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Alright everyone, I'm back! Sorry for the massive delay, I try to upload an installment per day but sometimes life gets in the way.
Since we can finally use the Waterfall Machine, I decide to go exploring. At some point I also reached maximum money, but that's okay since I'll be spending a lot once I can fly back to Reborn City. While exploring, I head back to Calcenon for some relationship points and dialogue, and follow up with Aster and Eclipse. Chandelure may have destroyed her soul, but she's not dead, exactly. Instead, she's in a coma, so Aster has hooked her up to life support in her old house. What a sweetheart.
After finding a lot of items (and some Pokemon that are useless for this run), everything is (probably) cleared out, so its time to head down the Celestinine Cascade. Titania is pretty pissed that we spent so long exploring
This also raises an interesting question: just how long do events take in game?
My Team:
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Pretty standard team for me. Futakuchi is here for type coverage, since she's the only mon I have that can check Psychic types with super-effective moves.
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sewersWater Treatment Center, I also totally miss a relationship point with Titania. Welp. Not that I really want them, she is a murderer for Arceus' sake. Titania is absolutely brutal in this segment. I love that she uses Aegislash as a melee weapon, but the brutality is pretty dark. I mean the game was dark to begin with, but this is still pretty dark. I kinda like it though.Eventually we discover the source of the corruption, another PULSE monstrosity.
VS PULSE SWALOT
SpoilerI lead with Brigid, who sets up Misty Terrain. This nullifies a great deal of what makes the fight difficult, like Swalot healing every round thanks to the murky water. Thanks to Misty Terrain's special defense boost, Brigid is able to get off a Wish and hit with a meager Moonblast before succumbing to Sludge Waves.
I send out Aonyobo, who is hit with an Infestation, but is brought to full HP by Brigid's Wish. Her first Psychic lowers Swalot's special defense, and 2 more Psychics put this monster out of its misery.
Now that the PULSE is dealt with, we have to turn the water back on in all the rooms to proceed. Without a map, this probably would have been mildly annoying, but I've got some
questionablegood habits from playing old school RPGs. Turning the water back on and seeing it purified is also a great effect, it really makes you feel like you're saving the city.Taka confronts us, and he and Titania have a spirited exchange. He was helping us the whole time, and even returns Amaria. It feels pretty bad, but I refuse to fight him (I gotta get all them Shade and Anna relationship points), and I head back up the waterfall after Titania and Amaria. There, we meet up with Florinia and Julia, who breaks the fourth wall a tad.
Team Meteor isn't happy, and have pulled out all the stops to confront us. We're forced into a doubles battle with Florinia against two of the biggest assholes in Reborn, Fern and Blake. Hopefully the Flobot can pull her weight...
VS FERN AND BLAKE
SpoilerFor this battle, I lead with Loki, and Florinia leads with Hippowdon. Blake and Fern send out Haxorus and Walrein. I'm going to be prioritizing Blake's Pokemon, since he's leading with his Ace and has higher level mons in general, not to mention he hits Florinia super-effectively. Hopefully my partner's AI won't get in the way too much...
Haxorus starts out by poisoning Loki with Poison Jab, while Walrein OHKOs Hippowdon with Blizzard. Loki sets up Trick Room, and Florinia sends out Torterra. Thanks to the twisted dimensions, Loki acts first, hitting Walrein with Power Gem and bringing it to about half HP, and Torterra KOs the walrus with Wood Hammer.
Haxorus poisons Torterra with a Poison Jab, and Blake sends out Mamoswine. I anticipate Loki will be KOed, and set up Stealth Rocks, while Torterra deals massive damage to Mamoswine with Superpower. Unfortunately, its not enought to KO, and Mamoswine takes out the turtle with Icicle Crash.
Haxorus attacks Loki with Outrage (which I suspect was meant for Torterra), but fairy types are immune to Dragon. Florinia sends out Tropius, who has a 4x weakness to Ice. Geeze Rini, couldn't you have come with a better team? Still alive, barely, Loki KOs Mamoswine with Power Gem! Tropius hits Haxorus with Leaf Blade, and Fern's dragon finally takes out Loki with Superpower.
I send out Bean Sidhe while Blake sends out Rotom, which could be bad. Luckily, Stealth Rocks do some damage. Tropius hits Haxorus with another Leaf Blade, and Trick Room allows Bean Sidhe to KO the electric threat with Superpower.
Haxorus hits Tropius with Poison Jab, and Blake sends out Weavile. The little weasel uses Ice Shard, a priority move, to disregard Trick Room and KO Tropius.
Yes, it was a critical. However, Bean Sidhe is able to get an easy KO with Superpower, thanks to Weavile's low HP stat and 4x weakness to fighting.
Haxorus hits Bean Sidhe with Poison Jab, but luckily she isn't poisoned. Blake sends out Jynx while Florinia sends out Ferrothorn. Ferrothorn KOs Haxorus with Gyro Ball
while Bean Sidhe OHKOs Jynx with Superpower.
Blake sends out Froslass, while Fern sends out Roserade. Ferrothorn takes out the ghostly lady with Gyro ball but has its move disabled thanks to her cursed body
But the lack of a target causes Bean Sidhe to hit Roserade with Play Rough. Several Superpower debuffs and Roserade's resistance to Fairy mean the attack does barely any damage, and Fern KOs my Azumarill with Giga Drain.
Unfortunately for Fern, its now a 2 on 1. And though it takes me three Pokemon, the Flobot and I manage to take out the rest of his Pokemon:
Overall, a pretty long battle, but not an overly difficult one. Fern has a hissy fit and storms off, and actually seems to have hurt Florinia's feelings a bit. Sirius plays dirty and KOs Florinia with Poison Fang, and Solaris and Orderly John decide to take me on as well. Luckily, Julia bursts in to save the day, taking Seviper down with her Electrode, and helps us face the Meteor leader.
VS ORDERLY JOHN AND HIS BACK UP, SOLARIS
SpoilerLoki gets taken out by Scizor and Whiscash before he can even move, and I bring out Macha. This isn't exactly a great start. Electrode hits Scizor with Thunderbolt, and Scizor responds with Superpower, taking Electrode to critical HP. Whiscash hits Macha with Waterfall, but it does barely any damage, and Macha KOs Scizor with Fire Fang.
Solaris brings out Tyranitar, and Electrode hits it with Thunderbolt. Tyranitar responds by KOing the ball
with Superpower, lowering his attack and defense, and also gets caught in the Aftermath. Whiscash uses Waterfall again for chump damage, and Macha KOs Tyranitar with Close Combat.
Julia brings out Eelektross while Solaris brings out Excadrill. I decide to switch Macha out for Bean Sidhe, since she's bulkier, has no defense debuffs, and because Macha is dangerously close to the level cap. The last thing I need is for her to disobey me at an important time. Bean Sidhe tanks an X-scissor from Excadrill, taking almost no damage, and Whiscash continues to do barely anything with Waterall, while Eelektross does heavy damage to the steel mole with Flamethrower. Taking advantage of the low HP, Bean Sidhe KOs the mole with Aqua Jet.
Whiscash decides Waterfalls are useless, and sets up Dragon Dance instead, and Eelektross hits the catfish for very little damage with Flamethrower since its target was KOed. Solaris brings out Gyarados. Whiscash, now fast, hits Eelektross with Waterfall, while Gyarados uses Outrage on Bean Sidhe. I can't believe the leader of Team Meteor forgot that Dragon moves don't work on fairies. Bean Sidhe responds with Play Rough for a little more than half of its HP, and Eelektross KOs Whiscash with a move that drains health (probably a grass move, but I don't remember what it was).
Orderly John sends out his own Eelektross, making writing summaries of this battle incredibly annoying. I switch out Bean Sidhe for Aonyobo, since I know John's eel is gonna attack me with an electric move. Gyarados hits Julia's eel with Waterfall (which ends up making her flinch), and John's eel hits Aonyobo with Thunderbolt as predicted. Then Gyarados and John's eel team up on Julia's, hitting it with Outrage and Flamethrower, burning it. In a stroke of luck, Julia's eel avoids being KOed by burn damage by KOing Gyarados with Volt Switch!
Julia brought out Rotom Fan, who has a Balloon, while Aonyobo sets up Trick Room, and Solaris sends out Mandibuzz. John's eel hits Aonyobo with an electric move, bringing her to critical HP, while Gardevoir OHKOs Mandibuzz with Moonblast.
Rotom hits John's eel with Volt Switch, and she brings out her eel, who is immediately KOed by Tyranitar's sandstorm and by the burn.
Solaris sends out his Garchomp, but its not quite as scary anymore. John KOs Aonyobo, while Rotom hits Garchomp with Hidden Power for half its HP, and Garchomp uses Earthquake. I send out Bean Sidhe, who gets KOed, but its okay since Rotom gets the KO on Garchomp. Then Julia and I team up on Orderly John. Unfortunately I didn't get screenshots of those bits. Oops.
That battle was a little more difficult, but again, more tedious than anything else.
After a whole lot of plot and character development (including Amaria having amnesia), Titania runs off to her gym in the desert. A showdown with steel types... I'm not sure how I feel about that. Julia tells us we should battle
SeelCiel. But that will have to wait for next time!NEXT TIME: Rematch in the Big Top! Will Ciel Soar Above Me, or Will My Fairies Pierce the Heavens?
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On 7/4/2017 at 10:25 AM, RedAlert said:
Well done against Terra (and in general)! Was kind of late when I came across this, i should probably explore the forums more to come across similar interesting content.
The Fairy Egg run is an interesting twist, you've already beaten the major hassles you might've faced till now. I wonder how you'll fare against Titania in the next episode...
Thanks! Titania is going to be an interesting battle, I'm not sure how I'll fare either
But I have faith in Trick Room and Misty Terrain.
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Corey in the house? I can't believe you referenced my favorite anime!
But seriously great work, you really made Corey look easy, even though you were at a disadvantage !
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On 7/2/2017 at 11:14 AM, EndearingCharacterTrait said:
I think I have access to Bronzor and Beldum both before Samson, so I should be alright. And I think Trick Room is the TM recieved from Radomus, so it should work out. Thanks though
Trick Room is amazing, especially against Charlotte. It helps out a lot, especially since Amplifield Rocks make it last 8 turns
I'm looking forward to reading your later escapades!
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On 7/1/2017 at 6:35 PM, Jess said:
Great fight once again! And great description/narration too @Orasha It is oddly pleasing to read your installments!
Radomus has given you the gift of your lifetime with the TM for Trick Room! And Carbink has been an absolute star when it comes to suicide leads, with Sturdy and Trick Room, Stealth Rock, Explosion and Power Gem!
Aw thanks!
and yeah, this run has shown me the power of the twisted dimensions without Radomus and Carbink, I'm not sure I would have gotten this far
17 hours ago, nasserthemaster said:Where did you get a snorunt? I can't seem to encounter one in ametrine 2F?
I ran around for a long time in the room in the mountain right next to Route 2. I think there's like 5% chance of an encounter though, it's pretty low.
15 hours ago, rayyan said:Great job. Trick room is absolutely evil and carbinks name suits him well. Good luck because you'll need it in the upcoming fight/s
Thanks! Trick Room is honestly incredible, I almost feel bad
Sorry that I haven't updated in a few days, life has been pretty busy recently. I should be back with the next installment in a day or two.
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After confronting Terra, we follow her into the virtual world. As someone who never played a Gen I Pokemon game, I can't fully appreciate the work that was done with this area, but I still love it. The weird trainer dialogue, the 8-bit remix of the Opal Ward theme, the trainers being MissingNos... I loved it. They more than make up for Terra's l33t speak.
Speaking of Terra... oh boy. I... really don't know how I feel about her. I think the way she talks is just.. bad. I can understand the signs in the virtual world being weird or her even speaking like that in there, but how does she do it in real life? That and the hammer thing are just extra bizarre. It just really takes me out of the game. As far as personality goes, she feels sort of out of place, especially since we don't know much about her (and yeah, I know we learn more about her later, but it isn't very much). Like Cain, she's meant to serve as the comedic relief, but I think her humor is supposed to come from how absurd she is. And for me it just... doesn't work.
Terra also feels weird because she clashes so heavily with the atmosphere. We've just seen a girl put into a coma by a Pokemon, things are finally heating up with Team Meteor, Heather was locked in a shed, a whole city was starving, etc. And here comes Terra with a gigantic mallet up her butt. I just dunno. On a positive note, the interactions between her and Cain were enjoyable for me, l33t speak aside.
I've also been informed elsewhere that a lot of characters in Reborn might be based off of real people, so maybe the person Terra's based off of really did always use l33t speak online. However, sacrificing the tone of the game or the plot immersion for the sake of a reference that only a few people will get just seems... weird.
But enough about me complaining, I'm sure Terra gets criticized enough.
VS MEWTWO
My team:
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Yep, I've finally remembered to give my Carbink a name. I keep on forgetting to do that with various pokemon throughout this run. I thought Loki was fitting, since that's a trickster god and Carbink's job is to set up Trick Room.
SpoilerOther than that opening screenshot, I don't really have any. But its okay, because Mewtwo wasn't as much of a problem as I thought he would be. Mewtwo is super fast and his psychic attack receives a boost from the field. The glitch field makes the game function like a Gen 1 game, but I'm not super familiar with that so it still hurts to wrap my head around how it calculates stats.
Luckily for me, Sturdy allows Carbink to set Trick Room and explode, leaving him at low yellow HP. I send out Keseran to put him to sleep, and he's able to act first because of Trick Room. Sleep goes off without a hitch, and Jumpluff ends up scoring the KO with Acrobatics because Mewtwo slept for 2 turns.
If I didn't have access to Trick Room, that fight would have been a lot harder, possibly warranting my Perish Song user. But thanks to the Twisted Dimensions, Mewtwo goes down.
After defeating that miniboss, I go back to the circus to prepare myself. After comparing base speeds, the only Pokemon who will pose a problem under Trick Room are Hippowdon (only Macha the Granbull is slower) and Quagsire (none of my Pokemon are slower). Trick Room will be vital against Garchomp, because that sucker is OP and above the level cap. Trick Room lets me limit the effect of the Glitch Field. I'm going to try and lead with Loki, and if that doesn't work I'll lead with Aonyobo to hopefully take out Nidoking before he KOs her.
My team:
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VS
TERRAT3RR4
SpoilerNidoking leads with Blizzard, but misses, giving Loki an easy time setting up Trick Room. He then explodes, taking Nidoking with him (there wasn't really a need to set up Stealth Rocks since her team resists them for the most part).
So far, better than expected. I'm not sure who she'll send in, so I send out Kasha. Terra brings out Claydol, and that's a pretty good match up. Sylveon sets Misty terrain before Claydol attacks, lessening the damage thanks to her increased special defense. Kasha then hits Claydol with Moonblast, but its not enough to KO, and the doll responds with Bulldoze. Anticipating getting KOed, Kasha uses Wish, but Claydol uses Explosion. Well, tries to use Explosion. A misty field prevents that. I switch out to Bean Sidhe, who takes a Psychic, but Wish brings her back to full health. Then she KOs Claydol with Waterfall.
She brings out Excadrill, but I'm not going to switch out, and Bean Sidhe OHKOs the mole.
Trick Room ends, and Terra brings out Hippowdon. I switch out to Macha, but then remember that Trick Room ended, and so bring back Bean Sidhe. Its okay though, because Azumarill is a tank. Unfortunately, Hippowdon is also a tank, and repeated damage from Waterfall makes Terra use all her potions. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, but it runs out Misty Terrain as well, which is more annoying. Finally, with only 3 HP left, Bean Sidhe KOs the hippo.
Quagsire comes out, and I just have Bean Sidhe suicide. One Aqua Jet doesn't do much damage, and she's taken out by Scald.
I send out Kasha, who sets up Misty Terrain again and switches out to Ittan-momen. Whimsicott reminds me why I keep him around as he tanks a Blizzard and 2HKOs "swagsire" with Energy Ball.
Next its her Garchomp. I switch to Aonyobo, who tanks a Bulldoze to set up Trick Room again.
Moonblast takes a little more than half Rawrchomp's HP, and she falls to a second Bulldoze. I send out Kasha, who KOs it with Moonblast. Garchomp goes down!
That was pretty intense. When Trick Room ended and I had that misplay against Hippowdon, I really thought I would lose. It was also pretty incredible that Aonyobo could tank a Bulldoze as well. I'm not sure I would have been able to win without Trick Room, though. I'm also pretty sure I was a tad underleveled for that fight, but oh well. Terra got rawr'd on my first try.
NEXT TIME: Carnage on the Cascade!
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I've always been interested in gym leaders who specialize in something other than types, like an animal specialist. There is sort of a precedent for this in the games, as Winona specializes in flying types that are birds. In Reborn you have Bennett who specializes in Lepidoptera, that is, moths and butterflies. Reborn also has that clown who does color teams, which is also an interesting idea.
Now some of these could be type specialists as well (like Winona and Bennett), like a fish specialist would probably have all water pokemon, or a paleontologist would have fossil pokemon. Ones that wouldn't be type specific would be bears, mice or rodents, reptiles, dogs, cats, and possibly weasels/mongooses as well, or colors.
And rather than doing it with gym leaders, you could do something like this with rivals or the elite 4 instead, which has the potential to make them more difficult and more distinctive.
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42 minutes ago, St0mpa said:
thanks for this!
No problem! Glad to help
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11 minutes ago, St0mpa said:
how do you get the animated sprites into the post?
If you go to http://www.pokestadium.com/tools/sprites and search a pokemon, you can open whatever sprite you want in a new tab and copy the link. When you paste the link, either using the Insert other media button or by just pasting it in the text box, it should appear.
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My Team:
Manannan Futakuchi Aonyobo Kasha Keseran Ittan-momen Brigid Macha
Carbink
I'd heard some
spoilersrumors that PULSE Avalugg was pretty difficult. But I have some pretty good stall tactics, and it's base speed is real low, so we'll see. I decided to box Kasha and Macha for Keseran and Ittan-momen.Spoiler
Big Root gives Ittan-momen even more HP from Leech Seed, allowing him to Substitute more.
VS POKEMON REDOUBT
SpoilerI started out with Keseran, who put Avalugg to sleep and seeded him. Since Avalugg is so slow, I wanted to guarantee a safe switch in, so when Avalugg woke up, I let him get OHKOed.
I sent out Ittan-momen, who stalled him out with substitutes. Thanks to Avalugg's large HP, and his big root, Leech Seed healed Ittan back to full each turn. After using something like 8 substitutes, Avalugg was at the magic pixel of health that leech seed brings pokemon to, and missed with an attack. Since his substitute was still up, I had Ittan-momen KO it with Energy Ball.
Honestly not that hard, but that's what speedy SleepSeed does. I think we're officially at the point where I don't need to cheese with Perish Song anymore, because I have better, tastier cheese.
After that, I backtrack all the way to Calcenon, and find that I can pay money to fix the bridge. Considering that I haven't spent much (in fact, at this point I was probably near the maximum amount), I decide to fork over some cash to make backtracking easier. I also pick up the Magmarizer and the Electirizer and trade them form Magby and Elekid; I won't be using them, of course, but I like completing sidequests where I can. I think the only sidequests I haven't done are the ones where you trade specific Pokemon for other pokemon.
I meet up with Shelly in Ametrine, and have to talk to everyone to figure out where Heather is. We also stop by in a haunted house that tells us the tragic backstory of ZEL. Shelly might also be hitting on us? I have 0 problems with this.
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After a ton of plot and character development, we rescue Heather, learn that Blake is a terrible person, and are now ready to ascend the mountain. I've boxed the Stall brothers for this one; they're both weak to Ice and I'm planning ahead. I'm really digging how Shelly is used in this chapter, she gets a lot of development and becomes a lot more confident. Also, she named her Scolipede, Venomoth, and Vivillon after Cain, Anna, and Noel! That's just too precious. Also I really want one of the Meteors' jetpacks. Seriously, could I use those instead of fly??
We reach the top of the mountain, but before the ice man cometh, we have to battle Aster. He is pretty distraught, and offers us Waterfall if we win. He's also using some of Eclipse's Pokemon
I feel kinda bad, but I really need Waterfall, so here goes.
VS ASTER
SpoilerAfter getting defeated once due to how slow his Pokemon are, I forgo leading with Trick Room and just lead with Bean Sidhe. Solrock sets up Stealth Rocks, but is then OHKOed by Aqua Tail.
Golurk? Outsped and OHKOed by Aqua Tail.
Magmortar? Outspeeds Bean Sidhe and OHKOs her with Thunder. Welp.
I send out Carbink, who tanks a Heat Wave to set up Trick Room, and attacks with Power Gems until Magmortar is KOed.
Next out is Rhyperior, so I switch Carbink out for Brigid. Since Magmortar's Heat Waves turned the field into a watery one, Rhyperior can't use Earthquake, allowing Brigid to bring it down with a few Moonblasts. The AI doesn't really seem to understand field effects here, since Rhyperior just kept on trying to use Earthquake and failing.
Next up is Electivire. Brigid sets up Misty Terrain but is KOed. I send out Aonyobo, who tanks an Ice Punch to KO it with Moonblast.
Finally its Milotic, who tanks a Moonblast to take out Gardevoir.
I send out Macha, who takes an Ice Beam and brings Milotic to low HP with Play Rough. Another Ice Beam, another Play Rough, and Milotic goes down for the count.
Eclipse's death seems to have redeemed Aster, as he gives us the Waterfall machine and then departs. I wonder if he'll eventually team up with the other disgruntled ex-Meteor, Simon. With that out of the way, we ascend the mountain to take on Blake.
VS BLAKE
SpoilerThis is a doubles battle, so we're leading with Carbink and Brigid. Jynx hits Carbink with Energy Ball while Rotom uses Blizzard. This freezes Carbink. Uh oh. Brigid uses Misty Terrain, which thaws Carbink, allowing him to set up Trick Room after all! Carbink sets up Stealth Rocks, since Blake's team is weak to them, while Brigid hits Jynx with Moonblast. Rotom hits Carbink with Thunderbolt, KOing him.
Jynx hits Brigid with Energy ball, and I bring out Macha. The bulldog KOs Jynx with Fire Fang (I was really expecting Blake to use a potion there, welp).
Brigid brings Rotom into the red with Moonblast, and he returns the favor by hitting her with Thunderbolt. Blake brings out Vanilluxe as a replacement, and uses a Hyper Potion on Rotom. Macha hits Rotom with Fire Fang, and, anticipating being KOed, Brigid uses Wish. I predict correctly, as Vanilluxe KOs Brigid with Flash Cannon, and I send out Bean Sidhe to replace her.
Blake Hyper Potions Rotom again (it was at over half HP, weird play), and Macha KOs Vanilluxe with Close Combat. Meanwhile, Blake's overzealous potion use is for nothing, as Bean Sidhe OHKOs Rotom with Superpower.
Blake brings out Froslass and Weavile, who stand 0 chance under Trick Room. Macha misses with Play Rough, but Bean Sidhe OHKOs Weavile with Superpower, so its okay.
Froslass hits Bean Sidhe with Shadow Ball, which is weakened by the field, and Blake brings out Walrein, his ace. Macha hits Walrein with Close Combat, leaving it with a magic pixel of HP, and Bean Sidhe hits Froslass with Play Rough. Unfortunately, it doesn't do much damage. Froslass uses Blizzard, which brings Macha to low HP, and Granbull is finished off by Walrein's Avalanche.
I send out Aonyobo. Bean Sidhe gets revenge for Macha by getting a critical Play Rough, KOing Walrein.
And Aonyobo finishes off Froslass with a field-boosted Moonblast. Blake is defeated before Trick Room expires.
In general, not that difficult. Doubles is a little easier for me, since I can set up both trick room and misty terrain in one turn.
Blake messes with Shelly's expectations and doesn't give us the ring, even though we won. But its okay, as Heather and Cal swoop in to save the day, and Cal gets the ring and gives it back to Heather. Blake runs away, and apparently our Sleep spell is in a different castle, which means Terra is in on the scheme with Team Meteor. After catching a ride down the mountain with Cal, I replace Aqua Tail with Waterfall. That extra 10 base power just isn't worth the lower accuracy.
NEXT TIME: Dangers of the Digital World! Will the Glitch Field be too much? Will Mewtwo sweep my team? And what of Terra? Find out next time on Pixie Run Z!
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1 minute ago, Ice Cream Sand Witch said:
The item descriptions are taken from the canon games and that part isn't referring to anyone in Reborn. I remember the "A maniac will buy them for a high price" description from as far back as FRLG for a few other items that sell for a lot of money. Although even from the canon games, there's interestingly never been NPCs for specific items like that to the best of my knowledge, and they sell for a high price regardless of who you sell them to. I guess it's just flavor text.
Well, that certainly makes things easier for me
thanks!
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So the description for the "relic" items (relic gold, copper, silver, and vase) says that a maniac will buy them for a high price. And while I can sell them to shops, I wanted to know if there was someone in the game who, as the description suggests, will pay even more for them. Thanks!
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57 minutes ago, Jess said:
I like the fact that most of Gym leaders are prodigious kids though! And probably it is the same way as in real life, they have rating battles. When you reach in Episode 16 content, you'll talk to Ame in Grand Hall. Then, she'll tell you something about someone who went fabulously in his/hers trial battle and can claim his/her position as an Elite 4 member/Gym leader. (trying not to spoil you anything). So, it must be the same way of proving their value as in real life League!
Oh yeah I definitely enjoy it! And yeah you're probably right, and I have reached that point in the story, finally
I wonder if the player character will eventually get asked to be a gym leader... though I suppose champion is good enough
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Sorry for the delay, everyone! I was away from my computer that has the screenshots and hadn't uploaded them to a sharing service yet. So, without further ado, we have to team up with Aya and head through the mountains. Naturally, Team Meteor is there.
My team at the time was composed of:
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VS ASTER AND ECLIPSE
SpoilerThese two were actually more annoying than I expected, though I only had to soft reset once. The first time, Aya's AI was being super wonky, as Nidoqueen kept refusing to use actually useful moves. The second time, Aya seemed to try harder, and so it was much less difficult. I was in a rush and didn't get a detailed summary, but I do have screenshots.
Solrock gets taken out by Bean Sidhe
The Meteor duo KO Dragalge
Bean Sidhe avenges by OHKOing Golurk
Electivire comes out so I switch Bean Sidhe for Carbink, who gets KOed immediately
Aonyobo tanked some hits to take out Electivire
Lunatone avenges by taking out Gardevoir (with a fairy move no less)
Lunatone finally goes down to a combined assault.
These are the only screens I have, so I'm betting Rhyperior was taken out pretty easily. I know that once it was a 2 on 1, I just swept with Brigid. Sorry the playback of this one was so lacking, folks.
After that, Eclipse prepares to defect, but Sirius won't have that. Chandelure proceeds to burn her soul, because if you read the Pokedex entries you should know that most Ghost Pokemon are seriously creepy. Driftloon kidnaps kids, Yamask is the soul of a person, and Chandelure's line literally burn the souls of the living to fuel themselves. That's metal.
There is a lot of plot that I won't really be going over, if you've read this far you've probably made it through this point in the game. It's nice to meet up with the orphans again, though. Charlotte and Saphira take family unity a little too far, and a clever ring ruse distracts the Meteors long enough for me to face Charlotte.
Charlotte, the burninator. In my regular playthrough, this was as far as I got. She wiped the floor with me again and again. I can still see the flames at night when I close my eyes, and the words echo through my soul: Typhlosion used Eruption... Typhlosion used Eruption... Typhlosion used Eruption...
But enough about the past. We might just be able to do this. Charlotte's team is built for doubles: lots of coverage options, and plenty of moves that hit both of her opponent's Pokemon. The field is firmly in her favor, as it boosts all of her Pokemon's strengths and weakens Water, one of their main weaknesses. And every one of her 'mons is blisteringly fast. Fortunately, we can nullify one of those strengths, and turn the other into an advantage for us... Of course, it doesn't help that Fire resists Fairy, but we'll have to push through it.
For this fight, I'll be boxing Jumpluff, Whimsicott, and Mawile, as they're all weak to Fire. After some grinding, my squad looked like this:
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Standard loadouts for most of them, Bean Sidhe has a Rindo Berry since most of Charlotte's water coverage is from Grass Moves.
With preparations complete, its time to take on Charlotte. She gives us a little speech about her past, and I'm sad that Sigmund was so terrible cause this girl really needs to see a psychiatrist.
VS CHARLOTTE
SpoilerWe're leading with Florges and Carbink, the goal being to set up Trick Room and Misty Terrain as always. We actually manage it on the first turn, to my surprise: Typhlosion uses heat wave, getting a critical on Carbink and burning Brigid, and Darmanitan uses Rock Slide. Brigid manages to get off Misty Terrain before being KOed by burn damage. Carbink gets off Trick Room with no problems.
I bring out Bean Sidhe as a replacement. Carbink sets Stealth rocks, and Bean Sidhe OHKOs Typhlosion with Aqua Tail.
Darmanitan KOs Carbink with Flare Blitz, so I bring out Aonyobo, and Charlotte brings out Volcarona, who gets half of its HP taken away by the rocks. This prompts Charlotte to use a potion on it, and Bean Sidhe proceeds to OHKO Darmanitan.
Aonyobo hits Volcarona with Psychic, Charlotte sends out Rotom. Then she switches Volcarona out for Delphox, which I suppose was a good prediction, because Bean Sidhe OHKOs it.
Aonyobo hits Rotom with Moonblast but it doesn't really do anything, and Rotom hits her with Overheat for about a quarter HP. I guess Rotom doesn't have a ghost move or something... Charlotte apparently hasn't learned her lesson, and sends out Volcarona, who is almost KOed by Stealth Rocks. This prompts Charlotte to use another potion, but its a wasted effort since Bean Sidhe OHKOs it.
Rotom and Gardevoir continue their Psychic and Overheat trading, and Rotom is almost KOed, and Charlotte brings out Ninetales. Bean Sidhe hits it with Aqua Tail, but it doesn't KO thanks to the sunlight and Ninetales' berry activates. Aonyobo steps in, KOing the fox with Psychic.
Rotom teaches us the definition of insanity by hitting Aonyobo with Overheat again, which basically does nothing thanks to all the debuffs, and its taken out next turn by an Aqua Jet.
That fight. Was. A lot easier then expected, actually. Stealth rocks absolutely play havoc with her team and her AI, and Trick Room allowed Bean Sidhe to sweep easily. The funny part is I actually beat her twice: the first time I was just trying to test whether Carbink could set up Stealth Rock and then Trick Room, and it turned into Carbink and Bean Sidhe sweeping her team with Rock and Water attacks. But because I went in expecting to reset, I didn't take any screenshots. Oh well, she really wasn't that bad for my squad.
With that, I'm officially farther along than I've ever been in the game. Funny, that.
NEXT TIME: Malevolence on the Mountain! I'll be talking about Avalugg, Aster, and Blake. See you then!
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16 minutes ago, Jess said:
Told you it would be a great slogan for my run!
And yes, I think that Reborn has a tiny hole in plot when it comes to this part. Why a reserve Gym Leader can abandon his place and keep challenging other Gym Leaders unpunished?
Actually, Pokemon Reborn is based on real people stories from Reborn League I think. Fern was a jerk who specialised in Grass types and kept quitting when he was losing a fight, the reconnected claiming he got dc'ed to start battle again, hence this character attributes he has in the game. @Orasha When it comes to how leaders prove themselves, all leaders had to battle Ame (or someone of esteemed value) to prove their value as Leaders. Amaria suffered amnesia after a real life accident, and Ame tested her skills again in a 6v6 single battle after Amaria recovered. Amaria swept with a Ludicolo... Proved that amnesia didn't affect her battling skills, and retained her position.
Also Corey indeed commited suicide in real life and Kiki passed away because of an auto-immune disease...
I didn't know them, but God rest their souls.
Probably some of the older members of the forums can give us something like a list of incidents in Reborn that are based on real events.
Wow, I never knew that some (if not all?) of the characters were based on real people. The definitely makes some of the stuff that happens... more depressing
It still feels weird to me that the gym leaders (in universe) don't have to take on the league to get their position, especially since the league has been around for at least a decade and many of the gym leaders are younger. I have hope that future episodes will expand on how one becomes a gym leader or elite 4 member, though.
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Its even weirder that Ame let Cain take the league challenge, considering he abandoned being the reserve leader to do it. Sure, it's a complicated situation, but it's still weird. I wonder how gym leaders and reserve leaders prove themselves...
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1 hour ago, Gentleman Jaggi said:
*audience explodes*
*Fern and Blake crying*
*Amaria jumps into her pool*
*Charlotte laughs maniacally*
*Florinia displays an error message*
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You miiight have to wait until after Corey to get Zangoose, cause you have to find it in the trash in every alleyway once iirc. I think the reason it's after Corey is that Toxic Boost + corrosive mist + facade from the game corner would make that fight extremely trivial.
I agree with you on your point about some of the puzzles (I always slag off Pyrous mountain). The first time I played, I hit a wall at Route 1: I didn't know about the guy who trades honey, or that you could just buy it in Lapis. I thought you had to get it from Teddiursa or Combee's ability, which would be just insane, so I stopped playing for like a year.
Ironically, I found the Radomus puzzle more difficult because I play a little chess (and even used to do chess puzzles back in the day). Some of the pieces look real similar and when you push them around they don't move like chess pieces (except for the bishops, sort of). It was just weird to get used to, and even then, pushing them around takes more forethought than I initially thought.
I commend your ability to grind so much. ADHD is a real pain; the only reason I breed in Reborn is due to the speed up key... I don't think I have the stamina for EV training (even with items), so it's amazing whenever I see people do it
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51 minutes ago, Gentleman Jaggi said:
That mienshao is flat out terrifying if you can't outspeed it, lmao.
Can't even goad it into High Jump Kicking into Protect or a Ghost. That would help.
I regret I can't art worth shit, because somebody needs to edit that image into a Typhlosion.
If I was better at image editing I'd put Typhlosion's head on Oprah: "YOU get an eruption! And YOU get an eruption! EVERYBODY gets an eruption!!"
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In games that eventually evolved into chess (but are still played) the bishop is an elephant (and it moves a little different, but that's neither here nor there), so Phanpy, Donphan, and Mamoswine could all be options.
Rooks are based on castle ramparts, so once Gen VII gets here you could use Passoland as well.
For a knight, blitzle could also be used.
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7 hours ago, Gentleman Jaggi said:
This battle
Was a MAJOR pain.
Samson just seems to get worse with every run I do, jeebuz. The main issue was Hariyama pretty much always taking out one of my Pokémon before going down and Mienshao being faster than everything else. Hawlucha was also an issue, although if I had known his is actually a good deal slower than Mienshao I wouldn't have struggled quite so much. Blaziken's Speed Boost was also kind of annoying, because Camerupt was just never in any shape to go up against it.
I don't know how many tries it took, but I think it was something about 2.5 hours. I actually won once relatively early, but there was so much dumb luck involved that I decided I wouldn't count that. I wish I had counted that one.
Now we finally have the Fury Badge we never got back in Apophyll. It lets us use Surf, but doesn't do anything to the Level Cap. Not like that would be neccessary, anyway.
We also get Brick Break - just another TM we won't use.
That's it for today. Until next time
See ya!
Good work! Mienshao is an absolute terror, that life orb boosted acrobatics that's stronger under the big top and does full damage with an item on is ridiculous. You handled it pretty well eventually though
Also I found this on the internet and thought it fit with the run
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5 hours ago, Jess said:
Yes, unless you Taunt Umbreon, you are pretty much doomed if you can't deal enough damage. It will stall you out with Moonlight+Toxic+Confuse Ray.
I killed it in my Bug Mono relatively easily with Kricketune. Taunted it first, stopped it from Confusing me, then X-Scissored it to death.
It certainly helped that Fairy has a type advantage to Dark. I think it I had a problem with it I would have spent more time grinding or brought in Whimsicott to Encore Umbreon.
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Several event pokemon come with Perish Song as egg moves, but most of them come later on. The one that you have access to right now is Iggylbuff. You can just soft reset until it has the right egg move.
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4 minutes ago, Jess said:
God damn, I had an Abra with Teleport (bought from 7th street) in every single run of mine? Why the hell I never thought about it? xD
Also, great job once again, with the elaborate strats! I never realized Trump Card with Pixilate would be so OP!
And Carbink proves itsself to be a great suicide lead, you useit similarly to how I used Valor, my Forretress in my Bug Monorun. And it had great success!
Keep it up, I love reading your pixie adventures!
I think I first did it by accident, I have no idea whether its a bug or intentional xD
Trump Card with Pixilate has a hilariously high BP on its last attack. Normally its 200, but with pixilate + STAB its 360, and under Misty Terrain Pixilate's boost is 1.5 instead of 1.2, meaning that it hits with an insane 450 base power. Against a staller like Umbreon, where OHKOs are basically the only way to deal with it effectively, its amazing.
Thanks so much!
Fairy Run, with a Twist~
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Maybe he got lost in the tunnels? I know that the first time I played the game, I seriously got lost in the loop in the hidden grotto and had to look up a guide. Not my proudest moment...
But even that one, that only stops making sense if you really think about it. With Titania, she even points out how long its been... and she's half starved and delirious when we get there. I understand the need for suspension of disbelief but yeah this cutoff was very obvious.