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Pokémon Scarlet and Violet (2022)

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Let's Play

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I have found all three signboards in Kitakami, and the next request is from Carmine, and it is to visit Crystal Pool, which is located at the top of Oni Mountain. Crystal Pool is an area is said to be connected to the Tera Energy from Paldea, and we might find some crystals that can help with fixing Ogerpon's mask, but we will have to deal with some wild Pokémon on the way there.

As for the rest of the description, I recommend watching the full video before reading past this point of the description

At the start of the video, I show that you can find Phantump at Reveler's Road, I did not know you can get it there, but here is one place you can get it. Phantump does require a trade to evolve, but you can find its evolved form Trevenant in the wild at Timeless Woods, which is where you can find Phantump more commonly. Trevenant has access to many moves like Wood Hammer, Shadow Claw, Horn Leech, Will-O-Wisp, and many others, it is a decent option for a Ghost/Grass-type to use.
After resting at the community center, it is time to visit Carmine's grandfather, and the next area to check out is Crystal Pool, which is on the summit of Oni Mountain. Time to go through Infernal Pass, and this area has Koffing, Spoink, Geodude, and Chingling for encounters, and Duskull can be found at night. I did catch a Shiny Mudbray in the previous part, and I decided to evolve it into Mudsdale, that way I have a Ground-type Pokémon in rotation and that can come to use against some Poison-type Pokémon that we will be seeing eventually.
The new encounters are Fire-type Pokémon, first up is Slugma, and you can find one with a Rock Tera Type which comes with Ancient Power. Slugma is a slow Fire-type with Special Attack for its best stat, Fire-types are very hard to use defensively, even though they resist many types like Grass, Ice, and Fairy, which are helpful resistances, it is weak to common types like Water, Ground, and Rock. Its evolved form Magcargo is a Fire/Rock-type with a good Defense stat, Fire/Rock is one of the worse defensive type combos, it is 4x weak to Water and Ground, two very common attacking types, no wonder it has never seen success in the competitive scene. Magcargo does get Shell Smash, but it is very hard to pull off, I don't see this Pokémon being a top recommendation.
Here is the better Fire-type option, Litwick is also part Ghost-type, they tend to spawn at night, but you can find a static Litwick encounter, and there is a Lampent with the Grass Tera Type which is at a high level and knows Energy Ball. To evolve Lampent into Chandelure, it requires a Dusk Stone, Chandelure has a massive Special Attack stat, and with Shadow Ball and Flamethrower, it can take out many foes, and it does get some good TMs like Psychic and Energy Ball, this is the Fire-type you will want to use.
Then we arrive at Crystal Pool, and when you talk to Carmine, prepare to fight against a Milotic in a 2v1 battle, Carmine's Morpeko will likely get Milotic down to low HP, making this an easy fight. Then Briar shows up and tells us about how the crystals could be a connection to Tera Crystals in Paldea, and the music for Crystal Pool does have a part of Area Zero's music, and you can find wild Glimmet around the area, as well as a Glimmora with a Grass Tera Type, it doesn't have any Grass-type moves, but it can learn Energy Ball through TM.
Next is the tricky part, there is a hidden cave that leads to an underground cave, and the water is where you can find Feebas. It does require a trade with a Prism Scale to evolve Feebas into Milotic, but once evolved, it has very good Special Defense and a good Special Attack stat. Milotic does get Surf as a level up move and it can learn Ice Beam, Scald, Dragon Pulse, and many other moves through TM, and it can use Recover to heal off the damage, this is a decent Water-type option if you want to use it.

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