Like if you think about it, Gimmighoul did seem to be trying to be a new Meltan, first appearing mysteriously in Go before being officially being revealed later and whatnot.
However, while Meltan seemed pretty integrated into Go and Lets Go (I used a Go account to get a Melmetal to beat Lets Go initially with), Gimmighoul...doesn't seem to connect Go to SV as strongly. I wonder why
I also think Picnic is a slight downgrade from Camp, it doesn't feel as fun to do.
Also I confess because I never use transfer mons, I'm kind of immune to dexit so it didn't bother me.
Replace the eye with Unown "I"?
Assuming its like the TruGreen7 videos where he asked poketubers for ideas...evolution of Carracosta I guess
I admitedly quit playing unite because I found I was happy with just only using Slowbro and getting more currency for cosmetics...not my cup of tea.
So a while back I started a playthrough of scarlet with the caveat that I can't evolve.
Well, I think I'm gonna quit that and take a break. I've been doing the challenges way too long with minimal breathing room, plus I kind of want to do something else (more specifically ssb). I'll still stick around here though, but I probably won't do another "challenge" run anytime soon.
Yeah, admittedly the same (though I don't play anymore but I always act like I have hustle)
Hmm...maybe 6 is good, since every time I tried rotating members it sort of backfired...especially when I don't have nuzlocke fainting rules on. 5 does offer a bit of a challenge though, and I did get attached to my 5 mon Sword Team so...
I've always been reliant on evolving for most of playthroughs if I'm honest, so what if I couldn't do it? Theres only 1 rule to this: I'm not allowed to see the animation above: I must mash B to stop it. The only eligible mons are either basic stage (like my namesake) or no Evo mons (like Tauros, needed due to me lacking eviolite for a huge portion).
Most of my other rules I use like 1 raid per achievement and 1 Mon per area are probably not going into play this time due to...well, me being stuck with baby mons, I need all the help I can get in terms of exp and who I can use. The only exception being I should try to use everyone at least once.
This was a tougher decision than normal, but I ultimately went with Fuecoco. It has 3 weaknesses compared to sprigatitos 5, and while water is a good defensive typing, quaxly...well...
Yeah those defenses....
I'm using this nickname again because... 🐊.
As for knowing more about him...
...I dunno if +speed nature even matters since it's gonna be basically as slow as Amoonguss the further we go, but alright.
Forget late game, Krool can't outsped sprig! Hopefully his bulk allows him to handle this without unaware.
Yeah...
I wonder if Z-A will change anything about this...
This is a reference to pimpnites battle against a full team of shiny deoxys in bdsp, where he used a spoink named this he got from someone else.
Attack at the cost of special defense? Ok...
Huh, my first playthrough Hoppip (now Jumpluff) is female too, what are the odds.
I already used "whirl" last time, so I decided to try a different transformers helicopter name, and eventually settled on "Blades".
Since Hoppip is a Johto Mon, I'm not sure whether nature would help, and also apparently her ability is chlorophyll . (Krools is blaze and Ziggy piggys is aroma veil btw, I checked)
Finally, I caught a female Pawmi and named the rather generic not a reference to anything "Shockie".
She has a mild nature and her ability is static...and unfortunately she got burned by krools ember. And that's all the encounters I've caught here, so let's move on our first encounter with koraidon.
I know, you were banned from regulation H and feeling sad about it, but you'll be unbanned soon, I promise!
I attempted to feed it a Hoppip leaf but that didn't work. It has to be the sandwich. I was just messing around admittedly, but the fact that the menu teleported to select the sandwich when I talked to koraidon implies they probably anti funny businessed it.
In the cave I caught a Diglett and named her holeymoley(because...mole? Pimpnite used dugtrio with that name for some his setups I think). I tried to see if I can find out about her during the houndoom scripted battle but I could only pick fight and watch Krool retreat to his PokeBall in fear. (Outside the cave, she's revealed to have a Naive Nature, take plenty of siestas and her ability is sand veil instead of arena trap like I hoped. Oh well)
Yeah...of only that plot point wasn't locked until post game, but idk...
Yeah I'd rather not. (Why is miraidon only a thing on the Pokemon Violet timeline?)
Maybe the Paradox Duo should have gotten a slow start retool where they start as this and then transform into their battle forms after a while now...but slow start sucks so maybe that was for the better. (And arven reminds me it shouldn't be fighting in this state...right before Krool defeats his skwovet with ease)
My 6th member is going to be daisy the Psyduck. I was choosing between psyducks bulk or buizels firepower, I decided Psyduck was maybe better.
Also ofc I get a good nature on a Mon I don't think needs it.
After that I caught 2 more mons: Falco the Fletchling (Male, Calm Nature, Somewhat of a clown, ability is big pecks) and Baguette the Fidough (Female, Mild Nature, loves to run, Ability is Own Tempo). They'll join the team rotation for now, most likely replacing holeymoley and blades. (Though I need holeymoley to counter nemonas pawmi->pawmo->pawmot).
Speaking of holeymoley, I wanted to send her out against nemonas tera Pawmi, but accidentally sent out Ziggypiggy, who triggered static while tackling it. I do eventually manage to swap in moley anyway and somehow Pawmi had no answers to a ground type in this phase.
Also you have to fight the team star grunts. No way around it! Krool easily took care of both!
*insert obligatory Geeta is terrible joke pre dlc here* (also usually I go to arven first, this time I'm switching things up)
Why did arven have to be portrayed as a mean person when we first met? I wish I knew. (Anywho I'm sparing you guys the exposition, it's probably very familiar... though the length....sweet Arceus where's the skip cutscene button? I have to mash a like I'm stuck in some SSB characters grab)
Why is masbosstiff censored again? I know there's an in game reason for it, but...it admittedly feels weird when you think about it.
Bananas and smoliv oil really don't mix well... (First time I've failed a sandwich)
I guess that wraps up today's episode.
Also I'm gonna try something my previous playthrough didn't use: having comments choosing my team.
I have 9 mons right now (Zelda the hattena was from a raid) that are sure to increase, so I'll be asking about this at the end of each of these:
Who should I swap out for my next episode and why? (It would affect who I'll take on)
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I've only been doing it recently and it usually reflects my interests at the time.
I've used Ben 10 aliens, yokai watch Yokai and Olympic mascots as naming inspirations so far
Palafin that transforms from zero to hero and bavk
@DandidooTheXD @BL0XYST1NG3R Thanks for the advice, but admittedly I was just simply wondering if I should block myself from using some of those types of mons I put in the OP posts or not.
(And sadly apparently I can only get 1 eviolite before post game...after I think either Orthworm or Bombardier...uh oh)
Rowlet 100% for me. It's probably dethroned my accounts namesake as favorite Mon at this point.
I think judging from that title, I'm simply not allowed to evolve. But that raises the questions of what non-basic stage mons I should be allowed to catch:
-Single Stage mons, such as Klawf, Squawkabilly and Dozo
-Wild evolved mons e.g. Wild Oinkolognes
-Trade Evos base forms, since my Switch lacks NSO functionality, so of course I can't get them, but I still feel iffy about it.
Should they be deemed legal or do I stick solely with base forms (like Lechonk, Pawmi, Nacli etc.)
I've noticed by playing Sword a few times, that Leon's levels are quite a big leap from Eternatus, and there's like very little wriggle room for grinding between that and the Leon battle, which often meant I took more than 1 try to beat him due to being underlevelled. Hop also seemed to be egging me to take on Leon, but was it possible I could have actually went to grind despite what he said to get on more even level footing?
Episode 5:
https://pokemon.fandom.com/f/p/4400000000003886937
I confess, 5 is the lowest amount of mons I've used to get to an endgame...I'm not sure if I can get enough exp from beating rose and eternatus to beat Leon in a reduced state...
Wait...
Never mind, not like anyone at this point would even know their categories.
The music here's different...how did I not notice before?
Anywho, now for the rose fight. I ha e a fire type unlike the last time I got here, let's see if that makes a difference.
Escavalier? Melted by fire lash.
Klingklang? Faced a similar fate but got a wild charge off beforehand.
Perserker? Also defeated by fire lash.
Ferrothorn? Somehow also defeated in one shot by fire lash.
I forgot to top up centibites PP on fire lash after he used it a bunch while I was trying to leave slumbering weald, so I use dynamax bloxy to fight gmax copperajah. Bloxy trades a max geyser with coperrajahs max quake, but another max geyser was enough to end the giant mental elephant thwomp wannabe.
Eternatus is able to outrun AmphaRime and land a cross poison on the first turn, but bright powder saves her from a dragon pulse ko and 2 psychics force eternatus to transform into eternamax form.
(Also interestingly enough during the pre Zacian and zamazenta summoning, sucker punchs priority wasn't ignored when AmphaRime used it)
Unfortunately for Zacian, AmphaRime is a special attacker so howl wasn't useful. However, a light screen from zamazenta stops her from getting wrecked by max flare, and she lands 2 psychics before the hero duo weaken it enough for me to seal it in a premier ball. (Also no, eternatus isn't joining my party).
Now for the final showdown with Leon.
Bloxy is tasked with taking out Aegislash, but the shield forms defense allow him to tank a scald and blade form nearly defeats him with shadow ball, though he did prevail. AmphaRime later also barely tanks a shadow ball from dragapult and a crit freeze dry removed arguably the fastest Mon in this match from my worries.
I dynamax Bloxy to get around rhyperiors solid rock but lose him soon after rillaboom tanks a max flutterby from u turn. MegaAmph is healed up after a switch but knockoff removes her bright powder and high horsepower completely overpowers her. Rillaboom is then quick to endeavor MegaAmph when he came in, which proved problematic when he had to deal with haxorus after Vermilla was defeated by an iron tail, barely managing to pull it off.
I sack of centibite to bring bloxy back, and MegaAmph is also felled while I try to disrespect drill peck...and bloxy is defeated by max overgrowth anyway.
Time for round 2.
This time I had bloxy use tearful look when Aegislash went into shield form, and he tanked a shadow ball this time. Aegislash actually got 2 kings shields off and bloxy is defeated by shadow ball anyway.
Leon breaks out a full restore on Aegislash as centibite switches in to will o wisp it, then o have him coil to read kings shield which backfired as he tanks 2 shadow balls. Instead of stalling further I just have the boosted centibite fire lash away Aegislash and somehow it went down just like that.
I then send AmphaRime out against rhyperior and she gets defeated by stone miss somehow after using fake tears to weakn , and Vermilla manages to stall 1 turn for bloxy to finish it off, but eq really hurt him bad.
A weakened Vermilla gets destroyed by dragapults shadow ball, and so did MegaAmph as I tried to bring both Vermilla and AmphaRime back, the former later defeating dragapult barely via big root draining kiss.
I attempted to use AmphaRime to defeat haxorus but she only got 1 freeze dry off before going down. Vermilla took it down though. Centibite then manages to barely take out rillaboom.
Vermilla then tanked that, before I dynamaxed hee to max guard block a max rockfall/g max Wildfire (blocked max airstream, which was still good anyway).
I attempted a double max guard and it failed, and g max Wildfire went up.
I used centibite and max potions to stall out the g max Wildfire, giving bloxy a chance to come in as soon as centibite fell to take out Charizard with scald.
And that ends the run. This was tough for me but the fact that I managed to beat a game with less than 6 mons was pretty cool and amazing! It also gave them all time to shine in a way my usual rotation approach couldn't. Shout-out to each and every one of them for putting in effort somewhere, be it a gym, dealing with team yell, or even eternatus.
My Scarlet but I can't evolve playthrough will start next week, so stay tuned.
Bloxy (Sobble->Drizzile->Inteleon, male)
MegaAmph (Rookidee->Corvisquire->Corviknight, male)
Vermilla (Milcery->Alcremie, female)
Centibite (Sizzlipede->Centiskorch, male)
AmphaRime (G. Mr. Mime->Mr. Rime, female)
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"Icicle Crash does what icicle crash does best and miss!"
There's been more monstrous water types too, like schooling form wishiwashi
Competitive 8 I think would probably Zackery Zacian (Crowned)
@Super Sailor Ninja Taurus I think I put Cubchoo kinda low because while its cute, its not got anything too outstanding... and I made this tier list in a bit of a hurry too so that may have contributed
