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I've been doing a run on Sapphire using a Shedinja. Yeah. Ultimate Risk/Reward factor. I generally just use my Marshtomp, Mighteyena, Linoone, Sableye, Shedinja, and Kirlia as a team. Pretty tough, I actually replaced Linoone with a Skymory and Shed with a trapinch.
Edit: As of the fourth gym, I haven't lost anyone. It's not random, and I've always played Sapphire well, but I think that's an accomplishment.-
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I chose my starter for the third. Marshstomp is immune to electricity, as is shed. Brawly was GOING TO be difficult, until I caught a sableye lol. Any time he'd try to foresight, I'd switch to a tank.
The fourth was hard. Even with Marsh, I was having difficulty with the overheat. Potioned for support for a while. Skarm was worthless for that, as was Shed, and Ninjask. Linoone and Mightyeana have no real Sp. defense. Sableye and Marsh stomped the gym by themselves, basically. I haven't gotten to Norman. Looking at his stats, Shed can't fight because of Faint attack. Kirlia is probably void as well. Sableye is a good option, and Marsh is a must. Skarm is a great wall, but only has peck as an offensive option and swift as a SpA.-
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My internal battery is dry, so I can't grind against trainers I've beaten.
On the bright side, Feebass squares do not change. Currently wondering how a Skarm, Tentacool, Grimer, Sableye, Marsh and Ninjask will do against Norman. I did manage to catch a swablu on my first time in the route before the bright dragon cave, so I could sing spam.-
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Realistically, Pimplup is the best starter. Good against the first gym, and you have a chance to get a Shinx/Murkrow/Kriketot all before the eterna gym. Third and fourth are interchangeable (Water/fight). Ghost gym can be beaten with any of the three mentioned, but Chimchar would be hard to do, since fighting would not work. Steel would be rough, but water is one of the few types that goes neutral to steel, and subtyping is generally rock or ground. Go to steel island, get the Rilou egg and train it up as you go for the 7th, so you have fighting supremacy on ice? Either that or you can try to get a rapidash, which is on the route underneath cycling road. If you have Empoleon at that point, you already have a 4x resistance to ice, and teach it stealth rock or something...-
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Someone crited my Piplup. Did a grand total of four damage. Congratulations, random pokemon, you achieved nothing.
Needless to say, I've been grinding. Haven't even gotten to Jubilife.
Current team:
Mumble the Piplup, (met 5- now 9) Mandatory
Frightful the Starly (Met 3, now 8) Lake Acuity? Or Verity?
Jese James the Bidoof (Met 3, now 4) 201
Intentionally killed off a Shinx on 202? Which I knew to have rivalry since there was no intimidate. Keeping things as statistically sound as possible.-
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I'll update tonight again, but I'm going to be a heavy poison/water based team, I feel. I probably will take advantage of a Zubat in a cave, and I caught a Budew that I'll teach Venoshock, given the chance. A toxic/venoshock combo would devestate most trainers, so I just need something to take care of the steel pokes. Probably Piplup.-
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okay, team update: I've gotten into Oreville, and beaten the trainers before the gym, but noticed that Roark's craniados has pursuit (Looked up on Bulbapedia prior). So, because my pokes were otherwise right on level, I decided to avoid battling and go gain some levels first. (Was level 12 on the two needed prior)
I now have:
Mumble the Prinplup (5-16)
Jese James the Bidoof *cough* He sucks *cough* (3-11)
Frightful the Staravia (3-14)
and two new additions since last:
Zorro the Budew (Met route 202, 4-16)
Mystogan the Abra (5-10)
I knew that Abra could pop up a ton on route 203, so I bought a bunch of repels before going to Oreburgh. If you look, upstairs in one of the apartments along the back or oreburgh, a lady gives you a dusk ball. Went back and after a bidoof and two starly, got an abra to pop up. First time, since I think the dusk ball at night is at least a ultra ball's power. Taught him the TM given in the school for defeating the two abras (Hidden Power) still don't know what hidden power it is.
Also repelled through the Oreburgh cave on Route 203. Might want something after I rock smash that isn't a zubat or geodude. Did not catch anything in the mine. Was a geodude, so I just killed it. Am currently training Frightful, Mystogan (10 points if you get the reference) and Jese James on route 203, since everything is level 4 or 5 and doesn't resist normal moves like tackle. Damn geodudes... Great fodder for Mumble and Zorro, not so good for Frightful and useless Jese. Poor Jese, completely trolled.
Zorro has been priceless. Already knows mega drain, stun spore and Growth, will be a setup boss. BAUS. I mean, Parahax, megadrain on a +2 SpA is probably going to be undefeatable once I add venoshock to cover all it's resistances.-
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Just an fyi, when going through eterna with Chereyl, do a lot of training there. She heals after every fight and you get the full weight of two exp pokes while only having one on the field. I didn't leave until every poke was up to 19.
My team is going to have some severe issues unless I can find some lightning resistance. Zorro alone won't cut it. Mystogan is not a tank (no Alakazam was ever meant to tank) Bidoof is actually a good tank (now Biaberl or something) with almost 20 more hip points than the next closest.Just sucks that it doesn't have any worthwhile moves other than roll out and water gun. I think I may have to grab a geodude... I was hoping to get Rilou and then take a break before getting Lucario, but it seems that's too far away with all the little shinx and pachirisus now knowing sparks. 3 of 5 on my team have issues with elec, one has resistance but no counter. The last can't take hits.
I had a really close call after the eterna gym (easy, btw... Frightful and Mystogan rolled her). The Plasma leader Jupiter's Skuntank actually tanks and it kept using screech/Night slash (which has 1/12 chance to crit over 1/16, I think... Maybe even 1/8). It brought three pokes to red (Jese, Mumble, Zorro) and was only in yellow. Luckily, I had it paralyzed from Zorro and it chose to screech on the turn in by Frightful before I STAB Wing Attacked it to death. Mysto was trapped, type disadvantage and Frightful probably would only take one hit. I probably could've lost right there, had Frightful not killed it.-
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In post 361, orcinus_theoriginal wrote:No NPC pokemon
What exactly is the whole entailing of NPC pokes? Traded, gifted to you (for example, the happiny egg? Laparas from Gen1), randomly found pokemon in pokeballs (the famous eevee in gen1)? I currently am looking for a team replacement and think a chancey would help.-
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Okay, so I'm going to take the Happiny from harthrome.
I guess I should update.
My party:
Mumble the Prinplup (5-25)
Mystogan the Kadabra (5-25)
Zorro the Roselia (4-26)
Jese James the bibarel (3-25)
Dead
Frightful the Staravia (3-25)
I got into a double battle on Route 215. Each trainer had two, the first being a glameow and monferno. I cleared both with Frightful and Jese, though it took two turns and the first turn, Jese took damage from a super effective Mach punch that put him down to 3/4 health. Afterwards, all hell broke loose as they sent out an Kadabra and Gyarados. Intimidate hit, but I had nothing to safely come in (my tank was already out and Mumble had no added benefit in this). I thought the Kadabra was going to be worse and so I hit it with both pokemon. Well, Kadabra moved first, hitting frightful to halfway with a stab confusion. Frightful and Jese knocked it out, but Gyrados thrashed Frightful and killed it. That beast absorbed literally 7 more attacks before I dragged it down, ending with Mumble and Zorro trying to stop it.
I really needed Frightful for balance, but also realized that he probably wouldn't last long. I was hoping to use him for the fighting gym with mystogan, but alas, I couldn't even get there. Now, I have only one pokemon covering the fighting/grass issues that could come up easily, and nothing on the insect issue. Happiny, the egg I acquired, may stop that, but that'll be a major wall to toxic with and tank. I need a second tank, to be honest. My last pokemon will be an attempt at a ground, whether from a geodude (last ditch), Wooper, or Gabite (who would be an incredible add once I get strength... he's what I've been banking on if I can get him faster than Rilou). If I lose another, hopefully it'll be Jese, since he is the only offset on the team right now. I wouldn't mind beating the fighting gym and then going three wall normal. (Bibarel, Blissey, and Snorlax, should I find the Munchlax tree, and I'm trying hard, lathering all routes with honey trees and avoiding pokemon there. Only 4/20 trees have Munchlax percent, and I only get the first attempt.-
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Any updates? I now have a level 30 happiny with an oval stone and a bunch of level 30 or close pokes. Also, made my current last cap a Safari Zone Skorupi. A Poison/Dark would be nice. Tanky, with battle armor, means no crit hax. Not really above average for elec, but still good enough. He now knows dig, anyways.-
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I probably should update.
I have:
Level 34 Blissey (Strella) (Oh yes, nothing can stop this tank... just trying to find potions large enough to heal any health is tough, though. 222 max health, no boosts)
Level 33 Kadabra (Mystogan) (This one is just so easy to kill with, shadow ball, psychic, recover combo
Level 31 Rosellia (Zorro) (Not very useful right now, only has giga drain for attack, and growth... Does have toxic spikes, but I rarely need them)
Level 31 Skorupi (Have not changed name) (He kind of sucks... But Drapion is too much to pass up on, a dark poison with immunity to psychic? Only ground will be tough).
Level 26 Meditite (Toshiro) (Needed an immunity for ghost,, and need a physical attacker BAD)
Level 29 Prinplup (Mumble) (Currently decent... Has surf as his only SpA, but his Atts all suck)
Box:
Biabel (Jese James) (Sorry, could NOT stand this thing. He already has 3 hms, so he is basically useless. I needed to box him)
Dead
Staravia (Frightful) Still ticked about this.
On the fifth gym (ghost) so I might actually use Jese once more. Basically, Prinplup is the only useless one... Though Rosellia might not get much with Giga drain on and of the major opponents.-
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In post 500, sirdanilot wrote:He truly was a faithful companion, killer at catching pokes with Hypnosis and Night Shade and laughing in the face of pokemon with only normal-type moves. Killed by an alakazam that outsped me and OHKO'd with confusion...
Kadabra/Alakazam: Really, really fast. Mine, basically if I don't kill the Pokemon I attack with Kadabra, I'm going to lose over half his health.
Also, for your team right now, a Jolteon would not help you with your ground-type weakness. Now with a levitate and flyer dead, ground types with EQ can really hurt. I'd personally look into something other than a vaporeon, since crockanaw is really strong, and vaporeon is basically a wall. Umbreon is actually really good, the defense and especially SpD is some of the highest among dark types (and his SpD ranks up there with Clefable). A curse/payback umbreon is a really strong sweeper.-
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In post 516, Glork wrote:In post 512, Aj The Epic wrote:I try to be at least four levels ahead of the leader. And I always make sure the main poke either is immune or should be faster than anything the leader has.
Real Nuzlockes don't grind. Within one level or it's hacks.
Most Nuzlocks that I've run make sure that you aren't allowed to lose over 6 pokemon.-
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Klazam: Yeah, it's similar to the 'wipe' rule. You can only lose a limited amount before you have to restart. Generally, a party's worth. So, since the elite four is generally where you lose the most (and because Cynthia is a completely dominant champion), you have to be extremely careful in the main game.
In fact, just checking: Hearthrone's leader has a 32, 34, and 36. So I'm not outleveling her. Of course, the 36 just happens to have shadow ball, magical leaf, psybeam and confuse ray, making the set on par for something I might see in the RU competitive ranks, changing psybeam for psychic.-
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