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In your case I'd probably go for Torchic. It takes quite a bit of time before you start finding strong TMs like Ice Beam you mentioned, but don't underestimate more niche or overshadowed TMs like Nature Power.

Maybe I'm using an older version, because I couldn't find anything about it in the Readme. Anyhow, thanks for clarifying.

Yeah, teams of 6 mons is what you can expect from every Gym Leader. If you need to train, go to one of the alleys, you should find mons around lvl 10 or so. Use Speed up button as well. Iirc you can also go to Grand Hall and repeatedly fight trainers there. As for Julia, I know some folks have used Moxie Mightyena to good effect. One thing I like to do is to catch Goldeen with Lightningrod ability. I'd consider ditching Stunky in favor of Trubbish. Trubbish's Toxic Spikes is much more useful as means of dealing passive damage than Stunky's Poison Gas.

I believe this is an unintended effect. I'm playing on Hard difficulty. My Tympole gets burned after a few steps if they're the first Pokemon in my party.

I don't claim to know all the differences, but apparently:

@Gentleman Jaggi

There's one in Bronze Island. You can go there once you've completed all Addenfall Ranger Guild tasks.

I think the difficulty is fine. Some of the Gym Leaders actually gave me trouble - in fact, I think Aderyn was buffed. The last two were significantly easier, though. Then again, I was well-equipped to deal with them. It makes sense for them to be easier when you have a much larger pool of available Pokemon, items and a fast way to EV train your team. In regards to the last bit of story we got with this episode, I was left wondering if:

Another strong starter of choice besides Torchic includes Protean Froakie. The fact that all your attacks are boosted in power (because of STAB) as well as having the ability to change your type on the fly makes Froakie a good choice for a starter. Iirc Espurr is obtainable early in the game. Male Meowstic with Prankster ability makes for a solid support mon. You can use Reflect and Light Screen with increased priority (more likely to go first). Generally don't be afraid to try and give some mons a chance: the way Reborn is designed makes it nigh impossible - without trading, that is - to

Porygon:

If my memory serves, there's a dusk stone in the room that is unlocked if you solved the bidoof puzzle. Shiny stone is hidden near the top of Hardened Mountain - you need to get past Tristan first. As for the water stone, you can find one in route 2. In one of the houses there is a swimmer who is looking for Jared (the blue haired&bearded swimmer man). Once you find him, return to this regular swimmer man and he rewards you with a water stone. What part of the fight/ which mons are giving you the most trouble? If you have Flame Burst on your Charizard, you can set the field on

@Cuddly Lopunny You don't have Psychic Memory for Silvally, I assume? Strength gets boosted by the field, so try using that. Nature Power is also really good, as it turns into Acrobatics. You don't seem to have many mons in your team that can learn Nature Power, so you might have to check your PC. If you need to train new mons, you could give Rufflet/Braviary a shot, you can catch one in the route with the Crustle puzzles. Psychic or Ghost-types are few and far between this point in the game, so if you haven't caught any beforehand, you're out of luck in that regard.

@Shoki What are the moves on your Meowstic and Emolga? You can consider teaching Nature Power to as many of your mons as possible: it turns into field-boosted Discharge. If I were you, I'd use Graveler's Bulldoze on Gengar now that it has Cursed Body and not Levitate, then you can just use Mightyena for finishing it off and getting your Moxie started. If/when Mightyena is KO'd, you can use Blaziken against Dhelmise and Skuntank against Mimikyu.

In Melodic Mines, "interact" with the wall while you're standing on a grey panel.

@DrParasek