[Official Gym Leader Help Thread]

Currently facing Samson, having the most trouble with his Hawlucha 

--My current team--
 

Talonflame Lvl 64
Ability: Gale Wings
Bashful Nature
- Flare Blitz
- Acrobatics
- Brave Bird
- Steel Wing 

 

Hirayama Lvl 62

Ability: Thick Fat 

Jolly Nature

-Force Palm 

-Knock Off

-Fake Out

-Close Combat

 

Darmanitan Lvl 63

Ability: Sheer Force

Lonely Nature

-Flare Blitz

-Superpower

-Hammer Arm

-Belly Drum 

 

Diggersby Lvl 61

Ability: Huge Power

Adamant Nature

-Earthquake

-Take Down

-Double Kick

-Bounce

 

Yanmega Lvl 63

Ability: Speed Boost

Rash Nature 

- Detect 

- Bug Buzz

- Ancient Power 

- Air Slash 

 

Greninja Lvl 61

Ability: Protean

Hasty Nature

-Water Pulse

-Dark Pulse

-Smack Down 

-Water Shuriken 

Relevant Non-Leveled Poke in my PC
Banettte

Frillish 

Starly

Eevee

Murkrow
 

[Finding Piplup]

I found it. Thanks

[Finding Piplup]

I've been looking for Piplup. I know on the location guide it says to mine a rock near the beryl wall, but I having trouble finding the rock. Directions and/or screenshots would be helpful. I've been running around reborn for hours. Thanks

[Team Feedback Post Samson]

Wow, thanks for the suggestions! This is really thorough. However, I'm seeing a huge fighting weakness if i replaced Vaporeon with Empoleon, or Donphan with Durant, Crustle, Excadrill or Archeops. This is especially a problem because Magnezone and Scrafty are already weak to fighting too.

What swampert set do you suggest?

[Team Feedback Post Samson]

Hello everyone. I recently beat the latest episode, and was hoping for some feedback on my current team. Any criticism is welcome.

Blitz the Blaziken lv 70 [speed Boost] Lonely @black belt

Bulk Up

Brave bird

Blaze kick

High Jump Kick

The premier sweeper of my team. Single-handedly swept Norman and Luna. Bulk up is basically a holder for protect, but serves a similar purpose of allowing Blaziken to tank hits while he gets a boost from speedboost. Brave bird is for coverage. I chose blaze kick over flare blitz because the recoil was stopping me from sweeping. High jump kick for obvious reasons.

Darko the Scrafty lv 66 [Moxie] Naive

Crunch

High Jump Kick

Head smash

Brick break

Crunch and High jump kick are for stab. The rest are fillers for now.

UFO the Magnezone lv 64 [Analytic] Modest

Discharge

Flash Cannon

Thunderwave

Charge beam

Charge beam is filler. Discharge is for stab. Thunder wave is for status inducing big threats. Flash cannon is for stab.

War Elephant the Donphan lv 60 [sturdy] Naughty

Ice Shard

Earthquake

Thunder Fang

Sunny Day

Ice shard for that sweet priority. War elephant also sets up the sun for Blaziken. Thunder fang for coverage. Earthquake is pretty self-explanatory.

Alakazam (Nickname needed) lv 66 [Magic Guard] Modest @focus band

Psychic

Shadow Ball

Charge Beam

Teleport

Teleport for transportation. Psychic-obvious. Shadow ball for coverage. Charge beam is for coverage but is really filler.

Poseidon the Vaporeon lv 63 [Water Absorb] Quiet @big root

Surf(once i get it)

Aqua ring

Shadow ball

Aurora beam

Surf=obvious, Aqua ring is complimented by big root. Big root increases the amount of health restored. Shadow ball is filler. Aurora beam is filler for ice beam.