Hello everyone! I continue on my journey this morning towards my first gym badge. After i beat Faggle, I heal up and go onto Route 203 to see what i run into. Unfortunately, it is another Starly so i just kill it. I then enter the Oreburgh Gate to see what pokemon i can catch. I figured it would be a Zubat or Geodude, but to my surprise it's a Psyduck! I tackled once and it did about 1/3 damage. I use Tackle again and i get a crit and it dies...
JJKNDFBIJBIJEABJAKJ FUCKMYLIFE. Not. Happy. Ugh, anyway I make it to town and the gym leader isn't there so I decide to see what pokemon are on Route 207. I run into a wild Machop! Biddof takes a Low Kick like a boss and i tackled it twice and decide to try to catch it. AND I'M SUCCESSFUL. Yes, I am typing this as it happens. I name him Curls because he can probably curl more than me and i decide to check his nature. He is Modest. I feel this game is trolling me already. Well, he is resistant to Rock and Dark moves, so he will be my poke for Roark's Cranidos. I just have to teach him Return to make him usable. I go into the Oreburgh Mine place south of town and the first pokemon i run into is Geodude. One Low Kick to the nuts and Geodude goes right under half health. I chuck a pokeball and hes caught. I was gonna name him cole, but since he is hardbody i named him Cole Train after the Gears of War character.
After much grinding, I decide to take on the Oreburgh Gym! I go in there and face the first trainer who only has a Geodude. I throw in WhoreTerra and use absorb since it isn't the gym leader and it almost dies while Geodude increases its defense. Since it's in the red health, I figured "let's see how much Tackle does to this level 11 pokemon". The results are in: NOTHING. Yea, I'm gonna have a tough time with this gym leader. I finish off the Geodude and grow to level 11 with the rest of my pokemon, except for Bidoof, who is at level 12.
Here is my game plan: use Leer with Curls 6 times on each pokemon and switch in Cole train to use a resisted STAB Rock Throw. The plan works against Geodude! Roark used a potion on him and I still managed to 2HKO after he healed. He then sends in Cranidos. CRANIDOS KILLED CURLS! =[ crap. I get a Growl off against him with Dag (who I plan on getting rid of anyway) and he dies. Same thing happens to Sheila, but she at least gets a Quick Attack off. This is looking bad. I heal Cole Train when i throw Bob in and Cranidos actually used Leer. I growl for the 3rd time and i survive a Headbutt. I use Quick Attack and then Die. I am down to Cole Train and WhoreTerra and decide to go with COLE TRAIN. He Leers as i go to raise my defense so it gets cancelled out. He Pursuits as I Rock Polish. I begin tackling as he continues to Pursuit me. He scores a crit! Now I am knocked down to 7 HP and use a Potion. He did the same thing -__- I have no idea how I am going to face Onix. Another Leer/Defense curl turn occurs. I miss click and use Rock Throw. It does a shitload more than Tackle. I hate this Challenge. I use a potion at 12 HP, get up to Full HP, get critted down to 13 HP. I spam tackle and kill it with 1 HP. FML. Now he has Onix. I bring in WhoreTerra and try to think of a plan. I wish I could use Absorb, ugh. I decide to heal Cole Train and Onix missed his Rock Throw. YES. He hits his next one for 9 HP as I go for the Withdraw. The next Rock Throw only does 4 HP but I am sure my Tackle only did 1. I score a crit on one of my Tackles and it looks no different. I only have 2 potions left and 1 super potion at this point and need to keep WhoreTerra alive in to win this match because if Cole Train gets anymore experience, he is going to the death box with everyone else. FUCKING CRITS ME AGAIN AS I HEAL. Once again, brings me down to 13 HP. It must be a sign. Use my last potion. Now i will use the X defend and Attack items i found on WhoreTerra. There is no change in damage on either end. Onix now trolls me with 5 HP and uses Screech. I think it ran out of Rock Throws so all it can do is Screech or Stealth Rock. Now it used Stealth Rock...can it be the end? I DID IT. I FUCKING BEAT HIM. YES. HOLY CRAP. HOW?! I cannot believe I just stalled out Onix. Roark must have only had 1 potion to use. His first words "This is embarrassing..." is no understatement. The highest leveled pokemon I used in that battle were Cole Train, Dag, and WhoreTerra. Since I did not want him anyway, I am sending Dag to the death box even though he was destined for that anyway (LOOPHOLES FTW). Now Here is my current team:
WhoreTerra the Careful Turtwig
Level 12 39/21/22/16/23/14
Tackle/Withdraw/Absorb
Cole Train the Gentle Geodude
Level 12 34/25/28/14/16/12
Now i need 2 challenges for the next gym. Here is my original post if you need to check it out.
http://www.smogon.com/forums/showpost.php?p=4332983&postcount=105