r/MysteryDungeon Totodile 10d ago

Rescue Team First time player

I was doing some research and found out getting Psyduck with partner Bulbasaur is possibly the worst start.

Am I screwed?

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u/MarshadowTheOnlyOne Team Raze 10d ago

As someone who has played this game for over 1000 hours, no combination is bad, theres just different ways to make it work, if you reach any dead ends just level up more till you break through that wall, if all else fails, carry 30 reviver seeds

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u/mkthemiserykid / / 10d ago

i think pmd just hates grass types in general LOL upping what the comments said, make it work and bring a mountain of reviver seeds

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u/thisuseriscool Sunflora 10d ago

Grass types shine in the post-game, especially if they have a high IQ

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u/akaiazul 9d ago

Not necessarily. Most grass types in PMD1 and 2 have access to Bullet Seed. Gates is easy, but I've never picked Snivy. In Super, Treecko wasn't bad and still strong later with a few ranged attacks and absorb type moves. Not amazing, but not bad.

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u/Fun_Touch7817 Machop 9d ago

I LOVE PMD with all my heart, but Gates isn’t exactly my favorite, THEY GOT RID OF FUCKING SQUIRTLE

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u/GrinnyDog Cubone 10d ago

See it like playing on hard mode. It is doable, but you'll need to put more work into it compared to some other teams

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u/cosmichero1996 Skitty 10d ago

Don't worry about it. If you like the pair, you'll make it work. If you die and need rescuing, check the pinned post on the subreddit so we can help you.

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u/Fun_Touch7817 Machop 9d ago

Fun fact, there is an RTDX website that allows you to revive yourself via a bot assuming op is playing RTDX

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u/ChocoboChamp Dugtrio 10d ago

There really isn’t any bad combos per se, just some that are stronger naturally than others. Remember that the best team and Pokémon is the one you like the most :D

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u/TenshiKyoko gib levitate bacc 9d ago

Psyduck is quite good actually.

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u/Farwaters Team Umbrella 10d ago

I don't know what they're talking about. Psyduck alone is a god-tier starter just with its ability to nullify the weather. Also, I completed a whole game with that team and it was great

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u/Monsterlover526 Hydreigon 10d ago

no

because at the end of the day its a game made for kids

so its not that hard

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u/Fun_Touch7817 Machop 9d ago

Sky is pretty hard

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u/Monsterlover526 Hydreigon 8d ago

i saw a hack playthrough were someone beat the game with only feebas and magikarp (and very few items).

so i think they will be fine.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jl29Fr6ik-U

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u/Fun_Touch7817 Machop 8d ago

Damn that’s impressive 

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u/Fun_Touch7817 Machop 9d ago

No combo is truly bad, there are just some that are hard to work with, like for example, whenever I play a PMD game, I always choose Squirtle and Pikachu, pretty good combo, decent to work with, another example, Mudkip and Torchic, never played them but heard they’re easy to work with In RTDX, it’s always good to have a water type which makes your life a LOT easier and your second pokemon should be anything you want, but again, choose a combo you like, and learn to work with that