Duster

N's returning? That makes me so happy. He was definitely the most BA of any type of rival. Too bad I just bought skyward sword and my wallet's thin, otherwise I would absolutely get Black 2. I assume there is going to be another Dream World for abilities and such, is this accurate?

Derp. I've also played skyrim XD

The only one I have played on your list is star ocean: the last hope (which I hated by the way no offense). But a title similar to that which I consider to be very good is the tales series. If you want straight gameplay I would go with tales of vesperia. It probably has some of the best gameplay for a RPG that I've played and it felt like a fighting game by the end of it. Characters were great, but the story fell short for me. Tales of symphonia is my personal favorite within the series but tales of the abyss is very good as well.

I like your taste Enigma, although I don't really listen to dubstep that much. Gorillaz are awesome, especially their album Plastic Beach which I think is their best. If you like Gorillaz check out the Blur's album 13. It's Damon Albarn (The lead vocals and songwriter of Gorillaz) first band and that album is straight up awesome.

Affection Blast Base power: - Accuracy: 100% Type: Normal The base power of the move depends upon the affection of your own Pokemon minus the affection of your opponents Pokemon. For example- If a Linoone uses this move with an affection of 255 against a Slowbro with the affection of 0 then the move will do 255 damage plus STAB Vice versa for Frustration Blast

I actually just want to use this to get to know you guys more. So feel free to post or not

So I was always wondering this when I was little.. And kinda now.. What type best represents you? I have to say normal for me, considering its kinda the oddball type with a lot of versatility, which is like me. I'm kinda an oddball with a lot of different interests. Also linoone is also one of my favorite pokes along with the bro. So yeah what about you guys?

Guys, I've kinda been feeling some gloom lately... So much so I'm about to exploud

Dark: Umbreon Fighting: Hitmontop Psychic: Alakazam Ghost: Dusknoir Electric: Jolteon Ground: Nidoking Rock: Golem Water: Slowbro Grass: Amoongus (lol) Fire: Torkoal Ice: Lapras Dragon: Altaria Flying: Pidgeot Poison: Muk Steel: Magneton Bug: Butterfree Normal: Linoone

Valkyria, from battling you I've noticed your really good at finding sets and pokes that are really successful and no one would expect XD

Yeah I'm in the same boat. I climbed all the way up to 6th on the server then lost 3 games in a row due to hax and I got really frustrated because I dropped to 15. Extremely angry I created a new team and after a some adjustments I climbed back up to about 9. THEN in the past 3 days I've lost to hax, luck, and just some poor battling on my part and I'm now at 30. I've probably only lost 8 games in the past 3 days. Ughhh the rage I tell you! I think I'm going to give on laddering and try to have some fun, I've been thinking about a mono normal team that looks pretty fun to play. So I apologize for my rant, I just had to get that off my chest XD

Soooo I didn't notice this topic until now, and I've been on the server for a couple weeks. I thought I would need to formally introduce myself. I'm Duster and I joined this site because I honestly have never been apart of an online community before, and I just started to get into competitive pokemon battles, AND you guys so far have been awesome. Umm yeah I'm excited to be apart of the community considering not alot of my friends have the same interests as me. So I'll probably talk alot about anime/video games/movies/books because I can't talk about with anyone else except for my sister. I'm trying to think of anything else.... Oh yeah I'm really into music as well, and I play a little guitar. So if anyone wants to talk to me about bands or anything just let me know. Well sorry for the late post and I'm just happy to be on reborn XD

Here is the link to the trailer And Phoenix I'm pretty sure Johnny Young Bosch IS Yu's voice actor, which is pretty sick in its own right.

In light of E3 there is a particular game that I wanted to discuss with the members here on reborn, so I hope that you guys like fighting games. Given that I pretty much only play RPGs and fighting games Persona 4 Arena looked awesome to me. It's the persona franchise but they made a fighting game instead of an rpg. I'm really really really excited considering Blazblue is one of my personal favorites and it seems to be somewhat of a blazblue style game. So I'm thinking it could be really shitty or it could be awesome. Thoughts?

I was actually pretty disappointed with E3... But Paper Mario was a huge plus for me considering its going back to a RPG style and that was about it quite honestly maybe Luigi's Mansion because 9 year old me really liked that game

Phaze is right on the primeape part, and instead of running fire punch I'd replace that with close combat. Close combat gives that ape STAB and fire punch and ice punch have redundant coverage on grass types, while close combat is better for taking out steels than fire punch. Also I suggest you get rid of heal bell on jolteon because if you have a choice specs then you don't want jolts to be locked into one move. I'd place it on vaporeon since vaporeon is much bulkier and will be able to heal your team more easily. Hope this helps and welcome to PO! I'm actually pretty new too XD

So quick question. I was trying out a couple of the the starters' abilities, like contrary snivy or sheer force totodile, and they don't quite seem to work. Like snivy defense drops when someone uses leer and totodile flinches the other poke when he uses bite. I'm sure your already aware of this but will these eventually be corrected?

THIS IS SO EXCITING.. lol XD

Well I have to say... Slowbro. I mean look at this guy he has a animal...pokemon... shellder clam-thing biting on his tail, and he doesn't even notice. What a boss oh and his name is hilarious as well

I hope I'm not too late but... Trainer Name: Duster Trainer Class: Burglar- but it doesn't matter too much Battle start text: You know, sometimes the smartest thing you can do is run away. End text: OH MY PORK! Team: Grumpig and Kricketune Location and level doesn't matter to much to me

Any advice on what to change?

Hey guys I'm relatively new to competive battling and Reborn, and I decided I wanted to take on the Reborn League. I've been watching some leader battles to figure out the whats what and I decided an offensive team was the way to go. Basically this strategy is to sweep early, and for double and triple battles hit really hard. This is what I decided on to be a good team. Blaziken (F) Leftovers Trait: Speed Boost EV's: 252 Atk / 252 Spd / 4 HP Nature: Adamant ( +Atk, -SAtk) -Swords Dance -Protect -Flare Blitz -Hi Jump Kick Blaziken is pretty straightforward lead, take out as many things as possible before going down. The goal is to get a Swords Dance up and start to sweep straight away. Hi Jump Kick and Flare Blitz are obviously there just to hit hard. I prefer Leftovers over Life Orb because it works great with Flare Blitz and Protect, and with Life Orb it dies REALLY quickly. Breloom (F) Toxic Orb Trait: Poison Heal EV's: 244 Atk / 12 HP/ 252 Spd Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SAtk) -Spore -Substitute -Focus Punch -Seed Bomb No sleep clause screamed Breloom to me. This set is pretty effective, Focus Punch for power and Seed Bomb for STAB. The only thing I'm worried about is its effectiveness in double and triple battles. I'm considering replacing it for a Technician Swords Dance set, but I like the safety that a substitute brings along with Poison Heal. What would be better against the League? Salamance (M) Lum Berry Trait: Moxie EV's: 252 Atk / 252 Spd / 4 HP Nature: Adamant (+ Atk, -SAtk) -Dragon Dance -Dragon Claw -Earthquake -Rock Slide I love Moxie. I feel its completely overpowered, but it is my favorite ability ever. I was going to use DD Scrafty, but I already had two fighting types so I went with DD Mence instead. Lum berry is great for a free DD if they try to status me first turn. I choose Dragon Claw over Outrage because I don't like the idea of being locked into a move, and with a Moxie boost it hopefully won't matter too much. Earthquake and Rock Slide for EdgeQuake coverage, but I'm open to other suggestions here. Cloyster (F) White Herb Trait: Skill Link EV's: 252 Atk / 4 SAtk / 252 Spd Nature: Naive (+Spd, -SDef) -Shell Smash -Icicle Spear -Surf -Rock Blast Shell Smash is just great. Cloyster is here to break sub users and be a solid mixed attacker. Surf is great for double battles with Bronzong using Light Screen or Blaziken using Protect. chose White Herb because I hate Life Orb, but I'm open to other suggestions item wise. So yeah, not much else to say. Alakazam (M) Focus Sash Trait: Magic Guard EV's: 252 SAtk / 252 Spd / 4 HP Nature: Timid (+Spd, -SAtk) -Calm Mind -Focus Blast -Shadow Ball -Psychic/ Psyshock I needed a special attacker and a revenge killer, so here he is. Hopefully, I will be able to get a CM off if they switch out and then attempt to do damage. Focus Sash because it works great for revenge killing, but Life Orb is also tempting too because there is no recoil. I think I'm going to choose Psychic over Psyshock because of the better base power and I won't have to deal with Chansey or Blissey. Bronzong (N) Light Clay Trait: Levitate EV's: 252 Def / 252 HP / 4 SDef Nature: Relaxed (+Def, -Spd) -Reflect -Light Screen -Gyro Ball -Hypnosis/ Stealth Rock Bronzong is a crucial member to this team. It allows my set up sweepers, like Salamance or Cloyster, to get off a DD or Shell Smash by providing Screen support. It is also a great poke to switch into on things that want to Earthquake Blaziken. The big question I have is to have use rocks or Hypnosis. Are entry hazards necessary or helpful in the League? I registered Hypnosis because I figured that no sleep clause would be great in double and triple battles, but its inaccuracy has let me down. Also some help on the EV's would be nice. Well there's my team. Like I said, I'm new to battling so I wanted to see if this would be good against the League. I haven't tested against the League yet because the server's been down, but I've used it on Reborn some and it has worked relatively well, provided there aren't too many entry hazards on the field. So let me know what you think, does this team have what it takes?