Nim's (Mis)Adventures in the Reborn Region (A Psychic-type Hardcore Monotype Run)

[Lord Chespin 10]

Great job on Solaris! A little manipulation is fair.

NIce work with Aya. Even with type advantage it is rather difficult haha.

Hey, thanks! Anyway, sorry for the lack of updates; I've been playing V7 of Pokemon Rejuvenation and doing a normal-type monotype run of it, which you can find here! Anyway...

Update #30: Sirius Business

Well, Sirius took a few tries (I guess I'm still a little rusty), but I beat him eventually. On TEH URN, Nim led with Ron, Cain led with Nidoking, and Sirius led with Chandelure and Hitmontop. Ron set up a light screen and Nidoking landed a shadow ball on Chandelure while Hitmontop smacked Nidoking with a sucker punch and Chandelure hit both Ron and Nidoking with a heat wave. Ron then set up a reflect before fainting to a shadow ball, and Nidoking fired off an icy wind while tanking another sucker punch. Nim sent out Harry next, and he managed to end Hitmontop with a mighty psyshock while Nidoking went down to a shadow ball from Chandelure. Sirius sent out his Manectric and quickly healed his Chandelure with an ultra potion, and Harry tanked a flame burst to burn Chandelue with a flamethrower while Cain's newly-sent-out Samurott did massive damage to Chandelure with a razor shell! Sirius then used up his other ultra potion on Chandelure, and Manectric did minor damage to Samurott with a hidden power while Harry injured Chandelure with a psyshock just enough for Samurott to take it out with another razor shell! Up next came Sirius' ace, Seviper, and while Manectric finally took out Samurott with a thunderbolt, Harry tanked an aqua tail and seriously injured Seviper with a mighty psyshock! Cain sent out his Gengar after this, and while it took some serious damage from a flame burst, it was able to end Seviper with a shadow ball while Harry awkwardly tried to burn the already-burned Manectric. Out next came Sirius' Honchkrow. Manectric injured Gengar with a hidden power, but Gengar managed to take it out with a mighty sludge bomb before it got taken out itself by a foul play from Honchkrow. Fortunately, this barrage of attacks at Gengar allowed Harry to safely burn Honchkrow with a will-o-wisp! Up next came Sirius's last Pokemon: his Probopass. Harry managed to burn it with a flamethrower and tanked a brave bird from Honchkrow, and Cain's Muk (which replaced his Gengar) managed to set up an acid armor while shrugging off a magnet bomb. Harry then finally fell to a foul play from Honchkrow, but before he went down he seriously injured Probopass with a flamethrower. Muk, meanwhile, tanked a thunderbolt and took out Honchkrow with a poison jab! Probopass promptly fainted from burn damage, ending the fight and saving the kids! Onward to the Adventurine Region!

The team so far:

Harry (Male) - Lv. 48

Dhalsim (Male) - Lv. 48

Hermonie (Female) - Lv. 47

Starman (Non-binary) - Lv. 47

Ron (Male) - Lv. 46

Elsa (Female) - Lv. 46

[Dragon116 13]

Not a problem. I've been busy with my own projects. I hope you enjoy your normal-monorun of rejuv!

[Lord Chespin 10]

Hey! I was getting a little burned out with Rejuvenation, so I decided to pick this up again. Sorry to keep you waiting! Anyway...

Update #31: A Bug's Life

Well, Bennett was a little tricky, but nowhere near as hard as Shelly. On TEH URN, I led with Ron, and he led with his Larvesta. Ron set up dual screens while tanking a bug bite and a zen headbutt, then did crazy damage with a critical-hit psychic while tanking a flame charge. Unfortunately, Larvesta got healed by two berry ice creams, and although Ron was able to do some damage with a psychic, he still failed to prevent Bennett from restoring it to full health. He tanked a bug bite and fired off a psychic, but then fainted to a second bug bite after setting up a misty terrain. I sent out our newest team member, Ebony the SHINY Gardevoir, and she tanked a zen headbutt to do significantly more damage with a psychic. Larvesta tried healing with a morning sun, and even fought back with three zen headbutts, but Ebony was able to set up a calm mind and KO it with a mighty psychic! With his ace down, Bennett sent out his Heracross, but it missed a megahorn and fell to a single moonblast. Up next came Bennett's Scyther, so I swapped out to Harry, who KO'd it with a flamethrower after tanking a bug bite! Up next came Bennett's Vivillon, and I kept Harry on the field. He missed a flamethrower and almost fainted to a hurricane, but was able to reflect his flamethrower off the mirrors, hitting Vivillon and KOing it! Bennett's Butterfree fell in a very similar way: Elsa came out and reflected a blizzard off the mirrors, ending it! All that remained was Bennett's Venomoth, so I swapped out to Hermonie, who set up a calm mind, tanked two bug buzzes, and ended the fight with a psychic and an air slash! With Bennett defeated, it's time to fight his mom, Serra!

The team so far:

Harry (Male) - Lv. 50

Dhalsim (Male) - Lv. 50

Hermonie (Female) - Lv. 49

Ebony (Female) - Lv. 50

Ron (Male) - Lv. 49

Elsa (Female) - Lv. 50

[Lord Chespin 10]

Update #32: Mirror Image

Well, Serra took a couple tries, but she wasn't nearly as hard as some of the other battles I've had to go through so far. On TEH URN, I led with Harry, and she led with Mega Abomasnow. The poor thing never stood a chance, as it went down to a single flamethrower. Up next came Serra's Mamoswine, so I swapped out to Shepherd, now a mighty Starmie! Despite the evasion boosts Mamoswine had accumulated, Sheperd was still able to land a hydro pump and pull off a OHKO! Serra sent out her Glaceon next, and I sent out Harry again. Harry took a surprising amount of damage from a shadow ball, but retaliated with a mighty flamethrower, burning the Glaceon and causing it to faint from burn damage! Serra decided to then send out Cloyster, so I sent out Dhalsim. Dhalsim barely tanked a waterfall with 11 HP, but was able to knock Cloyster down to 1 HP with a high jump kick (he would have KO'd it, but it had a focus sash), forcing Serra to use an ultra potion; Dhalsim was still able to take it out with a second high jump kick, though! Serra sent out her Vanilluxe next, but it went down to a single flamethrower from Harry before it could even attack! All that remained was Serra's ace and toughest Pokemon for me: her Froslass. Harry fell almost instantly to a shadow ball, but he at least managed to make Frosslass use up its evasion boosts when it came into focus. Dhalsim came back out, and managed to do some damage with a bullet punch before fainting to a shadow ball. Kid then came out and set up a light screen, but fell to two shadow balls. Fortunately, Elsa (who came out next) tanked a shadow ball, put Froslass to sleep, and set up a nasty plot while it slept! Froslass woke up and tried setting up a double team, but it was too little, too late, as Elsa took it out with a psychic! With Serra down, it's time to get that medicine for Anna!

The team so far:

Harry (Male) - Lv. 51

Dhalsim (Male) - Lv. 50

Shepherd (Non-binary) - Lv. 50

Ebony (Female) - Lv. 50

Ron (Male) - Lv. 49

Elsa (Female) - Lv. 50

[Lord Chespin 10]

Update #33: The Doctor is In (Trouble)

Well, believe it or not, I actually managed to beat Dr. Sigmund on my first try! I led with Elsa, and he led with his Mega Ampharos. Although Elsa missed a lovely kiss, she was able to survive a dragon pulse and land a lovely kiss the next turn. She then set up a nasty plot and took it down with a single blizzard! Up next came Sigmund's Eelektross, so I kept Elsa on the field and had her use blizzard again. She did a respectable amount of damage, but only left it in the red, allowing it to KO her with a crunch. I sent out Ron next, and while Sigmund healed it with an ultra potion he did chip damage with a psychic. He then set up dual screens, but ultimately fell to two discharges. I then sent out Dhalsim, who managed to outspeed and KO it with a high jump kick! Sigmund sent out his Rotom next, but Harry was able to outspeed and OHKO it with a single flamethrower. Sigmund then sent out his toughest Pokemon for me to deal with: his Luxray. I sent out Ebony to deal with it, but Luxray got smart and used protect, allowing it to safely activate its flame orb. It then took off a sizeable chunk of her health with a facade, and all she did was set up a calm mind. I tried healing her with a berry ice cream, but Luxray just used facade again, so I swapped out to Starman. Starman did serious damage with an earth power, but fainted to two facades; amazingly, though, the burn damage finally caught up to Luxray, causing it to faint! Sigmund sent out his ace, Electrivire, but it went down to a single high jump kick from Dhalsim after only getting off one ice punch. All that remained was Sigmund's Lanturn, so I sent out Harry. He quickly healed Ebony with a berry ice cream, then fired off a will-o-wisp and a psychic before fainting to a signal beam and two scalds. Ebony came out, and tanked a signal beam to end the fight with a moonblast! With Sigmund down, Saphira comes in and wrecks his butt, only to get captured by Sirius. Time to rescue her... or, well, watch her rescue herself.

The team so far:

Harry (Male) - Lv. 51

Dhalsim (Male) - Lv. 51

Starman (Non-binary) - Lv. 49

Ebony (Female) - Lv. 51

Ron (Male) - Lv. 49

Elsa (Female) - Lv. 50

[Lord Chespin 10]

Update #34: Gargantuan Problems

Well, the Pokemon Gargantuan (AKA Mega Steelix) was a little hard, but Nim got past it on her first try. Nim led with Shepherd, but he missed a hydro pump and fell to an earthquake. Dhalsim came out next, and did significant damage with a high jump kick; sadly, he fainted to a stone edge immediately afterwards. Nim then sent out Harry, and he managed to do some serious damage with a flamethrower, but fell to a stone edge. Fortunately, this left the Steelix so weak that Starman was able to take it out with a mighty earth power! Onward to the PULSE Abra!

The team so far:

Harry (Male) - Lv. 52

Dhalsim (Male) - Lv. 52

Starman (Non-binary) - Lv. 53

Ebony (Female) - Lv. 52

Ron (Male) - Lv. 52

Shepherd (Non-binary) - Lv. 52

[Dragon116 13]

I've been sick most of this week. I see Ebony and Sheperd have replaced Elsa and Hermoine. I hope Hermoine makes a return as it's so awesome.

[Lord Chespin 10]

Update #35: Teleport Spam

Well, like the Steelix, the Abra wasn't all that bad. Nim led with Shepherd, and I thought I was being smart by using a reflect type on it, allowing Shepherd to tank an energy ball; unfortunately, I was too clever by half, causing it to KO me with a dark pulse. Nim sent out Harry next, but he fell to a single dark pulse, so she sent out Ron to avenge him. Ron tanked a psychic and a shock wave, then set up dual screens and did chip damage with a psychic before falling to a second psychic. Dhalsim came out next, and while he tanked an energy ball he fired off a high jump kick, doing massive damage! He then fainted to a second energy ball, but not before he got off a bullet punch. Nim sent out Starman next, and he managed to tank an energy ball and end it with a signal beam! With that thing down, we can finally challenge Noel for real this time!

The team so far:

Harry (Male) - Lv. 52

Dhalsim (Male) - Lv. 52

Starman (Non-binary) - Lv. 53

Hermonie (Female) - Lv. 52

Ron (Male) - Lv. 52

Shepherd (Non-binary) - Lv. 52

[Lord Chespin 10]

I've been sick most of this week. I see Ebony and Sheperd have replaced Elsa and Hermoine. I hope Hermoine makes a return as it's so awesome.

I'm sorry to hear you were sick, but I'm glad to hear you're feeling better! Don't worry about Elsa and Hermonie; they'll make their returns. I guess Ebony's your typical Mary Sue: she squeezes her way into the established characters and slowly pushes them out of the spotlight. I'll try to keep her in check, though.

[Lord Chespin 10]

Update #36: Abnormal

Well, Noel was a right pain in the arse, but Nim beat him eventually. On TEH URN, Nim led with Ron, and he led with Cinccino. Cinccino missed a rock blast while Ron set up dual screens, and then Ron tanked a hidden power, a tail slap, and a bullet seed to do some damage with a psychic and alter the terrain with a misty terrain. Nim then swapped him out for Ebony, who tanked a rock blast and a bullet seed to take it down with a moonblast! Up next came his Pyroar, and Nim sent out Shepherd. Rather than take out Shepherd with a hyper voice or dark pulse, Pyroar decided to use hidden power, which allowed Shepherd to KO it with a hydro pump! After this, Noel decided to send out his most problematic Pokemon for me to deal with: his powerful Staraptor. Nim sent out Harry, and he tanked a double-edge to do some damage with a flamethrower. Noel then healed Staraptor with an ultra potion, allowing Harry to burn it with a will-o-wisp. Staraptor quickly pivoted out to Porygon-Z with a u-turn, but Harry just KO'd the Porygon-Z with a flamethrower; unfortunately, when Staraptor came out, Harry fainted to a brave bird before he could finish what he started. This was compounded by the fact that Shepherd and Dhalsim both fainted to a single hit from Staraptor. The tide started to turn in Nim's favor when Hermonie came out, however, as she set up a calm mind, tanked a close combat, and did serious damage with two charge beams; this not only took out Staraptor and made Noel use up his last ultra potion, but gave Hermonie a +4 stat boost thanks to simple! Noel sent out his Mega Lopunny next, but the poor thing fell to a single psychic before it could attack. All that remained was Noel's ace, Clefable, but the poor thing only got off a moonblast before fainting to two psychics! With Noel defeated, it's time to head out to Route 1!

The team so far:

Harry (Male) - Lv. 52

Dhalsim (Male) - Lv. 52

Ebony (Female) - Lv. 52

Hermonie (Female) - Lv. 54

Ron (Male) - Lv. 52

Shepherd (Non-binary) - Lv. 52

[Lord Chespin 10]

Update #37: Sweg Jackey

Well, Fern wasn't too bad, although it took me a second try to not get decimated by his Krookodile. On TEH URN, Nim led with Elsa, and he led with Ludicolo. Ludicolo fell asleep to a lovely kiss, and Elsa proceeded to set up a nasty plot and do some damage with a blizzard before the Ludicolo woke up and did crazy damage with a giga drain. Fortunately, she was able to fire off a psychic, taking it down! Up next came Fern's Scizor, and Nim sent out Harry. He tanked a bullet punch and took it down with a single flamethrower, so Fern sent out his Krookodile. Dhalsim came out next, and he managed to tank a crunch with just 14 HP left and took out Krookodile with a mighty high jump kick! Fern decided to stop messing around and sent out his Serperior, so Nim sent out Ron, who tanked a giga drain and a leaf storm to set up dual screens; sadly, he fainted to a second leaf storm. Harry came back out, and miraculously, Serperior missed a leaf storm, allowing him to KO it with a flamethrower! Fern sent out his Mega Sceptile next, and Nim sent out Ebony. Amazingly, Sceptile only used focus blast, which did minimal damage and let Ebony OHKO it with a moonblast! All that remained was Fern's Roserade, which only got off a single hidden power before Harry took it down with a flamethrower! With Fern down, it's time to explore Route 1!

..If I'm not back in two days, send help.

The team so far:

Harry (Male) - Lv. 54

Dhalsim (Male) - Lv. 53

Ebony (Female) - Lv. 53

Elsa (Female) - Lv. 51

Ron (Male) - Lv. 52

Shepherd (Non-binary) - Lv. 52

[Commander 876]

Hey! I was getting a little burned out with Rejuvenation, so I decided to pick this up again. Sorry to keep you waiting! Anyway...

I pretty much gave up on Rejuvenation after spending what felt like 10 hours worth of grinding...on Reborn Style. I mean I know I'm a bit spoiled after the Lucky Egg and Exp Share from Hardcore, but my god is it a pain to level stuff up in that game. Still...I don't know how you're not completely burned out of Hardcore given this is your fourth time running through (then again, I did change a lot from the first two playthroughs).

[Lord Chespin 10]

I pretty much gave up on Rejuvenation after spending what felt like 10 hours worth of grinding...on Reborn Style. I mean I know I'm a bit spoiled after the Lucky Egg and Exp Share from Hardcore, but my god is it a pain to level stuff up in that game. Still...I don't know how you're not completely burned out of Hardcore given this is your fourth time running through (then again, I did change a lot from the first two playthroughs).

Well, I don't really know why. I guess it's because the challenges really help the game's replayability. Also, I'm not sure if you know, but you can get a Exp Share before the second gym in Rejuvenation. I'll PM you if you want to know.

Anyway...

Update #38: Cain's Last Stand

Well, Cain took a couple tries to get past that Gengar, but he wasn't too bad. On TEH URN, Nim led with Dhalsim, and he led with his Zoroark (disguised as his Nidoking). Dhalsim tanked an extrasensory and did insane damage with a high jump kick, only failing to KO it because of its focus sash. Cain tried healing it with a moomoo milk, but Dhalsim just took it out with a second high jump kick. Up next came Cain's dreaded Gengar, so Nim sent out Ron. Ron set up a light screen, but got stuck with Gengar's choice specs thanks to trick, so Nim swapped him out for Dhalsim. Dhalsim got off a bullet punch, but fainted to a psychic and a shadow ball, prompting Nim to send out Harry. He tanked a ppsychic ad took out the Gengar with a psyshock, then took out Cain's Mega Beedrill with a second psyshock! Cain decided to stop messing around and sent out his ace: Nidoking; Nim, meanwhile, swapped out to Shepherd. Shepherd tanked a sludge wave and did massive damage with a hydro pump, leaving Nidoking with only a sliver of health! Cain tried to heal it, but it just went down to another hydro pump! Up next came Cain's Samurott, so Nim sent out Hermonie, and she tanked a superpower to set up a calm mind. She then did some damage with a charge beam, but took crazy damage from a waterfall, missed a second charge beam, and fell to another waterfall. Luckily, Shepherd was able to come out and take it down with a psychic, leading to Cain sending out his last Pokemon: Muk. Shepherd did massive damage to it with a psychic, and it tried to fight back with a dig; Shepherd just healed his health back with a recover, though, tanking the dig and ending the Muk with a psychic! With Muk down, Gardevoir gets kidnapped, so I guess we better save her from El!

The team so far:

Harry (Male) - Lv. 56

Dhalsim (Male) - Lv. 54

Starman (Non-binary) - Lv. 54

Hermonie (Female) - Lv. 54

Ron (Male) - Lv. 54

Shepherd (Non-binary) - Lv. 54

[Lord Chespin 10]

Update #39: Puny God

Well, I beat El with barely any effort. Seriously, it didn't even take me a minute (exactly 57 seconds; I counted). Anyway, I led with Ron, and El led with the pseudo-Arceus. The Ron set up dual screens and a misty terrain, but was eventually taken out by three shadow balls. I sent out Dhalsim next, and he tanked a judgement to instantly OHKO the Arceus with a high jump kick! With El down, it's time to finally fight Randomus!

The team so far:

Harry (Male) - Lv. 56

Dhalsim (Male) - Lv. 56

Ebony (Female) - Lv. 54

Hermonie (Female) - Lv. 54

Ron (Male) - Lv. 54

Shepherd (Non-binary) - Lv. 55

[Dragon116 13]

Pure Power. Never leave home without it kids.

[Lord Chespin 10]

Update #40: Battle of the Minds

Well, Randomus took a couple tries, but ultimately, he wasn't as bad as he could have been. On TEH URN, Nim led with Starman and Draco, and he led with Exeggutor and Reuniclus. Starman and Draco teamed up to take out Exeggutor with a signal beam and a dark pulse, and Reuniclus did a surprisingly small amount of damage with a focus blast. Randomus sent out his Metagross, and (knowing that his Reuniclus wouldn't be able to do much, swapped it out for his Malamar; however, Starman took off a huge chunk of its health on the switch with a signal beam, only to get KO'd by a meteor mash from Metagross. Draco, meanwhile, did a small amount of damage to Metagross with a dark pulse. Nim sent out Dhalsim next, and while Malamar got healed, Dhalsim missed a high jump kick; it's 'kay, though, Draco made Metagross flinch with a dark pulse. Dhalsim then did some serious damage to Malamar with a high jump kick, and Draco did some more damage to Metagross with a dark pulse. Sadly, Dhalsim fell to a meteor mash, and Draco took serious damage from a dark pulse. Ebony decided to come out, and while Draco made Metagross flinch with a dark pulse, Ebony set up a calm mind and Malamar got healed again. Draco finally took out Metagross with a dark pulse, and Ebony OHKO'd the Malamar with a moonblast! Randomus sent out his Slowking and Reuniclus, and while Ebony and Draco almost KO'd Slowking with a moonblast/dark pulse combo, but it still survived, allowing it to set up a trick room while Reuniclus finally ended Draco with a psychic. Nim sent out Ron next, and he set up a light screen while tanking a scald and a focus blast; Ebony, meanwhile, took down Slowking with a moonblast. Randomus sent out his ace, Gossip Gardevoir, next, and it mega evolved before it promptly KO'd Ron with a psychic, Reuniclus, meanwhile, tried to take out Ebony with a psychic, but failed due to Ebony's raised special defenses. Harry came out to aid Ebony, and while Reuniclus missed a focus blast and got hit by a flamethrower, Ebony took out Gossip Gardevoir with a moonblast! Ebony then tanked a psychic and ended the fight with one last moonblast! With Randomus down, the lights go out, and Luna gets kidnapped by El. Onward to Seventh Street to save her!

The team so far:

Harry (Male) - Lv. 56

Dhalsim (Male) - Lv. 56

Ebony (Female) - Lv. 57

Starman (Non-binary) - Lv. 55

Ron (Male) - Lv. 55

Draco (Male) - Lv. 56