Green Bean 501

I decided to review the field effects again and make some team predictions for Sapphira, the Elite 4 and Lin Sapphira's Team The Dragon's Den heavily boosts dragon and fire moves and decreases water and ice moves. Dragon dance also has doubled stat boost. She probably has Mega Charizard X since it benefits from the field a lot and takes neutral damage ice and fairy attacks. I threw in some poison and steel moves for coverage against faries. Tyrantrum is there in case you try to change the field to a cave, and Kommo-o's Clanging Scales still gets boosted there because its a sound move. Goodra is good for tanking special attacks and hitting back. Her signature Dragonite always has Multiscale active, so it will be tough to stop it from setting up Dragon Dance and sweeping your team. Elite 4 I'm predicting that the Elite 4 will specialize in 2 or 3 types to set them apart from the Gym Leaders. Naturally, they'll all have Z moves and a Mega Evolution on top of their general strategy. They each have one of Reborn's keys, and I think we'll face them in the same order we encounter the keys in the story. Heather's Team I'm willing to bet Heather uses the Mountain Field, just like the one in Beryl Cemetery. Flying types are naturally a strong contender because of all the boosts they get in the wind. Ghost types also fit due to Beryl ward's close proximity to a cemetery and Shade's gym. Heather's team specializes in speed control, particularly Tailwind since it lasts 5 turns and creates strong winds. This also lets Driftblim have reliable flying STAB from Weather Ball. I think she'll have Corey's Crobat since its the only one of his Pokemon we can't catch. (You'll see here that there are 6 Poke Balls, right below Beryl Bridge.) It can set up Tailwind and clear entry hazards for her team. Under strong winds, Ominous Wind and Icy Wind deal more damage than Shadow Ball and Ice Beam, respectively. Thunder never misses so it's a better option than Thunderbolt. Talonflame and Froslass can cover her other team member's ice weaknesses, and Decidueye and Salamance can deal with any Rock type attackers. Laura's Team We haven't seen the Flower Garden Field anywhere in the game yet, but it looks especially potent for a Grass type user. Laura's team will definitely take advantage of those boosts, and will try to get it to max strength ASAP. For starters, here's a list of all the things that make the field grow. The sun would only make her team more vulnerable to Fire attacks, so I'm predicting that she'll be using a rain team to prevent you from setting the field on fire. (And Lilligant's Chlorophyll gets activated at Stage 4 anyways). Ludicolo sets up the rain and Venusaur boosts its attack power on the first turn, while also growing the field to Stage 3 already. And if you try to change it with Drought, the field will grow even more. Ferrothorn is a good switch in for Poison types and also likes the reduced damage from Fire moves. Comfey and Florges are mostly for defense buffs and healing, but can deal with to fighting types that threaten Ferrothorn. They can defensively handle Bug attacks too. Lilligant is probably the most threatening, since it can outspeed your Pokemon and put them to sleep, buff its stats with Quiver dance, and hit hard with a field boosted Bloom Doom. El's Team It's pretty obvious that El will be using the Holy Field in his battle. Oranguru sets up Trick Room for the team while Delphox cripples one of your set up Pokemon with a Choice Scarf that makes it go slower in trick room. Their Psychic attacks can easily deal with fighting types the rest of his team is weak to. Drampa and Snorlax both hit hard, especially since ghost types can't switch into their STAB attacks. Audino can serve as a backup trick room setter and heal its teammates, which makes Snorlax and Oranguru even harder to take down. I had a tough time figuring out how Ditto would fit into a trick room team until I realized that the EV training items lower its speed. So it's basically the classic Scarf ditto without any restrictions on its move selection. Porygon 2 could be an option due to how good it is in VGC, but I don't really think it fits El's character. Anna's Team Anna isn't a directly confirmed E4 member but an interview with Gossip Gardevoir says she is a strong trainer. Based on her dialogue in the Void (and her doll Nostra), I'm predicting that we'll fight her on the (currently) unused Starlight Arena. Fairy and Dark moves both get boosted, as well as a few steel moves. Dark type attacks deal additional Fairy damage, which eliminates one of Jirachi's weaknesses. Her team revolves around constant switches and healing with Wish, which heals 75% max HP on this field. Klefki is a good lead due to its defensive typing, priority dual screens, and priority spikes for hazard damage. Starmie can deal with Fire types and deals lots of damage with what's essentially a free Nasty Plot. Gothitelle and Mega Lucario might seem like odd choices but I think they fit pretty well considering their Poxedex entries. Lucario is known for its abilities to see people's aura, and Gothitelle is said to predict the future based on the stars. Jirachi has good stats all around and a great defensive type. Cosmic power also has doubled stat boost, making it even tougher to KO and easier for it to stall for a 4x base power Doom Desire. Lin's Team I've said this before but I'm 99% sure Lin is going to be Reborn's equivalent of the Champion, even if she isn't officially recognized by the League. The New World Field buffs the most moves of any terrain, including Dark moves, light-based moves, draco meteor, shadow ball, moonblast, and most signature moves. It also nullifies all weather and halves the speed of grounded Pokemon. So its basically custom made for her ace Hydreigon. As Team Meteor's Leader, she would absolutely use Pulse+ to make her Pokemon exceed the normal EV limit. Since Lin used to be a Dragon user in the real Reborn League, I gave her Dragons that wouldn't be affected by the speed drop. Noivern can heal 75% of its Hp and switch out once its special attack has been lowered from Draco Meteor. Flygon's Levitate and Dragon Dance give it an edge over Garchomp on this field, and Crunch gets increased power too. We know Lin is controlling Gossip Gardevoir, and she seems some benefit from the New World field and the seed effect. She can also switch into Dragon attacks that half of Lin's team is weak to. Victini can switch into Fairy moves and gets an attack boost from the buff to Victory Star. (My headcanon is that Victini is why Lin is immortal, since its said to cause its Trainer to always win.) I've seen people say that Arc-Pulse will be a separate fight but if it was I don't think she would have an 100% win rate in the tournament of b00ty. So of course, all of its attacks get boosted by the field. If it still has Multitype in Pulse form, then it will change type every turn as well. What are your guys thoughts on these teams? EDIT: Added Victini's dex entries

It is kinda painful to sit through that cutscene when you've already seen it, but maybe it could get some added context after whatever happens in episode 19.

So ig that means there is a traditional Elite 4

That's why we have Blake

Light speed is too slow, we have to go right to Ludicrous speed

Alolan Ninetales is faster, can change the weather, and even get a free switch in against dragon moves

My main question is how she has a Garchomp. Isn't the line supposed to be exclusive to Solaris and Taka's family?

He would be a lot easier with ice beam. Or you can just change the weather or terrain

He said something like only two souls would be taken. I interpreted that as Lin not having a soul. It kinda explains why she's apparently immortal and why Anna can't see her

Pulse Muk and Pulse Magnezone were fought on ZEL's team so it's not out of the question for it to be on Lin's team And even on new world field I kinda doubt she would be able to beat all the other AI trainers without it

Noivern, Flygon, and Salamance all seem like good candidates since they don't suffer from the speed loss. I'm betting gardevoir will have a magical seed and stored power

I'm thinking the same thing. Looking from the field notes it's made specifically for her ace Hydreigon. Other powerful pokemon benefit too, like metagross, victini, and arceus

Terra probably has some connection to Lin since a journal in her gym references a baby Arceus. I'm interested to see how it will tie into the overall plot

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The joker card is basically a substitute for any cards the set is missing, kinda like a wild card. In terms of Reborn I think this might just be another hint that Lin is going to be the (unofficial) champion

Maybe it will depend on whether you beat Solaris then. Even in agate city he still mentions if you managed to beat him back on pyrous mountain so maybe it could lead to a plot split like with corey

If that's true it might be something like the Opelucid City gym in BW2

If that happens we won't be able to rematch most of the gym leaders at the Nightclub

Does Shade count if he's already dead?

Mega Mawile would be broken under Holy Field and Trick Room. Luckily I already have one so I can come prepared

Taunt go brrr

I was under the impression that it only became Arceus due to the energy from the meteor. If our official battle is at the Pokemon League Ditto would only be able to transform into a nearby Pokemon

Iron ball would make it vulnerable to ground moves if it transforms into a flying type but holding one of the ev training items could achieve the same effect

That's only a 24% increase. That's still a pretty significant boost tho