I'm taking my time with this game and trying to level up Mons for use in each gym. Honestly, the battles with recurring opponent xharacters are tougher than the gyms because you haven't encountered any of their Pokemon in the wild yet.
Ugh I am stuck after just arriving in Hammerlocke.
Not because of anything in the game, mind. It's because my mind refuses to let me settle on a team. And I know I COULD just make a hot-swappable team of 8, but when I've done that before I still end up with a team of 6 plus 2 that are way behind. My team right now:
I want to focus on new Pokemon but it seems like all the ones I want to put on my team are physical attackers. And I mean, I know there's no reason I couldn't beat the game with a less than optimal team, my brain won't let me. I had the same problem in Three Houses: I spent more time trying to theorycraft a perfect team than I did actually playing the game. It's fun but it hurts?
I think the best way to solve this will be to just dig through the Dex and find every Pokemon I would like to use and then pick from there.
Anyway, question about Gigantamax:
Other than giving a unique move, is there anything that the GMax form change does? Stat changes, etc? I think I might swap Togetic for Alcreamie, but I'm not sure if I should try to get one that can be a cake or get one that I myself can customize.
Yeah my team is all physical attackers except Toxicity due to a) only wanting to use new 'mons and b) having grass covered by my starter
I totally have to switch a few of those out.
@Terrendos If it helps the exp candies give HUGE boosts to levels and they're super quick to farm through raids. Using just XS candies, of which I had... maybe 60? I comfortably powerleveled my steel/dragon thing to my team's level... then did the same for Rapidash when I changed my mind on who I wanted. So rolling many 'mons is super easy and possible
I feel like Court Swap or whatever the name of Scorbunny's special "I'm switching the conditions on both sides of the field" move is might end up being a really cool thing to have in some matches
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The Escape Goatincorrigible ruminantthey/themRegistered Userregular
My current theorycraft is using somebody to set up tailwind (I'm thinking one of Xatu [bulky + screens], Noivern [fast + strong supporting damage], or Cottonee [no, really, this IS going off first]) to set up into banded Dracovish slaughtering people with a base 170 power water move.
But I haven't touched comp Pokémon in ages, I've never done comp doubles, and the things Beasteh is saying are making me physically sick, so I don't know how far down that road I'll go.
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BeastehTHAT WOULD NOTKILL DRACULARegistered Userregular
People are going to just spam the most egregiously broken bullshit that they can because it wins games with zero effort required
Such is competitive
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Mx. QuillI now prefer "Myr. Quill", actually...{They/Them}Registered Userregular
I don't follow competitive metas and such, I just play with the coolest mons and that I need me an apple dragon to love forever and be friends with my baby goblin
The Escape Goatincorrigible ruminantthey/themRegistered Userregular
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Flapple has a coverage problem, too. It at least gets An offtype option in acrobatics, but I'll DD with it and my opp switches to Corviknight and I look at my movelist and cry.
Lategame story:
This even whacked me in single player since Rose and his lackeys are effectively a Steel gym. Had to bench Flapple for Stunfisk, was was easily the MVP of the climax.
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MaddocI'm Bobbin Threadbare, are you my mother?Registered Userregular
If I had realized Grookey can learn False Swipe, and subsequently also learned that so few things now learn False Swipe, I probably would have picked it for my starter on that merit alone
If I had realized Grookey can learn False Swipe, and subsequently also learned that so few things now learn False Swipe, I probably would have picked it for my starter on that merit alone
Theres a TM For it in Motowhatever. But yeah my big gorilla knows it now and its wonderful.
By the by, are there any mons people would like that a person with Sword could get them? Let me be your Pokeguy!
Yeah my team is all physical attackers except Toxicity due to a) only wanting to use new 'mons and b) having grass covered by my starter
I totally have to switch a few of those out.
Terrendos If it helps the exp candies give HUGE boosts to levels and they're super quick to farm through raids. Using just XS candies, of which I had... maybe 60? I comfortably powerleveled my steel/dragon thing to my team's level... then did the same for Rapidash when I changed my mind on who I wanted. So rolling many 'mons is super easy and possible
I appreciate the advice. I tried those put last night and yeah they're nice, but until I figure out how to give my team some EVs too it's not an ideal solution.
After some thought during lunch and throwing a few team ideas on paper, I think my best so far is
Using Roserade and Togekiss give me some seriously annoying tactics with paraflinch and Toxic Leech Seed, but the others would mean a full team of newbies.
The lack of Water types is still kind of freaking me out though. I know that it's not important anymore since there's no HMs, but it's going to take some getting used to.
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The Escape Goatincorrigible ruminantthey/themRegistered Userregular
Barraskewda is my son and you will give them the respect they deserve
Well I saw credits. Now that I beat the main story with just brand new pokemon it's time to take a look at the entire dex available and start figuring out a team to take the Battle Tower on with.
I've never really engaged with any post-game content in a pokemon game before so this will be interesting to see how it goes.
If I had realized Grookey can learn False Swipe, and subsequently also learned that so few things now learn False Swipe, I probably would have picked it for my starter on that merit alone
Theres a TM For it in Motowhatever. But yeah my big gorilla knows it now and its wonderful.
By the by, are there any mons people would like that a person with Sword could get them? Let me be your Pokeguy!
I need a farfetched wielding a leek sword in order to live. It's a devastating medical condition.
But I'll be largely unavailable for a week and my neighbor with Sword is supposed to be getting me one.
So I was running around the wild area and got a note saying something like the wild wandering pokemon are very strong, watch out.
So here I am with six pokemon around level 18, whereas all the wild pokemon I've seen so far were 5-7.
Fought a wandering Onyx. Level 26.
Ummm. I was taken by surprise.
Yeah, in the Wild Area if you see Pokemon outside the tall grass, they're generally stronger (and visually larger) than the regular mons in the vicinity. If it says they're "very strong looking" that's also the general message for any mon that is high enough level for it to be literally impossible to catch with your current number of Gym badges. It's not exclusive to those randos, but it's the main place you'll see it for a good while.
Because I did not yet have one and blank spaces in my pokedex can not be abided, my Bunnyby was really low level. By capturing it, it became for a time my highest level mon.
Well I saw credits. Now that I beat the main story with just brand new pokemon it's time to take a look at the entire dex available and start figuring out a team to take the Battle Tower on with.
I've never really engaged with any post-game content in a pokemon game before so this will be interesting to see how it goes.
Well I saw credits. Now that I beat the main story with just brand new pokemon it's time to take a look at the entire dex available and start figuring out a team to take the Battle Tower on with.
I've never really engaged with any post-game content in a pokemon game before so this will be interesting to see how it goes.
Is Durant is available for the usual cheese?
Durant is available, though you'd need to get a hold of one with its hidden ability to pull of the cheese.
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MaddocI'm Bobbin Threadbare, are you my mother?Registered Userregular
If I had realized Grookey can learn False Swipe, and subsequently also learned that so few things now learn False Swipe, I probably would have picked it for my starter on that merit alone
Theres a TM For it in Motowhatever. But yeah my big gorilla knows it now and its wonderful.
By the by, are there any mons people would like that a person with Sword could get them? Let me be your Pokeguy!
I have the TM, the problem is that nothing can learn it anymore
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BeastehTHAT WOULD NOTKILL DRACULARegistered Userregular
I feel like Court Swap or whatever the name of Scorbunny's special "I'm switching the conditions on both sides of the field" move is might end up being a really cool thing to have in some matches
omega galaxybrain: let the opponent set sticky web then switch in malamar for the speed boost and go off
I taught it to my haxorus, but I don't think you can find axew until the desert area on the way to stow-on-side? It's not super late but it is the back half of the gym challenge
It was just the first mon I saw I had when I googled to find out who could use it
My highest level is 22 raboot, came across a level 29 ghastly. I got it down to low red hp and tried to throw a great ball.
The game wouldn't let me.
I cried.
man its really fucked up what this new darmanitan can do to you
g-darmanitan, toxtricity, and grimmsnarl are probably my 3 favorites for normal use. not sure if tox is going to end up good or not but I love its design, the other 2 I love the design and also they seem good
If I had realized Grookey can learn False Swipe, and subsequently also learned that so few things now learn False Swipe, I probably would have picked it for my starter on that merit alone
Theres a TM For it in Motowhatever. But yeah my big gorilla knows it now and its wonderful.
By the by, are there any mons people would like that a person with Sword could get them? Let me be your Pokeguy!
I have the TM, the problem is that nothing can learn it anymore
@Maddoc if you can wait until like tomorrow, I can get you a baby grass Grookey
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but its definitely underwhelming
breaks ferropex/corsola cores
shadow ball thunderbolt fire blast and dragon darts is a powerful mixed moveset
Not because of anything in the game, mind. It's because my mind refuses to let me settle on a team. And I know I COULD just make a hot-swappable team of 8, but when I've done that before I still end up with a team of 6 plus 2 that are way behind. My team right now:
I want to focus on new Pokemon but it seems like all the ones I want to put on my team are physical attackers. And I mean, I know there's no reason I couldn't beat the game with a less than optimal team, my brain won't let me. I had the same problem in Three Houses: I spent more time trying to theorycraft a perfect team than I did actually playing the game. It's fun but it hurts?
I think the best way to solve this will be to just dig through the Dex and find every Pokemon I would like to use and then pick from there.
Anyway, question about Gigantamax:
I totally have to switch a few of those out.
@Terrendos If it helps the exp candies give HUGE boosts to levels and they're super quick to farm through raids. Using just XS candies, of which I had... maybe 60? I comfortably powerleveled my steel/dragon thing to my team's level... then did the same for Rapidash when I changed my mind on who I wanted. So rolling many 'mons is super easy and possible
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You can afford to stack multiple DDs and outspeed weather abusers/scarfers that would normally revenge you
But I haven't touched comp Pokémon in ages, I've never done comp doubles, and the things Beasteh is saying are making me physically sick, so I don't know how far down that road I'll go.
Such is competitive
That's cool.
Hop is the most annoying rival I can remember.
Lategame story:
I'm curious what it would look like without Dynamax.
Theres a TM For it in Motowhatever. But yeah my big gorilla knows it now and its wonderful.
By the by, are there any mons people would like that a person with Sword could get them? Let me be your Pokeguy!
I appreciate the advice. I tried those put last night and yeah they're nice, but until I figure out how to give my team some EVs too it's not an ideal solution.
After some thought during lunch and throwing a few team ideas on paper, I think my best so far is
Cinderace
Falinks
Runerigus
Duraludon
Roserade/Toxtricity
Togekiss/Alcremie
Using Roserade and Togekiss give me some seriously annoying tactics with paraflinch and Toxic Leech Seed, but the others would mean a full team of newbies.
The lack of Water types is still kind of freaking me out though. I know that it's not important anymore since there's no HMs, but it's going to take some getting used to.
I've never really engaged with any post-game content in a pokemon game before so this will be interesting to see how it goes.
I need a farfetched wielding a leek sword in order to live. It's a devastating medical condition.
But I'll be largely unavailable for a week and my neighbor with Sword is supposed to be getting me one.
So here I am with six pokemon around level 18, whereas all the wild pokemon I've seen so far were 5-7.
Fought a wandering Onyx. Level 26.
Ummm. I was taken by surprise.
Is Durant is available for the usual cheese?
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Durant is available, though you'd need to get a hold of one with its hidden ability to pull of the cheese.
I have the TM, the problem is that nothing can learn it anymore
omega galaxybrain: let the opponent set sticky web then switch in malamar for the speed boost and go off
It was just the first mon I saw I had when I googled to find out who could use it
The game wouldn't let me.
I cried.
g-darmanitan, toxtricity, and grimmsnarl are probably my 3 favorites for normal use. not sure if tox is going to end up good or not but I love its design, the other 2 I love the design and also they seem good
@Maddoc if you can wait until like tomorrow, I can get you a baby grass Grookey
I can probably provide some baby Sobbles
I save them for when I want to bring a new mon onto the team and level it up to the rest of my team instantly