be there, waiting for us, and we'll have our battle with her. After we beat her, Arc-Pulse will go berserk and out-of-control, and we'll have to "put it down" to prevent it from destroying Reborn.

[The Swordsman]

Unlike some other fan games Reborn has stayed mostly true to the setting of Pokemon so I if she has legendaries it will most likely the ones we know that there are multiple of and/or do not have backstory limitations, like the Eon dragons or Darkrai. I also expect her to be a dragon expert and to have her pokemon reflect her personality so no happiness evos like dragon memory!Silvally.

[Lorisaur]

2 hours ago, The Swordsman said:

Unlike some other fan games Reborn has stayed mostly true to the setting of Pokemon so I if she has legendaries it will most likely the ones we know that there are multiple of and/or do not have backstory limitations, like the Eon dragons or Darkrai. I also expect her to be a dragon expert and to have her pokemon reflect her personality so no happiness evos like dragon memory!Silvally.

Silvally was an idea as it is artificially crafted like probably her. Also, his draco meteors are pretty damn good in the terrain. The new world field is one of the main reasons I think she will have many dark types

 

As for the Hydreigon in stead it might have both pulse2 if it is an item and (most probably) a Darkinium Z as we know that Meteor has it ans New World Field boosts Dark Pulse Z-move to 1440 base power. It probably ohkoes even a fight/dark/fairy type with ease

Edited September 13, 2018 by Lorisaur

[kithas]

I feel that, apart from her ace Hydreigon, she could very well have a Tyranitar/Mega Tyranitar or Haxorus, it goes very well with her theme of "Absolute Power"...

[Lorisaur]

12 hours ago, kithas said:

I feel that, apart from her ace Hydreigon, she could very well have a Tyranitar/Mega Tyranitar or Haxorus, it goes very well with her theme of "Absolute Power"...

You are right, but Haxorus is pretty bad. As I said in my reasonings, Tyranitar would fit very well to her team, also if Luna and Solaris have it