Nyx Plays Pokemon Uranium [Complete]

Here we go! On to fight more Nuclear Pokemon.



I know I know, I was busy with Sun.



Stand back, I’m a professional.




Uh oh, looks like something’s controlling the Pokemon. Box legend? Probably. At least we’ll get to meet it now.



Dude maybe you should sit this one out if you can’t even make it two steps without being KOd.



This is where the Nuclear Pokemon stop being easy fodder and actually become a bit tough. A bit tough, they still go down in two hits, but if the RNG chooses a strong Nuclear attack to hit you with, then your Pokemon will end up with a lot of damage. Thankfully again, revives and potions were of no concern.



Blitzen’s never going to evolve at this rate.




Caught a Hagoop.



Named him Gill.



Tubareel’s are hard enough even without the Nuclear typing. But I fight this one with Theo so it’s no big deal.



I didn’t get a screen of it but in the last chapter you literally said that you’re over 100 years old. Don’t give me that mere mortal stuff Monroe. Don’t tell me you’ve spent the last 100 years eating bonbons instead of training.




This thing was a pretty high level so I caught it.



…Thanks bro.



Clearly they’ve seen that they are nothing compared to my Pokemon!



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Oh, oh dear. That looks… powerful.



It’s… TWO? The one on the right is the box legendary, as I suspected would be showing up, but who’s that on the left?



Nintendo took it down.




Curie… Like Marie Curie. Clever.



Did… did I let Urayne out of that chamber back from the first Power Plant? But where did Curie come from? Does this mean I’m in the clear for blame on the destruction of that one power plant?



Curie isn’t messing around.



Would seem so.



You can’t let ME die!



And that’s how one trainer and her Pokemon… him? They? Her? I’m going with her because of the name Curie. Actually my new working theory is that Curie is my mom instead of Urayne, but that doesn’t explain why she’s very happy to murder us and destroy the world. Though she refers to herself as “we” so it’s possible that Urayne is controlling her. …For some reason.

It’s a work in progress theory.




No Dad! You still owe me twelve years of Christmas presents!



It’s…!



Best dad! You’re alive! I’m genuinely happy to see this, I was 50/50 split on Cameron actually biting the dust in this game.




A rather dangerous trap for us but… thanks?



Also what is Cameron riding on? Is that a Yatagaryu? Damn Cameron where do I get one?








Curie ups the ante by threatening Theo. Shit’s getting tense.



If you’re wondering why I didn’t get a screenshot of Cameron jumping in front of Urayne’s attack to save Theo, it’s because there wasn’t one. There was just a brief flash of light and then this line. I spent the next minute going “wait, did he just jump in front of Theo? Is he dead?”



That’s very nice of you to leave the rest of us alive after one attack.



Oh Arceus he is dead for reals this time, isn’t he?







He’s dead Jim! Why you gotta break the mood?



Oh, never mind. As you were.



NO, I’VE BEEN WAITING THREE GYMS FOR THIS HM. THREE. GYMS.



OH MY GOD PROFESSOR BAMBO WHY DO YOU DO THIS TO ME?



Sure, why not. Better than teaching it to my Pajay.



Back at the Ranger HQ, we get to use the PST to hear what this Nuclear Pokemon has to say for itself. Not much apparently.



Bad enough that you’re coughing from it, which I don’t believe is actually a symptom of radiation poisoning.




You got me beat, I was all expecting to face Urayne in the last encounter, but now I have this other person to worry about to. Just where is this plot going?



Turns out Cameron wrote a letter explaining everything. You know, just in case he had to jump in front of an attack to save his son.

It’s a pretty long letter, so here’s the tl;dr of it. Cameron was supposedly Cameron Caine, an electrical engineer who worked with Lucille in the power plant, but in reality he’s Cameron Stormbringer. Which, despite having the Naruto town’s patron Pokemon and the fancy name, he’s not actually from Tandor. Instead, he was an Interpol Agent sent to investigate some illegal experiments. You know, those experiments with Lucille and Professor Larkspur. However, he blew his cover and Larkspur blew the power plant. Interpol released him for his failure, but Cameron decided to stay in Tandor and continue investigating.



Theo takes the news well.




Curie (or technically CURIE, but meh) is actually the name of the suit, and can communicate telepathically.



Urayne is basically the Nuclear Generator Pokemon, meant to bring unlimited energy to mankind.



Guess we’re heading to Power Plant Zeta next.




In case you were wondering how he knew that.




I won’t let you down Dad!



Oh good. Radiation poisoning is one of the plot points that there because it’s actually a real danger, but not really important to the plot. Don’t have to worry about that any more.



But before we go off to fight more Nuclear Pokemon… I have a quest I need to start! Three legged bird dragon here I come!



First ninja house of six. I remembered this one from the route where we first ran into the surfing ninjas.



Oh ok thanks, what about…



Oh. The old ninja master told me these little ninjas would require a battle to convince to come home, but I guess not.



HERE’S SOMETHING THAT BUGS THE HELL OUT OF ME. So Tandor is split up into two maps. Except you can’t fly between them. You have to go to this middle island, buy a ferry ticket at 500 Pokedollars, arrive in one of two towns, THEN Fly to where you want to go. And there was a lot of back and forth between the two maps.



Second ninja house found just by wandering the nearby area. Wasn’t difficult to find.



Fossil!



Somehow I actually remembered where this guy was.




I named him Amon because I thought he looks like a crocodile. Turns out his evolution is the ugliest piece of shit I’ve ever seen. And only at Level 5 too. I’ve never booted anything into a box as fast as then.



Look at it.



Well it’s about time I found one of these in the wild.




Seems about right.



Capture one of these as well.




Ninja houses three and four. For the record, I’m not using a guide to find these. They’re actually in pretty easy to find locations. Just think of a notable location in the game and there’s one nearby, usually past a small body of water blocking it.



NO.



“Pokemon battles are just like gambling anyway.”

Uh… Sure.



Oh so that’s how you get a Tracton.



Number five. Only one left.



Mega Denzia.



May as well finally get my bike, even if I have no use for it any more.



Ok I did have to look this one up on a guide. But five out of six is pretty good.



Alright! Time to get my…




…it’s going to be level 5, isn’t it?




Dammit Greyling. Well it’s not like I’ve never trained up a low level Pokemon near the end of a game before. I’m sure it’ll be…



Dammit Greyling.

Guess I may as well bring Greyling along. I still have an empty slot to fill and I might get pretty far by attaching an Exp Share to him while progressing through the story. Besides, I still need someone to learn Fly, and Agnis is purely a Sp Attacker. Can’t ruin her moveset with a physical move, now can I?

Going through the normal Pokemon games have gotten a lot more complicated once I figured out how the mechanics actually work…





Ooh Nuclear Balls! That should come in handy.



Oh boy oh boy! An answer to a plot point I didn’t really think too hard on, but hey it makes the world more believable.



Got it. Let’s go fight some Nuclear Pokemon!



Here we gooooo!



….? I-it’s ok, I’ll put it on outside.



What mask?



I DON’T HAVE ONE ON. THIS EMPEROR IS NOT WEARING ANY CLOTHES.



The battle sprite is wearing it, so I must actually have it on. Seems like I ran into some sort of bug. After cross checking it with other Let’s Players on Youtube, seems like it’s due to me picking the gender neutral character. Normally I’m all, “what the hell creators? How’d a bug this obvious get past your radar?” And while all that’s still true, allow me to say, “What the hell patchers? How’d a bug this obvious get past your radar and you STILL haven’t fixed it yet? Is it because the sprite doesn’t exist? Shit you could easily use the sprite for the male trainer’s hazard suit and no one would notice.”

Ugh, well, just pretend I have some sort of hazard suit on I guess. Or that I’ve been injected with some sort of super serum and am now Super Adanna.



WHO’S THAT POKEMON?



Must have pretty good hearing considering we’re both off-screen.



Bah, this will be easy.



Woah wait a minute, what’s this now? Hoard battles?



Nah it’s just a trainer double battle.



Uh maybe? I just figured there were more than usual.




Get the reference? Except that I spelled Shaun wrong.




Oh. Huh, wonder why that is.



Yay? Yay.




Uh, sure man. If you’re that excited about it.



Kept calling these things Hazamas.



Don’t be fooled. Between knowing a recovery move and having a low catch rate, this thing took two attempts and way too long to capture.




Not sorry at all.



Hm, should I teach Meteor Mash? It’s either the powerful but inaccurate Iron Tail, or the less powerful but more accurate Meteor Mash. Since I’ve already based Ranulf’s entire moveset around setting up with Hone Claws first, I decide to keep Iron Tail.



It’s almost time.



RAD LEVELS RISING.




Uh oh.



A flash of light and now we’re… here. I guess. Just don’t think too hard on it.



Gotta wonder around this power plant until I can turn the power back on. It has a pretty obscenely high encounter rate though. Eventually the Nuclear Pokemon here aren’t even kind of a threat.



Here we go, the colored switches of power.




What even is this thing? The amoeba Pokemon?



Isn’t this where I theoretically released Urayne? Whoops. Let’s forget I did that.




Remember waaaaaay back when there an NPC that wanted a Tofurang? Well she’s about to get way more than she bargained for.




Piece of shit invisible suit.




Poison/Electric type is a pretty neat concept, to be honest.



Oh hey, another non-radioactive Nuclear Pokemon. Sadly I OHKO it and miss catching it.



Aw, who’s a cute Nuclear bug? I’m gonna get’chu.



AAAAH GET IT OFF GET IT OFF




I’ll nab you you little bugger.




And your big sister.




I admit, I’m completely out of names.



HOLY SHIT WHAT? 75? YOU SERIOUS?



Yeah how about I save you for later?



Doot doot.



The level 75 was an ambush from what I suspect was supposed to be a stealth portion of the level. But thanks to Nuclear being weak to everything, it wasn’t actually that bad and ended up giving a good amount of experience.



I’m putting it where exactly?



Medusa snake is mine. If I was using an Arbok.



Alright let’s go!



A TIMER? Apparently the radiation here is SO thick, I only have five minutes before I perish.



AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH



AAAAAAAAA WHY IS THIS PLACE A MAZE AAAAAAAAHHHHH



AAAA- oh it only took me two minutes to get here.




Unhand Theo you monster!




I dunno man, you’re going for total nuclear annihilation. It’s kind of a lose-lose scenario for the Rangers at that point.



Oh, Theo, you don’t look so good there.



Behold the power of being weak to literally everything, you mean.



About time- wait does CURIE have a missile strapped to her back? MAYBE WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT THIS INSTEAD.



Pft, another Nucleon. What are you going to do this time? Last Resort? Mirror Coat?



You know, Hyper Voice, that works too.



Because I guessed CURIE would have a bunch of Nuclear Pokemon, I gave Fluffy Hidden Power so she could do Super Effective damage as well. Turns out the two Nucleons took themselves out. Mutually assured destruction.



Oh, you look mean…



Ha, just kidding. Ranulf’s the one to fear here.



Oh, so that last Xenothing was only the middle evolution.



Ok, we’re finally down to just Urayne! I got this easy. Ranulf is a tank and can take neutral damage from all your Nuclear attacks. Just try him!



…

Yeah turns out Urayne knows Overheat.



I tried to simply outlast the Overheats, but even with Urayne at minimum Special Attack, they were still doing over 50% damage, so I had to give up.



*cough* Let’s uh, let’s try that again.



With some better planning by knowing what CURIE was going to throw at me, I was able to bait an Overheat onto Agnis and take Urayne down with her superior speed. Good job Agnis!



Ahahaha! I win! Not counting the first time.



Aw, Urayne turned into a small Urayne.




Well maybe they wouldn’t want to destroy you if you WEREN’T TRYING TO DESTROY THE WORLD.



Urayne and CURIE flee with their special Nuclear teleportation power. …It’s a thing.




We saved Theo. Yay.



Good dad’s awake!



…Suuuuuure. That’s definitely not going to happen before the credits roll.



But for now, it’s time for Victory Road and the Championship!

But first, let’s see what this is about.




So wait, I can un-Nuclear my Pokemon? That’s awesome! Now I have a level 75 Doot Doot that isn’t weak to absolutely everything!



Or not…? Yeah turns out that all Nuclear Pokemon, with the exception of Nucleon, have a chance of disobeying you. You know, just they weren’t useless enough. This treatment just makes it so they’ll obey you like a normal Pokemon now.



Traded that Tofurang, but it was just for another Palij. I don’t think I need two Dyna Blades.



Yes please take up all this time with dialogue of you checking my badges one. by. one. I’m sure that won’t annoy me at all.



Frosthra, what would have evolved from Eirene if I had kept her. It’s a pretty cool design I have to admit.



Sheebit, the Goldilocks rabbit.



YOU KNOW WHO LIKES ONE HIT KO MOVES? FUCKING NO ONE.



Wha… it’s… it’s a Daft Punk. It’s the Daft Punk Pokemon. That’s what that is.



Still got Greyling in training. He’s come this far, I’m not backing down now.



FFFFFFFFFFFFAAAAAAAAAAAughck this bullshit.



THIS BULLSHIT.



Alright, onto the cave portion of Victory Road I guess.




About time. Maybe you can fend for yourself now and earn Exp that way? (Of course not.)



This is the Pokemon that’s on the statues outside the cave entrance. Not sure why it’s so special.



…And the second Daft Punk.



Little demon Pokemon.



Hey wait a minute, that’s a Guilmon!



It’s got the same face shape and body size and that thing under the eye…



Please stop! Please no more!



I’d say it was a tough battle but Fluffy did like 99% of the work.



At this point I realize some of my Pokemon are terribly under leveled, so I decide to seek extra experience with the ninja family that gave me Volchick. It ended up being a huuuuge life saver. Each ninja specializes in a stat, and has five of the same Pokemon that will not only raise your EVs in that stat, but will net you a powerful 2500 exp per Pokemon. Didn’t take too long to grind up what I needed.



Lava Plume is great for Doubles, but I doubt I’ll be having too many more of those. Flamethrower it is.



Thanks ninja dude.




Finally. I was super close to dumping Blitzen. She just wasn’t pulling her weight, but I figured I at least had to keep her until evolution. Did it pay off? Oh it paid off.



In addition to raising EVs through battle, you can also play this little minigame to raise them. It’s super quick, like 20 seconds, and raises a stat’s EVs by about twelve per game. Super useful.



Tough.



The Pokemon team for the Special Attack stat was a bunch of Krilvolvers, which made perfect fodder for the Electric type Greyling. That said, I took so many of these things out that I had to turn the sound off because their cry was just too grating. I’ll probably remember the little gurgling sound they make until the day I die.



With my new and improved Blitzen and Greyling, I think we’re ready to continue! Also I was using Xenomorph here because I thought she’d evolve, but turns out she’s an evolve on trade Pokemon, and I didn’t want to bother with finding someone on the reddit to trade with me. …Yes trading is in this game they have a server and everything.



Go gett’em!



I forgot my honorifics and called this guy Sir Goldkorn instead of Senior Goldkorn. I think Sir Goldkorn makes his name even funnier to be honest.



Oh boy, now we have to get through the lava portion of Victory Road.



Vs. Team My Little Pony. Never seen these Pokemon before, but apparently you get an egg for their prevo from Professor Bambo.



I’ll admit, my first thought was that I had to cross this with a madeup HM called Lava Surf. Turns out you just push giant stones from the floor above into holes to create a bridge, but let’s be honest, Lava Surf is a pretty badass idea for an HM, don’t you think?




Got my own digimon.



I’m free! Though I didn’t take too many screenshots, it took like a full hour to get through Victory Road after I finished training with the ninjas, so it wasn’t a walk in the park.



Cool building, but didn’t you use this for some of the gym battles?



Because I couldn’t evolve Xenomorph, I traded her out for Dootdoot. I’m sure it’ll be fine.



NO RIVAL BATTLES.



Oh, it’s just the professor and dad. Hi guys!



YOU DON’T SAY.



Yes good. Shower me with your love.



Ah, Theo’s here. Guess he’ll end up being the champion.



…what.



I’M NOT SURE ANY MORE.



Wait seriously? That random guy from Victory Road? Uh, alright.



OH DEAR GOD PLEASE BE HERE TO CHEER ME ON AND NOT BECAUSE I HAVE TO BATTLE YOU.



Here’s the arena. Nice to have a Pokemon League where people actually watch you. Always thought it was weird that the whole thing was behind closed doors.



Dude it was like an hour ago.



Refined Pokemon… watch it be a bunch of Dark types with dirty fighting moves.



Pft.



Thankfully I did have some competitively useful items lying around. Also look at that glancing blow, Blitzen is a TANK. She instantly went from useless to MVP with that evolution.



Effortlessly takes out fabulous bird with its fabulous hair.



I’m highly tempted to just post this without context. But in case it’s just too confusing, this is the animation for Hurricane. The Pokemon just flies around this stock image of clouds. It’s unintentionally hilarious.





Next three Pokemon go down effortlessly. So much for being worried about the level difference.



The woman in white is no longer sitting in the waiting room, so fuck. Guess that means I will have to fight Tiko again. Shit shit shit do I even have a chance?



The good news is that between each match, my Pokemon are fully healed. So I don’t have to worry about items at all.



And just like in Sun and Moon, the fairy type trainer is just kind of… there.



Yeah! You go Dootdoot!



Easy.



Pathetic.



We- oh. You tried, Dootdoot.



Simple.



Guess we’re saving Tiko for last. Ooh boy, but Davern shouldn’t be too difficult.



Weak.



Rek- wait it doesn’t even have Poison Heal? You tried, game, you tried.



Hey it’s a Denzia!



Bye Denzia.



Gotta let Blitzen in on the fun.



JUST WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK THEY ARE?



*snrk* This just looks stupid I’m not gonna lie.





Later, buddy.



Oh god, how in the world am I ever going to beat Mega Inflagetah?



First Pokemon is Firoke. Goes down to a Hyper Voice easy. Maybe this won’t be so bad…



So turns out that Archilles is basically Inflagetah lite. It also has Flame Impact, that Fire type priority move that I hate so much.



Thank god for Blitzen’s insane bulk.



Look how fucking edgy this thing is. It’s great. Not only does it evolve at level 72 (this one’s just 70 because fuck you he’s Tiko I guess) but it knows an attack called Infernal Blade. It’s just so perfectly edgy I love it.



For only having a third of her health left, Blitzen put up a damn good fight.



Goddammit Greyling, you’re an electric type you should have this in the bag.



Aaaaaaauuuuugh, the one time you could have shined, and you blew it.



I lost here. I was worried about Inflagetah and I couldn’t even make it past his fourth Pokemon. This is going to be really bad, isn’t it?



I saved right before Tiko, so I tried one more time before just eating the defeat, and I did learn something. The Archilles is Choice Banded. By luring it into using Flare Blitz, Fluffy was about to take it out no problem. Too bad the gym leaders you fight are randomized, so this is information will have no effect later on.

…RIGHT?

Before attempting another go at the Championship, I decide to invest more time to grinding with the ninjas. Specifically to get my Yatagaryu, but everyone else got to at least level 60. Took about an hour of taking out nothing but Dunseraphs, Baariettes, Gargryphs, and Krilvolvers.

Ok, let’s see who I have to beat this time…



OH YOU’VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME.

Well, I’ve got stronger Pokemon this time. I can handle this… right?



Seems like you always fight Angelica and Sr. Goldkorn first. For some reason. I’d criticize it buuuut Pokemon literally did the same E4 out of nowhere thing in Sun and Moon with Kahili.



Sheldon was a pretty uninteresting fight, in that I literally took him down by just Leech Seeding all his Pokemon to death. You’d think one of his Pokemon would get past Ranulf’s defenses, but not really.



He does have this Astronite, which is the evolved form of Cometor.



Of course, Sheldon’s favorite Pokemon has a Mega. By now, Ranulf was weak enough that Agnis had to come in to finish the job.



Remember what I said about Tiko’s Archilles being Choice Banded? It ended up giving me a pretty interesting strategy. Fluffy leads the match to immediately take down Firoke, and then I switch into Agnes. This baits the Archilles into locking itself into Extremespeed, so I switch into Ranulf. Now I can easily take out the Archilles with what would have been a completely useless Pokemon for this match.



Yatagaryu has this ability that summons a new weather, Thunderstorm. At the end of the first and third turn, both Pokemon receive Electric type Stealth Rocks calculated damage, unless the Pokemon is an Electric or Ground type. It’s pretty neat, but I wish it was every turn like hail, but I guess I see how that might be overpowered.



And I wish there was an actual animation to go along with it.



NOT THIS AGAIN, GREYLING.



Good, I would have been REALLY disappointed in spending so much time with you if you, an Electric/Dragon type, had just been beaten by a Fire/Flying type.



Next up is Chimaconda, and guess what? It has Overheat+Contrary.

FUCK.



Overheat+Contrary+Choice Scarf

JUST KILL ME NOW.



And hearing my cry, the angels above blessed me with not one, but two misses from Overheat’s 90% accuracy. This shall henceforth be known as the Miracle of Dootdoot.



…And this shall be known as the Slaughter of Dootdoot.

Just so you know, I didn’t fight Tiko two times. Because I saved right before his match, I fought him SIX times, and I never was able to get back to at least seeing Inflagetah again. His team’s just nuts. In addition to his Archilles being Choice Banded, his Chimaconda being Choice Scarfed, I’m pretty sure his Pajay was also Choice Spec’d/Scarfed. In fact, wouldn’t be surprised if his Firoke was Choiced as well, I just never let it live long enough to test.

After giving up a second time, I decide that I’m not even going to bother any more. The gym leaders you fight in the final two are randomized, so the easiest way to make my problem go away is just to not have to fight Tiko again.



OH MY GOD YOU’VE GOT TO BE FUCKING KIDDING ME WHAT THE HELL? IS THE GAME ANALYZING MY TEAM AND CHOOSING THE GYM LEADER THAT WILL FUCK ME OVER THE WORST?



No, it should be random.



GIVE ME A FUCKING BREAK!



THAT’S IT. THERE’S A FUCKING BUG IN THIS GAME. THERE’S SOMETHING WRONG THAT’S MAKING TIKO APPEAR EVERY TIME. I’LL NEVER BEAT THIS FUCKING GAME. I’LL NEVER



Oh. Oh thank Arceus finally. Unfortunately my math skills are slipping, but the chance of encountering the same person five consecutive times must be pretty low. (I call shenanigans.)



This way I get to fight Maria again, who you may recall was actually the Champion in the last Championship. So it’s actually a good fight lore-wise.



THAT’S IT ASSHOLE, YOU EARNED YOURSELF A SPOT ON MY BOTTOM TEN FAKEMON LIST.



You’ll have to excuse me for not taking many screenshots of these next two battles. I was really tired of fighting the Elite Four at this point. Which is a shame, because Maria has a Feliger which I don’t believe has been seen yet.



Feliger’s like a mini Regigigas, in that it has great stats but a hindering ability. Feliger’s ability, Lazy, puts it to sleep as soon as it comes out. Wait did I say it hindered it? I meant it totally has Sleep Talk.



Maria’s Mega is this Kiricorn. Not a half bad Mega form I gotta say.



Still had no chance to Fluffy.



Next up is Vaeryn, the Ice/Dragon gym leader that I received the Mega Stone from. This time I don’t have Theo to back me up.



Right before the battle I gave Dootdoot Ice Beam because I knew I’d be facing Dragon types. Turns out it was a good plan!



I’M GOING TO WRING YOUR FUCKING NECK YOU PIECE OF SHIT RABBIT



Greyling coming through for me though. That Fafninter was nothing to his Dragon Pulse.



Of course, Vaeryn’s Mega is still his Ampharos.



FUCKING. FINALLY.



And to no one’s surprise, the Championship match is with Theo. And yes, we moved to an arena over boiling lava. For atmosphere.



OH SNAP IT’S wait what is that?



Well I gathered that much but to be honest I was kind of expecting Urayne.



Sure?



Well yes, it is the right color scheme.







According to the patchers, I’m not supposed to be able to catch this thing. Then I guess I’m not supposed to be able to get these Nuclear Balls, and I guess Theo isn’t supposed to say “Hey go catch this thing.”

I swear to god this community…



To be fair you can just knock it out and the story will continue the same, but that’s no fun.



Not too difficult.



Catching it does give you its Pokedex Entry, which is nice.



Everyone knows that beating someone up is the best way to purify them.




Guess Actan had a bad run-in with Urayne. But Actan is part Steel type, the one type that can resist the Nuclear type. Urayne must be pretty powerful to Nuclear-ize a Pokemon like Actan.



You did well Dootdoot, now back to the PC.



And speak of the devil.




You know I’ve heard great things about group therapy maybe you should try that first.



Oh god it’s even bigger now.



Toxic Fallout is a weather condition that does Nuclear type Stealth Rocks-calculated damage every odd turn, with the exception of Nuclear and Steel types that are immune. Thankfully, Actan’s got this. With its high level and Steel typing- oh right Urayne still has Overheat.



Right before the battle I taught Fluffy Hidden Power so she wouldn’t be completely useless. Paid off… kind of.



Thankfully, Actan has Intimidate, so all I had to do was switch Actan in and out to bait Overheats until Urayne had practically no offense left.



Gee, thanks CURIE.



Urayne flees and Actan gives chase, while CURIE collapses. Guess that battle really took a lot out of her?

Wait a minute, that head looks familiar…



Oh shit hi dad you really shouldn’t come any closer still a lot of radiation you know your dead wife definitely isn’t over here.



Yeah just don’t look too closely at her face.



I sort of had the impression that the helmet was controlling CURIE, or that they had a shared mind, given the genocidal thoughts seems really strange coming from my mom.



I sort of get the feeling that the sprite was supposed to show Lucille’s face here, instead of right after the fight.




Sorry dad, but you married Nuclear Hitler.



Oh don’t act like you’re all surprised. You two are the one’s that literally spent the past ten years on the sliver of hope that she somehow survived a fucking nuclear explosion.




I mean so did I but I’m working in the spot of the audience to a fictional storyline, not as someone in universe.




To be fair, I guess the scientist working to create a nuclear Pokemon is in the best position to have a plan to survive a nuclear explosion.



Theo finally asking the important questions.



Because her mind melded with Urayne’s?



Oh yeah, I guess that stasis tank did survive the explosion. It was pretty hardy looking. So not only did I accidentally let out Urayne, but I also let out my mom, who had been floating in stasis for nearly ten years. And I Must Scream seems rather appropriate.





Wait, so you’re saying that CURIE was making Urayne mad, and not vice versa?

FUCK MOM YOU REALLY ARE NUCLEAR HITLER.




OH NO IT’S CUTE.




Oh, that was rather nice of Actan.





Ah, CURIE.



Seems like Lucille was the one who created the CURIE interface.



You know… instead of coming home to her family.





Because you made a walking nuclear bomb or because they took one look at Mewtwo and went NOPE, NEVER AGAIN.




OR YOU COULD HAVE JUST ESCAPED THE BUILDING. SO YOU COULD SEE YOUR FAMILY AGAIN. Besides, what’s this accomplishing? Lucille being IN the tank with Urayne doesn’t increase its chance of survival. If anything, it would be a smarter move for her to evacuate and then return before inspectors discover the stasis tank for themselves. I mean sure they never did, but if they had, Lucille wouldn’t have been able to do much having just come out of stasis.



YOU WOULD RATHER RISK BEING IN STASIS FOREVER THAN TO SEE YOUR HUSBAND AND DAUGHTER AGAIN?



YOU’RE ABANDONING ME.




Considering the one human you actually got to talk to was a loveless murderer, this is a valid worldview.




Alright alright, you can come with.



Sadly you don’t get to keep Actan, which is probably why everyone says you weren’t supposed to catch him. But clearly you were supposed to catch him and then release him.



You don’t say!



Theo gives me the Championship, given that I did just save the world. Every champion since Ruby and Sapphire could learn a thing or two from him.




NOPE. DON’T GIVE ME THAT AUNTIE. I’M LEAVING, YOU GUYS ARE THE WORST PARENTS EVER.

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Final Team:


Ranulf (Metalynx)
Level 64
Item: Metalynxite
Ability: Battle Armor
-Hone Claws
-Leaf Blade
-Leech Seed
-Iron Tail


Blitzen (Fafninter)
Level 62
Item: Leftovers
Ability: Fur Coat
-Ice Shard
-Earthquake
-Avalanche
-Dragon Dance


Agnis (Pajay)
Level 63
Item: Sharp Beak
Ability: Big Pecks
-Tailwind
-Flamethrower
-Air Slash
-Roost


Fluffy (Nucleon)
Level 66
Item: Choice Scarf
Ability: Atomizate
-Quick Attack
-Hyper Voice
-Half Life
-Hidden Power


Greyling (Yatagaryu)
Level 66
Item: Expert Belt
Ability: Stormbringer
-Dragon Pulse
-Nasty Plot
-Thunderbolt
-Fly


Dootdoot (Trawpint - Nuclear)
Level 75
Item: Poison Barb
Ability: Shed Skin
-Ice Beam
-Sludge Bomb
-Toxic
-Psychic

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But hey, don’t go anywhere yet! Next up is my Top 10 Best and Worst Pokemon, Pokemon I missed on my journey through Tandor, and finally the review Dan has been desperately waiting for!