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Before all this, there are some interesting things I can achieve before this big return with my good friend Cain. I got the Scolipede with Swords Dance as soon as I reached Route 7, and with a Technique Contract, it's officially a permanent member of the team.

Within this, it's important to clarify something about Sylveon:

Swift learns it at level 17. It's possible to get it by going back a level to level 16 thanks to candies, so there's no real consequence to this. Even if there were other problems with this Pokémon, I also have another Eevee with Calm Mind in my PC that I got before my trip to the GDC (I was looking for one with Toxic, but that's another story). Although, to save time, I ended up using Relearned Move.

But let's leave aside a few things about this battle, because things are getting interesting:

Our good friend starts with Starlight Terrain and then transforms into New World, which you have to be careful of since this Pokémon is treated like a Darkrai, as in one phase it has its more reliable and improved Dark Void. This isn't the only way it can put you to sleep, since it will always put you to sleep on turn 4 and apply the Nightmare effect. Because of this, I opted for a simple solution: using Saveguard on turns 2 and 3 to prevent them from falling asleep so quickly.

It's a bit complicated, but if you do everything right, that's where I needed the speed boost and the ability to withstand a Psyshock. With good Iron Defense and a significant investment in HP, it can handle it well, and then it's simply a matter of passing and using Calm Mind.

That's literally the plan, and it's not good to get overconfident because it will destroy you in one hit, even with Bold and all the buffs on its last shield.

I hope you like it. By the way, I apologize in advance; the post was uploaded without any prior notification. I don't know what happened to cause it to upload unexpectedly.

Wait a minute, V14 is coming and I haven't posted the videos yet!! AHHH!!!

But aside from that, looking at this battle from another perspective, I think I could have played better. I could have had a Goli for this battle, and I could have handled the switches better, but I got way too overconfident after the beating I gave Giratina. That moment caught up with me. I hope I learned my lesson about not being overconfident.

Aside from that, it's funny to see myself on the defensive and recognize that the real MVP of the battle was Melia's Azumarill, literally saving the day while I redirected most of the hits. Also, a special mention goes to my Imposter Ball; it's so GOAD that it survived a final critical hit from Weaville while at half health. You don't see that every day, and it makes me really appreciate my past self for putting 252 HP and Def into it and the field helped to cushion the lethal blow under normal circumstances.

Although, I'm also somewhat busy with the fact that I'm working on some Desolation (it's not a short-term project), although I'm a bit worried about external things that I can't do much about except distract myself while I do this, for better or for worse.

The good thing is that since I think this is the last one (not that I won't upload one or two more later, but just out of curiosity) of the rescued videos I'm going to upload, I'll be going to several videos I recorded with mods. Just having the most beautiful visuals (in my opinion) of the battles, remembering moves without having to use mods, swapping the Poké Balls of gifted Pokémon, and the the marshadow smuggling black prism for moves we don't have (that is, only if it's possible to obtain through the Technique Contract, and only one per Pokémon, to be fair) already makes the whole pack worthwhile. Although I almost avoid using the rest, which I feel a bit sorry about, but it saves me days of suffering—I'm kind of traumatized by the Shiny Silvally Sword Dance—seriously, don't do that last part. Have some self-respect and don't do that crazy thing I did that day.

That's all for the blog. Enjoy the few times I have a bad time in a battle.

Alright, here are the changes I've been making:

I initially went from 24 to 48 frames per second, and then to 12 frames per second. This is interesting, and there are good reasons why I made those changes while working on it, but the main reason is that I wanted to test it out. However, my own PC was struggling quite a bit with how heavy this thing was, so for its sake, I decided to lower it to 12 from 48.

Yes, I do assign colors while I work so I don't get lost.

I had to redo several lines, as I mentioned before, because I wasn't entirely convinced; they were missing something in my opinion.

But beyond that, I hope to stick to the fact that I won't show everything until it's 100% finished. I will show small snippets, either before or after, if they become interesting, ahead of time, because one thing I'm sure of is that this will take a long time to complete.

I forgot to mention, the video capture didn't do justice to Hydreigon's flapping.

I hope you like this mini-update.

Even though she's a complete tyrant, it doesn't change the fact that this fight is very sad from her perspective.

I couldn't resist showing this fight, no matter how much suffering the other one is. Then I thought... wait, but context is necessary to understand what's happening in the other one, and I decided to show it.

But I have to say, it's a pretty safe fight overall, since it doesn't reach the full-blown danger levels of the other bosses.

But all joking aside, I swore to myself I'd never do this kind of thing again, no matter how funny it is, so we won't see Mastermind again for a while, unfortunately.

This doesn't usually happen to me. It's already funny to use its ability against it... wait a minute, I've been through this before. -He looks worriedly at Spacea and Tiempo, knowing she's going to pull the same trick again-

Seriously though, Nancy is problematic because her Focus Band on her Whimsicott and Tailwind in Mountainous Terrain would cause almost any Pokémon that switches in to take at least a good hit, leaving you in bad shape for the fight against Rift Chandelure. It's a shame my Volcarona can't say the same.

And now for the fun part:

Okay, this is important to know: Rift Chandelure's ability is Trace. It's not the best in the world, but here's the funny part: the battle can go very well for you. In my case, using a Slaking with maximum HP investment is crucial because it needs to withstand at least one hit in case you need to switch out. The rest can be seen in... Video

It would be faster with bowling and leech, but since it's a Ghost type, it's a textbook nope.

This is all I have to show today. The next one would be either the battle against Angie or the fight against Zetta and Geara, but it depends on which one is funnier to show to the public.

I FINALLY FOUND MY RECORDINGS FOLDER!!

I have several saved along the way, since I took a pretty long break because I wasn't in a hurry to continue the game. It wasn't until I installed a mod to search for a cell that I still haven't found, and I know it's not the missable one, but the changes it made to the game made me say it was worth it (I love having the letter Q to just throw the ball without having to go into the bag; it gives me years of life, or seeing info about the Pokémon you exchange at the arcades with the egg movement included—it's beautiful, just to mention a few things). Although they won't be visible until after chapter 12, I'll keep uploading as many as I can because, unfortunately, I lost some fights that I really regret not recording, like the one against Erick, which was so good, I can't even say it's hard for me to top that fight, it was so crazy.

I can only record a few pretty interesting and very funny battles, though there won't be a huge number because I either forget or I'm resetting, I'm warning you. Aside from that, I hope you enjoy it because this battle is hilarious.

Belial is a dangerous Volcarona, even though it can't be boosted and the terrain initially benefits it, but I wouldn't recommend using special attackers at all unless you have Volcarona. As you can see, it would work well with a Pokémon that can boost its attack stats or using the classic Baton Pass to boost its special defense.

That said, SOS attacks won't hurt you in the first few turns when they arrive, so ignore them and quickly eliminate the moth beforehand to turn it into a 1vs1, because it changes the field to Garden in stage 2 when it has no shields left.

Although, I'll give you a heads-up: this girl wreaked havoc in three gyms: Amber, Erick, and Flora. Even though I didn't record them, I can tell you how it went when the time comes.

Have a good day or a good night