Rendolf

RIP all the Cain shippers lol Awesome to see how the points are gonna affect the game. Ever since I found out about them I've tried to maximize them as much as I can, even though they didn't do all that much. Also, you mention the previous estimate, what would that be again? (I know, "a slight against my character" but I can't quite recall if there was a more concrete estimate or just like "eventually-ish")

As of Episode 18 there are a number of Mega Stones and Z-Crystals that you can't yet obtain, Kommonium-Z being one of them. It will become available once Episode 19 is out, so right now I don't believe there's a way to use Clangorous Soulblaze, without using mods.

If you breed a Vanillite and hatch the egg in 7th Street then that should work for the quest.

The Beldum area is the only place that you actually need the Tauros to reach, the other areas can all be reached through the caves and boulders and, in one situation, going back down the same ladder you came up.

The game follows gen 7 learnsets, but Flygon learns Dragon Dance at level 1 in both gens so you're good there.

Seems pretty strong, though it could be good to swap any one of your Infernape's moves to a physical Fire type move (Flare Blitz or Fire Punch namely) so you can have one that's more spammable than Overheat, but if you don't feel like that's a problem for you then don't worry about it. Also I've noticed in the past that Crobat's a bit lacking in power, but you have Brave Bird which kind of makes up for it and Super Fang and Tailwind mean you don't really need to use your Attack stat, however if you wanted to add to its utility even more you could swap Cross Poison out for Poison Fang to get that Toxic poison and extra chance for it. Oh and Dragon Dance could be nice on Flygon too! P.S. I'd forgotten that Magnezone gets Electric Terrain too, but I looked it up and it's just at level 1, so an easy Heart Scale away.

Ok awesome

Looking fancy! Semi-related question: are you going to do revamps for any other characters or just the MCs?

I think that's just a tiling error, as far as I know there isn't a cave there. Although Route 4 will lead to Victory Road so maybe it'll lead to something in Episode 19.

Assuming you've finished Episode 19, you can actually get all the starters without trading. For Grass starters: Bulbasaur: Wild on Azurine Island after its Restoration Project. Chikorita: Trade on Azurine Island pre-Restoration or gift there post-Restoration. Treecko: In the cave at the end of the Kecleon sidequest in Rhodocrine Jungle. Turtwig: From a tile game in Agate Circus. Snivy: In the grass reached after the Hiker sidequest on Route 4. Chespin: An egg received from a woman in 7th Street after giving her Oddishweed (obtained by passing a flower in South Aventurine Woods via a Flower Charm) in the morning. Rowlet: An egg in a nest on Teknite Range that requires Rock Climb (and probably Tailwind though I can't quite remember) to reach.

I'm on my 3rd mono-run right now and I'd say they're not that hard to get into (depending on the type you choose I guess though) and they are a fun way to use Pokemon you don't usually use without as much of the high risk. Alternatively if you want to do a Nuzlocke instead you can change some of the rules if you'd prefer something less challenging, but I've personally always felt that battles in Reborn are hard enough already without all the Nuzlocke restrictions, so I'm not sure I'd recommend one of those for someone without much challenge experience.

Oh god I didn't want to click the bottom one because I knew exactly what it was gonna say, but I just had to see. Also I'm a little sad to hear that Corey and Kiki won't be gym leaders anymore (especially Corey since being a new leader is a big part of Aya's character, I can see how you can make it work for Kiki pretty well) but I'm sure you guys will make it all work nicely and make sense for the story.

Enter from the Grand Stairway and go down the ladder on the right. On the next floor go down the ladder directly below where you start. Next floor, go down to these ledges. Hop down the ledges and stay to the middle right. Once you're on this raised area, descend the ladder at the bottom right. Go down these stairs and to the left and you'll reach the cutscene.

As far as I can tell this seems pretty good, though one thing I noticed is that your Silvally and Aegislash have a lot of overlap with the Ghost/Steel moves, so maybe change your Silvally to a different type like Ground to deal with your Electric weaknesses or Fire/Fighting to give some other coverage. Also it's often a good idea to only have either physical or special moves on a Pokemon so that you can just focus that stat when training, so you could do that by switching out your some of TMX moves for better moves and only teaching them when you need to.

Dang I've gotten so used to the game in its current state that it'll be crazy once it finally changes, but I'm all for it!

Which game would this be in, since it seems you're not talking about Reborn.

If you have a Pokemon with Flame Body or Static you could try to get one of those to activate, or if you have some Pokemon with Intimidate you can switch between them to drop her attack and make her easier to deal with. There are probably other strats you can go with, but remember that abilities are your friends.

Also, to answer your question, right after you beat Ciel is when the restoration happens.

By any chance would the affected Pokemon happen to be a flying type or have Levitate? Misty Terrain only prevents status effects for grounded Pokemon I believe.

I can't really think of a reason that would happen, so I'd just say double check that Woobat and Murkrow are different genders and see what the Day Care Man says about them (if he says "they don't seem to like each other much" they can still breed, it might just take a while).

I will say though, the first time I saw that barrier I thought it was going to have something to do with the train too.

Funnily enough, someone else was asking a similar question yesterday (they're further along in the game though so I wouldn't suggest checking it; mild spoilers). To get past the barrier, go to the southwestern part of that area of the Railnet where you should see a portion of the wall with a slight discoloration/crack. Use Rock Smash on it and go through the revealed passageway to the north where you'll see another breakable wall that leads to the other side of the barrier (press the switch to get rid of it). If you haven't done any of these breakable walls before then I recommend looking around the Railnet for more, you can get some pretty useful items.

Go to I believe the southwestern part of that area of the Railnet where you should see a portion of the wall with a slight discoloration/crack. Use Rock Smash on it and go through the revealed passageway to the north where you'll see another breakable wall that leads to the other side of that wall (press the switch to get rid of it). If you haven't done any of these breakable walls before then I recommend looking around the Railnet for more, you can get some pretty useful items.

The only Ditto you can get in the game right now is from Blacksteam Factory (or 7th Street if you miss it there) and I believe the IVs on it are just completely random, so yeah you'd probably have to get really lucky if you want a really good IV one legitimately.

I think you might need to find and read a gravestone that's out in the Wasteland first and then go into the cave. It should be shortly past the first steel beam you slide down.