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(late) HAPPY BIRTHDAY i went to sleep early yesterday, okay?

121/140: poison sting (first one is the pokemon using it, latter the target gets hit) and a couple of other moves i think. 137: tackle/take down/etc 142: drinking sound... if there's any drinking move 145: eating gummis sound, could be used for sweet kiss or some other fairy move like that 149: idk why but i find this fitting for curse 171: used whenever a mon with chlorophyll attacked, so maybe growth? 173: defense boosting sound, fitting for iron defense 190: attack boosting sound i think, tho it's really similar to 173 191: originally used as charge 208: originally used as curse's second half, tho it's not very fitting for non-ghost-type curse 234: some type of flying/windy move. some flying moves like gust and wing attack have already been identified, and since this one can fit a lot, id say defog, tailwind, air slash or air cutter 235: song/sound-based move, chatter would be a great fit 245/246: diving in and out i think 247: dragon/fire/flying-type move. originally i think this was fire spin or dragon claw (tho if dragon claw, there was a second part) 248: attract and charm, but attract would require another sound beforehand 251: leaf blade 255/269/288: some type of stomping move 263: protect 264: originally used whenever a reviver seed was used or a mon used a move like pursuit/mirror coat/etc, though it wouldnt be very fitting now so idk 265: same as above 273: spark 276: fury attack or any horn-like attack (should be used whenever the target gets hit) 277: razor leaf. there's also one that's slightly different than this one and was used for magical leaf, though i havent been able to find it yet. 280/281: both are string shot. on the former, the pokemon shoots the web, while on the latter it hits the target 292: originally used as feint attack. can also fit some other dark/ghost-type moves. 297/299/318: all of these can be used as one or more ghost/dark-type move(s). the former was originally scary face. 298: absorb/mega drain/giga drain/leech life's second part, where you steal hp 310: originally used as sweet kiss or something of the sort. very fitting for a vast amount of fairy-type moves or even status normal-type ones (disarming voice, fairy wind, etc) 317/319/(...): these (and a LOT of other ones that sound pretty much like it) can be used as sand-attack or some other simple move like that 322: don't know what specific move it corresponded to, but this would usually be followed by a paralyzing sound (184). can fit a lot of things, such as leer-like moves or ion deluge, perhaps. 331: originally used as quick attack (and some other moves' first half, mainly special/set-up ones) 343: originally used as feint 385: originally used as discharge. can also fit a ton of other electric-type moves. plus, there are tons of other sounds that are more fitting to discharge than this one imo.

blaziken without speed boost is as good as infernape (and some other fire-types you can get later on). that said, i wouldnt call it the best choice as a starter. it's still a great one given the first few gym leaders, but without speed boost, it's way more balanced than it is right now imo. can you elaborate on how that is not true at all? have you tried doing a run relying completely on blaziken? its not something you can do with most mons, and when you can, they usually get axed right away (a good example would be gyarados). my younger brother, who's not very experienced in pokemon and occasionally does runs of fanmade games, decided to try out reborn a couple months ago, as i suggested him to. i warned him that it would be a really hard game comparing to what he's used to and that he would probably find it extremely difficult to get past most gym leaders, without at least coming up with a decent strategy and follow it through. i only said this because i had never tried to use mons like blaziken and gyarados, since they turn the run that boring. to my surprise, even an amateur like him got past most of the gym leaders on the first try and without giving his best at all. i would occasionally help him, but it would be nothing more than that. all because he got a speed boost torchic and relied on it that hard up until the end. note that he did have other team members such as azumarill and mons you can get early on the game, though, those hardly matter. if you get a blaziken, the least you have to do to beat the game without any major difficulties are healing items, hm slaves, support/bait mons and a shit ton of common candies. the first few boss/gym battles are a joke if you've got yourself a combusken. even at such an early stage, it can sweep teams and it doesnt need much healing or support to do that. the support/bait mons come into play only later, especially on battles where you have to face mons that have type (and whatnot) advantages against blaziken. in singles, slightly weakening one or two mons that blaziken wouldn't be able to OHKO is more than enough to allow it to take care of the rest of the team by revenge killing said mons and spamming its stab moves while getting speed boosts, which, after one or two mons down, is enough for it to outspeed the opponent's entire team. another thing that's extremely easy to abuse is how you can predict whenever the opponent is going to use an healing item, and use that as a chance to set up a swords dance (or even bulk up, which it gets pretty early on) while getting a speed boost. in most cases, just one boost will be enough to sweep the opponent's team, and even if it isnt, you can always rely on the support/baiting mons you've got on your party to continuously heal blaziken, allowing it to deal even with mons that would normally counter it with ease. and let's not even mention the shitty mons that can do nothing to blaziken to begin with: those allow it to set up as much as it wants to, making it pretty much impossible to counter afterwards. on doubles (for example, charlotte's battle), the support/baiting mons are even more hilariously effective. as you set up to sweep, they can either draw attention away from blaziken and die instead of it and/or you can use them to heal blaziken while he's setting up/sweeping. speaking of charlotte, my brother high jump kicked her entire team on his first try (as well as most of the other gym leaders' lol). take into account that it can do all of this almost alone, only needing some support. now imagine doing a run with mons whose only task is to counter mons that threaten blaziken. im sorry, but if that isnt as easy as game freak runs, then i really dont know what is (not counting with gen 6 exp. share runs, that's even more of a joke).

all that needs to be done is make torchic hidden ability-locked at the start of the game (assuming there'll be another torchic event later on). speed boost is the only reason why blaziken is so op. the only issue with this is that hidden abilities are like regular abilities in reborn, meaning you could still breed or use an ability capsule to get speed boost. so this will only be effective if that ever changes (which I doubt it will) and until then, reborn runs will always be as easy as game freak ones as long as you choose torchic as your starter.

wow disappointing division

i hate my life

Week 1 Amethyst Division MMM vs Imperial http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-ou-24147 (won 3-1)

i swear this type of questions kills me

so... is anyone else going to watch gatchaman crowds insight once it starts airing? i checked episode 0 out a few days ago and it looks pretty good. hajime and od will likely still provide a shit ton of awesomeness like they did in the first season and that new character looks pretty cool too. im just hoping they go more in depth on the MESS things and JJ. and for future reference, these are all the other shows i'll be watching:

the soundtrack for this is even better than madoka's holy shit

NO YOU DONT IF XE DOESNT USE IT ITS MINE also i posted this a while ago, in case you didnt see it. i find it fitting for some reason.

tbh this applies more to some adults than it does to 9 year olds

houseception

aka the number one reason to watch this. shinoa is life.

puppies being ran over by cars, at least once every month. no idea why I see this so commonly, but I don't even get surprised anymore. only managed to save one, all the other times I was already hearing them screaming as the car wheels were going against them. most of the drivers actually stop and nothing happens, but some times all that remains is a bloody mess, which can take up to 3 days to get cleaned *sigh*.

jelly isnt going to be happy

tfw an exam you expected to be hard as shit turns out to be so easy, but like seriously so fucking easy, that you start thinking everything you did is wrong and you're getting a really shitty mark