#encounter poll

[the-pokemon-tumblerlocke]

which one.

snivy

oshawott

tepig

Voting ended onApr 20, 2025

[the-pokemon-tumblerlocke]

Virbank complex (this is a big one)

who we catching?

magnemite

elekid

magby

koffing

growlithe

patrat

audino

pidove

Voting ended onApr 20, 2025

[the-pokemon-tumblerlocke]

Floccesy ranch

who we catching?

riolu

mareep

azurill

psyduck

lillipup

patrat

pidove

Voting ended onApr 20, 2025

[the-pokemon-tumblerlocke]

DESERT RESORT ENCOUNTER POLL!!!!

who we catching

Sandshrew

Sandile

Darumaka

Maractus

Dwebble

Scraggy

Trapinch

sigyliph

Voting ended onMay 3, 2025

Pros and cons below the cut

Sandshrew

Pros:

- gets stab earthquake

- decently offensively

- pretty good defensively

Cons:

- Overall just worse than sandile

- also a strict downgrade to excadrill, which is better in pretty much every regard other than physical defense

- being a strict downgrade to the best pokemon in the game is Not Very Good

Sandile

- go look at the previous post pretty please 😭

Darumaka

- previous post too 😭😭

Maractus

Pros:

- pretty good special attacker

- gets acupressure for cheese

- good level-up moveset (acess to sunny day solar beam and synthesis)

Cons:

- we already have a good grass type in snivy

- not that great against a lot of the enemies in this game

- might just die to a random flying type wild pokemon because it's kinda slow and kinda frail 💔

Dwebble

Pros:

- sturdy shell smash is a great combo

- this guy is tanky

- pretty well rounded pokemon overall

- buge. I enjoy

Cons:

- there's not many i fear

- can't really do much against water types but that's kind of it

- carcinization was right this guy really is the perfect life form

Scraggy

- previous post too 😭😭😭

Trapinch

Pros:

- dragon types are always pretty good at a bare minimum

- trapinch actually has the same attack stat as flygon before evolving so its not unusable at all

- stab earthquake

- really good movepool too

Cons:

- also not a lot of them

- takes a while to become good since it evolves kinda late

- overlaps in role with excadrill, which means it wont be our best option pretfy much ever unless drilbur loses its poll

Sigyliph

Pros:

- Not many good special attackers in this game so far

- fast, strong, good movepool

- magic guard is a contender for best ability in the gane

-blog runner REALLY likez this guy

- it's strong early game and doesn't tend to fall off very much due to its coverage

Cons:

- won't be good against a lot of the upcoming major fights due to then having resists and pokemon that are atrong against it

- REALLY bad 4 move slot syndrome. It just learns so many moves that it cant fit all of the good stuff it has in a single moveset

[the-pokemon-tumblerlocke]

Route 16 encounter poll!!!

who we catching??

Trubbish

Minccino

Gothita

Cinccino

Emolga

Audino

Pineco

Voting ended onAug 18, 2025

Pros and cons below the cut!!!

Trubbish

(Check my route 4 encounter poll!!)

Minccino

Pros:

- really fast

- okayish damage

- deceptively good movepool

Cons:

- Catching it on this route would be kinda dumb since we can get a guaranteed one with a hidden ability on route 5

- it's not the best at actually killing things

Gothita

Pros:

- bulky attacker

- can support

- can setup

Cons:

- pretty slow

- weak to dark (vv bad in gen 5)

Cinccino

Pros:

- all of Minccino's

Cons:

- Wont have it's hidden ability skill link (VV GOOD ABILITY!!!)

- might miss out on some good level up moves

Emolga

Pros:

- fast

- has paralysis support

- ground immunity is always good

Cons:

- not very strong

- super frail

Audino

Pros:

- All the ones cited in my Castelia Garden poll

- Additionally, this route has way fewer cool pokémon, so it's less of an opportunity cost

Cons:

- available literally everywhere else in the game

- pretty tm dependant

Pineco

Pros:

- severely underrated

- great defensive typing

- great utility

- pivot potential with the volt switch tm from Elesa

Cons:

- Blog runner has literally no fucking clue on how to catch this thing

- even though its a phenomenal pokemon when fully evolved it's probably not even a top 3 steel type out of the ones we currently have :/

[the-pokemon-tumblerlocke]

Route 20

Who we catching??

sunkern

pidove

sewaddle

patrat

purrloin

Voting ended onApr 20, 2025

[the-pokemon-tumblerlocke]

Relic passage encounter wohoo

who we catching

Rattata

Onix

Roggenrola

Woobat

Timburr

Drilbur

Voting ended onMay 3, 2025

Pros and cons below the cut

Rattata

(Go look at the sewer post)

Onix

Pros:

- Insane physical defense

- okay-ish speed

Cons:

- everything else sucks

- this guy has less attack than sewaddle

Roggenrola

Pros:

- pretty much just a better onix in every regard

- hits hard

- decent against burgh's team and skyla's team

- Gigalith has some crazy stats ngl

Woobat

Pros:

- really fast

- can put in some work against a couple major fights

- good in the early game

Cons:

- really bad stats

- we have acess to a stronger and faster bat pokemon directly before it 😭

Timburr

Pros:

- hits really hard

- bulky

- fighting types are pretty good in unova

Cons:

- like none of those pros apply untill we evolve

Drilbur

Pros:

- this is objectively the best pokemon in this game

- access to early earthquake and steel/ground typing is disgusting when it evolves

- really strong, decently bulky and relatively fast

- blog runner thinks it looks cool

Cons:

- still solid before evolving considering the overall lower power level, but not as good

- it might cut you on accident if it gave you a hug because pointy claws. Ouch

[the-pokemon-tumblerlocke]

Castelia garden encounter poll

who we catching

Rattata

Eevee

Buneary

Pidove

Cottonee

Lopunny

Audino

Whimsicott

Voting ended onMay 3, 2025

Pros and cons below the cut!!

Rattata

(Check post the post directly before this one on my blog)

Eevee

Pros:

- every single evolution is pretty solid

- a cutie

- i could run a separate poll to decide what we evolve it into

Cons:

- i think some evos are post game locked?

Buneary

Pros:

- Good learnset

- matches up well against most fights in the game

Cons:

- a nightmare to evolve

- there is literally NO reason to go for buneary when lopunny is available on the same route outside of making blog runner's life more difficult

- isnt that great offensively

Pidove

Pros:

- there's not a lot of flying types available in these games

- it doesnt suck

Cons:

- its not insanely good either

Cottonee

Pros:

- good pokemon overall

- decent bulk and great utility

Cons:

- we could just catch whimsicott instead

Whimsicott

Pros:

- all of cottonee's pros

Cons:

- we miss out on some of cottonee's good level up moves (pretty much just giga drain and energy ball tbh)

Lopunny

Pros:

- all of buneary's pros except better since you're that strong at baseline

Cons:

- isnt that good offensively

Audino

Pros:

- Actually a pretty great defensive pokemon

- great support

- if we roll one with regenerator thats HUGE

Cons:

- available literally everywhere else i don't see a reason to catch it here specifically