#our best and coolest pokemon

[twinknote]

help i’m kind of taken with a charming man who is 11 years older than me

[blackhakumen]

Mini Fanfic #1217: Best Pals Forever (Pokemon: Dogs in Love 2)

Crap Gorps: But....Because I knew youuu~

Jolteon: Because I knew youuuu~

Crap Gorps/Jolteon: Because I knew you~ I have been chaaaaaaaanged......For goooooooood~

Two best friends giggles softly as they lean over and Hugs one another.

Jolteon: I love you man~

Crap Gorps: Ditto- (Suddenly Felt Something Small and Wet Drop on him as He Looks Up and Sees) Hm? It's raining? But I thought it was supposed to be- (Eyes Widened at the Realization) Oh no. Uhh..... buddy?-

Jolteon: (Already Tearing Up) I love you so much, Crap Gooorrps!~

Crap Gorps: (Quickly and Gently Rubs Jolteon's Back in Comfort) I know, I know. I love you too, man. I'm.....pretty sure we already established that seconds ago-

Jolteon: Our friendship is so sacred to me!~ I don't want this all to end noooow!~

Crap Gorps: Wait. (Pulls Away For a Second) Is that what you've been worried about? Our friendship?

Jolteon: Coming to an ennnnnnnnd!~

The rain starts going down more harder than originally as the sound of thunder begins to emerge.

Crap Gorps: (Quickly Went Back to Rubbing his Pal's Back in Panic) Hey-Hey-Hey! It's okay! It's okay. Don't cry. Our friendship isn't going anywhere.

Jolteon: (Puts his Wailing on Hold and Stares at Crap Gorps with His Sad, Sparkling Eyes) Really? ('Sniff') Really? Are you sure?

Crap Gorps: (Gives Jolteon a Reassuring Smile) Positive, man. (Chuckles Lightly) Heck, if anything, this is the most positive I've been a very long while- (Stops Chuckling Once He Realizes He Said a (Very Weak) Swearing Word in Front his Now Pouting Friend) Uhh- ('Clear Throat') Sorry.

Jolteon: ('Sigh') It's fine. I'll allow it just this once, Crap Gorps. (Lightly Boops on Crap Gorps (Non Existent) Nose)

Crap Gorps: (Chuckles Ticklishly) Okay, great! But seriously though, even if we do go our seperate ways, which I can't stress enough, HIGHLY doubt that will ever happen anytime soon, our friendship won't automatically break apart along with it. We've been through so much together let it all go to waste now, am I right?

Jolteon: Yeah. ('Sniff') I don't want it all to go away....

Crap Gorps: (Gently Grabs Hold of Both Jolteon's Paws) And it won't. I promise. You, me, the rest of our team, we're all on this together, cheesy as it sounds.

Jolteon: (Giggles a Bit) I like cheesy stuff~

Crap Gorps: (Chuckles Lightly) I bet you do. You're sounding better already.

Jolteon: (Smiles a Bit) Yeah, I guess I am huh? I'm sorry I got a little emotional earlier.....

Crap Gorps: No worries, man. I get it. I'd probably be freaking outta too if I were in your....paws. You know you guys are the first real friends I've ever made, right?

Jolteon: ('Gasps') Really?~ What about your law office buddies?

Crap Gorps: (Shrugs) Eh. Our relationship is more professional if anything. I think I remember a few of them didn't like me all that much.

Jolteon: (Starts Pouting Again) I don't know why. You're the coolest guy I ever known, Crap Gorps!~

Crap Gorps: (Heart Begins to Melt in Genuine Happiness) Aww~ Thanks, man. I'm pretty sure you're objectively more cooler than I am though.

Jolteon: (Blushes a Bit While Flailing his Paw Down a Bit) Oh hush, you~ We can both be the coolest together! How's that sound?

Crap Gorps: (Grabs his Chin While Thinking) Hmm.....Cop out conclusion- (Shrugs) But sure, why not. Hey, you like SpongeBob right? (Points Back at the Pokemon HQ Lab Behind Him) Wanna watch all three of his movies back inside? I-I mean, only of you want to, of cour-

Jolteon: (Stares into his Best Friend's Eyes As His Begins to Sparkle) Grops, I LOVE SpongeBob, let's do it!~

Crap Gorps: (Stardled a Bit by Jolteon's Sudden Stare Vefore Returning Back to his Posture) Alright. Good to know. Let's go. (Walks Back to HQ with Jolteon By his Jolteon) Glad to see you're in high spirits again.

Jolteon: All thanks to you, buddy. You're a real life saver, you know that?

Crap Gorps: (Rubs the Back of his Head Back and Forth) I wouldn't exactly call myself that really. Considering all the times you helped cheer me up in journey together, I'd figure I try to return the favor for once, you know?

Jolteon: ('Sniff') And you succeed with flying lights and colors.....('Sniff') I'm so proud of you, buddy!~

'Thunder Roaring'

Crap Gorps: Uhhhh H-How about we save the crying after we watch the movie, yeah? We have the whole evening ahead of us, you know?

Jolteon: (Giggles Softly) Okay, I'll try to keep it together. (Lays his Head Onto his Best Friend's Shoulder) Only for you, Crap Gorps~

Crap Gorps: ('Sighs a Bit in Relief') Right. Thank you.

As the two pals made their way back to HQ the clouds in the sky finally begins to clear themselves out, revealing a bright sun shining down on the area in question.

As the journey concluded, it still turned to be a very beautiful day after all.

@jelloapocalypse

[theprinceofmud]

HI IM EL WOOWOO I JUST TURNED 9 AND I GOTTA ROTOM PHONEEEEEE WOOOO

i haven't gone on my treasure hunt YET but I started going to trainer school!!! And I got to take SLOP with me! Slop is my very best friend! she's a WOOPER!

I like school!! I have friends there and we talk about pokemon and my little ponyta and which pokemon we want for our team! But all i need is Slop because Slop is the COOLEST and she kicks butt!!!

i have not had a website before! this is so cool! There's so many people here! I know the stranger danger rules and Penny told me I can BLOCK people and they'll NEVER bother me AGAIN, so you better be nice to me and Slop and my friends or else ill BLOCK YOU!!!

@moonflowero1 here back again with another pokeblog! That makes... oh gods like uhhh 7 now? LMAO. anyway this is my pokemon OC Emilio! Except most of you will only know him as El Woowoo on here 😂 He's in Paldea and goes to Naranja academy. He has a lot of backstory that I'm excited to share! Here's a pic of him for reference, drawn by the lovely @sleepyphantump!

He's like, a child. Not baby but definitely A Child. 9 years old is about 4th grade, for reference! He's autistic too! I'll keep a list here of all lore revealed in-character:

Has a Paldean wooper named Slop

Attends the academy starting this year

Has Not been on a journey/treasure hunt

Knows Penny

Moved to Paldea from Johto (didn't like the long flight due to the noise, so decided he doesn't like planes)

Lives with just his Mamá

Papá brought in ABA specialists to help while they were still in Johto, but Emilio didn't like it - it made him feel uncomfortable and upset. He only remembers them as strangers

Doesn't smile

He has nightmares about the ABA therapists

Has an emotional support Fluttershy plushie

Doesn't like wind

Loves learning about ecosystems

Likes to cover himself in mud (to protect himself from the wind and be more like wooper)

Side characters so far:

Rotom in the phone

Penny - friend, seems to help him with electronics and the internet

Mamá

Great Grandma Antonia - recently deceased

Grandma Carmen

Great Uncle Eduardo

Mary-Anne - friend, has CP, part of their own cutie mark crusaders

Emmie - friend, also autistic, part of their own cutie mark crusaders

Julio - somewhat one sided friendship, seems to be a bit of a bully

[jackdaw-kraai]

Everyone tagging my addition to a post about how fucking cool my little sister was at fourteen and has been every year since to say that they were an absolute cringe fest at fourteen: one, it was about my rad as hell baby sis, it’s okay, not everyone can be as cool as her

And two: be kinder to yourself. Just because you were in the awkward second stage of your pokemon evolution line doesn’t mean you didn’t rock hard. You had the whole world stacked against you and the monumental task of finding out who the fuck you were while every adult was telling you you were either acting like an idiot or had nothing to look forward to. Do you even comprehend how unfair those odds were? How unfair it was to ask you to not make mistakes trying to figure out how to be an independent adult figure while everyone who already was an adult talked down on you instead of helping? How absolutely fucked it was to dismiss you as an idiot and as embarrassing just because you were young?

You were awesome at fourteen years old, no matter how lame, because you’re now here and you survived that fucking gauntlet of never-being-enough for long enough to realize you don’t need to give a shit. The only job you have now is to not be that same jackass adult to the next batch of fourteen year olds trying to climb their own Everest that is figuring out who the fuck they are by talking down on them like they’re idiots or chronically cringe or whatever the hell the kids are saying these days.

Kids are cool. They rock hard. Probably harder than you do if you’re actually bullying the younger version of you by calling them an idiot or cringe or uncool or whatever the current trend is.

I was a lame fourteen year old because I actively wanted to be, and figured that being lame was the best way to survive into adulthood without get ground down by the boot upon my neck. And fourteen year old me was right, making them the coolest fucking lamest fourteen year old as far as I’m concerned.

That fourteen year old fortnite dancing or making tiktoks or doing whatever kids are doing these days is cool as shit because they’re earnestly trying to figure out who they are and taking joy our of things even if they’re silly or adults are telling them they’re idiots for enjoying it instead of being miserable and depressed to “build character” or some horse shit. And they’re cooler than you if you’ve become the type of adult who talks down on teenagers doing that kind of stuff and having fun while doing it. That’s some “I’m not like other girls/guys/people” horseshit if I’ve ever seen it. Knock it the hell off and start rediscovering what fourteen year old you already knew: that earnestly trying to find out who you are is a process that necessitates mortification and that anyone who willingly and genuinely submits to that fact is more mature than anyone mocking it could ever dream of being.

And if you’re fourteen years old and reading this, or just a teen in general having to figure out who you are while all the adults in the world seem to be shitting on you out of some kind of projection of their own issues onto you and yours? You’re stronger than they are already. Don’t let them fool you, they’ve got it no more figured out than you. Continue whatever you’re doing as long as it doesn’t hurt anyone and you’ll be fine. In fact, you’ll be cool as fuck. And that’s a certified adult opinion.

[swagtastic-bougie-pompadour]

Tomorrow's Homecoming! Hope you've got your coolest digs ready... because these four Hoco Court members do!

It's Homecoming Court Time!

Our first member (going in order of listing) is...

GIACOMO! (@dj-vice-in-the-house) With this wild-style DJ drip!

Next up is...

KEN! (@askkanjohtrio) With his elegant blue ballgown!

Third we have... uh... hm. Arceus...? (@god-of-all-pokemon) God of all Pokémon, god of... Homecoming.

And finally, we have... Gala! (@galaseado) Complete with her delightfully fluffy 'fit.

Thank you all for your creations stunning enough to make a Leavanny tailor cry--hope you're looking forward to the show starting tomorrow morning! Remember--the real dancing starts at 6 (EST)! You'd better bust your best moves!

[ironhorsegirl]

What's something that makes your coworkers smile to talk about, every time?

Ah, this is the sweetest thing anyone could have asked! Okay, I'll go through all of them...

This is Fireman, my partner in crime up in the locomotive cab. She and I have a lot of funny conversations up there when we're on the rails. She's a meme and YTP encyclopedia and she'll quote the old classics for ages. But I really love listening to her talk about some of her favorite topics, like chemistry or world religions, or hearing her delightedly pull something out of nowhere from an old hyperfixation (mountaineering). Then her passion comes out and it's great.

Assistant Conductor is one of the coolest people I have ever met, and she's such a good writer. A lot of people expect her to be really serious because she's really tall and masks the best out of all of us, but she LOVES cute stuff and gets so excited over it. She likes coming up with aesthetic Pokemon teams for her friends and absolutely glows with joy when she shows you all the stuff she's done on her Animal Crossing island.

Brakeman is like a decade younger than the rest of us so we all indulge him like a little sibling. He's always going on excitedly about whatever action movie he most recently watched or the fighting games he's currently playing, and if you ask him to tell you about his dream to fight on top of a moving train he gets ecstatic. (You can also give him dessert. He loves dessert.)

Conductor is almost never not smiling, to be fair, and it's one of the things I love most about him. He's a big goofball. He's passionate about so many things - playing trombone, drawing rubberhose cartoons, cooking, playing video games, railroad history...he just loves life and loves the world and loves existing and learning more and I just think that's so goddamned wonderful. He is an absolute breath of fresh air, and he's so silly and joyful that he helps me be silly again too.

(The others have also said he smiles like that when he talks about me, but...y'know...)

Anyway, there we go! Sorry that took me a while, we were all out to dinner after getting back from our last run of the week!

[worldsaverscouncil]

Hello, World of Pokemon and World of Humans!

We're the World-Savers' Council of the World of Pokemon! We're a group of teams who've all saved our world, and are doing our best to help others! And just goof off sometimes.

I'm Lidequir, she/her! I'm the human hero of the Meteor Crisis, and I love jokes and puns.

-Lidequir

I'm Acacia, he/him. I'm a Meganium, and I'm Lidequir's partner. Together, we're Team Seedlings. We also have Temsik the Absol as part of our team, though they're not one for social media. I'm an avid gardener, and have published multiple books, including A Comprehensive Guide to Items.

-Acacia

Hello. I'm Apoyime, he/him. Sceptile, human hero of the Time Crisis.

-Apoyime

Hi. I'm Pahelia, she/her, Empoleon. I'm Apoyime's partner on Team Sunset. We both trained at the Wigglytuff, and it was a great place to be! Mostly. Please don't get mad at us if we take a while to answer mail, we get a lot of it.

-Pahelia

Hey, I'm Ayueg, he/him, Combusken. I'm the human hero of the Stone Crisis, though Leviene's the real hero here. Harm them and you'll reget it.

-Ayueg

Hihihi! I'm Leviene! They/them! I'm a Mewleef, a Mew and Bayleef hybrid! I'm with Ayueg on Team Travelers! We're the coolest, we've helped map out a lot of the world! And we've saved the world, too!

-Leviene

If you're wondering about the heroes of the Desperation Crisis, they're over on @teamgardeners. They're still a part of the WSC, they just made a blog before us!

Looking forward to meeting you all!

-Lidequir

Hello! Bench here again! With the recent rise of more PMD blogs on rotomblr, I've decided to bring the rest of my PMD protagonists here!

Be warned: There will be major spoilers for all PMD games on here.

No NSFW asks, please. Magic anons are off.

Hoope you all enjoy!

[ohthehypocrisy]

Cacturne for Pokemon Unite!

Season 1

Season 2

Prev: Cradily - Hatterene - Tropius

Cacti plants are some of the coolest lifeforms on our planet, so a pokemon designed off of one is sure to be the peak of coolness. And it is. That holey smile and raggedy hat makes Cacturne out to be one cool cucumber, or should I say suave succulent? It also helps that Cacturne isn’t so edgy that it would be uncomfortable to look at. It’s spiky, yes, but not overly spiky that it isn’t unapproachable. 

But can this needley nomad survive the dangerous trek through the perilous fields of Aeos Islands? Let’s find out!

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While it boasts a very high pair of offensive stats, that isn’t enough to make Cacturne particularly suited for any feasible role in a pokemon team. Unfortunately, it is let down by low HP, low defenses, and very low Speed. Now, this is a very strange set of stats to give to a cactus pokemon, of all things, as the pokemon is based on the most defensively oriented plant known to humans. Looking at its moves and abilities paint a bigger picture, as this pokemon isn’t a passive prickler, but rather an opportunistic omnivore. It hunts for prey weakened by the desert heat, utilizing its Sand Veil ability to hide and its Dark typing to get the jump on enemies. While this hide-and-seek would be more fitting of a Speedster, the fact that Cacturne can employ sneak attacks along with powerful long range shots makes it best suited for the role of an...

Attacker

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Basic Attack - Ranged/Attack

Spin around dangerously, flinging cactus spikes everywhere. Holding the button causes the attack to deal damage continuously at the cost of movement speed.

This basic attack damages all enemies within range. If the button is held down, the pokemon spins rapidly, damaging enemies nearby rapidly.

While holding the basic attack button, your movement speed is reduced by 30%. This factor remains constant even if you use speed boosters like Salac Berry or X Speed.

Tapping the button damages all enemies within range once and doesn’t reduce your speed. It is possible to tap the button with precise timing to continue attacking without losing speed, but the rate of damage is much slower this way.

The unfortunate rule of all ranged basic attacks is that you can only damage one enemy at a time per shot. The only exception to this is if a basic attack or boosted basic attack packs a small explosion effect that can damage multiple enemies at once, though even that effect can only hit an extra 2 or 3 targets.

As Cacturne clearly uses their spines for offense rather than defense, it breaks the mold by attacking literally everything all around it, allowing it to blanket an entire area with flying needles. This means that, in addition to the opposing enemy team, you can deal some great damage to any wild pokemon nearby, and the rate of damage is very high so you might also be able to secure objectives like Regieleki.

However, just using the attack cuts into your movement speed, as Cacturne cannot really control its speed while it’s spinning and attacking. This isn’t that great for a frail Attacker like Cacturne, as all it takes is a Defender to stomach a couple of hits before reaching you and hitting you really hard, possibly hard enough to KO you. 

You have the ability to spread great damage within an area of effect, but you’re a frail Attacker with reduced movement speed, meaning you’re extremely susceptible to just about any counterattack. But as long as you’ve got back up and teammates distracting the enemy, you should turn out fine while contributing the most damage to the fight.

Although, why take part in the fight when you’d rather disappear like sand in the wind?

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Ability: Sand Veil

When the pokemon is damaged from a move by the opposing team, the damage is negated and a torrent of whirling sand is created. The whirling sand deals damage over time to enemies within an area of effect and hides you and your allies as long as it is active. This ability goes on cooldown afterwards, but the cooldown can be reduced by Sand Attack, Sandstorm, or Destiny Bond.

Sand Veil reacts to damage from Moves used by the opposing team. Basic attacks and damaging abilities do not trigger Sand Veil. Wild Pokemon cannot trigger Sand Veil.

When activated, Sand Veil becomes an active area of damage that behaves like Tall Grass for you and your allies, but enemies will not be able to see you, even if they’re also in the area of effect. Anti-Invisibility effects will still reveal you and your teammates, however. The area of effect is moderately less than that of a Goal Zone and lingers for 6 seconds.

Enemies will have their vision obscured while within Sand Veil, and this obscuring effect cannot be cleared by Full Heal or other hindrance clearing effects, as it is an effect of the sand whirl lingering on the field rather than it affecting enemies. Umbreon’s Mean Look also affects enemies in the same way, as Full Heal does not allow targets to leave Mean Look.

Sand Veil also blocks the first hit of damage, but will not prevent any consecutive hits from damaging you. After activating, the ability goes on cooldown for 30 seconds.

Consequently, Sand Veil will not block hindrances or debuffs or other effects that activate on a confirmed hit, ie, Absol’s Night Slash sequencing into the second half of the attack, even if the first hit had its damage negated. If a sequence attack deals damage according to the amount of damage dealt in the first part of the attack, the damage calculation defaults to 1x damage.

Sand Attack, Sandstorm, and Destiny Bond reduce the cooldown of Sand Veil by a set amount each.

The damage inflicted on enemies through Sand Veil scales with your Attack stat and can be increased with items like Attack Weight or Weakness Policy. Speaking of which, since Sand Veil sets the damage to 0, it technically counts as damage, which triggers Weakness Policy as well as other item interactions.

Now, I know what you’re thinking. You’re probably rolling your eyes at ‘another invisibility inducing effect, like we don’t already have enough of those’. Well, yes, Sand Veil does hide you and your teammates, but it’s not exactly invisibility. When you get hit by a move, Cacturne creates a whirl of sand that behaves like tall grass, except your enemies will be unable to see you, even if they’re also in the sand whirl.

As long as the ability is active, you get one free hit taken for 0 damage and some valuable cover for you and your team. Being able to completely negate damage is very rare in Pokemon Unite, but it helps an otherwise frail Attacker escape certain death in some situations. However, Sand Veil will only block the first hit of damage, meaning that any follow-ups will hurt all the same. It also means that you’ll still be struck with hindrances and debuffs, meaning Crustle’s X-Scissor can really mess you up. Perhaps it’s a good idea to pack Full Heal yourself to get out of sticky situations like this.

Still, the whirling sand is useful, as it not only obscures the visions of your enemies, but it also damages them too. The damage Sand Veil deals scales with your attack, so if you make it stronger through held items or emblems, it’ll really rack up the damage numbers for you.

Speaking of which, Cacturne knows some moves that combo very well with Sand Veil, as you’ll soon see.

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At the start of the game, Cacturne will start out as Cacnea. You can choose between Growth or Sand Attack as your first move. By Level 3, you will have learned both.

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Move 1: Growth (Buff)

The needles on your body sharpen and extend outward, boosting your attack and increasing the range of your basic attack for 5 seconds. Also deals increased damage to enemies that get close to you. 11s cooldown.

Growth boosts your Attack stat by 20% for 5 seconds and also slightly expands the range of your basic attack while the boost is active.

Enemies within melee basic attack range receive 1.25x more damage from your basic attack as well.

Because of how wide reaching your basic attack is, being able to power it up is what turns you from a dangerous ranged Attacker into a deadly one. With a 20% boost to your Attack stat, you’ll be putting your enemies through some unsolicited acupuncture therapy. Growth also expands the range of the basic attack slightly, meaning that you can reach a little bit further out and damage even more enemies.

It doesn’t make you any faster though, as that’s still a weakness. And while the extra range helps you beat out opposing ranged attackers, you’ll also be dealing bonus damage to melee attackers as well. Growth adds an extra 1.25x damage multiplier to enemies that get close to you while you’re attacking with the boost active, allowing you to very easily handle even the sturdiest Defenders in the early game.

Keep in mind that you’re still playing as a frail Attacker, and that the Growth boosted basic attack still leaves you vulnerable to being chased. You’re also still a Cacnea at this point in the game, so your defenses are even worse than your evolved form. Remember, you gotta use Sand Veil to your full advantage. Not just to protect yourself, but also to combo it with Sand Attack.

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Move 2: Sand Attack (Debuff)

Hurl sand everywhere in all directions, damaging enemies and reducing the accuracy of their moves. If Sand Veil is active and Sand Attack is used within the area of effect, increases the size and damage of Sand Veil and reduces the cooldown of Sand Veil. 7s cooldown.

Sand Attack deals weak damage to all enemies within range and adds a 20% chance of their moves failing to deal damage to you and your allies for 4 seconds.

If used within an active Sand Veil, the size of Sand Veil doubles and reduces the cooldown of the ability by an additional 6 seconds.

Sand Veil also deals more damage and has its duration reset when Sand Attack is used within.

The accuracy dropping effect also applies to enemies hit by Sand Veil as it expands.

Pocket sand? Cacnea’s loaded with the stuff. Accuracy reducing moves are extremely rare in Pokemon Unite, as I’m pretty sure only Eldegoss’s Leaf Tornado+ can inflict such a debuff, if I recall correctly. Reducing the accuracy of your opponent’s moves can be very helpful, but you’re putting a lot of faith in chance to save your frail Attacker’s HP bar. It can be a big boon to your lane partner, but you’re better off combining the attack with Sand Veil.

If you use Sand Attack while inside Sand Veil, you’ll not only make the whirling sand even bigger, but you’ll reset the duration of the effect and reduce the cooldown of the ability. Creating a highly damaging whirl of sand can put some pressure on the opposing team, especially when combined with your basic attack boosted by Growth. That’s a lot of damage being thrown everywhere.

But it’s all still weak damage. Eventually, as the fight goes on, your stats will let you down, even if you boost them, so it’s time to power up and evolve.

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At Level 5, Cacnea evolves into Cacturne. At the same time, Growth becomes either Spiky Shield or Needle Arm.

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Move 1a: Spiky Shield (Buff)

Gain 15% shield. When the shield receives melee damage, the attacker receives the same amount of damage as well. If a ranged attack damages the shield, needles are ejected outward, damaging all enemies close by. If you are using your basic attack while receiving damage, a cactus thorn is launched in the direction of the attack, flying in a straight line and dealing double damage to any enemy hit. 9s cooldown.

 At Level 11, Spiky Shield becomes Spiky Shield+.

Increases the amount of damage reflected back at enemies. Increases the amount of shield gained.

The shield gained scales with your HP. While the shield is active, all melee attacks and moves have their damage reflected to the attacker.

Receiving a ranged attack triggers the basic attack, dealing damage once.

While the shield is active and while you’re using your basic attack, a projectile thorn is launched in the direction of the received attack, dealing double damage to all enemies it hits. This thorn scales with your Attack.

Spiky Shield+ increases the shield gained to 25%.

In addition, all reflected damage, either from the damage received by the shield or through the thorn launched as a counterattack, deal 2.75x damage in response instead.

If Sand Veil nullifies the damage received, the counterattack deals damage based on the power of the attack that was nullified.

Piercing damage bypasses the shield granted by Spiky Shield, nullifying the move’s ability to deal counterattacks.

Cacti uses their spines defensively, so it makes sense that Cacturne can do the same thing too. While it doesn’t grant a big shield, especially with that low HP and defenses, the shield is tied to a unique counterattack effect where damage absorbed by the shield is reflected back through flying needles.

Melee attackers will find that the damage they deal will be reflected back at them if they don’t deal piercing damage. Ranged attackers will trigger your basic attack, or a single flying spine dart if you get hit while using your basic attack. Spiky Shield effectively grants you some extra buffs to your survivability and the amount of damage you can deal to enemies in a wide range. It may not grant you extra power like Growth does, but man does it really sting when any hit gets returned with a spray of needles.

However, Spiky Shield is tied to the shield it provides to you, which isn’t permanent. After a short while, the shield will disappear, along with all the protections and counterattack effects it offers you, and it has a pretty lengthy cooldown of 9 seconds before the move can be used again. Also, while the shield gives you some beef, you’re still a frail Attacker, so don’t expect it to save you from a full scale assault from the enemy team.

It’s best used against melee attackers that like to make drastic dives with their moves, like overconfident Speedsters. If you are playing with a team, you can provide some great covering fire as you aren’t as likely to be focused during the fight. And with all of those blind attacks being thrown out everywhere, you’ll be giving everyone pins and needles, yeesh!

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Move 1b: Needle Arm (Buff/Recovery)

Enlarges the thorns on your arms, increasing your Attack and Movement Speed as well as the range of your basic attack. Dealing damage to enemies with your arms deals more damage and restores HP with each hit. 11s cooldown.

At Level 11, Needle Arm becomes Needle Arm+.

Boosts your movement speed even more while using your basic attack and while Needle Arm+ is active.

Needle Arm boosts your Attack by 35% and expands the range of your basic attack as well for 5 seconds.

Enemies damaged nearby will receive 1.3x more damage and will restore your HP equal to the amount of damage dealt.

Needle Arm nullifies the speed reducing effect of your basic attack and instead boosts your movement speed by 20% while using your basic attack. This movement speed boost only affects you while both your basic attack and the Needle Arm boost are active. Needle Arm+ increases your Movement Speed to 30% instead.

While Spiky Shield provides great protection in specific circumstances, Needle Arm just about improves on everything Growth provides and more. While it gives you more attack power, it’ll also drastically improve your movement speed. It effectively turns you into Petal Dance Venusaur, just with needles instead of flower petals.

Using your basic attack normally forces you to slow down, which can leave you vulnerable to Defenders that can outpace you or Attackers with long range skill shots. Needle Arm removes this self-inflicted limitation and instead makes you even faster if you power up with the move first before attacking. In addition to extra range, you can cover a lot of ground very quickly, giving everyone a lovely dose of needles.

Needle Arm also increases your close range ability as well, as it grants extra damage to enemies that get hit by your arms, you know, those spiky things on its side. Not only that, the close range attack restores your HP as it deals damage, meaning that you can very easily outpace melee attackers with raw damage and healing, despite being a frail Attacker yourself. You know, it’s probably because Cacturne is hydrating itself with sweat and tears shed by the enemy team. Yeah, that’s probably it...

While you do have a major boost to your speed and damage and can even trade HP bars with enemies up close, you’re still a frail Attacker and the boost of Needle Arm doesn’t last all that long. Also I should point out that Needle Arm as a buff is visible to players as it causes the spines on your arms to glow bright green. Savvy players will see that and stay out of range until the buff wears off, moving in to attack and possibly for the KO as Needle Arm takes 11 seconds to come off of cooldown. So just because Needle Arm is powerful, doesn’t mean you aren’t any less weaker as a frail Attacker.

Because it cannot be stressed enough just how frail this thing is.

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At Level 7, Sand Attack becomes either Sandstorm or Destiny Bond.

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Move 2a: Sandstorm (Area)

Summons a whirling cyclone of sand that Shoves all enemies back. The sandstorm hides you and your allies and damages enemies within for 7 seconds. If Sand Veil is active and used within the area of effect, the sandstorm drastically increases in size and also reduces the cooldown of the ability as well. 10.5s cooldown.

At Level 13, Sandstorm becomes Sandstorm+.

Increases damage dealt to enemies. Your attacks deal more damage to enemies if both you and the enemy are within the area of effect.

Sandstorm creates a massive whirlwind of sand that lingers in an area of effect for 7 seconds. Upon activation, all enemies are shoved back and you and your allies are hidden and cannot be seen by the opposing team, even if they’re also within the area of effect.

If used within Sand Veil, the sandstorm drastically increases in sand, encompassing a large area. When used in this way, the cooldown of Sand Veil is reduced by 10 seconds.

In addition, Sand Veil will have its duration reset to 7 seconds and deals 1.5x more damage to enemies within.

Sandstorm+ increases damage dealt to enemies by an additional 50%, used within or outside of Sand Veil.

If you and an enemy are within Sandstorm+, your attacks deal 50% more damage. This boost affects Sandstorm+ while it is active as well.

You know how when you come home from the beach, you’ll find little pockets of sand in every corner of your body? What’s up with that, anyway? Well, Cacturne’s entire body is filled with sand, I think. I mean, how else is it able to stir up a massive whirlwind of sand on the fly?

The move functions as a portable Sand Veil that you can summon on command without needing to take a hit. It brings out a giant whirl of sand that hides you from enemies and also deals moderate damage over time within the area of effect. While that’s all well and good, it’s even stronger if you manage to combine it with Sand Veil, in the same way as you could with Sand Attack. Within an active Sand Veil, you’ll triple the size of the sand whirl, covering a massive area and cutting down the cooldown of the ability by a large amount. 

Combining Sand Veil with Sandstorm in this way is great, but it’s a little one-note. I mean, it deals more damage and covers a wide area, and can even keep you and your team hidden, even if the enemy team is also inside the whirling sand, but that’s it. It’s best use is to counter sure-hit moves like Cinderace’s Blaze Kick or Umbreon’s Mean Look, as sure-hit moves cannot be used without a visible target within range. Sandstorm protects you and your teammates from these moves, and can even be used to stall basic attacks from dealing damage, as these mash happy enemies won’t be able to aim their basic attacks without visible opponents nearby and may even be tricked into fighting Wild Pokemon for a bit.

Sandstorm+ has a beneficial upgrade in that, in addition to dealing extra damage to enemies within the sand, you’ll also be dealing extra damage if both you and the enemy are inside the whirling sand. And since you can summon a massive storm by combining Sandstorm with Sand Veil, you can cover the entire area with sand and needles, like an unfortunate car accidentally running into a cactus bush. All of a sudden, this frail Attacker has the enemy on the ropes as sand and cactus needles are flying everywhere, overwhelming the opposition.

But Cacturne is still an opportunistic hunter in some sense. So instead of kicking up a whirl of sand, what if it just approached you menacingly?

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Move 2b: Destiny Bond (Buff)

A ghastly aura envelops the pokemon as its evasiveness increases drastically for a short while. When an enemy deals damage to you, a portion of the damage is negated and redirected and the enemy will have their vision obscured and their accuracy reduced for a short while. If Sand Veil is activated or if Destiny Bond is used within Sand Veil, the whirling sand follows the user as it moves, dealing more damage and further increasing your evasiveness. The cooldown of Sand Veil is also reduced by 7 seconds. 13s cooldown.

At Level 13, Destiny Bond becomes Destiny Bond+.

Movement Speed increases and a greater portion of damage is negated.

Destiny Bond grants you a 55% chance to evade damage completely for 4 seconds.

If any lucky hits lands, 50% of the damage received will be negated and returned to the attacker while Destiny Bond is active. Destiny Bond+ increases this to 75%.

In addition to negating damage, enemies will be inflicted with Vision Obscured for 2 seconds and have their accuracy reduced for 4 seconds. The accuracy debuff makes all moves 70% more likely to fail to deal damage.

If Sand Veil activates during Destiny Bond, the whirling sand follows you around as it goes, resetting the duration of Destiny Bond. If Destiny Bond is used within Sand Veil, the duration of Sand Veil is reset and will also follow you around.

In either case, Sand Veil deals 3x more damage to enemies within the area of effect and increases your evasion to 70%. Destiny Bond will also reduce the cooldown of Sand Veil by 7 seconds if both are combined.

Destiny Bond+ increases your Movement Speed by 35% while active.

While having what could be called the best basic attack in the game, Cacturne has extremely low HP and defenses so all it would take to stop your needle flinging shenanigans is a strong lucky hit to put you down. Learning Destiny Bond over Sandstorm means that you’ll be missing out on the protection of a super sized Sand Veil and won’t be able to cover a huge area with damage. While Spiky Shield and Needle Arm both grant you sizable boons to your basic attack, the fact of the matter is that your basic attack puts you in range of the enemy’s counterattack. And if you want to be able to damage multiple enemies, you’ll be putting yourself out there in the open, vulnerable to multiple counterattacks at once.

Destiny Bond fixes this issue by granting you a massive boost to your evasiveness, turning all damage into a 50/50 chance of getting hit or not. While a 55% chance of evading damage may not seem all that helpful, especially since the boon only lasts for 4 seconds, it also comes with its own counterattack effect. Any attacks that do manage to hit through the evasion boost will be halved, with the other half going back to the attacker. It works a lot like Trevenant’s Pain Split, except it doesn’t last as long but can effect multiple enemies at once. 

Another boon it grants is an unconditional boost to your movement speed, which is really useful for spamming your basic attack. Combined with Needle Arm+ and an X Speed boost, and you’ll be casting a lot of damage really quickly, spinning around like a battle top. 

You can keep powering up Destiny Bond even more beyond this, as the move can also combine with Sand Veil for a powerful AoE spell. Basically, if Destiny Bond or Sand Veil are used together, the whirling sand will follow you around for the rest of the duration, turning you into a scouring swirl of sand that also has an even higher evasion boost. It also reduces the cooldown of Sand Veil as well, though not nearly as much as Sandstorm would. However, 7 seconds is what you’ll be working with, especially combined with the high cooldown of Destiny Bond, which is an insane 13 seconds. It’s very high, but also very fair for a pokemon that’s supposed to go down in two hits, as any other pokemon would become broken if they also gained this evasion buff.

Destiny Bond is a powerful boost for a frail Attacker like Cacturne as it not only increases your survivability by increasing your evasiveness, but also allows you to combine it with either Spiky Shield or Needle Arm. It lets you risk making dives into the opposing team and helps cover your retreat, all the while working well with your ability, Sand Veil, and making you even harder to hit if you managed your ability resources well enough. There’s still a risk you’ll get popped for taking a lucky shot, but it’s a fair trade-off for being able to deal high damage to just about everyone in the immediate area.

But Cacturne is known for one thing, and that’s taking out exhausted travelers in the desert, catching them weakened and unable to fight back. When it becomes fully powered up, it becomes...the Desert Hunter!

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Unite Move: The Desert Hunter

Upon activation, the user becomes invisible and remains so for the duration of the Unite Move. When the Unite Move is used again, the user will become visible and deal a charging attack, damaging enemies. If the enemy’s HP was low enough, the enemy will be instantly KO’d and the user will become invisible again. The duration of the Unite Move resets if this move successfully KO’s an enemy.

The invisibility effect of The Desert Hunter lingers for the duration of the Unite Move and will remain so even if the user is damaged by enemies. The Unite Move lasts for 15 seconds. However, enemies will know Cacturne is nearby when vulnerable players start ‘sweating’.

When used again, Cacturne will become visible and will use a charging chop attack to damage enemies, dealing massive damage. If this attack lowers the target’s HP to 10% or lower, the target is instantly KO’d.

Successfully KO’ing a target in this way resets the duration of the Unite Move, turning Cacturne invisible again.

This move does not deal piercing damage. The Unite Move immediately ends after failing to KO an enemy or when Cacturne is KO’d or when time runs out.

Ok so, I did technically lie when I said that Cacturne doesn’t get invisibility, as its Unite Moves makes it disappear for the entire attack. However, Gengar has nearly the same Unite Move, and it isn’t regarded as an invisible assassin or anything like that, though it probably should be.

Digression aside, while Gengar does get a pretty big Movement Speed boost for its Unite Move, Cacturne...doesn’t. I mean, it lasts a lot longer than Phantom Ambush, but it deals about the same damage. The real bonus you have over Gengar is being able to use this Unite Move again and again, provided you nab some cheap KO’s for yourself.

See, The Desert Hunter combines Gengar’s Phantom Ambush with Tyranitar’s Tyrannical Rampage, in that if you deal a big enough hit of damage to an enemy that it sends their HP to 10% or less, that enemy will be instantly KO’d. If you manage to score a KO in this way, the Unite Move starts over, allowing you to get another KO if you attack other weakened enemies. Of course, you cannot use any basic attacks or moves to make this easier for yourself, so you’ll have to rely on your teammates to do the dirty work for you before you can nab that KO.

The move makes you invisible during the entire attack, keeping the disguise up even if you get hit by a stray attack. Some attacks can expose you by confirming your location even while invisible, like Duraludon’s Stealth Rock or Decidueye’s Shadow Sneak, but you won’t be brought out of hiding even then. It’s when you attack and fail to KO that you’ll be brought back to reality, blowing your cover. You’re supposed to use your invisibility to wait for the opportune moment to move in and attack for the KO. That’s why the move runs for 15 seconds, to give you enough waiting time for your team to significantly damage an enemy and allow you to dive in for the KO.

Of course, this isn’t a Unite Move you can just throw out at any moment and have it benefit you. You’ll need to use it at the right time, near the end of an extremely damaging team fight or after you’ve pelted the enemy with needles, and sand. And while you can threaten an instant KO to weakened enemies, you’ll still have to aim the attack, which doesn’t do piercing damage. If you use the Unite Move too early, you’ll have to wait for your teammates to weaken the opposing team for you, since you can’t use any attacks while The Desert Hunter is active. 

You’re able to deal a lot of damage, but if the enemy team returns your aggression, you’ll find yourself losing the battle more often than you win. Having teammates around not only makes it easier to deal damage, as your allies can run the opposing team’s aggro for you, but they can also hinder them, allowing you to use your basic attack with impunity and maybe even finish them off with The Desert Hunter.

After all, scarecrows may be difficult to approach, but they’re still made of straw. You just gotta watch out for the ones that move, though...

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Achievements

Deal 9000 damage to the opposing team with your basic attack before you are KO’d.

Cacturne sets itself apart from every other ranged Attacker in the game with its unique and powerful basic attack, a damaging torrent of needles fired everywhere all at once. It only makes sense that the Achievement specific to the scarecrow pokemon is centered around that one button. While 9k damage may seem easy enough to rack up, as even Supporters can come out of games with 10k damage dealt in total, the added stipulation makes it a little tough for Cacturne to earn this achievement.

It requires that you deal over 9000 damage with your basic attack before you get KO’d, meaning you only get one life to build up that damage, which can be tough as a frail Attacker. In order to land this achievement, it’d make sense to try and use it against the enemy team when they are cluttered together, but that further increases the risk to your own health as any one of them can easily counteract and KO you before you can even land 1k damage. See, while Cacturne’s basic attack has a very high rate of damage, the multiplier is extremely weak, dealing around 50 or 60 damage per hit. It averages up to moderate damage when compared to other DPS (Damage Per Second) builds, but when you’re trying to earn this medal, it can get tricky to do so without covering fire.

Of course, you can just power up with your moves, as the Achievement doesn’t say that you can’t boost up with either Spiky Shield or Needle Arm, and that’s where it gets you. Playing Cacturne intelligently is about learning how to spread all of this damage safely, using boosts when they are beneficial, and playing well with your team that they can protect you just as much as you can protect them. With a unique basic attack, it is your greatest strength as a playable pokemon but also your greatest weakness, so mastering Cacturne is all about minimizing this weakness and dealing as much damage as you can in a single go.

And to do that, you’ve got to master Sand Veil as an ability as well. So you better polish up your disappearing act.

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Holowear

Cacturne’s humanoid shape allows it to make any Holowear work well for it, but we gotta make sure that it doesn’t detract from the overall appeal of the pokemon. I mean, it’s a cactus, it already has trouble making friends with people.

First off, we have the obvious Farmer Style Holowear, giving Cacturne a frayed straw hat and plaid shirt and blue overalls, along with a sprig of wheat in its mouth. Then there’s Doctor Style Holowear that has it wear a head mirror, a fancy white suit, and has its pockets full of syringes and candy. Then there’s Knitting Style Holowear, giving it sturdy glasses, an apron stuffed with yarn and sewing needles, and has pieces of felt stuck to its spines. Western Style Holowear lets Cacturne wear a big cowboy hat, an oversized poncho, and a couple of belts underneath its clothing that are fully stocked with satchels of sand. And lastly, you can’t go wrong with Spooky Style Holowear giving the pokemon a hollowed out pumpkin for a hat, tattered overalls, and candy and candy wrappers stuck to its spines. 

There’s a lot of potential for costumes with Cacturne, thanks to its humanoid shape and questionable methods of attack, so it’s sure to sell well any Holowear made for it.

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Strategy

Cacturne lives and dies by its basic attack, which is a shame that it starts out so weak in the beginning of battle. Having to start out as the weak Cacnea, you’ve got a lot of grinding to do and quickly if you want to have a decent impact in the game.

Because of your ability to deal constant damage in an area around yourself, you can play well in any of the three lanes in the beginning of the match. Of course, you’ll have to run ahead of the Bunnelbys as they’ll run away from you, and using your basic attack as intended slows you down while you use it. Maybe you could lead off the round with an immediate boost of X Speed, just so that you can make it to the middle of the lane just in time to meet your opponents.

Once the fight actually begins, you’ll need to utilize Sand Veil properly, as it will always activate against the opposing team during the very first confrontation. You can use the resulting Sand Veil sand whirl to hide in, taking you and your allies out of sight, preventing things like Rowlet’s Astonish or Scorbunny’s Ember from actually being able to aim and hit you. It will also deal damage to enemies who activated Sand Veil with a melee attack, forcing them to take damage from the whirling sand as well as your basic attack. It’s all small numbers of damage, but it’s a lot of damage being thrown around all at once, which can be a lot for the opposing team to handle at the beginning of the game.

Of course, they’ll start to outpace you in strength and durability as the game progresses, so you have to make sure that you’re also on the level. Getting to Level 5 means evolving and then having to choose between Spiky Shield and Needle Arm, and both have their uses. Spiky Shield is useful against balanced teams, but Needle Arm can be very punishing against frail compositions like Speedsters and Attackers and fragile Supporters like Sableye. Needle Arm also gives you a speed boost when you’re using your basic attack, ignoring the movement penalty altogether, allowing you to give chase to weakened enemies. Spiky Shield does offer a shield that can also heavily damage aggressive enemies, which is useful if you’re good at capitalizing on the openings granted to you by Sand Veil.

Sandstorm and Destiny Bond are both meant to help you evade damage, with one acting as a manual Sand Veil and the other gives you a great evasion boost which puts your survival in the hands of fate. Both are also meant to be combined with Sand Veil, with the former drastically increasing the size of the whirl and the latter bringing the sand cover with you. Sandstorm can cause big problems to the opposing team if they like to fight together often, whereas Destiny Bond punishes pokemon that rely on burst damage to get their KOs. All 4 of these moves can be combined with each other, though it should be noted that Spiky Shield and Sandstorm forgo any of the Movement Speed boosts granted by their alternatives, though this combo makes it a nightmare for melee attackers to make a meaningful dive on your team.

Being able to spread all of this damage and soften the enemy team up is what makes Cacturne a unique Attacker in Pokemon Unite. Despite your frailty, if you manage to deal meaningful dents in the opposing team, you’ll have made it much easier for your team to follow through and go for the KO, unless they completely blank at the opportunity. But hey, they can very easily return the favor by weakening them just enough for you to get the most mileage out of The Desert Hunter, a powerful Unite Move that can instantly KO a weakened enemy, allowing it to KO again if successful. Breaking down the team’s defenses is a team effort, but just as the farmer harvests the fruit of his labor, the scarecrow wards off pests with the threat of a looming spray of needles.

A moving scarecrow is an efficient scarecrow. Don’t turn your back on it, now...

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And that’s Cacturne for Pokemon Unite! I used to fancy myself a Grass Type fanatic back in the day, but my very first pokemon was Blastoise back in Pokemon Blue. While I love all pokemon equally nowadays (some more than others), I do have a particular fondness for Grass Types and their biodiversity, especially the ones in Gen 3.

That’ll be it for this post, but do keep your eyes open for some bonus content. You’ll see what I mean...

[eartheats]

[@champ-inthemaking] 7 13 20 21

7. whos yr best friend n how much money would it take for u to stab em (knife is complementary)

oh gosh...i mean, not counting all of the people on rotomblr (you could not pay me enough to stab caoimhe or miss bryony or any others!!), k?? madi's pretty close up there too but k and i used to get in trouble all the time together, and we kinda curse each other and owe each other a bit...

but probably?? 20,000 a day for life?? k would understand i think, but i'd probably have to share it for his hospital bills. which like, worth it??

13. most tempting forbidden food (revives soap pods lava that kinda thing)

honestly. there are so many things out there, but shout-out to the ability capsule?? i kind of wanna chew on one and see what happens. k said if i ever do that he needs to be there to record it tho

20. rank all the times u almost died from coolest to least cool

5. the recent mountain trip that i tripped and fell and nearly got frostbite from. 0/10 do not recommend 4. there was this kale tequila i bought that i drank and i heard someone say "pretty sure if you drank more of that you'd be dead" and i couldn't tell how serious they were??? anyway 1.5/10, the headache i got from it after was splitting and if i'm gonna die, i at least want it to be fun and fulla hubris!! 3. so i almost drowned once playing in cinnabar??? there's this weird water that's like, really close to the island and my parents told me no swimming, but lil me was like "but what if...swimming". anyway lulu had to fish me out but i saw some weird shit!! like these ultra weird staticy pokemon?? for that alone, 3/10. 2. so i don't know how close i came to dying but shout-out to the time lulu and i were playing in that old abandoned mansion and a buncha raticate decided they wanted to take a bite and lulu was like "uh, heck no!!". lulu just picked me up and i felt like i was flyin' for a while!! solid 7/10. 1. so one time i actually decided that i wanted to go to vermillion instead of our normal cinnabar trip?? just to kinda check it out. anyway the boat started movin' again and i decided to try and leap out from the top of the boat to try and get onto the vermillion dock but fell in the water and kept trying to swim. it took a while, a couple sailors had their water types bring me up and help me and i'm pretty sure the sailors were worried because i couldn't swim, but shortly after i just went and ran off into the city before bumpin' into this guy in green?? he stopped me, the sailors caught up and he and the sailors talked for a bit and the guy laughed and said something about me being pretty gutsy, bringing out a magnezone, which was the coolest thing i'd seen like, ever, and it helped plop me back on the boat!! my parents weren't too pleased, but man. i hope that guy's still around, he seemed cool and i wanna meet him again!! 9.5/10

21. bare minimum act of dipshittery that would provoke u to fistfight a stranger in a shopping mall

neil. i work in retail. i wanna do this on the daily.

but an~y~way, the second i see someone liter in a shopping mall or leave behind an awful or just easily clean-up-able mess?? it's on sight. cleaning workers are the backbone of all of our lives and i hate hate HAAAATE watching people act like "oh it's their job to clean it up! we don't have to care how messy we're being!!" TAUROS SHIT. CLEAN YOUR MESS UP OR I WILL BEAT YOU WITH MY FUTURE SICK CRUTCHES

[juphanie]

Tis the end of the first leg of our trip! We are getting on the transit on the way to the airport, and I thought it would be fun to pick out 10 pictures that best represent our coolest pokemon grabs (pics of cool things). Not necessarily the BEST pics, mind y'all. Here they are in no particular order:

The Eiffel Tower by the River Seine

The Mona Lisa

Notre Dame

Statue of Liberty

The Arc de Triomph

City of Lights

Sainte Chapelle

The Catacombs

Van Gogh's Starry Night

The Louvre at Night

[teamgardeners]

Hey there! We're Team Gardeners, of the World of Pokemon! We saved this world from the Desperation Crisis a number of years ago now. Seems like some humans are coming into our world, so we decided to make a tumblr account to help them adjust and help inform others.

Hi! I'm Gen, and I'm a Dewott. I was the human hero of the Desperation Crisis. Due to some stuff that happened at the Worldcore, I'm able to travel back and forth between the world of humans and the world of Pokemon, and I can even let others come with me! I sometimes take the rest of our team on trips to the human world. It's nice!

-Gen

Hello! I'm Vernir. I'm Gen's partner, and I'm a Servine! I used to not have a special name, but Gen gave me one shortly after I met him!

-Vernir

HEYA! I'm Emolga! I'm the coolest on the team!

-Emolga

Er, hi. I'm Dunsparce. Emolga's my best friend.

-Dunsparce

Greetings. I am Virizion. I know that I am a legendary Pokemon, but please don't treat me differently than any other person.

-Virizion

Hello there! I'm Umbreon. I am one of the leading researchers of magnagates, alongside my partner Espeon.

-Umbreon

Greetings! I'm Espeon, and together with Umbreon, we research entercards and magnagates.

-Espeon

We also have two more members, Keldeo and the Voice of Life, but they're busy right now, so you have us seven for now!

I hope our two worlds can live in peace.

[kimium]

Hey friend, I was wondering: What are some of your favourite experiences from when you lived/worked in Japan?

Aw friend! This is a fantastic ask! I have so many great memories of being in Japan that I am delighted to share with you!

My favourite experiences from what I lived and worked in Japan

-Kappazushi: In case you don't know, Kappazushi is a conveyor sushi restaurant chain. While there are many different conveyor sushi restaurants, I like Kappazushi the best. Also, they have kappa as their mascot. 10/10.

-My parents + sister visiting me: My first year in Japan my parents and sister came to visit me during Christmas. They saw the school I was working at, my classes, and then toured around Tokyo with me. It was a lot of fun and I have a lot of happy memories.

-Staff dinners: Every three months the staff would have a dinner at the local restaurant. It was always a lot of fun and my favourite part was during autumn/winter they'd serve nabe (hotpot).

-Getting lost on the way to my own farewell party: We held my farewell/going away party in Nagano-shi and I didn't realize the restaurant was on the fourth floor of the building. I walked past it and Google Maps wasn't helping. They ended up sending three of my coworkers to come find me. How embarrassing.

-Maid Cafe in Akihabara: Before I left Japan I spent two days in Tokyo. On my first day I went to a maid cafe. The staff were panicking because "we don't speak a lot of English" (I know enough Japanese to get by). Coincidently there was another English speaking person there at the same time. They sat me beside this person LOL. We had a nice hour chat at the very least.

-@a-little-harmed-shinra visiting me: I'm still so happy that Yuki managed to visit me! I was so happy and had a lot of fun going around Tokyo with them! Shout out to our first day in Tokyo where it rained while we were at the Tower and that doujinshi store that became gayer the higher up we went.

-Wearing a kimono to Kinkaku-ji and having a foreign couple want a photo of me: I was gifted a kimono and wanted to wear it while I was in Japan. I ended up wearing it to Kinhaku-ji where this couple wanted my photo. I felt very cool in that moment.

-USJ (Universal Studios Japan): The same trip when I was at Kinkaju-ji I went to USJ. It was right around the time the live action Attack on Titan movie was out too, so I was able to see the props and a sculpture of the wall post S1. One of my favourite photos I took.

-Danjiri-matsuri: If you've never experienced the Danjiri-matsuri in Osaka, I highly encourage it. It's my favourite festival and I love my Nakamachi shirt.

-Being short change for the parkade and needing to ask a stranger for 120 yen: This was so embarrassing! I emptied all my change and only had a 5000 yen note. I thought I could slip out and break it at the convenience store right beside the parkade but a lady was waiting to leave. I didn't have the Japanese to tell her my plan so instead I asked her for 120 yen.

-Visiting the Pokemon Centre in Ikebukuro: Honestly, one of the coolest stores in Japan. I took a lot of fun pictures and while I didn't buy a lot, I have some items that are very cute.

-Homemade noodles in my village: Where I lived we had cute little old grannies making homemade noodles all the time. I didn't realize how spoiled I was until I had ramen somewhere else.

-"Yamada Denki!": There is an electronics store in Japan named Yamada Denki. They have this little jingle that is stuck in my brain for eternity.

-Buying my own kotatsu: My first year there I had to buy myself my own kotatsu. Sadly I couldn't take it with me home, but I love my little kotatsu and had fun picking it out.

-ARUKUMA-CHAN: Arukuma is the mascot of the prefecture I lived in and I love Arukuma with all my heart. There is a statue of Arukuma in the Nagano-eki so if you're ever there, please check him out.

-Oyaki: My beloved... I miss you... especially nozawana.

[wonderfulworldofmichaelford]

Michael After Midnight: The Top 30 Death Scenes in Movies

Death, the only sure thing in life besides taxes, or the government fucking up,or furries being able to draw detailed pornography of a new Pokemon .002 nanoseconds after the 3D models are leaked, or... Okay, there’s a lot of things you can expect in life, but death is the big one, and since no one is making movies about furries lovingly drawing Hatterene’s lips around a cock, it’s what we’re going to be talking about tonight.

There is lots of death in films. There’s cool, cathartic deaths where villains get what’s coming to them; there are sad, tragic deaths that invoke feelings from the audience; there are funny deaths that mine black comedy for all it’s worth; death really just comes in many forms. Tonight, I’ll be highlighting 30 of my favorite deaths, kills, and violent ends from all across cinema, the ones I think are worth mentioning more than any others. Some will make you laugh, some will make you cry, and some might actually make you vomit, so before we start...

TRIGGER WARNING! THIS LIST CONTAINS SOME REALLY GORY DEATHS IN THE IMAGES AND LINKED VIDEOS. THOUGH THEY ARE FICTIONAL, THIS IS YOUR WARNING.

Oh yeah, and since we’re talking about character’s dying, SPOILER ALERT! There is open talking about twists, character fates, and all that throughout!

...And one more thing. The picture up there is just a joke, cuz this is about scenes where people die, and not scenes where Death is the best part. If that were the case, the list would be a lot shorter and the entirety of Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey would be #1, followed by Death’s appearance in Last Action Hero and Death’s appearance in The Adventures of Baron Munchausen. And maybe Christopher Walken in Click.

With that out of the way, let’s make like James A. Janisse and start counting those kills!

30. Make Like a Tree and Leaf

Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July 

Good ol’ Rankin-Bass and their fun little holiday specials! They’re always so fun and wholesome, and their villains are always dealt with a non-lethal manner! Haha, look at Winterbolt, how are they going to deal with... Oh. OH GOD. OH HOLY FUCKING SHIT WHAT THE FUCK!!!!

29. Take My Breath Away

  Help! I’m a Fish 

It’s not a really good animated movie without a horrifically fucked up death scene! In a moment of clever trickery, our protagonist tricks Joe (the Alan Rickman fish) to start chugging evolution juice so he can become human, using his own intelligence and ego against him. What Joe doesn’t seem to realize until he’s too late is that humans can’t breathe underwater, and moments after realizing this and assuming a freakish form, he dies and we watch his lifeless corpse float off into the darkness. God I love children’s films.

28. I Don’t Wanna Be the Guy

Spy Kids 3D: Game Over 

He’s the ultimate badass. The coolest of the cool. When the Guy, played by Elijah Wood, steps onto the scene, you know shit is about to get real, and-

Oh he’s dead. Never mind.

PRESS R TO TRY AGAIN

27. Oh Deer

  Bambi

Before there was Mufasa, there was Bambi’s mom. Much like that iconic parental death from Disney, this is truly a gut punch, a brutal moment of harsh realism punctuating the whimsical forest setting. I think the only reason this is so low is that, as far as Disney parent deaths go, it doesn’t hit quite as hard as Mufasa since she’s killed offscreen. Doesn’t make Bambi’s father’s sad words any less poignant or heartbreaking, though.

26. The Night Gwen Stacy Died

Amazing Spider-Man 2 

I shit on this movie all the time, and with good reason; it’s shit. But it has a few really good moments sprinkled throughout (that only piss me off more because you can see the good movie underneath), and the iconic death of Gwen Stacy is certainly one of them. I even like how Peter’s web forms into a little hand as he leaps after and desperately tries to save her, and Garfield’s misery is well-done both here and in his continued story in No Way Home. Now if only the rest of the movie could have been as well done as this scene.

25. You Get What You Fucking Deserve

Joker 

What do you get when you put a socially awkward, mentally ill clown with a gun on a talk show that has previously made a mockery of him. Why, you get incredibly tense build up to a brutal kill that solidifies Arthur Fleck’s transformation into the Joker, of course!

24. Sometimes You Penguin, Sometimes You Lose

Batman Returns 

Some things really shouldn’t be as emotional as they are. I mean, look at this. This is a bunch of penguins giving a funeral to their deformed master who just dropped dead. This should be ridiculous! And maybe it is a little, but it’s also really tragic and emotionally moving despite itself. This is a man being mourned by the only creatures who ever loved him, who are honoring him in a small way. It really just compounds the tragedy of the character.

23. Your Favorite Scary Movie

  Scream 

This opening scene is nothing short of iconic. There’s Drew Barrymore, a big name actress, in peril by the killer of the film. There’s some close calls, but of course she gets away to become our main character, right? Wrong. She ends up as dead as her boyfriend in the shocking opening twist, a twist that prepares you for just what sort of film you’re about to watch. 

22. Rosebud

Citizen Kane

This might be one of the most iconic opening’s ever put to film. Charles Foster Kane delivers his final words, dies, and sets off the mystery that drives the plot. It really is as simple as that.

21. The Big Hit-ler

Inglourious Basterds

So you’re watching Tarantino’s little WWII fiction movie, and you kind of know what to expect from these sorts of films. No matter what happens, it couldn’t possibly change the outcome we know; Indiana Jones, Captain America, if none of these heroes could alter the course of history, who could? How about a bunch of pissed off Jews with guns and another, equally pissed of Jew who has been plotting to burn the Nazi high command alive in her theater for along while? What ensues is the one rule you’re never supposed to break in a WWII film: Hitler fucking dies, and with his death we get the origin story for the Tarantinoverse.

20. Worthless

The Brave Little Toaster 

The Brave Little Toaster is already a movie with plenty of fucked up stuff, but in the big finale we go to a junkyard where numerous sentient cars forlornly reflect on their lives before being smashed into scrap in what is surely the most fucked up and traumatizing scene in the entire film.

19. People Who Died

The Suicide Squad 

James Gunn really put the “Suicide” back into “Suicide Squad.” They had to show us they weren’t fucking around this time, so after building up this quirky squad filled with nothing but D-listers (and Harley, Boomerang, and Flag) they proceed to brutally massacre them all. Mongal dies in a helicopter crash, one that shreds Boomerang to pieces; Blackguard gets his entire face blasted off; Javelin is taken down before he can even do anything; and Savant, who you’d expect to be a stone-cold badass since he’s played by frequent Gunn collaborator Michael Rooker, pretty much shits his pants and runs away crying like a baby, and Amanda Waller is having none of that. BOOM! There goes his head, and here comes Jim Carroll’s most famous song over a montage of the Squad’s corpses as the real heroes get ready to rock and roll. It’s the perfect blend of hilarious, fucked up, and genuinely sad.

18. One Death to Rule Them All

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 

I almost put in Sauruman’s death from the extended edition, if only because of the fun fact attached to the scene (Christopher Lee helped make the death more realistic because he knew what a man who was stabbed in the back to death would do and would sound like). But as awesome and fun as that is, it’s really inarguable that, in a film filled to the brim with iconic deaths, the one that towers tall above them is old Smeagol’s big dive into Mt. Doom with his Precious, united in his final moments with the only thing he truly cared about. It’s poignant, it’s sad, it’s awesome... and it’s a fitting end for both the ring and the pitiable creature Bilbo Baggins spared all those years ago.

17. Breakin’ the Law

John Wick: Chapter 2 

We’ve seen John Wick mow down bad guys for two whole movies, with no one being able to stand in his way. But he has also always followed the rules. So when he shows up at the Continental, ready to confront Santino (who has spent the entire movie ruining his life), you can feel the sheer tension between the two men as that upstart bastard taunts John with what he believes is invulnerability. Everyone else knows that the clock is counting down to his death, and the tension comes from watching as John slowly reaches his breaking point. Lesson learned: Do not fucking taunt the Boogeyman.

16. Did You Hear Steve Jobs Died of Ligma?

Watchmen

Ok, this one has been memed to Hell and back, but this is still one of the most powerful and iconic death scenes in anything ever. Unable to compromise his black-and-white worldview and allow Adrian Veidt to get away with mass murder even if it’s for the greater good, Rorschach basically asks Dr. Manhattan to put him down. Interestingly, he removes his mask, choosing to die as the man Walter Kovacs rather than the vigilante he had spent his years as, in his final moments reclaiming that humanity he’d seemingly lost. The movie also adds Dan witnessing his friend’s death, something that I felt was severely lacking in the comic. 

15. Aw, Nuts

Hereditary 

If Ari Aster knows how to do one thing well, it’s miserable gut punches that emotionally devastate you. Ignore that twist at the end that makes this death seem like the most absurdly well-prepared series of coincidences. In the moment it happens this is a child being decapitated in a freak accident, her brother driving home in shock with her headless corpse in the back seat, and her mother finding said corpse the next morning and letting out an agonized wail that fades into the funeral.

14. They Did Nazi This Coming

Raiders of the Lost Ark 

You could, if you were a boring idiot who hates fun, argue that the whole of Raiders is pointless and if Indy just stayed home the end result would be the same. This argument is stupid for so, so many reasons, but the big reason is if Indy kept his nose out of the Nazi’s business, we wouldn’t have been able to see the most epic Nazi massacre of all time. Like, what did these morons think would happen when they fucked around with a holy Jewish artifact? 

13. Choke On ‘Em

Day of the Dead 

There’s defiant to the end, and then there’s this. The villainous Captain Rhodes may know he’s quite thoroughly fucked when that swarm of zombies grabs him, but he’s going out taunting his opponents with his last gurgling breath as they rip him apart. Rarely is a death so badass and so cathartic all at once.

12. Deep Trouble

Jaws 

This has frequently been cited as one of, if not the most terrifying scenes in cinematic history. It’s really hard to argue with that, honestly. You never see the shark in this scene, only from its point of view, but what you do see is the terrified cries and flailing of Chrissie while she’s being viciously attacked by an unseen force. You have to imagine what the shark is doing to her below. And then she’s pulled under mid-scream? Yeah, I’d be afraid to go into the water too.

11. Oooh, What a Feeling...

 A Nightmare on Elm Street

Freddy Krueger has scored a lot of impressive kills over the years, many of them accompanied by cool special effects and awesomely cheesy one liners. But for my money, his best murder was where he demonstrated just how terrifying his power could really be on poor Tina. This is just a cruel, brutal, drawn-out death, and you know Freddy enjoyed every second of it.

10. Hello, Little Friend!

Scarface 

Tony Montana refuses to do anything small, and that includes dying. The man snorts a mountain of cocaine and busts out guns blazing for a final confrontation he has no hope of winning, but boy does he go out in style. This is a death for the history books right here.

9. You Shall Not Pass!

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 

It almost feels like cheating putting this on here because, duh, Gandalf bounces back from this in a truly epic way. But he still does die for a little bit, even though we don’t see the full extent until the next film. Taken at face value here, Gandalf dies after pulling off the most unbelievably amazing holding the line moment ever put to film. And then the next film tells me, no, he didn’t die there, he actually died later after fighting this big fucking demon all the way from the bottom of the mountain to the top before dropping dead, experiencing some kind of heavenly acid trip, and then coming back strong enough to whoop Christopher Lee’s ass without even trying? The only thing better than a great death is a great death that leads into an even greater rebirth.

8. Shoebert Dip

Who Framed Roger Rabbit 

To show how serious Judge Doom is, we had to see the dangers of the Dip first hand. What better way to do that then by taking a cute, cheerful little shoe and dip it in while it wiggles in abject terror? Well I can think of a million better fucking ways that wouldn’t have haunted me for my entire life, but it sure as hell wouldn’t have been quite so memorable. 

7. Pride Comes Before the Fall

The Lion King

The one time you wish a cat would land on his feet... and yet, he doesn’t. They call this movie a Hamlet ripoff, but we never see Hamlet’s dad bite the big one like we do with Mufasa. For a lot of people, this is one of the first big tearjerkers of their childhood, and it’s hard to deny that Mufasa’s death still stings today.

6. You like Huey Lewis and the News?

American Psycho 

This scene has gone down in legend as one of the most memeable moments in a film that has spawned a ridiculous amount of memes. Everything about it is amazing, from Bale’s absolutely batshit performance to the awesome music to that amazing spray of blood on his face at the end. But the real cherry on top of the sundae here is the victim, who is played by one Jared Leto. Watching Jared Leto die is a gift in and of itself.

5. Thumbs Up

Terminator 2: Judgment Day 

This is truly a powerful moment, where Arnold’s machine decides to sacrifice himself to preserve a better future for John and his mother. With this final, simple gesture, he truly showcases how even a machine can learn to be human, and helps solidify the hopeful message about how we choose our own destinies and that nothing is set in stone. No amount of crappy sequels can ever diminish just how moving and awesome this scene is.

4. Wet & Wild, Part 1

Psycho 

Perhaps the greatest halfway plot switch of all time, this is perhaps one of cinema’s most iconic murders. Even people who have never seen this film have likely stumbled across an homage or parody of this moment. An underrated component is how we really don’t see all too much; most of the damage is left to our imagination, with only brief flashes of the stabbing and screams filling in the blanks for you.

3. Wet & Wild, Part 2

The Wizard of Oz 

Ever since this death, witches have feared bath time. It’s not foreshadowed at all, it really comes off as an ass pull, but do you really care? It’s so fun and iconic, and fits the fantastical, corny tone of the film perfectly. The Wicked Witch’s pitiful cries of “I’m melting!” are sure to embed themselves in your head forever, too. This just goes to show pulling ideas out of your ass isn’t always a bad thing.

2. Here Comes the Sun

Nosferatu

Out of all the deaths on this list, this one might be the single most important death in cinematic history. Every single vampire killed by the sun owes everything to this, this moment pulled out of the director’s ass so they could have the bad guy die. But as far as ass pulls go, it’s hard to change something that literally redefined pop culture as we know it. This one really changed the game for all time, but there’s one death that, while perhaps not quite as historically significant, is just overall better on every level...

1. There Goes My Hero

The Other Guys 

This may seem like an odd choice. Over The Wizard of Oz? Over Psycho? This scene from a comedy from the start of the 2010s? Well, let me break it down for you.

This scene is perhaps the greatest subversion of expectations of all time. You’ve seen a million cowboy cop action movies with badasses who don’t play by the rules and accomplish impossible feats. Hell, the movie these guys are in is one; an attack chopper is taken down by golfers, for crying out loud! And then you have the casting choices for Danson and Highsmith, Samuel L. Jackson and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, two of the most badass men in Hollywood who have made careers out of playing unstoppable forces of nature. So when you have all of this coming together, all of this right there in front of you, when The Rock says “Aim for the bushes” and they make that 20 story leap and Foo Fighters starts playing, you believe that they will defy the odds and for a second you don’t even question it.

And then they hit the pavement and die.

This is the single funniest death in any comedy movie and, and I want to be clear I am 100% serious when I say this, it is the greatest moment in cinematic history, period. I have never seen another moment in a movie that is just so undeniably perfect in every way, from actor choice to song choice to the comedic timing of when the song cuts off. It’s just the highest form of art.

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Pokemon Gaia Walkthrough & Guide

Welcome to our Pokemon Gaia Walkthrough & Guide. Pokémon Gaia is a tough one, so if you need a little nudge in the right direction (or to keep you from becoming Zubat's food), this guide is for you. Let's begin!

Pokemon Gaia Walkthrough & Guide

#PokemonGaia Pokémon Gaia is a tough one, so if you need a little nudge in the right direction (or to keep you from becoming Zubat's food), this guide is for you. Let's begin! Celanto Town

Welcome to your humble home in Celanto Town. Your first steps in the Orbtus region have you returning a Library book and bringing it to someone who’s waiting for you in the Ruins just South of the town. I’m sure this won’t be important to the story in any way!

Pokemon Gaia Walkthrough & Guide Grab the Dusty Tome from your desk upstairs and deliver it to the lady in the Ruins. She explains that the book never belonged to the Library and is a family heirloom of hers. Hand over the book and return to the town. Your mom informs you that the Professor in the Library is giving away Pokemon, so head West to pick yours. Picking The Perfect Starter You could make a case for any of the Starters being the ‘best’ so I urge you to go with your favourite. The general consensus is that Turtwig is the strongest and Piplup is the weakest, but I used the latter without issue. There are plenty of opportunities to catch powerful Pokemon, so go with what you think is the coolest. Your Rival will always pick your Pokemons counter, and as far as Pokemon Rivals go, he’s alright! When you’re ready, head West to Celanto Path. Celanto Path You can’t catch any Pokemon here as you don’t have Pokeballs. I like to level my Pokemon up to Level 6 in preparation for an upcoming battle, but it’s optional. Walk through the tall grass and West to Archan Town. Archan Town Head into the ‘Redwood Residence’ right next to the Pokemon Center. Professor Redwood will give you a Care Package you need to open in your inventory; it contains a Pokedex, Redwood Card and Town Map. Speak to the Professor again, and he will give you some Pokeballs and Potions. When you’re ready, head West to the mouth of Archan Tunnel, where your Rival is waiting to challenge you. He only has the Starter he was given. Rival – 1st Encounter

Starter – LV5 Keep using your basic attack, and you should win without a hitch. Return to the Pokemon Center to heal and head into Archan Tunnel. Archan Tunnel

Pokemon Gaia Walkthrough & Guide There are a few easy Trainers to defeat here, and you’ll run into plenty of wild Pokemon. As you have your first Gym battle in the next town, I recommend fighting every Trainer and wild Pokemon you come across for the EXP. Drilbur is worth catching if you come across one because it can use all the Rock-Based HMs and Cut. When you reach the bridge, head South. Your destination is East off that path, but if you keep heading down, you’ll find the lost Weedle for the boy at the tunnel entrance. Fortunately, you don’t have to travel back to give it to him. His mom will appear when you interact with the Weedle and provides you with a Soothe Bell for your troubles. Want a Clefairy?

Pokemon Gaia Walkthrough & Guide When you reach the Hiker (pictured above), you can head West instead of South. Heading West will take you on a short path to a strange room with a Clefairy inside. The Clefairy should be easy to catch as it’s only LV5 and is an excellent early addition to your team.

Pokemon Gaia Walkthrough & Guide Seros Village You’ll bump into the Professor and your Rival as soon as you arrive in the town. Once they leave, you’re free to explore. Use the Pokemon Center and stock up on supplies from the Poke-Mart, as your very first Gym is ready to be challenged! Pokemon Day-Care The Day Care centre is just to the West of the Pokemon Center. You probably won’t have much use for it now, but feel free to use it later. Seros Gym Welcome to your first Gym, where you’ll face off against Fernando, a Fairy-type specialist. You won’t have a counter to Fairy-types yet, but they aren’t much of a threat as it’s so early. Make full use of your Starter here and use its most potent attacks on repeat. I was able to clear this battle comfortably with my Starter at LV15. Gym Leader Fernando – Fairy-type - Clefairy (Fairy) – LV11 - Ralts – (Psychic/Fairy) – LV11 - Jigglypuff (Normal/Fairy) – LV13 Nobody Likes A Sore Loser Ever had a Gym Leader refuse to give you a badge? Well, that’s what’s happening right now! After defeating Fernando, he flees West to Wisp Forest, and if you want that badge, you best go after him! Wisp Forest Wisp Forest is a golden opportunity to grab a Ghost-Type Pokemon if you want one. I stayed here until I caught a Ghastly (Gengar is one of my favourites), but it’s not essential. Once you head deep enough into the Forest, you’ll find a sulking Fernando, and he will give you the Mystic Badge. The Day-Care Man will give you HM01 – Cut when you return to the town. Make sure you visit the Gym after Fernando’s little outburst, as he will provide you with the Charming Cry TM. Afterwards, head around the back of the Gym and use Cut on the trees blocking the way to Aerous City. Aerous City

Pokemon Gaia Walkthrough & Guide Even though there’s no Gym here, there’s still tons to do! If you’ve committed the cardinal sin of misspelling your Pokemon’s names, you can fix them by talking to the Name Rater. His house is West of the Pokemon Center. Spend More = Get More The man in the house North of the Pokemon Center wants to sell you an unknown item for 5000G. That item is an Amulet Coin, increasing the gold you earn from battles. The sooner you buy it, the sooner it pays for itself. Aerous City Museum It’s all kicking off here, and we’re introduced to our Antagonists, the New Elders. All the Grunts in here should be easy to dispatch. Fun fact, There’s a combination code if you stand on the stool and interact with the wall on the 2nd floor. If you enter code 1104, a room will unlock with a ruthless trainer inside! She will rip you to shreds with an entire team of LV60 Pokemon. Needless to say, stay clear for now. Aerous Art Club Since you’ll probably be a little poor after buying the Amulet Coin, head to the top floor of the Art Club via the stairs on the right. One of the patrons by the counter will give you a Nugget if you talk to him. It sells for a tidy 5000G. How to Get an Eevee! If you head West on the ground floor of the Art Club, there are four trainers to battle, each with a single Smeargle. At the end of this gauntlet is a trainer called Vincent. He has a team of 6 Smeargles with an unpleasant array of attacks and status effects. You’ll want to switch your Pokemon out for healing if they get any Status Ailments, so having a few reliable Pokemon will help here. Every Pokemon in the Art Club is LV16, so having Pokemon a little stronger would be ideal. When you defeat Vincent, he will give you an Egg with an Eevee inside. Nestpine Town

Pokemon Gaia Walkthrough & Guide If you’re not accustomed to this upgraded difficulty, Nestpine Town can catch you off guard, as there are a couple of demanding battles in this area. Your main goal is to conquer the Gym, but you’ll be thrust into a bout with your Rival first. He’s waiting at the door of the Gym. The Move Deleter If you need a Pokemon to forget a move, speak to the Move Deleter. He lives just North of the Pokemon Center. Showdown with Your Rival This fight is tough if you’ve not got a counter to your Rival’s Starter Pokemon. You can beat him on level difference, but make finding a counter your priority after this fight. This is your Rival’s line-up. Rival – 2nd Encounter - Makuhita (Fighting) – LV20 - Starter – LV22 - Roggenrola (Rock) – LV20 - Swablu – (Normal/Flying) LV20 The biggest threat in this battle, without a doubt, is the Starter Pokemon. This thing will usually KO your own Starter in a single hit! If you don’t have a proper counter, your best bet is to catch something that is at least neutral and level them up before the fight. Upon defeating your Rival, you gain access to the Gym and the coveted EXP Share Item! Always give this to your weakest Pokemon and use it so none of your squad falls behind. Nestpine Town Gym Aria might give you a little trouble if you picked the Grass-type Starter. Chatot, in particular, is a horrid opponent that knows ‘Chatter’. Chatter inflicts Confusion, and it’s a miserable status ailment no matter what Pokemon game you’re playing! Aria’s Pokemon are as follows: Gym Leader Aria – Flying Type - Vullaby (Dark/Flying) – LV21 - Gligar (Ground/Flying) – LV21 - Chatot (Normal Flying) – LV23 Vullaby and Chatot are weak to Electric and Rock-Type attacks, as you’d expect. Gligar’s strange Type combo makes it completely immune to Electric, and Rock will only do normal damage. On the bright side, it’s weak to Water and Ice if you somehow have an Ice move already. After you’ve emerged victorious, head South-East to Frostbite Cave. Frostbite Cave

Pokemon Gaia Walkthrough & Guide Frostbite Cave isn’t complex, but it’s long and full of battles. Make sure you inspect the coloured rocks for hidden prizes. As I mentioned at the start of the guide, random encounters are in full force in Pokemon Gaia, and you’ll get a real taste of that here! Don’t be afraid to splash out on Repels. Elder Knight Eunice Before you leave the Cave, you’re introduced to your first New Elder commander, Elder Knight Eunice. Eunice is no pushover and likes to use Hailstorm, which batters both of your Pokemon each turn. To make matters worse, all her Pokemon, aside from Noctowl, resist that damage. This is her team, and take note of their levels as they hit hard! Elder Knight Eunice – 1st Encounter - Snover (Grass/Ice) – LV24 - Froslass (Ice/Ghost) – LV24 - Noctowl (Normal/Flying) – LV24 - Amaura (Rock/Ice) – LV26 You’ll have an easy time here if you picked Chimchar as your Starter but beware of Eunice’s Amaura, as it’s not weak to fire. Ideally, you’ll want to use Fighting or Steel against it, as it’s very weak to both. The biggest threat here is Hailstorm slowly chipping away at your squad. Froslass uses it, and as it’s so fast, it will usually go first. Be generous with your healing items, and you’ll be fine. Windmist City

Pokemon Gaia Walkthrough & Guide I’m sure you’re itching to earn another Gym Badge, but before the Gym unlocks, you must make your way up to the top of Apex Tower to the North. Considering the grandiose name, it’s a minor area. There are a few trainers to battle, but nothing of note, and they shouldn’t pose a problem. Windmist City Gym Arguably, Nina is a pushover compared to Eunice in Frostbite Cave. Nina specializes in Fire Pokemon, and her team is as follows: Gym Leader Nina – Fire-type - Pignite (Fire/Fighting) – LV26 - Magmar (Fire) – LV26 - Heatmor (Fire) – LV26 - Camerupt (Fire/Ground) – LV28 Naturally, you’ll stomp the entire Gym with Water-types and Ground-Types work just as well, even against Camerupt. Any Gym is easy if you’ve got the appropriate counters, but Nina’s roster has no tricks or curveballs. It should be a pushover. After you’ve conquered the Gym, Professor Redwood will offer to take you back to Aerous City. He will also give you a Bike Voucher to spend there! You can find the Bike Shop just East of the Pokemon Center. When ready, head South to board the S.S Wake to Sabulo Island. Sabulo Island

Pokemon Gaia Walkthrough & Guide Since there’s no Gym, your goal here is to battle all the way to the top of Sabulo Tower. The trainers in this Tower are no joke, and you’ll need to beat five of them! As they put up quite a fight, here’s precisely what you’ll be dealing with. Expert Nicholi – Normal-Type - Glameow (Normal) – LV27 - Teddiursa (Normal) – LV27 - Herdier (Normal) – LV27 - Diggersby (Normal/Ground) – LV29 Expert Maya – Grass-Type - Skiddo (Grass) – LV27 - Wormadam (Bug/Grass) – LV27 - Jumpluff (Grass/Flying) – LV27 - Grovyle (Grass) – LV29 Ace Trainer Atsushi – Fire-Type - Litleo (Fire/Normal) – LV27 - Numel (Fire/Ground) – LV27 - Fletchinder (Fire/Flying) – LV27 - Larvesta (Bug/Fire) – LV29 Ace Trainer Mikel – Water-Type - Barboach (Water/Ground) – LV27 - Mantine (Water/Flying) – LV27 - Basculin (Water) – LV27 - Basculin (again) (Water) – LV29 Expert Agem – Dragon-Type - Goomy (Dragon) – LV30 - Dragonair (Dragon) – LV30 - Tyrunt (Rock/Dragon) – LV30 - Gabite (Dragon/Ground) – LV32 The Achilles heel of each of these Trainers is there are no tricky type combinations. A single good counter to their types (Electric vs Water, for example) will quickly wipe out their entire squad. Once you’ve fought to the top, you’ll face Belle, and she means business! Still, you’ll be given a Mega Ring for Mega Evolutions when you take her down. Successor Belle - Heracross (Bug/Fighting) – LV30 - Sableye (Dark/Ghost) – LV30 - Manectric (Electric) – LV30 - Mawile (Steel/Fairy) – LV30 - Audino (Normal) – LV32 (Mega!) Sableye is an infamous Pokemon as it’s immune to Normal, Psychic and Fighting attacks. Only Fairy attacks will really hurt it. Belle’s trump card is undoubtedly her Audino which will Mega Evolve and hits like a freight train. Fighting-Type attacks will make short work of Audino; otherwise, just hit it with the strongest attacks you have. Sabulo Cave

Pokemon Gaia Walkthrough & Guide After hearing some commotion, Sabulo Cave is your next destination South East of the town. At the entrance, you’re scolded by Elder Knight Enoch for interfering and challenged to a battle. Elder Knight Enoch - Tyrantrum (Rock/Dragon) – LV30 - Diggersby (Normal/Ground) – LV30 - Golurk (Ground/Ghost) – LV30 - Aerodactyl (Rock/Flying) – LV32 You can dismantle Enoch’s entire team with Ice attacks, but even without that, Enoch’s roster is less threatening than what you’ve just dealt with in Sabulo Tower. Remember to go into the Cave after the battle as you need to grab the ‘Ragged Map’ from inside. Your Rival will meet you in the Cave and give you HM03 – Surf. Belle will meet you on the way back and give you another Pokemon to add to your roster, one of the original Kanto (Red/Blue) Starters! You don’t get to choose, but it will always be the one that would be weak to your Starter, so if you picked Chimchar, you’d get a Bulbasaur. It can also Mega-Evolve, making it the most dangerous Pokemon on your team. When you’re ready to leave, head to the South of Sabulo Island and Surf down to Valoon Way. Valoon Way A surprisingly long gauntlet of Grass, surfing and Trainers stands between you and Valoon Town. Ultimately, this section isn’t too awful, but you can get worn down if you run out of items. Fortunately, there is a Nurse halfway through the area. After beating her, she will heal your Pokemon whenever you need it. Valoon Town

Pokemon Gaia Walkthrough & Guide Your goal here is to conquer the Gym and earn your next badge! You need to do a couple of things before the Gym opens, and the first is a trip to Nemesis Cave to the North. Nemesis Cave is a small area full of trainers, but it shouldn’t cause trouble much like Apex Tower. Once you’re done, go to the Ranger HQ in Valoon Town for the Bug-Catching contest. Bug-Catching Contest This is a fantastic little side area but just note you can’t actually win the contest on your first try. The contest is rigged, so Vernon, the Gym leader, always wins. Catch anything you want to end the event, then make your way to the Gym. If you decide to come back here later, it seems that points are scaled off how much HP the Pokemon you catch has. With this in mind, try and catch Pokemon without attacking it. Many goodies are up for grabs, including several Mega-Evolution stones if you win. Read the full article

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ive never played any of the switch Pokemon games so for the ones you've played or you know stuff of what are your favourite parts from them!! (sorry if that's complicated! you can just say your favourite Pokemon or stuff like that from violet or shield or whatever you like!)

!!!! There are so many good parts about both games and just!!!! This is going to be long-

Pokémon Shield was the first ever game I played and!!! All of it means so much to me!

I loved the starters, the characters, all of the Pokémon! The DLC was super cool!!!:))! And playing it was, an amazing experience. I wish I could go back, forget everything about it and just. Replay it.

I obviously had. Favorites. My favorite starter was Sobble! I obviously, picked him first! He was just. A little guy,,, I know a lot of people make fun of him but I think he is super neat! And then there was the gym leaders and other characters!! All of them had very cool designs to me!! And just, they all looked so pretty? My favorites were Allister and Kabu! Allister is a ghost type gym leader and just! I thought he was the coolest ever when I first stared playing the game. His gym was difficult for me to be tbh!!! But, it did not matter I thought he was cool <33!! Kabu is a fire type gym leader and!! He made me love Centiskorch,, I got one at his gym and. He became a part of my team forever! And honestly, Centiskorch is my favorite Pokémon now lol! Other than him, Hatterene was my other favorite! I remember spending so long trying to catch her lol! But yeah, Pokemon Shield is honestly, an amazing starting game and. It means way too much to me.

In Pokémon Violet, I just recently finished the “main” story, before I get to like. The extra end stuff! And honestly? People are way too harsh on this game. The designs are very cool for all the Pokémon and characters! Sure, some are a little silly but it’s Pokémon!!! I’m not even done yet and just. I’m already happy with the game. All of the quests were amazing, the characters are my everything and just?? It makes me internally cry.

I do. Have favorites of course :))! Character wise I really liked Penny, Nemona, Nurse Miriam, Tulip, and Iono!!! They are all so pretty and!!! Nemona is our main rival in the game! You see her mostly in the taking in the gyms path!!! She’s all about Pokémon battles and just! She is my best friend,,, Penny is a student at the academy you go to! She is a hacker girl and she wears an adorable cute backpack! Penny’s character means a lot to me. I don’t want to spoil stuff because, idk finding stuff out for yourself is fun :)! Even if you don’t end up playing the games-! But her character, means so much to me. Eri, is hard to explain without giving spoilers either. Just know, she’s amazingly sweet and just. I love her! Nurse Miriam is a nurse at the Pokémon school you attend and I just. Love her design and just. Her?! Tulip is the psychic gym leader! She is the moment, she is everything???!! Iono is the electric gym leader! Everyone basically already knows about her because, all the streamer stuff but! She is just very neat and her design is super cute!!

But none of those characters are my favorite!!! My favorite is Arven! His character, I honestly hated as soon as I saw him but the second time I saw him, it was all gone-! His quests and story also are just. Amazing and he is so special and he is!!! My favorite ever,,,<33

Pokémon wise for the game, I loved them all so much? My starter I picked was Sprigatito!! And just, I love them,,, I know all the jokes with them but they are a genuinely cool starter and!!! I love them- minus the starters though, I really liked Tinkaton, Miraidon, and the stupid Orthworm Pokémon- mostly because all are super cool, but Orthworm just looks. So happy and I am his #1 fan-

I don’t know what else to bring up honestly? All of the games are amazing! And I couldn’t find one thing I genuinely disliked about either?? All parts are my favorites <333

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my first gf and i held hands at recess, never talked and dated for three months cause our friends thought we looked cute together

my second gf i only asked out so that id get in less trouble at school for interfering when my friend sexually harassed her. she sexually harassed me and beat me. forced me to do a lot of sexual things i didnt want to do. in public too lol. she was the most racist piece of shit i ever dated. who remembers jeff dunham and his terrorist friend?? she made me watch so much of this piece of shit

my third girlfriend was fun but idk we never hung out at school cause her ex was one of my best friends so it was awkward

my fourth girlfriend was my first partner to be my best friend and the first breakup that hurt. she wanted sex and i wasnt ready. so she went to sleep with that same guy whose ex i dated a year earlier

my fifth girlfriend was in college and she turned out to be a lesbian. she helped me come out as a girl and basically ghosted after a few months. she was the biggest bully out of all of them. better than me at everything and refusing to see me as anything less than a pathetic embarassment.

but i was her first so it was never going to last forever. i always knew that. especially with her. she wanted a first boyfriend experience and she got it.

i was as much of a virgin as she was and i didnt start having sex until jasper started forcing me to because it was the best solution they could think of for my suicidal ideation (no really. and then they called me the rapist. they wouldnt let me decline).

by this point i was hooking up with people just because theyd ask. it was always awkward. sometimes id ask because i felt it was expected of me and forgot who initiated shit. one of my partners stole my electric violin

then i met liz, which was my first partner that was nonbinary (we skipped a cis boyfriend earlier) but they only came out after we met (theyre cafab). they were my second partner to be open to me about their autism (we skipped a cis boyfriend earlier) and the first partner where i felt like i was treated as an equal. i should talk to them again :( i dumped them because emma barelled into my life and left me heartbroken

jack was the next partner to also come out as transmasc (life of a trans lesbian, if you get used by trans guys and cant say shit). we played a lot of pokemon together. i got into the card game with them and wed go to karaoke a lot. they were a real friend and i broke up with them to be monogamous. but then they made me and my trans gf show up to pride only to ghost us theyre a real fucking asshole

shann was the cis girl i gave up polyamoury for. she was one of the best gfs i had. showered me with gifts and affection. but she also wanted a lot of sex so like whatever its just work at this point. i started going to uottawa again cause she was a student there. wed cook meals together and hang out almost every day. my mental health spiraled out of control after she left for toronto and i landed in the hospital for two months and i lost my housing. she wanted to have sex one last time before breaking up and she ended up sexually assaulting me. then i was homeless for the first time as an adult where i couldnt access the youth shelters.

wren was my first trans girlfriend. i had hooked up with trans girls before but never dated one. of course were nonbinary so yeah transmascs its ok were like this too lmao. she was my first partner where we lived together because we both lost our housing as soon as we started seeing each other. we screamed at each other more than any relationship before this. i threw a knife at her once. eventually she called the cops and got us both arrested. it was a whole thing im not getting into it. she was also autistic. i miss her lots

and lys was my most recent partner that wasnt long distance. they liked plants and theyre the coolest person ive dated by far. they showed me how to love life again. too bad they chose lily over me as a friend and told me to get therapy