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Swinub line gets Mist, which will turn the field into Misty Terrain for a few turns (He can access Swinub at Citrine Mountain now right? Down from Shades Gym? Rock Smash?). Evolve it. This will power up Swines Icy Wind if you want, or you can spam Earthquake immediately afterwards. Consider Male Meowstic (Prankster)/Swine lead. Fake Out Tentacruel with Meowstic, use Mist with Swine 1st turn and go from there (You might need a bit of luck on Nidoqueens chosen move). Meowstic Psyshock is very good here as a reliable turn 2 on Tentacruel if you don't want screens/Safeguard. I had Magneton and Donphan in the back, with Blaziken and Swoobat to clean up. I'm off to hatch my Axew. Good luck!

Mudkip. Has Rock Slide/Earthquake in it's learnset set as Marshtomp/Swampert.That and I find good bulky waters hard to find in Reborn.

I tend to go a bit bulky with my Swamperts. Adamant, 252HP/252Atk/4Def Waterfall/Earthquake/Rock Slide/Other should do well enough as it should learn Rock Slide/Earthquake by itself. I'll assume you've have to wait for Waterfall though.

So that's where Trapinch went. I'd held off getting it due to Noivern/Krookodile. As I already did the Cryagonal trade, will I still be able to get me a Ground/Dragon?

Ha! I'll not be soft-resetting for Turtwig too many times, even though my Fennekin has 2 0IV's (Sp.Att + Spe) Ouchies Come to think of it a lot of my early event pokes had more than one 0IV. I must not have sacrificed enough goats in a previous life.

Thank you to both. We are the keepers of the sacred words.........

The trade in Agate Circus with the Monty Python tribute act. And whats the Herring he gives me?

Pulse Snorlax? It uses Rest, and EVERYONE rests. When it sleeps we sleeps?? Sometimes I have stupid ideas. I just want to know!

I didn't EV train during my run, but now as I'm waiting for the next Ep I'm doing so with some pokes I got but didn't use. Between that and Heart Scale farming it'll keep me entertained.

Thing is, you can actually get a Chikorita in the game too (you need a Chimecho though). I've just finished my playthrough of 14.5 so I'm looking at things to breed/train. Chikorita stood out as getting Leaf Storm and Leech Seed as Egg Moves. Whether I get that set in Reborn is a different matter entirely. As for teamates I'd try and get the Grass/Water/Fire core, then cover off the poison weakness with a Steel Type so you have safer switch in should Cain/Aya get a bit fruity. You can get a Magenemite in Shades Gym, so that covers the Flying Weakness too. Your Meowstic covers the natural Fighting weakness Steel has, so then it'd be just a case of rotation. You'll need more than 6 pokes to form a team. I used roughly 12-14 in my run. Gym battles tend to go something like Lose-Adjust-Win.

Body Slam (Gen 1) Thunder Wave Will o' Wisp Volt Switch U-Turn I can dream right?

Only done a 14.5 run, but Radomus was by far the easiest due to Heracross and Skuntank starting the game and generally being pests. Charlotte was challenging until I remembered Meowstic could Rain Dance (Prankster swag). Samson was too luck-based to say, but he was quite hard to get past. The one singular hardest thing I faced? Noels Clefable. Cosmic Power on the level cap. Damn that thing was annoying. Ended up melting it with repeated Acid Sprays but damn that thing was tough.

Yeah that's what I thought at first. A gradual drowsy (Drowzee? lol) feeling before the "RAAAWWWWRRRR!" breaks the silence and apparent serenity. If it does turn out to be Yawn induced sleep it could be a few things causing it, as a fair amount of Pokemon get Yawn these days. I just finished my playthrough of 14.5 so I'm itching to find out what actually happened to Agate. Watch it be something dark + sinister.

I don't want Fern to 'redeem' himself. I hate those 'Born Again' endings, stick to your principles man! Also, I want to melt him somehow.

Agate City PULSE? For some reason I really want it to be Gengar or another Ghost. Some of those bad boys learn Hypnosis too. Bit of an 'out-there' suggestion: Slowbro? Using Yawn? That'd be cool.

Empoleon (Starter, Defiant) - Bubblebeam, Hydro Pump, Metal Claw, Aqua Jet Arcanine (Jasper Ward Growlithe event, Justified) - Flamethrower, Extremespeed, Outrage, Crunch Krookodile (Tanzan Cave, Anger Point) - Earthquake, Foul Play, Sandstorm, RockSmash/Strength Noivern (Railnet, Infiltrator) - Dragon Pulse, Super Fang, Air Slash, Roost Amoonguss (Azurine Island, Effect Spore) - Spore, Toxic, Rage Powder, Giga Drain Meowstic Male (Sketchy house, Prankster) - Light Screen, Reflect, Psychic, Fake Out Currently benched Metagross (Byxbysion Wasteland, Clear Body) - Bullet Punch, Meteor Mash, Zen Headbutt, Hammer Arm Skuntank (Peridot Garden, Keen Eye) - Feint, Flamethrower, Ngith Slash, Toxic Heracross (South Adventurine Woods, Guts) - Close Combat, Megahorn, Brick Break, Cut/False Swipe I have Gastly, Abra, Mudkip, and a Male Ralts to train if I need. Just about to finish in Iolia Valley.

My Prankster Male has put in a lot of work in the double battles. Never underestimate the usefulness of a priority Reflect/Light Screen/Flash/Safeguard/Substitute + Fake Out. Offensively it's outclassed by the Female because of it's slightly more varied movepool. Which in turn is eventually outclassed by Gardevoir/Alakazam. But until you get to that point in the game it's the best Psychic type I found.

Lv34 Wooper has Earthquake (Azurine Island??) You can fish for Barboach/Carvanha at the very back of Aqua Gangs base after beating them at the end of that side mission. When you get the Good Rod the higher level ones have Aqua Tail. You can get Wingull/Pelipper on Apophyll beach (but they're wingull and Peilipper) If you're Growlithe has a decent nature I'd use that, or if you really want the Azurill, get the Vulpix.

My team is feeling a little stale, so I wanna switch it up. Here it is at the moment, having just beaten Sirius at Tanzan Cove: Screech (Noivern Lv48) - Bashful - Telepathy Tailwind Air Slash Roost Super Fang Honda (Hariyama Lv46) - Sassy - Sheer Force - Fist Plate Knock Off Vital Throw Close Combat Fake Out Perfecto (MeowsticMale Lv47) - Quiet - Infiltrator - Light Clay Light Screen Fake Out Psyshock Psychic Pepe (Skuntank Lv47) - Relaxed - Keen Eye - Black Sludge Feint Toxic Flamethrower Night Slash - (Arcanine Lv 48) - Gentle - Justified Heat Wave Flamethrower Outrage Crunch Peng (Empoleon* Lv48) - Hardy - Defiant Metal claw Growl Bubblebeam Aqua Jet Not looking to counter anything or anyone, just looking for a few options.

Hariyama is massive and gets Knock-Off+Fake Out. Not sure on Cinccino's move set but Magnezone seems decent to lead with.

Hariyama. I thought Sheer Force + Fake Out would fail miserably. That final turn priority tho.......

I've been using Stunky (now a Skuntank) for a while. It's got weak defences but it has decent speed, only one weakness (Ground), learns Toxic/Flamethrower (as Skuntank)/Night Slash, Good HP, and Stench ability might net you the odd flinch or two. I might replace it now I'm into the 'meat' of the game, but since I caught it near the start it's done very well for me.

Cheers everyone! I haven't faced Kiki yet, I just got the Meditite. Decided to level Noibat for a while whilst I do as many of the stickers as I can (I think 3 maybe at this stage?). Yeah I figure Gyarados is my fave because in the games it always makes my story teams. I always pick the Fire-type starter in the games, so Gyarados gives a nice balance. The fact it's busted/flexable/attainable helps out too I suppose. The thread name could be a joke. Needs finishing though........