[Official Gym Leader Help Thread]

If Ninetails doesn't use solarbeam, ignore this post because I've clearly forgotten what her pokemon do.

I EV trained my Blaziken on Touros, so he has perfect speed and attack EVs (31 attack IV and 24 speed IV as well, I think). That might be how I outsped them with him.

I have horrible recall, and I can't replay the fight (unless someone knows how to with cheat engine or something), but I think what I did was swap Swampert out so something else would eat the Solarbeams. Blaziken then took care of Nintails. Then I swept with earthquake, because whatever came after that didn't OHKO my swampert, I one shot the other pokemon with Blaziken, then took whatever came after that out with Swampert. This also killed my Blaziken, but he served his purpose.

Turn 1) I Sub something in for Swampert that can eat solar beam + eruption, or two pokemon that can take one attack each (whatever you do, you have to be replacing a KO'd pokemon with Swampert at the end of the turn). Blaziken was then able to take Typhlosion out. He'll get speedboost as well, so that shouldn't be a concern now. Unfortunately, you might just have to rely on focus band/RNG luck to get Blaziken to survive eruption. If you can get away with it even once, you should be set (unless you also get unlucky and something dodges earthquake).

Turn 2) Blaziken was by far the fastest pokemon now, so he took out Charlotte's Ninetails this time. In my game, I was now looking at Volcrona and Camerupt. Swampert outsped Camerupt and volcrona was subbed in for the Ninetails, so Earthquake killed it and left the Camerupt low. This also took out Blaziken. Whatever Camerupt answers with did not kill swampert, so now I had Swampert and another pokemon out.

I don't remember what came after, but that should get you through the first half of her pokemon with Swampert in tact. I really wish I could replay this battle with that team again so I could tell you exactly what I did, because I know for a fact I beat her pretty easily with just Blaziken and Swamperts, using my other pokemon as meat shields.

Sorry I couldn't be of more help.

Appreciate this post a lot - I'll give it a shot again later. I've done some variations but I think there's something with the levels perhaps causing Typhlosion to turn-1 eruption instead of solarbeam even with water/ground pokes out. Fake out sounds like a good idea as well - I'm just somewhat resistant to training up any more pokemon given how much grinding I've done lately (first to beat samson, now for charlotte) but I guess it's necessary. I'm too hooked on the story to let a silly fight get in the way ^.^

[Official Gym Leader Help Thread]

You can sweep Charlotte only using your Blaziken and Swampert honestly. I did it, and mine were lower level than yours. You just have to use blaziken to OHKO Ninetails. You can then sweep her entire team with earthquake. You'll probably end up killing you Blaziken with it, but if he manages to dodge it/focus sash, you can swap in Gengar and not lose a single pokemon here.

Swampert counters her extremely hard. If you can eliminate those Solarbeams she has virtually nothing to answer with. Anything that outspeeds her solar beam users be enough to win.

The problem is still being outsped - Blaziken gets beat by BOTH typhlosion and ninetales turn 1, and its speed evs/ivs aren't that bad (114/25). If Typhlosion uses Erupt, I have literally zero pokemon that do not get one-hit by it given the STAB+field+sun combo. Ninetales' heatwave bring blaziken to 25-30% so anything knocks it out turn 2. At this point I'm just resetting to try to manipulate the RNG to avoid eruption but no matter what I send out alongside Blaziken, it's turn 1 eruption from typhlosion. If I send out two other pokemon to lure out solarbeam, swapping into Blaziken gets him rekt.

I've done about 30 resets trying this strategy this morning. It doesn't work. I have nothing that outspeeds her solar beam users. "Fun" battle. Back to grinding up bronzong I guess. Thanks for the suggestions, in any case - my salt isn't directed at you guys, but at this absurd battle.

[Official Gym Leader Help Thread]

If you can get something that can set up a trick room (heatproof Bronzong with fake out support is a great way to do it) Swampert will sweep 5 out of her 6 pokemon for you. I'm sure you can take it from there.

Was hoping to run a trick room setup with prankster but unfortunately I beat Radomus before he gave out that TM, so I don't have it. Is there any way to get it if you didn't obtain it after that battle?

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Catch a Bronzor and get it Rain Dance from a Move Relearner. Make sure you get a Heatproof one. The should help. Replace Yanmega temporarily.

Thanks, I'll give bronzong a shot.

[Official Gym Leader Help Thread]

I am also having a hell of a time with Charlotte. I've already trained up a swampert from 5-67, but just can't get it to stay out long enough even if I bring down the weather. It has poor speed/def/spdef evs and ivs and just gets wrecked quickly by everything on her team.

Was hoping to run a trick room setup with prankster but unfortunately I beat Radomus before he gave out that TM, so I don't have it. Is there any way to get it if you didn't obtain it after that battle?

I've also had to heal in Calcenon so unfortunately teleporting back to Reborn city isn't possible anymore. I did that once while in the circus to pick up an ability capsule for Blaziken. Current team:

Swampert, Damp, 67

Brick Break

Rain Dance

Surf

Earthquake

Mamoswine, Oblivious, 63

Blizzard

Earthquake

Ice Shard

Thrash

Blaziken, Speed Boost, 69

Bulk Up

Blaze Kick

Hi Jump Kick

Brave Bird

Luxray, Guts, 66

Wild Charge

Discharge

Swagger

Crunch

Gengar, Levitate, 66

Shadow Ball

Dark Pulse

Curse

Confuse Ray

Alakazam, Inner Focus, 68

Psychic

Shadow Ball

Grass Knot

Recover

Remotely viable pokemon in PC:

Toxicroak, Dry Skin, 60

Sucker Punch

Feint Attack

Poison Jab

Mud Bomb

Scrafty, Moxie, 61

Hi Jump Kick

Swagger

Crunch

Facade

Magmar, Flame Body, 63

Flamethrower

Fire Punch

Feint Attack

Confuse Ray

Yanmega, Speed Boost, 65

Air Slash

Bug Buzz

Detect

Uproar

I do have heart scales so unlearned moves could be possible, but no ability capsules. A couple low-level pokes in the PC have prankster but I'm not sure if any of them can rain dance (and as said above, trick room out of the question). Generally what happens is I just get outsped and annihilated even if I can get up a rain dance or blizzard early - things just hit too hard and when the second ninetales comes out I'm toast since the rain dance / blizzard setters tend to be dead at that point. Oddly the most success I've had is what got me past the last few leaders: setting up on Blaziken and just Hi Jump Kicking the crap out of their team. But no one else can survive long enough and this strat keeps either of my surf/earthquake users from doing their thing. I'd prefer not to grind up an entirely new pokemon if possible - getting the swampert up this high already sapped a lot of my motivation to continue playing. Any ideas?

tl;dr field effects OP, c'mon Ame difficult is fun but Charlotte is absurd without counterteaming. And inb4 "I beat it on the first try because my team was fast and had five earthquake / rock slide users".

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Sorry to necro, but can these override set fields like big top or darkness?

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Welcome! I see your team is up to par with the levels shown there. Make sure not to overlevel before EP. 11

Yep! Gonna work on a rotom next, I think. Hopefully we'll get appliances for the forme-change too. Lots of new Gen6 pokes to bring in to the team as well

Thanks all!

Graykun... that color scheme on your team... beautiful.

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If I could trade you one, I would.

However, we can't.Quote

But you can obtain one by mining

No kidding. I have like four from before I realized that you could reset-mine

...speaking of which, do rocks reset when you change versions? I started on 10 so I haven't been through an update cycle before.

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Protean exists but hasn't been implemented yet, like pretty much every 6th gen ability. But events will exist for all starters eventually, yes

Ah, thanks! Looks like contrary is working as intended, according to the release post?

Also RIP tauros teleporting

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Introduction!

Hi all - I've been playing this game for a while and lurking on these forums, but didn't try to register until recently. I'm a grad student in the US and can't justify too much Reborn playtime with my workload, but you can bet I'll marathon once E11 drops. Looking forward to hopefully contributing some new poke locations with 10.5!

~Amelia

[~~10.5~~]

Not going to lie, I'm one of those opposing nerfs of all varieties in this game - as someone who doesn't face good competitive players regularly, it's improved my skillz measurably.

Also, $10 to the first person to find Inkay or Binacle. Ame, will we be able to obtain any of the Gen6 starters without resetting? Similar to the mudkip/bulbasaur/tepig events, perhaps? Don't want to spoil anything, of course, but, dat protean...