Pokemon Moon - The Dynasty

[Abe Sargent]

There are two places on this route I want to explore –

Secluded Shore –


This is a Slowpoke preserve protected by a ranger.

Trainer #1 – Jack vs Alomomola. High Horsepower. It uses protect. Again. It uss Protect. Again. It uses water pulse. Bulldoze -protect. Bulldoze. Down.

I move Cadeus to the front.

Trainer #2 – Cadeus vs Whiscash. Psychic. It uses Magnitude. I use Nasty Plot to raise my Special attack twice. Mag again from my foe. Nasty Plot again. Mag again. Psychic. Done. I It’s about to send out a Pokemon I’ve never haerd of scaled Sandygast. Now I was going to leave Cadeus out here with the bonuses and finish it off But gast I s like ghost. Ghost is good vs Psychic. But you know what? Let’s do it anyways. I have a dark attack in case it’s really a ghost. It looks like a sand castle. I try Feint Attacks and yup, super effective. It puts me to sleep It uses Sand Tomb. I use Awake. FA Again. It uses bulldoze. It kos me. Ah well. Next is hydro and First Impression. Finished off

I head to 13 to see if I can find some healing

Route 13 – I run into Hau in front. He beat Sophocles too. Gladion emerges from a building nearby. He tells us that Team Skull is looking for a Pokemon called Cosmog. It has the potential to summon a powerful Pokemon. It would be a disaster for Alola if it happened. He tells us o keep Cosmog safe from Team Skull and protect it. And with that Gladion heads away

I find a moon stone. No PC here I head back to the Shores after I charizard and heal and then run back

I head onto the water - Just the one fishing nothing major out here to speak of.

The next area is..

Blush Mountain

Trainer #1 – Cadeus and Psyduck. Nasty Plot. It uses Aqua Tail. NP again. AT from Psy. Psychic. KOd. It’s about to send out Fearow. Psychic. He uses Assurance, super effective. KOd.

I run about the grass here. There’s something I’m trying to catch up here. Cadeus levels to 32 and wants to learn instruct. Nope. I find a Sun Tone back here.

The power plant is here. I head inside and talk to everyone. I find Prof Oak here with a Lure bell for me and a TM 67 Embarge is found as well. I head back out. I have a quest to find a pokemon here from earlier, so I see if I can.

The first new Pokemon I run across is Elekid at level 28. A snag it and welcome to the club!

About 25 creatures alter I finally find my charge – Togedemaru. It’s a spiked up small little thing. I can’t poison it. So I harry it to lesser life and then capture it on the first Ultra Ball.


Meet our latest addition, the spiky, steel electric rodent Togedamaru, ie this generations Pikachu




I fly back to the city to heal up and get my Togedammaru checked out I get 10k

[Abe Sargent]

Route 13 –

Route 13 is basically an oasis.

There’s a hotel here I check out. There’s an abandoned Pokemon in the guest room, but it won’t come with me


I do a little fishing. Nothing special arrives. I find a Team Skull Grunt on guard outside of an RV. I load up a camera at a view finder place. I submit a pick and I get 1447 more thumbs up. I’m at 8600 and I need 10k for the next level

Someone said the answer for the desert maze is 2-1-4-3


North is a barricade that I Can’t pass until I get the ghost trial completed

West to


Tapu Village

It’s raining. The Ttapu appeared here to protect Mount Lanakila and thus the city was named

I find Hau. There is an Aether House in front that’s supposed to be where the captain is. Construction works in the road are making the League facilities. North from here is the league, and I can’t get tehre. I talk to some folks here about Tapu Bulu, the islands guardian here. There is an abandoned site that is now overrun with ghosts.

There’s a PC here

I heal up and ask around.

I buy 11 Ultra balls.

I have a guy I here willing to trade my Haunter for his Graveler, which is good if I want a Gengar.

Okay, I just got asked the most high question ever. You know how often people who are high ask very odd but deep questions sometimes? Here we go, from a lady in the PC:

“You know how some Pokemon can steal HP from, others with moves like Absorb and Mega Drain? Do you think it tastes different depending on the species of Pokemon they steal it from?”

And you are, ladies and gentlemen.

There is some grass here I run around ion to see if I can hit anything good.

How about this Snorunt? It’s level 30. I snag it with one Great Ball.


What about this level 30 Pelipper? Does it count too? Yup! I capture it with one Ultra Ball after it’s wounded.

I try a few more. Oh, Absol! Level 30, joins our cause. It took 5 ultras, but its mine!

Muk levels to 42. I head back to the PC and heal up and purchase 5 Super Potions, 10 Greats, and 10 Ultras.

[Abe Sargent]

Route 15 –

There is a trail guide at the front who wants me after I beat everyone on route 15

I arrive at the Aether House. Hau is here as well. A couple of kids arrive. They are protecting this house when Acerole is out. I face an Elekid with Muk. Crunch. Down boy. Acerola comes in the door.

Captain Acerola awaits. I expect ghosts. So I move Feathers to the front. As a ghost, well, ghost is weak vs ghost, so there’s that. She tells me the trial will take place at the abandoned site at the supermarket.

I head outside. I find Lillie being accosted by Team Skull. We fight.

Grunt – Feathers vs Drowzee. Razor Leaf. Pluck. Done.

Grunt flees, lillieis happy again. Acerola arrives and I follow her to the trial site.



Route 14

Trainer #1 – Togedemaru vs Feathers. Shadow Claw. Down. Is end out my Bewear for their Gabite. Take Down. Down and out.

We ge to the abandoned site

The time has finally come. Its full of ghosts. I have to find the Totem, and then snap its pic with the PokeFinder. It likes to play hide and seek, and mess around. If I take pictures of other ghsots in here it’ll come out to get its picture taken as well.

Trial Begins!

The abandoned supermarket lays out before me, with disused shopping carts and overturned display counters.

A conveyor belt is moving by itself all of the sudden. I fire up the PF. I find a Ghostly above it and snag a pic. It attacks me then! Go Feathers. Shadow Claw. Pokemon down.

A shopping cart starts shaking all on its own. I grab my handy Rotom Dex and load up the PF and…above it is a haunter. Which attacks. Shadow Claw! Critted and killeded

I see a Pikachu running in deep. As I near it, I see that I was wrong, it’s a Pikachu doll that is moving by itself. PF loaded up and….I snap a Gengar. Shadow Claw. One hit ko. Panda Bear is level 40 now.

I find a locked door that just clicked open. I head in. My Pokefinder loads up on its own in this closet looking thing. I see a creepy Pikachu puppet here. Whoa. It’s a Totem Mimikyu. Looks odd.

Shadow Claw. It hits me, and then I hit it. It’s disguise served as a decoy, but that disguise is now gone. I took 70% of my health in damage and am facing a Haunter and Mimikyu. I was hoping to hit fast, but that didn’t happen. I die.

I send out my other good pokemon for this, Jelly Baby. Dark is good vs ghost. I begin with Minimize. The mimikyu uses an attack called play rough/ Then the Haunter tries to put me to sleep but misses. Minimize again. Mimic is used. Hypnosis works this time and I’m asleep. I use X Sp Def instead. Sucker Punch misses and Mimikyu hits evasiveness lowered with Minimize. Awakening used. They miss me with one attack and land another. I use Poison gas. Mimikyu poisoned. However, was holding a Lu Berry, eats it and is cured. Poison gas again and this time it sticks. I use a Super Pot. I get hit badly again. I’m in red twice in a row. So I use a Hyper Potion to heal me back to full use Minimize after they miss with the big guy. They miss again. Minimize. They miss. Minimize. The Mimikyu also minimizes. I am fully evasive. I use crunch on Haunter. One hit ko. It calls an ally, Gengar arrives. I crunch it. It’s dead. Jack is level 40 now. Then their Totem dies from poison. Hydro gets level 40 too

We defeated the Totem!

A picture was added to my PF. I head back out and speak with Captain Acerola. I get the Ghost Z Crystal. Trial Complete! I also snag 10 Dusk balls for catching Pokies in that building

[Abe Sargent]

Route 14 Again =

I finish up the route while I’m out here.

Trainer #2 – Mudsdale vs Pyukyumuku. I use Bulldoze, it uses gastro acid. High HP. It’s down.

I find TM 3- Shadow Ball out here in the ruins of a lighthouse.

Trainer #3 – Mudsdale vs Feebas. High HP. Done. For Gyarados I switch to Cadeus. Actually, it probably has bite or crunch. That was a bad play. Psychic. Twister. Psychic. Aqua Tail. Psychic. Fainted.

Back to the PC for healing.

Back to the Supermarket!

I move Jelly Baby in front

I walk into a Haunter. I can’t do nothing to do. Crunch kills. I use Poison Fang, but that won’t do much. I send an Ultra Ball. Caught, level 30. I can trade it laters

Here’s a Klefki. Poison Gas. Nope. Steel and Ghost is rough for my team to hurt at all. We inadvertently kill it.

Golbat. Level 29. Caught.

Another Klefki. Hmm… I send Cadeus over. Normal, Fight, Poison won’t work, and Ground, Dark are took Feints Attack. Psychic. With a crit, that knocks it to half. Ball? Nope. And it uses a bit of self heal. Psychic. Ball of the Ultra Persuasion? Yup! Caught me a Klefki

Where there was a door back here before it’s now gone.

Jelly Baby now level 44. Jack and Panda bear 41. I start to retreat.

I can tell the Mimikyu is here, I can see it on my PokeDex as well as having fought a Totem of it here, but I don’t like it. It looks unappealing. I don’t need to waste 30 minutes trying to find it or anything

I will try to capture this second Haunter that appeared though, one to trade, and one to keep. I catch it with one UB


I head back and heal up

[Abe Sargent]

Route 15

I find some Team Skull folks harassing Hau and the Captain. Plumeria is here with them as well. Here we go!

Plumeria:

Oranguru vs Golbat – Psychic. It uses Confuse Ray. I almost take it out. Feint Attack. It poisons me. I hit myself. I use Antidote. Poison Fang poisons us again. Just for Psychic to take it out. Another P Fang and….It’s gone. Hydro levels and wants to learn Pin Missile. Do I give it it? Yes, I replace Struggle Bug with it. Cadeus faints due to poison.

Mudsdale vs Salazzle – High Horsepower It uses Toxic. Poisoned. It avoids our attack. Again! Ember. High HP takes it down fast and hard.

They took something, and they tell me to return it, to meet with the boss at their base in Po Town. Hey took the Pokies from the children, but Cosmog survived. They tell me to find a guy with a kimono on this route for a way to Po Town.

I get a rare candy.

Trainer #1 – Mudsdale vs Sandshrew. This is an ice looking this. I use Double Kick. Yup, fight is good vs ice and wins. Feathers heads out vs Marowak. Razor Leaf. Nope. How about Shadow Claw instead. Yup, that’s it. It falls.

There’s a small patch of grass here that I run through to see what I can see. How about a Slowpoke?

I head back to the PC for healing and…

I trade a Haunter for a Graveler. “Veler.” And….it evolved into a Golem!

I go take a look at it. Rock and Electric, it has Thunder Punch, Self-Destruct, Stealth Rock and Smack Down,

Now a Golem is a very respectable end-game Pokemon. It’s not the best out there, but it’s fine. While Rock and Grass are the worst types defensively – each has 5 weaknesses, more than any other type, and either 3 strengths for grass or 4 for rock, the combo of Rock + Electric shores up some weaknesses, namely Bug, Flying.

I explore and there’ s need for rock smashery on the sea in Route 15 bay.

I talk to the guy they mention. Mr. Grimsley He flips a coin and I call it. I win the call. He agrees to give me Sharpedo’s info for the Ride Pager.

So It looks like Sharpedo is the rock-smash at sea type, like Tauros on land

Riding a Sharpedo is like riding a Jet Ski

Trainer #1 – Oranguru vs Vulpix. It’s snowy ice looking. Psychic. Feint Attack. It uses ESP on me. Feint Attack. Down. Haunter is next and I send Jack. High HP. It uses Sucker Punch on me. It has levitate and is immune to ground attacks. Suck. I have fight and normal too, immune to those as well. I send out Jelly Baby. It uses Confuse Ray. Crunch. I hurt myself. Crunch. It uses Shadow Ball. Down. Wigglytuff. Poison Fang. Super powerful one hit ko.

I find TM93 Wild Charge.

Trainer #2 – Tentacruel vs Cadeus. This will be fast. Psychic. Super Effective vs poison, down. Jack is level 42. Feathers levels and wants to learn Leaf Blade. I swap it for Razor Leaf


Trainers 3 &4 – Cadeus and Feathers vs…Golduck and Slowbro. Leaf Blade and Feint Attack. Golduck down, Slobro used Disable. Shadow Claw instead. It’s down. Panda Bear level 42.

Trainer #5 – Feathers vs Luvdisc. Leaf Blade. Cadeus levels to 37. Corsola is next. Leaf Blade. Alomomola. Leaf Blade. Three attacks, three takedowns. Hydrophilia levels to 43

[Abe Sargent]

Route 16

I head to a PC here. Someone here is paying good money for a Mimikyu. I buy 11 Hyper Pots.

I find a great TM81 X-Scissor. I use it right now. I give it to my Golisopod and replace Pin Missile with it. It’s one of the most powerful bug attacks out there.

There’s a little cubicle her I step into and here is Sina and Dexio, the pair I ran into earlier. Sina starts talking to me about the Zygarde;s collecting. The Reassembly Unit is a device that work with Zygarde to assemble and create that Pokémon. I learn about the Zygarde Cube separations and assembly process. Zygarde has 100. Depending on the number I have, it’s shape will be different. If Zygarde is suppose to maintain order in Kalos region, why is it here in Alola? They don’t know, but they think it’s an interesting question.

So basically, I have a few options with Zygarde here. I can make a Zygarde from the cells I already have and get that forme. I can add cells to a Zygarde I already have. I can break down my Zygarde instead.

I have at least 10% of the cells, so I assemble….

Zygarde 10% forme




Dragon, ground




This is my first legendary in this run through. Now I have a ground-only Pokémon, so swapping to Zygarde from Mudsdale makes sense long term, likely. Adding Dragon to ground only gives you two more weaknesses (you were already weak to ice) – fairy and dragon. But gives you a way to handle Dragons and that;s not bad.

Let’s take a looksee proper

I add Zygarde to my party for Cadeus.
Zygarde – level 30, dragon ground, with the moves, dig, land’s wrath, bind and safeguard, with 72 hp, 83 speed, 48 Sp att, 60 sp defe, 74 att, and 56 def. Not bad for 30 levels in. Land’s Wrath is a gound move with 90 strength that physically smashes. It’s a physical attacker.

Mudsdale at level 43 – 140 hp, 68 sp att, 82 sp def, 66 speed, 121 att, 107 def. So Mudsale is a physical specialist as well, with slower speed,. By the time Zygarde gets to level 40, it’ll far surpass Mudsdale from multiple vectors, as we can already see. But Mudsdale does not suck. Plus, I’ve had a legendary in every party ever. Wouldn’t it be nice to go the distance without one once? And I’ve already invested time into Mudsdale as well


I stick with what I know and Mudsdale

[Abe Sargent]

Ula’Ula Meadow -


This place is a boardwalk with tons of flowers and such

I take pictures of a ledian flying around and submit it for 1300 more likes. We hit 9.9k

There are glowing sparkles coming from some flowers. I head down to investigate.

Trainer #1 – Feathers vs Oricorio. This is a different forme of Oricorio. I’s red with a flamenco dancing pattern. Fire? I use Shadow Claw. We take it out, no probs

In the flowers I find a red flamenco Oricorio and I try to catch it. I have three Ultra Balls go the last and not get it. Two others miss entirely. #6? Nope. Not poisoned, red, and almost dead. Then it dies. Ah well. Feathers to 45

I find Red Nectar in the flowers. That’s the shiny.

Trainer #2 – Cadeus vs Torkoal. Nasty plot. It uses Curse. Nasty Plot. It uses body slam. Psychic. Torkoal taken down. I stay out for Seaking. Psychic. One hit kill. Leafon? Yup. Psychic. It uses Giga Drain first. One kill with Psychic. He gain a level and it 38.

Nasty Plot is no joke as a move. Don’t ignore something like that early on to turn your creature into a powerful sweep regardless of type advantage.

Trainer #3 - Cadeus vs Sneasel. Now this is not a good matchup. Dark is immune to Psychic. I pull Cadeus for Panda Bear. It uses Ice claws. Brick Break. Down. My foe is about to use a Pokemon I’m not familiar with – Komala. I leave out Panda. It’s a koala bear. I try takedown. It avoids the attack. It slams me. Take down again? Normal attacks usually get through most types,. And my Bewear is a normal type too, so I get the STAB bonus with take down. It avoids it again. It is ghost? I try a brick Break. That his super effective and killed it in one shot. So I must have just gotten unlucky. Jack levels to 43

I head out to run around some flowers and I find a new Pokemon – Ribombee! I switch to Jelly Baby and poison. It’s using bug attacks and looks like a flying bug, so that’s safe assumption/ It uses Silver Wind. It annoyingly using Draining Kiss. It’ll be hard to capture that way. I use minimize to make it harder to hit me. I capture it!


Meet our level 33 Rimombee, it’s the evolved version of Cutiefly




Still a fairy and bug Pokémon


Off this route is the Lake of the Sunne. I check it out. It sort of ruined nothing right now, but with the feel of power and authority.

I head into the temple here and explore. I find TM03 Payback

I head In deeper, And deeper. I’m out on th other side and there is a plateau here and dias. Nothing up here but a huge altar to the sun.

I return.

[Abe Sargent]

Route 17 –

I find a Team Skull Grunt just inside the route He tells me he’s not good in battling, but no one fights him when he’s in Team Skull. He doesn’t battle me.

Trainer #1 – Feathers vs Hariyama. I’m immune to its fight and normal moves. So I use Pluck. I can take this slowly. It uses knock off and knocks off my Amulet Coin. It holds a Flame Orb and becomes burned. Hmm. Pluck. I finish it. Alakazam is next. Do you know who is good against Psychic? That’s right, ghost is! Shadow Claw!It uses trick. It switches items with me and I get the Flame Orb. I ko it. And gain a level.


He gives me the Flame Orb

I go heal at a PC and return to 17 after I buy 10 Ultras.

There are a few houses here and I check them out and talk to everyone.

Trainer #2 – Feathers vs Team Skull Salandit. I am weak against both types with Feathers. I move to Panda Bear. Brick Break! Again! Down.

I slide Panda Bear to the front

Trainer #3 – Rattata vs Panda Bear. Brick Break. Done. Raticiate? Hammer arm. Done.


In the grass here I find everyone’s favorite Panda fight Pokemon. Not Webear or Stufful but Pancham. If they are here I’d like two. One for me and one to trade. I catch it with one Pokeball. Still a fight Pokémon. I find another a minute later. Caught

A giant door to a facility is guarded by Team Skull here.

I approach. They fight me.

Grunts #1 & 2 – Drowzee and Haunter vs Panda bear and Jelly Baby. Payback on Drowzee. Crunch on Haunter. Both dead in one turn from the super effective attacks that dismantle them.

They flee and the door Is still closed. An older man walks behind me and tells me heading into Po Town might not but smart. I am ready! He gets me in.

Welcome to the overtaken Po Town. I They taunt me that this gate is not coming down inside. I have to sneak around and find another way in. I find one under a hedge.

I fight…

Grunts # 3 – Spinaray vs Panda Bear. Take Down! It uses Sucker Punch. Done

Grunt #4 – Grimer vs Panda bear. I swap to Jack and sweep. I move Jack to the front.

I suspect my key three for Po here are going to be Cadeus (Psychic is strong vs Poison), Jack (Ground is strong vs poison) and Panda Bear (fight is strong vs dark).

I head into a damaged Pokemon Center and Team Skull turned it into a club with a DJ here.

I leave and find a Zygarde Cube items, and then hit four different Grunts. I am skipping them for the most part here, because they are the same, and such. I head to a door at a mansion nd head in.

[Abe Sargent]

Shady House –

I find a Grunt right inside -

Grunt #1 – Mudsdale vs Zubat. Stomp. Dead.


Grunt #2 – Mareanie vs Jack. Bulldoze, done.

I head east out a door and there is a harden in this house I find an Ice stone. That looks like a new form of evolution stone. Maybe it’s a way to evolve ice Pokémon from the past, like Glaceon?

I head back into the Shady House and keep exploring

I find a bedroom back here and….

Grunt #3 – Jack vs Haunter. I send Jelly Baby out. Confuse Ray. Crunch. Shadow Ball to me and I hurt myself. Crunch. KOd.

They tell me they have ben collecting all of the Bug Z so their leader would be the best bug fighter. I head east. East again.

The secret Team Skull password is written on the wall – Tapu Cocoa. Rare Candy back here too

I finish the maze-at-times first floor and head up the 2nd

The place is so disheveled that we have maze-like properties, like the candelabra on the stairs smashed there from above that cuts off one way to go. Stuff like that

Grunt #4 – Jack vs Wimpod. Stomp. Done. Drowzee? Feathers. Shadow Claw! Done.

I keep exploring and find in a back children’s bedroom Tm36 Sludge Bomb.

In the next room I find some girl members arguing about clothes, they attack me as I enter.

Grunt #5 – Jack vs Rattata. Double Kick! Done.

Grunt #6 – Jack vs Raticate. Double Kick! Done.

Bedroom #3 features


Grunt #7 – Jack vs Fomantis. Stomp. Don. Level up for the Jack sir.

I find an Iron back here and use it on Feathers, nope, It won’t have any effect according to the game. Who could use some more defense? Golisopod. It wouldn’t with Mudsadle, Muk or


I head outside after giving the secret passcodes. It;’s raining.

Grunt #8 – Jack vs Golbat. Stomp. It uses Mean Look, Stomp once more. It uses an absorbing style move to pump itself. Doesn’t matter, it’s down

I sneak back inside a broken window.

I head into the major back room.

Here is Guzma, the leader of Team Skull. I want the Pokemon they stole from that little girl, and I want it now!!!

Battle with Guzma

Mudsdale vs Golisopod – Stomp His Golisopod is now level 37. He uses Razor shell and tears through me. I try High Horsepower, which is not effective, but my best move. It activates his emergency exit and out pops Ariados. High HP aging. I just KOd it. Feathers is now 47. Now that Golisoopod is about to pop out, I shift to Feathers. Leaf Blade! Down!

We win. I get 8k in cash

I get the Pokémon back for the kids. Guzma is pissed, and Team Skull evacuates. I find a Bug Z Crystal back here before I head out

I run into the person who helped me to get in earlier, the older man. He heals up my Pokemon, and doesn’t want to fight with someone taking on Team Skull. Acerola runs but behind him, this is her Uncle Nanu. He stays here to look after the Pokemon that Skull hurts.

[Abe Sargent]

I leave Po Town and head back to Route 17

Whoops – I missed a Trainer here - Jack vs Charjabug. High HP. Done. Muk! I use High HP again. Done.

I also find a PP Up I missed as well

I return to Aceola in her home. While we were gone, Lillie has disappeared. She left with Plumeria of Team Skull after they threatened her Pokemon Cosmog. Gladion rushes in and verifies that Lillie who took Cosmog. Then he’s [hissed and fights


Mudsdale vs Golbat. Stomp. It uses Air Cutter. Stomp. It uses Acrobatics. Stomp. Acrobatics again. It’s down.

Sneasel vs Bewear. Brick Break! It uses Feint Attack and then bites it.

Type: Null vs Bewear - I leave this out for. Hammer Arm! Done.

We win. Gladion apologizes, that as mean of him. He has to get Cosmog from them ASAP. We’ll leave from the Ferry Terminal. I am ready to go now.

We move to the docks. Gladion and I are waiting on Hau to arrive. Then Nanu arrives. Complains about Team Skull. He is the island Kahuna of Ula’ula apparently, and wants a battle. Okay1


Nanu –

Sabeyey vs Mudsdale – High HP. It uses Fake Out – we flinch – Again. Done.

Krokorok vs Bewear – Hammer Arm. It uses swagger. We manage to attack, but the attack misses. The Swagger causes you to be confused and get a swollen attack to smash yourself. HA again. Our foe uses Earthquake. It connects and slays our foe.

Persian vs Golisopod – First Impression. It uses Fake Out and we flinch. X cissor It uses Power Gem. It’s super effective. We are too with the big attack Again! Our foe heals with a Pot. We slayit and our Goli is leveled.

All done

He heals our squad, connects me with the Dark Z Crystal, and then I finish my Grand Trail for Ula’Ula Island. Hau runs up as we finish the battle and Nanu heads off. Apparently, they were taken to Aether Paradise, the island. Which makes no sense to me at all

We arrive at Aether Paradise’s Harbor/.

[Abe Sargent]

Aether Paradise Harbor –

Trainer #1 – Oranguru vs Dugtrio. Feint Attack. It uses Earth Power. Again. It uses Mud Bomb. Again. It uses Dig. Again. Down. Our foe is about to use a Sliggoo. I send out Muk. Crunch. Down. Victory

Trainer #2 – Oranguru vs Herdier. Psychic. It sues Work Up. Again. KOd. Feathers vs Lumineon. Leaf Blade. Done.

I move Feathers in front

Trainer #3 – Shelgon leads. Leaf Blade? Not very effective. It uses Dragon Claw. Shadow Claw? KOd. Next is Trumbeak. I send out Muk. Poison Fang. KO!

Trainer #4 – Leads with Parasect. I use Pluck. Done. Next is Drifblim, which is a ghost. I’ll stay out and Shadow Claw it/ KOd. Vibrava is the final. I remain. Leaf Blade. Ko again. All done

I find a Rare Candy. T<06 Toxic, a few X items, and more.


Trainer #5 – We are facing just Primeape. Pluck. KO.

I head to the elevator with Gladion and Hau. But outsiders an;t use it to head to the lower levels. We go up instead.

We find Faba, Aether Branch Chief. Gladion accuses him of knowing why we are here and everything that happens at Aether. Faba agrees to a battle:

Faba - Hypno vs Feathers. Shadow Claw. Down. One hit.

Jack levels up and learns Earthquake.

Faba is very surprised at the loss. To a child especially. Again, Gladion speaks accusingly. If you are looking for Cosmog, it might be downstairs. Hau presses and he says that experiments are held down there that tear the boundaries of the world apart. Faba agrees to give us a rife and sends us down the lift.

Down we go

[Abe Sargent]

Gladion mentions things look the same, although its only been two years. It’s like a secret hideout. There are two labs up ahead. Secret Lab A and B. Gladion is knocking out A, we take B.

I head through a door. Into a room with three people.

Trainer #1- Feathers vs Muk. I switch to Panda Bear. It uses crunch. Not very effective, barely bothers me. Brick Break. It uses Screech. BB. Down.

Trainer #2 – Feathers vs…Magneton. Shadow Claw. It uses Flash Cannon. Shadow Claw. I lost around 50% of my health, but it’s gone.

Trainer #3 – Feathers vs Porygon2. Leaf Blade. It uses Signal Beam. I use Synthesis. Recover by my foe. Leaf Blade. KO. Feathers levels and wants to learn Feather Dance…do I want that? Nah

They give up some info – Cosmog is the key to opening the Ultra Wormhole. Gladion tells me he his what his mother made him to be, just as Null was made in Lab A.

Secret Lab B

Scientists A & B – Feathers and Raichu (from Hai) vs Vanillish and Machoke. Leaf Blade, we take out Machoke. Vanillihs freezes and badly damages Feathers. I send out Panda Bear. Vanillish falls to Raichu and my Brick Break.

The Scientist mentions that Lab A has the battlers who battled that uncontrollable Pokemon. They refuse to tell us where Lillie and COsmog are. We split up and look around for clues.

Rotom Dex is telling me to do all of the research we can, we are unlikely to come back here again.

I read information on the Ultra Wormholes, Ultra Beasts, and Cosmog, who is a type of Ultra Beast, from the dimension of Ultra space across the wormhole. When placed under stress, it reveals the power to create and open those wormholes. They are working ona device to harness cosmog’ power
‘Looks like Faba sent us down here to keep us from finding out anything major, knowing tis a dead end



I head into Secret Lab A on my way back to the elevator. I look at some deleted files. I am reading control logs for the creation of Type: Fulls tp fight the Ultra Beasts. They were failed, and changed from Type: Full to Type: Null. I head to the elevator and head back up.

[Abe Sargent]

We return to Faba’s office, he is not here, and a bunch of other Aether employees are.

Employee ! & 2 – Mudsdale and Pelipper. We have Raichu and Feathers. Leaf Blade. Thunderbolts. We kill both in one turn.

Gladion won as well. The various employees flee.

And now it’s time…

Wicke is here. She heals our Pokemon. Wicke thinks Lilllie is with the President. The doors have been locked to her place. We head out

In front of us is Faba and a bunch of employees.. Faba misdirected us to gather up proper defenses to stop us. I help out Gladion

Employee 3 & 4 – Oranguru and Golbat vs Magmar and Electabuzz. Nasty Plot. Elect used Light Screen. Poison Fang on Elect. Confuse Ray by Magmar on Golbat. Psychic. Magmar uses an electric attack on Cadeus. Cadeus is confused now. Psychic and takes down Magmar. Psychic again! Cadeus hurts himself. Feint attack. KO.

Next I help Hau

Faba and Employee #5 – Oranguru and Raichu vs Slowbro and Ledyba. Nasty Plot. Thunderbolt is deep on Slowbro, Light Screen, and Yawn from their SB on my Cadeus. Psychic on Ledian. Bug Buzz from Ledian. Cadeus finishes Ledian. Headbutt from Slobro, we fall asleep. I use Awakening med. Slowbro is finished by Raichu. Next is Bruxish. A nasty looking fish. Psychic! It uses crunch on me and kos me with a crit. Go Goliscopod, Hydrophilia. First Impression. That was super effective. Huh. Next is Hypno. X Scissor. KOd Hypno


We win!

We get the key from Faba, and open a secret door into an odd place. A secret yard and area,, with a bunch of team Skull thugs, and in back is their leaders.

The foundation and Team Skull were working together.

Next I do a little exploring here. It’s like a giant village here.

Grunt #1 – Oranguru vs Golbat. Psychic! One hit KO.

Grunt #2 – Oranguru vs Raticate. Yuck. I send in Panda Bear. Brick Break after it uses quick attack. Who still has quick attack at level 38?

Grunt #3 - Refuses to fight me because I’m winning and he doesn’t fight fights he can’t win, he’s n dummy

I run into Gladion having just lost to Guzma. Guzma used to respect Gladion, going so far and soming over to Team Skull and rejecting his mother.

Guzma –

Oranguru vs Golisopod. Nasty Plot. It uses First Impression, which kods me. Feathers. Leaf Blade, it uses emergency exit and flees. Out pops Masquerain. Pluck. It uses an air attack (acrobatics) this first and Kos Feathers.

Muk vs Masquerain – Crunch. It uses Bug Buzz. Again. More Bug Buzz, and we ko the Masquerain, after taking 2/3rd life loss from it.

Muk vs Golisopod – Crunch. It hits with First Impression and….that’s it. Muk is down.

Bewear vs Golisopod. Takedown. We hti first and it’s down. Bewear levels.

Bewear vs Pinsir – Takdown. It uses Brick Break and knocks me about 50% down. The recoil hurts me too. This guy has one more Pokémon left after pinsir, and I have two after Bewear. Takedown. It uses Brick Break again, knocks me to red. I hit, KO it, and the die to the recoil.

Mudsdale vs Ariados – Earthquake. Taken care of.

Victory!

We had four ko’s each on that one. Close.

[Abe Sargent]

Given how close that was, I hand out some items – Bug Z to Golisopod, Soft Sand to Mudsale, and Twisted Spoon to Oranguru and Fight Z to Bewear

I head into a fancy mansion

Beyond is a fancy state room with Lillie and the President Lusamine here. Lillie spins and is surprised to see me. Lusamine is disappointed that I cavort with someone like Lillie. Lillie talks down to President Lusamine, calling her Mother! Lusamine rejects the claims of motherhood, stating she has no real children. “How will you save Cosmog Lilliie?” She’s not a warrior, she doesn’t have a bunch of Pokemon, and she’s only stolen from others to get what she has. Lusamine is going to sacrifice Cosmog to summon an Ultra Beast. It doesn’t matter, Lusamine is going to force Cosmog to open the Gate against it’s will, and to control that gate.

Lusamien flees down an elevator to get stuff ready. I chase.

We are in a giant room with various Pokemon captured in these stasis cells. I see a Starmie, and there are others I can’t make out yet from this distance. Lusamine tells me to come this way.

I can see a Pikachu, a Slowpoke, and others. She brags about her collection, and they will all be here forever. It would not be right to contain the Ultra Beast in these stasis cases. She is going to let it out and ravage Alola. Hau pops in with Gladion and they run up to support Lillie and me. Gladion tells her again to listen to him one last time and not to open the Ultra Wormhole. She won’t be chastised.

The daughter who stole her Cosmog and the son who stole Type: Null will not be listened to by her. They are not worthy. Lusamine was able to open the Ultra Wormhole once just using gases they’d extracted from Cosmog. Now it’s captured in this energy sucking crate. How many more Ultra Wormholes will she be able to open up?

Lusamine triggers it.

Cosmog’s cube is flowing and a wormhole opens. Out comes an Ultra Beast much like the one we fought off before. Multiple wormholes are opening in various parts in Alola, with Ultra Beasts coming out of them.

Near Melemele’s Mahalo Trail – The Kahuna is attacked by this Ultra Beast. Another arrives, the legendary guardian. Other island facing off against Ultra Beasts.

Guzma arrives and moves to catch this Ultra Beast. Gladion makes a run for the Ultra Beast. This is what Null was made for. Hau takes Guzma, me the president, and

Lusamine –

Oranguru vs Clefable – I need to sweep these people. Lusamine has a very full party (5 of 6). I use X Sp Def. She uses Moonblast. Nasty Plot. She lowers my accuracy. Nasty Plot. Moonblast again. Psychic. Down.

Oranguru vs Lilligant – Psychic. She uses Petal dance. One hit smash.

Oranguru vs Milotic. I use Hyper Potion to heal. She uses Safeguard. Psychic. Hydro Pump by her, and then she is almost taken out. Feint Attack. She uses Flail.

Oranguru vs Bewear – Hyper Potion. It uses Take Down. Super Potion. It uses Hammer Arm. Hyper Pot. It uses Take down. Alright, time to stop wasting pots. Am I faster than the Bewear? One psychic ends this. Psychic. Yup, dead Bewear.

Muk vs Mismagius – Crunch. It uses Mystical Fire. Super effective, one hit ko

“All that I want is my precious beast! I don’t care about any of the rest of you!”

Man she is a pill

The Ultra Wormhole begins to collapse. They have developed a Beast Ball that should capture the Beast. As the wormhole collapses, Lusamine is pulled in, with Guzma. She was not displeased with tis, she turned and smiled and waved as if she was winning by this development

Lillie breaks the containment energy box that Cosmog was in. It has changed forms into something different. Time to leave. We head back, and run into Wicke on the way back out. Gladion mentions that they might be able to reach other words if they had the legendaries from here on tehir side.

We get some beds and rest from Wicke here.

[Abe Sargent]

The next day

Wicke arrives and takes me to Lillile. She has changed to travelling gear, and we are ready to head out. She wants to head out, stop, letting others fight her battles for her. Gladion finds an object called the Sun Flute downstairs. Along with the Moon Flute, they are supposed to be able to called up the legendary local Pokemon. She was looking to add legendaries to her roster here. I am given a Master Ball as well. Gladion is staying behind to clear up Aether Paradise. Here’s Hau, Gladion can get us to Poni Island next.

I do some exploring here before I head out and find some minor items like Full Heals and such

As I leave here is an update on my current list of Pokemon:


Level 50 Decidueye, aka Feathers, ghost/grass, Shadow Claw, Synthesis, Leaf Blade, Pluck, 146 hp, 125 special attack, 114 spec def, 143 attack, 94 d, 99 speed.

Level 50 Muk, aka Jelly Baby, dark/poison, Minimize, Poison gas, Poison Fang, Crunch, 176 hp, 90 sp at, 124 sp def, 139 attm 86 def, 85 speed

Level 48 Mudsdale, aka Jack, ground, Stomp, Double Kick, earthquake, High Horsepower, 159 hp, 77 sp att, 94 sp def, 139 attack, 122 def, 77 speed

Level 48 Bewear, aka Panda Bear, normal/fighting, Brick Break, Payback, Hammer arm, Take down, 192 hp, 70 sp att, 72 sp def, 129 att, 101 def, 85 speed

Level 47 Golisopod, aka Hydrophilia, Bug/Water, X-Scissor, Iron Defense, First Impression, Sucker Punch, 143 HP, 80 spec att, 84 spec def, 154 attack, 155 defense, 71 speed

Level 44 Oranguru, aka Cadeus, Psychic/Normal, Feint Attack, Nasty Plot, Quash, Psychic, 145 hp, 88 spec attack, 112 spec def, 7 1attack, 94 def, 84 speed.

And there we go!

I run into Gladion in the decks. We head out to Poni Island!

[Abe Sargent]

Seafolk Village

We arrive at Seafolk Village, a fun looking towne of boardwalks, and touristy stuff. There’s a lot of nature and such as it’s not heavily populated. Gladion heads off, and my Rotom Dex is all a twitter.

I start exploring and taking to everyone I hit I get a Magmarizer and Electrarizer. I am also given an Aerodactyl by someone who is looking to give it some exploring. It’s highly leveled up at 40. I could slide it in for Cadeus if I wanted. But I don’t need a flying Pokemon in my party anymore to know and learn fly. It has roar, agility, ancient power and crunch. Meh. We’re good

If I made this switch, I would still be able to handle fight with its flying attacks, and I’d add in Bug, Flying (Rock) and the only type I wouldn’t have covered is Dragon. But, on the other hand, It’s stats aren’t amazing. The problem with Aerodactyle has always been that it’s weak to many different types of attacks. There are 18 types out there, and that’s a pretty big chunk of vulnerability. Most Pokemon have attacks outside of their oeuvre. Take Mudsale who has a normal and fight attack, or Oranguru with a dark one etc. You are weak to Rock itself, which is totally weird, luckily you are weak to fight and strong to fight, so fights neutral, weak to Steel, Water, Electric, Ice, and so on.

Meh

More exploring follows

I come across Lillie and some locals interacting. We are approached by a man with a Pelipper who introduces himself as chief of the seafolk, We’re here to visit the kahuna. Little Hapu’s place may be of help. Only house standing on Poni. She’s the one with the Mudsdale, if you’ll recall.

I eat at a local seashop. Someone in the grey fishhouse, wants oto see a Aloan Raichu. I find a lucky Punch to up Chansey’s crit ratio.

I find TM 91 Flash Cannon here.

I fish up a level 35 Magikarp. That’s big.

Get ready! Hydrophilia got to level 48 and finally got a water move – Liquidations. It replaces Iron Defense.

I find someone on the planks wanting to trade a Steenee for a Granbull. I have none though

I hit a Pokemon Center. In here I find a odd person. A man who wants to teach Dragon Ascent to my Rayquaza.

There’s also a lady who can teach Draco Meteor. I spend 30k on 20 Hyper Pots, and there is a TM Shop here with – Calm Mind, Blizzard, Hyper Beam, Solar Beam, Thunder, Sludge Wave, Fire Blast, Giga Impact and Stone Edge. Do I want any?

Sludge Wave is powerful. It this every Pokemon, like earthquake, and has a strong 95 strength power backed by a 100% accuracy. And that seems good at first. But as you just saw, my Muk is a physical attacker, and this is a special attack. Now consider my current Poison Fang. It just has a 50 strength. So I;m willing to pop it out anytime. But I don’t know that Sludge Wave is the answer with its 10 pp as my only poison attack.

What else is out there? How about this Poison Jab I have? That should work. Crunch is 80 strength too, like P Job, so they are good together. I still would like to give my Oranguru a powerful normal move. I could pick up Hyper Beam, the most powerful attack in the game at 150. You also skip your next turn when you use it though. Or you could grab Giga Impact instead, although that’s a power attack instea.d

Many of those are top end Pokémon attacks. Thunder, Fire Blast and such.

While I;m thinking about it I head back to some places I needs a Sharpedo to explore before. Maybe I’ll find a TM that’ll work down there somewhere. I find TM 80 Rock Slide on a beach in the Melemele Sea. I find a small cave off that Sea and head into the basement of Ten carat hill. I find TM64 Explosion down here

I decide to pick up some TMs as well. At Konikoni Island I buy:

Bulk Up, Double Team, Dragon Tail, Low Sweep and Venoshock, for 50k total. In Heahea I buy Light Screen, Protect, Safeguard, and Reflect for 10k each. I don’t drop the 30k on Aurora Veil

[Abe Sargent]

Poni Wilds

I run through some grass over and over again to see what I can run into. Anything new and exciting? Do many Pelippers count?

Trainer #1 – Muk vs Garbodor. That’s funny. Crunch. It uses protect. Crunch. It uses Gunk Shot. Crunch again. Actually, no he’ll probably use Protect again, Poison Jab. Gunk Shot, nah. Jab. Gunk Shot again. I take it out. I send out Mudsdale to deal with a Pokemon called Toxapex. Looks like an evolved Mareanie. High HP. Super Effective, done.

Trainer #2 – Oranguru vs Skarmory. Nasty Plot. It uses Agility to increase its speed. Feint Attack – it uses Steel Wing. Wow that is not working, even with the NP bonus I barely scratched it. I need a new plan. I sub to Mudsdale. Skarmory was always a weakness fo my team if you’ll recall. Double Kick. Again? This is going to take turns and turns. Luckily we have Jack’s stamina pumping his defense each time Skarmory hits. Again. Again. Again. Once more. Skarmory is down. I leave out Mudsdale for Sharpedo. High HP. It uses Poison Fang and it poisons me. Its down. We win. Tough battle

I see a roil in the ocean and head out and I find a level 40 Wailmer. I poison it. It uses rest. I accidentally kill it. Sucks. I find a Dusk Stone here in the water. I find a Tentacruel. I am now the proud owner of a level 41 Tentacruel.

I go get healed up, I’m not in a great way

I run into a level 42 Granbull here! I try to catch it because I can trade it after I do. 2 Ultras later it’s mine.

Trainer #3 – Oranguru vs Parasect. Nasty Plot. It uses spore. Sleep sets in. Awakening. It uses Growth. Psychic. Fainted. Golisopod vs Ribombee. Liquidation. KO. Cadues level sup and wants to learn Future Sight. That would be cool. Lead with it turn one, Nasty Plot turn two to amp your Special Attack and then it resolves. It’s a 120 power but only resolves two turns alter. I pull quash for it


I grab another GRannbull on my way over so I’ll have one of my own.

Trainer #4 – Muk vs Oricorio, with a Japanese fans stance, and purple colored. Crunch. It uses Air Slash. I take it out with a super effective move and Muk levels up.

Muk wants to learn Belch. Nah

I find a rare candy. From the grasses a blue Gastrodon emerges. Let’s try to capture this level 42 majesty. That thing hit my Muk hard, so I try to Minimize a few times while the poison is doing its job. I get it on the first Ultra Ball.

Back to town for healing, I buy 20 Ultra Balls for 16k. Time to swap that Granbull. I send her a level 42 Granbull for her Steenee

Level 42 Steenee, “Stena” grass, – the evolved form for Bounsweet, and there is another level higher




It came with a Grass Z Power. I take the Z Crystal from it.


As I head out to the next place, I hit a level 43 Exeggcute. Captured with one Ultra Ball.

[Abe Sargent]

Ancient Poni Path –

Hello Lillie and Hapu! They are chatting away here. According to Hapu there Is no kahuna on Poni. Hapu agrees to escort us to the ruins. As Hapu heads off, an older lady walks up and introduces herself as Hapu’s grandmother. I hand over my ride pager to her. She adds MaChamp to my Ride Pager. He can move obstacles in my way.

We are to go the Ruins fo Hope where Tapu Fini lives, the guardian of Topi Island.

Huh.

I just remembered that I forgot to go to the desert in the previous island where the ruins were supposed to be there, they were locked off until I won my third trial, and then I got caught up in the Team Skull plotline.

While I’m here, let’s do a little exploring. But then I’ll head straight back

I head inside Hapu’s house. I just found a Zygarde core, different from the cubes we were finding. I can now teach my Zygarde some moves. There’s a Miltnk here in the house that heals your Pokemon.

Trainer #1 – What is that? That is an awesome looking pokemon. He has a pokemon called the Turtonator. Looks rock ish? I try crunch. It uses Flamethrower. Poison Jab. Done. My foe is about to use Dramp, another Haven’t seen. I swatch our Decideueye. That’s not a bad looking Pokémon either. Sort of like a Catoplepas. Leaf Blade. Not very effective. It feels grass ish. How about Pluck. Nope. It uses Dragon breath. My main is almost kods and paralyzed. Hmmm. Shadow Claw. Nope, doesn’t work at all. Is this a normal dragon? It’s immune to ghost attacks and using dragon ones. Pluck? Nope, paralyzed. It uses ESP and kos me. Annoying. Golisopod. First Impression. We took it out. It levels to 50.

I find a place called Poni Grove behind some ruins, but I can’t go forward until I’m a champion, so I return.

Poni Breaker Coast –

Trainer #1 – Mudsdale vs Sandshrew – High HP. Down. Geodude next. High HP. Graveler next. High HP. It uses Self Destruct. I switch Bewear and hit their Vulpix. Hammer arm.

I find TM79 Frost Breath

There are some statues that flank an exit. I head over to heck it out. Back here is the Ruins of Hope. Well I’m here, let’s finish it.


Ruins of Hope –

Lillie is here. She wants to go into the ruins to heal her Cosmog. There is a legend that the guardian of Poni can heal and repair any damage to Pokemon. Lillie is going to lean on that as a hope for her own Cosmog.

I head into the cave system here.

Thre are a ton of heavy stones we have to move with Machamp to open the path. First room cleared

We arrive eat this odd room with an alter, leaves and Hapu up on top. Lillie and I move up. These are the sacred ruins. She releases her Poemoan to see if they will summon the guardian. Energy is radiating from Hapu and a stone in front of here. She grabs it, and the light fades, it looks like she has just been appointed Kahuna of Poni. Hapu’s grandfather was chosen for the kahuna, and it is in her line.

She begins to talk of Lunala, to whom tribute is paid. She wants the legendary Pokemon to help her get to the world of Beasts for her mother. Hapu agrees to help. Tapu Fini and Hapu tried ot fight a Ultra Beast that came to the island, but lost. There is a ceremony held at the altar, that uses the two flutes. Lillie shows Hapu the Sun Flute. The other is supposed to be on Exeggutor Island, according to Hapu. It’s an uninhabited island off the coast of Poni. We head back to the village to get there.

I am taking a diversion

First, I am checking places that I noted you needed a big boulder moved earlier, such as Diglett Tunnel and Lush Jungle. I head out

I find TM61 Will o Wisp outside of the Diglett Tunnel. In the Lush Jungle I find rare Candy, TM53 Energy Ball, and TM 86 Grass Knot. I find a Flying Z Crystal outside of Ten Carat Hill. I fly to the Ruins fo Life. They are laid out basically the same as the others, after I push aside the various blocks. Then I fly to the desert entrance on Ula’Ula.

[Abe Sargent]

Haina Desert

I come across a Dugtrio. Level 30. I try to capture it. Two ultra balls later it’s mine! Then we hit a level 30 Sandile. 1 ultra ball and it’s ours.

It’s a amze hre, and I’m trying to suss it out. I just found some Pshic Z Crystal though. Thanat’s nice

I am at the ruins of abundance. I head in. Again, I need the Machamp here. The altar in the back is the same as the others

I head back the desert. I saw a TM I was unable to get to, and I want ot try and get it. Got it, TM85 Dream Eater.

I fly back to Seafolk Village

Lillie and Hapu are talking and basking in the warmth of camaraderie. She wishes us luck. We head over to the Chief of the Seafolk. We let him know that Hapu is the new kahuna here, He knows the flute is supposed ot be there on the island as well. There’s no captain here on the island.

We head out to sail there on his vessel.

Exeggcutor Island

The Chief of the Seafolk drops us off. It used to be a trial site long ago. Lillie is looking around and there is something up in a palm tree really tall. It’s the tree itself. The Exeggcutor is a huge palm tree here.


Poison gas. It uses Wood Hammer, which doesn’t do much on Muk. It uses Psyshock, and Muk is immune (dark). Let’s try to capture it. It breaks out of the first Ultra ball. Another Wood Hammer. From both recoil and poison, it’s already in the yellow. And we get it with our ultra ball!


Whoa, it has a type change. It’s grass/dragon. Here I’ll show you:




It starts to rain. There’s a nearby cave we head into. We talk. A lot. Nothing plot related. The sun arrives and with it a rainbow over the island. There is an altar on top of a huge rock. I grab the Moon Flute there.

[Abe Sargent]

We head back to Poni

The altar we need to blow the flutes at through the Vast Poni Cavern. On the road to the Cavern are 6 Team Skull Grunts.

Grunt #1 – Fimantis vs Muk. Poiso Jab. Ko.

Grunt #2 – This one has five Pokemon. Gotta play the long game. Muk vs Salandit. I switch to Mudsdale. It uses Nasty Plot. High HP. One hit ko. Their next threat is Raticate. High Horsepower! Fainted. Haunter is next. Hmmm. Decidueye. Go! Shadow Claw! One hit KO again. I leaeve out my starter for Mareanie. Leaf Blade! Done. Golbat is next. Oranguru. Psychic. Done.

Victoire!

Plumeria walks down from a cliff. Plumeria apologizes to Lillie for how badly she treated her, even though it was on the President’s order.s We agree to do get the President and Guzma back. Plumeraia gives us poison Z crystal. I hand it to Muk immediately.


Vast Poni Canyon

As soon as I enter the overland area, we talk with Hapu and Lillie. Hapu wants to see my famed prowess, and this is my Grand Trial:

This is her first Grand Trial

She has four Pokemon.

Muk vs Dugtrio. I send out Mudsdale which has type advantage over them, and they use a Sandstorm ability to shift the weather patterns. High Horsepower. They use Earthquake. Our attack misses. Again! Hapu withdrew Dugtrio and sends out Flygon, which, due to levitate is immune. Annoying. Stomp. Earth Power is used against me. I am down badly. I use Hyper Pot. Earth Power again. Each time they use this attack me defense rises if you’ll recall. Stomp Earth power a third time. Hype pot. My foe uses Earth Power. Stomp. EP again. Hyper, EP. EP from them. Double Kick from me and,,,Flygon is done.

Feathers vs Gastrodon. Leaf Blade. One hit ko, Gastordon as a water earth, is four times vulnerable to grass.

Mudsdale vs Dugtrio. Hyper. It’ll be hard to take out this Pokémon with any of my other stuff. Earthquake by my foe. High HP. We connect and take it out.

Golisopod vs Mudsdale. I thought about leaving out my Muddy vs hers, but nah. Liquidation. Here comes her Z Power – Tectonic Rage! It’s not very effective. Liquidation. Good bye Mudsdale.

All completed. I get 15k for the win, btw.

We have completed our fourth and final Grand Trial. I get the Ground Z Crystal.

The Canyon will be a tough road, and there are trainers who come here to battle and train, so it will not be an easy journey.


There is a statue in front of the entrance to the canyon. Lillie heals my team.

[Abe Sargent]

Trainer #1 – Bewear vs Torkoal. Hammer Arm. Nope, not enough. They use Heat Wave. And that’s almost a ko, knocks me to red. Wow. Take Down. Nope, just in the yellow. They tame down. I send out Hydrophilia. Liquidation. Torkoal is out. I stay out for Arcanine. Liquidation again. One hit ko.

I head back outside to get healed from Lillie and back in.

Trainer #2 – Bewear vs Whimsicott. Take Down. It uses Tailwind. It uses Mega drain to my Brick Break. Fainted.

I come across a level 44 Boldore as I move around the cavern. I am going to try and take it down. I capture it on the 2nd toss.

I find TMs for Return and Frustration…. Hmm…

It replaces Take Down for Bewear and Future Sign for Oranguru

Trainers 3 And 4 – Bewear and Decidueye vs Ninetales and Sandslash. These are the Aloan versions made of ice. Shadow Claw and Brick Break. They use attacks like Icicle Speak and they concentrated ice attacks and took out Feathers,. I send out Mudsdale. Brick Break and High HP. We take out Ninetales. Sandslash follows. We get 12k in cash

Trainer #5 – Bewear vs Archeops. Hammer Arm. It uses Acrobatics. KOd me. I send out Hydro. Liquidation. It uses Dragon breath. One hit ko. I leave mine out for Pampardos. Same attack, same result.

The cave system is meandering in and out of the hills up here. I find some grass outside and explore. I find a Lycanroc here. It uses rock slide. I think this is the evolved version of Rockruff. We capture it on the 3rd ultra ball.


Here’s our level 44, Lycanroc, rock:




I head back out for more healing from Lillie and then back into the breach. I’ve been fighting the Pokemon here because they are mid-40s in level, so there is a lot of value is taking this stuff down for the Xp

[Abe Sargent]

Trainer #6 – Bewear vs Starmie. Hammer Arm. It uses Psychic. It avoided my HA. It uses Psychic again and I’m down. Feathers is next. Leaf Blade. It uses Psychic again. LB takes I t out in one hit. Hydro vs Talonflame. Liquidation. It hits me hard and I run with Emergency Exit rather than hit it. Muk is next. Poison Jab vs Acrobatics. I’m burned. Again. Acro again, Poison Jab finishes it, and burn. Who do I dispatch for Shiinotic. Never heard of it, can’t tell by the name. I kee out Muk. Oh, this is hat big mushroom thing again. I remember it now, I fought one once before in the Jungle once. Jab here too, it goes first and…..one hit ko Muk for the win.


Trainer #7 – Feathers and Lilligant are tussling. Pluck. It uses Quiver dance. Pluck again. It confuses me and I smash myself. Pluck. It heals with Syntehsis. I take it out with Pluck. It’s about to send weavile. Jack heads out. High Horsepower. It uses Night Slash. It’s down.

I find Tm 99 dazzlig Gleam behind a bunch of boulders and rocks.

Lillie catchses up to me as I head to a vast bridge. As she rushes across the bridge, a bunch of Murkrow fly down to attack her, but she rushes across. Lillie heals my peops

Back into the cavern on the other side.

In the grass outside one of these caves I am hit my a Machoke. Csptured with one Ultra ball, level 44 Machoke joins my team

What is that?

While running around for some Zygarde Cube creature, I hit sme grass, and here Is a levle43 Pokemon I’ve not seen yet – Jangmo-o. Let’s see if we can capture it. It uses Iron Defense. Then Screech. Tehn Dragon Claw. It gets a crit and ko’d Muk. Jack heads out. 2 Ultra Ball and it’s ours.

It’s a dragon pokemon, with two level ups. Huh. Level 43. “Heartstomp”

Has Work Up, Screech, Iron Defnse and Dragon Claw.



Looks like this generations Dragonite, Salamance, Garchomp, etc.

I replace Cadeus with it, to giv e it some experience.

[Abe Sargent]

Trainer #8 – Bewear vs Muk. Hammer arm. It uses Knock Off. Brick Break. I am poisoned. He ends out Magnezone. Hammer Arm! It uses Electro Ball. Brick Break. Electro Ball. BB done.

Trainer #9 – Feathers vs Persian. Leaf Blade. It uses Taunt. LB takes it out. Honchkrow next. I send Hydrophilia. Liquidation. KOd.
I go get healed by Lillie and ehad back in.

I am crossing another bridge and come across a lady with some paint on her hair and face trying to take my picture. This si Mina, and she is the captian of Poni. She gives me Fairy Z. She heads off.

Trainer #10 – Feathers vs Pangoro. Leaf Blade. It uses crunch which is super effective, leaf blade again and it falls. Feathers is elvel 55 now
I swap Pluck with Brave Bird. Basically a flying version of Take Down – flying attack, lots of recoil damage for you

I cross a 4th bridge, and then walk down a big giant tree.

Stats on – Heartstomp – 98 hp, Sp Att 47, Sp Def 46, Att 60, Def 60, Speed 49

Heartstomp gets to level 44 annd levels up

It’s not a Hakamo-o



It learns Sky Uppercut – I replace Screech.
Post Evolution it’s 109, 65, 69, 80, 84, and 68 and it’s Dragon/Fighting

So I headed for food andleft for around 20 minutes, and I was playing while I walking and returing. I took out four trainers, and we got Heartstomp to level 45 and it evolved again

It’s now a Kommo-o



At level 45 its 129 hp, Sp att 99, sp def 102, att 114, def 118, and 87 speed

It’s clearly in competiion with:

Bewear – Level 55, 219 hp, Sp 79, sp def 85, 147 att, 115 defm and 97 speed

You can see that soon my new draong fighting Heartstomp is going to outclass Bewear everywhere but HP. It’s already better at special defense and defense and sp attck 10 levels lower. It’ll clearly be faster in a few levels. The only place Bewear is better is hp and attack. It’s stats are more well rounded.

And Bewear is normal and gives me a nice, generic normal attack, but not something I need. But this Kommo-o is type coverage, as a Dragon, and adds another layer of STAB stuff, and can fight Dragons. I honestly thought I was gioing to send back Oranguru for this, but it looks like I;m recalling Oranguru for Bewear.

Now it’s sad to lose Bewear. I thought it was my guy. But This is clearly a better choice alrady, and it will qiuckly grow into a major power.

[Abe Sargent]

Trainer #15 – Heartstomp vs Machamp. Clanging Scales. It uses Submission and almost takes me out. (Clangign scales lowers your d after you use it). I use my Z Power. I take out Mr Machamp. Level to 46.

I find a rare candy back here and then a TM35 Flamethrower.

While surfing for stuff, I hit a Golduck. Level 44. Just caught it with one Ultra ball


I run into a Sabeyeye in the caves, level 42 I try to catch it! One Ultra Ball and it’s ours! Heartstomp levels up

I head to the PC with my Ride Share PokeUber. I heal up, swap out bewear for Oranguru, buy 50 Ultra Balls, 15 Max Potions.

Do I want to learn Draco Meteor in the local PC? It’s a 130 power, 90% accuracy, and 5 pp. I’m good for now I think

Let’s go get that legendary!

We step through a tunnel flanked by statues. Out pops Lillie. We are near the altar, and she heals my force. There is a stone monument in front of me. Faint letters can just barely be made out here.


Ahead lies a sacred ground of trials. None who do not take part in its trials will be allowed to walk upon this earth

This seems like the edge of a tiral site. I head in

Trial Start

As I walk through this hallway, a Jangmo-o dives at me. Go Heartstomp! Dragon Claw! Super effective, one hit kill.

I find TM 02 DragonClaw under a big hill

Another form flies down at me as we move on. This is a Hakamo-o. Clanging Scales! Down.

Seems like we have a Dragon area here. I move Muk to the front.

I take the Z Crystal here…..we have a totem:

It’s a Totem Kommo-o. So what I just evolved. Mine is two levels higher, but their’s has the Totem power. (It mentons its stats improve a bunch when the Totem aua ignites) I try to move first. Poison Gas! It uses Sky Uppercut, called a Hakamo-o ally, and then s poisoned. Minimize. Sky Uppercut comes my way. Minimize. Sky Uppercut Misses. I use Poison Z Power forAcid Downpour attack. Sky Upper comes my way. We take about half the bar off their Totem, and it’s almost down. I use Poison Jab on junior. We avoid both Sky Upppercuts. I take out the little one, poison kills the big one, and that’s game. Jelly baby levels to 58.

We defeat the totem. We gain the Z Dragon Crystal.

[Abe Sargent]

I head through this vault. The Altate o the Mone is here. Both Hapu and Lillie come through. All seven trails are cleared Lillie heals us. Hapu talks us up a bit, and we are about to move up.

The number of stairs her eto get o the altar is incredible

Lillie is confident, Hapu as well. Lillie takes her position.

I reach out and blow the flute. The Sun and Moon flutes play.

The altar shifts. Cosmog flies out A portal has been made. Out comes the bat looking legendary pokemon from the cover of the game. Thsis is Lunala. But it looks like Cosmog evolved into the Lunala. Lunala agrees, opens a great wormholes, grabs both of us,and flies us into the Ultra World

We arrive at Ultra Space an odd looking cavern ish thing. It’s very beautiful. Lunala has to stay behind. Just Lillie and me.

I can see some Ultra Beasts floating overhead. We also see Guzma up on a boulder. Guzma tells us we are stupid for coming here. He couldn’t catch an Ultra Beast with the Beast Ball. He tells Lillie that her mother has gone loopy, but she still runs forward to find her

Lusamine is ahead. She is totally in love with this Ultra Beast she calls Nihilego and the world.

“Who told you that you could come here, to the perfect beautiful world of my beasts and me?”

Again with the loopy.

She refuses to return to our world. And she is in really antagonistic place, “If you are not beautiful enough to be worthy of my love, then I don’t’t need you.”

For the first time, Lillie properly rants back. Pokemon and people aren’t things. She is pissed at me so…


She releases a creature from a Beast Ball, and it merges with her. Aether President Lusamine is aprt of a dark Pokemon meld.

Battle begins.

Jelly Baby vs Clefable – Poison JabSuper Effective, almost dead. It uses Mud Slap back and knocks my accuracy.I I use Minimize. It heals with Moonlight. I use Minimize again, Moonlight from it to heal, again. Mini once more. CLefable uses Cosmic Power to raise def. P Jab. It’s poisoned. It can’t hit me. Poison Jab. Down.

Jelly Baby vs Milotic. Crunch. It uses Hydro Pump and hits. Crunch. It uses Recover and heals. Crunch. It uses Recover. I ko it.

Jelly Baby vs Bewear - It’s about to send out a type disadvantage, but with my max evasiveness, I stay out. P Jab. It misses. It uses Pain Split. P Jab. Poison Gas. It uses Pain Split. Jab. Split. Jab. Hammer Arm, avoid. Jab. Take Down, misses, poison kills it.

Jelly baby vs Mismagius. Crunch. One hit ko – super effective. Heartstomp levels.

Jelly Baby vs Lilligant. Poison Jab. Super effective. She misses me, and I miss her. Jab again. She ises Leech Seed ad misses. I miss her. Jab. She uses Teeter Dance. I am confused. Jab reslves and she goes down.

And that’s how a Muk just swept Aether President Lusamine without using any heal or X or other items.

Angry at her loss, the President moves to attack us, Lunala pushes her back. The Pokemon around her returns to the Beast Ball. Lillie runs to her. She is out. Unconscious? Coma? Dead?

[Abe Sargent]

The area begisn to vibrate and destroy. The Ultra Beasts are moving towards us. Lunala protects us and transports us all back, even Lusamine. She appears alive. Guzma loads her up on the Mudsdale. Lunala wants to keep on traveling with us. But not with Lillile. With me. To fight, to capture, and to train.

I don’t know what Lunala will be. I keep Muk in front

Our foe is level 55. I use Poison Gas. It uses Moongest Beam. Not very effective. I poison it. Minimize. It uses Night Daze. Minimize. It uses Night Daze and we avoid. Mini. It uses Moongeist Beam and we max evasiveness. I start tossing balls. It uses Cosmic Power to raise its stats. It uses Shadow Ball and misses. I almost capture it once. We caught it on the 6th ball, as it was red and poisoned/


Lunala, level 55, psychic ghost, With Moongeist Beem, Cosmi Power, Night Daze and Shadow Ball, and the Shadow Shield ability, 221 hp, 172 sp att, 139 sp def, 130 att, 104 def, and 128 speed

I send it to the box.

Lillie heads off to help her mother. Nanu is here. There is a final trial with the four kahunas normally, but now we have a Pokemon league, over on Mount Lanakila.

I head over with Nanu.

[Abe Sargent]

We arrive at Tapu Village.

Hmmm….

I ony have 17 Crystals. Who am I missed? I have fight, normal, water, dragon, fire, grass, rock, ground, electric, steel, ghost, bug, dark, fly, psychic, poison, fairy. So I am missing Ice.

I went back to everything I know about, so I don’t think we have any outstanding places to find it. Ah well, I was hoping for a complete set.

I move Heartstomp to the front to get it some experience.

Mount Lanakila

There is a large lift here, and Gladion arrives coming down it. He thanks me for helping Lillie and his mother. He wants to fight in thanks, with noholds barred, and I am happy to accept!

Let’s do it Gladion

Heartstomp vs Crobat. I Z Power Devastating drake. It uses Acrobatics fight, which is super effective. That’s why I was hoping for a one hit Z Power. Here we go. Devastating Drake! Knocks it to yellow, after I was hit to red. Clangign Scales, It gets Acr off again. KOd me. I send out Cadeus to finish tis. It’s super effective. Psychic. It uses Cross Poison. Then bites it.

Oranguru vs Silvally – No cluse what this is from the name. Is this an evolved Null? So cool. Nasty Plot. It crunches me, and that;s super effective. N P resolves. Hyper Pot. It uses X scissors, another super effective attack. Alright, I’m not surviving this with pots. I use X Def. Both of those attacks were physical. I take 40 from an XS and Hyper Pot. VS. I use Nasty Plot. Crunch. My defense fell from the Crunch. Psychic. It uses XS again. Hyper Pot. Crunch by it. Psychic. Crunch again, Psychic this and takes it out.

Oranguru vs Weavile? Do I want type disadvantge with Dark fighting with the dark moves? I can’t Psychic it. I got this, yup, Return. It uses Night Slash. Gets a crit, and breaks my X Def.

Jelly Baby vs Weavile – Poison Jab. It uses an ice attack. Jab again Ice Shard again. KOd Pokemon again

Jack vs Lucario – High Horsepower. It uses Aura Sphere. One hit KO with the super efcive attack.

I’ll take it.

Lillie is looking after their mom at the Foundation right now, and wanted to send her hello. She gave Gladin some items for me like healing stuff. Hau is woring to strengthen himself as well. I head back for healing

I walk to the metal platform and we rise up the mountain.

I think this is going to be more like traveling than hitter a lot of trainers. I see no trainers up here yet.

So it may not be a true victory road like other games where you have the top of the top trainers in the game there, that was probaby the 15 or so we hit over in Poni.


I find a ice Sandshrew, level 42. We catch it!

Alright I make it inside of a cave. I hit a Sneasel in here. Let’s try to catch it. It’s level 44. One Ultra Ball later it’s ours!


I find TM 13 Ice Beam back here in the cave on an alterate path..

In this complex is the large Ice rock that you can use to evolve Evee into Glaceon.

This dungeon is all about fight – it’s all dark or ice, both weak to fight. So Iam Sky Uppercutting my through it. I find the Ice Z Crystal here.

[Abe Sargent]

I leave the cave and arrive in an area much like the clearing I started with another platform heading up. I head up another platform to another section of the Mountain There’s a Pokecenter in front, so I run over and head in

There is a Move re learner here. She takes Heart Scales in exchange for relearning a move. I teach Oranguru Instruct. This will give it the ability to force someone to use the same move they used last time. I replace Feint Attack with it.

I check my other Pokemon to see if there is anything they could use.

Heartstomp?It can relearn A bunch of junk, and Protect, and Oh, Outrage. Outrage does 120 damage, 100 accuracy, does it for 2-3 turns in a row, and then becomes confused. It’s a major player for a dragon. That’s not a bad addition. Clanging Scales is my current Big Dragon move, with 5 PP, 110 power, and reduces my defense after being used. I could see me swapping Scales of Outrage. A lot. More damage, more PP, and more smashery. Let’s use a Heart scale to swap.

Golisopod? Good stuff includes Swords Dance, Razor Shell, a water attack, and Iron Defense. I don’t life Sucker Punch, but the others are fine.

Mudsdale? Nah

Feathers? Yes. Spirit Shackle, replacing Shadow Claw. It’s stronger, with fewer PP.

That’s it

I give Feathers a special Z for it that pumps Spirit Shackle. I had kept Shadow Claw when getting Spirit Shackle,, because 70 vs 80 want’t worth 10 vs 15 pp. But then the Z Crystal came later, after I had made that call. Well, now we can go back

I buy:

10 Full Restore for 30k
10 Revive for 20k


Ready?

[Abe Sargent]

I talk to some local folks here. Professor Kukui called up everyone who had passed all of the trials or or been a captain and brought them here.

I find another Z Core and I;m told I now have 50% of them Z cells and cores and can get another form.

As I move up the paths, Hau rushes up.

He has cleared his trials. He wants to fight me for the right to be the first to face the new Alola Pokemon league.

Jack vs Raichu – High HP. Raichu uses Psychic. It’s immune? Is Alola Raichu flying? Thats annoying. Stomp. Psychic again. Psychic, takes me out. Feathers get him. Spirit Sackle. It uses Psychic against me for a crtical hit. We take out Raichu. Feathers levels.

Hydrophilia vs Flareon – Liquidation. It uses Flare Blitz. KO.

Hydrophilia vs Komala – I can’t remember what it was. X Scissor. It uses Wood hammer. Emergency Exit, I send out Heartstomp. Sky Uppecut is super effective. He pulls back for Primarina, and my SU connects and it not effective.

Heartstomp vs Primarina – This is his evolved starter. Z Power Devastating Drake. It uses moonbalst and salwys me before I can off my attack.

Muk vs Primarina – Poison Jab. One hit ko.

Muk vs Komala – Crunch. Ko.

All done.

He gives me 3 Max Rvives and wishes me luck. I go heal again. My team heading to the final stand:

Level 57 Decidueye, “Feathers”, Ghost/Grass, Synthesis, Leaf Blade, Spirit Shackle, Brav Bird, holding Decidium Z, with 165 hp, 111 speeed, 141 sp att, 129 sp def, 162 att and 106 def

Level 59 Muk, “Jelly Baby”, Dark/Poison, Minimize, Poison Gas, Poison Jab, Crunch, holding Poison Z, with 206 hp, 99 speed, 104 and 145 spe att/def, ad 163/100 att/def

Level 57 Golisopod, “Hydrophilia”, Bug/Water, X-Scissor, First Imrpession, Sucker Punch, Liquadation, golding Bug Z, with 172 hp, 85 speed, 96/101 sp att/def, 185 att, 187 def

Level 57 Mudsdale, “Jack”, Ground, Stomp, Double Kick, High Horsepower, Earqthauke, holding Soft Sand, with 187 hp, 90 speedm 91/111 sp at/def, 164 att, 144 def

Level 52 Oranguru, “Cadeus”, Normal/Psychic, Instruct, Retrun, Psychic, Nasty Plot, holding Psychic Z, with 171 hp, 104/131 sp att/d, 87 att, 113 def and 10 speed

Level 49 Kommo-o, “Heartstomp”, Dragon/Fight, Outrage, Sky Uppercut, Iron Defense, Dragon Claw, holding Dragon Z, with 141 hp, 96 speed, 107/111 sp att/d, 127 att, 130 def

Hmmm

It’s time. I load up my TMs. I want to give Muk Toxic. Toxic kills more quickly than Poison gas, can only be used on one target, not multiple ones, and has just 10 pp. But I;m noo longer hubnting pokemon. I need posion to slaw. So I replace it.

Anything else? I don’t like Sucker Punch on Golisopod that much. Know what would be cool on it? Skill swap. The one that swaps your abilities. Giving a foe Emergency exit would be awesome. I don’t have it as a TM though. That would have been amazing. What else can I think of?

Double Team? Swords Dance?

I fly to the Malie PC and head in. I buy TM Swords Dance, and use it to replace Sucker Punch

I fly back to the PC. We are good

[Abe Sargent]

We head up and up and up.

Hello Professor Kukui. He once took Alola pokemon to the Indigo league and defated them, and now he is doing the same in building that infrastructure here. Alola leaders shouldn’t have to go elsewhere.

Once I enter, I cannot return. It’s time.

I enter and the Prof gives me a lowdown. I have four paths. There is a symbol above each door, and I check them out. I suspect they are:

Fighting
Rock
Ghost
Flying

Of those, I have STAB aginst:

Fight – Oranguru. I also have a really good flying attack with Decidueye.

Rock – Everything. Decideee’s grass, Mudsdale’s ground, Kommo-o’ fight, Golisopod’s water, Just don’t send out Muk.

Ghost – Decidueye’s Ghost, Muk’s Dark.

Flying – Zero Stabs.

So I want to – sweep Ghost with Muk, Sweep Fight with Oranguru, Blow fhtrough Rock with whatever I want do, and then just muscle through Flying. Flying is the hardest. I have my starter, Golisopod, and Kommo-o weak to flying. And Mudsdale can’t touch them. So I need to Muk it up.


I move Muk to the front, and insyead to use Muk to sweep. Oranguru is a solid backup plan.

Here we go!

Hello Kahili, who was once champion of the island challenge.


Kahili, Elite Four:

Muk vs Skarmory. This is the worst matchup for my team, if you’ll recall. I lead with X D. My foe uses Spikes. Minimize. More Spikes. Minimize. Spikes more. Don’t swap, or you will take a ton of damage. Minimize. Our foe uses Steel wing and misses. Crunch. Steel Wing connects Now I’llneed a bunch of Crunches, but they work. Crunch. Steel Wing. Crunch. Full Restore pot used by more foe. Crunch. KO. Muk levels to 60

Muk vs Mandibuzz. It’s a dark flyer, so I am leaning on poison here. Poison Jab. It uses Punishment. Not very effective. Another Jab. It misses. Jab. It’s red and poisoned. It uses Flatter. It increases my special attack but confuses me. It dies to poison.


Muk vs Toucannon. Never heard of it. Looks like the fully evovled form of Pikapek. Super Potion. I am still confused, might as well heal. Z Power is used. Supersonic Skystrike launches. Hits for a bunch. Hyper Pot. It uses Beak Blast but misses. Toxic. I am still confused and hit myself. Toxic. I poison it. Poison Jab. I hurt myself with my confusion. It finally manages to land a beak blast. Hyper Pot. Jab. I get burned. It is kod by poison.

Muk vs Oricorio. Toxic. It uses Feather dance. My attack falls. I use Burn heal. It uses Teeter Dance. Confuses me. Jab. Jab. I snap out of confusion. KOd

Muk vs Crobat. Crunch. It uses upper Sonic to confuse me. Manage to land crunch though. Swift from my foe. Crunch. Crunch. It hits with Swift. Crunch. Uses a Full restore on me. Crunch. Swift connects. Crunch. Swift hits me. Crunch. Crobat falls.

We win

I get 11k

Healing – I use – Pots of the normal state to heal Muk, I use Ether to restore 10 pp on crunch

[Abe Sargent]

Alright, let’s do that again. I head to Ghost


Hello Acerola! Welcome back! Time for us to battle:


Acerola –

Muk vs Sableye. I use X Sp D. Confuse Ray comes my way. Minimize? Shadow Claw from my foe. Mini works. Again. Shadow Claw again. I hurt myself. Again. S Claw. I break out of confusion. Minimize. Hyper Pot. Confuse Ray again. Minimize. Shadow Claw. Alright it works and we are set up. Crunch. Again. She uses a Full Restore. Snakp out of confusion. Again. Confuse Ray again. Crunch gets through and Sableeye is done.

Muk vs Palossand. Huh. Looks like that pile fo sand evovled into a huge sand castle. Crunch. Super efficteve, Iron Defense from my foe. Crunch. I hurt myself from confusion. Earth Power. Hyper Pot. My foe uses Earth Power and misses. Crunch. My foe uses a full rstore. Poison Jab. Not effective. Crunch. Earth Power misses. Crunch. Crunch. KO. Muk levels to 61

Muk vs Froslass. Crunch. Confuse Ray from my foe. Hit myself. Crunch. Muy foe misses with blizzard. I connect and one hit ko her.

Muk vs Dhelmise. Whoa that looks cool. It’s like a haunted anchor. Crunch? Snapped out of confusion. Slam misses. Crunch. KO.

Muk vs Drifblim. Crunch. Amnesia from my foe. Crunch. KO

And I get 11 k defeating here

Two down.

The next is fight. I move Oranguru to the front. I heal Jelly Belly, and I;m out of Crucnhes, but no need to pop another Ether or Elixir now.

[Abe Sargent]

The next is fight. I move Oranguru to the front. I heal Jelly Belly, and I;m out of Crucnhes, but no need to pop another Ether or Elixir now.


Hello Kahuna Hala! Welcome!


Hala’s fighters:

Oranguru vs Hariyama. I lead with X Def. Fake Out uses. Nasty Plot. My foe uses Knock Off. Super Effective. A crit with that will take me out. Hmmm… Nasty Plot. Close Combat. His defense and special def fell. Hyper Pot. Knock Off again. Psychi. One hit ko

Oranguru vs Primeape. Psychic. It uses Punishement. Gets a cri and Oranguru is done. Ah well. Too many random dark moves on their fighters. I send out Feathers. Brave Bird. It uses Outrage. One hit ko. I take a bunch of recoil.

Decidueye vs Crabominable. Upgraded Crabhamer? Hyper Pot. Ice Hammer. That’s game. Crap. Who’s next? Muk. Toxic. Poisoned. It uses Z Power. All-Out Pummelling. One hit KO on Muk. I have lost have my force already. Not looking good here. Mudsdale? High HP. I get it off first, and we lower it badly before another one hit ko drops my team. Go Hydrophilia? I use Max Revive on Muk. Close Combat. Not very effective. Liquidation! It uses Full Rstore. Again. He withdraws my foe for…

Golisopod vs Poliwrath – Revive on Feathers. Waterfall. Revive on Oranguru. Waterfall, drops me below 50% and I send out Feathers to finish this - Leaf BladeOne hit kp

Muk vs Crabominabe. Toxic. Close Combat almost kills me in one hit. Dang. Strong to heavy guy there. Jab. KO.

Oranguru vs Bewear. Z Power shattered Psyche. One hit ko.

And we are done. Harder than it should have been due to a certain Crab.

11k for winning

[Abe Sargent]

I revive Jack, and heal my Pokies. Because Jack gets his defenee pumped, I move him to the front for the next battle.

Hello again Kahuna Olivia!


Olivia’s Rocks

Mudsdale vs Relicanth. Yuck. Water. High HP. It uses Yawn. We’ll fall asleep next turn. Stomp. She uses Full Restore. Awakening usesHydro Pump by my foe. Like I said, yuck water. High HP? Hyper. Hydro Pump by my foe. Hyper. Hydro, Hyper, she misses with Hydro and there’s my opportunity. Earthquake. It uses Yawn. Goodbye Relicanth.

Mudsdale vs Carbink. High Hp. It uses Reflect. I go to sleep. Awakening. She uses Full Restore. High HP. Moonblast. Earthquake. Moonblast. Hyper. Moonblast. Earthquake. Their REfelct weas off, tus letting my attacks do fulldamage now. KOd Carbink.

Mudsdale vs Probopass. HighHP. Sandstorm. Earthquake. KO.

Mudsdale vs Lycanroc. HighHP. It uses Rock Climb. Confuses me. High Hp gets through, Earthquake. Snap out of confusion, and bring it down. KO. Jack levels to 59

Mudsdale vs Golem. Earthquake. Steamroller by my foe. Earthquake! Victory!


We defeated Olivia. Another 100k is mine.

I save, heal Mudsdale,and head down.

[Abe Sargent]

I head to the center and float up. Now I don’t know what the Champion will have to beat. So I move Muk to the front, as it’s my strongest Pokemon.

The professor arrives to face me.

Muk vs Lycanroc. Minimize! It uses Stone Edge and hurst me. Hyper. IOhits with Edge again. Hyper again. It misses with Stone Edge. Minimize. Stealth Rock, yuck. Stone Edge. Toxic to poison it. Hyper. Stone Edge. Hyper. Crunch. That;s not going to hurt me much, even though it mademy Def fall. zMinimize. Crunch again. Max evasion. Poison Jab. It uses a rock attack and hits. I ko it with Poison and Jab. He wants to send out Snorlax. Now, I can swap my STAB dragon, or leave out a damage, weakened, low PPP MUk that has max vasion. Nah

Kommo-o vs Snorlaw. Sky Uppercut! It uses Body Slam. Uppercut again! KO.

Golisopod vs Ninetales. Liquidation. It smashes me hard I send back Jelly Baby. Hyper on Heartstomp. Toxic? Uses Blizzard and hits. KOds JB. Do I rish Kommo-o? dragon is weak to Ice, Iceis weak to fight? That may come down to speed and who goes first. Mudsdale. X Se Def. It uses Blizzard and connects. Hyper. My foe uses Safeguard. High HP. They miss with Blizzard. High HP. They hit with Blizzard. KO.


Mudsdale vs Braviary. It already fought through one type disadaantge. Hyper. It uses Whirlwind to blow ou Heartstompe, who takes damage from the stones. Sky Uppercut. one hit KO with Brave Bird. Mudsdale back out. Revive Muk. Ailwind. Stomp. Brave Bird uses again. Stomp. It uses whirlwind and blows me away agin. Muk arrives. Hyper on Muk. Brave Bird again. Hyper again. He uses Full Restore. Toxic. Use my final minimize. Whirlwind and blows out…Feathers. Nope. Type disadvantage massively. (Grass vs flying). Hyper heal Mudsdale. Brave Bird, ko, yadda yadda. I send out Mudsdae. Again. Stomp. Brave Bird. Stomp, recoil, and poiosnfinish it off this turn.

Mudsdale vs Incineroar – Final evolved form of the fire starter. This is the first time my Jack had actually had type advantage this battle. High HP!Takes it to red. Then they follow with Z Power. Inferno Overrdrive. SO long Jack. Nice kowing you. Golisopod go. Liquidation. He uses a full restore. Once more! He gets his move first, Fire Blitz, and kods me. I have two Pokies left. Oranguru is bad vs dark, so I send Muk. Toxic. Fire Blitz, one hit ko on me. He dies to the poison.

Oranguru vs Magnezone. The Final Battle! I use X Sp D. he uses Thunder Wave to paralyze me. I use Max Revive to have a backup plan. Who’s good vs steel, electric and a floating pokemon? Heartstomp. Thunder shock next. I use Full Restore. Nasty Plot. Thunder Wave. Paralyze again. NP. Thunderbolt. NP works. Full Restore. Thunderbolt. Psychic. Thunder Wave to paralyze. Psychic. I can’t move. Mirror coat. Psychic? Yup! Thunderbolt from it. Psychic. My foe uses a full restore. Psychic. I use the Full Restore this time. Thunderbolt. How about Psychic again? Thunder Wave. Psychic? Thunderbolt from y foe and…Psychic resolves and ko.

We defeat the prof!

I got 14k cash

I am the first ever champion of the Alola Pokemon league!

My six Pokemon are – Oranguru, Muk, Decidueye, Kommo-o, Golisopod, and Mudsdale.

[Abe Sargent]

The elite four come upto greet me. We hed to Ikki Town for celebrating!

Here are Hau and Lillie, the hakunas, Hapu, captains and friends from all over, both professors, and more. My mother and her Meowth are here as well. Acerola, Olivia, etc, We have fire dancing, hula dancing, and more. Everyone is dancing around. Nanu is watching from above. Fireworks follow.

Lillie wants to slip out and visit the Ruin s of Conflict. Sure. She remineces a bunch about our adventures. We arrive at the altar, and Lillie invokves Tapu Koko.

The statue of Tapu Koko warms, and I touch it. It birates nad Tapu koko arrives. It moves to fight me, level 60 Poemon. I was unabelto save anywhere after the battle win, so this isi all unsaved. Annoyingly bad game design there,

Anyways, I use Crunch. Again. It uses Electro Ball. Hyper Pot. Minimize. Electro ball from my foe. Minimize, TK misses. Mini ahain. Misses. Hyper. Misses. Crunch. I will tell you if my foe hits. Ever. Ultra Ball? This will take a while. No status effect, and just late yellow hp. Not red and something like sleep, poion, or paralyze. I need to get lucky to grab this thing. With my luck I’ll toss all of the Ultras I have, and it runs out of PP and kills itself.

In the first 20 balls, it goes all the way to the end three times before popping out. I try a Dusk Ball instead. We are indoors. I pop a few more.

I finally caught it. I started with 23 Dusks and dropped to 10, and I used about 30 Ultras. So that’s a lotof misses.

Tapu Koko, fairy, electric Pokemon.



A Z Crystal shatteds to the floors. It’s Tapunium Z. We head back to the festival (still no chance to freakinng save!) They are about to begin battle royals, with the masked guy and others fighting.


I send out my Pokemon for inspection so everyone can see.

[Abe Sargent]

I send out my Pokemon for inspection so everyone can see.

The next day…


We run into Hau. So I run out. (Again without saving the freaking game) to the local Marina. Lillie and Kukui are here too. Looks like Lillie is heading to Kanto. She gives me a PokeDoll. Until later Lillie

Lot of crying and stuff

More Cut Scenes, yay! We’re heading home and talking to my mother, and waving goodbye to people.

I saved the game.

I awake at my mother’s house. Hau visits. I get an Incindium Z from Hau who won it and some other stuff from his grandfather. And Primariam Z. Hau wants to visit Kanto soon to vivist with Lillie.

There’s a Battle Tree on Poni Island for training, Hau recommends I check it out.

As I leave my house a stranger hands me an Enigmatic Card. Tells me to look at it secretly. It’s a request for my to meet up at a guest room at the motel on Route 8

I buy 11 Hyper Pots, 5 Full Restore

[Abe Sargent]

Let’s pause and do my review of the game, really briefly

I’m not 100% sure yet, I;m still thinking But this might be my 2nd favorite Pokemon generation game. No one beats 4. I’m considering others as well. But why do I like it so much?

Well there are a variety of things Of the core handheld games, it’s the one furthest from the basic structure games. No Pokegyms, no badges, no TMs, no TM Slave, none of that. In fact, I liked the lack of an Elite Four a lot too, and I wished we didn’t add that bit at the end.

You could have added it in Moon 2.. I also felt this was the 2nd best way they’ve ever shown the bad guy team (Gen V was my fav, with Team Plasma). At first you think that Skull is nothing but pebbles to step over and the obligatory bad guy needed to drive the story, but then the switch is flipped a bit. That’s was not bad.

I loved the Aloan variants on pokemons. I would have loved to have seen more. This game felt very inspired, both by the Hawaii motif, as well as season 2 of the anime out on the orange island, with different colored pokemon, the crystal Onix, the pinkan island and such. You didn’t have the traditional gyms and are doing surfing contests and such instead. I felt like there was a real influence of the Orange Islands, which have never appeared in a game, in Alola, which I appreciate.

The game had a good pace, character, and more. So I liked it.

And I would never have thought that Muk was going to wind up as my MVP of this game. As I have mentioned before, I really like a harasser Pokemon. I’ve gone the distance with Pokemon like Victreebell or Magneton as my harassers. And Muk played that role nicely. With poison, minimize, and two different STAB attacks, dark poison Muk was awesome in that.

[Abe Sargent]

Back to the game. Remember that guy in the thrift store that told me to come back after I was champion? I do, and he wants me to hunt down the Evee owners of each Evee evolution on the island that are old trainers from decades ago, and face each of them in turn, in revenge for beating him when he was a young trainer.

I swing by the fossil park to make my shield fossil a Shieldgon, and then I swing by the motel room and meet with an international police agent named Looker. Looker as his boss, Anabel, are here (Anabael, one of the names I use a lot in video games, how funny is that) They work in a UB Task Force in the international police. Looker asks if we encountered UB Symbiont. They say that UB-01 Symbiont is Nihilego. I did come into contact with it.

The incident that Ms. Lusamine caused resulted in other Ultra Beasts to get released as wel.. They have confirmed another, and reports of other sightings are pouring in. They are dangerous beings whose powers exceed the boundaries and logic of our world. And they were rudely dropped here on our world. They will be both combative and wary. Anabel, Looker are looking for investigating their ecology, protect people from harm from any, and protect them if possible, and destroy them if needed. Are they destructive beings? No one wants to take them out. That requires someone to catch them. They do not have the battle power for that. But…..I do.

They want me to help them out. I agree. I have to fight Anabel to prove I;m worthy.


Anabel vs Ysabel

Heartstomp vs Alakazam. I swap Muk. My foe uses Psychic, which doesn’t work. CrunchOn hit ko..Muk levels to 63

Muk vs Mismagius. Crunch! Our foe uses Thunderbolt. With paralysis. One hit ko.

Kommo-o vs Snorlax . Sky Uppecut. Yawn by our foe. Again!Ko. Our Dragon falls asleep.

Muk vs Salamance. Toxic. Dragon Claw by our foe. We hit paralyzes. Again? KOd Muk. I sen Hydrophilia. First Impression? Nope. My foe is flying too. Mudsdale. Stomp. Dragon claw from my foe. Stomp again. Hyper Pot. Third Dragon Claw from my foe, but again, it’s bumping my D. Stomp. Stomp. Ko.

Mudsdale vs Weavile. High HP Night Slash hits me. Again! Night Slash? Hits High HP takes it down.

Anabel falls.


I make 13k

They want me to visit the secret labs in Aether Paradise. Okay! Ms. Wicke is secretly a double agent with them.

I go hunting for my first Evee user, the Vaporeon user, who always wanted to be a teacher. I head to the school to find her upstairs.

Vaporeon vs Feathers – Leaf Blade. One hit ko done.

I make 11k.

[nilodor]

How'd you decide on sun vs moon? I've been leaning sun but might just wait until next year and get the 3rd edition on the new nx system.

[Abe Sargent]

Originally Posted by nilodor

How'd you decide on sun vs moon? I've been leaning sun but might just wait until next year and get the 3rd edition on the new nx system.

I thought the bat-creature looked cooler!

In order to prevent myself from doing to much research on a new generation, and thus ruining the experience of playing it, I don't figure out which Pokémon are in which game and then make that choice. Do I want Seveiper or Zangoose? Do I want Beedril or Buttterfre. Do I want Ice Vulpix or SAndshrew? I didn't know those differences in this game until I began to play. I wanted freshness

[Abe Sargent]

Hello!

Hope your day is going well!

I just finished the main story line and Champion for Ultra Sun, and wanted to share my final party that finished it with y'all.

As a reminder, I try to win with a different group of 6 Pokemon each time.


1. "Whiskers", Incineroar, Fire/Dark, Level 68, knows Darkest Lariat, Flare Blitz, Flamethrower, and Outrage. Holding Amulet Coin. This was my starter. Stats are 222 HP, 185 and 132 Attack and Spec Attack; 158 and 142 Defense and Sp. Def, 131 Speed

2. "Gemmy", Carbink, Fairy/Rock, Level 63, knows Moonblast, Reflect, Power Gem, Sandstorm Holds Rockium Z. Stats are 162 HP, 85 and 76 Att and Special Att; 215 and 216 Def and Special Def, and 107 Speed. Carbink was the 2nd longest with my club after I grabbed it in on Island 1


3. "Cha", Hawlucha, Flying/Fight, Level 72, knows Swords Dance, False Swipe, Flying Press and Aerial Ace. Holdings Fightinium Z, 226 JP; 192 and 132 Attack and Special Attack, 14 and 123 Def and Spec Def, 191 Speed. 3rd longest on my team, was received via trade and thus he gained a ton of levels even when not fighting, and was the highest level player on my team as a result.

4. Naganadel, Dragon/Poison, level 68 Knows Toxic, Nasty Plot, Poison Jab and Dragon Pulse. Holding Poisonium Z. Stats 204 HP, 131 and 229 Attack and Spec.Att; 128 and 119 Def and Spec Def, 214 Speed. This is an evolved version of an Ultra Beast named Poipole in the game. Mine is a shiny one I got as a purchase gift as a level 40 Poipole.

5. "Ironclaw", Metagross, Steel/Psychic, Level 61. Knows Zen Headbutt, Psychic, Meteor Mash, and Hammer Arm. Holds Steelium Z. 189 HP; 205 and 139 Att and Spec. Att; 202 and 115 Def and Sp. Def. 123 Speed. This was the final addition to my party after I captured Beldum on teh 3rd isle.


6. Zeraora, Electric, Level 67. Knows Plasma Fists, Thunder Punch, Close Combat, and Thunder Wave. Holding Electrium Z. 222 HP, 180 and 194 Att and Sp Att; 125 and 130 Def and Sp. Def; 231 Speed. This is a legendary Pokemon that replaced the Pichu - into Pikachu that I was developing into the Electr/Psy version of a Raichu here on Alola. I don;t rename mythics.


There you are! Muh team has STAB on every type save for Ground and Electric. I had my starter and lead off with the Amulet Coin, and as you can see, he's a bit of a sweeper who tries to get in some quick one hit KOs where he can.

Glass Cannons can fall, and Carbink was a discovery on this run, and I really enjoyed it as my defense Pokemon that was dropped to Reflect, have some tough to stop Defense, and was a real problem for folks. There were entire battles where i left out Carbink the entire time (such as the Flying Final Four) and never needed to heal it. It could take a Z move, a crit, an effective attack and just take a fifth of it's life, and it's often losing maybe 10-20 hp off other attacks. And then just Moonblast and Gem my way to victory.


Hawlucha was a strong flyer/fight and added some good type coverage early, and was never in the conversation for coming off my team.


Neither was Poipole, who was an Ultra beast.

Metagross is the first time I've finished the game with him, he's a 3rd gen pseudo-legendary Pokemon, and he's the only one who's not a Dragon or Lizard.

Here are the behind the scenes stat totals for my pokemon:

Metagross is 600 total stats which is shared with Dragonite, Tyranitar, etc.

500 for Hawlucha, which is the same as Alakazam, Gengar, Pinsir, Scyther, etc.

Carbink is at 500 as well.


Nagandalal is 540 which is the same as the Gyradaos and similar high-evolution Pokemon such as Milotic, Blissey and Snorlax.

600 for Zeraora and all starters get to 530.

So I had 600, 600, 530, 500, 500, and 540 in my final party, which is good statistically. Sure, I could have pushed and likely had more, but it worked very fine, and I won in around 45 minutes against the Final Four, and didn't need an X item nor any Max Revives.


So the roles I gave them were Att specialist, Sp. Att specialist, Harasser, Defender, and the general starter sweeper.


My favorite Pokemon this run was Carbink, by FAR. It was awesome.


I always try to unearth a few nice choices that no one would have thought about going the distance but does very well in that role.


The Gens these were made for were Gen 7, 6, 6, 7, 3, and 7 respectively.


I've never had a Metagross this early in a game, so I embraced it. Typically you get a Beldum late, or after you win in Gen 3. I liked it, but it never felt as Game Over, where's my Garchomp, Salamance, etc.

I was developing a Larvatiar into a Tyranitar, but I realized that would be silly when I got my Beldum. I had Dark and Rock already, so what was I investing my time into that for?

[Abe Sargent]

Pictures of my winning 6, in case you care, in the order listed above:







- Mine is black and yellow as a shiny Pokémon.