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Holy shit that one shroomish is a goated wild catch

This is the correct N team for that fight Zorua Level 15 Type = Dark Resistances = Ghost and Dark Weaknesses = Fighting and Bug Immunities = psychic Ability = Illusion Item = Oran Berry Moves = Snarl, Fury Swipes, U-Turn, Grass Knot Tympole Level 13 Type = Water Resistances = Steel, Fire, Ice, and Water Weaknesses = Grass and Electric Immunities = None Ability = Hydration Item = no item Moves = BubbleBeam, Echoed Voice, Acid, Mud Shot Timburr Level 13 Type = Fighting Resistances = Rock, Bug, and Dark Weaknesses = Flying and psychic Immunities = None Ability = Guts Item: no item Moves = Low Kick, Rock Throw, Chip Away, Bide Pidove Level 13 Type = Normal/Flying Resistances = Bug and Grass Weaknesses = Rock, Electric, and Ice Immunities = Ground and Ghost Ability: Super Luck Item: no item Moves: Quick Attack, Razor Wind, Air Cutter, Tailwind

These NPC teams have fixed shinies. You will eventually see things like shiny Latios or Latias at some point if I'm not mistaken. Good fun

I strongly disagree with this point. Teambuilding is fundamental to any Pokemon game and should be a major factor in the game's decision-making. It's why the devs have gone through and reworked every single NPC trainer to encourage proper team building.

Cheren Route 10 if you pick tepig

Bianca Route 8 if you pick Tepig

They recently made a change to the way the AI works which significantly negatively impacts that particular variation, Currently searching for a good way to deal with it

How often do automatic wipes happen? and when was the last one?

Saffron is one of the worst gyms in the game for this strategy where rng cases like this can occur. if you are willing to use 2 x items on 1/5 variations you can try this

Barry's Team at Route Pokemon League (If you picked Piplup as a Starter) <- Need to fix this in the guide as it says 203

Barry's Team at Pastoria City (If you picked Piplup as a Starter) Barry's Team at Canalave City (If you picked Piplup as a Starter) Will do the rest when I get round to finishing the alt

This isn’t even true. Npc pokemon ivs and ev scale throughout the game. the first starter battle for example is 0 ivs and 0 evs.

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Or using a female of the same species line, so if you have a male rapidash, a female rapidash or ponyta would also work. can often be much cheaper as well