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I'd say that consistently, Florina was the biggest hurdle I had to face, followed by Julia, the first Solaris battle, and the double battle against Taka and ZEL. Florina's team is incredible for that point in the game, and with the limited amount of Pokemon the game gives you, you more often than not have to brute force her. This applies to Julia and Taka/ZEL, too, although Taka/ZEL is also hard since they have 9 Pokemon and you have only 6. Solaris, with his overleveled OU team, should be self-explanatory.

Hey, I had a similar idea for the Mega Eeveeloutions: give them a 40/30/20/10 stat boost! Great minds think alike, I guess. Anyway, I know I said I'd do damage calcs for Mega Weezing, but I had a brainwave and had to write this down. Say hello to... Mega Musharna Type: Fairy Ability: Aroma Veil HP: 116 Attack: 55 Defense: 120 (+35) Special Attack: 137 (+30) Special Defense: 130 (+35) Speed: 29 The sleepy tapir of NU comes to wreak havoc on the unprepared with its new Mega! With obscenely high bulk and a good special attack, it can be a devastating bulky calm mind sweeper. Its abysmal speed also allows it to be a great setter and abuser of trick room. Unfortunately, it's kind of underwhelming for a mega without calm mind boosts, and without trick room it's depressingly slow, but it can't use both calm mind and trick room since setting up calm mind uses up trick room turns. It's also always going to be walled by something, regardless of what it runs. Here's some calcs: OU Defensive OU Offensive Here's some possible movesets: Sweet Dreams (Calm Mind Sweeper) Rude Awakening (Trick Room Sweeper)

Hey! I was wondering if anybody could edit my Poison monotype run so that my mystery egg would be a Tentacruel. I know that this is a busy time of year with school/college starting, but if anybody could do it I would really appreciate it! Game.rxdata

Update #10: Darude Sandstorm Well, Florina actually only went down after one battle, although that battle was pretty darn tough. On TEH URN, Florina led with her Cacturne, and Hemlock led with Justin Bieber. Justin Bieber set up two layers of toxic spikes while Cacturne fired off a needle arm and its own layer of spikes; unfortunately, Cacturne then used teeter dance, causing Justin Bieber to injure himself in confusion. This let Cacturne take him out with a feint attack, but he was at least able to dent it with aftermath damage. Fortunately, Rihanna (who came out next) was able to swoop in, tank a feint attack, and do massive damage with a sludge, which poisoned the Cacturne and took it down! Up next came Florina's Grotle, which came out swinging with two seed bombs; however, Rihanna survived and did massive damage in return with two sludges. After a turn of healing on both sides, Grotle set up stealth rocks, but took massive damage from a sludge, forcing Florina to heal it again; unfortunately for her, though, Rihanna kept up the offensive pressure with a sludge, causing her to swap out Grotle for her Tropius. Tropius set up a dragon dance while Rihanna fired off two sludges, then harvested a few sitrus berries to heal itself and set up a second dragon dance; however, Rihanna expected this and made its setting up for naught with a clear smog. It tried to use a leaf blade, but RIhanna laughed it off and took it down with a sludge! Florina's Grotle came back out... and I have to admit, I got cocky. Hemlock sent out Motley Crue, and he tried to take it out with a pound, only for it to use synthesis twice, pretty much healing itself back to full health. Motley Crue set up a minimize (which let her dodge a sand tomb) and tried to use a mud bomb and a pound while tanking a seed bomb, but Grotle kept healing itself with a synthesis. Eventually, though, through a combo of repeated pounds and toxic damage, Grotle was whittled down to the red again... only for Florina to swap out to her Breloom, who laughed off a pound and a mud bomb and took out Motley Crue with a retaliate and a seed bomb. Kiss came out, and he set up an acid spray while tanking a drain punch, then tanked a retaliate and ended it with a second acid spray! Grotle came back out, but Hemlock was ready for Freddy for it this time, as Kiss took it out with an acid spray! Kind of anticlimactic, eh? Anyway, up next came Florina's Gourgeist, and Kiss managed to tank a shadow sneak from it... only to disobey Hemlock because he was overleveled. Hemlock healed him with a chocolate ice cream, letting him survive a bullet seed, and he managed to do some damage with an acid spray, but then Gourgiest slammed him with a disable, causing him to waste a turn. To my surprise, Florina swapped out to her Cradily while Kiss set up an amnesia, and it set up a curse while Kiss set up another amnesia. Kiss ignored orders, letting Cradily set up a sandstorm, but by then Kiss was no longer disabled, letting him lower Cradily's special defense with an acid spray. Unfortunately, after getting off one last acid spray, Cradily ended him with a rock slide, but Rihanna was able to swoop in. Florina, justifiably terrified of Rihanna taking out her ace, swapped out to her Gourgeist, which promptly fainted to a sludge on the switch. All that remained was the weakened Cradily, and the poor thing didn't stand a chance. Hemlock swapped back out to Elvis, and he took it down with a double kick! With Florina defeated, it's time to save the Jasper and Beryl Wards! The team so far:

Update #9: Good Old Days Well, Fern was kind of easy, although at points he did give Hemlock a bit of a run for her money. On TEH URN, Hemlock led with Justin Bieber, and Fern led with his Ludicolo. Justin Bieber set up two layers of toxic spikes while tanking a tri attack and two water pulses; sadly, he ended up getting confused by the water pulse, and fainted to a third water pulse. Luckily, Kiss (now a mighty Swalot!) was able to come out and shrug off a bullet seed and a water pulse to lower the Ludicolo's defenses with an acid spray, although he ended up getting confused by said water pulse and injured himself in confusion. Luckily, he managed to stay focused long enough to tank a second water pulse and end the Ludicolo with a sludge! Up next came Fern's Grovyle, and Hemlock sent out one of her newest team members, Rihanna the Koffing. Rihanna tanked a pursuit and did massive damage with a sludge, forcing Fern to use a super potion twice, however, neither time it did any good, as Rihanna just kept spamming sludge. Grovyle desperately tried using a fury cutter, but Rihanna laughed it off and took it out with a sludge! Fern's toughest Pokemon- his Ferroseed- came out next, and Hemlock sent out her other newest team member to deal with it: her Nidorino, Elvis! Elvis did some damage to Ferroseed with two double kicks, but took serious damage from iron barbs and two seed bombs, causing him to faint halfway through a third double kick. Luckily, Motley Crue managed to tank a curse-boosted gyro ball and end it with two mud bombs! Fern's psuedo-ace, Servine, was sent out next, and Kiss came back out. Servine did a laughable amount of damage with two leaf tornados, and fainted to an acid spray and a sludge! Moving on... All that was left was Fern's Roselia, and Kiss stayed on the field to deal with it. Unfortunately, he was overleveled, so he refused to use acid spray, giving Roselia a free turn to set up a growth. He took some damage from two mega drains, but was able to land an acid spray (although he loafed around for a turn). Roselia set up a leech seed, and Kiss desperately used two more acid sprays before fainting to a poison jab and leech seed damage. Luckily, the Roselia kinda broke its arm punching him out, as Rihanna was able to tank a mega drain and end it with a sludge! With Fern down, it's time to really take on Florina! The team so far:

Update #8: The Wall Hemlock actually had a pretty easy time with the PULSE Tangrowth. On TEH URN, she led with Kiss, and he tanked a mega drain to set up a yawn and an amnesia. The Tangrowth set up a growth, but promptly fell asleep, allowing Kiss to begin spamming acid sprays. After landing three, the Tangrowth woke up and did some damage with a knock off, but Kiss was able to tank it and a mega drain and retaliate with a sludge. ZEL used their super potion, but Kiss just fought back with a sludge and set up a yawn while tanking a knock off. Unfortunately, by this point he was kind of weak, so Hemlock healed him with a super potion- just in time, too, as hit took serious damage from a critical-hit knock off. Luckily, by this point the Tangrowth fell asleep, and it stayed asleep long enough for Kiss to take it down with three sludges! With the Obsidia Ward mostly saved, it's time to challenge Florina! The team so far:

Update #7: Smooth Criminal Well, Cain was actually kind of tricky. On TEH URN, Hemlock led with Grimer, and Hemlock led with Motley Crue. Motley Crue managed to lower Grimer's accuracy with a mud bomb, causing Grimer to miss an acid spray; Grimer's accuracy fell further with a second mud bomb, but then it used minimize, allowing it to dodge a third mud bomb while Cain healed it with a potion. Possibly fearing a stalemate, Cain swapped out to his Venonat, and Motley Crue landed a pound on the switch. She then used poison gas to corrode the misty terrain while Venonat disabled pound, and began spamming mud bomb; however, the Venonat did massive damage to her with two confusions, so Hemlock swapped her out for Evanescence, who set up a focus energy while Cain healed Venonat with a potion. She then began chiseling away at it with a fury swipes, tanked a bug bite, lowered its accuracy with a smokescreen which allowed her to dodge a second bug bite), and tanked one last bug bite to end the Venonat with two sets of fury swipes! Up next came Cain's freshly-obtained and evolved Dewott, and Evanescence stayed on the field. She fired off a smokescreen, but Dewott was able to land a razor shell and take her out. Guns N' Roses came out next, and he dodged a razor shell to take it out with two razor leaves! After Dewoot came Cain's ace, Nidorino. It set up a focus energy while Kiss launched two acid sprays, lowering Nidorino's special defense to abysmal levels; however, Kiss was then taken out with a poison tail and a horn attack, so Justin Bieber came out to avenge him. He dodged one horn attack and tanked another one, and took out the Nidorino with two sludges! Cain's Grimer came back out, and Justin Bieber lowered its defenses with an acid spray. Sadly, he fainted to an acid spray and a shadow sneak, but was able to severely damage Grimer thanks to field-boosted aftermath damage. Motley Crue came out swinging to finish what she started, and tanked a shadow sneak to KO it with a mud bomb! All that remained was Cain's Gastly, so Hemlock swapped out to Greenday, who paralyzed it with a stun spore and set up a leech seed while tanking a night shade. He got confused with a confuse ray, but was able to fire off a few mega drains regardless, allowing him to take it out! With Cain defeated and Amaria back on track, it's time to save the Obsidia Ward! The team so far:

Update #6: Everyday Struggle Well, the Scraggy gang was kind of tricky, but Hemlock got past them. On TEH URN, the gang led with Stallord and Dragonborn, and Hemlock led with Justin Bieber and Guns N' Roses. Justin Bieber set up a layer of toxic spikes while Stallord set up an iron defense, and Guns N' Roses hit him with a leech seed (try to shed off that!) and tanked a headbutt from Dragonborn. Justin Bieber then set up a second layer of toxic spikes, and Guns N' Roses fired off a razor leaf while Stallord completely failed to poison somebody with a toxic and Dragonborn hit Justin Bieber with a feint attack. Justin Bieber then poisoned everyone with a poison gas while tanking a feint attack, and Guns N' Roses dented everybody with a razor leaf while Stallord shed its skin and set up an iron defense. Guns N' Roses smacked everybody with a razor leaf, and Justin Bieber lowered Stallord's special defense with an acid spray. He then promptly fainted to a brick break from Dragonborn, but his aftermath KO'd Dragonborn, leaving Stallord to hit Guns N' Roses with a drain punch. Kiss came out next, as did Tyson on the gang's side. Tyson was able to damage Kiss with a thunder punch and Stallord was able to recover some health from Guns N' Roses with a drain punch, but Kiss and Guns N' Roses were able to take out Stallord with a sludge/razor leaf combo! Up next came Big Boss himself, leader of the Scraggy Gang! Big Boss hit Guns N' Roses with a swagger, but he managed to land a razor leaf anyway, and Kiss landed an acid spray on big Boss while tanking an ice punch from Tyson. Unfortunately, Big Boss took out Kiss with a payback, and Guns N' Roses injured himself while Tyson hit him with a thunder punch. Greenday came out, but he missed a leech seed, and got hit by a thunder punch while Big Boss ended Guns N' Roses with a brick break. Luckily, Tyson fainted to poison damage, and Motley Crue was able to come out. She landed a pound while Greenday tanked a brick break and set up a leech seed, leaving Big Boss weak enough to get KO'd by a mega drain from Greenday! With Greenday down, it's time to take on Cain in the Coral Ward! The team so far:

Update #5: No Hiding Place Down Here Well, Victoria was a little harder than I expected. On TEH URN, Victoria led with her Scraggy, and Hemlock led with Kiss. Kiss got hit by a sand attack and a feint attack, but managed to land two acid sprays; unfortunately, he missed a sludge, giving Victoria a free turn to heal Scraggy with a potion. Luckily, Kiss was able to tank a low kick the next turn, and ended it with a sludge! Up next came Victoria's Kirlia, and Hemlock sent out Evanescence. Evanescence poisoned Kirlia with a poison gas while it set up a double team, and Evanescence then tanked a magical leaf and a disarming voice to set up a focus energy and took out the Kirlia with two sets of fury swipes! Victoria's Poliwag came out next, and so Hemlock sent out Guns N' Roses. Guns N' Roses set up a leech seed while tanking a bubble beam and a mud shot, then fired off a vine whip that did massive damage! Victoria tried healing it with a potion, but Guns N' Roses was able to knock it out with a second vine whip! Victoria's ace, Pignite, came after Poliwag... and this is where most of my problems came from. Motley Crue came out, and while Pignite failed to set up a sunny day thanks to the harsh winds, Motley Crue disabled sunny day. ...Okay, not my smartest move, but cut me some slack, I had no idea what move it was going to use. Anyway, Motley Crue survived a flame charge and an arm thrust and did some considerable damage with two mud bombs, but then he fainted to a flame charge. Justin Bieber came out to avenge him, and while Pignite failed to set up a sunny day twice and did negligible damage with an arm thrust, Justin Bieber poisoned it with a poison gas, lowered its special defense with an acid spray, and KO'd it with a sludge! All that remained was Victoria's Makuhita, and Guns N' Roses came back out. He set up a leech seed while Makuhita set up a focus energy, and then did massive damage with a take down while tanking a force palm before KOing the Makuhita with a vine whip! With Victoria defeated, it's time to dive headfirst into the slums! The team so far:

Update #4: Boom Boom Pow Well, Julia was infinitely easier than she normally is. On TEH URN, Hemlock led with Motley Crue, and Julia led with Magnemite. Magnemite went down pretty fast; it managed to land two sonic booms on Motley Crue, but he survived and took it out with a pound (to break its air balloon) and a mud bomb! Up next came Julia's Emolga, and Hemlock swapped out to Justin Bieber. Surprisingly, rather than go for the KO with an acrobatics, Emloga decided to use two quick attacks, allowing Justin Bieber to set up two layers of toxic spikes. After he finished, Emolga did some more damage with a charge beam, but Justin Bieber was able to poison it with a poison gas. Finally, Emloga stopped messing around and used acrobatics, but even though Justin Bieber fainted, he was able to do some damage to it thanks to aftermath! Motley Crue came back out, and while Emolga got healed by a super potion, Motley Crue was able to disable its actobatics. He promptly fainted to a charge beam, but Greenday was able to come out and set up a leech seed while tanking a charge beam. Emolga promptly used nuzzle, but Greenday was able to take it out that very same turn through a combination of poison damage, leech seed damage, and a critical-hit mega drain! Julia's Voltorb came out next, and Hemlock sent out Evanescence. She set up three smokescreens while the Voltorb set up a charge and fired off two charge beams (only one of which hit), and then she set up a focus energy and fired off a fury swipes while Voltorb missed two sonic booms! At this point, Julia used up her second and last super potion, but it ended up being kind of wasted; Evanescence was able to do massive damage with two sets of fury swipes, and that combined with the toxic damage took Voltorb down! With half of her team down, Julia sent out her Chinchou, and Hemlock sent out Greenday (who had recovered from his paralysis thanks to natural cure). He set up a leech seed, but then got paralyzed, so Hemlock swapped him out for Guns N' Roses, who tanked an electro ball but got paralyzed by a thunder wave; fortunately, he was still able to land a vine whip, leaving the Chinchou weak enough to faint from poison damage and leech seed damage! Julia, running out of options, sent out her Heliolisk, and Guns N' Roses stayed on the field. While the Heliolisk was able to set up a rain dance, Guns N' Roses managed to set up a leech seed, and although Heliolisk was able to recover some health with a parabolic charge, Guns N' Roses was able to do negate that healing with a take down! Unfortunately, Guns N' ROses was paralyzed for two turns in a row, allowing the Heliolisk to land two parabolic charges, but Hemlock was able to heal Guns N' Roses with a potion, and Heliolisk decided to use an eerie impulse for some reason. At this point the toxic damage and leech seed damage started to take its toll, and Julia, in a shocking move (no pun intended), swapped out to her ace: Electrode! Guns N' Roses missed a take down, essentially giving Electrode a free switch in, but was able to tank a sonic boom and set up a leech seed. He then swapped out to Kiss, who tanked a charge beam... and promptly fainted to a second one. Yay. Luckily, Greenday was able to swoop in and tank another charge beam, tank a charge beam, and end the Electrode through a combination of toxic damage, leech seed damage, and a mega drain! All that was left of Julia's team was her severely weakened Heliolisk, and all it could do was set up a rain dance before Greenday ended it with a mega drain! With Julia defeated, it's time to save the Obsidia Ward! The team so far:

Okay, since Smogon's mascot, Koffing, is (ironically enough) pretty meh competitively, I figured I'd give it a boost. Say hello to... Mega Weezing Type: Poison/Fire Ability: Levitate HP: 65 Attack: 80 Defense: 140 Special Attack: 125 Special Defense: 120 Speed: 60 With a unique defensive typing (excluding Mollux from Smogon's CAP Project, anyway), Weezing once again pollutes the battlefield! Its typing gives it resistances to common OU Types like Grass, Fire, Ice, Fighting, Steel, and- perhaps most importantly- fairy (a whopping 4x resistance, too)! It even has Levitate to negate its 4x weakness to ground! It has awesome mixed bulk, and even though its HP stat's not great, it still has access to pain split, so there its semi-low HP actually helps it. It's no sitting duck, either, as it has a good base 125 Special Attack and access to moves like flamethrower, sludge bomb, thunderbolt, dark pulse, and fire blast to fight back against those who threaten to set up on it! Sadly, some of the Pokemon it's supposed to wall carry coverage to get around it (like Azumarill's aqua jet and Landorus' stone edge), and with only pain split for recovery it can get worn down fast by special attackers. Calculations and Sample Sets coming soon...

Update #3: Message to the World Well, Aster and Eclipse could have gone a lot worse. On TEH URN, Hemlock led with Evanescence, Fern led with Roselia, and Aster and Eclipse led with Electabuzz and and Magmar. After tanking a swift from Electabuzz and a clear smog from Magmar, Evanescence set up a poison gas on both Magmar and Electabuzz, and Roselia dented Electabuzz with a mega drain. However, I wanted Evanescence to get some EXP, so I swapped her out for Guns N' Roses, who tanked a clear smog while Fern's Roselia fainted to a fire punch. Guns N' Roses, after tanking a low kick and a feint attack, set up a leech seed on Magmar, and Fern's Lombre (which he sent out to replace Roselia) used... growl, of all things. Fern... are you stupid? Anyway, Guns N' Roses fainted to a feint attack, and Lombre did some damage with a bubble after tanking a fire punch. Justin Bieber the Trubbish came out next, and he promptly fell to a shock wave, while Lombre fell to an ember, leaving only Servine on Fern's side. Aster and Eclipse used their potions, but Servine was able to trap Magmar with wrap, and Kiss (who Hemlock sent out to avenge Justin Bieber) was able to set up an amnesia, tank a low kick and a feint attack, and dent Electabuzz with a sludge while Servine KO'd Magmar with a vine whip! All that was left was Electabuzz, who only got off a low kick before Servine ended it with a vine whip! With the Mosswater Factory in flames, it's time to take on Julia! The team so far:

As a matter of fact, it was! I figured that since I never finished it, and since the "Corey's Pokemon" quest got overhauled, I might as well try it again. Also, thanks so much for making this, and for crediting me in the game's ReadMe file! Update #2: I Threw It On the GROUND Well, considering he used one of the two types that my team is powerful against, Fern was actually kind of hard. On TEH URN, Hemlock led with Kiss the Gulpin, and Fern led with his Lombre. After tanking a bubble, Kiss set up an amnesia, and tanked an astonish to shave off about a third of Lombre's health with a sludge. Fern then messed his pants from fear and sent out his Servine, and Kiss stayed out to tank a vine whip and poison it with a sludge! Fern tried to use his potions, but Kiss just kept attacking, forcing a desperate Fern to swap out to his Lombre again, which took massive damage on the switch from a sludge. While Lombre was able to land a lucky critical hit, Kiss was able to take it out with one last sludge, ending it! Fern's Servine came out again, and Hemlock swapped out to Motley Crue the Grimer. All the weakened Servine could do was get off a single leer before fainting to a pound! All that remained was Fern's ace, Roselia... and I have to admit, I got cocky. Hemlock sent out Justin Bieber the Trubbish, and he managed to land four acid sprays, but Roselia set up a growth and took him out with three mega drains. Hemlock sent out Evanescence the Stunky next, and she tanked a mega drain to land a fury swipes, but fainted to two mega drains, leaving Roselia with a net gain of HP. Guns N' Roses came out next, but while he was able to tank a mega drain and a poison sting to land three tackles, Roselia set up a growth and took him down with a mega drain. Running out of team members, Hemlock finally decided to show that she wasn't left-handed and sent out her own Roselia: Greenday the Roselia! That's why this update took so long; I had to grind up his friendship meter until he evolved. He shrugged off a mega drain and set up a growth, then tanked two more mega drains and a poison sting to KO Roselia with three mega drains of his own! With Fern finally down, it's time to head to the gym, meet Julia, and blow up some Meteors! The team so far:

Thanks! I'm in college now, so I don't have as much time as I used to, but I'll try to keep this updated! Update #1: Opening Act Well, embarrassingly enough, I had to go through the opening battles three times (to be fair, though, the first time was because I got hit by a lucky Crit from Victoria, and the second time was because the game glitched). Anyway, on TEH URN, Cain led with his Nidoran, and Hemlock led with her starter, Guns N' Roses the Bulbasaur. He managed to take down the Nidoran with only half his health gone thanks to some opportune misses caused by Nidoran's Hustle, ending the fight! On TEH URN, Victoria was tougher, but Guns N' Roses got past her Tepig. After each Pokemon traded tackles for three turns, Hemlock healed Guns N' Roses with a potion, allowing him to take out the Tepig with a few tackles! With the starter battles out of the way, it's time to take on the Peridot Ward! The team so far:

Well, after playing through my non-recorded, non-challenge run version of the latest update of Pokemon Reborn Hardcore, I discovered Commander's new "Corey's Pokemon" Sidequest, and I though: "Hey, I still have to beat Pokemon Reborn Hardcore with only Poison-types!" So, I decided to drop everything and start a new run, this time using only Poison-types! I'll try to go back to the Ash run once I get the time, though. Anyway, here's the Pokemon that our trainer, Hemlock, has so far: Here's the Pokemon Hemlock has in her PC: Here's the bosses that Hemlock has to fight: And finally, here's this run's theme song! Wish me luck, and here's hoping I don't botch the Haunter event!

Hey! Um, I just did something on a non-recorded run, and I found something new (SPOILERS):

Hey, speaking of megas with Drizzle, I decided to go in a different direction with a 'mon that''s kind of meh competitively. Say hello to... MEGA DRIFBLIM Type:Ghost/Electric Ability: Drizzle HP: 150 Attack: 60 (-20) Defense: 94 (+50) Special Attack: 130 (+40) Special Defense: 84(+30) Speed: 80 Poor Drifblim's pretty terrible competitively; it has surprisingly bad bulk, and no matter whether it goes specially or physically, it still only gets one good STAB move. So, to rectify this, I gave it a whole new Type Combination entirely, and it now gets a great move to abuse in the rain with Thunder, as well as a powerful, no-drawbacks water-type move in Weather Ball. It can even boost with Calm Mind! Sadly, it struggles to get past bulky grass-types like Ferrothorn (although it can usually beat it with repeated Shadow Balls, and can beat Grass/Poison-types with psychic), it'll always get walled by something thanks to four-moveslot syndrome, and it has slightly low attacking stats for a Mega. Regardless, it's still going to take the Meta by storm (pun fully intended). Here's some Calcs: OU Sample Sets: Bolt from the Blue (All-Out Attacker) A Storm is Brewing (Calm Mind)

Why not give Mega Electrode an additional Normal-typing? That way, it gets STAB on Explosion and can hit even harder. Anyway, speaking of Pokemon stuck in PU... MEGA FARFETCH'D Type: Normal/Flying Ability: Huge Power HP: 52 Attack: 65 Defense: 90 Special Attack: 38 Special Defense: 92 Speed: 110 Finally, the slayer of trees comes back with a vengeance! Huge Power (pretty much the only ability that could salvage those horrid stats) gives it an insanely high attack stat, and with a great speed tier, it can outrun most of the metagame! It even has swords dance to boost its already high Attack even higher! Unfortunately, even with these buffs, it has a fair share of flaws; it can't really touch steel-types, and it has pretty low defenses, with one good priority attack clipping its wings. Despite these flaws, it still manages to be a powerful offensive threat. Here's some calculations. OU UU Sample Set: Duck Soup (Swords Dance)

Okay, I think I might have created a monster. Say hello to... MEGA GIGALITH Type: Rock/Steel Ability: Quartz Aura (Sets trick room once it enters the battlefield) HP: 85 Attack: 165 Defense: 160 Special Attack: 60 Special Defense: 120 Speed: 25 Poor Gigalith is pretty awful competitively. He's stuck in the depths of PU, and even there he's completely outclassed by Golem. So, to give him a shot at viability, I gave him a godsend in a new ability that flips his god-awful speed into basically the best speed in the game, which at the same time makes him a staple on trick room teams! Not only that, but with his awesome weight and new Steel-type STAB, he can make great use of heavy slam! Unfortunately, he's a sitting duck outside of trick room, and has a horrendous defensive typing that makes him easy to revenge kill despite his good defenses. Here's some calculations: Sample Sets: GOTTA GO FAST (Trick Room Bulky Attacker, Standard) YOU'RE TOO SLOW (Doubles Standard)

Update #11: Day of the Tangrowth 2: Tangrowth Harder Well, Taka was a pain in the butt, mainly because of that Tangrowth, but Ash managed to get past him eventually. On TEH URN, Ash led with Primeape, and Taka led with his Lileep. Primeape was able to do massive damage with a karate chop, but then she got hit with a confuse ray; she then went on to injure herself in confusion, giving Taka a free turn to heal Lileep with a super potion. Amazingly, though, she managed to snap out of confusion the next turn, tank a mega drain, and do insane damage with a critical-hit karate chop! Taka tried using his other super potion, but Primeape just took it out with two more karate chops! Up next came Taka's Gligar, and so Ash swapped out to Frogadier. It got off a quick attack, but Frogadier shrugged it off and KO'd it with two water pulses before it could attack again! Taka sent out his almighty PULSE Tangrowth next, and so Ash sent out the Pokemon you've all been waiting for: Pikachu! She confused the Tangrowth with a sweet kiss, tanked a sludge bomb, and set up a thunder shock before fainting to a second sludge bomb. Noibat came out next, and he set up two screeches before fainting to two sludge bombs. Pirmeape was the next Pokemon to stand against the arboreal wrecking ball, and she was able to set up a focus energy safely due to the Tangrowth being immobilized by paralysis. She then did considerable damage with an assurance, but took massive damage from a giga drain; she was at least able to fire off two more assurances before fainting to a sludge bomb. Running out of options, Ash sent out Butterfree, and he managed to survive two sludge bombs with 7 HP remaining to KO the Tangrowth with three psybeams! With the Tangrowth defeated, Taka sent out his ace, Chatot, and Ash swapped back out to Frogadier. Frogadier did some damage with a water pulse, but got confused by a chatter; despite his confusion, he managed to land a second water pulse on the Chatot, which actually confused it! This caused the Chatot to hurt itself, and let Frogadier KO it with one last water pulse! All that remained was Taka's Klefki, and so Ash swapped out to Grimer. Grimer took massive damage from a foul play, then missed a mud bomb; all he could do was just watch as Klefki KO'd him with another foul play. Butterfree came back out, and he fell to a foul play as well. Running out of options, Ash sent out Frogadier and healed him with a chocolate ice cream, allowing him to survive two foul plays and do some damage with a water pulse. Unfortunately, Ash had run out of chocolate ice creams, so he slightly broke the rules and revived Primeape using a cotton candy. Frogadier fainted to a foul play immediately after, but Primeape was able to come out, set up a focus energy, survive two foul plays with just 4 HP, and end it with two karate chops! With Taka down and the Beryl Ward sorta saved, it's time to save the Beryl Ward (or what's left of it)! The team so far:

Update #10: Operation Desert Storm Well, Florina was hard as always, but she could have been much, much worse. On TEH URN, she led with her Cacturne, and Ash led with Primeape. Prmeape managed to knock it down to the red with a karate chop, and while Cacturne was able to retaliate with a needle arm, Primeape was able to survive and keep on swinging, taking down Cacturne with two more karate chops (and making Florina use up her two super potions)! Up next came Florina's Tropius, and so Ash swapped out to Grimer. While Tropius set up a dragon dance, Grimer poisoned it with a poison gas; Tropius set up a fly next, and Grimer prepared a minimize. Despite this, Tropius was able to land the fly, but Grimer held on with 7 HP and did serious damage to it with a sludge. Tropius set up another fly, but Grimer was able to get healed by a chocolate ice cream while Tropius kept harvesting sitrus berries. Fortunately Tropius missed a fly, got hit by a sludge, and missed two leaf blades while Grimer set up a second minimize and fired off another sludge. Tropius missed one last leaf blade, and finally fainted to one last sludge! Florina's Grotle was sent out next, and Ash decided to keep Grimer on the field to take advantage of his minimize boosts. Grimer dodged a seed bomb and set up a poison gas, but got slammed by a sand tomb and (since KO'ing the Grotle got him overleveled) disobeyed Ash; fortunately, he was able to land a sludge the next turn after dodging a seed bomb. Grimer got healed by a chocolate ice cream the next turn while dodging a seed bomb, and almost got Grotle down to KO range with poison damage; however, the Grotle then used synthesis to heal itself back to two-thirds health. Grimer was able to knock it down to below half-health, but then he disobyed Ash, allowing the Grotle to set up a stealth rock before fainting. Florina's Grotle came out next, and Ash once again kept Grimer on the field. He managed to dodge a drain punch, but disobeyed Ash, allowing Breloom to try again and successfully land a drain punch (although Grimer was able to land a sludge, not that it did a crazy amount of damage). Breloom then ended Grimer's sweep with a retaliate, so Ash sent out Butterfree, who managed to survive stealth rock and a retaliate with just two HP to KO the Breloom with a gust! Florina sent out her Gourgeist after her Breloom, and Ash sent out Pidgeotto. Pidgeotto lowered Gourgeist's accuracy harshly with a sand-attack, causing the Gourgeist to miss a bullet seed. The same thing happened the next turn (Pidgeotto lowered the Gourgeist's accuracy, and the Gourgeist missed), and then Pidgeotto started spamming gust while dodging bullet seeds. He managed to lower Gourgeist's health all the way to the red before Gourgeist could land a hit, and while Gourgeist was able to knock him down to only two HP, he survived and ended it with one last gust! All that remained was Florina's Cradily. Pidgeotto set up one last sand-attack before fainting to a rock slide, and Frogadier came out after he fainted. After coming out, Frogadier spammed smokescreen, dodging one rock slide while doing so; unfortunately, he got hit by a second rock slide, and fell to it. Up next came Noibat, and he sacrificed his turn to heal Butterfree before fainting to a rock slide. Primeape came out swinging to avenge her fallen brethren, and she got healed with a chocolate ice cream while dodging a rock slide. She then set up a focus energy while Cradily set up a curse, and spammed karate chop while dodging all of the Cradily's attacks, ending it with three karate chops! With Florina defeated, it's time to save the Jasper and Beryl wards! The team so far:

Update #9: Kicking Your Grass Well, Fern was kind of tricky, but Ash managed to get past him. On TEH URN, Fern led with Ludicolo, and Ash led with Noibat. Noibat tanked a nature power-turned-tri attack, and he lowered the Ludicolo's defense with a screech followed by a wing attack. Fern had Ludicolo use a water pulse (which did pathetic damage), and then used a super potion; however, Noibat was able to end it with a wing attack! Up next came Fern's Grovyle, but it was kind of pathetic. It only used a fury cutter and a leaf blade, but since Ash swapped out to Butterfree, it did pathetic damage, and Butterfree managed to take it out with three gusts (making Fern use up his second super potion)! Fern's Ferroseed came out next, and without a fire-type, it was a little tricky. Ash sent out Primeape (I grinded Mankey up a little), and he tanked a gyro ball to take it out with two karate chops. ...Okay, it was trickier in context. Fern sent out his Servine next, and Ash sent out Grimer. Servine set up a growth, but Grimer was able to poison it with a poison gas. Servine fired off a mega drain and a leaf tornado, but Grimer lived and KO'd it with two sludges and poison damage! All that remained was Fern's Roselia, and Ash sent Butterfree back out. Roselia fired off a poison jab and a mega drain, but Butterfree lived and seriously damaged Roselia with two psybeams, causing it to get confused and KO itself! With Fern done, it's time to move on with the Floral Family and fight the big sister- Florina! The team so far: