ZEL

it's time lads

ngl I was shook ;A; I honestly didn't expect that tagging him would even ensure he sees the post to begin with, given how popular he seems to be feelsniceman 'specially since i almost never draw any more these days also just saying but I'd absolutely not put it past Fern to have a throne :^) I can only repeat how much fun I'm having with his playthrough. It's just so refreshing to see someone actually invest thought into the characters and setting with this much enthusiasm; I know lots of people do that, but it's not something I've seen a lot with youtubers tbh. And even if some of his theories and interpretations come off as really funny when you already know the game, I just love listening to him trying to put the hints together. ...Which also makes me sincerely hope that people will be able to keep their spoilers to themselves and not give away all the cool or shocking stuff to him (lookin' at you here, Garchomp battle). I was so ready to fight people when he started the vid saying he's been given clarification on ZEL, deadass thought someone went and spoiled the backstory to him zzzz

“Y’all drew fanart of Kiki, Jaques and Tiki as the big three - thank you! Leave Belly out!” Absolutely not

Now we just need someone dedicated enough to actually sing along properly :]

Y'know, the funniest part is that he will meet a character with a (sometimes) belly face if he makes it to Shade. His reaction to Tangrowth was so cute I think I melted a little. I'm so glad he's having fun. Though I dunno why people hyped this battle up so much in difficulty, I felt it got pretty underwhelming after it lost the field effect :c

Jep; I'm sure if you look at older videos of Reborn on youtube you could still find videos of that part pre-6th gen. The mechanic used nowadays wasn't present (IIRC the 'mons just had buffed stats), but the whole idea about a machine that super-powers pokémon was already in the story just like that. It's more that mega evolution added the perfect way to transfer it into gameplay.

Fun fact, but technically PULSE predates mega evolution - Ice and Ame came up with the concept before Gen 6, but when Gen 6 gave us the mega evo mechanic, it was swiftly used to improve on the PULSE 'mons in the game.

If he bullies them he's cancelled jk jk. Seeing how he doesn't seem to do much voice acting, it at least looks I don't have to pray in that department He'll be pleased when he realizes he was right about the whole "dangerous experiments" thing. I do love seeing people's reactions to the first PULSE.

"Yo what if there's some crazy experiments going on around here" :] :]]] I'm rooting for Kiki, I'm hoping she will outlast her namesake

I am highkey here for how wholesome his tension and reactions during the gym battle were It's such a breather to watch someone play this game and not bitch about it every couple seconds, I'm genuinely enjoying this. Yes, even if half the tension was from him misunderstanding how the disobeying thing works - it was fun to watch :]

"This is our pet dog and we're never gonna let her die" You named her after the right person then :^) I'm not much into youtubers so I've actually (once again) never heard of this dude before, but I just watched the three episodes he has out, and I think I like him so far. If he stays this excitable after getting through a few of the harder battles, it'd be great. He's trying to follow the story and makes an effort to explore things, that's really all I want from people doing playthroughs of Reborn. Consider me interested.

See, this is why we should delete Terra. Welcome back, reborn forums.

Y'all just can't handle Azery's swag smh cowards Nominate him for Ember King at least, ya heartless tyrants! Also nominating Ruby for Midsummer Queen uwu

guess it's time to get ready for reborn's exciting secret sequel, pokemon redeath it's where you get to beat the dead horse all jokes aside, I get that feeling. I'm glad there's more cool fangames in the works that still have some way to go. That way we can get our pokemon fix and still be excited for the next things ame has planned but hey, reborn was my first fangame experience, it will absolutely feel weird not to have any more episode progress to follow

I've told many lies in my life, but I'd never dare speak such blatant ones. Welcome to Reborn, nice to have ya!

Adding more mons to the team is always a good idea when you're struggling, but I disagree that it's not possible with what you have. I just tested this team out on debug and beat the battle first try. Lead with Combusken and Roselia, got two layers of Toxic Spikes up right away. Defeated ZEL's team first - Combusken dealt with Glaceon, wanted to be careful and switched it out for Meowstic when Espeon was on the field and only brought it back in once Umbreon was there. Pachirisu can take Chatot on easily. Tangrowth goes down to Meowstic and a filler 'mon. i used Pachirisu there since it was already on the field for Chatot anyway. The tspikes really helped with Tangrowth, chipping down the health on a bulky mon. Roselia can help itself pretty well with draining moves, but if you have potions to spare you can make your life even easier.

How are you currently going about battling them? Which Pokémon gives you the most trouble? One of the better ideas is to focus on taking out one team first; personally I'd say it's easiest if you first deal with ZEL's team before taking on Taka's. Trying to battle both at the same time can get you in annoying situations - but if necessary, get some attacks in on him too, particularly if Chatot is on the field. That bugger can hurt you. I've recreated your team* in Debug and fought the battle without held items and EVs, and it actually went pretty well! The most useful pokemon were Monferno, Pikachu and Roselia, but Herdier and Pidgeotto got their moments too. Pikachu is ideal to paralyze everything you can, and to get rid of Chatot. Parahax saves lives, and if you get a double team in, awesome! Monferno will take care of Glaceon, Umbreon and Exeggcute. Keep it alive for Tangrowth too. Herdier disposes of Espeon. Roselia doesn't do a lot offensively, but besides Chatot and Espeon there also isn't really anything that hurts it, so it's nice to have on the field any time you know you need items or a switch-in. (*levelled Pidgeotto to 30 because why not?) I'd recommend putting a sixth mon on your team. Even if not as a battler, then at least as filler that you can switch into to get a free heal or two on a different party member. (But really, having a sixth battler is ideal.) Your potions will come in handy against Tangrowth, I kept Monferno on the field with Roselia and just used Roselia's turns to heal Monferno. (Tho I let it die a turn or so after Taka used his potion because I got lazy. Pidgeotto still finished the job.)

can't wait to party with Taka's ghost at the cemetery this man will not get any sleep, not even in death

Likability list, will add gym difficulty one later cuz I'm late to work look I kind of want to kick Bennett in the shins, but I don't think he's boring/unremarkable, and I don't disrespect him quite enough to tie him with Terra and Lin. So I made a compromise: he gets to be middle tier, but I had to rename it from "still cool" to "still interesting" because y'know, nice character arc but also fuck you. edit: there we go Based this one off my accumulated experiences with multiple runs. So like. Incredibly subjective. For example, Terra actually does use her field quite well, much to her credit, but I've yet to actually struggle with beating her the slightest. Adrienn has the same field as Tania, I Am Aware. But unlike Tania, xe is weak to steel types. I still don't know exactly why I keep struggling with Shade to be honest, but they can be on that tier, they deserve it. Julia once lost to a team of 3 normal/flying types. I don't even bother bringing a full team to her gym any more. fuck the mirror arena

If I can't vote for Azery in all 3 categories then what even is the POINT of having a royalty vote How can you do this This is outrageous It's unfair How can you let Azery be at the party, and not let him have the rank of kingqueensovereign