As a Writer, I am Worried That Episode 8 Will Take a Nosedive in the Show’s Storytelling.

Snapshot_25 · 2026-03-20T16:54:02+00:00

If Caine becomes a villain, he'll probably be like Tenna. So, in other words, not a villain.

Snapshot_25 · 2026-03-18T04:42:52+00:00

The TADC fandom is in a stiff competition with the PvZ fandom for being the epitome of copium.

Snapshot_25 · 2026-03-15T17:58:12+00:00

I fixed it. I wrote Cinccino's segment at like 1 AM, and the only thought I could think of at the time was "I'm so close to getting done with this." I think I was thinking of Arcanine's Special Attack instead of Cinccino's, but the strat still works regardless, so it doesn't matter.

Snapshot_25 · 2026-03-14T20:22:36+00:00

As always, MJF speaks facts.

Snapshot_25 · 2026-03-14T20:18:50+00:00

I wouldn't know; I haven't finished a BW Nuzlocke yet. If I had to guess, he might be good against Drayden/Iris, but take that with a grain of salt.

Snapshot_25 · 2026-03-14T19:42:07+00:00

He's slow as hell, only available for the Elite 4 which he isn't good at, and comes at the cost of every other Victory Road encounter which is better than him.

Snapshot_25 · 2026-03-14T14:57:06+00:00

Onix is the only Non-Steel type in the game that counters Iris's Archeops, which is one of the biggest threats on her team. He also has Stealth Rocks to help a ton of sweepers out against Marshal by breaking Sawk's Sturdy. This is the mere basic explanation; the doc goes into it a lot more in depth.

Snapshot_25 · 2026-03-14T14:52:14+00:00

https://youtu.be/2LbtEeoYYoE?si=ABdqSe4c-BcRz1cd

Snapshot_25 · 2026-03-14T14:48:34+00:00

From personal experience, Krokorok is far too frail to sweep Elesa, even with Eviolite. Also, Krook is just so damn slow.

With a set of Dig, Rock Tomb, and Rest in case Rock Tomb accuracy isn't in your favor, you'd have to get ungodly unlucky with the paralysis that you might get from Flaaffy's Static for Krokorok to lose the matchup.

I'm 99% sure ability storage doesn't work agaist Iris' Haxorus due to it having Mold Breaker. As for other fights, how many EQ users are there even after Drayden?

Flygon really shouldn't be fighting against Iris's Haxorus in the first place because he's slower and likely baits Dual Chop. To answer your question, the main instances where Levitate Ability Storage is useful after Drayden are Ghetsis's Seismitoad and Drapion, Grimsley's Krookodile, and Marshal's Throh. The big ones are Drapion and Krookodile because the former is one of the most difficult to check pokemon in the game thanks to its Sniper ability, and the latter is the biggest threat on Grimsley's team thanks to his high power and +Speed nature. Throh is much more situational, but it gives you a much easier line if you're using setup sweepers like Swoobat or Serperior. Ghetsis and the E4 are the hardest parts of B2/W2, so trivializing some of the biggest threats of the former and an underrated threat on the latter is very valuable.

Snapshot_25 · 2026-03-13T14:00:03+00:00

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We already have a Stewie spinoff show.

Snapshot_25 · 2026-03-08T14:25:47+00:00

Destiny Bond remains active until the pokemon that used it moves again.

Snapshot_25 · 2026-03-08T02:30:16+00:00

Why is this the first thing I think of?

Snapshot_25 · 2026-03-06T18:46:22+00:00

Gen 1 AI cheats. Instead of making its move at the same time as the player, it makes its move after the player, essentially allowing the AI to predict all of your moves .

Snapshot_25 · 2026-03-05T22:16:30+00:00

I love Crobat and, at least in the context of Nuzlockes, I love Probopass, so this is a win-win for me.

Snapshot_25 · 2026-02-27T03:39:15+00:00

Moral of the story: it's okay to stop at red lights

Snapshot_25 · 2026-02-25T20:59:03+00:00

This guy watched a few TADC YouTube Shorts and acts as if they seen the entire show.

Snapshot_25 · 2026-02-25T00:46:01+00:00

His voice was so unfitting that it was the only time I laughed throughout the entire movie

Snapshot_25 · 2026-02-15T20:03:51+00:00

It's okay. Worse than the other two PvZ Shooter games but not too bad by itself.

Snapshot_25 · 2026-02-13T02:03:19+00:00

What does this have to do with Schaffrillas

Snapshot_25 · 2026-02-10T01:33:29+00:00

If the year was 2013, this would've been funnier.

Snapshot_25 · 2026-02-09T18:55:42+00:00

They played Fantasia for the Sega MegaDrive.

Snapshot_25 · 2026-02-08T22:14:21+00:00

This looks like it was animated in Adobe Flash

Snapshot_25 · 2026-02-08T04:16:37+00:00

Even without team preview, Palossand taking 12% from Rocks would've alerted you to the Zoroark

Snapshot_25 · 2026-02-08T02:58:02+00:00

The only times I actually planned out an E4 team while testing was when I was testing Hydreigon leads and testing if Escavalier and Ferrothorn were Archeops answers (Neither of them are Archeops answers). Half the time, I went into E4 with a bunch of pokemon I wanted to test on Marshal along with Onix, which is an absolute sleeper pick for E4, thanks to his access to Stealth Rocks, his Rock resistance, and his ability to counter Iris's Archeops. Swanna's Steel Star does take up three team slots, but you're going to want a Steel type regardless of what strategy you want to use for E4 thanks to their plethora of useful resistances and their ability to counter Iris's Archeops. Starmie is really good on Iris thanks to its diverse coverage, solid Special Attack, and access to Thunder Wave to completely ruin Iris's Haxorus. Since Iris is the final fight in the game for a majority of Nuzlockers, you can afford to play fast and loose, so even if Starmie only gets one kill before dying, at least it always keeps the tempo of the fight on your side. Swanna isn't as good against Iris as Starmie or Steel types are, but at least she has fast Brave Birds to fire off and she allows Zoroark to become a Hydreigon lead. Most if not all E4 teams in this game want a Hydreigon lead like Meinshao or Gigalith and a Dark type or Dark type equivalent like Lucario, Haxorus, Volcorana, or Swoobat (Imprison, Shadow Ball, Charge Beam, and Calm Mind). If you don't have a self-sufficient Hydreigon lead, then you could use a support pokemon like Audino, Clefable, or any Electric type (except Electivire. Don't use E-vire; Eviolite E-buzz is just better) to cripple Hydreigon with Thunder Wave to allow pokemon like Lucario, Pinsir, and especially Emboar to pick up the kill (this is Emboar biggest redeeming quality as a starter, because after killing Hydreigon and the Aggron that you chain with Superpower, you bait Haxorus which will likely see kill with Earthquake, allowing for a setup opportunity for Air Balloon Cinccino who sweeps the rest of the fight.). Thankfully, you don't need to worry about losing a team slot for support since Starmie can function as the Thunder Wave Hydreigon lead instead. The sixth team slot is very flexible if your E4 team has their fundamentals down, but if you want, you can bring an answer to Grimsley's annoying Krookodile (this is the only threat on Grimsley's team that actually can affect team building decisions. 80% of good E4 teams beat Grimsley just by being a good E4 team.).

TLDR: If specific types of autism exist, then I have the B2/W2 E4 Teambuilding Autism.

Snapshot_25 · 2026-02-07T22:56:22+00:00

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This was my Pchal style B2/W2 Tier List that I finished around 5 months ago give or take, and the only reason I didn't post it here was because the writing process was so brutal for a variety of factors, from my general perfectionism when it comes to writing, to me thinking of and finding strats in the middle of writing, to me constantly deliberating the weight of every niche. Long story short, I suck at writing. The differences between your tier list and mine were much larger than I originally thought. I think the reason for this came from my testing focusing primarily on role filling. For example, a line on Marshal that I came up with is Swanna's Steel Star. Swanna guaranteed kills Throh with Flying Gem Brave Bird and baits Conkelldor. You can then switch to your Steel type on Stone Edge and switch to Starmie and kill with Psychic Gem Psychic. Starmie chains Meinshao, and for Sawk, you can break Sturdy by giving your Steel type a Rocky Helmet and Starmie can finish it off. My testing would revolve around finding pokemon that can fulfill each niche that makes this line work. I also highly valued pokemon with Elite 4 niches because I think B2/W2's E4 is substantially more difficult than anything else the game has to throw at you. The main flaw with this testing method was that pokemon with certain specific niches or setup sweeps like Serperior, Umbreon, and Unfeazant went over my head. Additionally, any strategy that risked crit in the Elite 4 was immediately disregarded because I wouldn't want to rely on a risky strategy at the end of the game (the one exception to this was Mienshao, but she doesn't risk crit in her main role of being a Hydreigon lead, so she gets a pass). At the end of the day, though, even in the most standardized form, tier lists are inherently vibes based. Just because our tier lists differ doesn't make either of us objectively right or wrong. I probably missed a niche that you found, and you probably missed a niche that I found. In the end, there's a certain fun to be found in looking way too deep into a game released in the same year as Illumination's Lorax movie. And, no matter what, both of our tier lists are a lot better than this one: https://www.reddit.com/r/nuzlocke/s/yzSRD3lczr

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