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Variants Revamped 🍄❤️‍🩹☣️

I decided to make my shroomish inspired fakemon regional variants instead of additional evolutions, thus I gave shroomish new forms too.

The first variant, Rhodaria (Rhodotus+Muscaria) I wanted to give an aura of calm, meditation, or prayer. It is based on a few different mushrooms like the Fly Agaric, Bridal Veil and Wrinkled Peach. While some are poisonous and others have medicinal/culinary uses, the primary focus is healing.🏥

•Shroomish: Fairy ➡️ Rhodaria: Fairy & Psychic

• Appearance: Nuns, Nurses, Brides,

• Evolves after you level it up with a Pleasant Poultice.

• "Shroomish releases a calming aroma and they are often kept in Spas to create a relaxing atmosphere. The droplet that excretes on its head can be diluted to make a throat soothing tea.

• "The excretions that collect on Rhodaria's veil have the ability to heal wounds, however they can also cause hallucinations if dosed improperly."

• Ability: Guttation- Allows it to restore 1/16 of its maximum HP at the end of every turn or confuse the last foe that made contact with it.

•Moves: Aromatic Mist, Sweet Kiss, Disarming Voice, Calm Mind, Confusion, Heal Pulse, Miracle Eye, Psywave, Hypnosis

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The second variant, Decague (Decay+Plague) I wanted it to be unnerving and creepy. The mushrooms that I drew inspiration from were Iky Caps, and Old Man of the Woods.

• Shroomish: Poison ➡️ Decague: Poison & Dark

• Appearance: Plague Doctor, Grim Reaper, Slender Man, Therizinosaurus

• Evolves after you level it up with a Vile Vial

• "These shroomish gather in old dark forests, leaving trails of toxic goo in their wake.

• "Decague is slowly breaking down its own body causing it to drip toxic black ooze. When it unveils its sickle-like claws it can cut with surgical precision. It often stands motionless in dark forests, when it moves it does so with such speed it appears to teleport"

• Ability: Deliquescence- Allows it to restore 1/16 of its maximum HP at the end of every turn or poison the last foe that made contact with it.

• Moves: Acid Armor, Acid Spray, Cross Poison, Dire Claw, Poison Powder, Purify, Hone Claws, Night Slash,

Hey Everyone I'm no pro at Elden Ring but I love helping other people get through boss fights or caves/tombs. Here's some things I've picked up and thought I might share:

• If you are summoning others to help fight a boss...PLEASE turn OFF your matchmaking so we don't get invaded by PvP players.

(Also to those who like to do invasions... have the common sense/decency to recognize when this is the situation. So don't impede their preparation for the boss or stop them from starting the boss fight. I can understand the fun of competing against others but they are there to help with a boss not to fight you so don't be a jerk. It doesn't make you god tier to kill players that aren't geared for PvP)

• If you are the Host remember your priority is to survive (I know crazy right), but seriously, don't overdo it drawing all the agro or throwing yourself at the boss.

• Rotate drawing agro from enemies/bosses. This prevents them from attacking as much, opens them up for attacks, and helps give each other time to heal.

• Please don't pull a Leroy Jenkins and just run through the boss door as soon as your cooperators spawn in. I always buff everyone and typically see other cooperators doing the same so wait to make sure everyone is ready!

• Plus if it is your first time fighting a boss you start significantly closer to them so don't fight them right off the bat, move away. I can't tell you how many boss fights I've entered just to watch the host die instantly cause they don't realize we are still half a mile away.

• Try to summon 2 people, this gives you the best odds of winning. I don't mind waiting for a third so don't feel rushed to start the fight.

• Keep in mind to not cancel out the frostbite someone's building on a boss with your fire abilities. (This is important especially for Malenia where frostbite is the most helpful)

I'm sure a lot of you are already aware, but for those that aren't, here's some individual tips for bosses I often help people with:

• For Godfrey- Someone stay close to him when he starts his stomping phase or at least try to knock his health down quickly enough to start the second half of the fight. Staying close will reduce how much he darts around and stomps. However when it comes to his grappling phase keep your distance and focus on dodging. basically play hot potato drawing his agro so the others can hit him. If you can manage to give him Scarlet Rot time will handle the rest of his health.

• For both Godfrey and Radagon jumping is your friend. While the timing window is smaller for Radagon's attacks jumping around him, or in general, can save you from getting hit or at least reduce the damage.

• For Malenia- Utilize weapons/skills that take out poise easily. Malenia is easily staggered so take advantage of that. If you give her too much breathing time she'll either take you out or she'll steal health from you.

For example: I spam her with the Death Ritual Spear's Spearcall Ritual, I've had fights where she never gets to move from me doing this along with others attacking up close. I'd also recommend learning the pattern to avoiding her Waterfowl Dance, there's videos and forums on how to pull this off.

Purely focusing on companions over the past two generations of Pokemon, I've been happy with the results. I was truly sad to be saying goodbye to Hop and Marnie when it came time to start our journey in Paldea. In no way am I saying they haven't done it before but they had given each of them such specific personalities and their own individual challenges that really flushed them out as characters. I was anxious to see if they would be able to make me feel an attachment to the new companions in Paldea and they did not disappoint. Nemona, Penny, and Arven all in their own special ways chipped away at my doubts. Our companions from both regions have very separate personalities unique to them which helps us to make a connection with them. This is opposed to some of our past in-game friends that are either flat or cookie cutter copies. I truly appreciate the effort that went into making these characters as they definitely have an impact on the enjoyability of each game and create a lasting impression.