Heliosan

Good luck in your first run-through! I have had my own troubles going through this game for the first time, but I think you already got some of the pieces of a solid team in the making. I definitely recommend you fulfill as many side quests as possible because they often reward you with Pokemon and items that otherwise wouldn't be accessed. I personally used a lot of resources on this forum to get through this game (Pokemon Location list, In-game Item Location list, and a semi-incomplete guide to Pokemon Reborn) so if you want to use them, then by all means do so because they're right here. Another recommendation I have is that you should try to look up the movepool of every Pokemon you catch because sometimes a Pokemon you think that might be good turns out to not have access to a crucial coverage move because the TM isn't available or it is an egg move (breeding in Reborn is possible, but kinda inconvenient tbh). Best of luck! :]

Hey guys! So I recently completed Pokemon Reborn for the first time and honestly I was blown away by how awesome this game is both in terms of storyline design and the challenge that it gives to me as a competitive Pokemon battler. Shoutouts to my buddy LordWallace for introducing me to this game. It took me about 35 hours to complete Episode 15 from start to finish. I didn't intend to make this a speed run per se, but I heard that apparently 35 hours to complete Reborn is a really fast time to finish up to Episode 15. Honestly if it weren't for the team that I had, I don't think I would've made it through all of the many obstacles and barriers that exist in Pokemon Reborn. Here is where I am in my save file right now looking for the department stickers and other side quests in preparation for Episode 16: Here is the team that took me through the amazing journey from start to the end of Episode 15: The Main Cast: Reiziken (Blaziken) (M) Ability: Speed Boost Level: 75 Naughty Nature - High Jump Kick - Flare Blitz - Bulk Up - Shadow Claw First up, my beloved starter Pokemon, Reiziken the Blaziken! Blaziken is honestly one of the most overpowered Pokemon that you can get in this game and essentially gets all the moves it needs in every stage of the game to become a powerhouse sweeper. Soft-resetting for a Speed Boost Torchic with a +Atk nature and decent IVs didn't take that long and ultimately Reiziken did its job. High Jump Kick, Flare Blitz, Bulk-Up, and a filler coverage move was just insane in terms of coverage and sheer power. Yoko (Excadrill) (F) Ability: Mold Breaker Level: 75 Adamant Nature - Earthquake - Rock Slide - Metal Claw - Swords Dance Excadrill became an instant addition to my team when I got it via the Police Mystery Egg event and man oh man, Yoko just tore everything to shreds as soon as she learned Earthquake at level 33. As a VGC player, I sometimes forget how powerful Earthquake is in a single battle and Yoko definitely delivered in terms of power in the single battles as well as the double battles. The drill that pierces the heavens definitely played a huge role in helping me blaze through this challenging game. Dank Memes (Clefable) (F) Ability: Unaware Level: 69 Sassy Nature - Minimize - Cosmic Power - Moonblast - Stored Power Shoutouts to LordWallace for suggesting me to get this Pokemon as opposed to incessant grinding to level up my under-levelled team that was gonna get blown back by Ciel who also had tools to wreck the core of Blaziken and Excadrill. Even though Ame moved Clefairy to Agate Circus which is insanely late, I think it was for the better, because to be honest Clefable is one of the most broken Pokemon in this game, probably on par with Blaziken in terms of brokenness. Minimize + Cosmic Power + Unaware is just a devastating combination as long as you get a little bit lucky in the first few turns. Essentially, Clefable can put itself in a position where it can sweep the entire enemy team 1v6 which is what it did for me against Ciel, the gym leader that I had the worst matchup. I wish I had the Calm Mind TM available, but I had to settle for Cosmic Power on this set in the end which still worked well with Stored Power. Supporting Cast: Andres (Gardevoir) (M) Ability: Trace Level: 72 Timid Nature - Psychic - Moonblast - Grass Knot - Calm Mind Even though Ame moved Ralts to "conveniently" after the gym battles against Kiki and Aya, Andres became a valuable asset to the team because my team really needed special coverage as well as a means to deal with bulky Water Pokemon that Blaziken and Excadrill struggles to knock out without prior damage. Andres was a key team member against Samson and Terra which are two gym leaders that Blaziken and Excadrill definitely struggle a little bit against. Akane (Crobat) (F) Ability: Infiltrator Level: 72 Brave Nature - Acrobatics - Air Slash - Cross Poison - Bite Even though my Crobat definitely has a poor nature for the speed that Crobat offers, Akane was a pretty clutch Pokemon nonetheless and was able to get powerful Acrobatics and Cross Poison attacks off before the enemy could respond. Crobat is another one of those Pokemon that got inconveniently moved to a point where it would've been quite nice in the (ahem, Fighting) gym. As the game went on, Crobat did kind of fall off a bit in terms of damage output, but when I needed Akane most, she definitely did a magnificent job. Fabiana (Ampharos) (F) Ability: Plus Level: 59 Quiet Nature - Discharge - Signal Beam - Power Gem - Electric Terrain Ampharos was a very clutch Pokemon in the early-mid stages of Pokemon Reborn due to having innate Paralysis hax (had Thunder Wave before) and also access to pretty solid coverage options via the level-up movepool. As you can see from the level, Fabiana was unfortunately dropped for other allies because she just couldn't hold up to the many poor matchups it had later on in the game (esp Terra). Though, I think later on against Amaria, Fabiana will make a comeback. TerraREKT (Abomasnow) (F) Ability: Snow Warning Level: 68 Quiet Nature - Blizzard - Wood Hammer - Hail - Sheer Cold TerraREKT seemed like a clutch Pokemon for the Terra gym battle because in theory, having a means to hit just about everything on her team super-effectively with Blizzard + Wood Hammer is good...however thanks Ame for giving every single member something to break it Though, a huge plus was that Abomasnow outsped and OHKO'd that Quagsire with Wood Hammer and also having the Hail do chip damage to Terra's Pokemon was quite helpful. If I were to do this playthrough again, I would definitely replace Sheer Cold with Ice Shard since Sheer Cold is kinda useless in most situations. Bruh (Walrein) (M) Ability: Thick Fat Level: 59 Lax Nature - Surf - Waterfall - Dive - Blizzard As you can see, I essentially have zero water types, so naturally it was imperative to get one for moving around in the water when I got Surf, Dive, and Waterfall. After initially using a Wailord against Charlotte, I eventually brought Walrein onto the team to be mainly switch-in death fodder and as an HM Pokemon. He probably doesn't like me much to be honest, but has been essential for traversing the realm of Pokemon Reborn. Londsor (Kricketune) (F) Ability: Technician Level: 27 Brave Nature - Fury Cutter - Struggle Bug - Sing - Slash Kricketune is probably the most useful Pokemon out of the ones that you can easily get in the early game (which says a lot about the tough early game in Pokemon Reborn). The Technician boosted Fury Cutter and Struggle Bug attacks were just devastating in Florinia's gym and in general for Psychic types that gave Combusken trouble at the time. Of course, Kricketune was quickly overtaken by other teammates as the game went on, but I will always be grateful for Londsor to get my team through the nasty early game. Amaterasu (Chandelure) (F) Ability: Flash Fire Level: 61 Gentle Nature - Overheat - Shadow Ball - Flamethrower - Will-O-Wisp Amaterasu was unfortunately not used that much after I grinded to prepare it for the big battle against Charlotte. I kinda lost patience leveling it up to get Overheat (stopped at level 51) so I decided to just level it up after Ciel was done to get Overheat via level-up. However, I think if I did decide to be more patient with this Pokemon, Chandelure would've been a monster for the battle against Charlotte and Samson as a free switch-in for most of their Pokemon's attacks and firing off Overheats and Will-O-Wisps. I think I'll spend more time to raise it in my 2nd run-through. shofu (Diggersby) (M) Ability: Huge Power Level: 42 Adamant Nature - Cut - Strength - Dig - Rock Smash DIGGERSBY THO?! Anyways, honestly I would've used Diggersby for more than an HM slave had Yoko not stolen the spotlight in terms of power. Sorry shofu, there will be a day when you will shine on my team (probably in my 2nd play-through). Diggersby did help a lot against Corey and Shade's gym thankfully and also for traversing the treacherous realm of Pokemon Reborn. Weeblos (Meowstic) (M) Ability: Keen Eye Level: 49 Bold Nature - Fake Out - Psybeam - Charm - Flash Like a few other Pokemon in this, Weeblos was a crucial team member in the early game but unfortunately was eventually outclassed by Andres. I am grateful though that Weeblos' Fake Out was clutch against Shelly to stop her Illuimise from using Rain Dance to ruin my day and made that battle a lot easier. I think next time I try Meowstic-M, I will look for one that has Prankster to keep up its viability on my teams. Bertha (Wailord) (F) Ability: Water Veil Level: 62 Quiet Nature - Surf - Water Spout - Strength - Swagger Bertha was my first Surf user since I basically played through the game without a Water type until I absolutely needed one for Surf. I think Bertha's shining moment was using Surf in Charlotte's gym to make all of her Pokemon lose accuracy so that they missed their Fire attacks on Yoko who ended up Earthquaking them to Kingdom Come which was quite clutch. I kinda wish I taught this thing Icy Wind or something that would be more useful in the Charlotte gym, but nonetheless I think Bertha contributed well to the team. Closing Thoughts: If you made it this far, thanks for taking the time to read my long-winded writing! I am honestly really happy with the first playthrough of Pokemon Reborn and this team is absolutely phenomenal. I hope you found my team interesting to look at and currently I am playing through Pokemon Reborn a second time (at a much slower pace so that I don't miss stuff like the Mining Kit...heh) and will be looking into trying other Pokemon to see how far they can take me! :]

I started and finished Pokemon Reborn on Episode 15, so my experience might be slightly different from those who played before. I think the hardest gym battle was probably...Terra and Ciel. The core of my team (as you can see on my signature) was mainly Blaziken and Excadrill carrying me through a lot of big battles. Noel was not that hard for me as long as I can find an opportunity for Blaziken to get big and setup on something that is not Thunder Wave Wigglytuff or a Psychic Porygon-Z. I believe I actually won by setting up a Bulk Up on his Cinncino and breaking through the hax. Terra and Ciel however were quite annoying. I had to put an Air Balloon on a bunch of my Pokemon so that I didn't get blown back by some of her Pokemon and thankfully Abomasnow's Wood Hammer OHKO'd pesky Quagsire. For Ciel, I literally got the Clefairy from Agate Circus, ensured I had Friend Guard so Clefable would have Unaware, trained it up so that I can win by setting up MInimize and Cosmic Power to sweep with Stored Power hehe. Oh yeah, Corey's Crobat was freaking annoying too.

Awesome! thanks everyone Wow, level 49 is insane. not to mention it will have a fantastic matchup against Radamus and Luna as well as a decent matchup against Samson and Terra.

Title. I know it's something to do with Route 1 and removing the logs and webs, but not really sure how to do that. And also, what level and what moves does the Heracross have when you get it? Thanks!

Tis is true, but I guess in the double battles with all the weather and stat drops that happen or getting buffeted by the weather, it just became too much. I actually downloaded a trial version of Parallels which runs for 14 days so that I can run Reborn in a Windows setting on my Mac because it got kinda annoying to deal with the crashes. I think it might just be my Mac being a bit of an older model (early 2011 Macbook Pro 13 inch, 2.3 Ghz Intel Core i5 processor), but not much I can do about that.

Here are some cores that I noticed that do well in Doubles: Mega Kangaskhan - Amoonguss - Azumarill: - Probably one of the strongest cores in the current VGC metagame, but basically you have all the tools you need to setup a win condition with Azumarill or even have Mega Kangaskhan do work as well. Because of Amoonguss' Regenerator ability as well as the utility of Spore + Rage Powder, you can switch it in and out of battle to reset Kangaskhan's Fake Out to create openings for Azumarill or other allies to do work. Charizard Y + Landorus-T + Sylveon: This trio just has probably one of the best coverage and brings lots of options to the table with what they provide for the team and for each other. Lots of spread move damage as well as utility in Landorus-T's Intimidate and Charizard Y's Drought. Sylveon also patches up some of the poor matchups that the allies have while just breaking down walls in general. Japan Sand (Mega Salamence + scarf Tyranitar + friends): Another fun core that I liked to play with in Doubles that became popular through the Japanese VGC players. Essentially the idea is to have scarf Tyranitar utilize a very powerful 120 BP Assurance by having Pokemon that can activate it such as Mega Salamence Hyper Voice, Amoonguss Rocky Helmet, Azumarill Aqua Jet, Aegislash Shadow Sneak, etc. Perish Trap: Yeah, you can make an entire team built around winning via Perish Song. Mega Gengar, Scrafty, Amoonguss, and probably Gothitelle and some other Pokemon would be great to make this strategy work. This team ended up winning a VGC regional this past season: http://pokemonforever.com/Thread-TEAM-REPORT-Pokemon-Team-Wolfe-Glick-s-1st-Place-Perish-Trap-Team Here are some cores that I like to use for fun or just trolling: Defog Pokemon + Contrary Serperior / Malamar. If you wanna piss people off, Defog into a Serperior / Malamar with Substitute + Leftovers. Need I say more? Water Spout Mega Blastoise in Tailwind + redirection: Unfortunately I wish Mega Blastoise was more viable than it is, but honestly who doesn't like spamming Water Spout and watching your entire enemy team just get decimated by one attack (assuming you preserve Blastoise's HP).

Glad to see VGC is getting exposure here! I would be down to do some VGC battles in the future if anyone is up for that.

For competitive Pokemon battling purposes, definitely Sylveon. Sylveon has been a staple of a lot of my VGC teams because Pixilate Hyper Voice is just amazing in a Doubles setting. I think I ran probably three or four different variations of Sylveon over the course of the past VGC season. On just aesthetics and sentimental value...probably Jolteon. An old OG MVP for me back in the older games that I played.

This is an awesome guide. I found it quite helpful to move my save file from my Windows laptop to my Mac. Though, has anyone else noticed how the game kinda lags a bit more on Mac than on PC? Or is it just me?

I really don't know yet, I am focusing on grinding to get my Pokemon leveled up to face Terra. Abomasnow and Walrein seem to be my main win conditions but neither are even level 65 yet, so I need to get them higher up in levels. I'll think about it after I get back Ciel haha Heh...yeah I put a lot of time into this and kinda just sped through the game. Speed Boost + Bulk Up Blaziken is freaking amazing. Excadrill has also been a huge MVP for my team in general because the fact that it learns Earthquake as a Drilbur at level 33 is just insane. MVP during my Black 2 run, another major player in my first Pokemon Reborn playthrough. Heh, yeah. This place is annoying. I am at the point where I face a Pokemon we all know and might love, but grinding levels (esp Abomasnow and Walrein) to prepare for the Terra gym battle. Hahaha thanks! I have to give credit to this amazing team that has been carrying my sorry arse through this game. Blaziken and Excadrill have been the main players that carried. I actually slowed down and I am spending some time to level up Abomasnow and Walrein so that I don't get destroyed by Terra haha.

Thanks! How goes your journey in Pokemon Reborn?

Hello World! Okay, computer science nerd moment aside, just wanted to say hello to everyone in the Pokemon Reborn community and also huge shoutouts to Ame for making probably one of the most intricate games that I have played in awhile. The puzzles, the complicated characters, not to mention it's Pokemon...I am amazed that I clocked 28 hours on my save file in the last...4 days? Something like that. I am currently traversing through Terra's computer and the amount of dank memes in here is unreal. EDIT: Also added my squad and the substitutes into my signature. Dang, Pokemon Showdown sprites look nice when imported.

Just a small tidbit that I noticed from reading the guide, I think the dark blue makes the text kinda hard to read on the dark background, so maybe choosing a different color like Yellow or something can make the text stand out without having to make the reader squint to read it. If it's not too much trouble, then I definitely recommend changing the color of dark blue text to yellow or something that is more readable for the sake of people reading this. keep up with the great work! this is awesome and hope to see it really grow.