Before we get started, if you get what that title is a reference to, you are awesome. Okay, now that the pleasantries are over with, let’s get into this.
With the world saved, and having just acquired my final and easiest – by virtue of having no restrictions – badge, I was ready for the big time, the Pokemon League.
Upon arriving in Victory Road I remembered that there was a Wally fight coming up Only problem was, I didn’t remember if it was at the start or end of Victory Road in Emerald, I know that they changed it from Ruby/Sapphire, but I didn’t remember which was which. Turned out it was the start… thankfully.
So the thing about Wally’s team, I think he picked the girliest Pokemon in Hoenn; Gardevoir, Altaria, Delcatty & Roselia? Seriously Wally? Come on. Anyway, the fight was super easy. Gorgeous pretty much solo’d him, it was ridiculous.
So I looked up which HMs I would need to progress through Victory Road, and I noticed Flash, and I thought, sweet, Tentacool will be perfect… turns out they can’t learn Flash. So I had to bring two HM slaves through Victory Road with me.
During my travels through Victory Road, I came across some of the deadliest AI I ever met. They were crazy good I tell you. They did all sorts of stuff like, switch their Flash Fire Ninetales into Booster’s Flamethrower attack, and use Skill Swap in double battles to get rid of Slaking’s Truant, and then… they gave it back to Slaking. Okay, so maybe they weren’t that smart.
So we got out of Victory Road, and then we decided, it was time… to get our grind on! And that’s why it took me like a month. Life was getting pretty busy for me, and whenever I had time to play video games I really didn’t want to spend it grinding. You understand, right?
So when ginding, I think I discovered that Golbat can see the future. They kept using Confuse Ray, on the turn I would snap out of confusion, it was uncanny. Too bad they outsped.
With my grinding complete, I had to go delete Surf from RNG, you’ll see why soon enough, and for that I needed a Fly user, so I caught a Golbat. Here’s a piece of trivia for you, Golbat cannot learn Fly. So I went and caught a Wingull instead. With Sapphire the Wingull in tow, RNG forgot Surf and learnt the infinitely worse Muddy Water.
But with that minor change we were done grinding, and I decided to take on the elite 4, on Good Friday. (I kind of needed to feel good on that day, you see last Good Friday was the day my Venusaur died in my Firered Nuzlocke. So, as much I was fighting the elite 4 for myself and you guys, it was also for him. (Don’t know why I put this in, just felt like it.))
Elite 4; Battle 1. Gorgeous solo’s Sidney.
Surprisingly not that bad. Just Light Screen + 2 Calm Minds, and then I swept for a while, till Shiftry came out, Double Teamed and then Tormented me. So Gorgeous had to alternate between Light Screen/Calm Mind and Thunderbolt. It was kind of scary because it meant that Sidney always got one free turn every time I killed something, and I really freaked out when that Crawdaunt used Swords Dance, but then like the idiot it was, Swords Danced again so I just straight up killed it.
Elite 4; Battle 2. RNG defeats 4 of Phoebe’s Pokemon
Dusclops + Pressure + Protect + 10PP = Argh! Why only one damaging move! I liked having rest as a way of getting around the limit of 4 items per battle, but I only ever needed to heal once anyway. RNG really did just power through Phoebe. He could have solo’d but I decided to give the last kill to Booster, because it wasn’t like he was going to do anything else in the elite 4.
Oh, and then the pen I was using to take notes with died, could you have picked a worse time?
Elite 4; Battle 3. Random solo’s Glacea, and beats Sealeo using only Metronome.
Let me recount the battle of Random vs. Sealeo.
Double Edge, Fire Spin, Constrict. *We both used Full Restores, (because I got paralysed and even though I had Guts, when using Metronome, it wasn’t worth it)* Grasswhistle, Moonlight (full HP) *Sealeo wakes up*, Heat Wave (Burn!), Constrict (again). (At this point Sealeo starts using Ice Ball, and I face Whitey’s Miltank as a kid, so I knew what was going to happen soon.) Bulk Up, Secret Power. Sealeo, was defeated.
I then proceeded to sweep using Vital Throw, and ended the battle by criting Wallrein and OHKOing it. So much easier than Norman, I’ll tell you that.
Elite 4; Battle 4. RNG defeats 4 of Lance Drake’s Pokemon
I honestly forgot that his name wasn’t Lance until I battled him.
So remember me replacing Surf with Muddy Water. That was so I could teach RNG how to use Ice Beam. (That’s why I made a note of it in part 6, I think it was.)
Anyway, RNG OHKO’d Shelgon. Against Altaria was interesting. It used Dragon Dance, and I laughed saying it was going to die, but it didn’t. And I was shiting bricks, I just clicked Ice Beam and hoped for the best, Altaria wasted its one turn by Dragon Dancing again. Next Drake sent in his Kingdra, so I swapped RNG for Boombox. Man I hate Boombox, it’s only attacking option was Uproar, you know, the move I caught it with… at level 6! So kingdra, unsurprisingly, defeated Boombox, I had STRONG come in and avenge his comrade. Back to RNG. He next fought Flygon, who was smart enough to attack. RNG laughed of the Earthquake and OHKO’d with Ice Beam, lastly, was Salamence. (Hey did you guys know that Flygon and Salamence got their names mixed up during translation? Salamence was supposed to be Flygon. That way the family is; Bagon, Shelgon, Flygon. But I digress.) Salamence also attacked, this time with Dragon Claw, then RNG OHKO’d with Ice Beam.
Ily Ice Beam.
Elite 4; Battle 5. Recec vs. Wallace
Lol, no restrictions on the champion.
Well, I lead with STRONG, who outsped and OHKO’d by Wailord’s Water Spout. Then gorgeous came in and KO’d every Pokemon not named Milotic. So I was sitting pretty with a 5-1 lead, but I must have rolled min damage on the second Thunderbolt, and Milotic was able to survive and KO Gorgeous. Then I literally had no Pokemon that could beat that Milotic. It was ridiculous! I ended up reviving Gorgeous and just having him beat it anyway. So yeah, Gorgeous solo’s Wallace pretty much.
Anyway, gg.
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