Lostelle

Ah, I love this. I literally do. Welcome to the Reborn forums, my friend.

It shouldn't be too hard to find, they're everywhere. My old source isn't working for me anymore, though. He means he switched to Episode 13 to get the higher floors in the Department Store that you currently cannot reach in Episode 15.

Instantly what I thought when I saw the title. Welcome to Reborn!

Episode 9 had all the 'overpowered' Pokemon. I think they actually got Axe'd officially in 10.5, but I don't remember.

I've made the changes, thanks a lot guys. I'll have to get used to them, as I have never used a Spiritomb or Delphox before. But these changes are looking great.

Yeah, it was standard since Gen 4 but I haven't played since B/W 1 so I didn't know if it changed. Alright, done. I was doing that originally, actually. I'm not really a fan of just going in and Exploding, but it has it's usefulness. Agreed, honestly, I was only doing this because I was low on the ladder. It worked most of the times however I'm getting smarter opponents now in the 1300's. I also picked up on yesterday that Scarf Jellicent does work. I've never seen one lead before and that's exactly what it did. Water Spout crushed my lead, but Gastrodon stopped it.

Maybe, I had Ice Shard for scarfed Flygon's, but I'm not sure if that's even standard anymore

I'd rather have specs, only because I have like no special-attackers. I also need a lead, maybe you could suggest something I should lead with? Or I'll just stick to Delphox.

Just a question, do I need Switcheroo? I'd rather just have 4 attacking moves unless I absolutely need it.

Is that all? Thanks!

Not like it matters, but it was way before E14, not exactly sure when so I'm not going to argue about it, but It might have been as early as 11 or 12.

Basically my friend and I were bored so I came up with the idea of something new; laddering RU for fun using the exact same team. I've been competitively battling since late Generation 4, and he just started with the release of OR/AS. Because of that, I am obviously more skilled so I am further on the ladder and have had more time to use the team and see what it's weak to. Currently I'm around 1300 in a matter of an hour, and I've only lost about 3 times, and when I did lose, it's mainly because I got swept by scarf Hitmonlee over-predicted, or just got outplayed. So, here's the team: Typhlosion @ Choice Specs Ability: Flash Fire EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Timid Nature - Eruption - Hidden Power [Grass] - Extrasensory - Fire Blast This is usually what I lead with. Not much in this tier can take a Specs Eruption right off the bat, and usually I can just fire off one unless something obvious comes in, like Jellicent, Hitmonlee, Ambipom, you know, something that can obviously live the move, or has strong priority. If the opponent leads off with Mega Banette, usually Eruption does about 82%, which isn't great but it does alright. I have Fire Blast for the obvious reason just in case I get too weak to make use of Eruption, and the other two moves for coverage. Tyrantrum @ Choice Scarf Ability: Rock Head EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Head Smash - Earthquake - Dragon Claw - Superpower This thing is pretty strong, it's extremely useful, and it's saved me quite a bit of times. It's also the thing that usually helps me kill opposing Typhlosions that are either Specs, or when I can live a move from an opposing Scarf. It's usually just Head Smash spam, but when I need to use other moves I know when to use them. Never had to use Superpower yet, however. Glalie @ Glalitite Ability: Inner Focus EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpA / 252 Spe Naive Nature - Return - Earthquake - Freeze-Dry - Ice Shard I wanted to use a Mega. That's really it. Banette never caught my eye, and then I realized Glalie is in this tier. Let me just say, this thing is fun to use. It's stronger than it looks, and comes in handy quite a bit. Not many people expect Freeze-Dry on their Gastrodon, or Jellicent for that matter, and it's really fast reaching 320 speed I believe, which is quite fast considering most Pokemon in this tier are pretty slow. Hitmontop @ Leftovers Ability: Intimidate EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD Impish Nature - Close Combat - Foresight - Rapid Spin - Toxic At this point I realized I needed some defensive Pokemon, and my friend and I were making this team together, so he suggested Hitmontop. I was thinking at first, nah, I'd rather use Hitmonlee, but I realized I needed something that could take physical moves and spin hazards away at the same time. Hitmontop is my Tyrantrum check / counter (whatever you choose to call it), and it usually takes incoming Head Smashes around ~30% with the Intimidate off as well. It's proven useful, but it's also completely useless when Taunted, especially against Banette's for example or another thing that requires Toxic stalling. WEST SIDE (Gastrodon) @ Leftovers Ability: Storm Drain EVs: 252 HP / 84 Def / 172 SpD Calm Nature - Scald - Toxic - Earth Power - Recover I also needed a Specially Defensive team member, and I figured Gastrodon would do it! It has Recovery, status, and can even dish back Special attacks with Mirror Coat. It's usually helpful for Jellicent. I haven't really needed to use it for anything besides that. It's also really helpful for scouting Jolteon and kills Rhyperior pretty easily as well. Durant @ Life Orb Ability: Hustle EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Iron Head - X-Scissor - Superpower - Hone Claws Since I was out of ideas, my friend also suggested Durant. This thing is no pushover. It's incredibly strong with Hustle, and once I set up a Hone Claws, it takes one or two things down with it. Life Orb on it also boosts it's already strong attacks, and it has proved useful many times already. From my hour or so of laddering, what I've noticed is my team has problems with the following things: Scarfed Hitmonlee, Scrafed Typhlosion, occasionally Meloetta, and sometimes Mega Banette. Hitmonlee completely crushes my team once I lose Hitmontop, and Typhlosion destroys everything once I lose my Tyrantrum or Gastrodon. I'm always looking for improvements, after all this is something I threw together from previous knowledge of playing; I'm completely new to RU but it's much more entertaining than Ubers / OU which is what I used to ladder before (1700 is the highest I've ever reached, if you're curious.) I'm up to changing things to improve in some ways, but I don't want to make drastic changes (as in swapping out 3-4 Pokemon) because I'm quite happy with this team.

Later in the game isn't going to help as much as it would now, the effort he puts in now will help him during the story, is what I assume he's going for.

I think in the northern part of 7th Street, if you head to the eastern side corridor, one of the guys says he needs 'a hit.' Give that to him.

Remember that voice we heard when leaving the Citae-D whatever place? Maybe that's the champion? Could you imagine? "Thank you for coming back to play with me ~"

rap / some rock

if i see one more damn Blaziken thread I swear to god I'm not gonna bother reading the whole thing, but Blaziken can't solo the whole game, it's great and if people complain it's broken, it's really not

Yeah, that was said in the post before mine. I gotcha.

Is this the double battle? If so, keep in mind the level cap is 35, so if you really want to you can over level a bit. Just don't go over kill. Also, maybe you could post your team so we can figure out how to help.

Not understood why the hype was so real for Elekid / Magby; sure, they're decent, but after you evolve them from their second stage their attacking sides switch, and Timid is pointless on Elekid just as Modest is on Magmar (decently mixed). I always found them annoying to use a set for. Same thing with Togekiss, it's good and all, but Togetic is absolute trash until it evolves.

I'm assuming he means in the start of the game, but he wasn't specific.

I already have a copy of all of them (from my knowledge) so here you go. but, no. there's one near the factory and that's it for a bit Ability Capsules: Outside the factory in the Peridot Ward, (before the quest with Julia etc), hidden in a barrel Underneath the Grand Stairway, (item) Citrine Mountain, in a rock Abandoned Railnet (smashable wall) North Obsidia, in a rock Byxbision Wasteland, hidden in a barrel Mysidia Railcave, in a rock Chrysolia Forest (near the Leafeon Rock)

You can get it in the Byxbysion Wasteland by riding a Tauros.

Yes, 10 badges and a Data Chip.

Doesn't the Shell Bell fully restore your HP after using Endeavor? Or is this no longer the case? I'm /pretty/ sure I remember that being a thing.