Autumn Zephyr
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3 hours ago, Delta3416 said:
Are they going to reuse mons? I seem to recall Adam having a Probopass.
It's happened a few times already. Rotom being used twice is understandable (especially when of them one of them isn't even an appliance), but claydol (Ryland and the Puppet Master) doesn't have the same luxury. The most egregious is the fact that Amber's got a chandelure- another Gym Leader's ace! Every non-Legendary Steel Type is fair game for Saki, based off of that precedent.
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Wait, the Twitter actually got updated? And here I thought it was just an April Fool's joke!
I mmean, explaining a Legendary is actually quite easy in Saki's case. She's an inventor, and Magearna and Genesect are both at least partially mechanical in nature. Between the two, the former seems more likely to me- the biological aspect in Genesect may be beyond what she's willing to put up with.
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I'll second the idea of her running duradulon, though I'd guess that it'll take up her Mega slot. As different as she is from the rest of the family, she is still a Blakeory, who have served as the backbone for building both of Aevium's two largest population centers. A massive skyscraper is bound to be utilized by someone in the family, and if it's not Saki, then one of the others will likely wind up being battled at another time.
I don't really see her running aegislash personally, but that's also based off of her original personality and we have no idea what her new one is/ was (there's a non-zero chance that she'll have shaken it off like Adam did atop the pyramid by the time we fight her). It's almost certain that they're gonna use her fight to showcase some of the Crests in V13, with togedemaru being my highest pick in this regard (it seems like a silly pokemon for a high-levelled Gym Leader to use, which would be fitting for her out-there personality, and honestly doesn't require quite anywhere near as much work to make dangerous as some of the other Pikaclones). I also wouldn't put it past her to run the goofy-looking probopass (remember that Ryland had two Crested pokemon on his team in V12), but I'll admit that this is also a bit of wishful thinking on my part.
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I mean, our third Badge is from a source that, for all League-based purposes, doesn't even exist. Add in the fact that the 2nd one was given to us after the Gym Leader died, we never actually fought Kreiss, and the Puppet Master probably isn't even on any official roster of any sort, and it becomes pretty clear that a large chunk of our collection really shouldn't count. But with Amanda being AWOL, her mechanical doppleganger kaput, and Jan being a bit busy attending to the fact that his half of town is still being reconstructed, I really don't think the Elites are really gonna care about their legitimacy by the end of the game. Any potentially bizarre circumstances behind the rest of the Badges are basically fair game. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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5 hours ago, Tikkit said:Spoiler
We meet Volta's mother in another sidequest, who states to be a backup in case one of the Elite Eight is unavailable, in the same Version that one of them can be killed off. Seems like a pretty clear answer to the question in my eyes. Of course, there's always the possibility of her being a red herring, but we'll just have to wait and see for that one.
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Not gonna lie, I forgot all about the ninetales. His more important battle didn't have any pokemon in it, so I don't think one can be blamed for that blunder. Besides, we do have precedent for Theolias handing out Badges outside of Amanda's League, and Starlight makes more sense for them that the Bewitched Woods (which is what I was referring to earlier, for the record).
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The Plates make nice budget alternatives to the bigger damage-boosting items, and can be mined up pretty easily. The weather-extending Rocks, Amplifield Rock, and Light Clay can also be acquired this way, enabling greater efficiency for strategies involving said mechanics. Much like the available pokemon list, the held item meta is about making the most of what you currently have access to at any given moment~
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30 minutes ago, Edo said:
I might be wrong since it's been a while that I played through the game, but:
I feel like I remember Damien being mentioned as the Dark type leader. And since the Dark and Fairy badges look like they complement each other, the two leaders are likely somehow related, either as relatives or because both gyms are located at the same place/town. So, I thought that his sister Alexandra could be the Fairy leader. There's still that one cave near Sashila Village blocked off by one of the villagers. That could be where we will fight them.
But Alexandra also always seemed like she'd be part of the Elite 8, so I'm not really sure.
On the other hand, the only Fairy trainer I can think of is the player's mother. I know she's dead, but there's a sprite in the game's files of her as a ghost, so we might get to battle her.
SpoilerDamien's been noted to have been pretending to be a Dark Leader in order to keep the position from being filled after the events of Where Love Lies, though I'd admittedly forgotten what his reason for doing so was. In any case, we're fairly certain that we'll be facing him with his "official" Dragon GL role, likely with his latios as his ace (I mean, what does a Dark Leader even need a latios for in the first place?).
The sprite of Nancy's spirit is already used in the game as part of a sidequest, so it seems immensely unlikely that she'd fill in the Fairy GL role either.
The general consensus I've seen as the two Badges will be given out by Cosmo and Cosmia, the folks that were impersonating us and Nancy in the Magnolia Theatre when we first arrived in Grand Dream City. While we don't really know much about them yet (aside from that mandatory scene, the only other time one of the shows up is when Cosmia shows up out of nowhere and abducts Kristilline's Quizmaster right before he can reveal who Madame X is), they do match the missing Badges' color schemes, clearly work as a pair (albeit with a blatantly unhealthy looking relationship), and qualify as people we've already seen. Given that the Q&A revealed that there will be a Version that gives two Badges and a Field Effect that benefits both Fairy and Dark Types introduced shortly before they officially were, it seems pretty reasonable to assume that they'll fill in that slot. Of course, this is all just conjecture at this point...
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There was a Q&A Thread. It got closed a little over a month after it opened, though I think that was a little later than initially planned. In any case, here's the archive~!
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...It's been a while since I last fought her (geez, it's almost been two years already?!
), but if I remember correctly, I took the advice of "fight Fire with Fire" to heart and wrecked most of her team with my salazzle. This was the Version before it became possible to take her fight Underwater, though, so I suspect that there will be some folks who took that goofy route to victory instead~
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My original theory here was that they'd make it like Necrozma's Ultra Burst, effectively being a "Z-Move" that you needed to "Mega" first to use. If they're just gonna be the Megas, then it's pretty likely that the G-Max Moves are properly out, since it seems pretty silly to give them both a Mega Stone and a Z-Crystal when they can only use one of them at a given time anyway. That's my view of the situation, anyway.
Intense Mode has a tendency to give GLs random Legendaries after a certain point in the game, not just Florin (Souta's packing, or at least at one point packed, a thundurus, for example). The Intense Mode teams aren't the "canon" ones, though, so they don't need an in-universe explanation to work. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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The answer's to why they can use it and we can't is simple: it adds to the game's challenge. By the time the GLs start using Megas, the player already has access to a vast array of options they can use to tackle any boss efficiently, provided they're willing to put in the effort to hard counter that one in particular. Add in the fact that the AI still isn't the most effective ATM, and it makes sense that they're gonna need some sort of extra advantage to deal with us and our increasingly almighty arsenal in a meaningful manner. Though that does bring the worrisome question of what the bosses are gonna have to pull now that we have these tools at our disposal from the next Version onward, but I guess we'll just have to cross that bridge when we get there.
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Hm, they must've decided on how they were gonna implement them during my hiatus, then. Makes sense, though I'd imagine that at least a couple of them are gonna mourn the loss of their G-Max Moves.
Orbeetle certainly doesn't mind, though-
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It's not yet available as of V12, a detail that has frustrated many a player well before your time. However, the Devs have confirmed that it will be available in V13 as part of the story (and with some sort of adaptation of SwSh's Gigantimax phenomenon, if you're into that sort of thing), so you won't have to wait that much longer. Compared to Reborn, which gave you the Mega Ring just before the 15th Gym at the end of a long, easily messed up sidequest, we've got a better deal.
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You aren't crazy, actually. The Devs haven't programmed a way to keep "borrowed" 'mons from being registered as owned yet, so a lot of peoples' Owned-to-Seen ratio's quite artificially skewed by the end of V12. This'll probably be changed if they ever implement a system to reward players for Pokedex completion for obvious reasons, but we'll just have to live with it for the time being.
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Alolan grimer is an incredibly solid pokemon throughout the game, sporting great Special bulk backed by a single weakness, immunity to Psychic attacks, the Poisoned Status Effect, and Prankster-boosted moves, all whilst still sporting an impressive Physical Attack stat that can be boosted with Power-Up Punch once you unlock the second Move Tutor. Certainly worth giving a chance if you haven't already.
Budew is a really good option to pick up as well. Roserade's a potent Special Attacker with a couple notable tricks: Toxic Spikes setup can be handy to Badly Poison enemies and put them on a timer, while access to Nature Power allows it to take advantage of almost any Field Effect, regardless of how disadvantageous the situation would normally be. Natural access to Growth allows you to buff up your offensive capabilities even further if given enough breathing room, especially in Sunny weather. And since it's picked up as a Baby Pokémon, it'll come with a guaranteed 3 perfect IVs, making it a little less of a pain to get good stats on than most other pokemon!
Picking up a plusle Once you reach Route 4 is a pretty solid idea- not because it's a good pokemon (it really isn't), but because it can be traded with an NPC on Route 2 for a chikorita. Loathe as I am to admit it (I personally despise meganium), it is a really solid support pokemon, with access to both of the classic Screens by level up, Aromatherapy for Status cleansing, and Synthesis to keep itself alive. If you do choose to use this, then make sure to choose chikorita as your starter in the Fangame Project sidequest so that you can get the Meganium Crest at the end of it. This thing is not only one of the earliest Crests available (tied with the other Johto Starters, albeit dependent on your earlier choice), but one of the better ones to boot, reducing damage taken while still supplying the benefits of Leftovers. It's a bit difficult to mess up these days, truth be told.
An eevee is available before the second Gym, which means that a couple of the eeveelutions are as well. Espeon in particular should be a great help against the immediate Gym Battle, while umbreon serves a bit better against the fourth Gym thanks to its bulk and key Resistances. You'll have to wait a bit if you want jolteon, flareon, vaporeon, leafeon, or glaceon instead, unfortunately, but at least the latter two reward your patience by having access to Crests. Sylveon is a noteworthy case- like espeon, it is immediately available and works well against the second Gym, but the fact that you're given one with perfect IVs later in the games makes it a bit difficult for me to recommend picking it up here. Still, it's hard to go wrong with Pixilate Hyper Voice, so the choice is ultimately yours to make.
Imposter ditto is just a fun thing to throw at bosses in general, and happens to have its quest end in Akuwa Town. Just be weary that like chikorita, there's an extremely small window between it first becoming available and being forced to continue the story and wait four more Gyms for your second chance to arise, so care is definitely needed if you want to pick it up.
These are, of course, just a few options available. Rejuvenation really does a good job of giving you a wide variety to choose from pretty early on, and most pokemon have something they can bring to the table. If something catches your eye, feel free to give it a chance- you may very well be surprised by its performance!
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On 3/16/2020 at 12:58 AM, Amethyst said:
you know i hadn't thought about it since magnezone isn't really they own character, but i do still have the full art, you're right that we could do something with it...
I'd personally argue that Magnezone is the most important PULSE System so far, both as the prototype of the current system and the only modern one to be wholly benign in original design. Though I may be a little bit biased here, given that the aftermath of busting the poor thing was one of the precious few points in the game where I actually panicked (for non-mechanical reasons), so make of that what you will, I guess.
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I'd be genuinely surprised if there wasn't any special dialogue if you helped her the whole way through, though a few different lines if you started the questline but didn't finish it is completely reasonable as well (she has already decided to call you "Little Dove" at that point, after all).
SpoilerOf course, we already know that a lot more than a bit of dialogue's gonna change if you've decided that Bad Ends are fun at the end of HL4. R.I.P.
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1 hour ago, ArcaneArceus said:
Well, Volcarona isn’t a physical attacker, so that’s probably fine
Uh, he means that Attack is his only decent stat on it, and since it's the one volcarona explicitly wants to be as low as possible to avoid being savaged by Foul Play, it's decidedly not okay at all. It's quite the unfortunate situation, indeed...
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33 minutes ago, Thomaskater21 said:
Thanks Guys, luckily there still is a second way for me to get the Heracronite, it will take a little longer, but I'm almost done with V12, and looks like we got some time until V13 so its not that big of a deal, I just hope the Mega-Z Ring is in the next version
...Uh, there's an issue there. The second shot at the Heracronnite/Banetite is also part of that questline, and consequently locked out as well. Sorry, but it seems your beetly boi is gonna have to stick with Moxie for this savefile…
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If I had to hazard a guess, it might be locked out for you because Hidden Library 3 has an impact on the story once completed, and that point is long passed by the time you get to Adam. Add in the fact that HL1 get's overwritten by another batch of Help Quests by that point in the game as well, and seems likely that the whole line's kaput for your current savefile. Sorry.
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The Hidden Library questline is completely optional, yeah. It's not the only cameo that can be missed, though- Krystal appears in Amethyst Cave from when you get Surf until the train situation, and Saki and Narcissa both show up in the Chrisola Hotel at the very start of the game if you feel like paying the place a visit at the time.
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Unfortunately, the only ways to remove the Corrosive Field in Reborn are to overwrite it with another Field Effect (a temporary solution), or to use lycanroc's exclusive Z-Move (an extremely late game option), at least according to the in-game Field Effect Notes. Sorry I can't be of more assistance...
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The Whiscash Crest was accidentally left out of the shop in the initial release and added back in with the first patch, IIRC. I recall being confused that it wasn't initially available since one was reportedly used in the Water Gym, but shrugged it off as being simply enemy-exclusive like the Silvally Crest.
Aside from that mess, all of the ones that are in V12's code (except for silvally's) are available to the player, with more confirmed to be added with each new release up to V15. Makes me wonder if any of the other user-submitted Crest designs will wriggle their way into the game to join Whiscash's, but I personally don't exactly have the best of hopes in that regard.
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I mean, outside of the Legendaries and duradulon, all of those are already available to you before you get to her, and even then duradulon's only missing because it's entire Generation is. you'll probably be able to mirror her almost perfectly in terms of the species are concerned.