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Thanks for all the advice. I know about the Smogon sets but competitive sets are not always practical in-game (from my own personal experience). Flare blitz has nice power but taking 1/3 of the opposing Pokemon's HP isn't very practical since I'll have to rely on lots of healing after trainer/wild/gym battles (time consuming and excessive use of items). The breeding suggestions are good and were considered but I don't feel that it's worth all the effort when I probably wont play the game much after I finish it. Reason why I opted out of Hydro Pump is cause of the 5 pp (8 max... except I don't have any PP-ups or PP-maxes) so again not as practical in-game. Sludgebomb on Gengar is a nice STAB move but does it seem like I benefit more from the coverage of T-bolt or Giga Drain? (Giga Drain would also be more reliable recovery than Dream Eater). And yes I considered the Ambi set but I decided to use him mainly for Pickup. I will replace him with someone else later on.

My team at the end of EP 9: Excadrill Lv52-Jolly-Sand Force [4HP 252Atk 252Spe] Rock Slide Slash Swords Dance Earthquake Need something in place of Slash. Thinking of X-Scissor/Sandstorm. Vaporeon Lv54-Modest-Hydration [200Def and either 172HP 136SpA or 136HP 172SpA] Water Pulse Muddy Water Aurora Beam Acid Armour EV's were kinda random. I wanted a slightly bulky offense but was too lazy to make them "perfect". Waiting for Ice Beam and Surf. Not sure what to use for last 2 moves but thinking between Acid Armour/Roar/Toxic. Ambipom Lv61-Quiet(Spe- SpA+... bad I know)-Pickup [252HP 4Def 252Spe] Baton Pass Agility Nasty Plot Rock Smash Role is just to baton pass whatever is needed to others on my team. And mainly here for pickup. Togekiss Lv60-Modest-Serene Grace - Brightpowder [252HP 4Def 252SpA] Air Slash Wish Aura Sphere Yawn Waiting for T-Wave but not sure which move to take out-Aura Sphere or Yawn. I like Wish for team healing. I may need to stick Fly on him too just for convenience later on in the game. Gengar Lv60-Modest-Levitate - Zoom Lens (for Hypnosis) [4HP 252SpA 252Spe] Hypnosis Dream Eater Shadow Ball Dark Pulse Not sure what to choose between Focus Blast/T-Bolt/Giga Drain... and what to take out (Dream Eater/Dark Pulse?) Infernape Lv59-Adamant-Blaze - Focus Band [4HP 252Atk 252Spe] Flame Wheel Close Combat Slack Off Taunt Honestly don't know what to do when I get Flare Blitz cause I don't like the recoil but I need a better fire move (physical prefered).. I know Infernape is frail so Slack Off seems like a bad idea but this isn't for competitive play so it's actually quite useful in-game. Taunt has also saved me a few times against gym leaders. Any advice is helpful. Thanks.

You can do EV training mindlessly... I just watch a video or something while I'm doing it.

I've read that you find TM Trick Room in the rail cave (with eevee in it) but I can't seem to find it. Any pointers?

I tried looking through the existing threads for a previous topic but I couldn't find one. Sorry if this is a repeat... Is the physical/special split in place in this game?