Jess

Weirdly enough, Charlotte took me 1 try and was a walk in the park. I needed some breeding for the correct moves and Protection swept her with Rock Slide. As for Hardy, probably it will come down to finding the right opportunity to set up with Kindness (my Masquerain) or Leavanny/Venomoth to sweep. Probably some extensive Charti Berry usage will be involved too. I'll think of this when times comes xD

Really great work! I really enjoy the screenshots, imagining how much of a pain it must've been to collect them and save them (taking under consideration the failed tries in each big battle too). I'd do same for my Bug Monorun, but I have no screenshots, so I'll stick to narration of plot/battles and team/movesets...

I tried to, but her ungodly flinch-kiss had a different opinion about letting my Volcarona sweep (plus it Thunder Waved me right of the bat)... Prolly just bad luck, but Crustle seemed to be immune to flinching, while the opposite can be said for Volcarona. Hell, it even flinched my Volcarona with Aura Sphere! (thanks to King's Rock I presume)

Thank you! I plan to upload a complete summary of my Bug Mono walkthrough! I just hadn't done that before, so I wanted to see how it works with posting sprites and how interesting would it be for people to see

I had found one from Obsidia, but used it to get the Heracronite. If you give it to one of your pokemon, it fully recovers HP (like a Max Potion) and maxes friendship too (or gives it a huge boost).

So, I have reached to the battle versus the bane of my existence (literally), Ciel, after enduring everything and gaining great respect for bugs, which type I hated with every molecule of my existence till 3 months ago. Then, as part of a bet, a friend wanted me to finish reborn with only bugs... Long story short, I would like to share this battle with you, since I believe that it shows some nice strategy on behalf of myself (in contrast to Ciel's stupid Flinch hax with Togekiss, ahem... Seriously, fuck this thing). My team consisted of: Protection, the Crustle (Male) Jolly/Sturdy (Item: Custap Berry) Shell Smash Rock Slide X-Scissor Stealth Rock Humbleness, the Durant (Male) Jolly/Swarm (Item: Metal Coat) Iron Head X-Scissor Dig Crunch Kindness, the Masquerain (Male) Naive/Intimidate (Item: Sea Incense) Hydro Pump Bug Buzz Air Slash Quiver Dance Passion, the Volcarona (Male) Timid/Flame Body (Item: Coba Berry) Heat Wave Hurricane Bug Buzz Quiver Dance Courage, the Armaldo (Male) Jolly/Swift Swim (Item: Metronome) Rock Blast Aqua Jet X-Scissor Knock Off Fiery Wings, the Vivillon (Male) Naive/Compound Eyes (Item: Sharp Beak) Hurricane Draining Kiss Bug Buzz Quiver Dance So, I decide to lead with Protection, knowing that I have a Flinch-kiss to deal with. I go for Shell Smash, get Air Slashed, Protection gets to just below half HP, but miraculously he escapes the flinch, getting a nice +2 in Atk. and Speed. Rock Slide in next turn OHKOs the Togekiss. Ciel sends in her Archeops and I reply with Humbleness, who outspeeds the ancient flying rock of doom and oneshots it with Iron Head. Then, all the trouble starts. Noivern goes in, I know it outspeeds my entire team even if I bring concorde back of retirement and put them in first class seats, so I send in Courage (I needed it). Courage lives after a Heat Wave with just 3 HP and proceeds to Rock Blast the dragon for 4 hits, taking it down. Even if this wasnot the case, Ciel would've healed and Metronome boosted Rock Blast would've done the trick. After that, Gliscor comes in. I know it has Acrobatics, so I send in Kindness, for a nice Intimidate debuff. However Masquerain is slow as fuck ( please episode 17 and Gen VII come fast!), and frail as well, so it goes down without even getting the chance to try to Hydro Pump the flying scorpion. Then, it is Fiery Wings' turn. It Hurricanes the Gliscor, getting it to yellow HP, but failing to get the confusion. Vivillon goes down to Acrobatics. But even worse, Poison Heal (OP AF) takes Gliscor's health bar high enough to be in green and out of Hyper Potion AI choice. Passion needs to finish the job (and prove why it is Overpowered). One Heat Wave gets it to red, and Coba Berry weakens the Acrobatics, enabling my Flaming Moth to survive with 10 HP. Knowing that Ciel will heal I go for Quiver Dance which gives a +2 in Speed and Specials, thanks to the circus (GOD BLESS!). Passion then proceeds to OHKO Gliscor with another Heat Wave. Then, Talonflame came in. I switched to my Protection, who was at just below half HP after murdering the flinch-kiss. A Flare Blitz takes him to 2 HP, but fails to burn (thank God), and mercifully my Rock Slide connects to send Talonflame packing. Now, only Mega-Altaria! Knowing that it is Fairy-Dragon, I send in Durant, who is still at full HP. One Iron Head takes 3/4 of Altaria's HP, Durant tanks a Hyper Voice by surviving with about 25 HP and Iron Heads Altaria again to give me the much desired victory! At last, time to Fly (fuck walking) back to Reborn and see what Adrienn has done... (PHEW!!!) Let me know what you think and how I could've played that better possibly! Thanks guys and girls!

Thanks a lot, you are a lifesaver!

My id is Jessica.

I can trade you a Cottonee... Has pretty bad IV's (only good are Sp.Atk and Sp.Def at 28 and 29), but it is a female and i've bred Encore on it... Edit: Oops, sorry, just noticed you want 4-5 IV mons.

I am locked in Agate and have been trying to get a blue moon ice cream from the vendor for about 3 days... I am not even sure it is possible anymore, so if someone has a spare blue moon ice cream to send me with a random Rattata, i'd be grateful! Rattata doesn't have to be in the top percentage... Let me know what you'd like in return!

Florinia, Corey, Shade, Noel, Luna, Radomus, Kiki, Cal in my bug monotype. Still haven't passed the Agate guards, since I want to EV train and stack on items preparing for the big fights that will come (especially Charlotte). Can't recall much from my previous playthroughs, but Charlotte went down in one go in both my previous two runs (normal run and shiny run).

@Lord DrakyleOK

@Lord DrakyleFine with me

@Lord Drakyle If you aren't too bored, that would be lovely! I don't care btw about nature/ivs, so just send me the first female you hatch. My online name is Jessica. What you want in return btw?

@Lord Drakyle It would be great, however I would really prefer the fossil, since I want to breed cross poison, aqua jet and knock off on my anorith... And sadly, it's an 87.5% male, so probably your effort will go to waste

Does anybody have a spare claw fossil? I really want an Anorith for my bug mono, but can only find root fossils the last 4 days xD

Would you like a brave bird zubat with 31 in attack, hp and sp.def? It also has 23 speed, and 26 Sp.Atk., only bad is its defence, with 6...(Jolly nature).

@HUEnd Thanks a lot for your help. This is actually my third run, so if I could help you with anything or if you have any requests, I could try and help! (I'm not much into IV breeding however... Mostly shiny hunting and move breeding!)

OK, I just logged in.

Wow, thanks! Doesn't have to have sturdy, since I will breed with a sudowoodo to get counter to it, so don't put too much effort into it!

OK, Just logged in and waiting for request... Thanks a lot! Oh, a larvesta egg would be great,thanks! I'll prepare one more reward for you. Ah, give me a sec... I had my shiny sewaddle in pc!Brb Edit: Ok, re-send me a request whenever possible! @HUEnd I know I am annoying, but, do you by any chance have any shitty female dwebble to send me? I was trying to figure how to defeat Solaris' Garchomp and I figured that a Sturdy-Counter Crustle would do the trick!

Oh, you're a lifesaver! What do you want me to send you? Forgot to mention Sneasel also knows Fake Out and Crush Claw, only bad thing is its nature (Calm).

I've been struggling to find a shiny scatterbug for my bug mono run for the last 4 days in the Jasper ward... I've encountered 10 shiny Beedrills, 8 shiny Pidgeys (fml) and 3 shiny Sewaddles... So, if anyone has a spare shiny Scatterbug, feel free to trade it with me! I could give you that second shiny Sewaddle, a shiny Stunky or an icicle crash all 31 EV (apart from Sp.Atk.) Sneasel I randomly got in a wonder trade! Oh, if you also have a spare Larvesta, it would be of great help, since I doubt I'll be lucky enough to get it by the egg... PS. I am in mostly all the time during weekend, my online name is Jessica. Thanks in advance, kind fellow trainers!

I'm really excited for the EP.16 and waiting eagerly to play it! However, I'm wondering, since I've already put 130 hours into my save file and don't want to have anything "awkward" happening... I wonder, what is included in these awkward things? At least in my mind, it seems like some common candies would reduce the overleveled pokemon of already existant save files to the acceptable new levels of EP.16, so, it seems like a matter of, say, buying 50 common candies, which is not a big deal...