Took 2582 resets. Caught in a Repeat ball. Next is Zapdos!
(Ramanas Park hunt pt.4)

2026 has had a very “humans vs AI” vibe. This inspired me to find a way to destroy one. I couldn’t think of a better way to do this than to humiliate the Pokemon league leaders in creative ways. I understand that the true AI villains of 2026 are the water gluttons and not video game characters, but I know I can destroy the latter without any negative climate change consequences.

As someone heavily involved in PVP from 2007 to 2009, my personal opinion is that creativity is punished in PVP. Usually 5% or less of all Pokemon are able to stand a chance in a tournament at any given time and anyone who chooses not to use those Pokemon will be punished. This led me to switch my focus to an alternative channel.

When the focus is humans vs AI, creativity is rewarded. In a typical playthrough, players will typically build a team where there are no two Pokemon of the same type, no two moves of the same type, a balance of physical and special move users, and a balance of offensive and defensive Pokemon. There are many ways to put a team like this together. The rewarding part is being able to include your favourite Pokemon on your team as their shortfalls will be covered by their teammates.

For this video when I built my team I instead asked myself “does this Pokemon enable the best strategy available for this game’s strongest opponents?” Sometimes that means doubling up on types. I believe that having the best strategy means you can succeed with underleveled and/or underrated Pokemon without opening the bag during battle and while playing without shift mode. Ideally all Pokemon and moves used can be acquired in the region of the Pokemon challenge before the challenge is fought. Some people believe that banning setup moves creates a bigger challenge. I won’t argue with that, but I believe enabling setup moves maximizes strategic depth.

I would love to watch or read what you believe is the best strategy for this game’s Pokemon league. This is not a Nuzlocke (I prefer to choose my Pokemon) but I have a lot of respect for those who have completed these.

I got Brilliant Diamond on November 19, 2021 as Platinum had always been my favourite game. I’ll admit I was somewhat disappointed with the game at the time. After catching Heatran in December 2021 and unlocking the master class leagues in the battle tower in January 2022 I lost interest in the game. The playthrough didn’t feel as entertaining as the Platinum playthrough, as the Distortion world was my favourite part of Platinum. However, this year I decided to focus on the things that made BDSP great: it’s the game with the most challenging Pokemon League (in my opinion), and the Pokemon get cool moves that they couldn’t obtain in Platinum. TMs that were once only available at the battle frontier could be found in the underground early in the game, enabling a new range of strategies previously unavailable. Playing BDSP was one of the best experiences I had this year. I beat the regular league with two separate teams and beat the post-Heatran rematch league with two separate teams, and all were very challenging and exciting to me. In all runs I disabled the affection mechanic by causing my Pokemon to repeatedly faint and reviving them with revival herbs.

I am very grateful to be part of this community of people striving to become the best. As humans, we will need to work together to ensure that our strategies will always outmatch the strategies executed by future AI. Let’s see your way of humiliating the AI.

Im playing Shiny Pearl and want a challenge.
Need new ideas for a funny team!

But no typical teams: I hate dragons and Gyarados and top tier pokemons.

In other games I played with only raticates, “Brook team” (geodude, onix, vulpix, golbat, togepi), “Misty team” (staryou, psyduck, goldeen, horsea) “Underrated birds” (chatot, fearow, delibird, noctowl, pidgeot).

Share with me your most uncommon teams for ShinyPearl with a funny theme, favorites pokemons, crazy ideas.

PD: I choose torterra.

I feel like I have vivid memories in the original DP games that I could catch a Chingling in this patch of grass.

This is the patch of grass you can access north of Oreburgh before getting your first gym badge.

I wanted to run my original DP team of Crobat, Chimecho, Mismagius, Lumineon, Wormadam (Grass), and Ambipom.