Marcello

With a name like that it better get Topsy-Turvy or I will be dissapoint >:[ Seriously though, I love the design, I wonder whether it'll get one evolution or two. For now though,I'm dubbing it Budget-Malamar. And given that I love Malamar, I know what I'm catching early.

King is the highest I can consistently win. It's about 50/50 the one above that, and let's just not talk about the last 3 :S

Alright, so after a long while of being distracted, I'm back to this run! And I had conveniently saved right before one of the funniers bits of the game, the entrance to Agate! I have to say, I love how Terra is written. If for naught else that Ame had the foresight to only put her ingame for small bursts, because too much Terra would be, well... Too much. Although I'd argue the funniest bits of this scene are Cain's reactions. But anyway, I mucked about with some tile puzzles, and then we meet the other two Circus leaders. Interestingly, it seems Samson's line about the last leader retiring was changed from having Cain respond by exlaining it and Samson feeling bad to Cain just saying 'Well this is awkward' and we move on. I like concise, but I'm not sure if I prefer this. Oh wait, the line is still in! It just happens when you speak to Samson after the conversation. That's cool After I stood around admiring the Agate Circus music that I love, it was time to head down to Route 2. See now, when I first played Reborn, this segment was as far as it went up to, ending with the battle against Samson. I THINK the Route 2 puzzle was made easier, but I dunno. I never had much trouble with it, but I remember a lot of people did. I think I used up all of my 'stuck on puzzles' energy in Shelly's gym back on the first playthrough :S Oh hey, when I go to Amy/Tania's house, Titania mentions we've met. That's pretty cool, don't think she did that on my first file (I think I mentioned that I missed the Route 1 event on that file). While I'm there, I also check the TV. Whaddya know, new interviews! Good thing I remembered to check! So, Samson is the Leader Profile, (obviously). So apparently he's backup gym leader and now current gym leader due to a lost bet with Terra? Interesting, although I can't say I have any idea what the details would be. Otherwise, it just goes through some tips to fight him as normal. As for the interview... I think I'm going to transcribe the whole thing with line-by-line commentary. "Today I'm meeting with one of Reborn's strongest trainers!" Huh, sounds like maybe an El or Laura interview. Or I mean, I suppose there's the other option... "She's big! She's bad-ass! And she's set to tear you a new one--" Oh, not Anna. Sapphira. Anna: "Hey! I'm not any of those things!" Or I was right the first time. This is the interview I REALLY wanna see. G: "Only joking! Everyone say hi to Anna!" A: "And Nostra! Don't forget her~" You can already tell this interview is gonna be awesome. G: "Yes... Nostra too... Wouldn't want to forget her..." Now, I have to wonder with this. Gardevoir's a strong psychic pokemon. Is she hesitating because Nostra is just a doll, or because she can sense something far, FAR more at work. After all, since when does Gardevoir get thrown off by people being weird? "Anyway! Anna, you may not be big or bad-ass, but if your rank is and indication, you sure know how to battle." I'd say E4/Champ confirmed, but from the Orphanage, we more or less already knew she was one of those. Y'know, unless there's a Reborn Frontier that's been kept a really big secret. "Tell us, what's your secret? How can you be so talented at such a young age?" A: "Huh? I'm not sure I understand the question..." Hmm, gotta wonder whether she's going somewhere with this, or being evasive. "Because it doesn't matter how old you are as long as you're good at something, right?" Well hey, she WAS going somewhere with it. "There are talented people who are old, so it only makes sense that there would be talented people who are also young." G: "Surprisingly wise words! Or I guess we shouldn't be surprised by now. Tell us, how did you earn your position?" Get ready, we're about to get some evasion hax that'd make smogon cringe. A: "Oh, Mr. Shadow recommended me for it and Nostra helped me beat all the competition! I owe it to all my friends!" That was direct. We already knew Shade recommended Noel from his profile, I believe. Or at least I theorised it. More fuel for the "Shade is their dad, not Radomus" theory, I guess. G: "A shadow and a doll... Right... Well, your talent certainly is undeniable." Champiooooonnnnn A: "Miss, have we met before?" G: "...I'm sorry, what?" A: "I think we met before. Nostra thinks so too." Do my ears mistake me? Or is that the sound of PLOT? G: "Well, it's only natural that I should seem familiar! I am, after all, a celebrity." Alternatively, this could be a sign of the 'Radomus is their dad' theory. A: "Oh you are? That's so cool! I thought you were just a random Gardevoir who wanted to talk." Classic Anna right there. G: "I-- You... haven't heard of me?" A: "Nu-uh." G: "..." I do like how, unlike Noel, Anna does go to the effort to sometimes remind us in her manner that she IS a child. Anyway, the interview finished there, but it was certainly informative about our probably not Champion because that's Victoria. Anyway though, I'm off to challenge Samson! Team Vs. Samson: The Godbat L62 Brainfreeze L60 Mozilla L62 Lucky #6 L61 Peach L61 Airy L61 Alright, I'm not TOO worried about this one, because my team is sorta set to counter fighting. Then again, famous last words. Let's see if I can break my streak of requiring three tries. ​Now P​resenting...! So,​ my first try went absolutely horribly. Lead with The Godbat, got Knocked Off. Followed up with Mozilla, burnt him, got Knocked Off. Given that he OHKO'd Mozilla while burnt, it was around now I realized he either had guts or is banded. Probably banded. Either way, Airy dealt with the Hariyama and then Mienshao swept me. So, attempt 2, I lead with #6 and set up two layers of spikes. This is where I realise it's guts, not a band, because he used different moves. Airy took out Hariyama as before, this time only losing #6 (who served his purpose setting up Spikes). I switch to The Godbat for Mienshao, because I know it's packing Poison Jab. It's faster than The Godbat though, so takes him out. Mozilla takes a hit and then KOs him. Two down on each side. Sadly Mozilla was seriously damaged, so I've lost my main recourse against Lucario which was just sent out. I send in Peach in hopes it's special (Or at least mixed). From the Extremespeed spam, it's not. BUT then I noticed something lovely. Quiver Dance gets double boosts on this field... I mean, Lucario still messed me up, but hey. Something to keep in mind. Attempt three opens with Peach, who managed to get up one Quiver Dances and then Petal Dances. Which, like the dance boosting moves, also seems to get a boost. x1.5 in fact. Mienshao also went straight down. Even Blaziken did too. And Hawlucha. Lucario finally ended Peach's reign of sweeping terror with an Extremespeed, but Mozilla came in and made short work of him, even making Samson eat a potion. Which left me with 5 pokemon to take down one measly Conkeldurr. It's when I type stuff like that that I get really worried I'm gonna get destroyed. Luckily, two Psychics from Mozilla and he was down! So, I guess I didn't break my three attempt streak... Well, maybe next time. Time to find a TV, and then finish this update. So, the interview is with Adrienn, and was more or less just about how xe was fixing up the city while we can't go back there. The profile is, of course, for Charlotte, which was just your usual stuff really. Anyway, that's all for this time. No new pokemon, so I won't put up a Shiny list, but hopefully I'll get back into the rhythm of this run and it's less than a month for the next update!

In case it can be worked out, my steam is MarcelloHC.

This sounds perfect but I'm going on holiday monday ;_;

I see what you mean, yeah. Although Validar is king of Plegia for more of the game than he isn't, really. As memorable is Gangrel is, he's a bit of an afterthought in the grand scheme of things. Plus their UA is all about religion, and that wouldn't've really worked for Plegia under Gangrel. Still, I see what you mean.

We spend the next 50 turns making a pretty big judgement error, and then trying to recover from it. Part 6 below and will, as usual, be added to the OP. Part 6: http://imgur.com/a/BEcpG

In regards to the Agate leaders being all on meteor's side, MAYBE Samson and the ringmaster, but I really doubt Ciel is in on it. After all, if she was bad, why would she give you the battle pass? If you don't battle her, you can't use fly, which means you're cut off from the main city, which I imagine is exactly what Meteor would want.

All of those are quite a ways away from the second gym, but I believe the ralts is the first of them. EDIT: Munna can be found quite a bit earlier than all of them, however, in an ingame trade in Peridot, afaik. You should already have access to it.

Lord Cthulhu fights for his friends is intending to be loyal, so unless Lu Bu does a 180, he'll be our friend forever! That's the idea, at least.

@Blaster, glad you're enjoying! I'll look at yours later, I always enjoy screenshot LPs. If I do another one, I'll probably take your advice, but with this one, I think the long rambling updates are part of it's charm. Sure, it'd probably be more popular if I made it way shorter, but to people who already like this one probablyl ike the current style. Either way, thanks for the tip!

Guys, look at how glorious it's hair is. Obviously the only reasonable ability is Fur Coat.

Sound-based Ice type with a huge movepool? The sort of quality that it's only catchable mid-endgame? Still that cute? I'll take 20, please.