I'm a Pokémon Duelist too.

What? Why are you looking at me like that? Sure, I haven't been playing for a majority of gen 4's tail end, but gen 5 is shaping up in such a way so as to make me give a shit again. Maybe I'll even end up somewhere near the top of the leader boards.

Okay, that's doubtful, but I really do like a large number of the new pogeys. These are my favorites of the bunch:

#530, Drills (Doryuuzu)

#553, Warubiaru

#563, Deathcon (Desukaan)

#567, Archaeos (Aakeosu)

#579, Rankles (Rankurusu)

#596, Dentula (Denchura)

#628, Wargle (Wooguru)

#637, Urgamoth (Urugamosu)

#647, Celdio (Kerudio)

Names are obviously subject to change upon US release.

I'm just so psyched about all the variety here... at least half of the new Pokémon are going to be OU capable out of the gates, and that's just fantastic. Most of the old favorites are getting ability updates via the Dream World so they can keep up, so they won't all be forced out of the picture as well. It's the dawning of a new age of... balance?

Well, maybe not with how incredibly OP things are looking, but it'll be fun for awhile.

Oh god YGO wtf are you doin

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The True Six Samurai - Kizan
4 Stars/EARTH/Warrior-Type - Effect/1800 ATK/500 DEF
If you control a face-up "Six Samurai" monster other than "The True Six Samurai - Kizan", you can Special Summon this card from your hand. When you control another face-up "Six Samurai" monster other than this card, this card gains 300 ATK and DEF.

WELL THEN.

Anyone who cares better get their Six Sam crap THIS INSTANT because they're going to be an easy top tier candidate with much derp derp OTK potential at their disposal.

On that note, I have a Gateway of the Six I want to trade off. Any takers?

ffffffuuuuu-

Why does Fly miss all the goddamn time?

Massive grind fest etc.

Don't expect a nuzlocke update for a few days. Nothing of import is happening. Just gathering the pieces for the final showdown.

Victory is mine?

At last, Victory Road. A legitimate place to level grind. Things should be smooth sailing from here, if not extremely tedious. If Take Off picks up enough Ultra Balls, I may have a go at getting Regice. In the mean time, I need to farm Sitrus Berries and hope to pick up Full Restores and the like.

Juan's Kingdra scared me. Thing was too bulky, man, but at least I had the answer to Double Team spam - Shock Wave AND Aerial Ace on Sora. lol

Down the Drain...

Well, I lucked out and found a Relicanth underwater to go with my Wailmer.

The catch-22 is that I had to use all my balls on it, including the Master Ball. Take Off, be a bro and pick up over 9000 ultras, please.

Also, Liza and Tate bent over and took double Surfs ftw.

Shell Armor

Immunity to critical hits.

This Crawdaunt might actually be more useful than I could have hoped.

Yet another casualty

This time, Moar the Cradily took a heavy hit from a Wobbuffet's Mirror Coat (these things are bloody death traps). Stranger (Vileplume) will have to do for the grass slot, it seems. :/

Well, it's not all bad. Stranger DOES have Aromatherapy to help the party out of jams.

Now in the process of raising Crown the Crawdaunt to take on Liza and Tate. Kitchen the Torkoal, who came to me courtesy of the Magma Hideout, is also in the ranks, and hopefully will be pretty reliable due to her general bulk.

The grind... as usual.

Yeahhh trying to raise multiple new party members takes time. That, and this excursion to the rapids west of Pacifidlog is proving to be a little painstaking when it comes to hitting everything.

Bowling fell to a Gyarados's Dragon Rage because he couldn't fucking finish the job. Good riddance to bad Pokémon, I say.

Touch of death

Dammit, Mt. Pyre. You just have to jinx me, don't ya? A Wob Mirror Coat took out Ultros, cleanly. Sigh. There goes my Ice Beam.

Thankfully I have dudes to fill slots this time.

Also, the Shuppet I ran by killed itself with Curse. Great.

I believe I can fly

Ultros (Tentacruel) - 39
Sora (Pelipper) - 47
Cancer (Crobat) - 44
Stranger (Vileplume) - 44
Take Off (Linoone) - 25
Bouncer (Wobbuffet) - 32

Yusss. My HM capability has been restored, and my movement is better than ever. Winona was completely decimated by Ultros using Ice Beam, and everyone in between was no trouble at all. The team is going places.

Oh yeah, and Coconuts the Tropius is in the PC, likely to never be touched, but who knows... maybe Take Off will go down somehow. Speaking of which, he's a real pal what with all the HM whoring and Pick Up. He's already gotten a Full Heal, Super Potion, and Rare Candy.

Back on course

Alrighty, that little Surfing excursion led to some new pals and new treasures.

Team is now as follows:

Sora (Pelipper)(f) Lv44
Stranger (Gloom)(m) Lv42
Cancer (Crobat)(f) Lv42
Ultros (Tentacruel)(m) Lv32
Take Off (Every Zig, er... Zigzagoon)(m) Lv24
Wynaut Egg

Bowling the Voltorb is also currently boxed for later use.

Take Off will be particularly valuable for its Pick Up ability and access to Strength.

Other than that, Cancer has Return and Sludge Bomb, and as such is a complete powerhouse. I don't have any plans for Ice Beam or Thunderbolt just yet, but having them will make life easier for sure. Exp Share is working wonders.

Over the river and through the woods

To wherever it is we go. Norman is down and out, with no casualties to boot! Surf brings access to many new areas, so the next report may be awhile.

Okay

I know I said I wasn't going back to that gym until these dudes were at 42, but I'm bored as shit, so 40, 40, 41 will have to do. Wish me luck. :S

Protect > Slaking

Gotta sleep sometime...

LV 36 Golbat (Cancer)
LV 30 Pelipper (Sora)
LV 29 Gloom (Stranger)

We have to grind in the land of underleveled midgets, for losing Shaggy and Skippy also lost all ability to use Rock Smash. No matter how you look at it, though... I can't risk going back to the damn old man's gym until everyone is at least at 42. Even then I don't like the odds against a Slacking that is so awesome it evolved before its evolution level.

Can't get worse? Yeah, right...

And then Skippy fell at the hands of a Wigglytuff Double-Edge - a crit, obviously. How can I fucking level grind if everyone up and dies on me. ._.;

Of course, the Swords Dancing Zangoose spelled doom for Shaggy. FML.

I'm about to give up on this garbage at the rate it's going.

Grind moar fgt

...I obviously didn't learn my lesson from the last time. Well, a random Kecleon Flamethrower took out a freshly recruited Machop - Plate - who was actually kicking ass despite being a newbie. Overheat from Flannery's Torkoal also caused a casualty, this one much more severe. Poor, poor Rexbolt. I mean, I have the elec coverage with Sora, but still, that's harsh, what with having banked on him to take down later leaders and elites.

This sucks. Badly.

Let's see what the desert has to offer...

Wattson and Winstrates and Whargharbles

Wattson's puny lightning-flingers couldn't do a thing to Skippy. Even all his attempts at the threatening Sonic Boom managed to miss. Shock Wave was later thrown on Sora, since an electricity shooting pelican is funny, plus it offers better type coverage - always a good thing.

The Winstrates couldn't handle Skippy either. He's just way too massive for most trainers at this stage of the game.

On my trek up north, I encountered Shaggy the Numel. I couldn't say no to the stoner. Well, I wanted to, but that Torkoal fell to a random crit from Thief, so I had no choice but to keep Shaggy and hope for the best. It's not going so bad, actually. Magnitude is at least somewhat reliable even if Ember isn't.

Too much Smog on the way to Fallarbor. Thank god for the old lady's rest house.

The Double Teaming Swellow pissed me off something fierce. It could have been the end... hence my desire to actually use the otherwise garbage Shock Wave.

Bring it on, mountain place and Magma goons. Things couldn't possibly get worse.

Mauville is awesome

...well, not so much since I can't have the Coin Case, but the outskirts of the city graced me with an Oddish, which I promptly caught and named Stranger. My Cut problems are solved! Bring it on, Trick Master. The trip down Cycling Road was worth the scare due to Sonic Booms.

The horror

I was not prepared for that Grovyle... no, sir. Thankfully, Rexbolt held on with a berry he stole from some punk's Minun (Thief is awesome), but Pursuit almost did him in all the same. However, even if he fell, the paralysis was very important to throw down - without it, I doubt Sora would have been able to finish the job. Granted, she crit haxed with a Wing Attack, so it didn't matter much, but you have to plan for the worst.

Time to spam this spiffy new Item Finder. Thanks, May!

A glimmer of hope

I knew I had to move on after the loss of Cloak the Nincada - it wouldn't do me any good to sit around moaning. So, I departed for Slateport. The beach bums couldn't hold a candle to Sora and Skippy, so I had no worries there. I put off visiting the refreshment house in favor of hitting up the Slateport Battle Tent, which was a cool place what with the rentals taking the stress off. Barboach and Plusle were pals, running through everything in their way. The result was a Full Heal - not bad.

Outside the city limits I happened across my Electrike, Rexbolt. He will no doubt serve me well in the future. I'm looking at you, Wallace.

Not sure what to do about the Cut dilemma yet, but I suppose that will come in due time. For now, I'll chill in the area - perhaps kick some Aqua ass.

Do the Dew

The trip to Dewford went swimmingly, of course, minus the call from the old man. Briney is a pretty cool guy for helping a kid out.

Being the cool kid, I ventured through Dewford's nearby cave and delivered Steven's letter without Flash. Who needs it anyway? Sand Attack is more reliable...

Sora, Skippy, and Cloak were prepared to take Brawly in full force. Or so I thought... the poor little bug couldn't hang on in the face of a critical Vital Throw.

Oh, why did this have to happen... Cloak's lack of a good STAB move was a bit depressing, sure, but that bitchin' Silk Scarf made sure he could Cut things to ribbons in the meantime. Now what'll I do about random trees? I'll just have to find a replacement...

Maybe I should ask the trendy people in the area. They're good for something, it seems, what with having given me the Silk Scarf. But "Different Comics"? How can that be what's hip and happening? The world may never know.

R.I.P. Cloak.

Rustboro folk are rusty

No difficulty here, though I must thank that little boy for the Premiere Ball - it snared a cuddly Nincada on the route beyond. Will it be a full-fledged team member? Only time will tell, but its ability to use Dig will no doubt be helpful in the long run, not to mention Cut right now!

Roxanne? A joke. Between my X-Defend and Skippy's mighty ground typing, she had no prayer.

Petalburg (Woods) Presents...

A Wurmple. I must decline. It's better for the overall health of the group.

Team Aqua Grunt runs off crying like a little girl at the site of my overpowered bird. I would too, honestly.

Route 102 in all its glory

After Sora utterly destroyed the fools thinking they could challenge me, I opted not to catch the Poochyena that decided to wander across my path. I would have named her Lassy, but let's face it; the dog just isn't that useful, and Pokéballs are a precious resource.

An unexpected turnaround

Having been fortunate enough to not encounter a wild Pokémon on Route 103 on my way to May, I promptly returned after receiving my Pokéballs. Lo and behold, a lovely lady Wingull was there to greet me. A single Water Gun from Skippy set up the capture, and a lucky capture it is - I will be able to Fly, guaranteed. Welcome to the party, Sora.

Already off to a bad start

Skippy the Mudkip is Modest.

Fuck my life.

Hijacking my own blog kthnx

To record my Nuzlocke Challenge for Pokémon Emerald. My rules are as follows:

1. Release a Pokémon if it faints. Death is very real.

2. You may only catch the first Pokémon in an area, with events counting as their respective areas (not like there's much else in those places anyway). No Pokéballs? Bummer, dude.

3. Nickname all the Pokémon you receive. They are your friends, after all.

4. No trading. Not with people, not with NPCs.

5. You may use only the items you find or are handed; you cannot buy anything, as you are saving money to open your own gym someday. Exceptions can only be made for required items.

6. Set battles only. You're a man; act like it.

7. If everyone faints and none remain in the PC, your journey is over.

8. Save only to take breaks. No reset abuse. :/

Under the Sea

Darling it's better, down where it's... wow, that song as surprisingly suggestive.

Anyhow, this is my current theory crafting project that will be tested tomorrow, most likely.

//Monsters
3|Anpr|Shark Cruiser
3|Fotb|Warrior of Atlantis
3|Abpf|Codarus
3|Rgbt|Deep Sea Diva
3|Rgbt|Spined Gillman
3|Mrl|Mother Grizzly

//Spells
3|Lod|A Legendary Ocean
3|Drev|Pot of Duality
2|Sovr|Moray of Greed
2|Ioc|Salvage
2|Mrl|Mystical Space Typhoon
1|Lob|Monster Reborn
1|Lob|Dark Hole

//Traps
2|Lod|Bottomless Trap Hole
1|Lon|Torrential Tribute
1|Mrd|Solemn Judgment
1|Lod|Royal Oppression
1|Psv|Call Of The Haunted
1|Mrd|Mirror Force
1|Pgd|Trap Dustshoot

//Extra|Deck
1|Dp08|Armory Arm
1|Ha01|Ally of Justice Catastor
1|Tdgs|Magical Android
1|Rgbt|Sea Dragon Lord Gishilnodon
1|Ha01|Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Barrier
1|Ha02|Dewloren, Tiger King of the Ice Barrier
1|Tdgs|Goyo Guardian
1|Anpr|Ancient Fairy Dragon
1|Csoc|Black Rose Dragon
1|Drev|Scrap Archfiend
1|5ds1|Colossal Fighter
1|Drev|Scrap Dragon
1|Tdgs|Stardust Dragon
1|Tdgs|Thought Ruler Archfiend
1|Ha01|Mist Wurm

Deadly consistent, to be honest. How "strong" it is has yet to be seen.

In America!

Wargle. I want it. Nao.

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Zero Still Kicking

New format Infernity draft. Pots are definitely mandatory.

//Monsters
1|Drev|Stygian Street Patrol
2|Ptdn|Dark Grepher
3|Wc09|Infernity Archfiend
3|Sovr|Infernity Necromancer
3|Tshd|Infernity Beetle
1|Tshd|Infernity Avenger
2|Tshd|Infernity Mirage

//Spells
2|Drev|Pot of Duality
1|Ptdn|Dark Eruption
1|Tshd|Infernity Launcher
1|Lob|Monster Reborn
1|Mrl|Giant Trunade
2|Mrl|Mystical Space Typhoon
1|Lod|Reinforcement of the Army
1|Sdrl|Foolish Burial

//Traps
3|Tshd|Infernity Barrier
2|Tshd|Infernity Break
2|Tshd|Infernity Inferno
2|Psv|Dust Tornado
2|Lod|Bottomless Trap Hole
1|Lon|Torrential Tribute
1|Psv|Call Of The Haunted
1|Mrd|Solemn Judgment
1|Ston|The Transmigration Prophecy

//Extra|Deck
1|Dp08|Armory Arm
1|Ha01|Ally of Justice Catastor
1|Tdgs|Magical Android
1|Wc10|Stygian Sergeants
1|Ha01|Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Barrier
1|Tdgs|Goyo Guardian
1|Anpr|Ancient Fairy Dragon
1|Csoc|Black Rose Dragon
1|5ds1|Colossal Fighter
1|Tshd|Infernity Doom Dragon
2|Jump|Hundred-Eyes Dragon
2|Tdgs|Stardust Dragon
1|Ha01|Mist Wurm

-SIDE DECK-
2|Lodt|Ryko, Lightsworn Hunter
2|Pgd|Book of Moon
1|Lob|Dark Hole
2|Wc08|Dimensional Prison
2|Drev|Solemn Warning
1|Psv|Dust Tornado
1|Tshd|Infernity Break
1|Mrd|Mirror Force
1|Dpct|Starlight Road
1|Pgd|Trap Dustshoot
1|Sod|Mind Crush