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Liаm View member profile	Nov 25 2021, 12:41 AM Post #61
Brown cow, stunning! Joined: 7 December 2009 Posts: 67,171 User: 10,139	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.


Aaron. View member profile	Nov 25 2021, 03:19 AM Post #62
BuzzJack Platinum Member Joined: 9 April 2007 Posts: 7,587 User: 3,245	Ohhh. That makes sense. TBH I don't even know where to take the statues, all I know is that I have them I'll have to check it out more once I finish the game.


lewistgreen View member profile	Nov 25 2021, 07:18 AM Post #63
BuzzJack Legend Pronouns: he/him Joined: 25 July 2013 Posts: 26,009 User: 19,585	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 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


Liаm View member profile	Nov 25 2021, 11:49 AM Post #64
Brown cow, stunning! Joined: 7 December 2009 Posts: 67,171 User: 10,139	QUOTE(Aaron. @ Nov 25 2021, 03:19 AM) Ohhh. That makes sense. TBH I don't even know where to take the statues, all I know is that I have them 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


Aaron. View member profile	Nov 26 2021, 04:30 PM Post #65
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Aaron. View member profile	Nov 27 2021, 06:59 PM Post #66
BuzzJack Platinum Member Joined: 9 April 2007 Posts: 7,587 User: 3,245	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


Liаm View member profile	Nov 28 2021, 12:14 AM Post #67
Brown cow, stunning! Joined: 7 December 2009 Posts: 67,171 User: 10,139	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 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.


Aaron. View member profile	Nov 29 2021, 09:00 PM Post #68
BuzzJack Platinum Member Joined: 9 April 2007 Posts: 7,587 User: 3,245	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 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


Frenchie View member profile	Nov 29 2021, 09:06 PM Post #69
BuzzJack Gold Member Pronouns: he/him Joined: 13 May 2018 Posts: 2,321 User: 72,030	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. Empoleon - Level 47 Luxray - Level 47 Honchkrow - Level 47 Toxicroak - Level 46 Sneasel - Level 45


Aaron. View member profile	Nov 29 2021, 10:23 PM Post #70
BuzzJack Platinum Member Joined: 9 April 2007 Posts: 7,587 User: 3,245	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


Liаm View member profile	Dec 3 2021, 01:21 AM Post #71
Brown cow, stunning! Joined: 7 December 2009 Posts: 67,171 User: 10,139	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 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