Truthseeker Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 (edited) Alright, so I've been doing a Shiny only run, which means my choices are pretty limited. I've been trying to avoid hunting for random encounters, only for gift Pokemon, and catching any randoms I find. I'm currently just about to get the Normal Badge, and I just wanted to see what people thought the best team I could have (given my options) would be. The team I've been using: Spoiler Lvl 53 Ability: Justified Holding: Protective Pads Moveset: Flamethrower, Fire Fang, Crunch, Heat Wave Lvl 51 Ability: Sand Veil Holding: Quick Claw Moveset: Bulldoze, Earthquake, Stealth Rock, Rock Blast Lvl 53 Ability: Pressure Holding: Pure Incense Moveset: Ominous Wind, Sucker Punch, Nasty Plot, Dark Pulse Lvl 52 Ability: Rain Dish Holding: Sea Incense Moveset: Bite, Aqua Tail, Water Pulse, Tackle (Yeah, I know...) Lvl 50 Ability: Aftermath Holding: Black Sludge Moveset: Toxic, Venom Drench, Sucker Punch, Night Slash Lvl 51 Ability: Effect Spore Holding: Big Root Moveset: Petal Blizzard, Toxic, Stun Spore, Giga Drain My other options are: (edited to add a couple newbies!) Spoiler Lvl 50 Ability: Levitate Holding: Odd Incense Moveset: Stone Edge, Psychic, Rock Slide, Cosmic Power Lvl 48 Ability: Simple Holding: Moveset: Cut, Strength, Rock Smash, Rollout (HM Slave) Lvl 44 Ability: Big Pecks Holding: Moveset: Air Slash, Roost, Rain Dance, Tailwind Lvl 40 Ability: Infiltrator Holding: Moveset: Air Cutter, Bite, Agility, Tailwind Lvl 40 Ability: Honey Gather Holding: Moveset: Draining Kiss, Sweet Scent, Bug Buzz, Dazzling Gleam Lvl 38 Ability: Sand Rush Holding: Moveset: Swords Dance, Crush Claw, Dig, Gyro Ball Lvl 36 Ability: Chlorophyll Holding: Moveset: Growth, Knock Off, Leaf Tornado, Acid Lvl 36 Ability: Plus Holding: Moveset: Volt Switch, Rest, Snore, Charge Beam Lvl 35 Ability: Flame Body Holding: Moveset: Ancient Power, Flame Burst, Rock Slide, Lava Plume Lvl 32 Ability: Plus Holding: Moveset: Gear Grind, Bind, Charge Beam, Automatize Lvl 22 Ability: Leaf Guard Holding: Moveset: Tackle, String Shot, Bug Bite, Razor Leaf So, as a super casual player who is lucky to have gotten this far without giving up, does anyone have any ideas for substitutions that should be made? I know that I have two types twice, and that replacing Skuntank would make the most sense type wise, but her bulk has really pulled me through some tough periods. But I'm willing to take any suggestions into consideration! Lunatone is pretty much an honorary member on my team as well, just not as long term. Any help would be appreciated! Edited October 6, 2018 by Truthseeker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LilyX Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 1 hour ago, Truthseeker said: Alright, so I've been doing a Shiny only run, which means my choices are pretty limited. I've been trying to avoid hunting for random encounters, only for gift Pokemon, and catching any randoms I find. I'm currently just about to get the Normal Badge, and I just wanted to see what people thought the best team I could have (given my options) would be. The team I've been using: Hide contents Lvl 53 Ability: Justified Holding: Protective Pads Moveset: Flamethrower, Fire Fang, Crunch, Heat Wave Lvl 51 Ability: Sand Veil Holding: Quick Claw Moveset: Bulldoze, Earthquake, Stealth Rock, Rock Blast Lvl 53 Ability: Pressure Holding: Pure Incense Moveset: Ominous Wind, Sucker Punch, Nasty Plot, Dark Pulse Lvl 52 Ability: Rain Dish Holding: Sea Incense Moveset: Bite, Aqua Tail, Water Pulse, Tackle (Yeah, I know...) Lvl 50 Ability: Aftermath Holding: Black Sludge Moveset: Toxic, Venom Drench, Sucker Punch, Night Slash Lvl 51 Ability: Effect Spore Holding: Big Root Moveset: Petal Blizzard, Toxic, Stun Spore, Giga Drain My other options are: Hide contents Lvl 50 Ability: Levitate Holding: Odd Incense Moveset: Stone Edge, Psychic, Rock Slide, Cosmic Power Lvl 48 Ability: Simple Holding: Moveset: Cut, Strength, Rock Smash, Rollout (HM Slave) Lvl 44 Ability: Big Pecks Holding: Moveset: Air Slash, Roost, Rain Dance, Tailwind Lvl 40 Ability: Infiltrator Holding: Moveset: Air Cutter, Bite, Agility, Tailwind Lvl 38 Ability: Sand Rush Holding: Moveset: Swords Dance, Crush Claw, Dig, Gyro Ball Lvl 36 Ability: Chlorophyll Holding: Moveset: Growth, Knock Off, Leaf Tornado, Acid Lvl 35 Ability: Flame Body Holding: Moveset: Ancient Power, Flame Burst, Rock Slide, Lava Plume Lvl 32 Ability: Plus Holding: Moveset: Gear Grind, Bind, Charge Beam, Automatize Lvl 22 Ability: Leaf Guard Holding: Moveset: Tackle, String Shot, Bug Bite, Razor Leaf So, as a super casual player who is lucky to have gotten this far without giving up, does anyone have any ideas for substitutions that should be made? I know that I have two types twice, and that replacing Skuntank would make the most sense type wise, but her bulk has really pulled me through some tough periods. But I'm willing to take any suggestions into consideration! Lunatone is pretty much an honorary member on my team as well, just not as long term. Any help would be appreciated! Well, your options are extremely limited... I think the best thing you can do is: - arcanine - golem - klinklang - noivern - leavanny - skuntank I know, not using your starter (for now) is sad, but that blastoise moveset makes me weep Additionaly: golems and arcanines abilites should be changed to sturdy and intimidate respectively and golem should learn explosion over bulldoze/stealth rock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truthseeker Posted October 6, 2018 Author Share Posted October 6, 2018 Awesome! Thanks! (And yeah, I don't even know how that happened... Blastoise was kind of a background member anyway.) Also, yeah, I kinda suck with move sets. Only in the last couple years have I started having any stat moves, I tend to just go with the hardest hitting move, normally STAB. I had wanted Noivern and Klingklang on my team anyway (because I like Noivern and Steel would be a nice type to have) so good to see they'd make good additions. Thanks again, guess I got some training to do! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truthseeker Posted October 6, 2018 Author Share Posted October 6, 2018 2 hours ago, LilyX said: Well, your options are extremely limited... I think the best thing you can do is: - arcanine - golem - klinklang - noivern - leavanny - skuntank I know, not using your starter (for now) is sad, but that blastoise moveset makes me weep Additionaly: golems and arcanines abilites should be changed to sturdy and intimidate respectively and golem should learn explosion over bulldoze/stealth rock. Sorry to ask, and I'm sure they aren't considerations, but I just found a Ribombee and a Dedenne. I'm 99.99% positive Dedenne is not good, but don't know if Ribombee is good for the Fairy typing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamu Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 If you don't care about Relationship Points then I'd recommend the Magcargo being sent in and using Lava Plume before you send in the RK9 because it'll set the field ablaze and give you an edge :] I think what LilyX recommended is great just replace Noivern with Magcargo for the field effect. Obviously this hurts everything but RK9 and might even one shot your Leavanny buuuut it's worth a shot. If it doesn't work out you can always soft-reset and then redo the fight with their entire recommendation. I've beaten the game with Typhlosion + Drought so maybe I'm overestimating the usefulness of the field change + a Fire-type. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veterans andracass Posted October 6, 2018 Veterans Share Posted October 6, 2018 tackle!? so, given what you currently have on your team, i'd recommend swapping out either spiritomb, vileplume, or both. either klinklang (if you evolve klink) and leavanny (if you evolve swadloon) would make decent replacements. your team would lose ghost typing, but given that the only thing spiritomb has in that department is Ominous Wind you probably won't be missing out too much. i know klinklang is good from personal experience, and i think some people like leavanny, but i'd really recommend lilligant, too. sleep powder + quiver dance + energy ball will 6-0 a lot of leaders. edit: ahh yikes i didn't know other people said things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LilyX Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 7 hours ago, Truthseeker said: Sorry to ask, and I'm sure they aren't considerations, but I just found a Ribombee and a Dedenne. I'm 99.99% positive Dedenne is not good, but don't know if Ribombee is good for the Fairy typing... Dedenne is certainly not worth considering. Ribombee has an amazing level-up movepool but is held back by its mediocre stats... but so are most of your pokemon to be honest So yes, you could consider adding ribombee over leavanny. @Kamu I´m curious about how changing the field impacts relationship points. Do you have more information on that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamu Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 Spoiler I think it's Laura? The one who arranges the flowers in circles of 8(?). If, during your battle with Noel, you set the field ablaze she loses a Relationship Point with you because of past trauma. I found it in the relationship variable thread that Icy has set up. @LilyX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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