vampirevulpix

Ooops! Thanks for telling me! I totally overread that

So I'm kinda stuck atm because I just don't know what to do - I've visited Hoopa and Crolea basically said something along the lines of how they'll keep on fighting against Team Portal. ...now what? I have no idea where to go now. From the Wiki I gathered the next Gym is probably the Ground one, and the area is connected via Crystal Cavern. I think that's where I need to go, but how? The Carbink still block all other paths I could take - the only freely walkable path is the one I took to the Steel Gym. A pointer would be great. Neither Crolea nor Emily said anything about where to go from now. [EDIT]: Aaaaaaaaaaaaand I promptly found out, lol. Apparently going inside the Steel Gym was the next step.

You can get them in the candy shop in Obsidia Ward, and iirc in some poke marts

Gotta say: Gliscor and Typhlosion (to a degree also Magearna and Whiscash). Gliscor and Typhlosion, I basically only put on my team for sentimental reasons: Gliscor because it looks ultra cool (like a scorpion bat!), and Typhlosion because it's the starter. Thing is, these two REALLY pull their weight, so I just...never really put them away, lol. Gliscor with Earthquake, Toxic, Knock Off, Sword Dance really fucks with a surprisingly large amount of opponents, and Typhlosion with Eruption (?), Flamethrower, and, later on, Earthquake really fucks around and finds out. It's also fast, so that's gr9 too. Whiscash somehow always ends up on my teams, too, lol. You can get it early af, it is Water type with an Electric safety, which helps out on the Industrial Fields. You can get Magearna laaaaate, in the Post Game, but tbqh, ever since I got it, it barely if ever gets put away. This little critter is an absolute power house! Basically the only Legendary I really use, lol (...don't really like using them bc I never got used to having any - kinda like never using the good cutlery lol).

Hey everyone, did you know you can check the Friendship Points you have with other characters?? You totally can, I just found out by coincidence: just use Psychic (the attack) and bam, there you go! I figured others might wanna know this really nifty thing :D

I can't remember what I did to win, but wouldn't Worry Seed work too to get rid of the Sturdy?

Iirc you need to find her at the beach of Sashila Village, the area right before you enter the abandoned mansion to the south. But I'm not sure what you need to do to trigger that particular event

She should be standing right next to the reception. Straight up when you enter the building.

For Serra specifically, I can only ever recommend Nature Power. You should have the TM already - and on Serra's Mirror Field, it transforms into Mirror Shot, which is boosted on the field to twice its strength. As a Steel attack, Serra's mons are weak to it, AND it has a 100% chance to lower the target's Accuracy , too. One side effect of Mirror Field is how, when a physical attack doesn't hit, it will deal 1/4 of the max HP as damage + lower Accuracy. So like, in general I'd recommend special attacks and Evasion and/or Accuracy boosts. Synthetic seed is also a good option. Iirc I solo'ed this one with my Typhlosion: Nature Power and/or Flamethrower go brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. Worked like a charm, especially as it was rather fast (fast enough, at least). Also, jsyk: breaking the Mirror Field will cause you to lose 1 relationship point with Serra.

Also in the future: there is the option to skip the Dusknoir/Tangrowth puzzles:

I am SO happy! I made it through the Amethyst Room of Victory Road, the one where Gardevoir's black hole hunts you! Being hunted is my absolute horror and this particular room was what made me drop my first Reborn run, so to have made it really means a lot to me!!!!!! I had to share my success with someone :DDD

I had the exact same issue, Venam just wouldn't leave, at all. At some point I wanted to dive in the Chamber, so I saved before talking to her and went for it. Turns out she disappears in the Chamber, so yeah. Kinda anticlimatic. The Saving Amber Event doesn't trigger after its point has passed (or at least it didn't for me, I'd still rec saving before, lol).

Where exactly do I find the white-striped Basculin? I don't get where "3rd layer"is supposed to be, tbqh

Yeah, the one in the briefcase is the earliest...the second-earliest (and not password-locked one) is available on Route 2, close to the healing star in front of Amethyst Cave