Pixl

Radomus was by far the one I don't remember ever getting upset about. After all, I did beat him on my first try. After that comes Luna, who only took a couple, which I suppose was nice considering I absolutely abhor Bennet with a passion (though I do always say "Bennet, I hate your dumb team but I do feel ya bro"), so I already had enough troubles by the time I got to her. I haven't gotten to Samson yet due to the current tile error in Route 2 that I cannot get past, but I feel like he will be a breeze with my Acrobatics Archeops. The others I've fought would have to be in this order: Julia - Protean took care of most of it. It was as challenging as the first gym should be. Getting used to the game and all Shade - It did take me a few tries, but once I got a structure down with Gourgeist, I was fine. Priority moves are wonderful. Shelly - I don't remember getting too mad. Also her Volbeat never really did anything. No Tail Glow or nothing. Florinia - The field effect surprised me at first, but I made proper use of Noibat's Air Cutter (and that was the last time my Noibat was ever useful) Kiki - Honestly I had a very hard time with her. Hi Jump Kicks never missed, and somehow she could always get off a Meditate on Hitmonlee. I ended up relying on Slurpuff again (same way I beat Solaris, with some help), and finished off the Medicham by switching into Gourgeist twice because I knew it would crash itself to death. Aya - This took me a while because it was the first one I had to grind for. Actually, I needed to get an entirely new Pokemon for it; I trained my Lunatone that I got in passing under the Grand Staircase. It was through this battle that I formulated my go-to strategy for fights that are too difficult for me (exception in Serra)--Mamoswine uses Mist, Lunatone sets up 3 Cosmic Powers, then sets up as many Charge Beams as is safe and proceeds to sweep. Mamo can EQ since that moon rock has Levitate. Noel - I do remember getting pissed at him. I don't remember what it was. I think I blocked it from my memory. I just know I hated it. Serra - Haha, screw her! The only one without a field effect and it's the hardest for me?? Most of my team couldn't handle her type coverage very well to begin with. I could never get that Lunatone going because of Cloyster. I had to power level my Escavalier, which ended up taking care of the rest with great caution. Even though it was fine once my Escavalier was adequate, I still recall it being the one I got the most frustrated with.

Cubone, cause I'm oh-so lonely. Also I wear the skull of my dead mother on my head. ...I'm not weird I promise.

Actually, if you go back to the forest after defeating the PULSE Abra, you're able to get by without all the disappearing stuff. Some new paths open up, and you can find the lost train in the south of the woods. You can enter the front car of that on the right side at the very end of where you can walk. But I never knew this until after I went to Agate so I never got to read it. I did, however, find the cave and Eevee the first time I was in the forest though, so like Etesian said, it shouldn't matter as far as Eevee goes.

As if I had any in the first place! That won't be an issue. And thank you all for the welcome!

Hi everyone, Pixl here! I started the game a year ago maybe? But never got past the Onyx Trainer's School because I was resetting for a shiny Porygon when it could still be found without a Data Chip (I did find many shiny Porygons, but I wanted the right nature/ability etc.). Then I updated the game before I actually finished my hunt and I couldn't get into the computer anymore! Haha, well that was lovely, and I just kind of got distracted and never played the game again until last month actually. And boy, was it great. I reinstalled to find all the new field effects and everything that just made the game that much more interesting (and harder...)! But I loved every second so far. I've binged lately when I could, playing 46 hours over the course of a little less than a week. But anyway, that's enough of that rambling. I just really enjoy this game! It's great, and it's also great that some secrets are incredibly well-hidden. I feel like everytime I play I find a completely different set of Pokemon to work with (though I haven't restarted since my coming-back). But this is the first I've been on the forums to post, so I just thought I'd say hi!