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Update 4: Julia-Candy Shop-Victoria Battle Remember how I said I might miss that Bidoof? Well I don’t. Because BRAVEHEART IS AWESOME! My plan for Julia was to lead off with Strider (he evolved into Frogadier during the gym trainer fights), thinking she’d lead off with a Voltorb, and use Lick to turn Ghost type while it either Sonicboomed or Selfdestructed. Instead, she led with Helioptile; so then I reset to lead off with Braveheart. He took down the Helioptile in two headbutts, and got the Moxie boost when Julia sent out a Voltorb. According to my original plan, NOW was the time to use Strider. But instead I was like “eh, I got a Moxie boost going on right now, let’s see how much damage Braveheart can do before she goes down.” You know what happened? COMPLETE HEADBUTT SWEEP. I got my first badge with only a single Pokemon. In the aftermath (Get it? Because Voltorb’s ability is… ah forget it.), Braveheart went all the way from level 16 to level 20, complimenting her boosted exp. Meanwile, Strider and Sassy are still at 17 each. Yeah, I won’t be using Braveheart again for a while. So a couple of uneventful Opal Bridge battles later, I went to the Obsidia Ward. My first stop is the same as every time I go to the Mall in real life: The Candy Shop! Jokes aside, the place is important for 2 reasons. For one, I can buy common candies there, so now I don’t have to watch my leveling quite like I did before. If someone goes over level now, I just pop a candy or two and we’re good. Secondly, I got a new teammate there. As some sort of promotion, the Candy Shop lets you do a puzzle for free, and if you complete it you get a free Swirlix. I kinda cheated and looked up the complete image in the game’s files (it’s the one that’s a picture of Swirlix), and got the newest team member: Strawberry! He came at a much lower level than the rest of the team, so I headed off to the Obsidia Slums to train. But of course, I had to fight Victoria first. Despite being underleveled, Strawberry actually held his own against one of her Pokemon, taking it down all by himself. It helped that his only attacking move, Fairy Wind, was supper effective, and he seems to take hits really well. That being said, his “super effective” attack did absolutely tiny amounts of damage. I’m gonna have to grind to get him to be viable…

Well, there is a Gothita event. In the Beryl Library, when the talking Gothitelle tells you she'd appreciate your help in cleaning up the place, you have to do just that. Stand on top of the pieces of trash all over the ground and press space to pick them up, do the same with the books lying around, and when the place is all clean she'll be all like "thank you". Then, if you go talk to her daughters, one of them will want to join you. Now you don't have to do this part, but if you go back to the mother after picking up her kid, she'll give you her blessings.

Update 3: Mosswater Factory-Bidoof meets his destiny Note to anyone starting a new Reborn game, there’s a hidden Ability Capsule right next to the entrance to the Mosswater Factory, and if you don’t pick it up before you do the team meteor stuff there, it’ll get blocked off forever. So I went through the Factory segment with Fern and all. Bidoof was no longer quite as useful, due to the high number of Arons and Roggenrolas, but Sassy had already learned Confusion and started kicking butt, just like I predicted. Also, Strider learned Water Pulse. It’s kinda weird that the first field effect the player experiences is the Factory Field, in a situation where neither him nor his opponents can even use it to their advantage or disadvantage. Right before the boss battle with Aester and Eclipse, Trade Fodder reached level 15 and evolved into Bibarel. I backtracked to the trading house (and got a rare candy by going in the door Florina and Julia came out of), and traded away Bibarel for Litleo! Litleo was Female, came with the name Braveheart (I know I can change it but I wanna keep it), and had a really good nature, but didn’t have Moxie like I wanted. So in order to keep the good nature, I used the aforementioned Ability Capsule. Also, it came with Headbutt, a base 70 STAB move that gets Moxie boosted! Not bad at all. Problem is, since it’s a traded ‘mon, it gets boosted experience. Normally I’d say that’s even better, but, you know… the level cap. Of course, I used the new team member for the Aester and Eclipse battle. I went for Elekid first, since his electric attacks are boosted by the field. Took him down with two headbutts (Fern was too busy screwing around with growth to do anything), got the Moxie boost, and OHKOed Magby with the same move. It’s looking like Braveheart here will prove to be a worthy trade for that Bibarel.

Update 2: New "team member" (lol no)-first battle with Fern I think I might actually miss this Bidoof. I was lucky enough to get one with moody (I didn't farm for it, honest), and he's actually doing the best of the team so far! Though that's not saying much, since I only have two other Pokemon: one whose best move right now is Bubble and the other who knows only Scratch but is a special attacker. Yeah, Sassy is pretty much the weak link in the chain right now, although I expect that to turn around when she finally learns Confusion. Meanwhile, Trade Fodder here gets a sharp boost in a random stat every turn, and it's almost always something that helps him out (Almost. Frikken special attack). And his only move is Tackle! Imagine a Pokemon with Moody and a full-fledged moveset... Anyway, went into the Underground Railnet for a bit to get a Noibat. Now, I've heard stories of how badly these things suck until they evolve, which is an entire FORTY FOUR levels away! I know I can get my hands on much higher-level Noibat later on in the game, so I think I'll worry about training one then. Until I get there, this Noibat is gonna be known as "Slavebat". Bet you can guess why. I followed through with the Magikarp and Igglybuff/Cleffa events, but only for the experience gained from the battles. What I do is just refuse to pick up the Pokemon at the end. And now for the battle with Fern. In hindsight, I probably should have taught Sassy Confusion before then, to be safe. Turns out I didn't need to anyway. Strider spammed Lick on the Lotad, because the Lotad itself spammed nature power, because it became Tri Attack, which was ineffective on Strider, because he was spamming Lick! Circular logic for the win! Anyway, when Snivy came out, I switched for Trade Fodder, who got boosts in just the right stats and was not only able to Tackle-spam Snivy to death, but also Budew! How does it feel to lose that badly to a BIDOOF, Fern? Anyway, Ima go teach Confusion to Sassy now...

Forgot to add a rule: This one should make things a bit more interesting: If at some point you accidentally obtain a Pokemon that ISN'T of your Generation, and isn't required to get by the story, your penalty is that you have to soft-reset right then and there, no matter how much progress you lose from it. Anyway, I chose Froakie and named him Strider, after Strider Hiyru (a ninja) I farmed him for Protean, because I'm gonna need all the OP I can get. Not even a minute out of the Grand Hall and I've run into my first exception: Bidoof. When he evolves into Bibarel at level 15, I can trade him for Litleo. Sooooooo obviously I named him to reflect this. And finally, I can't help but notice that Gothita at the beginning of the game was replaced with Espurr. Good for me, farmed it until it was female and named is Sassy, after my cat. Just barley started the game and already 3 team members, maybe this won't be as bad as I thought.

I'm back after 3.5 years! The new stuff starts on page 6 if you wanna skip to that. You'll recognize the newer posts, as my, uh... 'style' has changed rather significantly. Also I now double space my sentences, no idea why I didn't back then. So basically this works like a monotype challenge, but instead of only having Pokemon of one type, it's all Pokemon of a specific generation. Now first of all, this is mainly designed for fan-made games, such as Reborn (after all, Ruby and Sapphire are gen 3 games and therefore too full of gen 3 Pokemon to make things a "challenge"). As a matter of fact, the only Official Pokemon games that are varied enough to allow this challenge would be the modern 3ds ones. So anyway, here are the detailed rules: 1: After you choose your game you pick a generation, randomly or otherwise. 2: All Pokemon, both in your PC and your Party, are of that one Generation. Even HM slaves. Exceptions are: A. Pokemon needed in order to get a Pokemon of your Generation (using Reborn as an example, Stunfisk is allowed in a 1st Gen run so you can trade to get Vulpix) B. Pokemon who absolutely can't avoid obtaining (Like the Ponyta in the Magma/Aqua gang quest). These Pokemon are to be released as soon as you're done with them. C. Pokemon who evolve into, but not out of your generation (For example, in a Gen 1 run, Magby is allowed so that it can evolve into Magmar, but NOT into Magmortar) D. If the starters of your game aren't of your generation, you can use one of them until a Pokemon of your generation is available, at which point you release your starter. E. Megas count as the generation the original Pokemon is from (Mega Houndoom counts as 2nd Gen) F. A shiny clause (an additional rule allowing you to catch Pokemon not of your generation if they are shiny) is optional. However, you must keep the shinies in the box and never use them. 3. If you happen to accidentally get a Pokemon not of your generation and it isn't one of the above exceptions, you have a penalty: Soft reset right then and there, no matter how much progress you lose from it. 4. Expert Mode (optional): Complete the Pokedex of your generation, or at least as much of it as you can in the game you are playing. 5. A challenge is officially beaten when all the following conditions are met: A. You've cleared the Elite 4 B. You've cleared the second wave of the Elite 4, if there is one C. You've caught or beat all the Legendaries of the game (you HAVE to K.O. Legendaries not from your generation, and if you're doing Expert Mode you HAVE to catch the ones that are) D. You've beaten any post-game superbosses (like Red in HG/SS or Steven in Emerald). Facilities like the Battle Maison don't have to be cleared, although feel free to try if you think you can do it. E. If you're playing on Expert Mode, see Rule 4. 6. Reborn specific rules A. If you want, you can make an exception and buy the Pokemon in 7th street, in order to get the Lucky Egg and Mega-Z Ring. However, you can't use the ones not of your generation for anything else. B. You're allowed to pick up and breed the Growlithe you get from the Jasper Ward Police Station, in order to trade for the mysterious egg. As usual, you must release the parent Growlithe when you're done with it, and if the egg hatches into something not of your generation, then too bad. It goes too. So if you think this kind of challenge is interesting enough, feel free to try it with a game and generation of your choice. I've already recently started mine- I rolled a 6-sided die and got a 6, so I'm doing Gen 6 on Expert Mode (of Reborn). On the one hand, it makes Expert Mode easier since it's the smallest generation. On the other, the game itself is harder due to limited choices. The 6th Gen Mono team (Pokedex: 66/72)

Hint: It's right next to someone's "book".

Wow, I guess I'm an dumbutt. I tried that already but i could have sworn I was blocked from going down. Anyway, case closed.

I figured that much already, as I've actually gotten that item in earlier episodes. However, the center tile is now inaccessible, blocked off by those 2 boxes at the bottom. They weren't there in previous episodes.

It's really bugging me... Edit: no, you can't get to the center tile. The boxes at the bottom block it off.

Well no one really answered my question, so I went and figured it out myself. It comes out at 12:30 noon est

I led with Scout the Braviary and Spirit the Flygon. Scout started with Tailwind, giving both him and his partner the ability to outspeed everything Charlotte had. Earthquake and Thrash spam proceeded to sweep all but one of her Pokemon: Rotom, since it had levitate. I then switched out Spirit for Powerhouse the Gyrados, but the stupid thing predicted me and used Volt Switch for the OHKO. But by that point, I had an almost full team vs a single Pokemon. I had pretty much won already.

So the demo comes out for free tommorrow, but will it be at midnight or what? I intend to be there ASAP, because I'm kinda expecting a repeat of Pokemon Bank.

Well, let's just say that... the Pokemon listed in your signature? You aren't gonna get any of them for a looooooong time. (Except for your choice of starter of course)

So many people on this thread have Charizard or some Starter as their signature (yeah, Charizard's so overrated that he has his own spot aside from starters). Here's a hint guys: the word "signature" means it's something that identifies you, and sets you apart from others. Charizard can't be your signature when he's EVERYONE'S signature!

(This isn't so much episode 14 as it is future episodes in general) So now that Eclipse is... "Dead", maybe we'll end up fighting Aester on his own at some point? And maybe his partner's death would start a character arc for him where he gradually sees the wrong in what he's doing. On a side note, Sirius didn't realize he was doing Eclipse a favor by destroying her soul. If he had killed her in a normal way, she probably would have gone to he(insert double hockey sticks), but now, she has no soul or afterlife at all. Which I'd say is better than eternal torture.

Yeah , you guys are making the mistake of putting Feebas on Dratini's level just because they're both in the Pokedex. Guess who is also in the Pokedex but not yet available? Slowpoke, whose evolutions are both undisputedly lower tier than either Milotic or Dragonite. What I'm trying to say is, while I love Milotic and all, it's obvious that in a competitive sense, she is NOT on Dragonite's level. So while we're obviously not going to get to the Dratini area until late game or aftergame, it's obvious that we'll reach the Feebas before then. Question is, will it be Dive-required, or Waterfall required? (I'm fairly certain it won't be rock climb required, because that's when we can get Axew, who again is on a higher usage tier than Milotic).

Perhaps then, I should switch Shadow Ball for Hidden Power, and give Barrier to the fourth slot? If so, Barrier's getting replaced when I get Double Team.

Hmm, didn't know about the critical hit nerf. Not sure how to feel about that as a whole... Anyway, I guess that means I will switch for Ice Beam when I can after all. And Blizzard is still an option. Water Pulse is only available on Glaceon back in the Gen 4 days, so that's out. Gonna have to go on a bit of a quest to find my hidden power type, BRB. EDIT: Okay, the hidden power type is fighting, although I don't know where I would figure out the base power. Either way, I don't exactly see it as that much of an option. Trump Card, while appealing, is unfortunately no longer an option, as I evolved Snowflake as soon as I could. Heal Bell seems too circumstantial, as it would only be useful when at least half my team is afflicted by something. If it's just one Pokemon I need to heal, I'd use an item. I have plenty of those. So far, it looks like it's between Blizzard and Barrier. Although with Barrier, I'd feel bad about getting something for my Defense and not special defense. If only she could learn Amnesia... EDIT 2: Thought of another option: Double Team! Snow Cloak and Brightpowder already start me off at +2 evasiveness, so I could maybe use it as cover long enough to raise the same stat to untouchable levels. Thing is, I don't think the TM's available right now, so it's gonna still have to be between Barrier and Blizzard.

Hey reborn community, I'd like to introduce you to my latest team member: Snowflake the Glaceon. Dangit Ame why did my favorite eeveelution have to be the last one available Now, I had this Eevee stored in the PC, waiting to make it a Glaceon and add it to the team ever since I first got it, which was back in the Gen 5 days. And yes, I farmed it until it was a female. Male Glaceon just... doesn't seem right to me... My plan for her moveset was to be Frost Breath (her main form of attack, at least until the Ice Beam TM showed up) Hail (This + Snow Cloak + Brightpowder = Trololololol) Shadow Ball (Obligatory type coverage move) Blizzard (stronger, but more innacurate, like a last resort kind of thing) Back then, Frost Breath had a base power of 40. Combined with the 100% critical hit rate, it became an 80 power move. Now, hovever, it's been buffed to base 60, which means it always hits for a whopping 120 base power even before stab! It's now more powerful than both Ice Beam and Blizzard; the only things those moves have against it now is a chance to crit and a chance to freeze. And the chances of either of those things happening is too small to mean anything to me. Which brings us to the question: what should be the move in place of Blizzard? Now, I'm already in the middle of training her, so it's too late for breeding moves (didn't notice the Frost Breath buff until recently). It will have to be either a move she learns by level up, or through a TM that she can currently get her adorable little paws on. P.S. Also, if there's a TM that's not available yet that you think she should use, feel free to mention it. It's just that I'm also gonna need something for her to know until then. EDIT: I think(?) I might have figured it out. New planned set is: Frost Breath (same purpose as before, will be replaced by Ice Beam later on) Hail (same purpose as before) Hidden Power Fighting (for Ice and Steel types. Honestly, I didn't farm for this! I just got lucky!) Barrier (To cover my weakness to mostly physical attacks, will be replaced with Double Team later on)

So you know that the Feebas area is Waterfall-specific and not Dive-specific? Because in that case, it's probably gonna be in episode 15.

SixBut anyway, back to episode 14. Just saying Ame, I can understand Feebas not being here yet because of the dive restriction, but I really think Vinny's Sneasel is overdue. Also, have any modders found the Feebas area yet?

That was nothing compared to actually getting Feebas. Also, that's apparently how you do it in Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire. Though I think they're gonna tone down the difficulty on both departments this time around.