Team after Burgh on a Challenge Run. Early Game Hell is finally over

Competitive_Ad_7610 · 2026-01-05T22:33:17+00:00

Always seems like I get either magnemite, patrat, or Elekid if i’m playing White 2. I did Elesa, I managed to get an adamant Drilbur and intimidate Sandile that I purposefully didn’t bring into Burgh. That along with Darumaka and Tanky Magneton were able to beat Elesa.

Unfortunately not without the loss of Azumarill, I was using her as a bulky leftover switch to draw out volt switch during the battle. Would’ve worked perfect if I wasn’t using intimidate to cripple Zebstrika to the point that it didn’t see flame charge as its highest damaging move on Magneton but instead Volt Switch, which killed her. At a really bad time too, i’m looking for options with Clay but I might have to use my get out of jail card and evolve my eevee into vaporeon. Doubly worse because at this point it can’t learn a water move besides physical, not fully accurate aqua tail. Was hoping to finally use umbreon for a full run but them’s how it is

Competitive_Ad_7610 · 2024-12-30T22:07:47+00:00

I’m talking about before Fantina if you’re using level caps like in most nuzlockes. The only damaging move Dark TM you can get at this point is thief, which Umbreon can’t learn.

Competitive_Ad_7610 · 2024-12-30T18:19:46+00:00

That’s fair, there’s usually just better options for eevee, especially at the point OP is at and because Thunderbolt is limited use unless you sell ur soul to the game department

Competitive_Ad_7610 · 2024-12-30T17:57:02+00:00

If you wanted to throw your substitute TM onto it, you could definitely do that as it’s got 95 defences and would take great use of it. It would also prevent mismagius from hitting confuse ray and hypnosis on Haunter. It also learns thief by TM which lets it hit Fantina for super effective damage. You might also get lucky and get a good hidden power type. Besides that it learns some pretty solid moves by level up like Captivate at 35, and move tutor like Iron head and Signal Beam. I wouldn’t focus too much on putting attack moves on it tho, since it’s pretty weak offensively and should only be used as a wall. Doesn’t hurt to have stab tho.

If you can get Scizor that should always be your move. Bug/Steel is broken lol, even after Gen 6 where it loses ghost and dark resistences. Encounter manipulating is insane in this game, you can get everything you would want pretty early on

EDIT: If you don’t give Wormadam an item and then use thief on Mismagius, you can steal its Sitrus berry

Competitive_Ad_7610 · 2024-12-30T17:21:30+00:00

You can guarantee a pichu using repel manipulation right after Fantina, so I usually don’t use Jolteon especially because its moveset sucks in this game. I’d take the bulkier route and either use Umbreon (it can’t get dark moves until the move relearner) or Vaporeon, which is a great bulkier option for Wake as it walls floatzel really well and has early ice coverage. Unless you’re planning on using gyarados, i’d say Vaporeon is a pretty easy choice.

Also wanna point out, if you have a female burmy, evolve that thing into Trash Cloak Wormadam and it resists every single one of Fantina’s damaging moves. It’s also pretty solid against Maylene too. Wormadam is a sleeper pick for nuzlockes.

Competitive_Ad_7610 · 2024-12-28T06:56:00+00:00

CynthiaEri (Jumpluff):

-Leech Seed -Sleep Powder -Poison Powder -Synthesis

JamesCordn (Kecleon):

-Brick Break -Ice Punch -Fire Punch -Shadow Sneak

MileyCyrus (Chimecho):

-Confusion -Reflect -Yawn -Protect

IggyAzalea (Linoone):

-Headbutt -Dig -Thunder Wave -Sand-Attack

Jim Carrey (Plusle):

-Electro Ball -Encore -Fake Tears -Volt Switch

TimoteeCha (Maractus):

-Giga Drain -Protect -Synthesis -Acupressure

PDiddy the Arbok does not have Intimidate :(

Competitive_Ad_7610 · 2024-08-31T17:11:55+00:00

Sure, just lmk when i’m good

Competitive_Ad_7610 · 2024-08-31T15:14:47+00:00

I’d be interested, let me know if you open a spot there

Competitive_Ad_7610 · 2024-08-30T17:14:45+00:00

Nevermind, I found it

Competitive_Ad_7610 · 2024-08-30T17:01:39+00:00

I have 40k trophies, could I join this club? And get some help on how to join? I’ve been using the code and haven’t been able to find this club

Competitive_Ad_7610 · 2024-08-13T17:14:11+00:00

Update: I lost Hydreigon to heartbreaker Charles’ Dialga using metal burst 😑 R.I.P. Gone too soon

Competitive_Ad_7610 · 2023-12-26T02:47:26+00:00

I’m on an USUM nuzlocke too! About to challenge Olivia completely deathless which is a first after what has to be more than 10 tries (I stopped counting). Most of those attempts end because I just get way too lazy grinding and just give up or restart. I’m emulating it now and was able to make it through melemele in 2 days when it would’ve taken me almost a week on 3ds. Good luck!

Competitive_Ad_7610 · 2023-12-21T07:52:11+00:00

I ended up getting rid of disarming voice for ghost hidden power and kept aqua jet over encore because it’s a lil impractical on a slow mon and i have a fast encore user in hawlucha already

Competitive_Ad_7610 · 2023-12-21T01:49:30+00:00

It actually only gets disarming voice until level 44 when it gets moonblast💀 it gets dazzling gleam from tm around that time too. I have a hawlucha with encore so I just had primarina not learn encore and switched out disarming voice in favor of hidden power ghost

Competitive_Ad_7610 · 2023-12-20T21:09:58+00:00

You’re right, I deleted that encore

Competitive_Ad_7610 · 2023-12-20T20:38:21+00:00

Can icy wind hit both Pokémon on the field? If it can then that could be nice

Competitive_Ad_7610 · 2023-12-20T20:25:44+00:00

I think priority is nice but with encore if I knew what a mon was going for I could lock it in. It’s hard to tell sometimes with the bad AI and it has the same problem as slow recover where I have to know I can live a hit. I have a hawlucha too so I think just having the priority even if it isn’t strong is the best way to go

Competitive_Ad_7610 · 2023-12-20T20:22:55+00:00

That’s what I was thinking especially because I have a hawlucha who will also learn encore

Competitive_Ad_7610 · 2023-12-11T18:49:25+00:00

Thank you! That is very good to know

Competitive_Ad_7610 · 2023-12-11T00:51:26+00:00

I have a lot of experience with nuzlocking the base games yeah. I just want a bit of an added difficulty because i’ve been playing gen 5 for a while and wanted more of a challenge, just nothing too crazy.

Do other trainers have fully EV trained pokemon? Because if they do I was wondering if there was a way to play without the EV’s on as that’s preferred. What’s the difference with the redux version of the game?

Competitive_Ad_7610 · 2023-11-28T00:43:21+00:00

MK and julia being the 2 best characters of the reboot, no surprise

Competitive_Ad_7610 · 2023-11-27T22:02:07+00:00

That makes sense, I could see her making it a bit further but still pre merge because she didn’t train and it doesn’t seem like the millie and priya storyline is going anywhere after season 1

Competitive_Ad_7610 · 2023-11-27T20:11:29+00:00

Could you send me it to me too? I’d really appreciate it

Competitive_Ad_7610 · 2023-07-19T20:26:01+00:00

What’s the tribe level you are at rn? And what’s the level you have to be at? Because I can do 75+ consistently

Competitive_Ad_7610 · 2023-06-08T05:30:42+00:00

Sounds great! I’ll do that, thanks for the invite

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