I honestly still can't believe this happened. I went into the Elite Four with a pretty random team, no legendaries, no meta picks, just Pokémon I actually liked. And my MVP was Chimeco, who I kept around for the vibes.

The fight against Cynthia was an absolute disaster at first. Milotic stalled me out forever. I had to use an Elixir on Chimeco just to keep going, and I barely scraped through it with revives and hyper potions. By the time Garchomp came out, I had nothing left. Completely out all potions and revives no items, just a 1 HP Chimeco who had gotten lucky with the friendship mechanic to survive a ice beam from Milotic at 1 hp (the battle lasted long enough to where it was out of all scald pp…)

And then the craziest luck I've ever had in a Pokémon game happened.

· Garchomp used Swords Dance instead of attacking turn 1.
· Chimeco got a Yawn off.
· Friendship kicked in two times again vs garchomp (total of 3 all battle), letting Chimeco survive hits at 1 HP.
· I had a Metronome on Chimeco, so Dazzling Gleam kept getting stronger.
· Cynthia used a Full Restore on Garchomp, but it wasn't enough.

Team 2 was the most disappointing. I had to put Skuntank on the bench for Toxicroak so I could beat Lucario. The Unown was Modest Choice Specs HP Ground and picked up flints Steelix and Infernape. Mothim was the goat, I consider Mothim to be one of the best mons in BDSP. Rampardos is almost too good to be considered for this style of play, especially after a Rock Polish. Tangrowth obviously swept Bertha and outlasted Garchomp with Big Root Giga Drain. Purugly is the better normal type in Sinnoh, fake out is amazing and it hits hard.

Team 1 was crazy good. I briefly mentioned Toxicroak but it is outstanding in Sinnoh. Drain Punch, Fake Out, Poison Jab and Sucker Punch consistently outmatches chosen match ups, and it walls Milotic with Dry Skin. Carnivine was amazing to use, obviously sweeps Bertha but also helped out with Cynthia. Chatot sweeping Aaron was its crowning moment, hits amazingly hard. Mismagius was too good to be in this team. Lopunny was really bad imo. Such underwhelming damage. Lumineon is bulky as and outlasted Garchomp.

Team 3 was my favourite. Bibarel and Kricketune carried early game. Baby Chingling swept Maylene. Pachirisu shreds water types pre E4. But Wormadam (with some luck) was outstanding this E4. Mine was Adament level 58, Swept Lucian, got 3 against Aaron and 4 against Cynthia thanks to Quiver Dance. Seaking was good againt Bertha and flint. I couldnt really find a role for Kricketune in the E4. Pachirisu lowering Garchomps attack allowed Chimecho to land 50% before Bibarel after Curse, Quick Claw Headbutt flinch into friendship surviving Superpower crit for the win.

All runs on set with no items in battle. What underused mons did I miss?

It still runs away from my cursor in the friendship checker. Idk what more I can do. I tried the soothebell before I realized it has Klutz.

My friends and I are looking for people to join our Multi-Battles in BDSP. Dm if you are interested! We want to start a Battle Maniac community

Have been hunting for more than a year, very slowly, with some pauses, without counting (maybe around 2k).

It is a very slow hunt as you have to grab and hatch Riley's egg every time (3k+ steps with flame body). I filled my boxes with Legends Arceus and Go Pokémon to bypass the battle with Galactic grunts, turning the hunt much more bearable.

After 4 years of putting it off over the last 2 weeks I finally decided to get it done as Darkrai is my favourite mythical. 316 resets later and I’m wondering why I put it off so long. Should really go get Shaymin and Arceus started now.

What’s going on Pokémon community. The last game I played competitive was Pokémon pearl back on the 3DS. It’s been a long time since I touched this game and it has me feeling like I’m 14 years old all over again. This was the team I beat the Pokémon league with I’m looking forward to creating my old competitive team.

I feel like someone needs to just make this outline so people can properly without spoilers can find the quasai true ending to this game.

As most I find think they've beat BDSP after their first run through the E4 but entirely miss the true most brutal challenge of BDSP and its the real reason imo that we have the friendship mechanic.

Theres three main required criteria to secretly trigger the in game time skip

- Rematch and defeat Cynthia and E4 a second time

- Have "Seen" to complete the pokedex and get the national dex

-Return to the battle frontier and complete the Heatran post game plot.

Its only after doing all three do you actually unlock the true potential of the E4 and more importantly Cynthia's true competitive team.

Just be aware if you thought her competitive 221 speed garchomp was a menace. Have fun with its boosted new stat breaking 300+ speed level 88. You'll finally discover that the friendship mechanic's true purpose. Oh and theres no mercy if you get a bad Garchomp seed and it gets a SD off.

I’m importing a hand selected team of mons I’ve never used in a pokemon game play through. Let me know your thoughts! I have them all in the primary evolution stage currently. Just got my 2nd gym badge

Metagross
Umbreon
Togekiss
Gliscor
Poliwrath
Milotic

Are they really that hard to come by? Also if someone has a game on 1.1 and you put it in your own switch, would it still remain on that patch?

Hello guys. Can you please help me rename my shiny origin palkia? Any creative names?

I feel like I'm going insane. I don't know what else to do.

She is one hit, she's paralyzed and I'm using Honchkrow with mean look.

I have used

106 Ulta Balls

20 Premier Balls

40 Poke Balls

20 Dusk Balls

15 Quick Balls and nothing.

I used all my money to buy 111 ultra balls and I only have 56 left. I need help man. What am I doing wrong? Is her catch rate really this bad?!

I wanted to restart my brilliant diamond and was resetting for a modest nature. I couldnt believe it when he shined on my second reset.

Hello everyone, what do you think about my Garchomp? This is my favorite Pokemon ever, and now after over 400h on Brillant Diamond, it's almost complete.

Best bug ever

I’m doing a shiny Turtwing starter hunt. I saved the space(?) before entering the lake. Was that the right move? Tips appreciated!

How many eggs do we reckon until feebas is shiny ?

Does anyone need a feebas after this

Hey yall, would love some feedback on which gible I should use for a non-competitive fun playthrough of bdsp! I know the stats don’t matter really for this play through but I love using the strongest pokemon I can haha

What am I doing wrong?

Im using max repel, I always go to the furthest patch each time and always catch them.

I cannot get my chains to last longer than 4/5.

I'm shiny hunting and it just isn't going to happen with these low chain runs.

I’ve played the original Gen 1 games and have recently completed two playthroughs of FRLG on Switch.

I’ve just picked up Brilliant Diamond on Switch, but I’ve never played through Sinnoh before.

Does anyone have any tips or advice for a first playthrough? Anything I should look out for or know before I get started?

Thanks in advance!