Pokemon

[sonic inlet]

This is a shuckle

[golden lance]

battle bond

Bro what

[ashen barn]

It's not the only mon with that

[sonic inlet]

Probably lore thing

[ashen barn]

Mostly lore

[golden lance]

Ok taunt is fair enough but not every mon will have it

[ashen barn]

And I think this is the only thing that's fully original to PO

[sonic inlet]

Yggdreon

[ashen barn]

Alongside the story, it's deviating a bit

[sonic inlet]

Oh you mean like that

[ashen barn]

Yes

EO1U has a different take at this point

[golden lance]

ah yes, cyberse eevee

[ashen barn]

You can't say this isn't at least a bit cool

[golden lance]

It is pretty cool yea

Gives me 90s era shonen vibes

[sonic inlet]

Basically flareon if it was good

[ashen barn]

Or...2008 Etrian Odyssey 1

[golden lance]

Never played it so i'll take your word for it

[ashen barn]

The entire soundtrack is gba versions of Pokémon, Pokémon ranger Shadow of Almia, Etrian Odyssey, and Made in Abyss ost

[golden lance]

MiA

[ashen barn]

Yep

[golden lance]

What is the game about?

[ashen barn]

You become an adventurer, part of the guild...to explore the labyrinth.

Your sister is a skilled diver, and you get assigned 2 companions by her

The world is insanely vast and beautiful for being a firered romhack at its core

Just 1 stratum is easily twice the size of a town

With side quests, etrian forms, and more

And also...no gym leaders, no E4, no anything. You have the captains to beat in order to dive further and further

Fame? Fortune? Discovery? Recognition? What brings you to the labyrinth? I highly recommend the game, and it's not just because you can feel the magic of this world. It's just so perfect.

[sonic inlet]

Italian advertising Italian game

[normal cave]

I thought Final Fantasy VII was an Italian game

[golden lance]

How important to the plot is Kitt Tri-Brigade?

[sonic inlet]

So far, not much, but there's some weird things happening about her

[mighty storm]

WOAH

[fading stratus]

Kitt's cool

She's basically moral support

[outer eagle]

I never noticed that Chimecho has 2 tiny hands

[fading stratus]

Huh does it

[pseudo goblet]

https://tenor.com/view/team-rocket-team-rocket-pokemon-james-team-rocket-james-pokemon-コジロウロケット団chimeco-gif-25051732

https://tenor.com/view/pokemon-oh-no-scared-gif-17152839

Always had them

[fading stratus]

It also has similar tail so you never know if they're actually hands

Could just be anything

[pseudo goblet]

Btw finally getting back to hunting lol

[fading stratus]

[pseudo goblet]

I promised at least 10 this week, I try to make it happen lol

56th after a week

Nothing

[fading stratus]

60th is the charm

[pseudo goblet]

https://tenor.com/view/baylor-baste-turkey-gif-20959414

57th

nothing

[pseudo goblet]

58th

nothing

[sonic inlet]

@ashen barn

Very funny name for a signature move coming off of a plusle

[fading stratus]

Huh

How does pulse turn into a abyssal

[sonic inlet]

You should find out soon enough

But it doesn't actually turn into one

Also this mawile is tanky as shit

[fading stratus]

I'm in the teleporter of the 5th stratum so far

I need to backtrack and get items

[sonic inlet]

Yeah you're not far

[ashen barn]

I will send you to the highway to hell

[sonic inlet]

This thing one shot a dragonite btw

[ashen barn]

Zinnia's nite?

[sonic inlet]

Outrage put it at 50%

[sonic inlet]

Olympia's

[pseudo goblet]

59th

[ashen barn]

Oh, you're ahead of me

[sonic inlet]

Not by much, but yeah

[fading stratus]

Is there any good sand rush mons

[sonic inlet]

You two are very close to the power ups

Uh... sandslash

[ashen barn]

Sandslash and gliscor

[sonic inlet]

And gliscor

Yeah

[ashen barn]

Which are...yeah

[fading stratus]

So nothing

[pseudo goblet]

still nothing

tf

[ashen barn]

Slash is mini exca

But 110 atk

[fading stratus]

I'll just use t tar as a goodstuff mon

Since I already have aggron and Flygon anyway

[ashen barn]

Yeah

This is my team rn, I'm still torn on moon

It doesn't work with the rest of the team that much

It's more of a surgeon knife against dragons

[fading stratus]

intimidate is good

d dance is good

[ashen barn]

Top also has inti

With cc and sucker punch + fake out and helping hand

[fading stratus]

my fighting type of choice is still breloom

they made poison a lot better

[sonic inlet]

No fairy after all

[ashen barn]

My issue with loom is speed

[sonic inlet]

I have tusk now so I just use it as my fighting mon

Earthquake go brrrr

[ashen barn]

Jolly max speed is still slow

[ashen barn]

I have a quad weak mon to eq

And basically nothing tanks it

[fading stratus]

what type is neenaytales

[ashen barn]

Electric fire

[fading stratus]

I should retire noctowl actually

[ashen barn]

The plan for eq is double targeted fire off specs beam and heat wave

[fading stratus]

it hasnt done enough damage as I'd like it to

even with tinted lens stuff

[ashen barn]

I'm surprised it lasted this long

Being a hypnowl you find floor 2 of EO2

[fading stratus]

the idea basically was heat wave spam good

but it did like less than 50% to i forgot what mon that it was super eff on

[sonic inlet]

And at least, I can confirm plusle's crazy

[ashen barn]

Support goes stupid?

[sonic inlet]

Should you need something to swap with moon

[sonic inlet]

Yeah

[fading stratus]

support in general is broken in doubles

[sonic inlet]

The thing definitely has 4 move syndrome

[ashen barn]

I'd rather not have the 5th mon that dies to EQ

[sonic inlet]

Iirc it's neutral

[ashen barn]

What type is it again?

[sonic inlet]

Electric aether

[ashen barn]

So it's weak

[fading stratus]

omg its xatu

[sonic inlet]

Aether resists ground

[ashen barn]

Wait

Ok. This might go instead of weavile

Although weavile is a very good mon

[fading stratus]

are you still on banded fake out

[sonic inlet]

It's just weak to dark and poison

[ashen barn]

Also, I really don't like having multiple same type

[sonic inlet]

Neither do I

[ashen barn]

The exception is typhlosion and ninetails because you know

[sonic inlet]

But there's a lot of aether mons, so... bleh

[ashen barn]

Stab scarf sun eruptions

[ashen barn]

Which is...an issue

[sonic inlet]

At least it's not getting sucker punched

[fading stratus]

whats marowak's abilities again

except adapt

[sonic inlet]

Sand rush

[fading stratus]

do I make a rain team

[ashen barn]

Rain is decent

[pseudo goblet]

Time to test if you re a psychic

Nope

[fading stratus]

politoed the goat here I come

[sonic inlet]

Wailord better

[pseudo goblet]

Ones in the vgc tho

[fading stratus]

this different game smh zane

wailord has a reg form

[pseudo goblet]

Ik lol

[pseudo goblet]

A blimp?

[fading stratus]

its water ice

[pseudo goblet]

Ice breaker ship whale??

[sonic inlet]

It's a monster from etrian odyssey

[ashen barn]

It's Oceanmaster Ketos from EO3

[fading stratus]

I'll rework my team tomorrow

[ashen barn]

There's also peli with drizzle

And swift swim pert

[fading stratus]

Peli doesn't have anything that makes it good tho

Ie tailwind

[ashen barn]

It gets knock, hurricane, scald and iirc weather ball

[fading stratus]

Where's the lab where I can get ev editor

[sonic inlet]

Talrega

[ashen barn]

Left of the talrega hub

[sonic inlet]

The very first house

[ashen barn]

Going down to the beach

After the krabby house

[fading stratus]

thanke

Goated fight btw

[normal cave]

https://tenor.com/view/harden-gif-18584956

[fading stratus]

do I do physical or special kingdra

it gets d dance but outrage is so bad

[sonic inlet]

Probably special

Do we have draco meteor

[fading stratus]

nope

[sonic inlet]

Shame

Grass gets leaf storm while aether gets meteor

But dragons couldn't get it

[fading stratus]

now I need to catch a lotad

and probably anorith

wishcash looks funny tho maybe will use that

[normal cave]

Why?

No fairy types

[fading stratus]

outrage is random targetting

also confusion

[normal cave]

Ohh

Random targeting sucks yeah

Just go surf/dpulse

[fading stratus]

also cant switch up your moves

there's no surf

muddy water

[normal cave]

Muddy water dpulse and pretend it's a kyogre

[fading stratus]

Lol shiny

[pseudo goblet]

https://tenor.com/view/pokemon-cubone-osselait-tragosso-happy-gif-5929806723117501490

[fading stratus]

if I get minun/plusle mega early then I could spam thunder in rain

[sonic inlet]

It's right after beating the next boss you're about to face

[fading stratus]

aight my new team will be good for the next boss

[sonic inlet]

[fading stratus]

what 2 mons to put

Politoed
Ludicolo
Kingdra
Armaldo

[normal cave]

Poli Kingdra is a classic

You perish song whirlpool them turn 1

[ashen barn]

Just realized

Abyss star makes rock slide accurate

Hello Tlachtga

[sonic inlet]

And I sure needed that

Leaf storm too

[ashen barn]

Just realized that with this, you can 60% lullaby

[sonic inlet]

[ashen barn]

Meanwhile, training the team to get to 60

Aggron, etc

Might sub moon for aerodactyl

I know it sounds insane

[ashen barn]

You weren't joking with the "4 moveslot syndrome"

[sonic inlet]

Literally every support move under the sun

[sonic inlet]

Tbf aero is kinda good, too

[ashen barn]

Ig vs Olympia I go firepower

[ashen barn]

Btw 80% accurate thunder

I'd put it in if it wasn't for my sun team

[normal cave]

Incineroar would be so proud

[sonic inlet]

Wasn’t hard

Her mawile is super cool

[ashen barn]

Ok so

I may not even use the goober but for a couple battles

Until everything stops dying to scarf sun eruptions

Ok, banded knock off didn't ohko relicanth

So I had 2 more deaths than necessary on Olympia

Let's do 4 more than necessary

Ethan was easy

Sun scarf eruption with helping hand
Does anything survive?

Ig this omastar

[sonic inlet]

Forgot the game has gorochu lmao

Actual jumpscare

Ah, come on

Fake out into spore

Ethan was indeed easy

Though his Kecleon kept using sucker punch on my plusle

[spice rivet]

@fading stratus

[normal cave]

[fading stratus]

Team so far
I beat the green goblin how long til I fight Olympia

[normal cave]

7.8/10 too much water

[fading stratus]

3 water is probs fine

I might try scarf wailord tho

since it gets sprout

[sonic inlet]

Banded relicanth is pretty good

Though for that I ended up swapping it for aerodactyl later on

[fading stratus]

how long til I fight olympia btw

will do it tomorrow now

this much for today

[sonic inlet]

Did you find Kitt yet

[fading stratus]

yes

she sus

havent played after that

I wouldnt be surprised if kitt is a villain

[sonic inlet]

I hope not

She precious

But yeah you fight a couple of fodder

[warm sky]

Kitt is too based to be evil

Girl has drip

[fading stratus]

she;s french or italian whatever it was

[sonic inlet]

Then you reach the boss

[fading stratus]

she was born evil

[sonic inlet]

Yeah she speaks italian

Though that's probably just an act

Everytime she starts crying she just speaks english

[fading stratus]

well rocky speaks italian too

so

[sonic inlet]

Probably learned from him

Since they aren't actually siblings

[fading stratus]

oh aren't they

[sonic inlet]

Rocky explains after you beat them

He found her once and she started treating him like a brother

[fading stratus]

I probs just forgot

oh yeah I think he says something similar

[ashen barn]

6th stratum explained

and reached

[sonic inlet]

[fading stratus]

idk if its copy from etrian odyssey but props to the creator for making each stratum unique tho

[sonic inlet]

I haven't even fought the captain

[ashen barn]

captain isn't too hard

[sonic inlet]

I've been disliking having 2 electric/aether mons on the team

Especially since Yggdreon is also aether

[ashen barn]

I've been disliking plusle

[sonic inlet]

So I've also been seeing once again who to replace

[sonic inlet]

I like him

Eats a lot of hits

[ashen barn]

ok so

shadow tag is pre gen 6

SO EVERYTHING IS TRAPPED

[fading stratus]

yeah but ai doesnt switch anyway

[ashen barn]

OK BUT I'D LIKE TO SWAP AFTER NOT HAVING SCARF ERUPTIONS

[sonic inlet]

Why tf are there so many part aether mons

I'd love not to die to sucker punch

[ashen barn]

OH MY GOD

LET ME REACH THE CRYSTAL

finally

[ashen barn]

Ok, so...sixth stratum so far has been very smooth sailing besides ice puzzles

Like in the original EO, the story ramps up after a while

(mainly because I did every single quest I found and already did side quests and exploration)

[ashen barn]

Oh, absol is probably the hardest counter to any aether thing ever

[sonic inlet]

And my team has 3 mons weak to sucker punch rn

[ashen barn]

At least the ice can be crossed at any point of the day and not night only like EO2

[sonic inlet]

Though I have moon and tusk

Who resist it

[ashen barn]

I went back to top

Intimidate and fake out and sucker and helping hand

It's the combination of traits, stats and movepool

[ashen barn]

Surprisingly, they gave ice a dark resist

[sonic inlet]

Probably bc ice sucks defensively

[ashen barn]

Ice resists psychic and dark

[ashen barn]

Btw I just noticed how perfectly placed typhlosion is exactly

Special attacker so no intimidate
Ghost so no fake out
White smoke so no dropping stats
And fire so no frostbite

[ashen barn]

Almost at the end of the 6th stratum

And once again MiA music

Ok, last fight of the 6th stratum done. Surprisingly easy.

@fading stratus @sonic inlet I'll wait for you at part 4 - final boundary.

[pseudo goblet]

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『オレはおまえのパパじゃない！』(9/9)

vxTwitter / fixvx · Jun 20, 2025, 12:24 PM

Wouldve ping Bruial if werent the fact language I cant fully read myself, also Greedent wtf

[sonic inlet]

Already?!

Wtf

[ashen barn]

Story goes fast

[sonic inlet]

Fair, but still

You're like over a stratum ahead of me

[normal cave]

I need this translated

So, so badly

[ashen barn]

I completed 6th

[normal cave]

Also I can only see 3 pannels

[pseudo goblet]

Click the link for the rest lmao

[ashen barn]

I'll be waiting for you to descend past the final boundary

[sonic inlet]

Exactly

[normal cave]

No Twitter

[ashen barn]

I really recommend a fire spread for 6th stratum

And to watch out for the sleipnirs aka rapidashes

As they all have flash fire

[sonic inlet]

Best I have is heat wave

Ok, EQ

[ashen barn]

Also shout out to hitmontop onetapping ttar and 2-shotting snorlax

Past a curse

[pseudo goblet]

Damn, wouldnt wanna spam images myself

Uh

[normal cave]

Dm me

[pseudo goblet]

Spamming 8 links

[normal cave]

There might be a way to translate pictures

[fading stratus]

WHAT THE FUCK IS A GOROCHU AND WHY IS IT SO UGLY

[normal cave]

Dm me

[ashen barn]

Raichu evo

[normal cave]

Zane you don't understand, this is my favorite Pokemon ship

I

Need

This

[pseudo goblet]

Lol, Bruial pulled me away from doing something worth and stupid

Fine Dm it is

[normal cave]

Wh

Doing what?

[fading stratus]

My fav pokemon ship is S.S. Anne

[pseudo goblet]

Spam 8 links

[normal cave]

What did I pull you away from

Ah

Yeah just DM to not clutter the chat

[pseudo goblet]

As if that aint what I do sometime lol

Side tour, ofc the artist did a Typhlosion art in latest lol

[fading stratus]

man LO kingdra is so vroken

helping hand muddy water kills everything that doesnt resist

[pseudo goblet]

Oh fuck I just realized I ping the last part and not the first

[ashen barn]

Final team before the descent

Pegasus, hitmontop for intimidate, fake out and helping hand. Name from the Greek mythological beast and also Beyblade.

Hestia, goddess of the hearth, home and fire. Scarf eruptions.

Kyubi no Kitsune, or nine-tailed fox, from the Divine Judge FOE. Sun setter, willo spam, heat wave and spread electric + switch move.

Wyvern, levitate rock dragon, from EO1. Fast rock slides, bulldoze, u turn, anti dragon.

Venus, from the goddess of love and...the plant venus flytrap. Specs Chlorophyll sweeper.

Ninja, from the EO class, fake out, knock off, fast ice stabs.

[fading stratus]

man ludi feels so bad

i might remove it outright

only good thing about rain feels like lo kingdra

every other mon feels underwhelming

except poli ig it tanks hits and helping hands

[ashen barn]

Try thunders and water boosting moves

No need for many swift swimmers

Also

[pseudo goblet]

Beyblade mentioned 👀

[ashen barn]

You can get pelipper and swift swim pert

With eq

[pseudo goblet]

@normal cave are you able to click pixiv? Apparently they had post in full with their other three comic and I couldve done that https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/131777478

I should warn uh, do be careful in pixiv…

[ashen barn]

Ok. Saw captain team for stratum 7

I'm also training Harbinger the dark poison absol

7th stratum should be reasonable fodder for a dark type

Leader doesn't have a single mon neutral to dark except absol

Ig poison also works reasonably well

[fading stratus]

I'll try more mons tomorrow

Kingdra is good enough as main attacker idt I need pert

But eq is funny ig

I'll try

[ashen barn]

Where are you?

[fading stratus]

I beat the 2

[ashen barn]

Stratum

[pseudo goblet]

Forget about the meta and embrace the ‘bad’ moves Bolt lol

[ashen barn]

I think I'm the one who's ahead

[fading stratus]

I'm in underground city rn just beat the 2

[ashen barn]

Oh

So you are there

[fading stratus]

Indeed

I'll descend to the sixth stratum tomorrow

[ashen barn]

Tidal is stratum 6 iirc

I'm instead at end of 6

[fading stratus]

I'm busy for a few days so I probably won't play a lot this week

[fading stratus]

The whole team is bad Zane

[pseudo goblet]

Exam again?

[fading stratus]

Kinda like exams ig but noone cares about these
I just want to get the minimum passing grade
It's more of practice

Which is like 16 in 40

[normal cave]

Oh yeah I can use Pixiv

[normal cave]

Yes I know what Pixiv is

[fading stratus]

pixiv is one of the sites of all time

[spice rivet]

https://youtu.be/ovth15IElF4?si=Rpq6LOG6Q7uyOsIl

[pseudo goblet]

Mean Look for me

[normal cave]

It's a hive of AI and more AI. With a few sprinkled sus pics.

[pseudo goblet]

Trained myself to look mean, now it backfired and coworkers literally said to bosses that they re scared of me lol

[normal cave]

How

You're adorable

[pseudo goblet]

Then again, who doesnt look mean when they re stress

[normal cave]

I saw your selfie and you're a cutie

[fading stratus]

few?

lmao

[pseudo goblet]

Exactly lol

[pseudo goblet]

You’d be disappointed meeting me irl lol

[normal cave]

Most of the sus pics are AI nowadays so I don't count those

Site is barely even usable from all the AI slop

[pseudo goblet]

And also I did hit things during this

[normal cave]

Angy boi. Need a sammich and a few days of sleep.

[pseudo goblet]

That just is how I leak/relief my frustration, now the higher ups warn me not do hit stuff or get the red card

Jokes on them now I hit my own palm, my hand aint work property

I literally try my best NOT to shout or be unfair to the others, they re not the one Im angy at, its the work

[normal cave]

Zane

You need to find a safer outlet

[pseudo goblet]

Probably lol

[pseudo goblet]

Rarely ever broke the stuff btw, Im too weak for that

[normal cave]

Safe for yourself mostly

You're ruining your own body

[pseudo goblet]

As if I aint doing that already in so many ways lol

Able to save myself a bit out of being old physically, trying to fix some of my habits

[pseudo goblet]

||At least it weren’t as bad as me banging my head against schools washroom tile wall, DONT WORRY I dont do that anymore, I do with tables tho||

||elementary btw||

[normal cave]

Stop

Dude you're hurting yourself

[pseudo goblet]

Again, school FUCKING SUCKS

[normal cave]

Your life, body and mind, are the most important things you have

[pseudo goblet]

I have records of me unable to take good care of my things lol

My cactus has proven that

https://tenor.com/view/pokemon-pokémon-illustration-painting-anime-gif-18417205089574485033

[normal cave]

You're a novice in a hobby. Mistakes are bound to happen.

[pseudo goblet]

Kinda wanna bestow my late Sunstone’s name to my Shiny Cacnea/if I ever found a Shiny Maractus

https://x.com/quikyu_art/status/1936290070299914478?s=46&t=q-1AmjVFLGCcEVWLfARPPw

quikyu (@quikyu_art)

Oops.
#pokemon

X · Jun 21, 2025, 5:08 AM

[normal cave]

Nah the kid is fine, they got hit by worse

Pokemon world humans are built different

[pseudo goblet]

Guess again lol https://x.com/quikyu_art/status/1936290077334016497?s=46&t=q-1AmjVFLGCcEVWLfARPPw

quikyu (@quikyu_art)

X · Jun 21, 2025, 5:08 AM

[fading stratus]

[spice rivet]

Honestly, it feels like EVERY site for hosting art has like died. The sloppification of the internet is tragic

[normal cave]

Many have

[ashen barn]

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F5tlu_qhEeiU%2Fmaxresdefault.jpg&f=1&ipt=4128c0b6942ea0d6739e100a5f30ded7be3fb301ed8c94a5b047829ed5e0caa4

EO3 story and stratum 7, porcelain forest, is stratum 5

EO1U and EO3 elements

I'll be waiting for you guys here, for the final dive.

[sonic inlet]

[fading stratus]

Huh is stratum 7 the end?

[sonic inlet]

Nah, 8

And then there's a good amount of post game iirc

[ashen barn]

[pseudo goblet]

https://x.com/startboii1/status/1936818663459291454?s=46&t=q-1AmjVFLGCcEVWLfARPPw

Startboii (COMMS OPEN) (@Startboii1)

Rillaboom Bananza! 🍌🍌🍌

X · Jun 22, 2025, 4:08 PM

@fading stratus @spice rivet

[fading stratus]

monke

[pseudo goblet]

Monke even becomes giant

[fading stratus]

https://tenor.com/view/rillaboom-drumming-pokemon-leon-gif-27454385

he pulls the drum from his ass

[pseudo goblet]

Still funny its Leon’s one of if not Top winrate mon

[fading stratus]

its a good mon

its OU in singles as well

and vroken in vg too

[pseudo goblet]

Or second most common seeing him using, it took 3 of Ash’s mon to take it down

[fading stratus]

I forgot how that fight went

[pseudo goblet]

I think taken down Dnite and Sirfetch, then Dracovish takes the kill

Only for Draco down by Cinderace

… Idr how often They used Fishous Rend after the debut of it using it…

[normal cave]

How does a dnite lose to rilla

Industry plant champion

[fading stratus]

animu logic vro

[normal cave]

Industry plant

Leon sucks

[pseudo goblet]

Dragapult Dragon tail, tripping Ash by both sides mon switching a lot

Dnite already kinda damaged going after Rilla

[normal cave]

Ah

Still an industry plant champ

[pseudo goblet]

https://tenor.com/view/dragapult-pokemon-gif-27380998

kinda feel bad for the lil darts getting Dnite Draco Meteor

[normal cave]

[pseudo goblet]

Let me just say, wtf is this edit, blegh https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Keu4YwEr41k

[fading stratus]

Bro really said kage bushin no jutsu

Then went on to do muda muda muda muda

[warm sky]

https://twitter.com/JMOdriVGC/status/1936392634865447285?t=_8SlhGlAkbTqm1J6ecg-Ew&s=19

@pseudo goblet

JMOdri (@JMOdriVGC)

Switch 2 is so broken for shiny hunt lol

X · Jun 21, 2025, 11:55 AM

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I can imagine Zane drooling over this

[sonic inlet]

Okay, yeah

That captain really was easy

But then again they switched in ampharos and raikou into a great tusk about to use earthquake

[pseudo goblet]

Seen lol

Its the spot too

[pseudo goblet]

Was Naruto before or after Pokemon lmao

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Pokémon by a year iirc

[ashen barn]

Nice

[sonic inlet]

Ffs if Kitt gets herself into trouble one more time

[ashen barn]

I won't spoil

Thanks auto correct

[sonic inlet]

Captain fight time again

And... my team is awful into hail

Okay only froslass has blizzard

Well, Jynx too ig, but she died right away

wtf

[ashen barn]

And I go work

[sonic inlet]

She's got the banger theme, then

But not like this

[ashen barn]

It'll be a good 4 hours before I can play again

[sonic inlet]

I'll just stop where you're at

[ashen barn]

Did you enjoy your brainwashing fest?

[sonic inlet]

Shut up

[ashen barn]

[sonic inlet]

Btw, the game has a true ending later on

You need to finish all side quests and catch regigigas

[ashen barn]

As EO3

thus I am working on it since the start

Btw look forward to seeing the regis

They're sick, one is also a dear one to 10 y.o. me that spent 6 days trying to get its conditional drop

(back then there were no guides on how to oneshot the thing, turns out you had to instakill it with a move unique to the ronin...after lowering its stats 3 times)

[sonic inlet]

I really like regice

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Fuck I shouldn't have clicked

[ashen barn]

[sonic inlet]

I tried

[ashen barn]

Curiosity killed the cat Bolt

[pseudo goblet]

Happens often huh

Stayed frozen in DA for three whole fights 💀

And these fucking goes for at least 3 turns usually

IF I COULD MOVE

The NPCs Literally carried the run for this long, deathless so far

MOVE DAMN IT

@spice rivet NPC only run, wtf

And we re bloody winning- oh cool first death just now

Not a single move was used

Okay Lunala killed Tentacruelc that should finally thaw the ice, finally

And the run failed anyway lol

Good way to start

[spice rivet]

Oof

[pseudo goblet]

Huh, Relicanth gets Scale Shot

Seadra is weirdly pretty good in this, Scald Dragon Pulse and Substitute

I had the chance to use eviolite If werent for this Drapion Im gonna use

61st Lunala

Nope

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62nd the charm

[pseudo goblet]

Huh, even with Quick Claw, Prankster Taunt and Baby doll eyes still goes first, interesting

[outer eagle]

Quick Claw just gives your move +1 priority if it proccs

If the Prankster mon has a higher Speed then its Prankster boosted moves would still go first

[pseudo goblet]

Finally, after a fail run, 62nd

Really need to remember restock on balls after this lmao

Nada

[pseudo goblet]

Forgot to ask while you re here, so the concern with reset the game if no shiny to save the route was punished by no Dynite Ore gain, if I have a ton of the ore, I basically allow to save the route for a few runs, then Im back to random route each run to gain back the ore

Am I wrong in this math

Or are there other punishment in resetting?

[spice rivet]

No, youre correct

Idk what the actual # of the Ore penalty is though

I think it starts at 3, but increases from there

[spice rivet]

Ok, looked it up. Starts at 3, goes up to 10

[pseudo goblet]

540 ish ores, 54 ish runs before finding another route save

[spice rivet]

I think Im at around 750 ore rn, but I have so few resources in my Sword save file I do actually use the Ore to buy exp candies on occasion.

[pseudo goblet]

Lunala choke in the last hit using Magic Coat, 63rd secure

Still nothing

[pseudo goblet]

64th

Nothing

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Do upto 70 today

Then sleep

[pseudo goblet]

… I may have found my route

Nidoqueen at start, girl pretty much guarantees win, Kangaskhan, Shiinotic and then Haunter, all decent mon against Lunala

I just need to reset the game if no shiny

Then I can save it for future runs until Shiny/I ran out of ore due to penalty

[outer eagle]

I don't even remember the last time i did the Regi questline in ORAS. Kinda nostalgic.

[pseudo goblet]

65th

10 mins record

Nothing, now lets see if the route is saved

Nidoqueen and the route mons stjll there!

55 ish runs with this route, lets hope next shiny is Lunala or else I will have to find another

[pseudo goblet]

Btw too bad switch is dying lol

66th

Nothing

Oh god I forgot to collect Wolfey’s inci gift and the flutter Mane

[fading stratus]

bro..........

[pseudo goblet]

Its fine

[normal cave]

[young river]

Time for the level grind

[viral ingot]

[young river]

You can get hourglasses by watching Twitch streamers

https://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-news/tune-in-on-twitch-get-pokemon-tcg-pocket-hourglasses-to-celebrate-eevee-grove?utm_source=website&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=a3bdrops

[mighty storm]

ok it's early in the day so I can still go to locals

[pseudo goblet]

https://x.com/petopeto_toro/status/1937153725698818064?s=46&t=q-1AmjVFLGCcEVWLfARPPw

ペトペト🐥 (@petopeto_toro)

X · Jun 23, 2025, 2:20 PM

[pseudo goblet]

[spice rivet]

Also, imagine saying "Git gud" to Wolfe Glicke 😂

[fading stratus]

But yeah

Smeargle is probably the most hated Mon period

It's such a bullshit Mon

Even now if it gets moody speed boost it out speeds most restricted and can spore

[normal cave]

Always taunt the smeargle

Or kill it

Mon is annoying ye

[fading stratus]

If champions is early I wonder if next worlds will have megas

[pseudo goblet]

The current route does have Kangaskhan

Second best prize

Shiinotic for cool shiny, I could either keep the Haunter as is or evolve it to replace the one I got from twitch

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Get a zard btw

Zard might unrionically be the best mega rn

Because most are outdated

And zard benefits from sun being buffed this gen

It's slow speed is manageable because flutter gets icy wind

[warm sky]

Looks like someone is unprepared for Perish Trap Mega Gengar by Wolfe

[pseudo goblet]

Already did, a Charmander anyway

Huh, DA save route method kinda loses a sense of surprise by eliminating the chance of random mon that could be shiny

Also guarantees I dont find a shiny starter for the bet

Unless next routes I’d save has them

[pseudo goblet]

Before or after Mega Z

[ashen barn]

This bitch decided, after 30 minutes of struggle and running out of every PP, to self-destruct via struggle spam

You know, simply amazing

Luckily I saved before engaging

Because this is premium bs

[normal cave]

The Regi experience

They are mega ass to catch

[ashen barn]

Actual 0% catch rate

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And they are really shit mons too

Rarely ever worth

[ashen barn]

Unfortunately required for the true ending

[normal cave]

Dust collectors in the pc

[ashen barn]

I need a mon with sleep

And just spam it

Bringing it to 1 hp isn't the issue

The issue is everything else

[normal cave]

Young me hated catching the regis

[ashen barn]

I can reliably send the regis to - 6 atk and outheal them

[normal cave]

You go through so much to solve their puzzles only to get little shits that refuse to stay in the ball

[ashen barn]

The problem is that they won't enter a ball for life

I'm losing it

2nd time it pp stalls itself

This is 1hp

Know what

I'm bringing a spore mon

Unless it enters now

Tfw 3 wobbles into no catch

2nd time

[fading stratus]

Well we don't know how good the ZA legendaries are

Mega Zygarde if it exists better be good

Atleast be usable idk

[ashen barn]

It pp stalled itself to death twice

Ok, guy has clear body now, the other ability

So this just became harder

Can't even sucker punch it because every regi is part aether
Weak to dark

Slept, red hp, wakes up in 1 turn and crit kills spore user

At least they don't have self destruct, it's already gen 3 catch rate

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Oh Regis are in seventh?

[ashen barn]

Not there

You just go around the strata

Regirock is 2nd stratum

As I locate the others, I will disclose locations

Rock is 2nd stratum, after base camp, straight down

Now to catch those things

FINALLY

Every location has this formation

You should be past like 6th stratum to unlock them

Regice is in Arundel Woods

Ok regice is way way harder

You can't drop her special attack

And she has calm mind

[normal cave]

Just do the ol' quick ball soft reset strat

[ashen barn]

There are no quick balls

1 ball anyway babyyyy

[normal cave]

LESGOOOOO

[ashen barn]

Ok so
2 done
Now for the final one...I swear I had seen it somewhere

Back in EO1, golem was in 1st stratum

[sonic inlet]

Idt a regirock would be in a forest

It's probably in golgonda

[ashen barn]

Registeel

Rock is in Golgonda
Ice in Arundel Woods

[ashen barn]

Btw I remembered Jagged Mountain music
It's from Golden Sun

[sonic inlet]

Ah

Apparently Kitt's theme is from there too

Or inspired

[ashen barn]

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=kgVuQg-ZNiE

[sonic inlet]

Oh yeah, does the stele after the first one in the jagged mountain ever lead to anything

The guy just stayed there to work on it

[ashen barn]

The other one leads to the faraway cave

[sonic inlet]

Hmm

[ashen barn]

Ok, yeah I found the locations

Registeel is in Auburn thicket

I knew it had to be near to the start

And in a hidden location

Because EO1 had the golem has the optional boss of a side quest

Auburn Thicket in Gorenil

[sand forge]

What a beauty

[ashen barn]

Golem is still a bitch, even in PO

Not because it's hard

BUT BECAUSE OF ITS CATCH/DROP RATE

Drop rate in EO1 had it with a 0.1% to drop the item you needed from an instakill (with around 0.005% to connect)

Now, it's just regi catch rate

I used 13 spores

Red hp

Still doesn't even wobble once

Absolute cinema

After 2 timer balls, 67 ultra balls and a lot of rage, it's catched

[fading stratus]

Where is the flower swap into ball guy again

I forgot

I remember meeting him just where I forgot

[ashen barn]

Talrega guild

Apparently you can't unlock regigigas until after the end of the story

So, for the regis:

• Rock: 2nd stratum, after base camp, straight down until a narrow passage, then on the right at the end of said passage.

• Ice: Arundel woods, right at the entrance

• Steel: Auburn Thicket, go up, then all right trying to go down.

Gigas should be cave of ages

Btw 7th stratum is sick, 3rd floor is insanely fun

dodge the hidden teleport tiles

[sonic inlet]

Sadly might only be able to reach the 7th stratum later today

And then get the regi trio

[fading stratus]

I'll start playing again after like friday

so y'all will probs finish the game before me

[last musk]

Today I found out my pokemon binder full of random cards i like is actually worth a little bit

Thanks to the radiant collection bundle I bought for like £20

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how much do you think is the whole binder worth

[last musk]

If i had to guess like £400?

[fading stratus]

thats not bad for some random cards probably

[ashen barn]

Got past Porcelain Cave. Cutscene galore, but also...yeah, gut punches.

You said Olympia is the best? Wait until you meet Athena.

[sonic inlet]

What, are there more Yggdroids?

Also, Kitt is the best

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You're the best

[sonic inlet]

[ashen barn]

You will see

[sonic inlet]

Indeed I will

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https://fixupx.com/playpokemon/status/1937169103124345051

Play Pokémon (@playpokemon)

Get ready for a new season of MEGA proportions! Information regarding the 2026 Championship Series is now live 🔥

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FixupX · Jun 23, 2025, 3:21 PM

this vid has awfully lot of megas here

for 2026 season announcement

wonder why

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https://x.com/jawako59/status/1937048235916525959?s=46&t=q-1AmjVFLGCcEVWLfARPPw

じゃわこ（コダック・ゲーム垢） (@jawako59)

白雪姫と七匹のアヒル👸🐥

X · Jun 23, 2025, 7:21 AM

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🦆

[pseudo goblet]

67th Lunala, please end by todays first encounter

Nope

Oh cool, the penalty only starts after like 3 resets

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70th the charm

Trust

[pseudo goblet]

Already past 68 btw

https://x.com/quikyu_art/status/1937229962211393786?s=46&t=q-1AmjVFLGCcEVWLfARPPw

quikyu (@quikyu_art)

The Treasures of Ruin
#pokemon

X · Jun 23, 2025, 7:23 PM

It would be sin to not mention we passed 69th

Also I might have forgot to reset…

Yup… guess Im back to route hunting

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these look familiar

whats the reference

[outer eagle]

any reason to say wo-chien is a female? the other 3 i can see

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They wanted to make 50/50 proportions

[ashen barn]

@fading stratus @sonic inlet Idk if you're interested, but Paco released the Soundfont for every single ost in game

https://on.soundcloud.com/Uk0U9lgZKexWDOghV6

Also likely to get 1 more bug fix patch

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The music was pretty good

[sonic inlet]

Ye I saw

Pretty nice

[ashen barn]

I mean

It's EO, Pokémon ranger shadow of almia, and Golden Sun

[sonic inlet]

He also had a spotify playlist

[ashen barn]

All merged together

sometimes, having a sound-based memory helps

[fading stratus]

I have no idea what EO soundtrack was like

Never played the game

[ashen barn]

Oh, did you listen to the battle theme? That's EO

Even end of battle

And most of the strata have EO music

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Ah

[void herald]

the trainer battle theme is storm from eo4
peak

i may need to play this

[fading stratus]

It's a pretty fun game

[ashen barn]

Yep

EO4 is not among my favorites, and in general the 3ds titles weren't among my favorites

They kind of lost that early magic imo

But still, these were fun titles

[ashen barn]

One is not like the others

[normal cave]

Each one is different

[pseudo goblet]

Pretty sure the list definitely has more members, just instead of fighting more like arguing

[normal cave]

One believed his father cared while he was being manipulated and used his whole life

The other two were abandoned, while one of the two has death to blame for the abandonment being permanent

[normal cave]

Lillie and her mom

[pseudo goblet]

Was referring Wally and Bianca but that works lmfao

Btw you could visit pets for a sec

https://vxtwitter.com/soulsilverart/status/1937307309132144678?s=46&t=q-1AmjVFLGCcEVWLfARPPw

SoulSilverArt (@soulsilverart)

Some of my favorite spreads from the Pokécology book.

I absolutely love that flying Metagross- so menacing.
I also love that Ultra-Beasts are in this book.
The good boi Druddigon wandering through the forest,and sleepin Sceptile. Hydriegon, Empoleon and Cetitan! https://t.co/7VQC0L5h7H

vxTwitter / fixvx · Jun 24, 2025, 12:30 AM

Was gonna post before I saw Sceptile there, also apparently Tadbulb can fly up that high

Flying lightbulbs swimming in thundercloun

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Megagross spins to fly like doduo trust

[pseudo goblet]

@daring pine New armorouge plamo

The knee actually bends 🎉

[daring pine]

Whoo

[pseudo goblet]

I am curious to what this Digi destined crest lookalike is suppose to be, joiner for the cannon maybe?

[spice rivet]

It looks like what attaches the shoulders pads to the shoulder maybe

[pseudo goblet]

Oh right Yozzoy collects Plamo too lol

… while I was worried this kit might basically show us what naked Armorouge would look like, why is there second pair of the cannon?

He ask when he knew this means they re different sizes

So people have to figure out where to keep the extra cannon, with the other accessory parts from the series lmao

Oh god my wallet

[pseudo goblet]

https://vxtwitter.com/porterillust/status/1937570994736013539?s=46&t=q-1AmjVFLGCcEVWLfARPPw

Porter 🔜 Rugz (@PorterIllust)

Guess who's back? 😉 Quag n Clod Rugs!!! 💙💜🤎

vxTwitter / fixvx · Jun 24, 2025, 5:58 PM

https://x.com/oocpokemon/status/1937556325560361088?s=46&t=q-1AmjVFLGCcEVWLfARPPw

Out of Context Pokémon (@OoCPokemon)

X · Jun 24, 2025, 5:00 PM

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Honestly I'd get em if they were here

@spice rivet goated team
https://youtu.be/bwxlrfQpD9E

[frosty ledge]

I know I can't pin everything clodsire related but you're making it hard here...

[fading stratus]

I mean you can

Not like we'll run out of pins here

[swift jasper]

if we do we make another thread and rename this to #clodsire

[normal cave]

https://tenor.com/view/pokemon-pokémon-clodsire-man-space-gif-6489546839835594821

[pseudo goblet]

This to me just says Im allow to ping Komi for Clodsire

https://tenor.com/view/clodsire-pokemon-cute-gif-8115872932821488297

[pseudo goblet]

I just need my subconscious to hopefully add it to the list

[pseudo goblet]

They probably go for 70 ish rm btw, the number there is for deposit

Probably more or less, depend on much work they put into this, probably like 90 if it has motorcycle mode

[fading stratus]

Ah

[warm sky]

https://twitter.com/zero_sickkkzs/status/1937214056630485365?t=r1mGw_45NZvdion5xP9Dxw&s=19

https://twitter.com/_1BRAD/status/1936802619097534553?t=ipkjyaScZdStbbqJlbxJaQ&s=19

zs (@zero_sickkkzs)

#ポケモンBW2発売13周年

X · Jun 23, 2025, 6:19 PM

빵어잉 (@_1BRAD)

#ポケモンBW2発売13周年

X · Jun 22, 2025, 3:05 PM

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Holy shit it's been 13 years since BW2???

NO WAY

[ashen barn]

I did NOT need a reminder that I'm an actual Helix fossil today

[pseudo goblet]

XY about 12 then lol

[fading stratus]

Mug is only sweet 60

That's young enough

[ashen barn]

Youth these days, I swear

[frosty ledge]

you have my permission but only if it's cute enough

[pseudo goblet]

so automatically most of them lol

[frosty ledge]

perhaps

[pseudo goblet]

Fuck it Imma talk about this moment for the ?? times, Really hope ZA/Gen 10 has Clodsire, I NEED to see this person reunite with it

https://youtu.be/BLfpD5_WpTA?si=zfGhRJiljB5wIzku

https://youtu.be/6VQJ1jJU-b8?si=kvW4ujb3eLlh2Ce3

[fading stratus]

I think you've posted this definitely non zero amount of times

[pseudo goblet]

3-4 maybe

ITS CUTE OKAY, EVERYTHING ABOUT THESE TWO VIDEO

[pseudo goblet]

Although I tried to find how many times exactly but history wouldnt show me

[pseudo goblet]

Btw she did very much in fact got the giant plushies, the envy Im feeling https://x.com/ninomaeinanis/status/1934199413582471445?s=46&t=q-1AmjVFLGCcEVWLfARPPw

Ninomae Ina'nis 🐙holoEN (@ninomaeinanis)

THE TOWER GROWSSSSS

X · Jun 15, 2025, 10:40 AM

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You should get the giant plush too

[pseudo goblet]

If Beyblade stop releasing random boosters

[fading stratus]

[pseudo goblet]

So far Im able to follow each monthly releases with some missing, also nevermind the rare prizes…

[fading stratus]

zane btw

catch shiny garde

[pseudo goblet]

Gardevoir?

Done

[fading stratus]

i realised garde gets expanding force

with 165 spa on mega

[slim birch]

Just packed these

[fading stratus]

[normal cave]

[pseudo goblet]

Im still missing Arceus EX, and Lillie immersive

[pseudo goblet]

Watch they remove it lol

[fading stratus]

I think megas will be legal this gen

Because the promotional video for next season showed too many megas

And they said " MEGA announcement for upcoming season" in the title

Will it be in SV or Champions only time will tell

[normal cave]

Mega Maw time

[fading stratus]

Eh not really as good

It falls off hard nowadays

It being a physical attacker is a very big detriment

Since you know incin is in 50% of teams rn

Even more than miraidon the Mon which was designed broken

[normal cave]

Fuck

Well, at least Mega Mence is broken, right?

[fading stratus]

It was broken

That was during non dynamic speed days

Who knows nowadays

It could be broken

It's a pretty good mon

But will depend on ZA megas

How good they are

[normal cave]

If we're talking ZA they have megas that potentially interest me there too, if the leaks are to be believed

[fading stratus]

last time megas were legal

[normal cave]

But it's my favorite

[fading stratus]

its defo usable

just not good

[normal cave]

I'm not skilled enough to use mid

[fading stratus]

you can use gardevoir expanding force spam

that's a huge buff for garde this gen

[normal cave]

Gardy Honse?

[fading stratus]

I think slowbro gets expanding force too

[fading stratus]

playing 3 psychic types in a team is throwing

[normal cave]

Sala Ogre seems more fun to me

Hurricane spam

[fading stratus]

so basically roaring moon balance

but with mence

[normal cave]

Something like that

[fading stratus]

this won the VR tour like 2 weeks ago

[normal cave]

Swordfish

[fading stratus]

Swordfish and Shieldfish are pretty decent

[normal cave]

Cool cool

Mega Ray gonna be any good?

Also, does this mean we get primals?

[fading stratus]

idt mega ray is good in all honestly

it feels mid nowadays

its got 115 speed

flutter has 135 speed

and flutter isnt even a pseudo
ray is a mega restricted

[normal cave]

I see

[fading stratus]

like the question will always be

[normal cave]

What non-ZA megas are actually good?

[fading stratus]

will you use ray over mirai or korai

[fading stratus]

zard

gengar has 130 speed but probably is good enough

[normal cave]

Which one?

[fading stratus]

Y

[normal cave]

Cool

Korai Zard Paradox goodstuff?

[fading stratus]

you probs dont play zard if you play korai

[normal cave]

Zard Flutter sounds like a fun lead

[fading stratus]

the advantage of zard over korai is switches happen before megas

[normal cave]

Ah

So what restricteds do you run?

Hmm

[fading stratus]

mirai

mirai flutter zard seems funny

[normal cave]

Flutter Zard is a fun lead.

[pseudo goblet]

Gotta find time to hunt it

[normal cave]

Can also run feesh to fucking nuke people

Sun boosted overheat is a drug

[fading stratus]

like this idk

you can probs go firepon over volc

but quiver dance is good too

[pseudo goblet]

… How many months since Lunala No. 1

[fading stratus]

like 4

might even be more

[normal cave]

Hmmm

Beedrill has 145 speed

And 150 atk

[fading stratus]

no it sucks

it dies to fake out

lmao

[normal cave]

Yeah it has 0 bulk

And can't run sash

[fading stratus]

136+ Atk Quark Drive Iron Hands Fake Out vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Beedrill-Mega: 124-147 (45.7 - 54.2%) -- 53.1% chance to 2HKO

taking 45% from a fake out is funny

not even stab

252+ Atk Quark Drive Iron Hands Fake Out vs. 252 HP / 252 Def Beedrill-Mega: 87-103 (26 - 30.8%) -- guaranteed 4HKO

it takes 30% even at max bulk

[pseudo goblet]

Holy fucking shit it IS 4 months

[fading stratus]

see I knew it was 4 months

[normal cave]

Hmmm, Mega Sceptile with Shed Tail?

[pseudo goblet]

Yes Yozzoy being shocked when he was giving me the access key is memorable to me lol

[fading stratus]

no

sceptile actuallly has a niche ig

its got lightningrod

and mirai is best mon

[pseudo goblet]

Christmas tree needs them electricity

[fading stratus]

the thing about most megas is the opportunity cost associated

which make em unusable

[pseudo goblet]

And thats without all the time I was stalling before going in

[normal cave]

Mega Sceptile is faster than Mirai

And threatens with dragon pulse

[pseudo goblet]

Eterna Beam was Dragon type move right