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GiftedACIII posted...

Nice work! I'll have to catch up on this since I've been busy. Did you clear the delta?

yeah, just did earlier. like I expected, there was nothing hard about it. I happened to catch Rayquaza in a Quick Ball, so that was neat. and Zinnia or Deoxys may have been hard if the game doesn't force Rayquaza to the start of your team.

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GeneralKenobi85 posted...

At least grinding in the newer games is a little bit faster thanks to Exp. Share. I have to imagine it's much more of a pain to grind in the pre Gen 5 games if you're not playing on an emulator that can speed it up.

I was thinking of Nuzlocking HeartGold, but that game is the worst one to grind it.

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final team:
Muddy the Swampert
Thorn the Roserade
Billy the Dusclops
Miracles the Magnezone
Strike the Medicham
Slayer the Gyarados (dead)

dead:
Zigs the Zigzagoon
Punchy the Shroomish
Shenzi the Poochyena
Piper the Swellow
Clarke the Camerupt
Stoner the Golem

other used Pokemon:
Missy the Beautifly
Dingle the Wingull
Sphere the Electrode
Swordwing the Skarmory

I did do some things I've never done in a Pokemon game before, like using an Eviolite Pokemon instead of fully evolving it. while the Nuzlocke offered some fun challenge, it was kind of let down by this game still being pretty easy. me picking the obviously best starter helped that too, I guess. if I Nuzlocke this game again, I won't pick Mudkip.

but definitely the most annoying thing about Nuzlockes is when a party member dies pretty far into the game, you have to spend a while grinding up its replacement, and maybe EV train it a little. this game specifically makes that easier with Super Training, so that's nice.

after Nuzlocking this game and White 2 back to back, I'm good on Nuzlockes for a while. now I can focus more on Persona 5 Strikers (which is why I was updating less in the past couple of weeks).

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teep_ posted...

Congratulations!!

You gonna do episode delta?

yeah, I'll do the Delta ep and keep following the Nuzlocke rules, but there aren't many big battles and only one new area, so I'll probably stop updating the topic. bringing back Swordwing to replace the dead Slayer.

I'll do a final summary tomorrow.

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time to battle Steven.

I started with Miracles, since Skarmory can't do anything to it. He did get two Spikes in, which is unfortunate. He sent out Aggron next, so I Volt Switched to Slayer, who dodged the Earthquake. Then a Waterfall took it out.

for Cradily, I left in Slayer since it knows Ice Fang. despite the super effective hit, it did less than half, and Cradily confused me. I chanced it with another Ice Fang, which also didn't take it out, and Cradily used Ancientpower. Steven Full Restored it, and my next attack missed, so I switched to Billy. I Will-O-Wisped it, then Ice Punched it until it was in the red. Steven Full Restored it again before the final blow, so I started over. It was annoying, but Cradily finally went down after that.

he sent out Claydol next, and since Billy can hit it super effectively, I left him in. I burned it and proceeded to Shadow Punch it. but for the last hit, I used Brick Break to break the screens that Claydol set up. then I switched in Muddy for Armaldo, and went Mega and used Waterfall.

for Metagross, I switched in Slayer to get the Intimidate drop, but I forgot its ability is Clear Body. so he took out Slayer in one hit.so I switched in Billy to burn it. from there, I was able to whittle it down with Billy and Muddy.

thus, unlike how my White 2 Nuzlocke ended, I was able to beat the Champion and roll credits.

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against Drake, I started with Slayer. one Ice Fang took care of Altaria, then he sent out Salamance. I switched to Miracles to take the Thunder Fang, then used Reflect to bulk up before Volt Switching back to Slayer for the Intimidate. I decied to gamble and Dragon Dance, hoping to survive the incoming 4x strong hit. Thanks to Reflect, it was able to tank Thunder Fang, then I Ice Fanged it. Slayer Ice Fanged the two Flygons, and took out Kingdra in two Crunches.

I was still kind of worried about Salamance before going in, but this battle wasn't a big deal, either. The Champion is waiting.

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for Glacia, Miracles took out everyone by itself. except the last Glalie, since I switched to Strike for the kicks.

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time for Phoebe.

I started with Thorn again, because I taught it Shadow Ball. He tore through her Dusclops and first Banette pretty easily, but then she sent out Dusclops, so I switched to Muddy. A couple of Mega Earthquakes took it out, then I left Muddy in for Sableye and Banette 2 and he took them out.

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only got time for one battle tonight, but that's okay. Sydney time!

well, Sydney time was over quickly. since I taught Thorn Dazzling Gleam, it was able to OHKO everything. maybe Phoebe will be harder.

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did a bit of EV training with Slayer and Strike. the Blissey Bases gave everyone a lot of HP EVs, so that's neat.

my team will be Muddy the Swampert, Thorn the Roserade, Billy the Dusclops, Miracles the Magnezone, Slayer the Gyarados and Strike the Medicham. I'll probably start the E4 tonight.

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okay, Medicham has Pure Power, so I'm definitely using it.

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I'm not sure if I wanna use Medicham or keep Skarmory. the rest of the team is pretty much decided.

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had too much other stuff going on yesterday to play, but now I'm back to take on Wally.

started with Miracles, who took out Altaria, Delcatty and Roselia with no issues. For his Magneton, I used Reflect first before Volt Switching to Muddy, who went Mega and Earthquaked it. I used Reflect in preparation for his Gallade, but turns out that didn't matter, since one Earthquake took it out.

geez, I was really worried about this battle for some reason.

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Medicham (Strike) was my encounter for Victory Road. I may end up using this for the E4.

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time for Wallace.

good thing his Luvdisc is a joke. I can send out Miracles first and set up Reflect without having to worry. I specifically used Miracles first to bait out his Whiscash and switch to Thorn. I set up Reflect so the incoming Earthquake would do less damage and Thorn could take it out no problem.

Then he went right to Milotic, so I switched to Bily to Will-o-Wisp it. Then I switched to Muddy, went Mega and used Earthquake, but it took two EQs to take it out, since he Recovered before the first one hit. Sealeo and Seaking were jokes after that, both going down to only one EQ each.

the only potential problem was Milotic and maybe Whiscash. and I was prepared for both. Now on to the League!

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I'll fight Wallace either tonight or tomorrow.
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I was gonna use Blissey Bases to grind, but it won't even let me use them until tomorrow. That's stupid.
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for the lulz, I caught Alomomola (Hatedisc) on Route 127, Purugly (Blucat) in Mirage Forest and Wailmer (Loony) on Route 106. I decided to grab the Magikarp I caught a while back and use Gyarados.

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here's the mons I've caught since the last time I updated.

Route 123: Surskit (Skate)
Shoal Cave: Sealeo (Arf)
Route 126: Relicanth (Colea-Can)
Cave of Origin: Kyogre (Sapphire)
Sky: Swablu (Bluebird)
Mirage Island: Darmanitan (Anger)
fossil: Anorith (Krill)
New Mauvile: Magnemite (Miracles)

I'm not sure yet who I want to fill the last spot, so for now I'll level up Miracles to deal with Wallace.

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HotLap posted...

Are you playing on Set or Switch mode?

Set mode.
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Stoner took out all of Archie's non-Sharpedo mons no problems, but Mega Sharpedo was able to do enough damage to kill it, so I switched to Mega Muddy to deal the final blow. too bad, Stoner had a good run. I'll worry about his replacement after dealing with Kyogre, who I plan to be all "whatevs" with and just throw the Master Ball at it.

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Bump
doing the Archie and Kyogre stuff later.
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Then Clarke died to an Ace Trainer with a Crobat.
Bringing back Stoner since I don't feel like grinding something new from scratch on top of Swordwing.
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For Tate and Liza, I used Billy and Muddy. Also Swordwing to dodge Solrock's Solarbeam, even though I still need to level it up some.
Putting Eviolite on Billy was a good idea. It's such a tank that a crit Psychic from Lunatone did around 40 damage.

Current team:
Muddy Lv.43
Sphere Lv.41
Thorn Lv.41
Clarke Lv.41
Swordwing Lv.34
Billy Lv.42

Dead:
Zigs
Punchy
Shenzi
Piper
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Leveling up Swordwing is going well, but I may just go ahead with Tate and Liza before I finish, since I didn't plan on using him for that battle.
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just when I thought this game was being too easy, Piper died while I was working my way through the Mossdeep Gym. oh well, time to bring in that Skarmory.

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Got Billy up to the rest of the team, and went through up to the Aqua Hideout without incident. Also Thorn is Roserade now, which is awesome.

Current team:
Muddy Lv.41
Piper Lv.39
Sphere Lv.40
Thorn Lv.40
Clarke Lv.39
Billy Lv.39
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nabbed a few new mons. Shuppet (Chucky) on Route 121, Doduo (Ghidorah) in the Safari Zone, Tentacool (Squidward) on Route 122, and Duskull (Billy) in Mt. Pyre. I'm gonna evolve Billy into Dusclops so he can replace Stoner. Putting an Eviolite on it makes it a much better defender.

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Fishstick posted...

Why doesn't he just explain himself here instead of off-site? Can't handle the criticism?

criticism makes him throw up in his car.

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shockthemonkey posted...

lmfao now hes melting down on the meltdown subreddit

He just loves to melt down.
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time for Winona.

I started with Stoner, since her Swellow can't do much to it, and he can also set up Stealth Rock. she used Double Team a couple of times, but I hit her after two tries and took out Swellow. next was Pelliper, which would kill Stoner with one Water Pulse. so I switched to Sphere. one Electro Ball took it out.

she sent out Altaria next. I used Volt Switch to tag out to Stoner, and EQ ended up not doing much damage. She Roosted next, so Rock Blast was neutral, but still did a decent amount. she Cotton Guarded next, but Rock Blast was able to do enough to take it out. finally for Skarmory, I switched to Clarke. one Lava Plume was enough.

this was probably the toughest battle yet, in theory. Altaria was the one I needed to be most afraid of. I was thinking of switching to Piper first to dodge her EQ, but I gambled on Stoner because he could do way more damage to Altaria than Piper could, and I didn't want her to bulk up with Cotton Guard too much.

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Caught Gloom (Stinky) on Route 120. I'll fight Winona later.
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I got the free Latias, but I won't use her unless something goes critically wrong and I lose a bunch of my team all at once. so very unlikely.

also got Electrike on Route 118 that I forgot to nickname and Linoone (Hugs) on Route 119. no grass in the available section of Route 123, tho. >.>

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for a minute, I thought that I wouldn't be able to trade Stoner since it knew an HM move and the game said "lol you need it in your party, loser". but I was able to do the trade by simply depositing Stoner and trading it from the box. so what's the point of that roadblock?

anyway, Norman. I don't have any mons with Protect, but I do have Dig for Stoner and Muddy. started with Stoner against his first Slaking, and once I got to the second turn, I was able to start my Dig strategy. but him using Hyper Potion skipped a Truant turn, which was annoying, but I took it out easily.

his Vigoroth Encored me into using Dig again, but the first Dig managed to be a critical hit and I took it out easily. I left in Stoner for his second Slaking in case he used Retaliate. but he used Feint Attack. but now that I was off my Dig routine, I needed to take another hit. which wasn't too bad. even his critical Feint Attack wasn't enough. I soon digged my way to victory.

once again, I solo'd a gym with one Pokemon. but this one was a bit more annoying, since I had to play around his Slakings. Good thing Stoner is able to take a few hits. and if he's still around for Winonna, he'll be very useful against her.

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I didn't wanna just use Muddy to sweep Flannery, so I started out with Clarke instead. And he ended up sweeping her lol.

Then I went to the desert and caught Sandshrew (Dear). Meh.
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dang, I was afraid of Archie's Sharpedo, but he only got to try one move on Muddy before Bulldoze lowered his speed enough for me to take him out in two hits. the rest of the battle was cake, too.

also caught Machop (Dana) on Jagged Pass and grabbed the Wynaut egg for the lulz.
and Stoner evolved into Graveler. Good thing I can do the trade evo.

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caught Lombre (Miror B.) in Route 114 and Zubat (Dante) in Meteor Falls. don't need either of them right now. but my first match against Archie is coming up.

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nice, I found Skarmory on Route 113. took a while, but he finally got in the Ultra Ball. named him Swordwing. I'll hold on to him in case Piper dies. But she just evolved to Swellow, so she's putting in the work now.

also found Numel (Clarke) on Route 112 and Koffing (James) in Firey Path. Clarke is good to have a Fire type on the team, but don't need James.

current team:
Muddy Lv.24
Piper Lv.23
Stoner Lv.21
Sphere Lv.21
Thorn Lv.21
Clarke Lv.20

dead:
Zigs
Punchy
Shenzi

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like I expected, Wattson was cake because Stoner and Muddy swept the whole thing.

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lucked out and found a Roselia (Thorn) in Route 117. hopefully he can stay around for a while. I'd love to have a Roserade.

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aw man, I lost Punchy in the second rival battle. dang critical Pursuit.

edit: then I brought in Shenzi and it died. I'm already doing worse than in my White 2 run lol

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GirTheRobot posted...

Bro I wanna know about this what's it called

I believe it's Radical Red.

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neat, I nabbed a Voltorb (Sphere) in Route 110.
this will guarantee I can get a Magnemite when I go to New Mauvile.

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Brawly was a joke thanks to Piper and Missy. all he wanted to do was use Bulk Up lol.
sadly, Missy will probably not be very useful from this point on, so time to switch her out.

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It's been a while since TC had that "discussion" about white replacement.
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Caught Magikarp (Slayer) in Dewford Town and Geodude (Stoner) in Granite Cave. I'll add Stoner to the team after Brawly is dealt with.
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IronBornCorps posted...

Remember when the US was super respectful when Osama Bin Laden died?

I do remember when everyone was super respectful when Jeffrey Epstein died.
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Pics
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Remember when Hank was sexually aroused by propane?
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ultimate reaver posted...

the green new deal store called. they're out of you

But you're their best seller.
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