Made an account just to share this becaude I feel proud about this
I've been playing pokemon for around 15 years but I have never attempted a nuzlocke ever in my life and what better than to go blindly into one in a game I have never played before being HGSS. I didn't get to buy it because it never sold in my country at the time so alas I finally got around to emulating it thanks to Delta and started my attempt
There are a few things to note about my nuzlocke: 1. I did level capped myself +5 beyond what was allowed 2. I beat the 7th gym earlier than the 5th and 6th by accident 3. I caught the Shiny Gyarados because I felt it was fair game if I didn't catch anything else in that route
So let me introduce my random team here
Ryuen the Dragonite (Level 60) He had to go past the level cap as he was one of the only ones left before I started the Champion fight
Mr Krabs the Krabby (Level 49) Probably one of the most clutch sacrifaces I made to secure a kill against Lucian but losing him in the process
King the Nidoking (Level 52) The only pokemon that lasted with me from near the very start and finally evolved at Tohjo falls right before the elite four. I sacrifaced almost everyoke to protect him and he came out at the very last fight against Bruno but inevitably got crit and died
Aero the Lugia (Level 50) Yes I did catch the Legendary purely so that I could fly around and he was unexpectedly quite useless as he got destroyed by Lucian very early on
Shuckie the Shuckle (Level 48) It was a gift pokemon from Cianwood and I needed a slot to fill my team, he became the reason to why I won Lucian by out-tanking every monster until they died
Y the Wobuffet (Level 52) the MVP of the run While Wobuffet is a ridiculously bad pokemon the tank stats it provides is undoubtedly insane and it was thanks to him I managed to beat Claire when I lost almost every single pokemon prior to that and was at such a loss but he pulled off a miracle and sent me all the way till Lance. I clicked Destiny Bond and sent him off to heaven to eliminate the Dragonite he had and to win it all. Long life the King. His sacriface was the key to victory
Undoubtedly I am a horrible Nuzlocker or player since I managed to lose 33 pokemon prior to the Elite Four but overall I think for the first time I ever beat HGSS and as a nuzlocke on top of that really spoke to me as a whole for an experience. I ended up wiping and ending the nuzlocke when I went to Vermillion to take on Lt Surge but I was very content with just beating then Johto region.
I want to challenge another nuzlocke.. Any recommendations and extra challenges?

"Pretty interesting. This is literally the first time I ever posted a post in reddit so please excuse me. FYSA. No idea if this is related to this post I just saw 30min ago: https://www.reddit.com/pokemongo/comments/1covmv1/how_true_is_this_leak/
Context: Me and my spouse started playing PoGo 2 weeks ago, I played for a single day back in 2016, and had access to the same account.
On 11MAY2024 around 1100 CST, I tried logging onto PoGo and received screen that my account was permanently banned out of nowhere [Lets name this Account_1@gmail.com]. I have not used any sort of cheat, I only play this game with my wife whenever we go on a trail or grocery shopping. Rather, I paid $10-ish to change my gym (?) to be the same as my wife's so we can raid together. I didn't know how raid worked so I initially had a different team. It would be silly for me to pay real money in-game and also use cheat, imo. Subsequently, I received an email that my account has been submitted for deletion. At this point, I thought this was an automatic process after my account was banned.
I was initially upset that I was randomly banned, requested Niantic what ToS I violated, if there were any. Received what seems like a template response that answered nothing.
2 days ago, I made a new PoGo account [Account_2@gmail.com] while hoping my first account would be unbanned. This morning (13MAY2024) around 1030 CST, all my Pokemons are transferred into candies. I didn't have any rare pokemon so that was not the issue, but the issue is that my account was breached, and at this point I made a connection that this could be the same reason my first account was banned, and that the deletion process may not be automatic.
The twist, I work for a 3-lettered organization specializing in cyber. Brought this matter to couple of my colleagues and came up with few theories and additional questions. Here's the note below.
Account_1@gmail.com
"Permanently Banned"
Account deleted. See attached image.
Account_2@gmail.com
All Pokemon Transferred
Account accessed?
Both have different passwords.
Account_1 has 2-factor authentication, Account_2 does not. Did this result in the differing actions? (Deletion vs Transferred pokemons/Different actors?)
Both account's gmail received notification "Pokemon GO was granted access to your Google account" from "IPhone" in "Texas" prior to activity. (Account_1 = 1 day prior, Account_2 = 15min prior to log-in)
Account Deletion request requires Niantic sending an email with a "Code" to reply back with. The said code is STATIC. Amazingly, it does not change regardless of who submits it. Its the same code for everyone.
Theoretically, a spoofed email address sending the code to Niantic will complete the delete process. Second, the *Username does not matter in the Account Deletion form. I can literally name it anything. Cannot test as this is beyond jurisdiction.
Question still to be answered:
How was the email account leaked? Was it leaked/breached?
Why was Pokemon Go specifically targeted (If credentials were compromised, why was this the "first" target out of say, my banking apps?). Either the actor is trying to get my attention (unlikely as there's no benefit, or the actor is only capable of attacking through PoGo app)
Account_2@gmail.com's PoGo is assumed to be breached completely if Pokemon was "transferred"
I can try to sniff the network traffic from the app to see if credentials are being sent in cleartext, but I'm starting to lose interest and am considering just deleting the app. I attempted to notify Niantic but amazingly just received the same template response when my account was banned.
Maybe this info will help someone else, possibly research further but it'll be in the backburner."

Super quick and kind! ( I did fall asleep so de vouch is late lol srry pooks) 😅 I

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Rota's Bonsly (8th Movie Halfdeck Print) 2005
Posted about their cherished Bonsly figures and I went WAY too deep on Baby Pokémon in the TCG.
I love the TCG and have enjoyed the recent focus that they have placed on Middle Evolutions and some Baby Pokemon in Special Art Cards. SO here is my minor Sunday night thesis on the topic.!
THESIS/Concept
So, it seems to me like the current format era (IE Scarlet/Violet) for Baby Pokémon is to give them extremely LOW HP (30HP) and a non-Energy required attack that functions much like a regular Trainer card (like an Item or Supporter). You will likely give the Baby Pokémon for a Prize which the tradeoff isn't that great unless the effect of the attack (in the case of the current Cleffa we have that and it got a Special Art card) is good.
As I recall, Bonsly did get a card in Obsidian Flames and its non-Energy required attack Blubbering did 10 Damage and Confused your opponent which in the Pre-Release Format for OBF was pretty nice.
Ostensibly, Bonsly isn't especially viable in the Standard Meta, however it is nice when Pokémon does work them, the Babies, into really niche gameplay areas even if it is for just a limited format, like PreReleases.
Last (English) TCG Sets a Baby Pokémon was released (in National Dex Order):

• Pichu (HeartGold/SoulSilver): OLD

-OPINION: We are WAY overdue for some Pichu love! Japanese got a Promo card in 2022 that is really cute! It is also a shame cause Lightening Type does suffer a bit in the TCG due to limited pool of Pokemon.
-- OPINION TWO: I would pair Pichu & Azurill together in a TCG set for a strong niche PreRelease space.

• Cleffa (Obsidian Flames/SV Promo/Paldean Fates): Actually, a competitive level card in the current Standard format as of posting date
  
• Igglybuff (Cosmic Eclipse): Late Sun & Moon Era
  

--Opinion: I would pair Igglybuff and Tyrogue together in a TCG set for a strong niche PreRelease space.

• Togepi (Obsidian Flames) Standard Scarlet & Violet as of posting date.

NOTE: Togepi is often used as the starting point for its evolution line as the Basic Pokémon.

• Tyrogue (Unbroken Bonds): Late Sun & Moon Era
  
• Smoochum (HeartGold/SoulSilver) OLD
  

-- OPINION: Smoochum could be paired with Tyrouge since it has a type advantage? You could also pair Smoochum with Chingling? Maybe? I am not sure?
-- OPINION TWO: Jynx has gotten a LITTLE recognition in late Sword & Shield and a niche use from Scarlet & Violet 151, but Smoochum does deserve something in my opinion. I doubt we will get much of anything though based around the issues of the lines' design.

• Elekid (Paradox Rift): Standard Scarlet & Violet as of posting date. Like Bonsly, Elekid from Paradox Rift did have a niche use in the PreRelease format for Paradox Rift.
  
• Magby (Paradox Rift): Standard Scarlet & Violet as of posting date. Again, niche use BUT Magby also got a Special Illustration in Paradox Rift and it is REALLY cute.
  
• OPINION: Elekid and Magby often get paired together despite being sort of a trio with Smoochum but Smoochum was cast aside.
  
• Azurill (Cosmic Eclipse): Late Sun & Moon Era
  
• OPINION: Azurill & Wynaut occupy a strange space in that I am not sure when we are due for some TCG fan service focused on Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald and ORAS. But my opinion is that they should likely continue to utilize Baby Pokemon in a niche space in a limited format sense.
  
• Wynaut (Unified Minds): Late Sun & Moon Era
  
• OPINION: See Azurill
  
• Budew (Stormfront): Diamond & Pearl Era
  
• OPINION: We are DEW for a good Budew card :P Had the TCG been on the up and up they could have put something fun into the Legends Arceus focused sets (Astral Radiance, Lost Origin, Brilliant Stars, or Silver Tempest) to highlight the Babies introduced in Generation 4.
  
• Chingling (Platinum- Supreme Victors): Platinum Era
  
• Bonsly (Obsidian Flames): As noted above
  
• Mime Jr. (Paldean Fates): Standard Scarlet & Violet
  

NOTE: Mime Jr. is interesting as its non-Energy attack allows your opponent to select an attack of their active Pokemon and then that is Mime Jr.'s attack (and it doesn't require needed energy to do so) COULD have a really niche use but probably not worth the Prize Mime Jr would give up next turn (unless equipped with a strong ACE SPEC card?)

• Happiny (Unbroken Bonds): Late Sun & Moon Era

-- Opinion: Happiny & Munchlax could share a space in a PreRelease format I think? Maybe in a Heal vs Stall sense? I dunno

• Munchlax (Unified Minds): Late Sun & Moon Era
  
• Riolu (Scarlet & Violet Base Set/Paldean Fates)
  

NOTE: Like others have noted Riolu and like Togepi; Riolu is used as the Basic Pokemon for its Evolution Line (IE Lucario). It has recently received a Special Illustration in Crown Zenith and a Shiny in Paldean Fates.

• Mantyke (Paradox Rift) Standard Scarlet & Violet Era. Niche use like Magby and got a Special Illustration that is really adorable

FINALLY:

• Toxel (Paradox Rift) Standard Scarlet & Violet Era

-NOTE: Toxel is weird (to me) cause it was introduced four generations after all the others and always acts as a normal Basic Pokemon in the TCG with higher base HP. (Also, we will likely continue to get Toxel/Toxtricity fairly often in the TCG as it is a Lightening Type and the available pool of Pokemon is extremely limited)
If ANYONE has read any or all of this I would REALLY enjoy hearing your thoughts, feelings, emotions and more about what I have said.
I REALLY love the Pokemon TCG and I think about how they construct such a vast and expansive game with so many creatures and characters. PLEASE comment and respond!
Sources: Pokellector, Serebii, Bulbapedia, personal TCG Game Knowledge lol
IF YOU READ ALL THIS AND COMMENT and continue the discussion I WILL BE HAPPY TO COMMENT, AND MAYBE SEND YOU A SPECIAL POKEMON CARD/LETTER OR SOMETHING. <3 Much tcg LOVE!

Overall, I really enjoyed it. Here are my somewhat detailed thoughts and observations after 100%ing it. General: The only glitches I noticed was Pikachu warping from space onto the counter after healing him after being fainted lol and my player character getting frozen for a second while entering Pewter City's gym. Other than that, nothing really.
Before first gym: the inclusion of the EXP bar is extremely awesome and really helpful. The running shoes are even better. Pikachu is pretty good against most Pokemon. First rival fight was easy ish. Initial team at Brock: Pikachu, Nidoran Male, Pidgey Brock was still pretty easy. Double Kick to victory. The first trainer did throw me off though.
Mt. Moon to Cerulean City: Trainers aren't pushovers anymore and I have to go back and heal more frequently than I did back in the day. I actually forgot Jessie, James, and Meowth are in the game. Whoops lol. Why is Meowth so strong... I picked the Dome Fossil. Sorry Lord Helix.
Nugget Bridge and Routes 24, 25: Nugget bridge trainers were good I forgot you could encounter Pokemon on the same tile as a trainer encounter lol Picked up an Abra(instant cheat code) and Charmander(the best starter) Bill is a Kabuto??!!?
Cerulean Gym: Pretty standard experience. Swept with Pikachu Current team: Nidorino, Pikachu, Charmeleon, Pidgeotto, Kadabra
On my way to Vermillion City: Oh shit. I forgot Bulbasaur lmao time to back track. Now, onwards to Vermilion.
Vermillion City: Time to go fight some trainers to gain some levels. Nothing to report other than the trainers are harder. Rival fight was a little harder also. Team for the rival fight: Pikachu, Nidorino, Kadabra, Charmeleon, Ivysaur Almost got swept by Lt. Surge, but clutched it out with someone other than Pikachu. Can't remember lol Picked up Squirtle Back tracked to get a bike
Rock Tunnel: Taught flash to Kadabra and proceeded to slaughter the trainers within. Lavender Town: I think this is the first true difficulty spike in the game. Basically from here on out, I was perpetually under leveled because the lack of trainers and the inability to rematch them. I looked up the rival team and almost shit my pants because of how under leveled I was. I went around and fought every trainer that I could(including team rocket at the game corner). Was around 3 to 4 levels lower than my rival, but I managed to beat him. Jolteon sucked because I didn't have any good ground Pokemon. Ended up having to cross my fingers with Kadabra. Picked up the Poke Flute and caught myself two Snorlax. The idea of Pikachu still being a hunk of garbage started creeping into my mind. He just couldn't hold his own weight anymore.
Back to Celadon: Time to play the slots!!! Managed to legitimately collect 3000 coins for a Dratini Time to face Erika now. Was a pushover because of Charizard. Nothing else to report. Current team: Pikachu, Dratini, Kadabra, Charizard, Venusaur, and Wartortle I decided to remove Pidgeotto because of Pikachu's ability to learn fly and the fact that flying types are more or less optional except for the ability to fly. Picked up fresh water for the guards.
Cycling Road, Fuschia City, Route 16, 17, and 18, 12, 13, 14: Keep battling trainers to gain levels... Faced all the trainers in Koga's gym, including Janine. Went to the Safari Zone to get Surf and the Gold Teeth for Strength. Took a wrong turn and faced a trainer with Pokemon 6 levels higher than my current Pokemon. Whoops. Decided to take on Silph Co. for the levels.
Silph Co. and Saffron City: I made the executive decision to backtrack and get an Eevee and evolve it into a Jolteon. Pikachu is beyond useless and can't be relied on. Was also thinking ahead to Sabrina and the fact that Jolteon can learn Pin Missile... Decided to hit up the fighting gym for a Hitmonlee. Not as much of a maze as I remember as a kid. Picked up a Lapras. Rival fight was more fair this time around. Giovanni fight was easy, EXCEPT FOR THE GODDAMN PERSIAN. It almost felt like the game was cheating with how many crits it kept getting. I almost lost because of a fucking Persian... But I digress... Picked up the master ball.
Fuschia City: Annihilated Koga. The End. Current team Alakazam, Jolteon, Dragonair, Charizard, Blastoise, and Venusaur Team is shaping up nicely. Training Dragonair is a real bitch and a half though. It better be worth it...
Back to Saffron City: Actually got a little lost in the gym lmao This is the first time I started using Rare Candies because of how little trainers there actually are and the fact that the wild Pokemon don't give that much experience. I do think the level spike for Sabrina was a little excessive, especially if you don't have any Bug Moves or a really solid physical wall like Snorlax. Gengar is a natural counter but can get obliterated with Psybeam and Psychic because of it's Poison typing. Pin Missile took out Abra, Mr. Mime, and Kadabra. Lost Jolteon to Hypno. Alakazam was a pushover because of it's low HP and craptastic defense. Team unchanged.
Onward to Cinnabar: Got sidetracked into going through all of the Seafoam Islands. Beat Weebra. Caught Articuno. Side note: I don't have issue with the balls missing in Gen 1. If you put it to sleep and bring it to low health, your chances of catching it going up a lot. And you know if it doesn't miss, it's confirmed to have been caught. It took about 15 throws to catch it.
Cinnabar Island: Got the secret key in the Pokemon Mansion. Evolved my Dragonair into Dragonite by fighting the trainers in the gym. THIS THING IS A FUCKING POWERHOUSE. LET'S GO!!! TOTALLY WORTH IT!!! Blaine was pretty easy with Blastoise and Dragonite Team has now been finalized(stayed the same throughout the rest of the game): Alakazam, Dragonite, Jolteon, Venusaur, Blastoise, and Charizard.
Viridian City and Route 22: Destroyed Giovanni and the rival
Victory Road: Kept fighting trainers for the levels. Caught myself a Moltres. Nothing else to report.
Elite Four: I think my team is a little too good lol whole team was around level 60. Everyone was a pushover including Lance. Dragonite with Ice Beam is a cheat code and shouldn't be allowed. Hehehehehe. The champion fight was better, but my team was a little too good for Blue. 🎶 We are the Champions 🎶
Post Elite Four: Time to complete the Pokedex! Took me a few hours. There really wasn't any difficult or annoying Pokemon to catch. 2 Eevee encounters took me about 45 minutes. Picked up the last legendary bird i.e. Zapdos. Only thing left was Raichu and Mewtwo. Got to Mewtwo after fighting Smith. I FORGOT MY MASTER BALL. OH NO. Lo and behold, I caught Mewtwo after getting a clutch freeze from Dragonite's Ice Beam. Ayyyy. Last thing to do is beat Professor Oak, get myself a Mew, and rematch the Elite Four.
Professor Oak: Pretty good fight for both fights, but ultimately he lost because I am inevitable O.o Used the Master Ball on Mew, because why not lol
Elite Four Rematches: Steamrolled them since I kind of went out of order lol
Final thoughts: Really, really good ROM hack. I think the game suffers from poor design from the original creators. Where are all the trainers?! Why are psychic so effing broken?!!?!!?!
A playable girl character is awesome. Running shoes are awesome. Gym and E4 rematches makes total sense. More difficult game overall until the very end game where EXP and TMs are basically unlimited. The game was way more balanced than the original. I will say that if the same care and attention is put into Emerald Legacy, it's going to be one of, if not, the best Pokemon games in existence.
Rant over.

Renegade Platinum is my first romhack Hardcore Nuzlocke. I ended up winning on attempt 3 with a fairly unusual team. I did have some popular team members like Gliscor but since I was playing with candies and no ev-training, my Gliscor's poor IVs kept him off the team. I used a calculator and this spreadsheet as well as a repel manip guide. I played with my modified dupes clause: only living pokemon are considered dupes. I turned off xp gain and leveled all of my pokemon to the level cap of the gym leader for that split. I also considered ALL gift encounters the encounter for that particular zone, so in for example Etterna city I had to choose between Togepi, Treecko, or Porygon. Additionally I only considered the FIRST pokemon I received so I was only eligible for Infernape, Venasaur, Sceptile, and Meganium. I used Torterra as my starter.
Under these rules I thought it was a particularly interesting run. In my first attempt I wiped to Barry right before Wake, in attempt 2 I wiped to Cyrus in the Distortion World, and attempt 3 cleared.
Undervalued Pokemon that I found very helpful in my attempts:
Starmie - People really sleep on this Pokemon, to date I've NEVER beaten a hardcore Nuzlocke without Starmie besides Pokemon Black where it's physically impossible to get one. 115 base speed and 100 sp. atk. with an INSANE TM move pool and access to recover and rapid spin make this pokemon INSANE. On top of all this 50% of the time it gets natural cure. It's one of the best ice beam users in any Pokemon game. Pick up the starfish in Canalave, it's free, and you can immediately use it to bait in and pop Riley's Salamence. Just make sure to grab the ice beam, you can get it after you beat wake. I recommend running Starmie with choice specs, psychic, surf, ice beam, and dazzling gleam but you can always swap the specs and/or swap moves around (thunderbolt is another excellent move). You can always get recover and rapid spin in Pastoria.
Meganium - Meganium is really powerful especially with its new fairy typing in this game, however Meganium really only powers up after you've made it past Fantina. Honestly I would've rather had the gator with its new dark typing because I've never once made it through Fantina risk-less. I nearly wiped to her in my winning attempt. However if your Umbreon can valiantly carry you through Fantina, Meganium is a monster. Give it energy ball, moonblast, toxic, and synthesis and the dino rips. Meganium is shockingly tanky with a dragon immunity. Meganium is what made Cynthia possible for me. However the 4x poison weakness and new steel weakness makes it hard to use until after Fantina, the hardest fight. Meganium stepped up to the plate as a stall monster as well as counter to Barry's Heracross and Breloom. Meganium also outsped a shocking number of Pokemon in my runs. It's not exceptionally fast, but it's also not slow either. You should get a Feraligatr if your ruleset allows you to unless you wanna risk wiping to Fantina, but if you wanna ball out Meganium will serve you well.
Rotom - In my runs, I banned rotom's forms. I already felt kinda cheesy using a mythical in the first place so only base form Rotom was used. Despite this, 3 immunities and an insane speed stat made Rotom a safe pickup especially if you can't taunt the Gengar encounter (the gengar tends to kill itself with curse). With a magnet Rotom reliably popped Barry's Staraptor and any other flying/water threat. Rotom is fast and easy to get in for free. That's really all I can ask for out of an encounter and despite being kinda weak on paper Rotom was just around a lot in my runs getting kills.
Ninjask - Setting aside Shedinja shenanigans (which I did employ conservatively), Ninjask goes hard against Gardenia which is already pretty helpful. But it also has speed boost, swords dance, and baton pass. You can do the math. If you can pp stall a pokemon Ninjask will set up for ANYONE. And there are plenty of stall targets in the gyms. I found this particularly abusive on the Maylene fight where Gengar + Shiftry stalled out her Gallade (you can bait out Gallade by killing Medicham with a gengar or other psychic weak pokemon) and I set up a brick breaking Infernape with +6/+6 to sweep her entire team. Very helpful because none of my all natural setup mons could safely complete the sweep.
Masquerain - Probably your best Lake Verity encounter. It gets intimidate, it wrecks Gardenia. It's also crazy buffed in this game with 100 base speed and 110 base sp. atk. I clearly have a thing for fast special attackers but why shouldn't I? They kill everything. Masquerain falls off in the late game especially if you have a Starmie, but when all of your best late game encounters are deadweight in the early game, getting a solid pokemon like Masquerain to carry your run on its shoulders until you can evolve your Psuedo-Legendaries is insanely useful.
Metang - This thing does insane work in the mid-game. You don't want a Metagross, you want a Metang. Metang came in HUGE in so many of the mid game fights. I also suspect a Metang + Pre-Paralyzed Porygon 2 can stall out Fantina's Gengar to enable you to set up. I never ended up using this strat, in attempt 2 I tried but I didn't pre-status my recover Porygon so both Metang and Porygon got burned. In attempt 3 I skipped both pokemon.
Pokemon I found underwhelming:
Metagross - Metagross is the worst psuedo-legendary in this run. On top of this, getting the gift Beldum blocks you out of the fossil encounter if you play with my ruleset. Metagross is way too slow and unlike Tyranitar, it doesn't get access to a setup move. I found that Steelix and Magnezone did everything I needed Metagross to do but better. I'd skip this one unless you want a Metang for the midgame.
Gliscor - Gliscor was the hero of my second attempt. But I feel like Gliscor sits right on the edge of being good. I didn't use Gliscor because it was broken, I used Gliscor because it was the only decent pokemon I had. I used my poison heal Gliscor in Attempt 3 a single digit number of times. It's just outclassed by so many other pokemon and having those pokemon is the sign of a healthy run that can go all the way. If you're relying on Gliscor it's (generally) only a matter of time until you wipe. I'd still say get one because you can repel manip to guarantee the encounter. It's on average your best encounter for route 206 but I can't blame you if you want to gamble to highroll a Magby or Stunky.
Flygon - Flygon is INSANELY buffed in this game, it's more buffed than, to my knowledge, any other pokemon in this romhack. It's a 600 BST psuedo-legendary with adjusted typing to bug-dragon. It also gets access to compound eyes, a fact that excited me because I was using wide lens on my Flygon in my Black 2 challenge mode hardcore nuzlocke. However, Flygon is just kinda, not good enough? Gaining a bug typing is actually an insane nerf. Dragon doesn't cover Bug's Flying and Rock weaknesses making Flygon surprisingly vulnerable and hard to set up. Additionally I found no major use for Vibrava (which is also buffed). Flygon really only came up as a u-turn killer against psychic and dark pokemon allowing me to pick my matchup. Flygon also had just the right profile for my Cyrus 8v6. It's not a bad pokemon but in Oreburgh tunnel you still definitely would rather get an Onix. Finally, compound eyes just never comes up, you'd rather have levitate. The moves that really made my Black 2 Flygon a wide lens user were Rock Slide and Dragon Tail. Dragon tail is a gen 5 move and rock slide is better utilized on other pokemon like your Garchomp since Garchomp isn't weak to flying.
Weavile - I had a weavile in attempt 2 and attempt 3. Weavile is perhaps the encounter I got with the most INSANE variance. In attempt 2 I had a modest weavile with pressure and well below average IVs. It was the worst pokemon in my box by a mile. I spent the entire run salty that I had a weavile instead of a pokemon that was useful. In attempt 3 I got a naughty weavile with technician and near perfect IVs. This weavile gets technician boosted revenges, faint attacks, ice shards and was generally a complete choice band MONSTER. I was reliably 1 shotting pokemon with neutral damage. I feel like unless you high roll, you end up with a medicore encounter and you'd much rather roll for something else. I skipped my 100% sneasel on route 212 (another repel manip) in attempt 3 and got a Weavile randomly before Candice while trying for a Frosslass. Despite my Weavile going HUGE, I still think you're best trying to dodge this encounter unless you wanna gamble.
Milotic - Milotic is a pretty good pokemon on paper, but in my attempt I found that, except in niche scenarios, Meganium was just better. Milotic has pretty bad physical bulk and I found that a lot of the Pokemon I wanted to wall were physical attackers that Meganium was better suited to sit on. It's probably still your best and most consistent Mt. Coronet encounter, but I'd be curious to see if skipping the Milotic could get you a high quality encounter consistently.
Togekiss - Encore is a great move but Togekiss is just a touch too slow a lot of the time especially without speed EVs. It also just had a lot of overlapping weaknesses with other members of my team. This is another Pokemon that I felt Meganium just outclassed in my runs. Togekiss did save me from dying to Fantina though, so that is worth something.
Torterra - Torterra has a great moment in the mid-game, but after beating Fantina, Torterra is a box warmer. On top of that, 50% of the time its gets overgrow making it nearly worthless. Torterra with shell armor has a decent matchup against Fantina's Mismagius, without it you're at the casino. The grass starter I had on my team most of the time was the dino, not the turtle,
Tips for annoying fights:
Aaron before Fantina: Set up stealth rocks. If you can kill the Scizor and Drapion the rocks will kneecap Aaron's other 3 pokemon.
Fantina: Get Umbreon or wipe. Kill the Drifblim in such a way that it only gets 1 turn, if you're faster 2 shot it, if you're slower 1 shot it. Make sure not to drop the Drifblim below 75% unless you're killing it, the Starf berry could give it a speed boost. Raichu is incredibly valuable here. Also would love to see someone try stalling out that Gengar.
Backlot Tag and Spear Pillar 12v12: Blow up a pokemon on turn 1, kill that damn Staravia/Staraptor so Barry will actually do something. For the Spear Pillar 12v12 pre-poison your boom pokemon and give it a zoom lens. One of the crobats has bright powder and double team. I dislike discharge strats because none of my Pokemon could reliably kill the crobats in 1 hit with spread discharge damage. If you let them live you probably need to sacrifice your held item for a persim berry and pre-burn making it even harder to get a discharge kill and preventing you from using a zoom lens. You can't let the hypnosis double team bright powder crobat to set up. Have an answer for the Espeon in Backlot Tag and Yanmega in the 12v12. Barry has a Heracross and (likely) a Breloom, you need to cover those pokemon because those are the Pokemon that Barry has that actually do something. In Backlot Tag I sacrificed my Golem, in 12v12 I sacrificed my Glalie. I recommend you do the same.
Cyrus 8v6: If you have a bulky enough Gyrados and know how to bait kills into the other slot you can set up Gyrados to pop the Palkia and Dialga with Earthquake. This is what I did in run 2 before wiping because I let the houndoom set up nasty plot. In run 3 I didn't have a bulky enough Gyarados. Without good enough sp. def. Gyarados dies in 1 hit to roar of time and the Dialga will target it 50% of the time instead of your bait. Instead I used choice scarf Poliwrath and focus sash Flygon to outspeed and kill the Dialga with CC and Earth Power. My Jolly Garchomp was slightly too slow. Palkia will (likely) always hit Flygon, because it sees a kill, breaking the focus sash. The AI will have (likely) picked their move before your Poliwrath defense dropped from Close Combat protecting it from dying. Flygon will have no item for the actual fight but will live. Switch out to Meganium and Milotic and sit on the Palkia. With Rotom and Magnezone you should have enough coverage for the 6v6 as Cyrus' actual team has 3 flying types. Teach Magnezone mirror coat in case you get magnet pull trapped and spam it until the opposing Magnezone kills itself. Be careful Cyrus' Magnezone has mirror coat itself. This strat was verified using a calculator so make sure you do the same.
Overall I really liked the romhack, it was fun and the fights were engaging. The big, unfun elements, were fights where I had imperfect control over the field. The barry tag battles and the random elite four teams are nearly impossible to plan 100% for. The best I could do was plan the first few turns and then ball out. I also feel like Mismagius was a bit overtuned especially for the third gym, 4 immunities and 2 uncommon weaknesses is ROUGH. It really felt like no amount of strategy was good enough to 100% safely overcome some of the fights. Additionally the best late game encounters are stacked early on in the run making your early game MUCH harder. In contrast, most of my encounters near the end of the run never came out of my box. I feel like the encounters could've been distributed better. Additionally, having an option for the distortion world obstacles besides pulling belly drum off of my Poliwrath and giving it strength so I wouldn't have to drop the moves I NEEDED would've been great. Additionally in a romhack of this difficulty, I would've liked to see the accuracy of critical moves like rock slide and rock tomb boosted. It's kinda frustrating constantly having to play around powerful moves I can't reliably use without gambling and/or sacrificing my item slot. It made getting rock coverage a MASSIVE struggle the entire run. Being able to sweep Byron easily was also kinda lame. I had a harder time with the ace trainers in that gym.
But despite all these complaints, some of the fights HIT. I really liked Gardenia, Maylene, Candice, and Volkner in particular. Gardenia has a lot of good coverage, I honestly would've liked to see the Cherrim replaced with something else because once you overcome the technician breloom and tangela it's baby mode. I honestly would've liked to see the Breloom's power distributed more into the Bellossom and Cherrim slots. Technician Bullet Seed Spore is hard to deal with that early. The Tangela is an interesting challenge because it knows ancient power and is fairly bulky so you can't reliably one-shot it. Maylene was a cool puzzle, I ended up beating Maylene a different way every attempt. It does feel like a bit of a box check because in attempt 2 I had to use wide lens bounce Gyrados to sweep the gym casino style. I don't mind that the Gallade is so easy to set up on because it's a big challenge baiting it out unless you have some specific pokemon. Candice was another interesting gym leader to plan because Frosslass is super buffed and the Glaceon has bright powder + snow cloak. I wish for this particular fight, Aura Sphere had better distribution. I got lucky that in attempt 2 I had a Lucario and in Attempt 3 I had a Gengar but these are challenging or rare encounters. The Weavile is also a big and interesting challenge. Volker was another really cool battle, it really punishes you for abusing ground typing and I ended up bringing in a fairly diverse team featuring two water types.
I had a good time and am probably gonna take on Blaze Black 2 next.
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