I was afraid level 45 would be too high for metang to justify a slot on the team (especially alongside a Rufflet and Gabite lol), but I was able to use 3 Rare Candies to make it into Metagross. At that point it definitely was on the sidelines for me until evolution. It did fine in the level 20-30 range but started to fall off once most mons you faced were 3rd stage Evos. It's useless until evolved into Metang, but Metang had some decent match-ups mid game where it put in work. I don't see Beldum/Metang/Metagross anywhere, but it did surprisingly well for me. It's honestly really bad, and while I love Braviary, I won't ever use it on a playthrough again. For some reason it's listed in C tier, but honestly it's a lot closer to D/E unless there's something I'm missing. As a Braviary it did what you'd expect from a flying type, and it's stronger than most, but it's so late in the game it doesn't make up for how bad it was early/mid game. It's basically heal fodder because while it's okay early game, once you start facing evolved mons it is super lacking in speed, bulk, and attacking power, which leaves much to be desired. This meant it sat on the sidelines until the E4 aside from a select few match ups or to finish off a kill.
But Murica Bird is my favorite flying type so I had to at least try. I caught a Rufflet early on because I wanted Murica Bird on my team even though it evolves at level. Not a lot of coverage moves, but you don't need them when it can 1v4/5/6 a good chunk of the trainers in the game. Not much to say, it cheesed through a lot of battles and it got to the point where I would only bring it out against really tough opponents, because it made the game a little too easy for my liking. Once it evolved into Mudsdale, it was insane with Stamina. Wasn't even planning on keeping it on the team but it was so good I had to. It started out a bit slow but around level 25 or so it picked up. Mudbray/Mudsdale was OP af with Stamina lol. Like primarina, definitely deserving of A imo However, it's defensive typing is really good and it's defensive stats made most moves only 3HKOes, so it could 1v1 most mons from full. I think it's main downside is that it's speed is pretty underwhelming, so it almost always had to attack 2nd. Evolving into Magnezone by about level 30ish (I don't remember the exact level, but it was my first 3rd stage Evo and quite early into my playthrough) made it easy to breeze through a lot of the trainers I faced and having a good Z Electric or steel mid game almost always guaranteed a kill when I needed it. Magnemite was also very strong for me, as it's a much better early game Electric type over Grubbin/Chargabug due to actually having good attacking stats and a great typing. Like I said, A is fair, but probably one of the best and might be on that line for S rank, and it's definitely the best performing starter in my opinion.
#Hapu mudsdale rig trial
I think A is fair for it but it's definitely better than Rowlet, which I struggled with in my initial playthrough (I ended up restarting the game at the ghost trial since that's where I left off years ago, and I distinctly remember Rowlet not being that good in any of the battles it was in), and while I never used Incineroar in US, I used it in Moon and it was decent, but not great. On top of that it's Z move made a lot of battles easy to cheese through, as it basically guaranteed an OHKO on any non resist or super bulky mon. There were a lot of battles where I didn't have to send it out since the other members of my team covered everything, but if I was in a pinch it pulled through. It had a decent match-up in most trainer fights and was able to contribute every time I sent it out, even if it didn't necessarily have the type match-up. Upon evolution to its latter two stages, it kept getting better and better, with Primarina putting in a ton of work mid to late game once it got the Z Crystal and Moonblast. Popplio was decent early game and despite being a special attacker, Aqua Jet was a nice priority move to keep throughout the game to finish off KOes without taking damage. Obviously, this team wasn't made for efficiency, as the latter three are pretty meh for a chunk of the game, but I like the mons and wanted to use them in a play through since they were available and god dammit this is America I do what I want.Īnyways, the first three carried me for a good chunk of the game.
Figured I'd post some thoughts on my team, which consisted of the following:
I used this list to decide some of my team members. First time playthrough (I know I'm like super late but I lost interest in mons when the game came out and only recently got back into it) since I restarted at the Ghost trial.
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