Moonhawk424

Ah thank you so much to you both this is all so helpful!!!

Hi! So I'm a brand new player, and very new to this style of Pokemon playing. I'm absolutely loving the game! I think I lucked out a bit on my Happiny, which has some great EVs and I think is going to be really helpful for me at the stage I'm at in the game (just got badge 4, gearing up to badge 5) - especially as a 'mon for soaking up damage. I would like her to have at least one big damage move - but since the Move Tutor and TM purchasing is largely walled off with the exception of status and strategy moves, my options are super limited. Anyone have any advice? Atm I've got a level 43 Blissey, Bold nature, Ability: Serene Grace, Moveset: Sing, Sweet Kiss, Take Down, Heal Pulse. Holding a Zoom lens to boost the Sing/Sweet Kiss accuracy. I'd prefer not try breeding a new line since I don't know how the EVs will turn out, but I know it's the only way to get a move like Seismic Toss. Thank you in advance!

Thank you so so so much!!!! This is so thorough and thoughtful and incredibly helpful. Aaaaah I'm nervous and excited to get back into the game now! :D Thank you!

Oh my gosh this was so kind and so much more than I was expecting, thank you, that really helps!!!

Hi everyone! I recently discovered Reborn after seeing some cool posts on Tumblr. I'm a lifelong Pokemon fan, but wasn't really able to play the games much growing up. As a result, 99% of my enjoyment of the games has been on my own. I absolutely love Reborn, and I've got a very vague idea of the metagame elements of the Pokegames in general - I've been using Smogon for team composition and strategies for the last few years for the main series. But I'm conscious that as I get further into the game, I'm going to need to really learn and get my head around strategies / EVs & IVs etc. (I already made what I now know is the rookie error of picking a water starter....) So I'm here to say hi!! And also to ask for any tips you generous folk might have to offer. Something that I've really loved about Pokemon over the years is how generous more experienced and knowledgeable players are - I remember when I started using the online trade function, and people would just give you amazing pokemon because they could?! And I've seen how kind folk are in these forums, which I've been trawling a bit, as well as reviewing the in-game advice. But unfortunately I've recently been struggling with chronic headaches and memory issues due to Long COVID, which means it's hard to retain / parse detail. SO. Hoping to access the hivemind. Definitely not expecting advice on all of these, but if you've got thoughts on any of them, I'd really appreciate it! Please and thank you. For context: I'm two badges down, currently wandering through Malchous forest (the Nuzlocke trap was hilarious). My starter was Froakie, so currently Frogadier with the Protean ability (which has been super useful for cheating a Ghost typing). Other than that, I'm rotating about a dozen pokemon, but team also includes: Swoobat, Emolga, Mightyena, Pachirisu, Kricketune, Budew (on the way to Roselia), Trubbish, Mankey (nearly Primeape). I'm thinking about whether to train up & evolve: Venonat into Venomoth, Spinarak into Ariados, Stunky (eventually) into Skuntank. I'm feeling the need for any Ground or Fire types, and possibly Ice / Fairies. I've got a Delibird from the event, but not sure if she's worth training up (though just having the ice typing this early feels useful.) It feels like finding that Numel and getting the Growlithe are currently most important. Pretty sure I've got Bug coming up next? So in the absence of Fire, focusing on my flying types. (Also got a Pidgeot just in case).