Ikaru

USING MY AMAAAAAAAZIINNGGGGGG "I've been here for three years" powers, I will answer every (not every) question and then still be wrong because Ame likes to switch things up He might have only been about to say "psychic (reserve) leader" but it could very well be possible she'd be Elite Four- Champion is a little far fetched, though. Almost certain (and this is potential spoilers) based on my above thing, that Lin is going to be the champion. I would have pitched Amaria as a second option (as she is in season 2), but seeing that her Lapras was only level 74(5?) when we battled with her makes me think maybe she couldn't be. ANYWAY, Anna could certainly be as high as Elite Four and I'd believe it. 1) Likely- she's definitely very important, or will be eventually. The way I see it, she has three options- reserve Psychic leader Aya style, as in we don't get the first badge for whatever reason, Elite Four, or just a friendly battle with no Badge for winning in the same vein as Cal. 2) Haha a double battle with those two would probably be pretty scary depending on her team... 3) First, let me say I love that you consider leader deaths a possibility now- you've learned well and now you can join Inuki and I in taunting Ame for it. Anyway yeah, you've got the right idea, aside from that "tsundere crush" thing (she's just really good at making her caretakers sound good; you should see the way she talks about Luna), in that Radomus is likely going to be the actual leader. This is where my sage-like knowledge comes in again: Radomus is the one on the right in the current banner, in one of his many costumes. You've already seen the other one, I'd imagine, so it's worth me noting (and this is spoilers again) that those two have had a bit of a... unhealthy rivalry for as long as I can remember... Although usually Radomus won every time and put more effort into making EL look bad than actually taking him seriously. The banner implies that might be different this time though- even I'm interested. tl;dr radomus is probably the psychic leader Mienshao wouldn't be allowed as it's only a Fighting type, and from my experience in battling him on the server league he's more inclined to bulk than anything outright sweep-related. The question here is how true to that Ame intends to stay, as some of his choices were a little, uh, powerful. (and no they were not staraptors) That's part of why Noel was easier than he should have been. I already said this elsewhere but both Magic Guard AND Stored Power are broken so essentially his Clefable was useless. ^ y'all three gots to remember the actual League's rules- no legends until X-League. And to the person that said Zen Mode Darmanitan because I missed a multiquote- also not allowed, because it's initially only a Fire-type. But yes, good call that she would have Jirachi if it was allowed c: First- correct, and that's already thrown me for a loop, so I've stopped speculating until I see something that may say it for sure. Second- yeah I wondered that too, considering we (had to the option to) recently battle(d) Sigmund and his Pokemon were all pretty decidedly lower than Noel's, likely Anna's, and pretty much everyone except Shelly. But for the most part you're right, the goal was to protect the kids and you don't do that by sending them out to fight.

I suggested Arcanine because Flash Fire is a possibility, so it can also cover fire. The last officer is

Do keep in mind we haven't fought an official fighting gym leader for a badge yet... EDIT: I only saw the picture, not the text above it; Gyarados? Arcanine?

Not gonna lie, between the pickup and now this, y'all have already kind of made it no contest, but I guess Ame doesn't mind.

She wouldn't tell you if you were being too much trouble even if you were, but don't worry- you should see Inuki and I on the day of a new beta. She'd probably kill us if she had the means.

zzzzz what if we actually rated his team

This is why the first playthrough is never the one you try to 100% I think Slime is where you get it from, but I read it a while ago and could be wrong.

Red Wall.

Going into the future with the time-changing thing will mess up the patterns- if you absolutely must change the time, go backwards. The aforementioned patterns are completely random, to answer the initial question.

It does, but it also has Cute Charm... I think only Umbreon was shafted that badly once Dream World abilities came around ._.;

because Dynasty is boring even with a new dance I actually do like both Midnight and Foxfire so it was a really hard choice for me too- in the end it came down to deciding based on which one went on sale first. Midnight is cheaper now, by the way, and still looks pretty great so if you want that I say do it.

... You know, I just linked the picture without reading Wolf's speculation... YES PLEASE

Don't you worry about a thing; I never posted an introduction. Welcome, though! Liking Brendan tells me maybe Renzo will like you, at least. I used to play Maplestory and I know a couple who still do, one of them being Inuki but he probably won't see this anyway so whatever. It's best if I don't get started on that though. Playing League of Legends is probably the quickest way to be involved here though, obligatory Pokemon things aside.

Personally I'd go for a Perish Song or Destiny Bond thing, but those were just the first two things I thought of at the time it was introduced. Instant and guaranteed.

The fact that you use that as proof, that "you can recite the whole process" kind of proves my point as well. And I used to play Inuki on a daily basis- there is nothing you can say that will surprise me. Personally my favorite method to summon BEUD is Fusion Guard > Re-Fusion c: EDIT: gfdghfkjlgjdkgdklgfdh HISSSSSSSSS

The only thing holding Absol back from being a massive threat is its speed.

Wasting less time by healing with weaker alternatives is fine out of battle- but then there's the new Light Shards Ame threw in that should, in theory, solve that anyway. She keeps up with most of the playthroughs on youtube so I assume that she knows exactly where most people have stopped and gone back to heal; and honestly I've only had to do that when something faints, or before a boss fight. ... Anyway, my point is that it's fine(ish) out of battle, but then you get into a harder battle and instead of playing it skillfully or some such thing you spam Hyper Potions until the AI invariably does something stupid and you're back to full HP every time. And there will be people who do that. The weather isn't the problem (and at the risk of starting a weather argument, usage stats on PO and Smogon suggest Sun is the third most popular weather, only ahead of lolHail, whereas Sand and Rain are 2 and 1. But none of this really matters ingame because a well put-together weather team of any sort will probably be better than an equivalent not-weather team) but rather the problem is requesting a pseudo-legendary halfway through the game. Reading around the subforums the number one strategy for beating Serra is to "go get the drought Vulpix from the salon lady" and purposely gimp yourself with a baby Vulpix to simultaneously make it "fair". I used Ninetales and Blaziken because I already had them both, so I'm not denying the "Sun is strong" thing, but I went into it expecting to drop her on the ground and run her over- I lost the first time. Ninetales on its own is kind of a joke compared to Tyranitar, and on top of that I'm pretty sure Ame didn't add in Drilbur in the new episode just to make it break everything in the next. Hippowdon is certainly far less of an amusing* prospect, but in the end all of this is up to Amethyst alone anyway. *Oh, and sorry if the HAHAHAHA actually bothered you or something, it's just my way of saying that you'll be waiting a while. I didn't do it to the Groudon request because honestly that should be a given and it's been said many times that legendaries, without exception, will all be post game. That includes Victini. Anyway, I suppose this thread is "what do you want to see," not "ikaru's going to tell you what will be in and what probably won't" so I'll leave the dream-crushing to Ame instead- speculate away!

"Characters of the Hierophant Arcana are often older than the protagonist, and are typically quite wise and logical. Don't even worry about maxing all the social links your first time- it probably won't get done. There's usually a guide for a 100% playthrough but that's boring on the first time.

Red Nova Dragon is conceptually much harder to summon and through far more convoluted methods. It's better, yes, but this thread as a whole is satirical anyway.

The happy medium between Super and Hyper Potions is actually 125 HP though... But yes in seriousness this will do; ice cream machines are found in Spinel Town and the Obsidia Ward. Contract says I can't say more than that.

Here you go

If Dark Pulse is a TM it should be able to be passed down- was its TM status changed recently? If so, then no, you can't get it like that

Fly will be endgame if not postgame Unsure about this one At this point Hyper Potions would be 100% heals on most Pokemon that aren't HP EV'd or Chansey line, too easy HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Correct Ame has said she doesn't want to add TMs like that because she wants teams to be constantly developing and TM availability is the only thing she has complete control over in that sense, but Surf might be soon- maybe when the lake clears up at the latest (if that happens???) See above and also the responses including ways to get it without the TM See above, but as a weaker, existing alternative, the ice cream machines sell pretty good things- if I recall correct strawberry ice cream is +90 HP and personally I made it through B/W with Lemonades from vending machines until the elite four, at which point I blew my stockpile of money on like 50 revives/hyper potions/full restores/full heals each

I'm not entirely sure that's possible since the earliest I recall that existing was in Platinum, so if it's not already in the code somewhere it falls under those "things ame wouldn't mind doing but can't because she can't script"