Lord Chespin

Hello, and welcome to my NU-only challenge run! I got inspired to do this when I saw nsbwinner2's RU and under run, and thought to myself "I bet I can one-up that!" Now, you may be asking, "But supermario79411, why do you have such a long name why are you doing another challenge run when you're in the middle of a Fairy/Fighting dual-type run?" Well, the reason is that my laptop (which the challenge run was on) kind of broke (in case you're wondering, I'm playing the game on my mom's laptop and writing this on the family computer). So, until my laptop gets fixed, I'll be putting that run on hiatus and starting this run. But enough about me, let's kill YOU let's get started! First off, the rules: 1) I can only use Pokemon from the NU and PU tiers. 2) I have to defeat all optional bosses, even if I can't use the reward Pokemon. 3) I have to defeat all impossible bosses. Secondly, my current team: Next, we have the Pokemon in my PC: Also, here are the major bosses I have to beat: And finally, this run's theme song! Wish me luck! ('_')7

Update #38: Don't Make Me Fern This Car Around Well, once I knew what I was doing, Fern wasn't too bad. I led with Parasoul, and he led with Fraxure. Fraxure went down fast to a draining kiss (seriously, it's got to be pretty embarrassing to be kissed to death), and Fern sent out Krookodile while I switched out for Lucina. The surprisingly-intelligent crocodile used an earhquake (probably its strongest move, which Lucina didn't resist), which Lucina shrugged off anyway before retaliating with a play rough, taking out the crocodile with a critical hit. Fern's Ferrothorn came out next, but it predictably went down to a field-boosted flame wheel from Chun-Li before it could even attack; Fern's Roserade went down the same way, although it did leave Chun-Li with only seven hit points thanks to an extrasensory. Fern sent out his ace- Serperior- next, and I sent out C. Viper. Amazingly, Fern didn't have it use its most useful move (giga drain), instead having it use dragon pulse and glare; this allowed C. Viper to take it down quite quickly with a poison jab and a venoshock. All that Fern had left was his Scyther... and man, it proved to be a pain in the arse. I sent Chun-Li back out, but all she was able to do was get off a single flame wheel before Fern finished off the weakened monkey with a x-scissor. Cassie Cage came out swinging with a fake out to avenge her fallen comrade, but she accidentally raised Scyther's speed in the process thanks to Scyther's steadfast; fortunately Fern wasted his next two turns healing Scyther, allowing Cassie to spam zen headbutt until it was knocked back down to low health. She then tanked an x-scissor with a little health to spare and finished off the Scyther with a zen headbutt, ending the fight! ...And yet Fern still refuses to acknowledge me as the better trainer... sigh... Anyway, this next update may not come for a while, because I've got a lot of exploring to do throughout Route 1. Sorry for the delay in advance, and I'll see you after I'm done! The team so far:

Update #37: L (Get it it's a visual pun) Well, Noel was honestly pretty tricky, but I think the battle went pretty well. I led with C. Viper, and he led with Wigglytuff. C. Viper just kept spamming poison jab; despite Noel's best efforts to heal it with ultra potions, all it was able to do was get off a single dazzling gleam before it fell. Noel then sent out his most problematic Pokémon: Porygon-Z. I switched out to Cammy and prayed to the hax gods that it wouldn't affect me with a status condition with Tri-attack... and to my joy, it didn't! Cammy hung in there with just 13 hit points, and took down the glitchy mess of polygons with just one high jump kick! Noel sent out his Swellow next, and I switched out to Lucina. Lucina tanked a brave bird and did serious damage to it with a play rough, and then Swellow's flame orb kicked in. I braced for a guts-boosted STAB Facade, but to my shock, it used brave bird instead, which Lucina survived with 23 hit points; she then retaliated with a play rough, finishing the bird. Noel then sent out his second-most dangerous Pokémon, as well as arguably the hardest Pokémon to face against a normal-type gym leader: Cinccino. Sure, it may be a one-trick pony with its skill link plus multi-hit move combo, but jeez, it's one heck of a trick! Anyway, I sent out Chun-Li to take it on, but to my horror, Cinccino outsped it and took it down with a barrage of tail slaps before she could even get a single hit in! Just when I had all but given up hope, I sent out Cassie Cage... and after landing a fake out, she took a bullet seed with just one hit point remaining, then proceeded to land a high jump kick and OHKO'd Cinccino! Y'know, I should really sacrifice a goat to the hax gods or something... anyway, I sacrificed Cassie Cage to heal Cammy, as I knew she wouldn't stand a chance against Noel's newly sent-out Girafarig. One psychic later, Cassie was down and I switched out to Cammy. Unfortunately, Cammy got paralyzed by a thunder wave and wasn't able to attack the first turn she was out, but she tanked a HP fire and seriously injured Girafarig with a bite... and then got immobilized by paralysis the next turn, just soaking up another HP fire. Noel tried healing Girafarig the next turn, but Cammy managed to break through paralysis, damage it severely with a crunch, and then tank a second HP fire with just seven hit points to... get immobilized by paralysis. *facepalm* Anyway, I healed Cammy with a berry ice cream, and she managed to take two thunderbolts and hang on long enough to finish the goddamned giraffe with a final crunch. All that remained was Noel's ace, Clefable... and it was honestly kind of a pushover! All it did was spam moonblast, allowing Parasoul to come in and set up a calm mind, then spam psychic until it fainted! With that over with, it's time to find out what happened to Saphira! The team so far:

They might have changed that because you have to give the police officer a Growlithe egg (not just a Growlithe anymore) to get the mystery egg, so that way you could get the egg before you get a ditto.

Update #36: R'AHMA FIRIN' MAH LAZER! Well, Abra went by pretty well. I led with Cassie Cage, and she got off a fake off before fainting to a hyper beam. Cammy came out next, and she managed to get in a high jump kick before fainting to another hyper beam. Chun-Li went out next, and while Abra recharged she whacked it with a flame wheel, burning it. However, rather than stand there and die from a hyper beam, I swapped her out for Parasoul, who took the blow for her and allowed her to come back out and finish Abra while it recharged. With all that chaos over with, it's time to finally challenge Noel! The team so far:

Update #35: The Day the Earth Stood Steelix Hey! Sorry for the lack of updates; I've been getting sucked into Terraria 1.3. Since I've hit a standstill in Terraria, however (DAMN YOU, SKELETRON!), I've decided to take a break and get back into Pokémon Reborn. Anyway, the Steelix battle was harder than I expected. I led with Cassie Cage, but all she was able to do was get off a fake ff before the Steelix OHKO'd her. I sent out Lucina next, but she wasn't even able to get off a single hit before fainting (although she did lower its attack courtesy of intimidate). Chun-Li came out after that, and she got a close combat off before fainting to an earthquake. With her down, I switched out to Cammy, and she tanked an earthquake and a stone edge while getting off high jump kicks left and right before she fainted to an iron head. Fortunately, she managed to get Steelix to eat its sitrus berry, and still left it with less than half health. C. Viper came out, and she got off two drain punches before fainting to an iron head, leaving the Steelix with just a sliver of health, which was then finished off by Parasoul with a psychic. Victory! Now it's time totake down that Abra and stop all of this teleportation madness! The team so far:

Update #34: Doctor, Doctor, Give Me the News Gotta admit, the battle against Sigmund was actually one of the harder battles I've faced, even if I did beat it on my first try. I led with one of our newest team members, Parasoul the Gardevoir, and he led with Jolteon. Parasoul set up a misty terrain while Jolteon set up a double team, then set up a calm mind while Jolteon spammed hidden power. Parasoul did serious damage to it with a draining kiss, tanked another hidden power, and finished off Jolteon with a psychic. Sigmund then decided he was through playing around and whipped out his ace: Electivire. Parasoul survived a low kick with tons of health to spare and did massive damage with a psychic twice (Sigmund took a turn to heal), but then went down to a single ice punch (curse you, weak physical defenses!) Lucina came out and missed a play rough, giving Sigmund a free turn to heal himself, but then he got stupid and used low kick, which Lucina shrugged off. She then managed to actually land a play rough; unfortunately, disaster struck when Sigmund managed to burn Lucina with a fire punch, halving her offensive output. She still managed to get off a play rough, as well as a headbutt and a close combat after Sigmund healed, but then she fainted due to burn damage and an ice punch. I sent out C. Viper, and she managed to poison Sigmund with a sucker punch (thanks, poison touch!) and proceeded to tank a thunder punch and a low kick to finish it off with a venoshock. Great... except I still had to go through over half of his team. I kept C. Viper on the field while Sigmund sent out his Luxray. Thanks to intimidate, she wasn't able to do serious damage to it with a poison jab, but she was able to poison it before she fainted. A very angry Cerebella came out next, and she annihilated the annoying little lion with a ferocious close combat. With the Luxray down, I switched out to Cammy while Sigmund sent out his Lanturn. Lanturn got off a discharge and a bubblebeam, but Cammy survived it and took it down with two high jump kicks, getting a boost from moxie in the process. Cammy then managed to get a high jump kick off on Sigmund's newly-sent-out Eelectross, but she fainted to a discharge immediately afterwards. Fortunately, the Eelectross was pretty weakened by the kick, so all it took was a flame wheel from Chun-Li to finish it off. A very desperate Sigmund sent out his last Pokémon: Rotom. Chun-Li significantly injured it with a flame wheel, but then she got paralyzed by a discharge, and then she got confused the next turn on top of the paralysis, so she wasn't really able to do anything before she fainted from a discharge and self-inflicted damage. Fortunately, Cerebella came out, tanked an ominous wind, and ended the Rotom with a knock off! ...and then Sigmund gets blasted through the wall by Saphira's Dragonite. Yay. With Spahira captured, it's time to head on down to the Meteor base and stop their nefarious deeds! The team so far:

Update #33: Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall, What Would Happen if You Fall? Well, honestly, I think Serra was actually easier than her son. I led with Squigly the fieldbreaker, and she led with Cryognal. Squigly tanked a frost breath (thank God, the snowflake didn't use flash cannon) and broke the field with a hyper voice, taking her and the Cryognal down to low health. Serra used an ultra potion, while Squigly chipped away at its health with another hyper voice; she then got knocked out by a second frost breath. With Squigly down, I sent out Cassie Cage to avenge her, and after getting off a fake out she endured a flash cannon and kicked the snowflake so hard it shattered. With that down, I sent out Cammy while Serra sent out Nikki Minaj Jynx. Cammy got blasted with an energy ball, but shrugged off the damage and took out Jynx with a single crunch. Serra sent out Vanilluxe, and Cammy tanked a signal beam and ran at the giant hunk of ice cream with a high jump kick... and missed, knocking herself out. (sigh) I sent out Cerebella to replace her, and she knocked off the Vanilluxe's leftovers (so that's why Cammy missed) and tanked two signal beams to finish it off with a close combat. Serra sent out her Glaceon next, and I sent out Cassie Cage again. the poor Glaceon didn't even get a chance to attack; Cassie kept up the offensive pressure, and the Glaceon went down to a fake out and a high jump kick. I kept Cassie on the shattered field while Serra sent out her Aurorus (which, by the way, made the arena hail) and flew through the air with a high jump kick... and smacked into a wall, leaving her weakened enough to get finished by a frost breath. Man, luck isn't really on my side today. Anyway, I sent out Chun-Li next, and she took the dinosaur down with a mighty close combat. The last hurdle in my way was Serra's ace, Frosslass. I sent out Cerebella to counter it, and she did massive damage with a knock off, swatting away Frosslass' leftovers and forcing Serra to use her two ultra potions. After a few more knock offs, Serra ran out of potions and Frosslass fell, earning me my sixth badge, the Rime Badge! Time to head to the freshly-moved Pokémart and heal Anna Nostra! The team so far:

Update #32: The Bugman Lives I'M BAAAAA-AAAAACK! Did you guys miss me? I'll try to keep the updates coming more frequently, I promise! Also, I'm amazed that this has gotten over 1,000 views! Thank you to everybody who has read this topic, and I hope you continue to find it enjoyable! Anyway, Bennett was harder than I expected, but not too hard. I led with Squigly (who I made sure to grind up and evolve), and he led with Larvesta. Larvesta did significant damage to Squigly with a zen headbutt, but she retaliated with a hyper voice, taking out the field and knocking out Larvesta with the damage from the shattered field. Sadly, his Vivillion knocked Squigly out the next turn before she could attack it, but her job (breaking the field) had been done, and Lucina (who came out next) managed to take the butterfly down with two play roughs after tanking a draining kiss. I switched out to Chun-Li while Bennett sent out Dustox. Dustox set up a quiver dance, but got slammed by a flame wheel from Chun-Li; Bennett then spent the next three turns desperately trying to heal Dustox, even having Dustox use moonlight once he had run out of berry ice creams. It was all futile in the end, though, as it went down to a flurry of ferocious flame wheels (yay alliteration), leading to him sending out Masquerain. I sent out Cassie Cage to take it on, but she wasn't able to do much, only denting its health with a fake out and two high jump kicks before fainting to a signal beam and a hydro pump. I switched out to Cammy, and she shrugged off two signal beams and took out the irritating fly with two crunches; unfortunately, she had taken heavy damage, and fainted to a signal beam from Bennett's Butterfree. Lucina came out to avenge her fallen comrade, and started spamming play rough; however, Butterfree got smart and got off a giga drain, allowing it to heal itself for just enough damage to last long enough to KO Lucina. Fortunately, it only had a little sliver of health left, so Chun-Li was able to finish it with a flame wheel. The only bug Bennett had left was arguably the best one competitively: Venomoth. I sent out Cerebella, and both 'mon set up: Venomoth with a quiver dance, and Cerebella with a belly drum. Cerebella then tanked a signal beam and ended the fight with a knock off, ending Bennett and allowing me to take on Serra! The team so far:

Sub-Update: Apologies Hey! I just figured I owed everyone who follows this an apology for taking so long to update it; the past week's been kind of busy for me. Also, I apologize in advance for the lack of updates over the coming weekend; I'm going away for a family reunion, and my parents don't want me on the computer when there's other stuff to do there. So, I promise that after this weekend, the updates will start coming again, and I'll get back to you guys with the battle against Bennett! See you then!

Although I love the new "contact Ame for guidance" machine they put in the gyms (it gives Ame a much bigger role in the game), I do miss the Gym guy solely because of his dialouge when you first meet him in Julia's gym. "Whoa, don't tune me out, I'm not like those other guys!"

....Shade now has a Mega Banette? Shade now has a Mega Banette?! SHADE NOW HAS A MEGA BAN-(Heart attack) Edit: Also, while I was reading this I noticed something: How can you rematch Corey if

I forget where, exactly, but Ame said that Lin was probably younger than Julia.

With it being possible that the player's been playing nonstop and been playing the game for only two or three days, I find it kind of hilarious how Team Meteor's falling apart after less than a week.

Well, I was just reading about somebody's experience with Lin the first time you meet her, and something clicked. Now, I know this may sound far-fetched, but think about this: -Anna can't see Lin. Anna's vision can prove a lot about a person (the Protagonist glows, so he/she/xe's special, Shelly has lots of strings attached to her because she has many friends she doesn't know about, etc.), so this has got to be significant. -Doctor Sigmund apparently did something to kid Lin after she pranked him; whatever it was, he keeps mentioning that adult Lin can't be kid Lin. -Ten years ago, Adrienn saw somebody crawl down into the ruins beneath the city. Since adult Lin is confirmed to be younger than Julia, and ten years passed while Adrienn was in stasis, let's assume this was Lin. -According to Shade, two of the deaths foreshadowed by the screens won't happen. Since Corey and Kiki already died, and their deaths were foreshadowed, this means Lin's death scene (which was also foreshadowed) might not happen as well. Now then, here's my theory: What if the Lin that we saw in the Tanzan Meteor Hideout was only part of Lin? Here, let me explain. My theory is that Lin broke out of the Orphanage when Sigmund tried to punish her, and she fell down into the ruins. Sigmund saw her fall and assumed she died, hence his incredulity about her apparent survival. While she was hidig in the ruins, however, they somehow caused her soul and body to split; her soul stayed within the ruins (as the voice that we heard when we left after battling the Ditto-Arceus), while her body left, becoming the Lin we know today. This would explain a lot: Anna can't see Lin because Lin doesn't have a soul; Lin acts so coldly because, since she lacks a soul, she can't feel emotions; and she won't actually die after falling apart because her soul will still be alive, possibly possessing somebody. ...But, that's just a theory. A GAME THEOR- (gets shot due to copyright infringement) So, what do you guys think? Feel free to discuss and pick apart my theory in the comments below.

Update #31: Sirius Business Well, Sirius wasn't too bad, even though I technically only won because I had Cain with me. I led with Umbrella, Cain led with Nidoking, and Sirius led with Hitmontop and Chandelure (AKA Chekhov's Gun Personified). Poor Umbrella got knocked out before she could even attack, thanks to a fake out from Hitmontop and a shadow ball from Chandelure; Cain wasn't even able to do much damage, only slightly weakening Chandelure with a poison tail. I sent out Chun-Li next, and she did massive damage to Chandelure with a shadow claw; unfortunately, she took massive damage herself from Chandelure's shadow ball, and got knocked out by a high jump kick from Hitmontop, but Cain actually managed to use shadow ball... on Hitmontop. (facepalms) Seriously, I love you, Cain, but you have the AI of a slug. Anyway, I sent out Cammy next, and Cain's Nidoking tanked a psychic while miraculously knocking out Chandelure with a shadow ball; poor Cammy didn't even get a single hit off, as Hitmontop knocked her out before she could even attack. I sent out C. Viper while Sirius sent out Manectric. Both of Sirius' Pokémon teamed up on Nidoking, taking it down, but allowing C. Viper to get off a free mud bomb, significantly injuring Manectric. Cain sent out his Samurott next. Sirius switched out his Manectric for his Probopass, causing C. Viper to whiff a sucker punch but allowing Samurott to do massive damage to Probopass with a critical-hit razor shell while tanking a high jump kick. Sirius spent his turn healing Probopass and knocking down Samurott's health to just a sliver while C. Viper did serious damage to Probopass with a mud bomb and Cain finished it off with a razor shell. Sirius' Manectric came out next, and it finished off Cain's exhausted Samurott with a crunch, while C. Viper tanked a high jump kick from Hitmontop and knocked Manectric down into the red with a mud bomb. Cain sent his Venomoth out next, and while Sirius healed his Manectric C. Viper failed another sucker punch while Hitmontop sucker punched Venomoth and Venomoth giga drain'd Manectric. The next turn, C. Viper sucker punched Manectric and Venomoth tanked an ice fang and dodged a sucker punch by putting Manectric to sleep with a sleep powder. With Manectric asleep, I had C. Viper drain punch Hitmontop, injuring it while it knocked out Venomoth with a sucker punch. Cain sent out his Haunter after this, and it finished off Hitmontop with a shadow ball while C. Viper drain punch'd Manectric to death. Sirius sent out his final two Pokémon: Honchkrow and his ace, Seviper. Haunter wasted its turn using mean look while C. Viper did serious damage to the bird with a drain punch; sadly, the bird flipped me the bird by one-shotting her with a brave bird, although this did seriously injure it. Haunter, meanwhile, was predictably knocked out by a single night slash by Seviper. I sent out Cassie Cage, but accidentally had her use power swap, causing her to get one-shot by a brave bird from Honchkrow, although this seriously hurt Honchkrow. Muk, meanwhile, tanked a aqua tail while settig up a minimize, so at least that made it harder to hit. Down to my last Pokémon, I sent out Lucina, and she tanked a critical-hit foul play and an aqua tail while slamming Seviper with a strength as Muk missed a mud bomb. Lucina tanked another foul play while she and Muk ganged up on Seviper (which missed an aqua tail, by the way) with a strength and a mud bomb. The next turn, Honchkrow took down Lucina with a brave bird, taking itself down in the process; and so, I ran out of Pokémon and let Cain repay me for saving him back on Azurine Island. After a minute or so of a battle of the wonky AIs, Cain's AI proved to be slightly more competent and finished off Seviper, repelling Team Meteor from the Yureyu HQ! Let's get those kids to safety now! The team so far: P.S.: Sorry for the wall of text; I just wanted to record this battle as accurately as possible.

Y'know, you could have just grinded via the clown in Agate Circus that was added in Ep. 15...

Update #30: Aya the Hurricane Gotta admit, I really enjoyed the match with Aya! It was the closest battle I've had in a long while, even if I did beat it on my first try! Anyway, I led with Chun-Li and Umbrella while she led with Tentacruel and Nidoqueen. Umbrella did serious damage to Tentacruel with a psychic, while Chun-Li did some damage to Nidoqueen with a shadow claw (although she did get poisoned); to my horror, however, both of Aya's Pokémon used sludge wave, taking down Umbrella! Cassie Cage came out, and while Aya healed Tentacruel, I had Cassie Cage fake out Nidoqueen (she also got poisoned; the hax gods were not on my side this fight) and had Chun-Li use shadow claw on Tentacruel. Chun-Li went down the next turn to a sludge wave barrage, while Cassie got off another high jump kick, taking out Nidoqueen. Aya sent out her ace- Dragalae- and I sent out Cerebella, who promptly knocked off Dragalgae's black sludge while Cassie Cage high jump kicked Dragalgae in the face before fanting to an icy wind. Cammy came out next, and she managed to get off a high jump kick while Cerbella finished off Tentacruel with a smellingsalt; Tentacruel, however, was able to get off one last toxic spikes before it fainted, poisoning Cerebella and Cammy. Aya sent out her Gengar next, but all it managed to do was get off an icy wind before Cerbella knock off'd it back to the depths of the ax'd. Cammy, meanwhile, crunch'd Dragalgae to death, getting a nifty moxie boost! Sadly, Cerbella and Cammy were so weakened after all that that Aya's Drapion and Venusaur were able to finish off both of them in a single turn, although Cammy did at least get off one last high jump kick on Venusaur. All that I had left was C. Viper, property of the former poison gym leader; amazingly, she managed to pull through and finish the weakened Venusaur with a venoshock, then KO'd Drapion with a series of drain punches! Aya has a bit of a breakdown after I beat her, but unlike Kiki and Corey she actually has the decency to give me the dang badge... and so I finally get the Venom Badge, formerly the third but now my fifth badge! Time to save those kids! The team so far: