[The MC's Past [V13 SPOILERS]]

Interceptor is not YOU the player, because Crescent is also an "Interceptor" and has died once.

[13.5 Status Discussion Thread]

I hated the puzzles lol. It's not what I play Pokemon for, I just want to get to the battles and the story and the grinding.

[13.5 Status Discussion Thread]

2 hours ago, MhicKy said:

This late in the game, Snarl would be pretty useless tbh..
I mean, we already got Dark Pulse, no point getting Snarl..

Snarl has uses on slower mons in some situations. Mind you less useful in this game since the AI will switch out if you debuff it too much, but you can play around that with hazards.

[Misty Terrain bugged?]

3 minutes ago, Lucifer Morningstar said:

 

In that case, it's probably a bug. It seems there are a few terrain bugs out there right now. 

 

Not long ago someone reported a similar problem with the psychic terrain, apparently it was failing to nullify priority moves used against grounded targets which is something it's supposed to do. 

Funny thing is that one seems to work; I forgot that detail and tried to bullet punch a target on Psychic field and got reminded no that's wrong.

[13.5 Status Discussion Thread]

wtb Protect TM for my horrifying zombie mushroom creature

 

Edit:  come to think of it there's a lot of missing TMs:

Dragon Claw

Psyshock

Calm Mind

Ice Beam

Blizzard

Earthquake

Protect

Toxic

Fireblast

Thunder

Double Team

Rest

Focus Miss

Giga Impact and Hyper Beam

Swords Dance

Gyro Ball

PuP Punch

Dazzling Gleam

 

and others I am probably forgetting. I look forward to when we get them, some of these moves would be nice to have. It is pretty challenging to not have them, but I want >.<

[Misty Terrain bugged?]

57 minutes ago, Rendolf said:

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.

Nope, being used by my Sylveon.

[Crest for Untiered pokemon]

I'd like to see some of the current crests reworked also. Glaceon's crest for example seems good on paper, until you remember the AI doesn't think like a person and will just hit you with whatever coverage move it has that will hit almost as hard as the rock or steel move it would have otherwise used. The crests that just add resistance are useless outside of taking less damage on a switch.

[Misty Terrain bugged?]

I keep running into this issue. I use Misty Terrain and continue to get afflicted by status like Sleep and Paralysis regardless. Is it bugged or does background terrains just automatically disable these moves? I don't get it.

[Day/Night Cycle Bugged?]

Sleeping in your bed at Tesla's Villa seems to have fixed it.

[Spoiler Discussion]

I'm gonna say it. I just got to Neo East Gearen and I automatically hate it. I liked the dark bladerunner looking city better :T

 

At least West Gearen is unchanged.

[Day/Night Cycle Bugged?]

I'm not sure why but suddenly my game thinks it's daytime at 12:41am local time...I noticed prior it seemed to shift day/night randomly and then after doing a bit of time traveling for side quests the game seems to be stuck thinking it's daytime in the middle of what is actually midnight, even if I save and close the game and restart. How do I fix this? It's kind of annoying.

[Crest for Untiered pokemon]

+1 for Electivire getting a Crest that gives it Fighting Stab/Resistences. I remember playing a ROMhack that made Electivire an Elect/Fight type and it just fit so well. Brick Break is an amazing tool to carry on your 'vire but it just doesn't hit THAT hard with no stab.

[13.5 Status Discussion Thread]

41 minutes ago, MhicKy said:

Well, you can still obtain one in the Alamissa Ruins after doing the Karen sidequest there.

 

Hopefully.. I really am sick and tired of equipping my mons with Plates/Berries because I have nothing better when I could use an Assault Vest, get my Obstagoon with Guts to have a Flame Orb, etc etc e tal

On my next playthrough I plan to abuse the Thief/Covet then Fling & Recycle thing as much as possible. Pretty tired of beating my head against assault vests without having my own.

[Angel Of Death]

Did this fight last night, it wasn't hard just annoying. Misty Terrain does not block the Lovely Kiss btw. I dunno if that changed in a recent update or the game is bugged, but the Gardevoir repeatedly put my Sylveon to sleep with Misty Terrain up.

[13.5 Status Discussion Thread]

1 hour ago, RocketOSullivan said:

I can never blame myself enough for not having done the Library Sidequest 2 in time in Sheridan. I play with a Feraligatr and a Banette, so I'm totally screwed now for the Life Orb AND Banettite. Hope we will able to complete that anyway in a future update.

Wait there was a Life Orb in the Library? I must have missed it, I never got a Life Orb...

[Recover on Aevium Milotic]

NPCs do have random illegal moves. I just fought Bladestar Grunt Beya that had a Cofagrigus that knows Earthquake, lol.

[13.5 Status Discussion Thread]

15 minutes ago, MhicKy said:

I guess it would be difficult since the "skeleton" of Rejuvenation is based on versions were regional variants didn't exist so.. Yeah..

There's just 2 major things I want:
1 - All starters available and more event Pokemons
2 - More items like Assault Vest, Flame Orb, etc

I've been wondering why I'm now at level 80 and can't find some species and several competitive items I just can't seem to get except when my Magician Delphox borrows them from enemies for a battle...looking at you, Assault Vest, the most egregious offender of having been on NPCs for a very long time but none for me :(

[I feel like new Souta is WAY too strong. ( in normal )]

1 hour ago, P.Kiko said:

I only used one Pokémon against him : 

Vivillon  @ Elemental Seed
Ability: Compound Eyes  
EVs: 120 Def / 136 SpA / 252 Spe  
Timid Nature  
IVs: 0 Atk  
- Hurricane  
- Substitute  
- Quiver Dance  
- Sleep Powder

 

It's very simple. Skarmory is far too strong in the beggining of the battle. However, with the Elemental Seed, Vivillon outspeeds Skarmory and it can make it to sleep.
Then, set up only one Quiver Danse and it's time 2 OHKO it with 2 Hurricane. After this one, use Sleep Powder on the next Pokémon and set up a second Quiver Danser. 

Now, time to sweep. 

This is not possible to have legitimately. Vivillion doesn't learn Substitute by Levelup, Tutor, or Breeding. Which means you'd need a TM you don't have access to.

[I feel like new Souta is WAY too strong. ( in normal )]

You know it never even occurred to me that Shift battle style is in this game. This is my first playthrough and I started out on Intense mode since I was overconfident from other ROMhacks I played...it broke me after the 2nd gym leader and I went down to Normal haha. I never thought to change the battle style when I was stuck.

[Angie]

I relied super heavily on a Grapploct I raised to be Special Defense/HP with Bulk Up/Brick Break/Octolock/Any Other Move Here [I used Topsy Turvy for a while] and it took me several tries to get past her with my Grapploct/Delphox/Moody Octillery/Dedenne/Whiscash/Alolan Dugtrio.

 

You NEED something with Brick Break on your team to smash through the screens, I think she sets up Aurora Veil? Otherwise her Cold Truth just hits so hard that you won't be able to compete. I imagine if you had a Hariyama with Thick Fat it'd probably chew through her team pretty easily. I had already raised Grapploct previously for using Octolock to crack open the big Rift Boss pokemon (which works AMAZING btw). Good luck! She's one of the hardest bosses imo.

[I feel like new Souta is WAY too strong. ( in normal )]

Made an account just to reply to this thread.

 

Yeah this fight is stupid with how many advantages are stacked and how restricted you are. I raised a whole team of Elec/Rock/Steel thinking I could fight for control of the terrain and then destroy him, only to realize too late that Mountain can't be changed to Cave (why? You can change Cave to Mountain...). So here's what I did instead:

 

Steelix (Smack Down, Dig[Turned out to be useless...], Rock Tomb, Stealth Rock)

Electivire (Brick Break, Ice Punch, Thunderpunch, Light Screen)

A. Lapras (Perish Song, Rock Slide, Psychic, Sandstorm [turned out to be useless...])

Togedemaru (Spiky Shield, Nuzzle, Zing Zap, Fell Stinger)
A. Golem (Stone Edge, Explosion, Thunderpunch, Smack Down)

Ampharos (Cotton Guard, Light Screen, Discharge, Power Gem)

 

Nuzzled the Skarmory then setup Stealth Rocks with Steelix...you can debuff once with Rock Tomb then Power Herb Dig to kill Skarm. Swanna comes out next, let Steelix die, then go to Togedemaru and commence trolling with an entire team holding Red Cards to bounce his team around into Stealth Rocks. Togedemaru can take out a couple pokemon by itself easily if played right. Used Togedemaru to paralyze then Electivire to Icepunch Dragonite in its stupid goofy face and get rid of it after some stealth rocks. I cheesed his broken Mega Pidgeot with Perish Song.

 

Ultimately I think that's the best way to deal with him, since from reading various threads wondering why I couldn't control the field it looks like someone decided to just take away your ability to do that (which is like the main gimmick of this game...talk about lame...) so if you can't win clean and fairly you can always just troll him to death by playing the kind of way that'd get you slapped in person.