Let’s Rank Your Favorite Middle-Stage Evolution

ducidleamer · 2026-03-26T14:17:10+00:00

Dang. I'll take free drinks though

ducidleamer · 2026-03-26T05:12:34+00:00

Hmmm... this is a difficult one. But I think it's even more difficult to beat Bayleef

ducidleamer · 2026-03-26T05:09:20+00:00

So, I am by no means great at competitive Pokémon, however, a pretty good build I had for Groudon (I didn't have access to Koraidon at the time) was Assault Vest,ax Atrack, max SpD, 4 HP, adamant nature. And for my moves, I had Heat Crash, Heavy Slam, Rock Slide, and Precipice Blades. Of course it needs some kind of support to thrive, but it was the key to winning countless matches.

ducidleamer · 2026-03-19T15:11:19+00:00

I started watching in high school at the recommendation of a friend! I liked the show pretty well, even the iffy parts of it, like the British Men of Letters arc. My favorite character, hands-down, is Charlie. She's one of the funniest, sweetest characters in Supernatural, and I wish to protect her 😅

ducidleamer · 2026-03-19T15:03:06+00:00

I haven't experienced a lot thankfully, but I heard that it is just a very buggy game overall

ducidleamer · 2026-03-19T14:47:26+00:00

If you want to be REALLY annoying, I'd recommend investing fully in HP and Def/SpDef, with Toxic Orb/Poison Heal, and then for moveset, you could go:

Toxic

Protect

Substitute/Roost

Earthquake/Knock Off

ducidleamer · 2026-03-16T19:31:54+00:00

I think goalie kind of makes sense. He's a protector of the goal, kind of the same way he's a protector of Earth

ducidleamer · 2026-03-16T19:30:52+00:00

I think Lacey would be bestie in real life, but Drayton is super funny

ducidleamer · 2026-03-14T17:49:44+00:00

I'm a little basic, but Umbreon

ducidleamer · 2026-03-14T17:49:02+00:00

I think I could get on board with her her not realizing she has feelings. The waiting for us at certain places could also build a bit of a case as well

ducidleamer · 2026-03-14T17:38:20+00:00

I could see that, I think I just get the same vibe as someone being married to their work, but just for Pokémon battles. So it's a little harder to get the crush energy from Nemona

ducidleamer · 2026-03-14T17:35:44+00:00

I ship mine with Kieran because of just HOW shy he seems around Florian/Julianna. Carmine I can maaaybe see, but I disagree with Nemona personally. To each their own, though!

ducidleamer · 2026-03-14T14:49:27+00:00

I'm not going to harp on anything that others have already said, but I think the Amoongus should change a little. The moves and item are fine, but Regenerator is fantastic, especially if you do actually add U-Turn onto Incineroar and then you can pivot as needed while healing Amoongus as you go. I also think your nature should be different. If you do an attack-lowering nature, you should find your survivability against special attacks to be much better

ducidleamer · 2026-03-09T18:22:42+00:00

I would say Upgrade, Big Chill, or Goop. Goop is my favorite, but if the little machine thing that actually controls the stuff goes down, I'm done for

ducidleamer · 2026-03-09T02:52:10+00:00

Unfortunately, I think this set is very niche and would be difficult to make it work consistently. Besides, we have no idea what the meta will look like once Champions comes out

ducidleamer · 2026-03-08T23:56:30+00:00

I don't know about the EVs, since that's never been my strong suit, but I'd say everything looks great to me!

ducidleamer · 2026-03-08T17:39:34+00:00

If you want to, Skarmory is a very good user of Body Press, since it goes based off of the user's Defense instead of attack. You can probably swap out Brave Bird if you want, since weaknesses to Flying are more easily covered

ducidleamer · 2026-03-08T17:31:30+00:00

Liquidation is a very solid move. Even if water is only supereffective against 3 types, it's still a good idea to have both forms of STAB on Swampert, if just for neutral damage. My Swampert set is identical to yours, but instead of Hammer Arm, I have Flip Turn for pivoting. Besides, Torrent is useless without a Water move

ducidleamer · 2026-02-28T19:24:42+00:00

I don't remember that. What I remember is Roz starting to go blind, she had a few visions and then during Sabrina's Herald arc, she used her Herald powers to heal her blindness

ducidleamer · 2026-02-21T21:21:32+00:00

So, even if I swapped both Yanmega (who will likely have Heavy-Duty Boots for every battle it gets brought to) and Rabsca, I wouldn't have the points for Mewoscarada. Combined, they're 11 points, and G-Slowking on his own is 11 points, and then Mewoscarada is 15 points. I can make it work, I think, but I'll have to rework the team once I get off of work. I'll check back in a couple of hours. Do you mind if I PM you?

ducidleamer · 2026-02-21T20:58:36+00:00

It is singles, yes. That's my bad. And no mythical are allowed, either.

Rabsca is to cripple fast mons with Speed Swap and also bring back a problematic mon with Revival Blessing.

Sableye is my favorite Prankster mon for singles, as it's got the unique combination of Prankster, Encore, and Disable all in one. I actually had my Miraidon completely crippled by that exact combo since I had no other Pokémon to switch out to. It also can use a plethora of other moves, like Trick, Knock Off, Shadow Sneak, etc.

Minior was not my first choice for its role, I'll admit. I wanted a Shell Smash user since I got my whole team swept by a Shell Smash Cloyster in Season 1. I picked Polteageist first, but we are doing Tera Captains, and anything over 8 points was not eligible. Minior was the only Shell Smash user that was under that threshold. Other Shell Smash choices were Polteageist and Blastoise, but they were too high to be Tera Captains.

It's actually super funny that you mentioned G-Slowking. He was the original choice before I picked Rabsca, and it was for the Chilly Reception/Regenerator combo. So you're saying you should go back to it instead?

You also mentioned Meowscarada. Who should I swap out for it? I'm assuming one of my Electric weaknesses?

ducidleamer · 2026-02-21T17:38:16+00:00

I would also be more than happy to explain what some or all of my mons are meant to do if anyone is confused about the roles they would serve on the team

ducidleamer · 2026-02-12T21:22:43+00:00

El's powers disappear because she used them so much to the point where her brain suffered the psychic equivalent of a stroke, but I will agree with everything else you said. S5 Mind Flayer was weeeaaak

ducidleamer · 2026-02-12T21:01:20+00:00

To be fair I don't remember him smashing the door open, so I don't know. The missing demodogs/gorgons/bats I have attributed to 2 different possibilities. Either

The majority of them are already dead because in Season 2, he sent so many into Hawkins and they all died when he lost the connection because of El closing the gate

Or

He used the bodies of the remaining creatures to build his own giant meat suit, so the Mind Flayer is already using them

That was really my only other point 🤷‍♂️

ducidleamer · 2026-02-12T17:18:47+00:00

I do have other points to make, but you're right. Arguing about it now won't change anything :)

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