just killed Gary and finished the game. The game resume from the start after the league. I couldn't continue my save for some reason. :(
Finished it with: Furret, Blaziken, Venomoth, Gliscor, Tentacruel and Hydregion.
I could teach Venomoth baton pass and pass the special & speed boost to a roosting Hydregion (can he learn roost in this hack? I can't recall) but made him a sweeper instead with giga-drain to heal back the hits. Wasn't too good, wasn't too bad.
Tentacruel was a downer. It didn't learn toxic spikes and without black sludge it couldn't heal (I gave the leftovers to Gliscor, which made a really good use of them and was my best pokemon hands down, though I pretty much messed it up when I gave him protect instead of roost - because in this hack you only have 5 pp of protect). And of course, hazards are much less productive when battling AI since they don't like to switch much. Should have thought about this... Next time I'm taking Corsola or something.
This game was really fun. Well done.
You do know the move tutor can teach old moves to pokémon, which would have solved your gliscor problem :)
I also found hazards unnecessary tbh, and Corsola doesn't seem like such a good idea since it's rather weak.
I finished the game with:
Ferrothorn, Conkeldurr, Whimsicott, Blaziken, Staraptor and Volcarona.
Ferrothorn is a beast, hands down, he's amazing, tanks hits like nothing at all. The only thing he can't live through is fire, keep him away from it and he will hardly die. With Curse he can also set up a sweep, just watch out for Roar and Whirlwind. Power Whip, Curse, Iron Head and Bulldoze (I used revenge before bulldoze and it works fine. With his speed he is sure to hit last to revenge is likely to hit a 120 bp).
Conkeldurr has an AMAZING attack, a great HP and an awesome defense. Physical hits aren't really an issue against him, keep him away from specials tho. His attack will destroy anything, but careful with his speed, cause he will never be the first to hit, unless you use mach punch. Drain Punch (helps alot, great hp recovery), Rock Slide, Earthquake and Strength (neutral damage and wasn't sure what to fill there lol).
Whimsicott was just a baton passer. And he did that perfectly. That little thing has a great defense, if you run Substitute and Cotton Guard on it, it will sponge anything but fire moves. Giga Drain for some HP regain and a damaging move and Baton Pass to pass on Speed boosts and the amazing defense from Cotton Guard. Everyone could get a pass from him, Blaziken would own the hell out of everyone after being baton passed, same with Staraptor and Conkeldurr. So once again, if you get to baton pass that cotton ball's stats to anyone, you will literally destroy the enemy teams.
Blaziken was good, but I think Empoleon would have filled a better role on my team. Don't stop yourself from using him tho, he has a pretty good movepool and Swords Dance. Just be careful with taking hits since his defenses don't last long, and water/psychic will destroy him. (You can also try running Baton Pass on him, I didn't do it tho). Hi Jump Kick, Swords Dance, Flare Blitz and Brave Bird.
Staraptor was a great pokémon too. Decently durable, with a pretty sweet Speed and attack stats. Not much to say here, I went with Brave bird, Roost, Close Combat and Double-Edge, but switched Roost with fly eventually since I found myself rarely using it :x
Volcarona was a beast. Truly a beast, I can't describe it any other way. After a sucessfull Baton Pass from Whimsicott (speed boost and cotton guards) and one or two Quiver Dances he will stop at nothing. I mean nothing at all! My advice: Try it. I went with Fiery Dance (chance to up sp.atk even further), Quiver Dance, Bug Buzz and Psychic.
And that was it. I think I might just be about to do a run-over.
I want to try out more pokémon! I'm thinking of running a Sandstorm team this time :)
Why o' why isn't Tyranitar in the hack?? D:
I might go with:
Hippowdon, Gliscor, Empoleon, Lucario, Ferrothorn (again? :/ not sure yet) and maybe Metagross.
Suggestions are accepted and apreciated! :)
Edit: New Sandstorm team made!!
Hippowdon -> Careful
. Slack Off
. Earthquake
. BodySlam (paralysis)
. ??? --> (maybe roar?)
Empoleon -> Modest
. Surf
. Ice Beam
. Air Slash (flinching chance and coverage)
. Flash Cannon/Yawn (will try both and see which one suits better)
Scrafty -> Adamant
. Hi Jump Kick
. Crunch
. Rest (Shed Skin might instant wake him up)
. ??? (Work up maybe?)
Ferrothorn -> Adamant
. Power Whip
. Curse
. Iron Head
. LeechSeed
Nidoking -> Adamant
. Earthquake/Outrage
. Outrage/Hone Claws
. Poison Jab/Gunk Shot
. Megahorn
Gliscor -> Careful
. Fly
. Swords Dance
. Earthquake
. Roost
What do you guys think? I'm really excited about it. Scrafty doesn't resist Sandstorm, but I wanted to try him out over lucario :p He seems nice. The other have pretty good coverage, and I think might work well together. Magnezone would fit great in there, but I hate his appearance and I refuse to use ugly pokémon lol