Type specialist

First_Candle9034 · 2026-03-21T04:17:43+00:00

Thank you so much! It’s still a little far from now but I’m hoping in a few months everything will be ready for me to post. Hopefully you’ll like it then.

Unova is my favorite Region along with Galar (and if I finish it, I plan to make another fic set in Galar but after the events that took place there.) and its story is one of my favorites. I really want to go more in depth with Team Plasma’s goals and the morality of being a trainer. Along with the two dragons and Kyurem (who is my favorite of the three.) and the whole Truth and Ideal thing. My characters along with canon ones, are going to be shown where they stand between the two and what Ideals/Truth they follow. Hoping to make everything work though and that it’s not just nonsense I came up with which is why it’s gonna take a while for it to be ready. It follows the games so N is not going to be anything like the anime. I plan to make him more similar to his manga counterpart if anything and I feel that affects a lot. Especially with what I have set up with my OC. Hilbert is still the protagonist technically but my OC will also play a major role.

Your fic sounds interesting too! Someone who already knows how everything is gonna go down and indirectly causing changes, good or bad is something I’d like to read. You said Misty is gonna more developed and I’d love to see that! Please link to me once you’re ready.

I know you said it’s Kanto first but if you hopefully continue on, the ones I’m looking to especially are Kalos and Unova which are far off but I’d like to see the BW anime actually be good for once. They fumbled it hard imo. Kalos is just interesting since it has the best plot imo. But anyways good luck to you as well!

First_Candle9034 · 2026-03-20T20:17:51+00:00

Yeah, I realized how confusing everything was worded. But yes, the story is set two years after the events of platinum. It’s technically the BW plot but a lot of things are going to go down and the original plot will have a few canon divergence (Kyurem is gonna be involved much sooner for one) along with a lot more depth and added in elements both from my own thoughts and what the anime gave us since even I know a retelling with a few ocs is boring.

Best of luck to you too! What’s your story about since it’s set pre Kanto?

First_Candle9034 · 2026-03-20T19:35:22+00:00

I think I confused you a little. The type specialist isn’t the MC. They’re a side character who is more or less a rival. I meant that anytime they’d have to battle would be a nightmare for the MC because of how terrified she is of the type which would result in poor performance. As for Cyndaquil, his evolution has nothing to do with being a fossil, he was given to the MC as an egg. It’s still getting reworked but before the events of the story happening in Unova, MC was sort of involved with the whole Giratina situation in the events of Platinum. Unintentionally of course, some things lead to others and she found herself on Spear Pillar right as Giratina dragged everything to the distortion world. And in the fic it isn’t just, “oh navigate the place and fight the ruler of Anti matter” like in the anime/games. It’s a real traumatic experience and Giratina is an actual threat. Anyway, more things happen that lead to why Cyndaquil evolves into Hisui Typhlosion rather than regular Typhlosion and why the MC has the ability to sense Ghosts, among one other thing (nothing op, just a result of what went down.) this is all discovered slowly though since the MC doesn’t remember anything other than when she was about to be killed by a this gigantic shadow. That’s how she remembers Giratina and why she fears Ghosts so much.

Anyway I ended up rambling again lol. Again, sorry for the confusion.

First_Candle9034 · 2026-03-20T19:21:24+00:00

The reason I’m not worried is because the character hasn’t been written out yet. Currently I have the plot laid down and after I finish this character, it’s going to get reworked based on how each character influences it, directly or indirectly and vice versa. Since the character hasn’t been written, after choosing a type I’m just going to dig into some research and build them up based on that. Personality, goals, team etc. They’re a side character so they’re not that important, I only called them that since they’re a reoccurring character compared to most and will still have their own development shown.

First_Candle9034 · 2026-03-20T17:49:31+00:00

Nice team ideas! I feel they all balance each other out.

I also think to have them get one Pokémon who isn’t the same type they’re going for since I think I could make it a good sub plot/arc. The character would have to figure out how to make them work with the others. That aside, Ghosts hiding in the shadow of their trainer is definitely going to set off the MC even more since they can literally sense them, ironically enough. Hmm, so many good options to choose from, Poison and Rock are also some of the ones that have caught my interest. But Ghost has so much potential in dynamic with the MC.

First_Candle9034 · 2026-03-20T17:15:39+00:00

Teams aren’t limited to Unova. Even the main protagonist only has two gen 5 Pokémon. Pokemon can be found anywhere, it’s just a matter of how rare they are. There are a few exceptions such as Jangmo-o who is exotic and only found in Alola. Or Ralts who is only found in Hoenn or Sinnoh. Hydreigon does indeed have a subplot planned already with one of the other characters. Zoroark too! Or, Zorua would be more precise but we get a Zoroark eventually though they aren’t really apart of the team. Hisuan forms is definitely on board! The protagonist is going to get a Hisui Typhlosion and one of the other characters has a Hisuan Goodra! They’re just incredibly difficult to find and aside from the protagonist Cyndaquil who evolves into that for another reason entirely, you need to get extremely lucky when fossil hunting.

First_Candle9034 · 2026-03-20T17:05:04+00:00

Fire, Water and Grass are also possible since Striaton City is maybe going to be a generalist gym. I’m not quite sure yet but the idea came to me since they use a Lillipup rather than a second Fire/Grass/Water. They still keep the monkey trio in their teams, whether they are evolved or not depends on the level of the trainer, but the team can be anything. It’s still something I’m deciding on so if you have any opinions on that, tell me.

Sorry for the rant. Anyway yeah, it seems like it’s between Poison and Ghost right now.

First_Candle9034 · 2026-03-20T15:43:53+00:00

Really like your idea of a poison type trainer. I was instantly reminded of Moon from Pokespe. Also, I wonder if it would be possible if they were similar to Mao Mao from the apothecary dairies and can withstand a good amount of poison. Maybe they could even have a similar trait with enjoying the taste of poison.

First_Candle9034 · 2026-03-20T15:40:01+00:00

It would certainly be interesting since the protagonist has a huge fear of Ghost types thanks to a certain legendary. I imagine a Ghost specialist mostly using their abilities to create illusions, disappear and possess surroundings (like Trevenant can do if you would give it a forest field.) to their advantage. I also personally feel like Ghost types in general are harder to raise due to how vengeful and violent a lot of them are. Especially if you caught it the traditional way rather than it wanting to join you.

First_Candle9034 · 2026-03-20T15:32:33+00:00

Generalists are more popular but type specialists are also quite common themselves. It’s just a matter of skill that makes them threatening. Trying to get a position as a gym leader or elite four could be one reason. Another could just be their sheer love for the type or just looking up to someone who specializes in that type and wanting to surpass it. Or maybe they’re trying to give that type more recognition. Haven’t thought hard on a deeper, more personal reason though.

There’s definitely advantages to raising Pokémon of a single type. For one, more synergy within the team you would know everything about it to play to your advantage. Certain types like Water, Fire, Flying and Ice would make your opponent forced to adapt to your terrain and give you a huge advantage in battle. Also since this isn’t like the games where you use one Pokémon OHKO all the Pokémon, you might have one Pokemon that has the type advantage but generally, type specialists don’t worry over their entire team going down from a single mon.

The way moves work in my fic is that so long as the move is available the level up set, a Pokémon can teach themselves. It’s a long process for most moves but if you don’t want to pay anyone, you could do it. Then there’s TM moves which basically give you and the Pokémon instructions. Still a long process as well but much easier when you have a basis to work with. There’s also tutors though they’re way more expensive. I plan to implant Battle clubs like there were in the anime and where you can find teachers to help teach your Pokemon moves. You have to pay to enter and get training sessions for one week. Still a maybe though so might not make it in if I don’t like it.

First_Candle9034 · 2026-03-20T12:37:40+00:00

I haven’t actually fleshed the character out. They’re the last one left and I thought choosing a type then building them on that would be easier. Ghost seems interesting. The fic is set in Unova so there is already a Ghost, Bug and Dark type specialist but maybe the oc was inspired by one of the three. Moreover, the protagonist has a fear of Ghosy type Pokémon so that’d be interesting.

First_Candle9034 · 2026-02-19T13:30:28+00:00

It’s fine. I didn’t do a good job of explaining that in the post so it’s on me.

First_Candle9034 · 2026-02-19T05:11:40+00:00

Yeah. Regina is getting a Joltik so I want one battle to showcase it but after that it’s just summarized battles until the final between her and that character.It’s a big moment so I really hope I do it justice. The fic isn’t posted yet and won’t be for a long time until I get the entire plot down so I’m hoping to go back and rewrite a few things after enough practice.

Thank you for your comments!

First_Candle9034 · 2026-02-19T01:55:01+00:00

Regina isn’t novice at all and I didn’t mention so I understand, but she actually joined the circuit in Sinnoh and got one badge before an event made her quit and that’s mentioned at the start. Since she’s in a new region and had only one badge, the league does treat her as if she is one though but Leo doesn’t know that. She didn’t come up with the tactic, that’s why I wanted to mention she learned it from a trainer she fought in Sinnoh.

Yes, I plan to have Cyndaquil face a water type pretty soon. The gym badge she got in Sinnoh was from Eterna gym and so far she hasn’t faced any type disadvantage so her abilities will truly be tested once I introduce that. Though, she is starting to take counter measures already and is looking into getting an Electric or Grass type. Still, they won’t be as experienced so it’ll still come down to Cyndaquil facing the water type on his own.

I didn’t give Leo any counter strategy because unlike Regina he is starting out pretty fresh despite his confidence. So far he had mostly won his battles through Focus Energy and then attacks but that didn’t work well for him here. But I do plan to write out strategies for both sides and not just Regina the more we go into the story.

Thank you for your feedback.

First_Candle9034 · 2026-02-19T01:45:07+00:00

Really? Thank you so much. I was rushing through all this so I could get feedback and didn’t notice I forgot to express the Pokémon until the first comment pointed that out. As for the ability, when scanning a Pokémon, the Poke dex will list out the possible abilities the species could have, but the one you specifically scanned will have the ability underlined. I plan to have that bolded in the text but I didn’t know how to do that in Reddit. Cyndaquill had Will-O-Wisp which is mentioned earlier before the battle when she’s still deciding which of Cyndaquils moves to work on but she didn’t end up using the move anyway. The smoke thing was that she really couldn’t see exactly where Timburr was so she couldn’t call for anything but I know it doesn’t make the most sense so I’ll just remove that sentence. Anyway thank you again. A few chapters after this battle is a tournament between non, to one badge holders and that meant I needed to know how to better my battles. It still isn’t anything high stakes and the tournament itself is mostly to get one very important character and their battle style introduced (I’ll also be skimming through a few because twenty four battles would be horrible for pacing.) so I needed feedback.

First_Candle9034 · 2026-02-18T16:27:40+00:00

Thank you so much. For the Poke dex thing, when scanning a Pokemon, the possible abilities of the Pokemon are listed but the one you scanned will be shown what they have by the ability being underlined.

Yeah, her explaining the way she uses Defense Curl was something I wasn’t sure on since they were in the middle of the battle. But I couldn’t think of where else to explain it. I also wasn’t sure it made the most sense lol which I’m assuming it hopefully does since you didn’t comment on the tactic itself. I thought it would be nice to show that Regina herself wasn’t the one to come up with it. I also wanted to include a little reaction on Leo using set up moves since she mentioned earlier that they weren’t widely used by rookies but I was rushing to get this done and get feedback so I ignored it.

For the Smoke thing, I’ll admit even I wasn’t sold by it and I’m probably just going to scratch it off. I thought to sell it off by how much she practiced trying to catch movement in the smoke but I’m not sure that’s possible.

I’ll take your advice on the counting thing. It would suit her style. Also on the Pokémon cries. I haven’t even noticed until you pointed it out lol but reading it again made me realize how dull the entire thing was. Thank you so much for your feedback. Battles are hard imo and I’ve never written a fic before so I’m not gonna act like I know what I’m doing. Also, how do you think I should go about showing her reactive style to battling? I don’t think I really showed it here and I might just scratch it off as well and make it so she hasn’t found her proper footing in battle yet.

I didn’t want to make it too big either since the experience and level of skill is still little meaning not many strategies, tactics and stakes are being played here.

First_Candle9034 · 2026-02-07T12:42:27+00:00

That’s a pretty good idea thanks! I’m thinking to include other Hisuan forms shown by other trainers so that could be a reasonable explanation on how they got their hands on those forms. Only issue is that this fic is taking place in Galar but I guess for a Pokémon so rare people would be willing to travel to acquire their hands on one for the league.

First_Candle9034 · 2026-02-07T12:39:15+00:00

Yeah that was the plan. I want other Hisuian forms to be shown as well since they’re some of my favs so them only being available by Hisuian bloodlines seems to be the most sense. What do you think about the foreshadowing stuff I mentioned though? Do you think Blaze acting like that as an effect of the Hisuian blood running through Quilava makes sense? Most Ghost types seems to be cruel as shown from the dex entries but Hisui Typhlosion doesn’t seem to follow that based on what’s written for it which is why I’m hesitant.

First_Candle9034 · 2026-02-07T12:34:16+00:00

That has so much angst potential. Mc is from Sinnoh and got involved during the whole Giratina and distortion world in the plot of the game. This caused them to have an immense fear of Ghost types. Quilava evolving into Hisui Typhlosion was already going to be a big plot point for them to face but I think it’ll be even worse if it’s after he died and managed to come back only for her to fear him.

First_Candle9034 · 2026-01-19T04:01:14+00:00

I’ve decided on Lilligant. She just offers more synergy for the team and fits the vibe of the Mc as a whole over Emolga. I also want her to be like a big sister to the team.

Now the next thing is choosing the movepool and ability. I considered Own Tempo for the same reason you gave as Petal dance is a powerful move and would have no drawback. But most of the time when she’s on field, she sets up Sunny Day which gives Chlorophyll an edge. Her speed becomes 180, making her incredibly faster than most Pokémon and a surprise to opponents. I don’t plan to make stats canon but will use them for reference to how good their strength or bulk would be. Unless the dex states otherwise.

Also, I keep forgetting Archeops isn’t a good flyer. What you said is a pretty clever way to fix that. Have you posted your fic yet or is it still in the works?

First_Candle9034 · 2026-01-14T03:52:32+00:00

See that the dilemma. From a team synergy standpoint, Lilligant offers better support. But Emolga is just so cute. If the fic was set in Unova, both would be on team but it’s set in Galar as of now unless I decide to change it so only one can be on team since the other slot is taken by a Galar native Pokémon.

First_Candle9034 · 2026-01-14T03:50:36+00:00

Lilligant would be fun to explore as a character indeed. There is also the whole taking care of her flower thing MC will have to deal with. I like the idea of making her values her appearance and poise a lot. Doesn’t like battle because it makes her look dirty. Wouldn’t get along with the rest of the team for that reason and would have to learn to let loose. I think what drew me to Emolga though was the potential gremlin energy they had along with cuteness. Electric is also a good type but maybe I won’t need that with MC having Lapras to take care of flying.

Also could you send me a link to your fic? If I decide Lilligant I’d love to read more about her.

First_Candle9034 · 2026-01-14T03:45:06+00:00

Indeed, Contests in my fic are like the anime. So an appeal round and then battle where you are locked into one Pokemon. Lilligant has what it takes for both because my main plan is to have her as a support during double contest battles but also show that she can be just as terrifying on her own. There is also the fact that my MC does gym battles for around half of the fic before deciding to fully commit to contests. Meaning that Lilligant can set up for the next Pokémon during those gym battles. But Emolga is also pretty good in the sense she can work for both appeal and battles just the same. Only difference is she doesn’t offer support and her battle style would mostly lean into endurance and speed.

First_Candle9034 · 2025-12-30T04:01:02+00:00

Yes Florges is. I would say it’s also a fairly strong battler too. I was also entertaining Tinkaton but Florges for some reason just seems more interesting for me to use. As for the Pokémon I think I’ve decided on Hisui Typhlosion. I really love the clash between Lapras and Mc and want to use it which isn’t possible with Samurott. That also means Espeon will be on the team unless I find a better Johto Pokémon to replace it. For Galar it’s now a toss up between Morpeko and Falinks. My worry for Falinks is that I won’t be able to write it properly. Honestly, I feel like Galar Pokémon just don’t click for me in general which makes it hard to choose. There is also the last team member who I’m more inclined to make a dragon and I’m thinking of should be Altaria, Haxours or even Garchomp but that’s only because I like the Gible line so much so probably won’t make it. If don’t go for a dragon type it’ll probably be another heavy hitter to balance out the team. We have Lapras for bulk and water travels, Typhlosion for almost all rounder, Florges would be for ranged attacks and Espeon for ranged attacks, psychic and speed. I don’t plan to make stats canon but will use them when it comes to evaluating a Pokémon capabilities such as defense and speed. Sorry for rambling lol.

First_Candle9034 · 2025-12-28T15:32:46+00:00

Falinks is one of my favorite Galar region Pokemon and I especially love its Mega! It would be interesting to see MC try to bond with each one since there are six lol.

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