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Story-wise, the glass gauntlet is the best piece of staging in Reborn in my opinion. I was defeated during my first try against the last opponents (curse you Gear Grind miss three times in a row). I went to sleep and kept thinking about who the hell I had been fighting. There were a big smile in my face one hour later. And it's worth everything. Yeah it's difficult but "victory without risk brings triumph without glory". And we're acknowledged by everyone for this achievement. Don't complain yet because E19 will have tougher challenges.

You can improve your team by giving them better natures in 7th street for almost free (farm some heart scales on Luvdiscs in Flore Mansion if necessary). What are your items by the way? In neo-Reborn, you can find good ones such as Choice items, Toxic Orb, Flame Orb (Alakazam could make good use of these two) ... I see that you have a lot of moves such as Fly, Waterfall and Surf. In the following battles you will encounter, you don't have to use these moves to reach bosses so I suggest considering other TM moves to fulfill your movesets. Concerning the pokemon, even if Primarina should be good with Liquid Voice in Double battles, I'd rather use Torrent and Hydro Pump. Nuking your enemies in one-hit is always a good choice. But again, you can change moves and abilities between battles. Additionnaly, I feel that Silvally could run utility moves such as Toxic and Parting Shot. Good luck! I don't think you'll have a lot of issues your team anyway!

I really like this thread. I have really high expectations for the post-game teams of our Reborn Leaders (if there will actually be ones). With every move available and the terrain shenanigans, we can expect really interesting challenges. I put some thoughts to your Julia's team. I So I made a team without legendaries. We will miss the heavenly useful Tapu Koko (RIP the physical set with Brave Bird and Flyinium-Z) and the mighty Zapdos. But hey, maybe obtaining these guys will be part of a post-game side-quest that includes beating Julia again. Who knows ? Anyway, here is what I would do. Most of the team is the same because you did well. That was really enjoyable to think about.

Walrein should tank some hits if you level him up. He learns Encore and Sheer Cold. If you suceed to Encore Mewtwo on Thunderbolt, you can go to Ampharos and use Thunder Wave on it.

1. Amaria because it's pure memorizing 2. Torchic because it's impossible to know where to go next (same as Beldum but Beldum is a meme to me) 3. Iolia Valley (sorry not sorry if I spelled it wrong). Because it's tedious. I like Route 2 because we can jump in rythm with the music. Little guilty pleasures ^^

Hello. You have good pokemons in your current team. The only problem is the moves that you use. Some pokemons just don't have the stats to use special moves. For example, Snorlax, Absol and Sandslash are physical pokemons. They won't be efficient if you use moves such as Frost breath, Shockwave, Charge beam or Flamethrower, which are good moves but special ones. Additionally, some of your team lacks STAB moves. I don't know if you're familiar with that term. But a Normal move used by a Normal pokemon will be enhanced by 50%. For example, Snorlax and Absol haven't any ... Here is my advice. Go to the Circus and use Heart Scales in order to teach your team old moves: Alolan Sandslash: Icicle Crash instead of Frost breath. The best physical ice move. Versus Blake who will set Hail, Sandslash will outspeed everyone with his ability. Fern's Grass types will be destroyed. Snorlax : Body Slam in priority then Crunch. You don't need Shockwave and Metronome. Snorlax win't make use of these moves. Druddigon: Surf and Flamethrower ain't very useful imo. You can try Superpower instead. Absol: This guy is very frail. You were talking about Mamoswine earlier and it will help with moves such as Earthquake and Icicle Crash. However, if you keep him, try using Sword Dance, Night Slash, Sucker Punch, Psycho Cut and Detect (useful in double battles). Malamar is ok, especially if you spam Superpower with Contrary ability. you can replace Pluck with Light Screen or Reflect which can be useful in double battles too. Blastoise : Just use Hydro Pump instead of Waterfall (you can switch between Brick Break and Waterfall). Yes, it can miss but it's deadly powerful. If you're afraid of that, try an item that improve your accuracy. If you lack of Heart Scales, go to the mountain and mine some rocks. Good luck!

It's clear. It's useful. It's well detailed. This is ART. Thank you so much.

Quite an all-out attack team. I understand you had trouble, as sheer power doesn't like to take hits back. I think you should improve your offensive power in order to give no chances to your opponent to fight back. Just suggestions of course. Flygon should run a Dragon Dance + Outrage + Dragonium Z set. Otherwise, you can try Choice Band with U-Turn when it's available Z-Crystal or Life Orb on Volcarona. You can try a more bulky set with Def EV with Leftovers but Rocky Helmet won't help eitherway. You can try utility moves such as Toxic on Gengar or Toxic Spikes on Greninja because you have enough coverage with your attacks.

There is Altaria in Route 1 too but it's still late.

Acrobatics + Seed = Talonflame. You can easily abuse terrain mechanics with this gimmick. It is true that you lack good fire coverage until the move relearner. But, luckily, you'll have Flare Blitz just in time for Serra so does it really matter early-game? Charizard is still good as it offers good special coverage. It's a nuke as well explained in previous answers.

Satori Dupona This is wrong but I cannot unsee Athena anymore.

Seems fun. Sonia Tapudor

Cynthia of course, game-play wise. She was an actual challenge. Without Empoleon with Ice Beam, I could have never beaten her. And her intro music *_* damn that brings back memories. I was almost happy to reset. Story-wise, Blue would be my favorite. Especially with that episode of Pokemon Generations that showed the best aspect of this character.

I turn the movie into real Disney material where Kylo and Rey sing about how cute is the Light Side at the end of the movie.

I guess it's because he went too far into Meteor business. He knew he was doing evil things. I mean, just the Tangrowths operation must have caused hundred of deceases. But he was stuck in his own demise. Because one can't just leave Team Meteor just like that, especially when his superior is Sirius (I don't know if you played the whole game). He was "chandelured in his deadly trap". And that meant leaving his daughter alone. He couldn't reach any help because the police was dissembled too. Actually, this is the point where I'm inconfortable with. It's not rationnal. It doesn't make sense. He could have just given up the ring and ensured Heather's safety. But was he able to think when Meteor showed right after his trafic loss? I can't really know for sure. But as Corey said himself, he was selfish. He made mistakes. He must have realised later he was wrong since the beginning. Plus Heather left him forever. Hence his final decision. (Thanks all for the explanations btw)

I need a quick reminder. Why did Corey want to keep the ring at any cost? I was always asking myself why he didn't just give up the ring in the first place. Was he blackmailed by Team Meteor? I remember that they wanted the ring after his wife death but were they threatening Heather as well?

Additionnally, you will need Dragon Dance eventually, which Charizard can only learn by breeding (with an Altaria for instance). So, you'll have to use another Charmander anyway.

Just. Love. Ciel fanart.

Haha. Well, the first trick about Bennett fight is that you fight him right off the bat as you're casually making your way through the gym with half your team in good health. I get screwed every time. But yeah, then, there is Quiver Dance.

Pinsir, Heracross, Volcarona, Galvantua, Scizor, Armaldo and of course Beedrill. Yes, these guys are huge threats and I'm sure I have missed many. Welcome to Reborn anyway!

First thoughts here: If you're fighting in doubles, I guess using a Rotom with Discharge and Choice Spec supported by Tailwind might work a little. Maybe in singles, it can work too. So, Talonflame and Oricorio should help you keeping speed control. I think Talonflame is mandatory to get rid of Ludicolo. Acrobatics + Flying Gem should ensure the kill.

Concerning EVs, sometimes during previous episodes, I remember that we could have a quick glance at Mo's screen when he was checking his team before important battles. I even remember seeing 2 stats with more than 100 EVs. Maybe it was just random training against Grand Hall trainers but all hope may not be lost!

I'll try to find one for you tonight from now. The best way I know to obtain these is to form a team of 6 Pickup mons and pray. But maybe you're stuck after Agate ...