Orcinus Duo

Yeah, and it's called Legacy of the Old Gods. It's the last quest on this page. However, we can't do it unless we play on Hard Mode and have the Exhalted status and I don't think either of us are ready for that just yet.

In any case, I appreciate your input. I'll think it over for a day or two and relay you back on our attack plan. Then we can stop delaying and get straight to the fun stuff. :3

Hahaha, it's all right. :P

As for the difference between killing the Metagross over Porygon2, there is none. Beating one will win us the raid. I wanted to go after Porygon2 because it'll have much less HP than Metagross which has a whopping 700 HP over Porygon2 which probably will have ~200-300 HP. Not to mention Porygon2 will be easier to exploit due to weaker defenses, less threatening movepool, etc.

If it helps, try calculations with the Magnet item as well (they give +4 BAP to all Electric moves), specifically for Garde and Rotom.

And there is no such thing as Gymax's Quest. :P I think you're confusing the name from the Legacy of the Old Gods quest where you obtain the Paragon of Gygax. Unfortunately for us, the quest can only be cleared if we play the raid under Hard Mode rules.

This is the raid in question where Engi and Dogfish focused fire on the batteries which revealed the Pory2. This is probably the only raid that did this as all prior ones simply focused on the Metagross.

Here is the list of all the quests for the Isle of Lost Relics expansion if you're wondering. If there's any more questions, be sure to send them my way. :]

Okay Orcinus. After thinking about this for the last few days, I got two plans for the Central Processing Raid.

Plan A:
Bring Infernape and Rotom-H and I'll use Blaziken and Gardevoir.

For the first encounter, we'll be fighting two Beldums. For the second encounter, we'll fight two Beldums and a Metang.

From here, we'll just attack the Beldums using our Fire attacks. Rotom-H can use Overheat every few rounds. One usage won't cripple its damage, however several of them in a short time will definitely make a difference.

Once we get to Metagross, that's where the raid takes an interesting turn.

One of Metagross' signature moves is Hammer Drop, which is essentially a Ground-typed Rock Blast that lowers the target's Speed by one stage. This is the main reason why I had a hard time planning for this raid - the best type of Pokemon to use (Fire) is also the same type that's difficult to plan around.

There's also two batteries on the sides, each with 75 HP and 3 Def/SpD. The batteries can only be harmed by Electric attacks as far as I know.

From here, I'm planning on targeting the batteries with our Pokemon use our Electric attacks to damage and destroy them. Infernape/Blaziken can use Thunderpunch, while Rotom-H/Gardevoir can use Thunderbolt/Thunder/Discharge/Volt Switch.

Once the batteries are gone, that reveals a Porygon2. Once its released, the raid objectives now shift to defeating the Porygon2 instead of the Metagross.

Now, I don't know how much HP the Porygon2 has since only one raid has ever done this plan successfully. However, it's safe to say it has much less than 400 HP (since the Pory2 in Central Processing Hard Mode has 400 HP).

From there, we just focus fire on the Porygon 2 and wipe it out.

Plan B:
For this plan, it involves wailing away the Metagross encounters with just pure Fire offense. As a result, bring Ninetails and Charizard and I'll use Blaziken and Togekiss.

The plan goes the same as before - just use pure Fire offense on the Beldums, the Metang & Beldums, and the Metagross. It's a lot simpler than the plan above. I chose Charizard and Togekiss since they can evade Hammer Drop which is a huge headache to plan against.

Tell me what you think about these two plans. If you have any questions about either of them or have any suggestions of your own, send them over my way. :)

And I posted my article ideA :D

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Alright, I'll edit in the magazine thread the idea so you can approve it :) then I'll get to work~!

I can work it in there, te question is how long do you want it to be?
Also idk about names 0.0 lol

Actually I had a brain blast just now. What if I write do a series article called "glacier's travels"? My character that I role play is an explorer, looking to fix different areas to put in the arena compendium. I could write stories about my adventures in discovering new places! And in each article I write I make a new arena for people to use, which I post at the end! That'll be creative, plus it'll get me back into arena making haha