subways part 3

[tsuntrader]

OOOOH ELESA AND INGO OOOOOOOH

no seriously Ingo stop getting stabbed

getting stabbed is bad

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RUNNING THE BATTLE SUBWAY SHOULDN'T BE TOO HARD

[tsuntrader]

[Right? He's done it with Emmet before. It shouldn't be too difficult.

Of course, right now, he's busy immersing himself in strategy with Hilbert. If he's going to be battling with him, well... He better get to know his style the best he-]

Why do you need four Archeops?

[50shadesofnpc]

Different movesets.

[He says this like it's completely sensible.... ...which it is for gameverse.

...Kind of.] And they're all better at different things, too.

[tsuntrader]

[Mo...ve...]

Why not just teach one to have several different movesets? [He can understand the second part- Honchkrow are good at special attacks, but his Honchkrow would never agree with them.

But why split your attention among so many Pokémon?]

[50shadesofnpc]

I'm trying to, but... that's not a regular thing, so I haven't gotten too far on that. [GAMEVERSE]

[tsuntrader]

[...To offer or not to offer, that is the question...]

...I could help you out while I'm around. [If. If you want. No pressure.]

[50shadesofnpc]

[Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The trials and tribulations of outrageous gameverse mechanics,
Or to take arms against a sea of Pokemon,
and by noping the fuck out avoid them. To teach: to stagnate,
No more, and by a and by a OKAY I'M DONE WITH THIS]

...What, you can do it?

[DUDE.]

[tsuntrader]

[WELP LOOKS LIKE WE'LL NEVER KNOW THE ENDING]

You bet. [Jeez, it's not even that big of a deal...]

[50shadesofnpc]

[Huh. Pretty sweet!] Yeah, if you wouldn't mind sometime. That'd be cool.

[Hilbert reaches over to idly give his Mienshao a pat on the head as it obediently sits and rests its head on his leg.] But yeah-- even as it is, I should be able to fill in with whatever strategy you use.

[Because versatility!! Which.... well, Silver.... you kind of lack, what with only six pokemon....]

[tsuntrader]

[...Oh. Well.

Well let's see. Gyarados is too big, Honchkrow is... Honchkrow... Lit...wick..]

I'm guessing that strategy can't exactly contain "flooding the entire subway," huh. [Only Gold would do that with him.]

[50shadesofnpc]

You really do sound like Hilda. [Pfff.]

Besides, we're supposed to be testing them the first go-round, and then you can go all-out... still, waterlogging the Subway with too many Surfs might not fly that well with Ingo and Emmet.

[Plus, he wouldn't want to totally ruin the borrowed uniform..... ... gosh, wearing his boyfriend's(!!) clothes will be kinda funny.]

[tsuntrader]

Right. Testing. [His. His team is so horrendously incapable of "testing" people. But they have to do it anyway. ...Somehow.]

[50shadesofnpc]

Guess it'd be easier if you had a test-oriented team like Ingo and Emmet do, huh... [...]

And you've really only got those six, right? [That's amazing, man.]

[tsuntrader]

Unless you count the Joltik. [Weavile... Weavile and Kingdra? That might work.

Maybe.

...Possibly.]

[50shadesofnpc]

[Aaah, yes, the apartment's worth of Joltik. He cracks a grin at that.]

Have you considered training more than those six, though? [Do it, Silver. Do it do it do it.]

[tsuntrader]

[Kind of. Maybe.

...Okay no not really. Headshake. Why should he? His partners can cover everything he needs as it is. ...Except for holding back enough to "test" trainers.]

[50shadesofnpc]

Having more than six lends to better strategic opportunities. Not every team is perfect, so if you have more than one strategy, you can counter more expansively. Plus it's good practice to expand your range, because by practicing more of them you'll learn about strategies and how to find holes in them, whether they're yours or the opponent's.

[...] Well, it depends on what kind of Trainer you are. But that's what I was taught.

[tsuntrader]

[...Well, the logic definitely works for things like gym battles or the Battle Subway, at any rate...]

So you have dozens of Pokémon. [But if it's what works for him, who is he to judge?

...Yeah no he's judging.]

[50shadesofnpc]

Something like that. [He looks a little sheepish.] Some of them are my parents'...

1/2

[tsuntrader]

[His parents' Pokémon?

...They taught him to have variety like that. That was something they taught him. And they even...]

[tsuntrader]

[...] I guess a few more Pokémon wouldn't kill me.

[50shadesofnpc]

Cool. [Hilbert flashes him a rare grin.]

So, to start-- what kind of weaknesses does your main team not cover enough? [hmmm... it could use a ground type, when he thinks about it...]

[tsuntrader]

Electricity. A lot of my team knows ground type moves, but...

[He... He had a ground type, before he showed up. Rhyperior. So why isn't he here? He doesn't doubt that he's safe at home, but...]

[50shadesofnpc]

Okay. So, around Unova... there's a Pokemon like Excadrill, which Ingo and Emmet have, or Krookodile, whose earlier evolutions are near here... or a Golurk, which is Ghost/Ground... or the Water/Ground Seismitoad... or Stunfisk.

[:'D Stunfisk.]

[tsuntrader]

[Excadrill's a Ground/Steel type that can be found all over Unova but tend to stay hundreds of feet underground. It's fast and hits hard, but its defenses aren't as strong as your average Ground or Steel type, making it unique, along with its typing.

Krookodile's preevolutions can be found on Route 4, along with a good amount of other ground types. They have a unique Ground/Dark typing and have a similar build to Feraligatr- powerful jaws that can crunch through just about everything, powerful Attack... Hilda has one.

Golurk is a Ground/Ghost type, of all things. It's large, bulky, and hits incredibly hard with its fists. Hilda has one of them too.

Seismitoad... Stunfisk...]

I'll figure something out.

[50shadesofnpc]

Of course, you don't have to decide on just one. [He shrugs.] Train more than one if you want. I guess-- well, I have some of them, and you've probably seen Hilda's, right? For a frame of reference.