Monochrome_Complex

Yeah I think gen 4-5 had this power creep that made a number of gen 1 mons notably worse in comparison. Gen 6 tried hard to fix this as you can see by their nontransparent attempts to appeal to gen 1 fans, slightly buffing stats on gen 1 pokemon only(which is such bull) and megas. I do feel certain gen 1 pokemon got better though even with the power creep, like Arcanine and Gengar is always good.

how did you get aron?

I find ground types kind of frustrating in Reborn especially doubles where stronger ground moves hurt your team as well. Mamoswine is a GOAT, I love the dude and even without icicle crash he wrecked everytime I used him. I just HATE raising him as a swinub because swinub levels up sloooooow. Like really most ground types are at least decent, but the early game is a killer unless you exploit voltorb flip(which I didn't) or get Numel(which I DIDN'T) and have only Grotle as your option. I mean I beat Julia somehow with just him but yeah it's an upwards climb in the beginning.

Tyrantrum is one of the best looking dragon and 6 gen pokemon hands down yeah. I never used him really though even in 6 gen as I generally find training dragon types annoying. Spinel museum quest should be done ASAP when you get to the town though, because it can become inaccessible after a major event.

Yeah I can excuse the kids leaders for that reason mainly, plus a lot of them are still well fleshed out and a lot more likable than gym eladers in other games(and Kalos completely, now that was a lousy league).

CRITICAL HIT! _____ HAS FAINTED! Like these words infuriate me so much depending on the context.

This bothers me too, especially since they start jumping like 8 levels per badge after a certain point. I beat shade, this dude is like, "let me play you a little song," then sends out a level 49 Delphox. Yeah no get outta here with that nonsense. -I don't like Titania that much. Out of the 4 Onyx Gals, she's definitely my least favorite. Just way too edgy tryhard and she's very mean. She's like a more extreme Sapphira to where her badassery feels too forced instead of being appealing(toxic badassery) and she's too mean to feel sympatheitc. Idk, first time playing I was like she's cool I guess, but I like her less each playthrough. Amaria is too good for her. -some moves STILL being broken. sleep talk, rest lasting too long, bizarre status inconsistencies. I think this will go away eventually though. -the cultist rescue stealth segment. The concept is cool but the stealth segment is a drag. It's a lot more tolerable than it used to be but I feel like the game would be better without it. -Corey having shadow claw. I guess he's so pissed he wants to rip your pokemon apart with his bare hands? That's badass but him being a pushover somewhat is not badass at all. -Episode 15 removing the map before PULSE Tangrowth. Hoping Ame puts it back as I loved the atmosphere and music for that part. -Terra has her moments but yeah she feels too memetastic and clashes with Reborn's mood too much at times. Funny thing is, Ame hates Terra as well. I'm actually really, really curious as to why. I'm guessing there was bad blood between the two back in the online league days?

I can't help but get genwunner vibes off OP's post. BUT I shall show restraint to help a fellow board member. Rapidash looks pretty cool and comes with flash fire which is a nice ability. Electabuzz and Magmar come waaaaay late into the game so I wouldn't bother too much with them. Tauros is a solid normal physical attacker. Primape is a poverty fighitng type really and there's many better later gen ones. Golem is awesome. Nidoking aka DA KING is a must have on this team. His female counterpart ain't half bad either. Can't ever go wrong with DA KING Alakazam is BOSS. Dude WRECKED in my psychic/ice run despite coming late game. Victreebel is okay, he's not bad but not the greatest either. I mean he's an interesting alternative hipster mon and is solid enough early game but I'd rather go with Vileplume. Venomoth learns quiver dance but I never used it.

Yeah that was my plan with Sigilyph but I need heart scales since I'm all out. I want roost on him as well but that'd require some breeding.

I haven't used Mantine since like Crystal version so I was kind of curious into how he was, but apparently I'm not missing out on much LOL. I was planning on using him more for support anyway, like I think he can get reflect, no? And Tailwind? Looking on bulbapedia, no it does not. Oh nevermind then, thanks timtim for the heads up. That would've been a big waste of time. Also, I'd like to announce another retirement Chase(dodrio lvl 46) He's starting to fall behind, and really it's kind of hard to have him find a niche on the team. Gotham has effectively made him obsolete and as the team grows he's become increasingly overshadowed. That said Chase's crowning moments of glory against Shade and Kiki shall never be forgotten.

Checkmate! Radomus is down and another badge is added to the collection! Just one attempt was needed and Hyperflight WRECKED this match even with the kryptonite every member of radomus' team possessed. My lineup was Hyperflight(Yanmega), level 56 Drifter(Drifblim), level 54 Jt(Charizard), level 56 Ecclair(Emolga) level 56 Nazca(sigilyph) level 56 Gotham(Crobat) level 57 Now I know, at first glance this team is actually kind of bad to use because two of them are dual weak to rock while Gotham's weakness to psychic makes Radomus' field boosted psychics a one-hit KO(indeed it was), but I was basically going high risk high reward and using sheer firepower to wipe out Radomus' pieces before they can gain any momentum or strike. >I lead with Hyperflight and Gotham. Gotham one shots Gallade easily, and Reuniclus falls to bug buzz. 6-4, those two were free. >Metagross and Malamar come out. I have Gotham soften up Malamar with acrobatics which brings him to about little over half and Hyperflight U-turns him, Koing him. I switch in Drifter who unfortunately falls instantly to Metagross' critical ice punch, dumb metal jerk, currently 5-3. >Slowking comes out and I replace Drifter with Jt. Now here is where I messed up, I used heat wave instead of flamethrower on Metagross which was bad since heat wave's power gets spread out in doubles a bit like most multi target moves. Metagross barely survives and Slowking gets down to yellow off acrobatics. Slowking and Metagross double team Jt, Koing him. 4-3 now. >I send out Ecclair who nuzzles Metagross, but gets one-shotted by ice punch. Radomus heals up Slowking before it eats a fatal acrobatics, but now it's just wounded again anyway. Kind of dumb for him to do that, personally I would've let the king fall. But actually that's kind of brilliant, because you see the King is the most important piece in Chess, so it makes sense he'd try to protect Slowking by healing him. 3-3! >I have Hyperflight come out again, and this time Slowking falls to acrobatics from Gotham. Radomus heals up metagross(weird how he waited until now) and Hyperflight hits him with a bug buzz, taking him down to half health, would be yellow but leftovers 3-2, radomus is on his last mons now. > The gossip Gardevoir makes her long awaited appearance, tracing speed boost which can spell trouble. Gotham takes her down to 1/4 of her health, and a U-turn from Hyperflight finishes her off, with Nazca sent in his place. Ouch, she didn't get to do much at all. Metagross at this point takes the opportunity to KO Gotham, who has had one hell of a performance this battle. 2-1, this is it! >Hyperflight and Nazca together are just too much for a paralyzed Metagross at half health, and he falls to the duo's onslaught. 2-0, checkmate. That was a pretty interesting battle considering how we both were at a disadvantage type wise, but the speed and power of the flying type just overwhelms Radomus' team. If things go according to plan, expect Togepi either tomorrow or the day after.

Yeah early game noibat is nothing but trash and a waste of time. Just get one later on where it is closer to evolution.

No love for Medicham? That guy hit like a god of Olympus for my psychic/ice run and there's a chance it can come with drain punch.

The grunts never showed up though, that's the thing. The guy just says you're always welcomed here. I wonder if the grunts are the same ones from the igglybuff quest? I missed that one so that could be it. I can always get him at the circus later anyway. El defeated! okay first I missed up since he kept outspeeding me and oneshotting Drifter with shadow ball before I could do anything, so I put Seattle back in the field and he was able to take a shadowball and set up a tailwind, letting Drifter pull of a destiny kill. But better news is that another addition to the team has arrived, and a personal favorite of mine: Nazca(Sigilyph)lvl 44 Jolly(ew) nature Tinted Lens -psychic -gravity -air slash -mirror move Can't wait to train this guy up, his IVs are pretty good too and I can always change his nature later, quite soon actually. Sigilyph is one of my favorite pokemon so I definitely plan on keeping him. I can run him offensive or defensiv too, maybe the latter. Also Seattle is sticking around, guy has been a mad useful support all run. He's usually one of my rotation pokemon.

Ditto arceus I have zero concerns with. I feel as though if you can beat Garchomp, ditto arceus is even easier. Also how do you get the spinel event to occur? I tried last night but nothing happened. Bah I'll wait for archeops later. I did catch a mantyke, it had a neutral nature but solid special defense IVs. Maybe he'll replace Seattle later on after evolving. For now I'm going on to route 1. >>>>> Fern is such a pushover with this team lol. Guy couldn't land a single hit.

Oh man I hope you understand the physical/special split then. 4th gen was important in changes mainly due to this.

Nah Goyle is staying, I screwed up BIG time and released it or something because it's gone now. OH WAIT UP I know what happened lol, I didn't save upon receiving it so I still haven't traded for it yet. PHEW.

Yup. This works on like everything too, d-bond is ridiculously broken lol.

Against Noellers though? Idk that's who I'm afraid of, although Goyle was pretty awesome at Tazan. I beat PULSE abra and Megasteelix(drifter FTW) with little trouble so now it's just dealing with Noel. I think he's going to be my toughest fight yet. Hmmm thinking about it, not sure if Hyperflight is good for this match. The rock weakness is too much and bug buzz gets resisted by half Noel's team, although he's sure to demolish Girafarig. I cannot let wiggs set up stealth rock though, that mess will wreck me. I swear Noel's entire team sans Girafarig is scary. I plan on using Jt(Charizard) lvl 54, might reteach him heat wave to induce field effect Gotham(Crobat) lvl 52 Goyle(Noivern) lvl 54 Ecclair(Emolga) lvl 51 Drifter(driflblim)lvl 49 Seattle(pelipper)lvl 49 Wish me luck. >>>>>>>> NOEL IS DEFEATED! This team though...man they are BEASTS. Jt is a hero among mortals, guy was total MVP. >Opened with Jt, used heat wave, it one shots Wiggs and sets the field ablaze. I knew from here on this was going to be a good run. 6-5, good start >Next was Cinccino. UGH. I used Seattle to try and pull off a tailwind, but got flinchhaxed(he didn't use rock blast oddly enough) and he got KO'd. I decide to sent out Gotham who hits hard with an acrobatics, and takes a tail slap in return, which combined with the field brings CC to a sliver of health. 2 ultra potions later she's out. Good riddance. 5-4 so far, i'm leading. >Porygon Z, that digital dastard we all know and love. I have Ecclair paralyze him with nuzzle, he counters with tri attack which she BARELY survives. Next I set up a light screen for insurance later on, and he's stiff so I get to fire off an electro ball which deals a good chunk before losing Ecclair. I have Gotham finish him off after Noel burns his last ultra potion. 4-3, halfway there! >Girafarig, lol. Jt uses heat wave which takes him down to half. Now see the downside about flying types is that they lose out on field boost so burning flames wasn't powering up any of my stuff. Girafarig hits with thunderbolt, but Jt laughs it off as light screen is still in play.Another heat wave keeps him down for good. 4-2, almost there! >SWOLELLOW shows up and I have Gotham come out for a last hurrah. He outspeeds Swellow and takes him down to red with acrobatics. Swellow uses brave bird and sends Gotham to sleep. Sleep well sweet prince. 3-2 now, and Swellow is burned due to his flame orb. >I figure Goyle should be able to finish off Swellow, but Swellow outspeeds him and oneshots Goyle with a critical facade. wtf. Thankfully Swellow sealed his own fate and fell to burn damage. 2-1, just one left. >Clefable comes out laughing in the fire's fury, since flames don't hurt him none. I send out ACEKILLER Drifter and after a moonblast takes him to yellow, set up a destiny bond which takes him down next turn. 1-0, game. Feels good when you get a victory that goes just right. That's 9 leaders so far, with 7 badges. This team is awesome, flying type love I understand now..On another note, I keep wrongly referring Drifter as a driftloon, it's a drifblim. Also, it appears that my mystery egg Tentacool is being requested by another user which I just learned like 10 minutes ago. I'm not familiar with trading in Reborn, but Togepi is one of his offers and well...how can I resist a lovable togepi? I'm going to see if I can take him on his offer...

And Noivern joins the team! Goyle as I named him will be lending his leathery wings to our cause. Let's take a look at our comrade shall we? Goyle(noivern)lvl 51 frisk ability Modest nature -roost -tailwind -dragon pulse -super fang Admittedly I'm a bit unsure how I want to run this guy. My issue with Noivern is that he's fast, but then what? I guess his special attack is servicable enough but neither dragon pulse or ai slash is really strong, and boomburst doesn't get a stab. Hurricane misses WAY too much but I guess with Vega it'd be alright? Idk we'll see, TBH I feel like he'll only be useful in certain occasions. I'm about to do the Tanzan Mountain arc right now.

But don't forget 3 things: -you're human, they are not and thus are limited in what they can adapt to. -the fields work both ways and controlling them is part of the game -on switch you're even moreso at an advantage to where their coverage and illegally obtained pokemon are somewhat balanced out. On set admittedly it's a bit less stacked to your favor but you have an endless amount of ipotions/Z items/full heals to use. Revives are like taking more than 6 pokemon with you, and way too much of an advantage.There's a reason the CPU doesn't use them and that's because it'd make them pretty unfair and just flat out frustrating Personally I don't use any items during battle except held ones on pokemon but potions/fullheals/battle items I think are fine, it's just revives I feel are pretty cheap..

^^Another thing was that in previous episodes ame wouldn't tell you jack, it was this tool who would skip out on like 3 different gyms and had lousy advice lol. Also you aren't using revives during battle are you? Those are pretty cheap man

Charlotte in 14/13 was Op'd, as explained she had illegal moves and would deal ludicrous amount of damage, like 400 BP moves per turn, it was absurd. Ep 15 made the gym leaders easier overall, although Charlotte is still pretty tough especially blind(the only way you should be playing the game first time). Damage explained it really well, and I think if you aren't knowing exactly what you're up against the game is pretty tough. Granted on following playthroughs it becomes a lot easier but it's by no means an easy game. Ah 7th street? Well next gym leader is the easiest mid-game leader for a lot of people but after her I feel the game spikes in difficulty. Like even indra is a bit tough initially lol.

Or have something with volt absorb/lightning rod/motor drive and decent special defense

Lol @ the solaris/sirius and Luna/alice confusion. I had the same problem at first. -I thought the pyramid on Radomus' head when you first meet him was a blonde powdered wig and he was like a fat snob. I still give him this sort of posh smug accent when reading his voice in my head. Wasn't until I saw his banner artwork that this was cleared up. -I thought Adrienne was a hermaphrodite. Actually I still consider it possible. -Thought Sirius was the leader oif Team Meteor, not lin.