This is my first post after activating my account so go easy on me T_T. I heard this game was for skilled trainers only, which we all are *wink wink*, so I decided to try my luck with Reborn.
The battles are indeed more difficult than the child friendly main series and I find myself losing at least once in every gym battle except for Kiki, Aya and Cal which I cleared in 1 try.
I am currently capped at level 50 with a mission to go to spinel town and I would like to ask the collective hive mind if my team is prepared for future engagements. This is a fresh ep 15 game.
Daniel(Donphan) lvl 45
Roll out
Strength
Earthquake
Rock Smash
I had difficulty with Corey so I decided to catch one of these to magnitude my way out.
Kara(Delphox) lvl 46
Psyshock
Light Screen
Flamethrower
Fire Spin
Scrub cleaner(lookin at you Fern). This made Florinia and Shelly easy but it gets killed by Yanmega after a speed boost and it got owned by Cradily too at least it took care of the other 5 pokemon they had. Corey was cake too until he walled it with his freaking Skuntank.
Ken(Noctowl) lvl 46
Uproar
Air Slash
Zen Headbutt
Reflect
I do not like this pokemon at all. You might think Uproar hits hard but no, not when it counts. It just feels so below average for some reason that I only use it for suicide attacks so I can switch in safely. I was about to box this Noctowl but there was one moment where it really shined and it was against Kiki. The battle was epic 5 of my pokemon fainted(thanks a lot Hitmonlee) and Kiki lost 5 of hers too. It went down to Noctowl vs Medicham kind of ordeal and it was able to resist all of Medicham's attacks and killed it with Air Slash which earned me her badge.
Stephen(Manectric) lvl 48
Quick Attack
Bite
Discharge
Flame Burst
This is my glass cannon. Super fast, strong attacker. After all the earthquakes, psyshocks and sucker punches, this guy comes in and cleans whatever is left.
AJ(Toxicroak) lvl 47
Poison Jab
Mud Bomb
Sucker Punch
Drain Punch
This is Corey's very own Croagunk that I leveled. It works fine but I want to replace it with a Mienshao or is that a bad idea?
Raphael(Sharpedo) lvl 45
Swagger
Aqua Jet
Crunch
Ice Fang
This thing is soft as hell. Its got good attack and a speed boost ability after using an ability capsule on it but I dont think I will be killing dragons with it. Should I replace it with a Blastoise instead?
Other Note Worthy pokemon
Ponyta
Kricketune - used to defeat Julia, Fern and Florinia
Growlithe
Squirtle - got it recently should I use this instead of sharpedo?
Slugma - for eggs
Whismur
Granbull - Wanted a fairy type but realized the speed was crap
Magnemite
Shuppet
Jynx - beat lvl 75 garchomp with this after it missed an attack
Houndour
Golbat - should I replace Noctowl with a Crobat? but then I would have 2 Poison Types
Voltorb
Litleo - found it a few minutes ago
Espurr
Mienfoo - I want one of these so is it good to replace Toxicroak with a Mienshao?
Frilish - Egg from police
Trubbish - Toxic Spikes aint worth much anymore against the amount of poison pokemon you fight
Cacnea - is Cacturne worth it?
Zebstrika
Mareep
Happiny - I once used a Blissey and won a Triple Battle against a Zapdos, Lanturn and a Manectric. Is it as op in this game?
Lotad
Pidgeotto
I also dont mind if you suggest a pokemon that I dont have yet.