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post Nov 25 2021, 12:41 AM
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QUOTE(Aaron. @ Nov 24 2021, 10:23 PM) *
There is the underground but I feel underwhelmed by this too. Opening the "boxes" apparently will make more desirable Pokemon appear, but I haven't noticed a difference just yet. But I do need to explore more.

It doesn't make the Pokemon of the statue appear, it makes it a certain % more likely for a Pokemon of that type if you put it in your secret base. It stacks too so I guess if you really want say an Elekid, you can put loads of Electric-type statues and it will be more likely to appear. That'll probably come more in handy during the postgame when there's more Pokemon in the mix in the hideouts and you want a certain one, I haven't bothered yet as the variety in the underground isn't SO much that it takes ages to find what you want.
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post Nov 25 2021, 03:19 AM
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Ohhh. That makes sense. TBH I don't even know where to take the statues, all I know is that I have them laugh.gif
I'll have to check it out more once I finish the game.
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post Nov 25 2021, 07:18 AM
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Not sure of my levels but my current team is Empoleon, Roselia, Chimecho, Magneton and Drifblim.

I'm really quite disappointed at the calibre of and how repetitive the wild Pokemon are kink.gif the underground is where it's at isn't it

I've really enjoyed this. I've got 6 badges now but it's not exactly been easy to get there
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post Nov 25 2021, 11:49 AM
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Ohhh. That makes sense. TBH I don't even know where to take the statues, all I know is that I have them laugh.gif
I'll have to check it out more once I finish the game.

I think you have to get a drill from one of the guys who trades spheres to make a secret base and you display them in there to get the effects, idk why it couldn't just be part of the explorer kit but I don't care about it that much for now tbh, postgame if I find it hard to encounter certain Pokemon I might do
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post Nov 26 2021, 04:30 PM
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Finally going to take on the Pokemon League later today. Current team:

Garchomp - Level 57
Jirachi - Level 58
Lucario - Level 59
Infernape - Level 60
Floatzel - Level 61
Luxray - Level 63
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post Nov 28 2021, 12:14 AM
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I eventually beat Cynthia, I proper had to cheese it with the "x toughed it out so you wouldn't feel bad" buffs, I just happened to get like 4 of those in one battle laugh.gif I think I had the wrong team but I liked the team I used throughout the game and didn't want to EV train something just for Garchomp so I'm glad I did it with my squad.
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post Nov 29 2021, 09:00 PM
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Gosh yeah Cynthia was a beast.
Spiritomb and Lucario were the only two I had problems with, Spiritomb especially since I only had 1 fairy move on Jirachi, but Jirachi is weak to Spiritomb's moves so that wasn't an option.
Honestly, her Lucario is a beast. It's high speed knocked me out twice instantly.

I reset my game now to do another playthough with another team I've never used before.
I actually wanted a completly randomized team but with no Wonder Trade I had difficulties having people accept my trades with just Geodudes laugh.gif

Here's what I ended up with:

Shellos
Beautifly
Dratini
Bronzor
Ponyta
Swinub

I also have a Charmander, Ditto but someone traded a SHINY DIALGA for one of my Geodudes laugh.gif
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post Nov 29 2021, 09:06 PM
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I've just finished the 7th gym. I've tried not to train too much to make it a bit more of a challenge, but I may regret that after hearing all your posts about how tricky Cynthia is. laugh.gif

Empoleon - Level 47
Luxray - Level 47
Honchkrow - Level 47
Toxicroak - Level 46
Sneasel - Level 45
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Cynthia requires a lot of planning if anything. The right pokemon need to have the right moves and even items.
Speed is probably most important, because Cynthia definitely 1 shot KOed a lot of my pokemon laugh.gif
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post Dec 3 2021, 01:21 AM
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Yeah it's doable but it's one of those where if you aren't prepared you're kinda screwed, you do need to have certain counters prepared and I didn't really have one for Garchomp so that was difficult. And it's at a point in the game where you have to grind a lot so it takes time to get something up the right level to replace a team member, so I just power levelled with who I had as I cba grinding LOADS laugh.gif I suppose it just makes it feel almost unfair and like an uphill battle but that's fitting for a champion battle, it would be way easier if you could easily EV train and perfect your team to counter her in that way.

My strategies ended up being:

Spiritomb - I had to just Nasty Plot with Honchkrow and brute force through with Dark Pulse, since Honchkrow resists or is immune to all of its moves, I could get 2 Nasty Plots up and one shot it. I thought this could but...

Milotic - I was gonna try and brute this too but it lived, so on another try I Taunted it with Honchkrow so it couldn't Recover and then

Gastrodon - easy one shot with Roserade

Lucario - one shot by Close Combat from Infernape

Roserade - went down in one hit to Gligar's Acrobatics

Garchomp - Ice Fang from Floatzel didn't even do half with Garchomp's berry intact, eventually I had to Knock Off its ice weakness berry with Gligar, but in doing so it got a Swords Dance up which was a death sentence. I won because of the cheese-luck that meant Floatzel lived one attack and dodged the other so it could go down

I just beat Cynthia's second rematch with little trouble as I had a fully EVd Feraligatr (max speed and attack - didn't outspeed Garchomp though) to deal with Garchomp this time laugh.gif
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