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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:

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 arcanine.gifLvl 53

Ability: Justified

Holding: Protective Pads

Moveset: Flamethrower, Fire Fang, Crunch, Heat Wave

 

golem.gifLvl 51

Ability: Sand Veil

Holding: Quick Claw

Moveset: Bulldoze, Earthquake, Stealth Rock, Rock Blast

 

spiritomb.gif Lvl 53

Ability: Pressure

Holding: Pure Incense

Moveset: Ominous Wind, Sucker Punch, Nasty Plot, Dark Pulse

 

blastoise.gif Lvl 52

Ability: Rain Dish

Holding: Sea Incense

Moveset: Bite, Aqua Tail, Water Pulse, Tackle (Yeah, I know...)

 

skuntank.gifLvl 50

Ability: Aftermath

Holding: Black Sludge

Moveset: Toxic, Venom Drench, Sucker Punch, Night Slash

 

vileplume.gifLvl 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!)

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lunatone.gif Lvl 50

Ability: Levitate

Holding: Odd Incense

Moveset: Stone Edge, Psychic, Rock Slide, Cosmic Power

 

bibarel.gifLvl 48

Ability: Simple

Holding: 

Moveset: Cut, Strength, Rock Smash, Rollout (HM Slave)

 

swanna.gif Lvl 44

Ability: Big Pecks

Holding:

Moveset: Air Slash, Roost, Rain Dance, Tailwind

 

noibat.gifLvl 40

Ability: Infiltrator

Holding:

Moveset: Air Cutter, Bite, Agility, Tailwind

 

[Image: ribombee.gif]Lvl 40

Ability: Honey Gather

Holding:

Moveset: Draining Kiss, Sweet Scent, Bug Buzz, Dazzling Gleam

 

sandslash.gif Lvl 38

Ability: Sand Rush

Holding: 

Moveset: Swords Dance, Crush Claw, Dig, Gyro Ball

 

victreebel.gifLvl 36

Ability: Chlorophyll

Holding:

Moveset: Growth, Knock Off, Leaf Tornado, Acid

 

dedenne.gifLvl 36

Ability: Plus

Holding:

Moveset: Volt Switch, Rest, Snore, Charge Beam

 

magcargo.gifLvl 35

Ability: Flame Body

Holding: 

Moveset: Ancient Power, Flame Burst, Rock Slide, Lava Plume

 

klink.gif Lvl 32

Ability: Plus

Holding: 

Moveset: Gear Grind, Bind, Charge Beam, Automatize

 

swadloon.gif 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!

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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:

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 arcanine.gifLvl 53

Ability: Justified

Holding: Protective Pads

Moveset: Flamethrower, Fire Fang, Crunch, Heat Wave

 

golem.gifLvl 51

Ability: Sand Veil

Holding: Quick Claw

Moveset: Bulldoze, Earthquake, Stealth Rock, Rock Blast

 

spiritomb.gif Lvl 53

Ability: Pressure

Holding: Pure Incense

Moveset: Ominous Wind, Sucker Punch, Nasty Plot, Dark Pulse

 

blastoise.gif Lvl 52

Ability: Rain Dish

Holding: Sea Incense

Moveset: Bite, Aqua Tail, Water Pulse, Tackle (Yeah, I know...)

 

skuntank.gifLvl 50

Ability: Aftermath

Holding: Black Sludge

Moveset: Toxic, Venom Drench, Sucker Punch, Night Slash

 

vileplume.gifLvl 51

Ability: Effect Spore

Holding: Big Root

Moveset: Petal Blizzard, Toxic, Stun Spore, Giga Drain

 

My other options are:

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lunatone.gif Lvl 50

Ability: Levitate

Holding: Odd Incense

Moveset: Stone Edge, Psychic, Rock Slide, Cosmic Power

 

bibarel.gifLvl 48

Ability: Simple

Holding: 

Moveset: Cut, Strength, Rock Smash, Rollout (HM Slave)

 

swanna.gif Lvl 44

Ability: Big Pecks

Holding:

Moveset: Air Slash, Roost, Rain Dance, Tailwind

 

noibat.gifLvl 40

Ability: Infiltrator

Holding:

Moveset: Air Cutter, Bite, Agility, Tailwind

 

sandslash.gif Lvl 38

Ability: Sand Rush

Holding: 

Moveset: Swords Dance, Crush Claw, Dig, Gyro Ball

 

victreebel.gifLvl 36

Ability: Chlorophyll

Holding:

Moveset: Growth, Knock Off, Leaf Tornado, Acid

 

magcargo.gifLvl 35

Ability: Flame Body

Holding: 

Moveset: Ancient Power, Flame Burst, Rock Slide, Lava Plume

 

klink.gif Lvl 32

Ability: Plus

Holding: 

Moveset: Gear Grind, Bind, Charge Beam, Automatize

 

swadloon.gif 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.

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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!

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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...

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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.

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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. 

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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?

 

 

 

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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 

 

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