Cyaloom

I am not the best battler / player out there; but I'll try to say something useful I have to say I had a similar idea some time ago... also, creating this field was crucial in defeating Cal for me. A team based around this field could be interesting, but I think it could be useful only in some battles. The rainbow field is "Created by Fire Pledge + Water Pledge, starting Rain during Sun, or starting Sun during Rain, ending with the creating effect." Also, when the effect ends, the field effect that was active before should "return", instead of having a clear field, after the end of the Rainbow one. So, this field will never last long (no more Permaweather...): before the terrain returns to its previous state, you only have five to eight turns (depending if your Pokemon held a rock). Creating this field can be done in one turn only if there is already sun, rain, or a storm as the weather (so, even outside of battle) or in a double battle... I was able to create it against Cal because the weather that day was sunny and my Lumineon was able to use Rain Dance. This means that obtaining a rainbow field in battles that are fought anywhere where the weather is irrelevant (for example, indoor or inside a cave) is fairly unpractical: you'd need in fact two different weather setters that could also hinder each other. From what I understood, the strategy seems to be a Sonic Boom spam, which could result in an one hit KO only in the earlier stages of the game - most Pokemon will have more than 140 HP at around level 40 to 50, depending on the Pokemon's base HP stat. If you want to use the Rainbow field later in the game, then you won't be able to KO most of your opponents' Pokemon in one hit - Sonic Boom could simply be seen as an alternative to Super Fang (another move that deals a fixed amount of HPs as damage) when the Rainbow field is active, but it's going to be almost useless when the field is not active. In a team based around this Field effect, some Sonic Boom users could be the Magnemite line (that you could get fairly early in the game), and, later, the Electrode line - Electrode is very fast and could learn Rain Dance, which is used to set up the field, but a Heart Scale should ? be required for it to learn Sonic Boom. Also, unless you want to pull of the Fire Pledge + Water Pledge combination, this team will need a weather setter. When I pulled off this Field, the weather I would set up was rain, and my weather setter was Lumineon, which has a niche, at least in the early game, because it learns Rain Dance at level 13 (as a Finneon), has decent defenses and speed, and is obtained really early. Ame I found a niche for Lumineon (and Cherrim) in Reborn, as you wanted! To set up the sun there is Cherrim, which, like Lumineon, is available early and gets Sunny Day at level 22. And then there may be Drought Vulpix... (I actually don't know if it was moved or if it is still available early)... I would prefer Rain over the Sun because it could be helpful to Magnezone and Electrode later (if they'll have Thunder), also Electrode could set up the rain and then spam Sonic Boom; the problem is that Electrode's fairly frail and could be hit hard or crippled while setupping the rain. So this team could be, at least, very fun to use, but not so useful in the later stages of the game; also the rainbow field is not very easy to set up reliably. This would make this strategy useful only for some battles in the game. Instead of having a Sonic Boom spam, I'd rather have (if it's going to be obtainable) a Porygon2 or Porygon-Z spamming Tri Attack. That'd be an already powerful attack being boosted a lot (also Porygon-Z is my favourite Pokemon), but then the fact that the rainbow field is relatively hard to set up would make up for that. Sorry for the wall of text, you could just read the last line of the post and that'd be fine.

I started playing with Episode 11, and made an account with Episode 13... I've been here for more than a year

Finally, six months after beating the league (see post above), I have cleared Stark Mountain in Pokemon Platinum. My team has remained pretty much the same, with only some levels gained and some new moves learned: [spoiler] CURRENT TEAM   Staraptor, Lv. 53 Brave Bird, Close Combat, Quick Attack, Aerial Ace Intimidate She is my actual starter and, while I haven't used her this much in the late game, is still able of doing very high damage, and has always been useful. Quick Attack is there because it is a priority move and Aerial Ace is there because of Aaron's Yanmega (who spams Double Team all the time).   Crobat, Lv. 52 Wing Attack, Fly, Toxic, Bite Inner Focus The second member of the team, and revenge killer of choice thanks to the Jolly nature, but can also "stall" using Toxic and Fly - At first I chose Crobat as the user of the HM move, but then I realized that Fly was actually a very good move on it. Bite was used to counter Psychic types during the first half of the run, but I kept that move until the end despite the low base power.   Togekiss, Lv. 52 Wish, Flamethrower, Aura Sphere, Air Slash Hustle I actually was slightly disappointed for the lack of Serene Grace and the late evolution into Togetic (Golbat evolved sooner), but his movepool and defensive stats make up for this. Togekiss is my primary special attacker, my answer to Bronzong (a lot of people use it), and also a good defensive Pokemon.   Gliscor, Lv. 53 Swords Dance, Earthquake, U-Turn, Thunder Fang Sand Veil Like with Togekiss, I'd have preferred Hyper Cutter as my team is generally hindered by the Sandstorm, but it's no big deal. Gliscor has great physical defense, a nice attack stat that can be boosted with Swords Dance, and can counter two of the weaknesses of the Flying type. Thunder Fang is here to hit pokemon such as Gyarados, or other water types.   Gyarados, Lv. 53 Dragon Dance, Waterfall, Surf, Ice Fang Intimidate Usually I avoid using Gyarados in most runs: Magikarp is completely useless until it evolves, and even after the evolution, Gyarados doesn't know any good move. But, considering that Gyarados' alternatives weren't this good either (Pelipper and Mantine, which are obtained only later in the game and are just defensive Pokemon), I decided to train up Magikarp... and, now I see why it is axed in Reborn, despite being so hard or frustrating to train. Gyarados was bulky enough to set up with dragon Dance on Cynthia's Spiritomb and then KO five of her Pokemon, and has also been really useful in other battles. She is my general answer to Ice types, as she is the only member of my team that is not weak to Ice-type moves.   Yanmega, Lv. 50 Ancient Power, Silver Wind, Giga Drain, Detect Speed Boost Yanmega was supposed to be a good special attacker and an answer to Psychic types, but learns most of his good moves late (like Bug Buzz), this way being stuck with moves with low base power even after the League. This made him become my choice for a Pokemon to box, in order to place an HM slave on my team (my "starter" Chimchar), for both Victory Road and Stark Mountain. But, although he is the least strong member of my team, it is because he hasn't reached its full potential... just wait some more levels.   PREVIOUS MEMBERS   Beautifly, Lv. 23 Morning Sun, Stun Spore, Gust, Absorb Swarm Thanks to Absorb, Beautifly defeated, all by herself, Roark's gym (so it is because of her that I finished the run). I just boxed her because she was going to be replaced by Yanmega.   Tropius, Lv. 31 Razor Leaf, Stomp, Fly, Magic Leaf Solar Power I tried to use Tropius against Crasher Wake, and she helped taking out Quagsire, but then I boxed her to get Gyarados (previously boxed), seeing that Yanmega was already supposed to have Giga Drain.   Chimchar, Lv. 5 Cut, Strength, Rock Climb, Rock Smash Blaze My starter actually became the HM slave, sharing this infamous role with a Bidoof and a Raticate, but actually being the best of the three at it... Although he didn't battle, he still needs some recognition because he allowed me to overcome great obstacles like small trees, boulders, rocks and rocky walls, allowing me to reach the Pokemon League, and the room where the Magma Stone is, inside of Stark Mountain. [/spoiler]   ...as you can see, I don't like grinding, and I always try to avoid it. I have always seen people (mostly in playthroughs) suggesting to grind a lot before Platinum's league challenge, or going in with level 60 Pokemon to match Cynthia's levels, and I also did this in my first run; so beating the league, and then clearing Stark Mountain, with a team of six underleveled Flying-types, (with the levels matching the wild Pokemon of the area) was really rewarding - of course, it was also much more challenging and fun than usual!   I could probably do another update when/if I'll beat the League again, catch legendaries, but I'll actually be mostly in the Battle house or in the Battle Frontier from now on :)

"This seems alright", declared Dexter: he was about to finish school and could have decided by himself what to do next, so he could focus on being a "magical person" without having many other things to do. "I'd probably still stay in my house - so it is better if I just go there and see if everything is OK, if you agree with that. I'll have to go to school right now, but the schoolyear will end soon. And, after all, I accepted a contract..." he said, looking at Takeshi and then at Astros and waiting for a reply - the latter had him, Takeshi and now Krys as his protectors, so likely he should have felt satisfied.

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All the remakes we have came out about ten years after the "original" games they were based off, so we should get Sinnoh remakes in the next three years... That would be great (for me, at least)

Seeing Krys attacking the beast again, Dexter stood back reloading his gun. He preferred to wait, so he could see the outcome of that attack and react; he was, however, still aiming at the beast from a safe distance, getting ready to block an eventual counter attack.

...it has been a long time since I posted in this RP - school was finishing and of course I had a lot of "exams" to do (I also had to go on a school trip), and then I couldn't keep up that easily... I was planning on waiting for the third chapter (as my characters were not involved in important events at the time of my last posts... yes, Zero was "spectating" something in the Magic Kingdom, but nothing else...) but now I have more free time - I could read some of the old posts and try to come up with a new post in a shorter time. The thing is... I'd need a recap of what happened (from my last post - where Nessie was in the Magic world with Uxie). Thanks

I have read the discussion (I just hope I didn't miss anything) and I am interested, BUT: I am already in three RPs... (probably they could be too many) ...Well, you all likely saw what happened in the Yugioh RP multiple times :/

Seeing the Beast attacking Krys, Dexter tried to focus, aiming at the beast with his gun. His objective now was trying to prevent that creature from harming Krys, not necessarily to kill it: Dexter therefore tried to aim at the junction of the right foreleg - which was also a good target because Dexter was not facing the Beast's side, but was only some metres away from Krys, slightly further from the creature. Dexter shot as carefully as he could, but that shot was still not very accurate. He was using that magic-powered bullet, so he hoped to be able to stop the Beast's assault more easily.

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Setsuna (phone call) Monika's hope was that she could get out of that situation alone - she was in danger and she couldn't avoid it now, but at least her friends could be safe. But, she realized soon that her hope was not possible in reality and was just something utopic. She was therefore forced to get Setsuna involved in something very unsafe. "Can you hear me...?" asked Monika after beginning the call. "It's me, Monika, and... I have been abducted... and I am a bait for you. So be careful if you decide to come." she said, then tried to look outside from that small window, and described what she could see to Setsuna, hoping that this way she'd guess where Monika was being kept.

I keep thinking about Number 66... But it could be anything really.

My name is actually fairly simple, but it still took me a long time to decide it. While in the first place I was trying to make a longer name, possibly including numbers; I decided that to join this forum, Pokemon Showdown or Steam my name should have been short, but still original... so I thought about my favourite Pokemon and tried to start form there. My favourite Pokemon is Porygon-Z, but it didn't work this well and I decided to change Pokemon, this time picking Breloom - my favourite Pokemon to use in online battles, as it is the member I chose first of my first competitive team, and a Pokemon that actually has also the colours of the Italian flag (just details ) I tried to "fuse" Breloom with anything really, and I thought about my favourite colour - something actually simple - which is Cyan... (Also inspired from the Lumia Cyan update). It actually sounded pretty good so I went with it, even though I had some doubts at the beginning. So, "Cyan Breloom" became Cyaloom. Right now I use the name "Cyaloom" basically everywhere, except on Steam - I frequently change my name there, and right now it is F2P (because I am a F2P in Team Fortress 2).

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I replied just now but, I made my character do something no one explained him, or that he might not know about... Therefore, I don't know if the post I made is alright - if it isn't, I'll edit it.

"This doesn't seem an extreme danger situation, as it is right now..." thought Dexter, for the moment letting the shotgun vanish and readying his pistol - which was much better for saving energy and more useful in longer fights. He saw Takehsi attack the beast, then Krys' charge - she seemed so confident now, unlike him - therefore the blonde guy waited for the attack of the girl to actually hit the beast before doing anything, but was already pointing at the Beast with the gun, ready to intervene. The problem is that the bullets were just ordinary ones... seeing that he had some spare time, as the Beast was not focused on him, he tried to put to good use the "lesson" with Takeshi. He said you could create your own weapons with energy, like Dexter himself did before by materializing the shotgun. But what if something else could be created with this method? Dexter, without knowing exactly how, was in fact able to materialize some kind of bullet in his hand: he replaced the ordinary one with it just in time to re-adjust the aim before the Beast's reaction at Krys' attack.

Important Action With those words, the man not only made Monika more worried about her friends, but actually seemed to have ended the conversation. He was still there - probably waiting for Monika to say something else, or just to watch over her in case she wanted to run away... the girl could have made the most out of that time, before he went away, by talking some more and get some more informations, but about what? The man wouldn't give them away easily, and he probably had already said more than he wanted to. "Wait, which one of my friends? What do you want from them?" she asked instinctively after a while, way louder than she wanted to. Then, Monika asked herself which friends he was talking about... Zander and the other that went with her into that alleyway two days before, or someone like Lane, or anyone else in her classroom that Monika had never hanged out with? Realizing she had probably worded in a bad way that question, she talked again: "I mean... are you talking about all of my classmates or just some specific students? Probably I could 'help' you myself..."; probably just making the situation worse. Monika was now just mumbling quickly some words before thinking about what she was saying and began to panic. After that, she tried to stay quiet, refraining from speaking again, and managed to calm down. "I'm... I'm sorry for that, those questions were more instinctive than anything and they could have been out of place. The thing is that first, I can only communicate with two or three of my classmates, and second, I'd still like to know what you want from them. I could probably help you, even though I don't know much." she said, trying to redeem herself... and expecting to have failed.

Dexter ended up being the furthest from the Beast. "Already in a fight? It's only my first day..." he thought at first, frustrated, then looked at the others and at Astros, who answered him again before. The two Beasts he had seen before that day, the contract with Astros, and his new found "friends" gave him the confidence he needed, and were the thoughts that would allow him to transform. As he was walking towards the others, he could feel the energy inside of him, so as he stopped walking and stood still near Krys, he was completely transformed, holding his shotgun in his hands. "Alright, I'm ready and I'll do my best." Dexter declared, facing that Beast. Probably an extra magical person wasn't needed, as Takeshi seemed fairly experienced, but you could never know... The two guys ahead of him might have needed some help, and Dexter was there for that.

Important Action He is not stupid. Not at all... Communication seems to be the only way out of this - unless I fight against him and make him collapse, or something like that, which is the last thing I would like to do right now. He is also cruel: being polite was life-saving here. thought Monika, as the man brought her the bag without the stuff she'd actually wanted to receive. Then, something else came into the girl's mind. What was the objective of that man? Didn't he want me to scream for help and use me as a bait? She pulled out a water bottle and began to drink some water, as she said she was going to do, and hoping to gain some trust from the man this way. The response of the man, while not very satisfying, was still better than anything, and gave Monika some confidence: that man was not going to hurt her and was actually telling her something instead of not talking at all. "Wait, I can't communicate just yet? What does this mean?" she asked, talking in the same way as before. She added, this time showing a sadder face "And also, don't worry about controlling me: unluckily for me, it's way too easy..." After some time of silence, she whispered: "I have to admit, you don't look like the ordinary maniac. You seem to be... more clever... It's a bad thing because I can't fool you - not that I'm very good at doing this anyway - but you're certainly better than any maniacal serial killer that could have already murdered me." Then, she waited patiently for the reaction of the man, trying to imagine it... it could have been virtually everything.