Before you guys think that I spent 15 hours playing PLA today ーー I did not. I've actually been playing the game regularly in between, but I only did side content such as requests, research tasks, shiny hunting, etc. I made sure to wait to progress with the story until it was time to actually 'play' the game again.
However, I might have gone a little overboard with my grinding, which left my team very overleveled, haha. I basically breezed through the next area. This ended up being a good thing though, since I had someone come over today which meant I had very little time to play.
Anyway, what has changed since last time? ...Pretty much everything. I hunted for a shiny Buneary and also got a shiny Ponyta from a request (scripted shiny) so my team is looking pretty fly.
I also evolved my starter, Eevee (I ended up catching a second female one to use instead) and Luxio into their final forms, making them much more powerful. I still love how easy it is to change moves in this game as well. Catching all those wild Pokemon also bumped me all the way up to a six-star rating already so the move tutor now offers some really powerful moves too.
Finally, I added Hisuian Lilligant onto the team. You usually need to wait until you can get across water to reach the area with wild Petilil, but there's one spot where you can jump with Wyrdeer and then quickly swim to the shore to get early access. I had enough MP saved up from collecting lost satchels, so I could buy a Sun Stone and evolve her immediately.
Speaking of Hisuian Lilligant, this was also the Frenzied Pokemon I had to calm down this time. I'm not even gonna try and lie to you guys ーー I totally abused the 'easy mode' mechanic which allow you to resume the battle instead of having to reset it. I do like a lot of things about this game, but I've never cared for these kind of fights were you have to dodge and fire off attacks at the same time. I have very poor reflexes and easily become dizzy when there's too much stuff moving around on the screen, so I wasn't gonna stress myself out over beating this boss. Judge me all you want, I just want to have fun in the end.
CURRENT TEAM
Tsunami the H-Samurott ♂ - Lv. 37
Rash nature
- Caeseless Edge
- Aqua Tail
- Swords Dance
- Aerial Ace
Hoshi the Luxio ♀ - Lv. 23
Gentle nature
- Fire Fang
- Wild Charge
- Crunch
- Ice Fang
Sayuri the H-Lilligant ♀ - Lv. 34
Jolly nature
- Energy Ball
- Poison Jab
- Drain Punch
- Aerial Ace
Hanabi the Ponyta ♀ - Lv. 37 ✭
Naughty nature
- Double-Edge
- Fire Blast
- Iron Tail
- Flame Wheel
Usagi the Lopunny ♀ - Lv. 35 ✭
Modest nature
- Water Pulse
- Charge Beam
- Swift
- Play Rough
Fubuki the Glaceon ♀ - Lv. 35
Relaxed nature
- Ice Beam
- Calm Mind
- Swift
- Shadow Ball