seki108

Oh yeah, I still gotta read this manga. Though, it does seem a bit odd that they're all winding down in such close proximity of each other despite starting so far apart...

Many are kind of worried that ZUN is backing out of the the manga field, myself include, becuase of the close concision.  Maybe a new one will be announced soon, possibly even a new 'Three Fairies of Light' manga since this is the 4th one? 

I think a recent interview had him express interest in a sequel to Wild and Horned Hermit, so maybe that's in the cards.  WaHH was certain a good one in terms of fleshing out characters, especially Sanae.  I hope at least something is announced soon.

With old games coming to Steam and new fangames coming to Switch, maybe Zun will be branching out?  Pure speculation on my part here.  Can't wait for Fantasy Maiden Wars next month.......even without an English patch

Plus Iccile Plate.  It only took about about half her team, but it had to be revived after Mega Vena took it out. 

Scrafty took out Ferrowthorn after a DD'cd Hi Jump Kick.  Her Whimsicott surprisingly took out two of my team because of a lucky Grasswhistle while I set up Toxic Spikes, and her Ludicolo was still outsped almost(?) everything I brought even after A-Ninetales took away it's rain.

You were still being outsped? That's odd, since ludicolo only has 70 base Speed. Even with max Speed EVs, IVs, and a Timid Nature, it shouldn't be able to outpace most of the game. Unless it was also Choice Scarfed, but that seems like a poor choice when she's already using Swift Swim from the get-go...

I think the hail had stopped at that point but the rain never came back.  Maybe it still counted as raining because the field does it by default?  I don't even remember for sure what it managed to outspeed now, since the actual fight was two hours ago, but it was more than one mon. 

Either way, the fight definitely reminded me of how tanky Mega Venasaur is.  Even with all those field/item/STAB boosts mentioned, Vanilluxe still only took it down to about half before the field healed it.  All that bluk + Thick Fat really makes that mon survivable.

Don’t blame the Oshawott, they were wearing a blindfold

Look on the bright and sunny side- at least they don't realistic times. That'd really, really frustrating and impractical!

yeah. and even if it doesn't work you might be able to figure out if Luna Nights works

I can't imagine Luna Nights would be anywhere as taxing as these (or maybe even Duel Links).  I just never tried it

I doubt it'll tax a lot of your laptop. the issue would be playing a Metroidvania with a Keyboard...

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Is it the steps?

No, just the 1% encounter rate Pokemon that can take a horrendous amount of time to catch have a higher chance to flee if you do any of the options, at least in some cases.  Even catching the more common Hypno and Girafarig were frustrating and took almost all of my Safari Balls on them alone.  That's not even mentioning shinies.

Apparently according to some digging into Gen 2 data, other pokemon never found in a Safari Zone have data for fleeing from battle randomly.  It can be inferred that this was debated to be a added as a regular feature even to some mons outside of the Safaris.  I'm VERY glad this never came to be.

And now I'm VERY glad that never came to be as well. While it does make sense to add such a feature to Pokemon outside the Safari Zone, it's just better off without it.

Freezing the field was definitely a great choice! Great job Seki~

And Happy National Ice Cream Day~

(heheheh You even have Vanilluxe)

What was your strategy on taking down Rift Garbodor?

Honestly, there really wasn't one.  I burned it at the start of the battle and had hail to do chip damage, but it still one or two shot most things........except the Nidos.  King and Queen were luckily bulky enough to survive multiple Sludge Waves and spam Earth Power (with Earth Plates) until the damage outpaced the healing enough. 

I got it second attempt, mostly because I had 3 grass types first time and because the first battle with the weaker version (with no field regen) lured me into thinking the fight would easier.  

If you had a Pyukumuku in your PC and it still knows Purify, then you could've cleared the field. That way Rift Garbodor wouldn't recieve the power up nor the healing. 

I also tried poisoning with Salazzle, but it had poison boost, iirc.

Yeah, I don't want to be anywhere near this fight for a good long while, so no testing that for me thank you.

Congratulations Seki~

@Autumn Zephyr What effect does the Silvally crest have?

It gives silvally a 20% increase to attacks of the same Type as its held Memory (effectively turning Memories into Plates only it can use), and simulates a different Ability based off of Type silvally is. Unfortunately, we don't have a list of what those Abilities are, though it's been confirmed that Normal!silvally does get one. 

...Basically, it makes up for the chimera's more glaring flaws. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I just wanted to see if I could extend it longer, since there is absolutely no way that 6 turns would be enough.  I'm not sure if the strong winds will help since I haven't tried this tactic yet but here's hoping.  Thank you for likely confirming this, since I would rather not sit and SR in front of a rock right now.

Yeah, it doesn't work. I just checked the original post and Ame stated it right here.

Nice find!  I guess it would start being a bit OP at that point.

At least a Tailwind srategy is working more consistently, though I have to change a few things up still.  Somehow this turned into pure Blizzard spam with a high jump kick for Typlosion.

Well, seems like Gerra still had a Clefable after that so I guess it wasn't an almost win

I've heard the special Rilou might have been removed in V12, so I'm sticking with V11 until then just in case.  Plus, I've heard the cliffhanger at the end of V11 was great, and for me it would probably be best experienced with the usual 'preview' at the end.

It's mostly updated to V12 but little things slip though, like a minor name changes to original TMs.  Everything else has mostly matched, but there was bound to be some stuff added early on.  I'll hate having to go back in here to get it later.............  

Riolu is still there, and Tepig is new in V12

I see.  Thank you for the conformation on both!

Well, here's the real decision to choose upon: to save the Eldest or to not?

The Magma Stone event isn't the option that allows you to obtain Ralts earlier or not. At least, not directly.

Yeah, I know, but the actual difference is whether you get the piece.

I was just going by the guide I saw in my V9 playthrough, which said that it affected it.  Either that or my memory is faulty.  Hopefully the 'don't save' option has the same Saki mecha scene as the other one did last time.

...........I forgot to attach the image.  I'll just chock it up to post-victory euphoria

Hmm... That's after you beat "Gym Leader" Angie right?

Yeah.  I know it's supposed to disappear at some point, but I don't know how soon to check back.  I guess after Mt. Valor is finished is a good time to......