Pokemon

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And sableye does seppuku against the rocky helmet I had for entei

[sonic inlet]

Apparently entei had sacred fire

Good thing he never got to use it

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Oh, I sacked Xatu

Xatu had 1 job

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Is this how ygs talk

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Outspeed a -1 roserade and trounce her with ice beam before she got off an extrasensory on breelom

And breelom did venu in with just enough speed

Then they got sacked to entei, allowing for pert

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And yes

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Oh boy

You'll have to fight Ethan right after

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First I go heal

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After bringing out an arcanine and a blastoise his last mon is a kecleon

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Ig protean

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Who are his leads?

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Breloom and raichu

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So fake out spore

[sonic inlet]

And that was close

Last 2 mons again

Uh

So what is an Yggdras

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No spoilers

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WHAT

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Ludi traded fake outs

COME ON TRIPSHROOM

And somehow jolly and I'm slower

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Okay now it's a gauntlet

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Aight I send rock slides

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2nd fight is ursaring + hariyama as leads

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OH NO

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Not that you can change yours, but yeah

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Bullet seed

Ow

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Well, ig I'll wait again

Are you fighting Ethan?

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Yup

So far so good besides the breloom

It slept 2 of my guys

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Same

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THE READ

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Okay my leads suck ass into the second fight

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Intimidate and a sad spore barrage

Rip ketos but now I'm in prime position

Are you for

2nd time I miss 2 95%

I'M SORRY HOW MUCH WAS KECLEON BUFFED

That was a rain waterfall from max attack

And see you Ethan, 1 death in Ketos

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Oh, I just one shot it with a crit mach punch

[normal cave]

Bro brought in the mystery dungeon keckleons

[sonic inlet]

Now enjoy peak

Well, you probably know everything that's going on, but still

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A gauntlet?

[sonic inlet]

Nah, the cutscene

But also a gauntlet yes

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Well lead is insane into the dude

Dayum that is one chonky son of a bitch

WHO DRAIN PUNCHES A GRASS TYPE

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Oh you're already here

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Ketos once more in the grave

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Erm

This guy has a sandy shocks

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Ok I can almost ignore the hariyama

Nevermind crit on loom into BP

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Whale one shot

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Sandy shock you say

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I'm already on three left

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Same

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I HOPE YOU LIKE GIGA DRAIN

[sonic inlet]

And an annihilape

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Oh boy

Saw

I am focusing fire on it

Annihilape got annihilated

[sonic inlet]

Both on 2 left

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Should be fine

[sonic inlet]

Yeah, bellossom killed annihilape

And breloom one shot walrein

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Almost no issues on my end

Save for a very unfortunate switch into a facade drain punch...meant for ludi

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Problem was my lead was awful

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claydol was besides him

Why tf drain punch the grass

4th stratum is a jungle

I know this music...rainforest

4TH STRATUM AZURE RAINFOREST

[sonic inlet]

Also got there

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https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=SVw8idXdeSI

3rd stratum

In EO1, it's a blue forest made of coral and inhabited by ants, worms and frogs the size of a human

[sonic inlet]

And apparently there's a whole town here in the forest

[sonic inlet]

Oh, lovely

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Absolutely

Especially the fight against the boss

A queen ant

[sonic inlet]

Btw, auburn thicket is now open

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It's particularly hard because it's not truly hard, but draining

Right

EO2's 2nd stratum as a location.

It's almost midnight here

So I'd call it here

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Yeah

Good progress today

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Also, I am starting to think the boss of this stratum is a rain team

It makes sense

Also keeping track with EO3, the drowned city

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=mLb5iHDMMIU

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=AErKdUZAax8

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=gGGogWimNrU

The music you heard these last hours @sonic inlet

Sometimes it's good to have a guide that's also a part-time trobadeur, uh? Buffing morale with strategy, exp and songs

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Yeah I liked the molten caves theme

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https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=Wb-Il4SSE0I

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https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=hV97N_vfMxM
I hope later strata will have this

EO2 and EO2U's 4th Stratum. Cherry tree bridge, between sky and earth

[sonic inlet]

Maybe the city

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https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDEZAbMaz8M

Calling it now, it might be this

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Btw I just realized
THIS WAS THE EARLY GAME

The easy part

[sonic inlet]

Yep

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Idk about you

But all I feel is excitement

[sonic inlet]

Wouldn't be surprised if we get more gauntlets

[sonic inlet]

Same, I'm really liking this so far

And the plot is in fact kicking off

[ashen barn]

What drives you to the labyrinth? Fame? Fortune? Discovery?

Man, 17 years since EO1

5 installments, a couple of reboots that tbh to me don't pass the ogs

And years later

THIS

Tbh I think I will swap to a sun team with a couple of quiver users

This game throws a legendary at the 3rd stratum...answering in kind is needed.

And I have Claydol.

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=LefQ65ZOtXk

Want to bet there's a stratum or a part with this

[pseudo goblet]

https://tenor.com/view/eevee-pokémon-eevee-eevee-sleeping-sleepy-eevee-sleeping-gif-26018405

[pseudo goblet]

I swear Ill get at least 10 Lunalas this week, its my turn to rest this weekend

[normal cave]

Mystery Dungeon jumpscare

[pseudo goblet]

So I just learn the singer of the song for this AMV(Best one out there) and the singer for one of my favourite Digimon song- is the same guy https://youtu.be/JuWgIIZH6Tc?si=tomDEyY7pxX6Pfh9

https://youtu.be/xmErtVKEnDk?si=N_ESE-zozNoyOrvS

Is it cause of the singer voice, is it their style, idk, now I feel more that it’s criminal they re not more popular, Pokemon anime hire these people

I mean they already hired -After the Rain- for the 1-2-3 theme for Journeys so I dont see wynaut

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Help me figure this one out please

Sun team

Ninetails as setter because torkoal doesn't have trick room, eject pack or anything here. Ninetails is fire electric with volt switch.

Venusaur as chlorophyll sweeper with life orb giga drains.

Jumpluff support with rage powder, spore and helping hand.

Hitmontop for fake out + intimidate.

What next?

I was thinking either another chlorophyll mon (making it the 3rd around) or average sun nuke in eruption typhlo

[fading stratus]

Umbreon the peak sun mon

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Last mon I wanted something to deal with mons that might threaten sun

Also I need something for ground types

Because venu only takes neutral

[fading stratus]

What if liligant

Over venu

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Gen 3

AGAIN

I only have access to gen 3 at most

And gen 4 evos for mons in gen 3 or below

I might use flygon

Levitate with quiver dance and solid 100 spatk 100 speed

And boomburst

[fading stratus]

Boomburst hits your partner too

Unless it doesn't in this game

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I need to test

EQ did but eq also did in gen 3 proper

Bulldoze didn't, not the case in mainline games

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shadow ball
mystical fire
tbolt
psychic

and it has levitate

this is probably the wringer

I need a way to onetap it

you're not tanking a hit

There's a way
sucker punch exists on several mons

and 55 55 should be doable off a high attack stat into no fairy making it neutral

now, there's a togekiss with follow me nearby

I think fake out togekiss into black glasses STAB sucker

rest of the team is easier

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Xatu with heat wave?

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overlap with ninetails

ninetails has heat wave and volt switch

I was thinking typhlo

just winged boots eruption

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Also works, yeah

Coincidentally I was looking at tropius yesterday

Who was buffed

But it's still worse than venusaur

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I...don't know

yeah

it's like mini venu

or dragon stab worse type venu

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Shiftry is also okay ig

Did it get buffed

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...not that I saw

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Thought so

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same as before

it does get knock sucker

and fake out

with chlorophyll

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And sun teams aren't exactly my specialty either

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I'd like to imagine ninetails instead of Xatu

7th stratum we get overheat

So sun overheat into volt switch could be a thing

[sonic inlet]

Was vulpix in the third stratum

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Yes

I need to find it

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Ah

Against this strata I might make an hail team

We can also have a salamence by now

And I might, big boy with intimidate

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It needs to have water in some way, shape or form for you, uh

[sonic inlet]

Ofc

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I was looking at this captain's team

Politoed rain setter, ludi swift swimmer, raichu support attacker, aggron with just the scariest movepool, kingdra with petaya berry and swift swim, suicune

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Well all the hail setters are kinda... yikes

Ig I'll go with glaceon

My alternatives are dewgong and glalie

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Tbh I think you can match rain with own rain and try to snipe ludi

But...

Imo sun is the best option

Only issue will be SWITCHING NINETAILS IN

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Oh yeah glaceon is also slow so I can set up hail over politoed

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Or I lead torkoal

Torkoal is the slowest setter in the game

It also gets protect

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...only three mons get slush rush

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You get protect in this stratum btw

Which will be king for everyone ever

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Glaceon herself, mamoswine and rapidash

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About time

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AI doesn't use protect, it uses follow me

Follow this eruption torkoal and typhlosion

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If tyranitar evolved at level 50 I'd use a sand team rn

Bc from the looks of it hail sucks

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Against 4 waters?

And aggron is steel fighting with sturdy

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Sandslash is excadrill at home

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Yeah it doesn't live hydros

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Would just have to kill them before they reach it

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You could snipe raichu and aggron tho

At least in this single fight

I also saw magmortar

Fire water

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Yeah

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And...83 speed

Xatu is slower, sure

But it also hits much, much, much harder

[sonic inlet]

I really might just go water vs water

Bc I don't like sun teams

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Can I meet anything but what I already have

Ok, magmar is here

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Oh

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So vulpix is here too

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Uh

I can get Yggdreon here

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4?

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Yeah

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I hate thiiiiis

FINALLY

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Aether refrigerate is quite nice

Or I can make it bulky with marvel scale ig

But I already have a bold bellossom

Well now I don't know what to take out for Yggdreon and Salamence

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And now we search for Bagon

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Got one

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I got vulpix

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Oh, Yggdreon just gets an even more broken recover

Atp I really might just use it as a physical wall later on

Over Bellossom

...not even later on, it's a level 50

Like, life control, energy edge, helping hand, protect

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Slow but strong?

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Issue is that bellossom has unironically been really helpful

But oh well

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Well it has a good stat spread

Chonky and hits hard

Honestly I could just use it as a wallbreaker instead

Return radiance on this thing must hurt like hell

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Ok so now I meet ONLY Vulpix

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But first I need to get to Etria

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GIVE
ME
A
BAGON

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Xatu with hurricane

On a rain team

Wtf do I take out though

Astral gleam ig??? I never use it

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Yeah

Aether isn't a good offensive type

It's neutral

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Yeah

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But you also have boltbeam

[sonic inlet]

Boltbeam + hurricane in rain + heat wave for when there's no rain

Water spout on wailord...

Probably not, you're slow as shit

And you have ocean rave

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Meanwhile I didn't find ONE

My cyndaquil EVOLVED TWICE

And no bagon

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Damn he actually learns a good physical flying stab

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Second lord of the sea defeated

Annd third

[outer eagle]

I actually found a Leftovers from an Underwater Hidden Item
Never thought it would actually happen

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With what?

Because I got to Auburn thicket

LOTS OF BUGS

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Salamence

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Lucky egg

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Then finished it off with breloom

Oh yeah I have to go there

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Also venu gets weather ball

I HEAR 150 FIRE STAB

[fading stratus]

You mean fire coverage

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Yeah

Still insane to think about

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Oh wtf scyther has protean

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Oh my god ok

Porygon traved chlorophyll

[fading stratus]

Protean eviolite scyther sounds funny

[sonic inlet]

Meanwhile both scizor and kleavor have adaptability

There certainly is a lot of adaptability mons in this game

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I'M SORRY WHAT

[sonic inlet]

Scizor is technician adaptability

While kleavor is solid rock adaptability

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Idt it's a contest

Adaptability is just insanely strong

Like, 1.5 boost to 60bp or less
Or 2x STAB for everything

[fading stratus]

Does kleavor get stone axe

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The only move I'd see used on a scizor with technician, not stab, is MAYBE dual wingbeat

[ashen barn]

Yes

But idt it sets rocks

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70 BP, 95 accuracy

High crit ratio

Basically rock type slash

Okay but where tf is this castform

I found it once, ran away, and now it's gone

[ashen barn]

Trade offer
Your bagon for my castform

[sonic inlet]

Well I have no bagon anymore

I caught a castform too

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I have a meeting now

[sonic inlet]

But this one is for a quest

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Cya

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tfw work and you have to make a good presentation in 1 day and a half

While knowing nothing about the topic

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Got a thunderbolt tm and a pokeflute for the castform

Nice

[fading stratus]

catching a castform sounds like a slur

[pseudo goblet]

Unless you wears green and stares at the SKY all day

https://x.com/avhycch3x80kcue/status/1934952108496994389?s=46&t=q-1AmjVFLGCcEVWLfARPPw

フキダシコットン『1日1枚‼』 (@avHYCcH3x80KCUE)

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X · Jun 17, 2025, 12:31 PM

Cyndaquil, put down that poor gastly, you re not old enough yet

[normal cave]

Old treecko

Evolution and age are not related

Cyndaquill is not STRONG enough

[pseudo goblet]

True

[fading stratus]

wow the sandslash F.O.E was piss easy

gyarados and xatu just beat it

even at 13 level deficit

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man I'm lost in second stratum of all things

[sonic inlet]

Just wait for the third

[ashen barn]

I'm going to scream

[sonic inlet]

Tail?

[ashen barn]

Absolutely

[normal cave]

https://tenor.com/view/iron-valiant-pokémon-scarlet-and-violet-indigo-disk-blueberry-academy-gif-356885939247355750

[fading stratus]

Looks like defiant is bugged in the game?

It didn't activate off intimidate

It did activate off bulldoze speed drop tho

Man she just searched chatgpt for a motivational speech

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@sonic inlet castform tips?

[sonic inlet]

Uh, iirc the second location was near the lucky egg

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Azure cave, quest to find girl lost (all left), gives you strength as reward and blue orb

[sonic inlet]

I haven't even started the fourth stratum

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Oneshot

MAYBE
Don't giga drain against Ninetails

Might be me, could be good advice

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I didn't go far at all

Just got super rod and strength in azure cave

That's it

Super rod is fisherman at the entrance

To get to azure cave, you go top of the teleport, then left

It's a road between 2 small water sections

@sonic inlet You haven't lived until modest winged boots typhlosion fires a sun eruption against a quad resist and oneshots it

No Etrian form but damn, Hisuian Typhlo brings the E in Extinction

[sonic inlet]

Well we did just face one

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Winged boots because I don't want to scarf

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Btw azure cave also has misdreavus

Which becomes mini flutter mane

And a figure from EO1

Hexer Tchalgta

[sonic inlet]

Ah

Well

Relicanth is already ghost

For now, I already have a team

Wailord Relicanth Salamence Xatu Yggdreon Breloom

Though it'll most likely change as I go further down

[ashen barn]

I instead keep changing team

[sonic inlet]

I just keep guys in the PC and swap them in if I need them

[ashen barn]

Well now training will be faster

Given lucky egg

[sonic inlet]

Well I arrived at Etria

[ashen barn]

I didn't

If anything, I had dinner

Ok, lv65 dinogator is a tough one

[sonic inlet]

Oh, so ||the girl Yggdreon is based on is literally the avatar of the tree||

[ashen barn]

I mean

I didn't say anything because I was sure you saw it

EO1Untold

[sonic inlet]

Well it was obviously related it, I just didn't know how lol

[ashen barn]

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=Li_j5Y8PjJs

Ok who's cutting onions

My playlist on shuffle was good vibes until this

[sonic inlet]

Okay, Olympia was easy

Which... makes sense, atm she's like 8 levels below me

[ashen barn]

Fuck me dude, I'm weeping

[normal cave]

It's okay to cry

[ashen barn]

I prefer this version to the Motorhead one

[normal cave]

Let it all out

[ashen barn]

God, such a beautiful song, it's just a cry against war.

[normal cave]

Good

War sucks

[ashen barn]

Grab a tissue and listen with eyes closed.

[sonic inlet]

Oh, that's the song from EU4

Or at least the same singer

[ashen barn]

And you'll likely feel it

[normal cave]

Honestly I don't want to listen to war songs while living through a war

Trying to get my mind OFF it (impossible challenge)

[ashen barn]

Stay safe, man.

[normal cave]

Doin' my best

[ashen barn]

I don't want to get bad news as I already got some time back.

I'm way too tired of death to bury another friend, one way or another. Stay safe, please.

[normal cave]

Fwiw I'm in one of the safer areas in my country. Relatively speaking.

[ashen barn]

That's something, at least

[normal cave]

And I have an accessible bomb shelter.

[ashen barn]

Mh. That's good, at least.

[normal cave]

Yeah, I'm not at big risk

[ashen barn]

Still.

[normal cave]

I'm doing everything I can to stay safe (including sleeping in clothes I can leave the house in which isn't that comfy )

[ashen barn]

I can't even imagine how it must be for you. Please keep holding on.

[normal cave]

Tyty 🫂

Anyways, back on topic with Pokemon

[ashen barn]

Yeah, better

I was having flashbacks I certainly would like to stay in the past.

[normal cave]

Is Pokemon Odyssey a romhack or a fangame?

[ashen barn]

Dw, I'm fine...just remembering about a friend.

[ashen barn]

Romhack

[normal cave]

https://tenor.com/view/disintegrate-gif-22469816

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Firered romhack

[normal cave]

I deleted my rom library during Uni

[ashen barn]

||I could provide some||

[normal cave]

I am legally obliged to remind you this server bans piracy

[ashen barn]

I knew

I'm not sending anything

[normal cave]

I could probs dig around and find a rom library if I wanted to, I just don't feel like it atm

[ashen barn]

Thankfully the internet is a magical place

[normal cave]

Yee

Also a world where they gave Jumpluff Spore is a terrifying one

[ashen barn]

And unaware and good defenses

[normal cave]

UNAWARE

[ashen barn]

Still atrocious typing

[ashen barn]

You NEED it

[normal cave]

Busted ass ability

[normal cave]

Totems?

[ashen barn]

?

Nah, just FOEs with omniboosts

[sonic inlet]

Cute dog

[normal cave]

Choco mint doggo

[ashen barn]

Same design as Sylveon but no ribbons

[normal cave]

Melt it and drink in a cup

[normal cave]

Oh shit true

[sonic inlet]

[ashen barn]

Eruption spam

[sonic inlet]

Well Aether is just fairy but balanced

[normal cave]

TYPHLOSION MY GOAT

[ashen barn]

Mightyena has FUR COAT

[sonic inlet]

Jeez, this thing is fat

[normal cave]

You showed me

[sonic inlet]

Level 24 and already has over 100 hp

[normal cave]

Fur Coat Ice Dark

Dies to Vacuum Wave

But a solid physical wall

[sonic inlet]

Btw, apparently delcatty is not bad at all either

[ashen barn]

I go do the avid dragon

[sonic inlet]

Normal psychic with fur coat

[normal cave]

Bruh what

These buffs make Pokerogue look tame

And that game gave many random mons prankster spore

[normal cave]

120 bst buff

[ashen barn]

I have 1 issue with it

[normal cave]

[ashen barn]

WISH

[sonic inlet]

The dev probably just wanted every mon to be useful

[ashen barn]

He did

I asked him in development

He said he wanted less mons

But every mon has a niche

Or something unique just to it

[sonic inlet]

I could use a delcatty honestly

[ashen barn]

So you don't have 4 pidgey clones

[sonic inlet]

Wish, helping hand, heal bell

[normal cave]

Wish heal bell fake out helping hand

[sonic inlet]

Yeah

[normal cave]

Cleric

[sonic inlet]

With fur coat and usable stats

[ashen barn]

Mightyena is about to steal an expert belt

[normal cave]

Fast support mon with a passive but powerful movepool

You can also run Psychic as just a good damaging move to avoid being too passive

But helping hand kinda helps with that too

Plop it next to a spread move mon

[ashen barn]

Next to eruption

[normal cave]

Yeee

Helpimg hamd erupiton hurts like hell

[sonic inlet]

Fake out + eruption, then keep spamming helping hand

[ashen barn]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[sonic inlet]

[ashen barn]

IT'S SHINYYYYYYYYYY

And I can't catch iiiiiiiit

[normal cave]

Can you catch it?

[ashen barn]

No

[normal cave]

Oooooof

[ashen barn]

Static boss

[normal cave]

Maybe it will be shiny next time you see it?

Do shinies do anything in this game aside from cosmetics?

[sonic inlet]

Just cosmetic AFAIK

[normal cave]

Ah oki good

Pokerogue made shinies do something so they became mandatory

Trainer shinies hurt

[ashen barn]

Ok mightyena killed it

[normal cave]

You did what you had to

[ashen barn]

I'm not doing Tlachtga yet

Lv80 ghost fire with spell tag and 170 spatk

180 speed

Serene grace + shadow ball, psychic, mystical fire and tbolt

Its least powerful stat is atk and def

AT 90

[sonic inlet]

And done

Still not sure if he should have zen headbutt or quick attack

[ashen barn]

Meet the lead dev btw

[ashen barn]

What's life control's effect?

[sonic inlet]

Recover that also gives you +1 in speed

[ashen barn]

[sonic inlet]

Off of 130 base attack

I expect this thing to sweep

[normal cave]

[sonic inlet]

I also have a pp max

Now it's 8

[normal cave]

Silly, you can't +8 speed

[sonic inlet]

Watch me

[ashen barn]

Damn, didn't know you were packing

Also where tf do I go in 4th stratum

[sonic inlet]

How did I know you were going to make that joke

[sonic inlet]

South

[ashen barn]

We share a single braincell

[ashen barn]

I SPENT 50 MINUTES

And all I had to do

WAS GO DOWN

[sonic inlet]

[swift jasper]

sigh we don't like alt accounts here, time to ban one of you

[ashen barn]

[swift jasper]

[sonic inlet]

Sorry Mug

I'm too young to die

[ashen barn]

For once, it's not the Italian to betray his ally

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Dw there's also a background over here

[ashen barn]

OH COME ON

It's literally EOUntold

[sonic inlet]

The plot?

[ashen barn]

Yeah

[sonic inlet]

Neat

[ashen barn]

In Untold they modified a lot

[sonic inlet]

Since I have no knowledge of it

Well then, omw to get a delcatty

[ashen barn]

Imma keep it real with you Olympia
It's not safe for your scizor rn

[sonic inlet]

...I forgot how to evolve Delcatty

[ashen barn]

Iirc it's moon stone or friendship

[sonic inlet]

Moon stone yeah

[ashen barn]

Dayum, magmortar is slow and ugly

[sonic inlet]

Hmm

Do I really want to give it wish

Ig I can try

This is what, 154 physical defense?

[ashen barn]

It halves after damage calc

[sonic inlet]

Right

Still, chonky cat

[ashen barn]

@sonic inlet Silva gives you the power items

[sonic inlet]

For EVs?

[ashen barn]

15 topaz
15 sapphire
15 dolomite

[sonic inlet]

Oh shit

Alright

[ashen barn]

Aka I go mine

[sonic inlet]

Time to mine

Yeah

Have fun with scarf typhlosion then

[ashen barn]

? I go specs

[sonic inlet]

I'll... get scarf xatu, band relicanth

And no specs ig

[sonic inlet]

Won't typhlosion be too slow?

[ashen barn]

Don't worry about the details

[sonic inlet]

[ashen barn]

Wait, I have sun

[sonic inlet]

Lust for power will be your downfall

[ashen barn]

I need to find a bagon

[sonic inlet]

Still

[ashen barn]

Specs venu time

I legit have 0 physical attackers rn

I want to see something

How much does a resisted beam does

[sonic inlet]

Found scald

[ashen barn]

Same

I managed to miss heat wave twice

Specs beam under sun is a nuke

[sonic inlet]

Found earthquake

[ashen barn]

Where

[sonic inlet]

2nd stratum

Now you have strength

So go all the way east

[ashen barn]

Right

[sonic inlet]

Yes, or right

[ashen barn]

[normal cave]

Always has been

[sonic inlet]

Where tf is protect anyway

[ashen barn]

Ig I quit early tonight

[sonic inlet]

Alright

[ashen barn]

Almost 11pm here

[ashen barn]

Guess who stole it from a sea lord

[sonic inlet]

Nice

I'm still not sure if I'll need one, but might as well

[ashen barn]

I just yoinked it from the sea lord

[pseudo goblet]

… Do I wanna know???

[fading stratus]

Yes

[ashen barn]

Right after the Ludicolo FOE

[sonic inlet]

Still need to go buy the band

[ashen barn]

There's still the sturdy bug

I hit forre twice

Probably because sturdy has the endure effect

At this point I'm willing to consider it a buff

[sonic inlet]

It is a buff

I pointed it out the other day that they buffed sturdy

[ashen barn]

[ashen barn]

So basically obnoxiously good

[sonic inlet]

Pretty much

Ig it's to stop mons from getting ganged up on?

[ashen barn]

Btw watch out for the foe next to scald

Drizzle politoed

[ashen barn]

Life orb next to base camp, on the right

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[ashen barn]

And with that, my break is over

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Fourth stratum and we're already getting all the competitive items

Tf are they saving up for the underground city

[ashen barn]

Next to base camp, on the left, there's gathering and mining

[sonic inlet]

There's also a toxic orb

If you missed it

[ashen barn]

So we also get final upgrade for the inventory

[ashen barn]

I didn't

Well, final upgrade AND scarf

[sonic inlet]

Wait, what final upgrade

Oh, shop

[ashen barn]

Yep

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Smh mug told me the second captain was hard

Also he's aggressively french like his sister

[sonic inlet]

French

May Mug have mercy on you

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Italian and French are same thing smh

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Also how tf is everyone using Xatu

[fading stratus]

I just saw it get heat wave

So I used it

[sonic inlet]

Fair enough

The thing is broken

[fading stratus]

Getting stab on fire and ice moves is pretty good yeah

[ashen barn]

Take that back

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We never raised a white flag in months

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Italian flag has white in it....

[ashen barn]

Yeah, with green and red

French flag in war time might as well be only white

[fading stratus]

Is marowak good

The cubone looks funny

[ashen barn]

Slow, it's...only ok

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I'll train aggron then

Well after 3rd stratum

Because cap is 40

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Noctowl also apparently gets heatwave but it does piss damage compared to xatu holy

[ashen barn]

Great defensive mon

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when do you get sludge bomb/shadow ball tm

gengar has shit learnset apparently

[ashen barn]

Shadow ball 3rd stratum

Sludge bomb later

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did altaria get buffed

[ashen barn]

Yes

[fading stratus]

can you pull up its stats mug

[normal cave]

Altaria my beloved

[ashen barn]

I can't

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where do I find a dusk stone

[normal cave]

I can't believe Wolfey is dead

[pseudo goblet]

https://vxtwitter.com/desuvgc/status/1934902430979813571?s=46&t=q-1AmjVFLGCcEVWLfARPPw

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Terapagos will win worlds

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Has pagos get the gold medal?

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no

well it won last year's japan nats

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Honestly Pagos is the last good restricted I'd think will win worlds

Pagos feels very unsplashable

[mighty storm]

https://fixupx.com/PokemonTCGP/status/1935323231310786993

Pokémon TCG Pocket (@PokemonTCGP)

☀️ Summer whispers through the leaves.
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oh right how do I do the fix twitter embed?

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fixupx

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EEVEE EX!

[normal cave]

This is less than useless holy shit

It's an eevee that gives 2 prizes

[pseudo goblet]

… can it evolve tho

[mighty storm]

flareon ex

[mighty storm]

it can

thats it's entire purpose

[normal cave]

This is fine, but how are you discarding the fire energies in the first place

[pseudo goblet]

Tbf, werent there like, 4 ish eevee cards on launch

[polar osprey]

sylveon kinda goated

on evo draw 2

[pseudo goblet]

https://tenor.com/view/eevee-vaporeon-espeon-jolteon-umbreon-gif-16130455760106124464

[polar osprey]

unbreon also goated

[pseudo goblet]

Lets just say thank god they didnt put Jolteon in

[polar osprey]

defending basic can't attack the following turn

[mighty storm]

Penny is in

[normal cave]

Yeah, good card

[polar osprey]

I think penny is mistranslated?

[pseudo goblet]

Pic

[polar osprey]

bcs wtf is this

[mighty storm]

Multiple choice item card!

[polar osprey]

worse looker and looker was already the worst card in the game

[mighty storm]

it copies the ability

[normal cave]

Nah penny is better than looker. She's a random support card.

Still not good

[polar osprey]

reads awful

[normal cave]

Eevee bag is powerful tho

[polar osprey]

instead of a card you want copy a random shit from the opponent

[mighty storm]

Looker sees all
Penny sees one non-Penny to copy

[polar osprey]

the issue with eevee I'm seeing is that none of the evos threaten anything

[mighty storm]

https://tenor.com/view/jago33-slot-machine-slot-online-casino-medan-gif-25082594

Gamba

[polar osprey]

they have really nice effects but I don't see an eevee deck working

[normal cave]

Ehh, Flareon is scary

[polar osprey]

they are gonna be used as support in other decks

[normal cave]

Sylv is a splashable engine

[mighty storm]

sweets relay deck

[pseudo goblet]

What it do?

[polar osprey]

draw 2 cards on evo

[normal cave]

Draws 2 on evo

[pseudo goblet]

Oh that, right

[normal cave]

Very good card

[pseudo goblet]

Brain function null

[polar osprey]

maybe we get a supporter that adds a random eevee evolution to hand?

if we do then sylveon is goated

[normal cave]

Wait I just realized why eevee ex exists

So you can run 4 eevees

[polar osprey]

ye

[pseudo goblet]

0-1 retreat cost too dang

[polar osprey]

it does the same thing in the TCG

[mighty storm]

Yummy how did you not instantly think of that?

[polar osprey]

think of what?

[normal cave]

Because I didn't think of anyone wanting to run an eevee deck

[polar osprey]

the supporter to add a random eeveelution?

[mighty storm]

Not you yummers, yummy

[polar osprey]

sylveon is better shiinotic

and shiinotic is already really good

but only leo can use it

sylv has no retreat cost

so you can shove it in whatever

[normal cave]

Last time I played an eevee deck was quad sylv, in the tcg. You only needed the 4 eevees

[normal cave]

Sylv Flareon might be the only real eevee deck

And even then it is slow to set up

[pseudo goblet]

Wait so mini set after mini set?? Really?

[normal cave]

Night march knockoff

[polar osprey]

lmaooooo

ofc the pocket community is hyping penny

[normal cave]

Penny is giga ass

[pseudo goblet]

https://tenor.com/view/sheldon-penny-knock-the-big-bang-theory-gif-8167267

[polar osprey]

if we get a supporter to put eeveelutions back to hand sylveon would also be goated

scoop it up evolve another eevee draw 4

umbreon bricks the entirety of buzzwole btw

and is insane into tina darkrai

[normal cave]

Oh shit true

That's a strong card too

Forces them to retreat

All for 1 energy

Umbreon Darkrai time?

[pseudo goblet]

Pic?

I became too lazy to change my deck and been exclusively using Darkrai Weavile

[normal cave]

1 energy, deal 40, if the opponent is a basic they can't attack next turn

Very good card

[mighty storm]

Night March if it was ran by Strawberry Shortcake

[normal cave]

Night March are trick or treaters

They are gonna be best friends with sweet relayers

[pseudo goblet]

How good using with Darkrai and Weavile I wonder lol

[normal cave]

That's a lot of basics

[pseudo goblet]

Is it worth to swap out Spiritomb tho

[normal cave]

You could probably swap out weavile

Oh

Idk

[mighty storm]

https://tenor.com/view/mikripkm-pokemon-penny-eevee-eeveelutions-gif-16733113990300258995

[normal cave]

I think umbreon plays differently

It's a matchup heavy stall deck like Oricorio

[mighty storm]

Eevee became an ex just to become a regular mon to take out the oricorio

[fading stratus]

you guys werent lying when you said stratum 3 was trippy

I got lost like twice while trying to backtrack

[frosty ledge]

I'm so confused what the point of this is

[normal cave]

It lets you run 4 eevees

That's it

Eevee and Eevee ex are considered different names, while different versions of eevee are the same name

[mighty storm]

You can run 4 eevees

and its not locked to evolving to ex eeveelutions

[sonic inlet]

Ok, uh

Does umbreon just shut off all decks that are only basics by itself

[normal cave]

Yep

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They saw Tina being good for too long

Why tf does flareon take damage to gain energy

[normal cave]

Eh, oricorio

[sonic inlet]

My boy is asking to get cooked by cyrus

[sonic inlet]

I have not seen that in a while honestly

Or at least oricorio isn't that popular

Tina also plays nihilego

[normal cave]

Because it's a matchup fisher

Same as Umbreon

[sonic inlet]

Tbf

Umbreon is less so

Bc it covers more things

Dies to silvally tho

[normal cave]

It also loses to more things

[sonic inlet]

You simply play both umbreon and oricorio to cover all bases

[normal cave]

Silvally, Zard, other eevee decks

[sonic inlet]

[normal cave]

They have a lot of overlap

[sonic inlet]

Honestly I see more solgaleo than zard

Though it's the same

[fading stratus]

Beat the third captain
WHY DOES SHE HAVE A ENTEI

muk is goated btw

sucker punch spam

[normal cave]

Banded Sacred Fire or Espeed my beloved

[ashen barn]

So you are officially at our same point

You caught up

[fading stratus]

now I need to catch another ralts

so I can make one garde and another gallade

[ashen barn]

This was team after 3rd captain

While Tidal...close

[fading stratus]

1 mon is same

mushroom is goated

[ashen barn]

He was ok

[sonic inlet]

I had 2 guys alive

At the end of the third captain

[fading stratus]

I put like 3 guys to sleep

[ashen barn]

I just went with an insane strat

Ketos wasn't supposed to die

[fading stratus]

my strat is go with the vibes so far

until it becomes harder

then I'll probs make a sand team

because I caught a larvitar somewhere

[ashen barn]

My strat rn is finishing this fucking timeline

I've been working at this presentation for 3 hours

[fading stratus]

goodluck with the presentation

[ashen barn]

Done

The timeline of a lifetime

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Welp, finally have free time to catch up

[ashen barn]

My coworker said "Don't worry, I will check it tomorrow with the person in charge"

Thank you for your service, man...I didn't want to look at my work phone this evening

[sonic inlet]

Nooo

I forgot to mine

[ashen barn]

At least you didn't forget to yours

I'm going to jump now, make way...

[sonic inlet]

I think I made a pun yesterday too

So you get to live, we're even now

Why tf is the fourth stratum theme so good

[ashen barn]

Because it's azure rainforest

[sonic inlet]

I'll leave this game with like twenty more songs in my playlist

[ashen barn]

I backtrack for the scarf

6 blue flowers
6 purple flowers
3 sapphire
3 dolomite

For shop lv4

Btw gathering 4th stratum is pinch berries and sitrus

And lum

Medica 4 is max potion, 5 is full restore, both unlocked

[sonic inlet]

Got the specs

Now, do I give them to wailord... or xatu

Ig xatu can have scarf to make up for his shitty speed

[ashen barn]

Idk, I go fight a Kabutops that wondered in the 1st stratum

[ashen barn]

Winged boots?

[sonic inlet]

It's on breloom

[ashen barn]

Fair enough

Stantler caught

[sonic inlet]

And a band to relicanth

[ashen barn]

Ok so

Found the rogue Kabutops

Lv75

LO heat wave oneshots

Do I go search for the Chansey

[sonic inlet]

Fucking fraud, tells me he beat the third captain with only bug mons

Brother, you only have a yanmega and a dustox

Both got one shot by rock slide

Okay nevermind he sneaked in

[ashen barn]

Ok so

[sonic inlet]

Ok banded helping hand rock slide is just

Ridiculous

[ashen barn]

Doing the Chansey quest unlocks lv100 chanseys for training

6k a pop

But they only have meme

Memento

[sonic inlet]

Makes sense

I see that a lot in rom hacks

Aaaand I got protect

[ashen barn]

Easy to get mons high

[sonic inlet]

No that's probably with revival herb

[fading stratus]

That was definitely a plot

All the wood horn people stuff

And octopus head people

[ashen barn]

It's EO1 Untold

[sonic inlet]

Yeah, the plot is certainly getting interesting

[ashen barn]

[sonic inlet]

EO1 Untold with Kitt mixed in

[fading stratus]

Hope Aimee comes back as a octopus head or sth

[sonic inlet]

And Nyx ig, if she is a new character

[ashen barn]

The characters are new

[fading stratus]

This looked like straight out of anime stuff

[ashen barn]

But plot is very similar

[sonic inlet]

Except Olympia?

[ashen barn]

So I won't spoil stuff

[fading stratus]

Maybe even orcust

I can see the resemblance

[sonic inlet]

Galatea

[fading stratus]

This reminds me of something else but I can't put my finger on it

Some anime

[ashen barn]

Pirate island side quest is hard

It's a "don't get spotted"

[sonic inlet]

Metal gear?

[ashen barn]

Let's say that it is

I'm ass at this

WHY TF DOES IT LET ME PASS ONLY WHEN THE DUDE TURNS

[sonic inlet]

Found the dolomite mine

That is...

One very edgy boy

[ashen barn]

Timing and precise movement

The 2 things I'm awful at

[sonic inlet]

Okay, the thing just has 95 speed, 130 attack

And a 100 power move that lowers accuracy AND evasion

On the opponent

[fading stratus]

Vroken

[sonic inlet]

75 power poison move with 50% chance to badly poison too