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Yes, I've suffered it hahah, and Calm Mind boosts both Sp. Atk and Sp. Def by two stages. That special Lucario did hurt a lot. Anyway, I finally got to defeat Kiki, but it was probably the first hard Gym battle in the Monorun

Congrats on winning! Although Ciel might prove to be problematic for you, for a particular, self-explanatory reason xD

I live in fear of Serra and Ciel. I plan to have a Mamoswine prepared for then, but I know I'm going to have a bad time

Last time I used mine, it had HJK, Ice Punch, Zen Headbutt and Bullet Punch. The lesser accuracy didn't really matter for me, personally, as I equipped the Wide Lens as soon as possible to guarantee HJK hitting (same would apply to Zen). And Bullet Punch is pretty nice to deal with faster mons/fairies (it might miss some power, but priority is always nice)

oof I take everything back since now that I remember, the reason I didn't use Zen Headbutt was that I didn't have a heart scale for medicham to relearn it xD but Zen Headbutt and HJK both have 90% accuracy so popping a wide lens should take care of both of them haha sorry for the dumb

Fake out is so useful with Medicham in my playthrough (in rejuv though). Not to mention it’s Pure power fake out, which means it’s so strong almost dealing half hp damage while also inflicting flinch that won me so many battles.

I tend to have troubles with her even when I have a fire type with me

I've got the form pack mod and it's very fun, for now I've added to my team a fire/grass carnivine. Very fun in Jasper & Beryl vs the PULSEs. She offed it without a second thought. 

interesting, I installed one of the earlier version but never got around to playing around with it

Jesus this is hard..

Get your burmy to 15 for bug bite and your mudkip as high as possible without evolving it and spam the ever living mercy out of potions and berries.

Haha that's what I'm trying to do, it's hard but it is also fun to overcome it

I'm not a fan of monotyping ground too much due to how slow most of them are and how a number of ground moves hit your partner as well, making them ill-suited for doubles.

Just saying, you might want a steel type for the battle because Tyranitar(despite being useful as a type) will be pretty bad for round 3.

Thanks! I have a few Steel types in my team so I'll make good use of them!

That's great. Take two of them and it should help a lot.

I find that his performance falls a tiny bit behind past a certain point, so I didn't use him with Life Orb much. However his versatility is great as you said, he makes playing around some fields very easy. We can thank Aya for Sludge Wave.

I'm using him in a ground monorun. And it's basically my main line of defense against water types in general and Gyarados in particular 

oooh, neat! I hope he keeps serving you well

that is true, yet Dynamic Punch offers type coverage for dark and Ice types. It's really just up to you, do you wanna use Dynamic Punch a lot or do you wanna remove it?

Well, I'll keep it until I can consider some other options like Drain Punch, thanks  

no problem

Hm. Mudkip/Turtwig, Sandshrew, Geodude, Onix, Numel, at the very least, I may be missing another one or two.

Numel should get Curse before her level cap, which will change her field and depower her a lot. 

I'm including Nidorino/Nidorina since their evos are ground type, I've got also (former shadow) quagsire, and thanks for the Curse heads-up, I'll try  

I know it will be slow and painful, (even having a Nidoking and Excadrill for resisting the poison) and I'll search for snarl when I get home, thank you!! 

You’re welcome

By the way, I noticed that Excadrill is not affected by Poison moves and can survive Swalot’s Discharge for the same reason. In the end, the only damaging move that should affect him is Infestation. I would recommend the use of Strength or Rock Slide to take it out cause Ground Type moves are ineffective on Murkwater Surface.

Yes, that was the idea... I've got  steel claws to boot, plus shadow claws, plus rock slides, so... 

There might not be enough before the first gym, since all I've seen is mudkip as a starter, and marshtomp's stab ground moves become part poison on Venam's field. If that's not a problem somehow then idk.

I currently have no idea of the availability of each type on early game, definetively it's going to be something to work on before trying... thanks!

Edit: Ah, I looked around and it looks like the Nidorans are also available (which fits bc Nidoking/queen are ground types) and Geodude, I think?

I can't believe I didn't think of Nidoran, since he's right there on the pier. That actually looks like a solid start to the run, with magnitude for Venam and two Poison types for Keta. Good luck on your run!

suddenly my GF feels a lot closer to me, good luck

Hats off to ya. Good luck have fun butnottoomuchfun

It's hard but it's worth it, so thanks ^_^

So I actually got to beat him, once I broke through his Ludicolo it wasn't so bad  

what monotype are you doing?

Ground! So I had on my hand Sandstorm, a Mamoswine, a Nidoking and a Dynamic Punch Golurk to play with (?)

Just wanted to say congrats! Great work and hope you have a great summer and equally great coming year! 

Thanks! 

Maybe stomping tantrum could be a good replacement? I dunno about steelix but garchomp can learn it

Thanks, I'll try and see, for now I'm training them to complete my ground team so they have still way to grow... Thanks! (and it looks like steelix can also learn it, so...) 

 Congraaaatulations! You're officially a hoarder! 

Hah, jokes on me, I was already a hoarder before  

Don't sleep on Excadrill m8. It's one of my favorite Pokemon for a reason  

It's one of mine also  In my general run is actually one of my sweepers, so I knew I had to get it here

Gotta love Excadrill 

I'm actually thinking I could edit that number to 3 if I manage to get to Mr. BIGGLESWORTH

I feel Like Stunfisk is a better option, since it has better bulk and has a good level-up movepool.

Well I have to consider also beating Kiki (toy's psychic type) but I guess just more leveling will do lol

Aw sweet, I've yet to get that lucky with the mystery egg in any reborn-style game. Have fun, and piece the heavens with your drill!

You're so lucky.... what kind of ritual did you perform?

will prolly take a hecc'n load of time but it's a fun thing to do

For now it was only a one-chapter fanfic and in Spanish, but it's actually done!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/18864154

I might update it, but, well, I want to make it self-contained at first!

Just enough to make a pitiful base 35 Attack feel oppressive~

This quadruple Drain Punch is giving me life! Literally! 

From what I gather,

Dunno if it has any other effects on karma or whatnot, though.

Oh, thanks, I'm one of these player that don't like spending useful items bc "what if I need it for later" even if it's the final boss lol... So the item doesn't disappear after using it once??

Gotta love hax in Pokemon

Well... Nevermind, she ded. Excadrill made all the work here, as always. But it was fun anyways.