Bella Tries Her Hand at Curselockes | Pokémon Tectonic | Page 4

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 2:11 AM

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my kingdom for a kingambit

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 2:26 AM

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ampharos oneshot thank fuck (durant is crazy)

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and we're out! next is scilla

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i did forget that rend goes through dragon slayer but hey still not punished

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(in fairness to myself, I was aware that was a possiblity and planned around that)

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this is a picture of a team that is about to be introduced to flame spikes

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 3:05 AM

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I think this is the team I'm going in with

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Ferrothorn is my azumarill answer; we'll set Flame Spikes, swap, and leech tank. Durant is about as good an answer as any to Gallade. Whimsicott beats Kommo-o, but more importantly it blocks M. Aromatisse from Sweet Kissing it with Substitute and U-Turns when the sub drops so I can bring it in again safely. I really don't want this team to get Dizzied if possible! Rotom-Mow basically stops Floatzel -- if I had a Water Absorber I could completely negate its offense, but alas -- and Stoutland is a general panic out to any physical attacker I need it for, as well as a PP stall option on M. Aromatisse since it can't be Hexed. Urshifu is scary, of course, but between being burned and Banded I should be able to out it between my various physical tanks

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This sorta scares me, but realistically I one-tried it on Fixed Encounters only with a much worse team for this. We should be fine.

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(and if need be we'll sack Dromerupt)

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Azu down without a hitch!

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and there goes Kommo-o

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and M. Aromatisse is down! whimsicott was a great plan for this

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Floatzel thunder caged out

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gallade out and it's durant time

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god fuckin damnit I forgot Urshifu goes through protect and almost lost durant

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but only almost

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anyway it's banded so now it dies to ferrothorn

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and there we fucking go

vague peak Sep 3, 2025, 3:17 AM

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ez

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 3:17 AM

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it does help that you can just flame spike her lol

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she's much scarier without them up

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also, Urshifu get!

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I gotta say I got really lucky getting Ferrothorn here (well not really that lucky since I got three Alloyed Forest dupes, but you know what I mean)

vague peak Sep 3, 2025, 3:19 AM

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do we even care about Urshifu here

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 3:19 AM

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it might do stuff

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it's a sorta-fast hard-hitting sweeper that always crits

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(on wicked blow at least)

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scilla fight

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and Chara's team

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oh right, this is one of these fights

wide trail Sep 3, 2025, 3:24 AM

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flame spikin?

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 3:24 AM

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no uh

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SKILL LINK SKILL LINK FLEUR CANNON SKILL LINK

wide trail Sep 3, 2025, 3:24 AM

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aha

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 3:30 AM

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things that are annoying (albeit are fixed on dev iirc): the literal sword does not learn slay

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so here's the team I think

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well, after I fix Magearna's moveset

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I'mma be real with you: the actual gameplan is that cinccino fireworkses kingambit, which baits in urshifu, which dies to fleur cannon, which baits out atlacross since it no longer dies to fireworks, which dies to wind tunnel, and then we muddle through the rest

vague peak Sep 3, 2025, 3:38 AM

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mmm skill link

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 3:39 AM

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that being said, Donster is a solid out to Atlacross (and if it goes for Deep Breathing we can swap to Aegislash and finish it that way), Aegislash looks like an out to riojin, Volcarona stops Spiritomb from doing will-o-wisp hex bullshit, terrakion swaps in on dark moves and heart of justices into KOs

vague peak Sep 3, 2025, 3:39 AM

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cinccino really deserves one million years dungeon for all this

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 3:39 AM

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ikr

vague peak Sep 3, 2025, 3:39 AM

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because you actually have cool and interesting stuff as backup plans that never end up happening

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because skill link coverage go clicky

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 3:40 AM

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this is true lol

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tbf here, I do specifically need cinccino to out Kingambi through Sturdy

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however uh
the rest is less necessary

vague peak Sep 3, 2025, 3:40 AM

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It just works

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 3:42 AM

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i'll be very real with you: this is probably going to go fine, but also if I get cinccino killed doing this accidentally I think she deserved it

vague peak Sep 3, 2025, 3:44 AM

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it would be based if she died for her crimes

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 3:45 AM

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let's fuckin go

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SKILL LINK TAKES ONE

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. . . why does this Urshifu have Surging Strikes and Wicked Blow exactly?

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FLEUR CANNON TAKES TWO

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SKILL LINK TAKES THREE

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SKILL LINK TAKES FOUR

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okay now we switch

vague peak Sep 3, 2025, 3:47 AM

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knotty solar . . . why does this Urshifu have Surging Strikes *and* Wicked Blow exactly?

wait that's illegal

wide trail Sep 3, 2025, 3:47 AM

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PomuJailPrisonmuCrimepuff

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 3:48 AM

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vague peak wait that's illegal

shrug

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that's what I thought lol

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so uh yeah we won

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jail for cinccino. jail for one thousand years.

vague peak Sep 3, 2025, 3:51 AM

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does cinccino also solve nightmare queen Elise tho

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 3:52 AM

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only sorta

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she does a little bit of work, but it's replicable elsewhere

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she should gank Sneasler though

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but no, the kyurem jumpscare is a full team effort

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now as I recall we can just sweep these two, but doubles are still scary

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 4:22 AM

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okay, let's hope this works!

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easy

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marshadow is so fuckin broken if you do it right

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and here she is

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I am probably not going to do this tonight, but let's write the plan down at least

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Cinccino lead! Cinccino without Stellarate (or maybe with Stellarate; haven't actually tested that ever) baits the AI to switching in Sneasler for a ast kill, so we can Pulsar it and get it out of here. She can also come in and Rock Blast M. Noctowl later if needed, and if I end up losing Whimsicott to Kyurem she should be able to revenge kill.
Walrein to deal with Incineroar! Walrein's Full Blubber blocks Flare Blitz, which gives us time to (a) Maelstrom (b) more importantly, set up Rocks. I shouldn't need them for Kyurem, but if Hail ever gets set up here . . . Special Wall Walrein also does a decent job of eating Kyurem's and Zoroark's attacks if necessary.
Kyurem itself will be dealt with by Fragile Locket Whimsicott, which eats a scary attack on a Substitute and claps back with Play Rough before it can move.
Note: Zoroark is Ghost-type! This is a little annoying, but it's still handled by Special Tank Terrakion.
Maniklaw literally can't touch Obstagoon.
Aegislash is the best Sneasler out I have if things go badly with the intended plan, and I think it's also a serviceable out to M. Noctowl if needed. That lets Cinccino act more as a swiss army knife to solve problems if necessary here.

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maybe we will just go for this tonight; I'm already staking the whole run on this, and it's just going to be hanging over my head otherwise

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that master balled torkoal is absolutely my walrein trade here

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 4:51 AM

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so I think this is where we are

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I do have a few outs to Kyurem (plus realistically I can manipulate it being Banded), so I think we're going to be fine. I'm nervous, of course, but I think I've prepared about as best I can for this

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and here

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we

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go

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sneasler swaps in! pulsared

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incineroar is what I expected and what I wanted

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and the fuckin demon is in

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whimsicott eats the draco meteor on a sub

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and away it goes

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incineroar back in to eat my rock blast

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and incineroar parting shots on walrein

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kyurem comes in

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CRYO SLEEP

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zoroark in so let's bring in terrakion

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and out it goes

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cursed by maniklaw but this is why we brought obstagoon

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sleeping kyurem in on walrein this tiem lmao

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AND IT DIES

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maniklaw down next

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elise is panic switching and whimsicott is cleaning up

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okay, let's get walrein in on incineroar

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panic switched to maniklaw lol

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this is basically over

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AND IT'S DONE

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fuckin deathless

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no matter what they throw at me I just keep winning

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anyway, this is where I should stop for tonight. Darkrai's gonna take more cooking.

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[DARKRAI]
Ability = STYGIANNIGHT,BADDREAMS
Moves1 = DREAMABSORB,DARKPULSE,LULLABY,CALLOFTHEVOID,PRIMEVALSPORE
Moves2 = ENERGYBALL,SANDBLASTING,LULLABY,CALLOFTHEVOID,PRIMEVALSWORDSDANCE
Moves3 = EMPOWEREDMETEORMASH,NIGHTFELLING,LULLABY,CALLOFTHEVOID
HPMult = 10.0
Item = SCOPELENS
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hmmmmm
very tempted to try to oneshot this rather than deal with its bullshit

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no that's bad though I think

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this is beatable, especially since I'm finally willing to sack

sacred vine Sep 3, 2025, 6:35 AM

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The "probably wont do this tonight" to "fuck it we ball" pipeline

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 1:54 PM

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Phase I: Psychic and Dark
Phase II: Grass and Ground
Phase III: Steel and Dark

vague peak Sep 3, 2025, 1:55 PM

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does call of the void actually function here?

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 1:55 PM

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IIRC it's built to just work

vague peak Sep 3, 2025, 1:55 PM

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fair

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 1:55 PM

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I had the same question when I fought it in fixed encounters only but it was still doing it there as I recall

wide trail Sep 3, 2025, 1:56 PM

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https://tenor.com/view/todd-howard-it-just-works-bethesda-this-all-just-works-gif-20598651

Tenor

vague peak Sep 3, 2025, 1:56 PM

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would be funny if it had primeval heal order and primeval stand together just so that it could spawn in little buddies to murder

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 1:56 PM

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hilarious idea

wide trail Sep 3, 2025, 1:57 PM

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Incredible

iron wolf Sep 3, 2025, 1:57 PM

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ship it tbh

vague peak Sep 3, 2025, 1:59 PM

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are there any other moves that rely on murdering your own ally

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i should come up with one

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for a legendary or some shit

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 2:00 PM

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okay, so the main threat here, besides the sleep bullshit that needs a different plan, is the random crits. That means we want to get rid of the Scope Lens, which I think means we bring Donster. It's somewhat spooky into Phase II, but given that the AI tells you what slot it's targeting it should be fine, knock on wood (and also if we lose something here it's honestly fine)

wide trail Sep 3, 2025, 2:00 PM

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Eternatus moment?

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 2:00 PM

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unfortunately I think the venom drench core isn't great here

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 2:01 PM

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wide trail Eternatus moment?

could work! it does have the whole energy draining thing going on

vague peak Sep 3, 2025, 2:06 PM

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the scope lens here feels like targeted Bella hate

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 2:07 PM

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we at least have Bastiodon for this specifically

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honestly thinking of bringing Florges and just setting Lucky Chant too

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I also need to see what learns Natural Protection -- Natural Protection is key to not getting accidentally annihilated by the Blood Moon

vague peak Sep 3, 2025, 2:11 PM

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you should have the TM for it so that's easy

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 2:11 PM

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Looking at my old footage, the Blood Moon rises at the start of Turn 4. That means we ideally want to knock Darkrai into that range on Turn 3, because Darkrai will use Primeval Spore on phase transition and we have to swap anyway

wide trail Sep 3, 2025, 2:18 PM

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Ho-Oh also learns nat prot at level 1

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 2:41 PM

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right, ho-oh comes here -- it's great into phases II and III, and probably not bad in Phase I either

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 2:42 PM

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vague peak does call of the void actually function here?

update: reviewing past footage, it does not

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So I think this might be the team

wide trail Sep 3, 2025, 2:46 PM

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knotty solar update: reviewing past footage, it does not

That should be reported almost certainly.

vague peak Sep 3, 2025, 2:47 PM

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oh based I can rework it to make Darkrai murder little buddies

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Make a post on it in #1397033816010522725 , once I get done with my errands today I'll rework the Darkrai fight to make Call of the Void functional

wide trail Sep 3, 2025, 2:49 PM

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Give it empowered stand together to summon more buds.

vague peak Sep 3, 2025, 2:50 PM

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indeed

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 2:51 PM

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Judging by past footage, Darkrai goes for the most vulnerable target rather than the one in the center on Turn 1. That means that Bastiodon will take two attacks. She's tanky enough to survive judging by the calc and my footage both, but it'll be a big hit -- which is intentional so that the collective damage sets up Lullaby on the next turn. But Mantine will Waterlog which will drop Darkrai's speed below Bastiodon's next turn, letting her Shore Up and blanking the Lullaby! Then we'll go Close Combat - Natural Protection - Close Combat on Terrakion and finish Phase I on Turn 3.

on Turn 4, we shift to Phase II. Everything falls asleep and is plagued by bad dreams, so we swap the fuck out. Mantine stays in to Chill the next phase, but we want Meganium (for Aromatherapy) and Ho-oh (for stupid resistances and healing). We'd also like to get Bastiodon in again, but that will require us to position correctly. Ho-oh should work through Phase II by itself hopefully, and then in Phase III we have Burn and Cobalion should honestly solo from this position

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now the one thing I need to do is put a source of Charm on this team

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or eerie impulse frankly

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hmm if I give up on Chill for Numb I can use Gigachu here for tanking

vague peak Sep 3, 2025, 2:53 PM

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gigachad

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and you can click the big number move

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 2:54 PM

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we're not doing that lol

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not going to take intentional recoil on a fight that could easily cost me the entire run lol

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oh it gets knock; convenient

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I don't really feel ready for this, but I'm pretty sure that's just nerves

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like I think the gameplan is sound here, and I literally have video evidence of parts of it working

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Yeah, I think I'm okay with this. The fundamentals are sound and I have sacks if I need them

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lezgo

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what

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okay so I forgot my plan but it didn't matter because it turns out that Gargantuan blocks their Primeval Spore?? amazing

vague peak Sep 3, 2025, 3:06 PM

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wutglytuff

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I guess it's a spread move lol

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 3:06 PM

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that it is

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well bastiodon almost died, but only almost

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we may have to sack here, but that's gigachu's other purpose

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yep

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rip

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I . . . do not have a great position here

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there is one way out

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it just hurts

vague peak Sep 3, 2025, 3:10 PM

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Click the big number button

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 3:11 PM

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gigachu's already dead

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I think it goes for lullaby here. the avatar AI is dumb and goes for Lullaby over a guaranteed kill

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YS

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oh that might have been fine anyway

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phew

wide trail Sep 3, 2025, 3:12 PM

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Rip big chu gus

iron wolf Sep 3, 2025, 3:12 PM

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it's less "dumb" and more just... formulaic. it will try to alternate moves each turn, so basically doing them in sequence, rather than... thinking

vague peak Sep 3, 2025, 3:12 PM

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wide trail Rip big chu gus

naming my big chu "Gus" next time

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 3:13 PM

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COBALION TANKS THE EMPOWERED METEOR MASH AND DARKRAI DIES TO BURN

wide trail Sep 3, 2025, 3:13 PM

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vague peak naming my big chu "Gus" next time

https://tenor.com/view/breaking-bad-better-call-saul-gus-fring-gus-gustavo-fring-gif-26495658

Tenor

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 3:13 PM

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now realistically, had I remembered that the plan was Natural Protection Turn 2, I probably could have gotten out deathless. but oh well.

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first death since Raf, somehow

wide trail Sep 3, 2025, 3:14 PM

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Incredible.

vague peak Sep 3, 2025, 3:14 PM

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Gus died for a good cause

wide trail Sep 3, 2025, 3:15 PM

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AG_Salute

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 3:15 PM

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okay now let me make that bug report

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technically maybe QA and not bug but whatever lol

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Okay, scary thing down, and the last piece of the Eclipse team obtained. I don't think there's any reason to do the other wanderer quests. I guess we go to Hollowed Layer and initiate the endgame?

iron wolf Sep 3, 2025, 3:18 PM

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If it's on live it goes in bug report if it's on dev it goes in QA /shrug

iron wolf Sep 3, 2025, 3:18 PM

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knotty solar Okay, scary thing down, and the last piece of the Eclipse team obtained. I don't...

Hype

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 3:18 PM

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that was my logic yeah

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and when I say we go to hollowed layer, I mean we go there and then immediately leave after getting a picture of Alessa's team

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hey wait Eifion showed up WTF

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do you have to clear both of them to make the Masked Villains disappear?

iron wolf Sep 3, 2025, 3:21 PM

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huh

wide trail Sep 3, 2025, 3:21 PM

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Oh what.

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 3:22 PM

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????

wide trail Sep 3, 2025, 3:22 PM

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You should not be here sir.

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What's crimson3's curse?

iron wolf Sep 3, 2025, 3:22 PM

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I admit I've never looked at the code here but it doesn't make sense for him to be here if you've cleared his quest

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Can you post save as is so we can look at flags later?

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 3:23 PM

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I should double-check raw, but it looks like Lambert's on Crimson and Rafael's on Teal

wide trail Sep 3, 2025, 3:23 PM

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Oh torment that's easy.

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 3:23 PM

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yeah, I'm not, like, actually worried about this fight

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but I specifically made sure this wouldn't happen! it's so unfair 😭

vague peak Sep 3, 2025, 3:23 PM

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funny that the phione un-evolved

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 3:23 PM

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also his phione de-evolved lmao

wide trail Sep 3, 2025, 3:24 PM

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You broke his friends kneecaps

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At least his Giganteon has the right abiliry

iron wolf Sep 3, 2025, 3:25 PM

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That changing between fights is... Not impossible, obviously, but highlights the silliness of FtA in the final fight even more

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 3:25 PM

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iron wolf Can you post save as is so we can look at flags later?

📎 Game64.rxdata.bak 📎 Game65.rxdata

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needed a minute to find it lol

iron wolf Sep 3, 2025, 3:25 PM

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Jesus Christ 65

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Ty

wide trail Sep 3, 2025, 3:26 PM

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65 :D

iron wolf Sep 3, 2025, 3:26 PM

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I'll take a look tomorrow if another Dev doesn't first

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(eep)

wide trail Sep 3, 2025, 3:26 PM

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E

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 3:26 PM

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I've made several saves on new files for testing purposes etc

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plus this is the same scheme all my other (non-dev) playthroughs were on lol

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~~a lot of these are just rerolling the tournament on old saves back when you could do that~~

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anyway, Eifion. I suppose I just go ahead and fight him ~~and then complain viciously if I lose anything~~

iron wolf Sep 3, 2025, 3:28 PM

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I mean,,, bug clause? Lol

vague peak Sep 3, 2025, 3:28 PM

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true…

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 3:28 PM

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yeah I mean I'm pretty sure this would go under bug clause anyway lol

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but also, like, I'm sure I could take him anyway

vague peak Sep 3, 2025, 3:28 PM

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deadly neurotoxin this fuck

wide trail Sep 3, 2025, 3:28 PM

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🐛 🎅🏻

wide trail Sep 3, 2025, 3:28 PM

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vague peak deadly neurotoxin this fuck

Imagine.

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 3:28 PM

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vague peak Sep 3, 2025, 3:29 PM

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what if you could just murder the masked villains once you reach the illuminant helix

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 3:30 PM

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this is like

terrakion
LMAO THE TOXAPEX AGAIN uh literally any steel-type
a. sandslash for sceptile
ampharos for manergetic
should take something for phione but probably anything works
fragile locket rotom stops giganteon from doing anything

wide trail Sep 3, 2025, 3:30 PM

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Bella that Giganteon has undermine

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Wait levitate lmfao nvm

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 3:30 PM

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i could also just do rotom-fan

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that would be the smart way

wide trail Sep 3, 2025, 3:31 PM

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We don't do smart here IvyEvil

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 3:35 PM

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okay, team

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I spent approximately zero time thinking about this because I can just bug clause this fight if anything goes wrong, but also I'm 99% sure this setup just fuckin rolls him up and puts him in the trash

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wait LMAO

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okay, this is very weird

iron wolf Sep 3, 2025, 3:39 PM

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Oh no

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 3:39 PM

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so I thought I saw Eifion because I saw legs

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However! it was not Eifion. It was just his houndominus, who is just hanging out

iron wolf Sep 3, 2025, 3:40 PM

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Oh. Lmao. Just the follower being bugged

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 3:40 PM

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I can apparently Poke Radar him despite Eifion not being here, but Eifion himself is not

iron wolf Sep 3, 2025, 3:40 PM

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I think I've heard of that happening before

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Yeah radar is tied to follower

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 3:40 PM

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makes sense

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Okay, now for the real fight

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this is still less scary than drag-mag but congrats alessa you finally brought a team that looks a little scary

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. . . kingambit would stop that porygon-z in its tracks. my kingdom for a kingambit

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anyway, yeah, I was going very gingerly so as to not trigger a battle before I was ready by accidentally stepping into the zone that starts it, and I just missed what was going on lol

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I've always just cleared the wanderer quests fully before so I never actually figured out how you trigger the masked villain battles in hollowed layer . . .

iron wolf Sep 3, 2025, 3:43 PM

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Wise to be safe

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 4:00 PM

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here's what I think I'm going with

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Ho-oh is an obvious lead here; I think it should just kill Forretress no questions asked, but if she swaps I just burn whatever comes in. Porygon-Z can't really do anything to Regice. Crystal Veil Ghost Gumshoos stops Haxorus's two biggest moves and also resists X-Scissor. Crystal Veil Steel Terrakion is a little extra, but it gives me a way to clear hazards if Forretress ever gets them up -- I would use Cobalion in this slot with a normal item, but it doesn't get hazard clearing! Cloyster has the Fragile Locket to bring Crustle's Bedrock Breakers into a survivable range and should hopefully kill with Bubble Barrage; we're also totally fine with Cloyster going down if it isn't quite enough. Delcatty is obviously here for pivoting.

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should really put Rapid Spin on Cloyster too come to think of it

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in fact if I do that I think I can get away with Cobalion here

iron wolf Sep 3, 2025, 4:04 PM

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Say the line, Bella!
"Delcatty is a pivot"
YAAAAAAY

wide trail Sep 3, 2025, 4:05 PM

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ChillBar_cheer

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When are we seeing normalize sweeper delcatty?

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 4:05 PM

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the day when normal moves actually do something

wide trail Sep 3, 2025, 4:05 PM

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Holly charm go brrr ig.

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 4:06 PM

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I mean they're nice for hitting hard sometimes, but realistically every time I use a normal-type it's entirely to conceal supereffective moves so the AI makes the wrong switch-ins on ~~Cinccino~~ my Pokemon

wide trail Sep 3, 2025, 4:07 PM

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Yep

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 4:08 PM

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okay! ready as I'll ever be here

vague peak Sep 3, 2025, 4:10 PM

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knotty solar I mean they're nice for hitting hard sometimes, but realistically every time I u...

normal type coverage is crazy

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 4:10 PM

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today is the day that I learn Alessa dragged Yezera to prom

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Forretress down

vague peak Sep 3, 2025, 4:10 PM

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I always kept saying they read like ex girlfriends

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but like, amicably split

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 4:11 PM

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"your team is too stressed to use its items"
. . . does that apply to crystal veil??

wide trail Sep 3, 2025, 4:11 PM

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Uhhhhh

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I

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Do not know

vague peak Sep 3, 2025, 4:11 PM

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quick Luna check the stressful code

iron wolf Sep 3, 2025, 4:11 PM

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knotty solar today is the day that I learn Alessa dragged Yezera to prom

Lmao? Maybe I should read this dialogue some time

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I'm in bed orz

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Uhh debug a fight with your stressful vs opponent CV and see if the type symbol is there?

vague peak Sep 3, 2025, 4:12 PM

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bella is mid battle

wide trail Sep 3, 2025, 4:12 PM

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Lil late for that

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 4:12 PM

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well nvm it didn't matter ho-oh is built different

vague peak Sep 3, 2025, 4:12 PM

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just uh, fuck it we ball

wide trail Sep 3, 2025, 4:12 PM

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Did it disable it?

iron wolf Sep 3, 2025, 4:12 PM

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vague peak bella is mid battle

Ik, I was thinking maybe someone else could

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 4:12 PM

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sacred fire into divining talon killed

wide trail Sep 3, 2025, 4:12 PM

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Nice.

iron wolf Sep 3, 2025, 4:12 PM

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Or worst case scenario second instance lol

vague peak Sep 3, 2025, 4:13 PM

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divining talon is a fascinating move

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 4:13 PM

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lmao I killed Porygon-Z with hyperfrost into hyperthermiate twice

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it recovered itself to death

vague peak Sep 3, 2025, 4:13 PM

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dementia beam

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 4:14 PM

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so apparently strike vest ho-oh just goes crazy on this fight

vague peak Sep 3, 2025, 4:14 PM

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so apparently ~~strike vest~~ ho-oh just goes crazy ~~on this fight~~

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fixed

iron wolf Sep 3, 2025, 4:15 PM

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I was thinking it lol

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 4:15 PM

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and we're out!

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that was quite easy

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definitely better than drag-mag

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time to shut up an edgelord again

iron wolf Sep 3, 2025, 4:16 PM

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God I cannot believe we're actually in endgame

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 4:16 PM

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I can't believe it either

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I keep panicking thinking that maybe I actually got a Pokemon killed and didn't realize it and the run is illegal somehow lol

vague peak Sep 3, 2025, 4:20 PM

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knotty solar time to shut up an edgelord again

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 4:23 PM

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okay. old strategy should work as previously, but if not I am now totally comfortable sacking Atlacross and maybe A. Sandslash if need be

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I was conserving them for exactly this moment

vague peak Sep 3, 2025, 4:24 PM

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Even considering the AP ghosts?

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 4:24 PM

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why do you think I prioritized Gumshoos

vague peak Sep 3, 2025, 4:25 PM

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lol

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is CV ghost gumshoos just going to murder them

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 4:25 PM

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A. Sandslash would be nice versus Alessa, but he's not necessary

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 4:25 PM

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vague peak is CV ghost gumshoos just going to murder them

he doesn't, but he does allow me to blank Giratina and Eternatus

vague peak Sep 3, 2025, 4:26 PM

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That Eternatus is extremely blankable tbh

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 4:26 PM

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I have outs to them if need be, but Giratina in particular is a Calm Mind sweeper IIRC and I ain't about to put up with that

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Giratina is the one that actually scares me tbf

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I know I can deal with Eternatus, but I've gotten fucked over by Giratina and bad positioning before

vague peak Sep 3, 2025, 4:27 PM

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Literally any bulky steel type just ends Eternatus

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 4:27 PM

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pressure can be an issue, plus the recover, iirc

vague peak Sep 3, 2025, 4:27 PM

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Pressure only affects moves that target the pressurer

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so you can just stall him

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I think my out for Eternatus was to corrosion poison it lol

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 4:29 PM

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sang deded

vague peak Sep 3, 2025, 4:30 PM

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Does he die of cringe after losing this fight

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 4:30 PM

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prolly

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after losing that hard sure

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mans got exactly zero attacks off

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#-------------------------------
[REGIGIGAS]
Ability = PRIMEVALSLOWSTART
Moves1 = SNARL,HEATWAVE,BODYSLAM,THUNDERPUNCH,PRIMEVALLEECHSEED
Moves2 = BREAKINGSWIPE,SLUDGEWAVE,RUIN,SAPPINGJEALOUSY,PRIMEVALCALMMIND
Moves3 = PETALTEMPEST,STAMPDOWN,FLAMETHROWER,ZENHEADBUTT,PRIMEVALBULKUP
Moves4 = HYPERVOICE,ROCKALANCHE,PIERCINGDOUBT,CROSSCHOP,PRIMEVALNUMB
Moves5 = SCOUR,DISCHARGE,BLAZEKICK,NULLPULSE
HPMult = 16.0
DMGMult = 1.25
#-------------------------------

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from what I recall I used Saturnal Eclipse and just smoked this guy because he couldn't touch me, but I want to use a different strategy this time. That one risks my finale team, and with this being the last (real) avatar fight, Donster and Bastiodon are now sackable if need be

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thankfully this thing never clears your screens

vague peak Sep 3, 2025, 4:40 PM

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looks like it mostly packs hate for stat boosting

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 4:40 PM

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that is fortunately not in our plans so we're all good

vague peak Sep 3, 2025, 4:41 PM

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does gargantuan block Primeval Leech Seed

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 4:41 PM

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it would but uh

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gigachu ded

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I assume anyway

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honestly would be solid given all the spread moves this thing has

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but oh well

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I guess we're doing a little stat-boosting but it's incidental

vague peak Sep 3, 2025, 4:44 PM

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just be wary of sapping jealousy then

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 4:44 PM

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we're packing aromatherapy anyway

vague peak Sep 3, 2025, 4:45 PM

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Is there a world in which you can one shot him into the sun

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 4:45 PM

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(also, when I say stat-boosting, what I mean is exactly Kecleon with Adaptive Skin)

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 4:45 PM

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vague peak Is there a world in which you can one shot him into the sun

I doubt it

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16x HP multiplier across 5 health bars

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someone braver than I should try it though!

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but I think we're going to stick to the tried-and-true wait 'em out method

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I'm not going to do this right now (I really should eat first, especially given how long this is going to take!) but I'm looking at this

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minor change to invest Regice in physical bulk (it wants both, and doesn't need special at all really)

vague peak Sep 3, 2025, 4:54 PM

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ooh new team members

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 4:54 PM

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The idea is pretty simple: Donster Trash Treasures to start the fight, Kecleon Charms and Eerie Impulses, Meganium and Bastiodon put up screens, Ho-oh and Regice Burn and Chill. We pack stat-lowering attacks as well to make sure we continuously lower its stats while on offense. we do it for a really long time until it goes down

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 4:55 PM

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vague peak ooh new team members

I've actually used Regice a few times! it just hasn't shown up in this thread apart from the Alessa battle. Kecleon was also instrumental to the Claydol/Stonjourner double, which is why she's appearing here

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everything else is the standard anti-avatar techs or ho-oh

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 7:00 PM

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okay. I'm scared still, but I'm always playing scared at this point. I think my setup is solid, my tools are good, and I have the freedom to sack basically everything on this team bar Ho-oh if I really need to

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there's potentially holes here, but the holes are less "you missed something in your setup" and more "it's really hard to find enough moves and statuses and drops to cover every single thing a fight with coverage this varied does"

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and realistically I know that triple screens plus stat debuffs plus statuses solves a lot of problems

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you can probably tell that I'm trying to talk myself into this huh

wide trail Sep 3, 2025, 7:03 PM

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I know you got this Bella.

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ChillBar_cheer

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If you want, lets see the team

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 7:04 PM

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same as before with a few adjustments

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the problem with the regigigas fight is honestly that it's so long

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last time I was legitimately running out of PP at some point, though I think this team puts on more pressure thanks to Trash Treasure and Aggravate so I'm less worried about that

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the 16x HP multiplier does a lot it turns out

wide trail Sep 3, 2025, 7:05 PM

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Shocker

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 7:05 PM

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I should swap out divining talon

wide trail Sep 3, 2025, 7:05 PM

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Yeah probably.

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Jinxing yourself is a bad idea.

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 7:06 PM

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it's good in a lot of situations but not in a battle of attrition, and not on a Pokemon without U-Turn

wide trail Sep 3, 2025, 7:06 PM

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Yeah.

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 7:06 PM

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I already have Mystical Fire so this feels like a Drill Peck angle

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could potentially add Breaking Swipe but the only Pokemon it could go on is Kecleon, and she already has Charm

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I kind of want to add Ampharos but she doesn't really add much to this team besides bulk? and everyone else has a more important unique role

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Regice pours on damage, chills, and instantly zeros its Speed thanks to Hyperfrost. Ho-oh Burns it and Life Dews the party. Meganium does the same sort of screens and status healing that Ampharos could do, but also protects the party from Burn and Numb early on. Donster is necessary for accelerating the pace. Kecleon is my swiss army knife of stat debuffing. Bastiodon has Diamond Field and Embrittle.

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yeah, as I talk myself through this, I think this is as good as it's gonna get

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I could go for a cheeky low-accuracy play thanks to Hyperfrost, but I think that's a trap -- it means I waste a slot if Regice goes down

wide trail Sep 3, 2025, 7:10 PM

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ChillBar_cheer

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You got this

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 7:10 PM

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let's hope lol

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worse comes to worst, I think I understand the game and the routing well enough that running it back wouldn't be that hard (copium)

wide trail Sep 3, 2025, 7:11 PM

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Yeah

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 7:11 PM

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last check and I think we're good

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creating a separate recording

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and here we go I guess

wide trail Sep 3, 2025, 7:12 PM

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I BELIEVEEEE

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ChillBar_cheer

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 7:12 PM

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reposting for easy reference
#-------------------------------
[REGIGIGAS]
Ability = PRIMEVALSLOWSTART
Moves1 = SNARL,HEATWAVE,BODYSLAM,THUNDERPUNCH,PRIMEVALLEECHSEED
Moves2 = BREAKINGSWIPE,SLUDGEWAVE,RUIN,SAPPINGJEALOUSY,PRIMEVALCALMMIND
Moves3 = PETALTEMPEST,STAMPDOWN,FLAMETHROWER,ZENHEADBUTT,PRIMEVALBULKUP
Moves4 = HYPERVOICE,ROCKALANCHE,PIERCINGDOUBT,CROSSCHOP,PRIMEVALNUMB
Moves5 = SCOUR,DISCHARGE,BLAZEKICK,NULLPULSE
HPMult = 16.0
DMGMult = 1.25
#-------------------------------

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there goes phase I

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phase ii is down

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things are very under control so far

wide trail Sep 3, 2025, 7:17 PM

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Awesome

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 7:17 PM

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okay, this is the stamp down phase so bastiodon is getting the hell out

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I think we'd be fine behind screens and such but I don't wanna risk it

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oh wait if it Stamps me down it removes the stat buffs it put on me lmao

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let's go

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side note: charm and eerie impulse have different PP; that should probably be standardized

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phase IV is rockalanche phase which is spooky EXCEPT THAT WAS 26 HYPEREFFECTIVE DAMAGE LET'S GO

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I was absolutely psyching myself out too hard here. This fight is long, not difficult.

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at least not if you plan

vague peak Sep 3, 2025, 7:24 PM

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proper planning stuffs most avatars

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they're built to be predictable, after all

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 7:25 PM

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this one's just spooky because you can't realistically account for all the coverage

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granted, that's why we're under triple screens, but that doesn't make the amount of coverage not spooky

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oh I actually need to pull Regice here

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reflected null pulses will get rid of my stat debuffing!

wide trail Sep 3, 2025, 7:27 PM

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Gg

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 7:27 PM

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g(i)g(as)

wide trail Sep 3, 2025, 7:27 PM

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Lol lmao even

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 7:28 PM

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had far too much fun thinking of that

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ANBD IT'S GONE

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three fights remain

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this is how you stuff an avatar

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17 minute video btw

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wide trail Sep 3, 2025, 7:30 PM

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knotty solar three fights remain

4?

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 7:30 PM

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three before the finale I mean

wide trail Sep 3, 2025, 7:30 PM

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Ah

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 7:31 PM

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I'm probably doing the finale tomorrow so I can stream it

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so three fights

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(well and the avatar of zeraora but that doesn't count)

wide trail Sep 3, 2025, 7:31 PM

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Well good luck!

vague peak Sep 3, 2025, 7:32 PM

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knotty solar (well and the avatar of zeraora but that doesn't count)

lol

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I guess the item is pretty worthless in a nuzlocke

wide trail Sep 3, 2025, 7:32 PM

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Its handy

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 7:32 PM

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oh no I mean I was saving it for Smeargle

wide trail Sep 3, 2025, 7:32 PM

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Niche but handy.

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Also that

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 7:32 PM

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let's be clear

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I have a strat on the finale

wide trail Sep 3, 2025, 7:32 PM

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Yeah

vague peak Sep 3, 2025, 7:33 PM

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does zeraora learn tailwind?

wide trail Sep 3, 2025, 7:33 PM

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It does

vague peak Sep 3, 2025, 7:33 PM

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I thought that was just on Cobalion and Rayquaza

wide trail Sep 3, 2025, 7:33 PM

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Or is it the other speed up one

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 7:33 PM

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it at least used to have primeval tailwind

vague peak Sep 3, 2025, 7:33 PM

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Rock polish is a Raikou exclusive

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 7:33 PM

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yep still in the .pbs

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 7:34 PM

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vague peak Rock polish is a Raikou exclusive

also bronzong iirc

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unless that was changed

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anyway, I was messing around with it on another save file to figure out how it worked (which was very important, because I did not realize that if you swapped something in it wouldn't get the extra turns!) and in the process I think I figured out a way to make this even more disgusting

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but you'll see that tomorrow I guess

vague peak Sep 3, 2025, 7:35 PM

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pog

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 7:35 PM

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inb4 you don't see that tomorrow because I fuckin wipe to alessa or some shit

vague peak Sep 3, 2025, 7:35 PM

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for now we roll and smoke zain rip bozo

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 7:35 PM

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ya

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so:

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CV ghost Gumshoos means that Giratina is out of sight out of mind

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Liepard fundamentally can't do anything meaningful to Cobalion; even if they get put to sleep we can just sit there

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Ho-oh smokes Blaziken

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Khamsin should go down to uhhh it can't touch gumshoos either can it

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skill issue, bro

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Serp we will of course be countering via the Magerna strat

vague peak Sep 3, 2025, 7:37 PM

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CV ghost gumshoos feels like wonder guard with upside

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 7:37 PM

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sorta

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it's really not quite that; it only works on very specific things

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you basically get one free out to one or two things every other fight

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which is very substantial, but also isn't Shedinja's level of bullshit at all

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anyway we'll throw in Magearna and Regice because they should both be amazing against Khamsin and Serp, and then Darm Zen Mode for Ferrothorn I guess?

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and just make sure we have something to clear Spikes

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eh zen mode doesn't like knock off; let's uh

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you know we could just use ho-oh and bring Delcatty, because Delcatty is a pivot

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no, I should bring one more Ferrothorn out

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we'll bring Volc, I think. I'm feeling scared of it, but honestly? there are three trainers left and I don't need Volc for endgame; if we have to sack him we sack him

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I have to remember that this is the time when I finally get to be brutal if I need to

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I won't want to, but I can

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let's actually bring Terrakion instead of Cobalion so I have a Terraformer

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this is what my setup looks like rn (well except I should put Sacred Sword on Terrakion lol)

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Volcarona may have lost U-Turn but we still have U-Turn at home

wide trail Sep 3, 2025, 7:51 PM

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Uturn pack

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Good luck

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 7:52 PM

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let's actually run it through the calc first but I'm confident in this overall plan at least

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looking at this again and deciding that I want Regice over Delcatty

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I am paranoid

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Okay! Let's go, I think

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easy

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I may spend half my time absolutely bricking it over here but I am good at this game

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two remain

wide trail Sep 3, 2025, 8:07 PM

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Booo where's her Beheyemm

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 8:09 PM

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he got replaced by mewtwo I guess

vague peak Sep 3, 2025, 8:09 PM

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hmm that's another wrong ability umbreon

wide trail Sep 3, 2025, 8:10 PM

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That it is.

vague peak Sep 3, 2025, 8:10 PM

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in a sec im gonna go through and do that Darkrai change and also fix tamarind's umbreons

wide trail Sep 3, 2025, 8:10 PM

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Also what in the heck is Comfee doin

vague peak Sep 3, 2025, 8:10 PM

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is she stupid?

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 8:10 PM

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that at least I kind of get? if you just want to like send comfey in, tailwind, and get out, that's a reasonable use of a slot

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the bigger question though is why tailwind in singles

wide trail Sep 3, 2025, 8:10 PM

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knotty solar that at least I kind of get? if you just want to like send comfey in, tailwind, ...

ehhh

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Yeah its singles

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And comfey does not hit hard enough with a base 55 move even with specs

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I love Comfey but if you are running it aggro it needs setup imo

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Like, give that Calm Mind/Dream Dance and an axe or orb instead

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Wouldn't be amazing but like

vague peak Sep 3, 2025, 8:12 PM

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calm mind axe is a cute idea

wide trail Sep 3, 2025, 8:12 PM

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Also Zen Headbutt Mewtwo lol

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 8:18 PM

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so my current thoughts:

Absolus can trap Spiritomb with Mean Look, keep herself healthy with Divination, and gun it down with Play Rough. That lets me ride out the Odd Room without thinking about it too hard.
Ho-oh basically blanks Comfey with its SpDef and can also be a panic out to Mewtwo or Blacephalon
I want a specially defensive Dark-type to fight Mewtwo, and that means that -- yes! -- Necrozma is once again coming along
CV Ghost Cobalion blanks Superpower and Knock Off from Ledian and completely stops Umbreon
Milotic is an amazing out to Blacephalon that basically doesn't care about Mind Blown or Fire Festival thanks to its typing

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and then Sylveon as a general good option I guess?

wide trail Sep 3, 2025, 8:19 PM

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Yea makes sense.

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 8:19 PM

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or actually let's just take Magearna and not overthink it

wide trail Sep 3, 2025, 8:19 PM

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Also makes sens.e

vague peak Sep 3, 2025, 8:19 PM

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necrozma the goat

wide trail Sep 3, 2025, 8:19 PM

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Alright, need a few hours off social so I won't be following for a bit

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 8:19 PM

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Tamarind's teams are weird in that they're very threatening in the right circumstances but also pretty easy to shut down

wide trail Sep 3, 2025, 8:19 PM

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But good luck PomieSunglasses

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 8:20 PM

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I think we're pretty set anyway here lol

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my confidence is more or less back and I feel okay here lol

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. . . I do not actually have anything that learns mean look in my box

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well I guess I had to spend that figment on something

vague peak Sep 3, 2025, 8:25 PM

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LMAO THE FIGMENT FOR MEAN LOOK

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i am devastated

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 8:25 PM

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decisions you make at the end of the game when you legitimately know everything that you'll need and you won't need

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I could have farmed it off shuppet via sketch I guess but like
effort

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yeah, this team looks more solid than the last one, and the last one cleaned up

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pretty easy all things considered

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and one more

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now the problem here is that fuckin probopass has magnet trap

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we can get around it -- but still, annoying!

autumn elk Sep 3, 2025, 8:47 PM

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are you at the another possible battles? dang

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 8:48 PM

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okay, so suppose we lead A. Sandslash here. I think that baits a swap to Forretress? I would ideally like Probopass, but Forretress takes less damage. dang.

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 8:49 PM

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autumn elk are you at the another possible battles? dang

yeah I mean we're skipping as much content that isn't directly relevant to the teams as possible

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so, uh, yeah there wasn't much to fight through once the tournament was over

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and I've been planning ahead for these in my head for awhile now

vague peak Sep 3, 2025, 9:01 PM

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knotty solar now the problem here is that fuckin probopass has magnet trap

passive trapping 😡

autumn elk Sep 3, 2025, 9:02 PM

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Passive trapping pogconaw

knotty solar Sep 3, 2025, 9:15 PM

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scary moment here because I didn't think about defog, but in the end we perfected her

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and so we are at the end

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my current plan is to stream around the same time I did last time, something like 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM EST, tomorrow

wide trail Sep 3, 2025, 9:22 PM

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Nice.

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Good Game Bella

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Now I need to go after another bounty /lh /j

vague peak Sep 3, 2025, 9:25 PM

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one slot would be fun for the nuzlocker brain I think

wide trail Sep 3, 2025, 9:28 PM

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Yeah. I may try that one

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Speedrun ain't too far up my alley, even if I could probably do it if I wanted to

vague peak Sep 3, 2025, 9:31 PM

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though tbh the nuzlocke prepares you pretty well for the all achievements run

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since the hard part there is like, perfecting all the gym leaders

wide trail Sep 3, 2025, 9:32 PM

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Yeah that is also true

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Issue there is if I set a time I'll want it to be good.

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And I'd want to compete.

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No matter what this nuzlocke is getting beaten though.

iron wolf Sep 3, 2025, 11:16 PM

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Holy fuuuuck we're here

glass stag Sep 3, 2025, 11:24 PM

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pogconaw wutglytuff

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bella is extremely powerful

knotty solar Sep 4, 2025, 12:51 AM

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#-------------------------------
[ZERAORA]
Ability = HYBRIDFIGHTER
Moves1 = MACHPUNCH,THUNDERFANG,PRIMEVALBULKUP
Moves2 = THUNDERPUNCH,LOWKICK,PRIMEVALTAILWIND
Moves3 = BITE,HOP
DMGMult = 0.75
#-------------------------------

wide trail Sep 4, 2025, 12:51 AM

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ohno

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how scary

vague peak Sep 4, 2025, 12:52 AM

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tbf we do have to time the sketch precisely

wide trail Sep 4, 2025, 12:52 AM

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Uh

knotty solar Sep 4, 2025, 12:52 AM

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it's not a big deal because smeargle should be real fast lol

wide trail Sep 4, 2025, 12:52 AM

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Its a level 70 smeargle vs a 15 zeraora

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Don't think speed is the concern

knotty solar Sep 4, 2025, 12:52 AM

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but I do need to make sure I keep up fae veil XD

vague peak Sep 4, 2025, 12:52 AM

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you get exactly two chances to secure this move and you REALLY don't want to go for the backup plan

knotty solar Sep 4, 2025, 12:53 AM

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~~okay look I have a lot of experience piloting the backup plan and that would probably also be fine but~~

knotty solar Sep 4, 2025, 12:55 AM

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wide trail Don't think speed is the concern

but yeah, realistically the main concern is making sure the damage is managed because I'm going to be trying real hard to not kill it

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probably going to just not attack at all

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trash treasure burn chill go hard

vague peak Sep 4, 2025, 12:56 AM

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yeah you just have to make sure that it hits phase 3 and also that smeargle is the fastest member of your team

wide trail Sep 4, 2025, 12:56 AM

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Not too hard

knotty solar Sep 4, 2025, 12:56 AM

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doesn't even have to be the fastest; you can switch, and also sketch targets anyway

wide trail Sep 4, 2025, 12:56 AM

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Just bring mandibuzz and donster and stall it out

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Also ye sketch is targeted

knotty solar Sep 4, 2025, 12:57 AM

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main goal is making sure that we keep speed up faster
probably should run my own tailwind tbh

knotty solar Sep 4, 2025, 4:04 AM

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current issue: I, like an idiot, did not actually upload footage to youtube concurrently as I was taking videos. it turns out that youtube doesn't like you uploading a ton of stuff all at once if you've never done anything before (who knew?) it'll all get up eventually but the process is annoying lol

iron wolf Sep 4, 2025, 4:04 AM

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wugh

knotty solar Sep 4, 2025, 4:43 AM

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i have since cleared the roadblocks faster than expected and I think the whole thing will be up before I go to bed tonight

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organizing them is another task, but that can wait until tomorrow lol

knotty solar Sep 4, 2025, 5:04 AM

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alright, hit the daily upload limit with three left to go. so I guess we'll do the finale, and then provided everything goes well the whole run will be up for review on Friday

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however long it takes (I apologize in advance to whoever has to see hours of me grinding in the sewers and staring at my boxes)

knotty solar Sep 5, 2025, 12:12 AM

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uhh I should have posted earlier but I'm gonna be online in like 20 minutes ish I guess? with the goal of getting going at 9. if people are still interested in watching lol

vague peak Sep 5, 2025, 12:16 AM

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I'll probably be home by then

wide trail Sep 5, 2025, 1:30 AM

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CONGRATULATIONSSS!!!

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https://tenor.com/view/sophie-saturday-gif-25518556

Tenor

vague peak Sep 5, 2025, 1:43 AM

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Damn I wish I had been there

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Huge congrats

knotty solar Sep 5, 2025, 3:07 AM

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michilove

knotty solar Sep 5, 2025, 10:58 PM

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Still working on getting all the videos actually published (there is a lot of footage), but I'll drop the playlists from the run here now given that it's gonna take some time to go through all the videos

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6HM6pryfevFmm29kcEeM2pmlIuFjLTjf

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6HM6pryfevH_0i1sU3l9m0yZ_z_pKgOF

YouTube

Pokemon Tectonic Curselocke Attempt 4

YouTube

Pokemon Tectonic Curselocke Attempt 4 Major Battles

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highlights

vague peak Sep 5, 2025, 11:11 PM

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part 23: 3 hours of sewer grinding

knotty solar Sep 5, 2025, 11:13 PM

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vague peak Sep 5, 2025, 11:18 PM

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I was literally about to make a joke about part 25 also being sewer grinding lol

knotty solar Sep 5, 2025, 11:26 PM

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there's a lot of sewers

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in fairness these sandwich Noel and Xerneas IIRC

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(took a break for dinner so can't check ATM)

knotty solar Sep 6, 2025, 1:36 AM

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Okay! I think everything's uploaded and the playlists are complete, but obviously let me know if it looks like something's missing (er uh if I accidentally cheated I guess LMAO)

vague peak Sep 6, 2025, 6:14 PM

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so now that you have completed the run

#Bella Tries Her Hand at Curselockes