Pokemon Sword: The Inteleon Solo Run

 

 

 

Here comes my second Galar run report, starring the resident Water Starter. RNG granted me a female Sobble, which I gladly took in; I deem Inteleon more consistent with a female-heavy distribution as far as looks are concerned, just like his Sun&Moon counterpart Primarina. 

 

Upon discovering that my little Aquavista boasted a Calm Nature, I started devising plans to make her a mixed attacker. Those plans came true for a while, as I put together a Move pool made of Water Pulse, Sucker Punch, U-Turn and Liquidation. However, I didn’t stick to that pool: Sucker Punch is too iffy to use overall, U-Turn was a bit too weak, and Liquidation couldn’t hold a candle to Scald, Snipe Shot and Hydro Pump. That watery trio became my ultimate Move pool, along with Shadow Ball for extra coverage — all Moves above 80 power, perfect to drown all opposition. I’ll say it: as far as Galar Starters are concerned, the Inteleon line has the most kickass and powerful offensive Moves. 

 

You might think that three Water Moves was a surefire way to put myself in hot water (indeed); however, I breezed through the game’s late stages much more easily than I did with Cinderace, and at lower levels to boot. The only real roadblock was Rose and his team of Steel ‘Mons — not that Water is particularly weak against Steel; the problem there was undeleveling catching up to me. It should have caught up to me earlier, mind you (more on that later); but the late fight distribution is so darn favourable to Inteleon that I could progress much more swiftly than with Cinderace and Rillaboom.

 

Long story short: Inteleon is awesome, and completely on par with broken Water Starters of Gens past such as Empoleon and Primarina. His design is very much a hit-or-miss thing; but should you hate it, you’d still have to tip your hat to the brilliant James Bond inspiration. (For the record, I friggin’ dug it that design myself, despite the bipedal factor.) I’ll see you soon with more gaming goodness, dear fellow gamers — Pokemon-related or else; in the meantime, keep playing and take care!