NickCrash

Why not try having a nice Bisharp to balance things and have more physical attacks?

7/10 because of that blue light.

Solarbeam

Why? Mawile has awesome typing? Anyway, I have to do this...done! Now Mawile (gets STAB from sucker punch) but is X4 weak to fighting, It also got the super ability... gale wings. I wish Talonflame came in other colours.

Well, technically speaking, the gym leaders already have the badge so they can go up to 5 levels over your level cap.

If you lose and have to repeat the process, then it's difficult for you. In the beginning there are few leveling areas with which you'll have to work, in order to raise lower level pokemon that you think will be useful in a battle. That's strategic thinking. It definitely is better to pay some to bring your pokemon back to a level at which they are competitive, rather than let them be almost useless and try to raise new pokemon from the start. It saves time and is definitely more reliable. Especially if you do it before you can breed, you'll have to fight Julia and Florinia without your starter, which is a huge drawback and comes back to the essence of fake difficulty. I don't understand where you disagree.

Here's an idea! As we go through the story a PULSE pokemon switches the player's body with someone else, eg Taka, and proceed a bit into the story by pretending to be a meteor, so we get an inside view of how things work in there. An extra feature is to have their pokemon, so that you are not suspected of being someone else. As soon as your mission is over and you rescue your body with [insert name here] inside, you find a way to turn things around before the end of the episode.

Done. You performed human transmutation though, and as a result lost your body. I wish I could walk on water.

Granted. You tend to like poisoned food. It doesn't do you any harm except for explosive diarrhea. Unfortunately because of this you spend a lot of time in the toilet. I wish I could survive inside a volcano

^ I suppose the HP drained back from those giga drains is not enough to live the second heavy slam. By the way, those sets seem to be quite solid. I tried to check Steelix with some of the pokemon I use. I saw that if you have already lost about 10% from previous encounters, something that's completely natural, you might have problems with Pyroar. 252+ SpA Life Orb Pyroar Flamethrower vs. 252 HP / 200 SpD Steelix: 320-377 (90.3 - 106.4%) -- 43.8% chance to OHKO Evidently Vileplume can't take it. It can 3HKO Hariyama, which is your best bet to counter it. You ought to also have something that counters fire types in general as they seem a bit of an issue. Of course that's half of the team shown there, so you know what to put.

Welcome to the forums super drummer! Good luck with your academic pursuits whichever may they be. Here you'll find lots of different people with whom you can discuss about pokemon, other games, real life and various interests. I believe we have a ton of people who practice music. In fact, your DJ is going to give you a song sooner or later. If you like competitive battling you can always come visit on our showdown server just by clicking the "Reborn Showdown!" thingy up left. Things have changed somewhat since Gen4 but don't worry. You'll catch up by playing with us on the server and trying to survive in the game. Leave your sanity at the door, let the game consume you and become.... Reborn *ba dum tss* <--you know, because you are a drummer

I think there's only one Dawn stone, in the Buxbysion grotto. Then high levels of Dept. Store. Get a sylveon and an Espeon.

Granted. Its mother saw you kidnap it and now is plotting her revenge. Better level it up quickly I wish I had wings proportionate to my size.

Plus Machamp and Golurk both learn Stone Edge. If only Pidgeot could learn Focus Blast and a special normal move (Boomburst, Hyper Voice or Tri Attack) in order to have STAB, it would be more viable.

Imitation game

Done. Now it's even more boring. You die of boredom, but I can't sympathise due to how bored I am. I wish I had a pet Eevee

Done. Your immune system got so advanced that kills every micro-organism that enters your body. Unfortunately that includes bacteria that help create Vit.K I wish more people liked me.

^ I caught myself considering it... You should mention there will be consequences for people reporting everything from now on. (even things that are not worth reporting, like mild swearing) we are clean of flame-wars but you never know how people think

Welcome to the forum Winged! Enjoy your stay. Did you get enough surprizes? I bet no. Stay for more interesting things and mighty opponents. Here you can find info about the game, discuss possible future events, get help if you need it, play competitively or play forum games. Have fun

^ Maybe after the E4...

^ Or just give Shuckle +50HP

Given that the level cap is a security mechanism not allowing cheap play, like overleveling, there are no legitimate arguments against it. The price of common candies is small and should remain that way. They exist in the unfortunate event of overleveling by accident. They do not make the game easy. They just let you try again if you do not like the abuse of soft-reset. People try Reborn because somebody told them that it is a difficult game. There is no reason to mash the "a" button as you go through. People give you important information, and that's not the old guy in a cape, where you have to solve mysteries to approach. All the necessary info you need is provided to you, right in the beginning of the story, in and right outside of the Grand Hall. By disregarding them you have to find out on your own, or have a hard time dealing with certain problems you shouldn't have in the first place. It doesn't hurt to go back and talk to the npcs. Sometimes they even say something different if you proceed enough in the story, and that's there to help you. Now coming back to the leveling issue. Overleveling good pokemon and not being able to bring them down again is a problem. Not a problem on the player's side but on the game's side, as disobedient pokemon during a gym battle is what most people call "fake difficulty" and Reborn prizes itself for being hard because it's logical, not due to bullcrap reasons. This is why "that's Reborn for you" is a legitimate argument and should be treated as one (of course given the appropriate explanation). Increasing the common candy price is cheap difficulty no matter how you look at things

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