Recent content by PlatinumDude

Vulpix, Drilbur, and Noibat in my Sword save; Vulpix and Noibat by running into them in the overworld by pure accident, and Drilbur while trying to catch one for the Pokedex anyway. Nothing in my Shield.

I got through the finals against Bea and Kabu, but just before I could battle Leon for the champion title, Chairman Rose started the Darkest Day again. Hop and I had to go back to Slumbering Weald to see if there was anything to find that could help ,but came across a rusted sword/shield after...

I finally made it to Wyndon, where the Pokemon League took place. After having a look around I went to the arena and got signed up. I was pleased that it took a page from the Pokemon anime and made it a finals/semifinals bracket. Before actually battling my first opponent, Marnie, I evolved...

I made it to Circhester and was baffled on why the Rock gym was pushed this late instead of being early. The gym puzzle using the item finders was fun too. After beating Gordie, Sonia dragged me to Bob's Your Uncle for a meal and to learn more about the Galar legend; sure enough, there was a...

I made my way to Stow-on-Side for the gym. The gym puzzle there was surprisingly fun and Bea wasn't too hard considering that Corvisquire evolved just in time. Afterward, Bede tried destroying the mural, but got stripped of his challenger title by Rose himself. The path to Ballonlea's gym was...

I took some time off the story to try to dig for the 4 fossils at the cost of most of my watts. I made it to Hammerlocke, learned some more ancient Galarian history, and went to Route 6 to revive 3/4 of the fossils. After some deliberation, I decided to keep Dracozolt for the playthrough. Before...

Got quite a bit done over the past few days. I beat Nessa and Kabu while messing around in the Wild Area in between. Yamper evolved into Boltund, but I decided to replace it with Impidimp after Linoone evolved. Sizzlipede also evolved just before Kabu and it did a good job at "walling" Arcanine...

I learned that Flash Fire now increases the odds of finding a Fire Pokemon as a "!" encounter, so finding Sizzlipede was a lot easier (I used a Vulpix I got from the Wild Area for this). I went through the Galar Mine and it was surprisingly straightforward aside from the occasional fork in the...

I mucked around in the Wild Area and it over leveled my team faster than I thought because I was catching Pokemon like crazy, even evolving Sobble in the process. Anyway, I arrived at Motostoke, got signed up for the gym challenge, and met Marnie and Bede. I'm in Route 3 seeing if I can get a...

It's been a while since I've done one of these. I picked up Sword on launch, but didn't do this thread off the bat. I'll just put down what I've done so far: -Picked Sobble as my starter -Put together a starting team; still figuring out on the final members. -Spent the last 3 days just looking...

Both are cool, but leaning towards Zacian simply because the bonus points went to how it holds its sword despite being a quadruped.

I'd like to add that Pelipper is generally the better pick over Politoed because it has a slow U-turn to get your switch ins safely as well as Roost to keep itself healthy.

I accidentally put Eevee into a bad mood by trying to evolve it. It won't interact with me in Refresh. Is there a way to fix this?

I finally caved and picked up Let's Go Eevee. Anyway, what are people's opinions on Bulbasaur vs. Bellsprout? I've had a Bellsprout hanging around on my team since the start, just got to Cerulean, and am about to pick up the gift Bulbasaur.

Verlisify is generally looked down on because he comes up with suboptimal sets. Umbreon’s pitiful Attack means that Payback will inflict pathetic damage even with the damage bonus. It’s better off using Foul Play to circumvent this as well as use Heal Bell in the last slot to cure status...