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  1. Monochrome_Complex

    One of the best things about pokemon is using a pokemon you never gave much thought to before and finding a new appreciation for it when you discover its potential and how useful it can be. Sudowoodo and Kecleon are putting in work this playthrough. Sudowoodo's sturdy + counter is great for cheap KOs and Kecleon with protean is not only sneaky, but it's a great compliment to my slow team since it learns trick room. Both were key in beating Samson who took only 2 tries. I added Quilfish as well who not only gets intimidate and can set hazards, but d-bond too? Nifty pokemon.

  2. Monochrome_Complex

    Mad salty I lost to Bennet at Iolia valley and have to walk all the way from lapis ward.  Still one of my least favorite maps in the game. 

     

    And then Luna being like, the worst gym battle in the game doesn't do it any favors either.  After beating her I realized there was a heal shard outside her room I missed the first time. Goddangit lol.

    1. Dark Legend

      Dark Legend

      I feel like Luna could have had a stronger team, because, like, dark types, ya know?

    2. Monochrome_Complex

      Monochrome_Complex

      She's easier than flobot I swear. 3 of her pokemon have a double weakness to fighting, one is made of tissue(Absol) and her field is boring and too honest(all it does is seemingly increase her damage? that's it?) . Jubjub bird is probably her most threatening pokemon and Umbreon can take hits but doesn't hit back all that hard. 

       

      I imagine if gen 8 pokemon were ever added she'd have Grimmsnarl but I feel like her field needs a rework. It's a pretty basic field for that point of the game, especially coming off Radomus' field which was mad creative even if he's one of the easier leaders. And while the circus field is *annoying* I respect the creativity and how Samson takes advanatge of it. But luna's feels like it does the bare minumum in a game with a lot of creativity in how the leaders utilize their fields.

  3. Monochrome_Complex
    Whoa this is actually really neat. You should give Terra Lassiure or whatever that ground psuedo is called. I remember it being an absolute beast in my playthrough.
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    I still don't get why Radomus did the whole butler thing with El. Like couldn't he have gotten the brooch from him without inviting him to the manor? El was already hypnotized in the aerie. In fact why didn't he take it then?

    1. Aphelli

      Aphelli

      Note that at this point Luna still has the brooch, he's taking the Amethyst Pendant off El.

       

      A possible theory (but of course it's a lot of speculation) is that (spoilers for the next story part, but I think you're past that)

      Spoiler

      Radomus wants El to have the brooch.

      You're right, and even after El shakes off the hypnosis, it looks pretty clear that Radomus could have rescued Luna in a heartbeat without us. So: why didn't he? Because he wanted a certain outcome to be achieved instead. And the only significant outcomes of that arc seem to be the brooch, the pendant and Bennett.

       

      I don't think Radomus has any particular interest in (or particularly cares for) Bennett. Although Gossip Gardevoir gets to mock Bennett in front of everyone so perhaps that could have been a bonus? 

      It also seems a bit contrived to allow an unpredictable hostage situation just to get a jewel that was already in his hands. The MC wouldn't have "seriously" reclaimed it even if Radomus chose to keep it. 

      So the brooch remains. I think I can find a deeper reason, but that's more story spoilers. 

       

      But even then,  it doesn't quite make sense (why not just give El the brooch?).   

       

    2. Monochrome_Complex

      Monochrome_Complex

      Yeah like I get they're trying to paint Radomus as this master manipulator but it just comes across as him allowing bad situations that had no reason to actually occur if he just did the sensible thing instead. And yeah I meant the pendant in regards to the aerie, not the brooch, my mistake.

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    Usually Noel gives me a fight but this might be the first time  I beat him in one attempt. Decidueye basically walked over Clefable since she can't hurt him much due to the rain and his special bulk + field regen being good enough to tank her moonblasts. Since leaf blade gets powered up on the grass field he was hurting her faster than she could heal. I daresay Noel has been one of the easiest leaders thus far this playthrough, which rarely happens for me. I did have a good team for him this time though: Scrafty, Sawk, Sudowoodo and Decideye were enough to win it.

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      Monochrome_Complex

      Well now it's always set to rain during that fight so setting the field ablaze wasn't an option despite having Camerupt, plus it actually helped since it weakens Noel's hidden power. I didn't have anyone to use sludge wave so I figure it's better to use the grass field to my advantage.  Grass types are good in this fight now, just have something to deal with swellow. Sudowoodo handled him no problem.

    3. OmegaSolare

      OmegaSolare

      Otherwise, if it were the case, for spoiler :

      Spoiler

      You lose relationship points with Laura.

       

    4. Monochrome_Complex

      Monochrome_Complex

      Oh yeah true, forgot about that lol.

  6. Monochrome_Complex
    Ummmm it's been a while since I played this but I don't recall ever having this much trouble getting the train to actually start in the underground railnet . I have the tracks aligned correctly but nothing is happening. What am I missing? EDIT: nevermind I was supposed to talk to shelly. Goodness poor girl I completely passed her lol.
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    1st time using sudowoodo in a playthrough and he's actually legit? Sturdy + counter makes that Garchomp fight a breeze. Might be a good idea to lead with a pyukumuku or two first to guarantee the KO.

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    Started up a new playthrough of Reborn after not playing for like a year only to find myself struggling against Julia lol. Between the retries and grinding it took me nearly an hour. Thankfully Flobot I got first try, Dartrix runs half of her squad for free. But yeah Juilia gave me a lot more trouble than I remember. 

  9. Monochrome_Complex

    GLITCHCITY WITH A NEW REMIX. I fully expect this to pop up in a future Rejuv update lol.

     

    1. Dark Legend

      Dark Legend

      this is really good

  10. Monochrome_Complex

    Xenoverse's new content started today and the amount of downloads overloaded the servers meaning you can't exactly downloaded right now lol.

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    2. OmegaSolare

      OmegaSolare

      But now I updated it because of another new patch of the version.

    3. Dark Legend

      Dark Legend

      oh so it works now?

    4. OmegaSolare

      OmegaSolare

      Just try download.

  11. Monochrome_Complex

    Kentaro Miura, legendary author and artists of Berserk, has passed away. RIP Legend.

    1. DelRad

      DelRad

      RIP😔

    2. OmegaSolare

      OmegaSolare

      Rest In peace.

    3. Dark Legend

      Dark Legend

      ive never heard of him but did anyone ask? no. RIP Kentaro Miura. 😭

  12. Monochrome_Complex
    OKAY now that makes more sense. Yeah share it, sounds fun!
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    On set? I don't believe this for second. Especially first playthrough.
  14. Monochrome_Complex
    So modern mode it's just like the actual games in that it makes it too easy? Lol. But yeah they should probably balance it more. Honestly I don't feel classic mode was that bad after the 4th gym leader once you get the lucky egg(in fact I found it pretty easy to grind once you hit the ghost town), but before that it's kind of tough to raise up low level mons.
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    Shelly is difficult yeah and unlike others who got nerfed over versions she's still plenty tough. I think Titania and Charlotte are other fair choices. Terra can be annoying too sometimes, her claydol's bulk is unholy, swagsire is some nonsense and Garchomp as usual is a total PITA. Also Excakill is always a problem. While he's not super terrible as a whole, Samson's Hawlucha is bullshit blazing ever since the seeds were put into the game. Almost feels like he's guaranteed to KO one of your pokemon.
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    I think part of what makes Flareon bad is more that he's squishy AND slow which is not a good combination. He's supposed to be a "mage killer" evident by his high special defense and high attack(since a lot of special attackers lack in defense) but his movepool can't take advantage of that too well without hurting himself in the process and he's too slow, plus his poor HP kinda offsets his good special defense. A lot of eeveelutions have poor movepools to be fair though. Like once upon a time people said all he needs is flare blitz and he'll be a beast! then he got flare blitz but he's still not great so it's more than just a "hurt things more" issue going on with Flareon. I think his crest should make him faster for starters. He's just way too slow.
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    Flareon doesn't have a crest yet? I can totally see him getting one especially since it's Huey's ace.
  18. Monochrome_Complex
    I was geeking out at the dlc. Though admittedly I found the whole DLC BATTLE PASS stuff a bit unnecessary(and I feel like it could get Weedle in legal trouble if it gave implication of making money which it's not) but I understand it's done to mimic the actual games and how dlc would be announced. I just hope the additional stuff adds E4 rematches too. I'm curious about the other project Weedle has in store. Honestly I feel they're good enough to able to do something of their own IP and actually profit off it you know?
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    derp I didn't realize that was Terrial lol.
  20. Monochrome_Complex

    Gotta love that feel when you discover a new song you like and just want to keep listening.

     

  21. Monochrome_Complex
    I'm guessing either Atrica or Terrial will be the major postgame area.
  22. Monochrome_Complex

    IT'S OVER

     

    -gets sent back to title screen, resulting in lost progress-

     

    Who thought this was a good idea?

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    2. Monochrome_Complex

      Monochrome_Complex

      In Pokemon Empire losing certain fights  prompts the ITS OVER message to play and boots you back to the title screen. Thing is it's not really communicated well which fights do so and it's easy to lose progress as a result of losing said fights. It's happened to me twice so far and I really dislike this design choice.

       

       

    3. OmegaSolare

      OmegaSolare

      That looks like it's a hard mode game. Maybe similar to nuzlocke challenge, but different.

    4. Dark Legend

      Dark Legend

      that sounds like hell(◔ڼ◔)

  23. Monochrome_Complex
    I don't think I've seen Uranium ranked above Reborn too much personally. I can see it being ranked higher by some because it's not as edgy(being a bit closer in tone to the actual games) and it's much easier, so it's not as frustrating, but personally as someone who liked both Reborn is definitely better. Insurgence is overrated to some degree I'll admit but I still think it's fine on its own merits, and while I never played Zeta/Omicron it seems like a vast improvement off what those two built(it was from the same dudes). Plus you do have to give Insurgence credit for being meaty and actually complete, something few fangames can claim lol. But I do get not liking Insurgence because like you said, it does have some wasted potential. Also pet peeve of mine but I don't like when NPCs use revives, especially since I don't even like using revives mid-battle myself. This was kind of annoying about Insurgence and Daybreak unfortunately does it too, in fact it's even WORSE about it if you can believe it. If I'm being honest of all the games I listed Daybreak would be the one I'd recommend least, but if you want you can still check it out. I think my favorite thing about Daybreak is that the rival's encounter theme is Bloody Stream lol.
  24. Monochrome_Complex
    Congrats on beating it. Ryland gave me a tough time mainly because of Excadrill and Torterra
  25. Monochrome_Complex
    It's one of the best pokemon fangames I've played, DEFINITELY recommend. Also it's a CRIME Equinox Village's music isn't on youtube. One of the few tracks not uploaded and I wonder why? It's beautiful. Speaking of beautiful, I love Dragalisk's battle theme. It reminds me of Megaman X4-5 a bit during the piano part at 1:22 I think Trishout is my favorite starter of the 3.
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