So where we left off, I had just managed to get my final badge & I'm all set to make my way to Victory Road, but first, I have to do some things: First, after getting the HM for Waterfall from Jasmine, I fly to Veilstone & transfer $200,000 into 10,000 coins, enought to get the Thunderbolt TM, which I promptly teach to Missy. Next, I want to complete Victory Road with one HM Slave in tow, not two. So I go to Route 209 & catch HM Whore the Bibarel & teach him Strength, Rock Smash, Rock Climb, & Waterfall, & replace him with Chocolate in the party as soon as I fly into Sunyshore. Then, I'm all set to go up Route 223.
So I go up Route 223, a really watery Route, loaded with Swimmers & the occasional Sailor. With 4 Pokemon in my party that can hit Water for SE damage, I eventually manage to get through with little trouble, the only real concerns being running low on PP on Larolla's & Missy's Electric attack, & a close scare in a 2v2 battle for the aforementioned two in terms of HP. After climbing up the Waterfall, I heal up at the nearby Pokemon Centre & enter the dreaded Victory Road.
Random's Team at This Point:
Stortamus: Lv41
Larolla: Lv42
Missy: Lv46
Chocolate: Lv47 (Boxed)
Lailaps: Lv48
Mr Penguin: Lv48
I entered Victory Road & didn't make much progress due to the endless stream of wild Pokemon, Golbat in particular. I eventually ran into some trainers. The first was a Psychic. Stortamus llead out, SRed & killed Haunter, Missy took care of Gengar, & got taken out by a Calm Mind boosted Alakazam, whom Mr Penguin revenge killed. After that, I retreated to the Pokemon Centre to heal, considering how little I travelled & went back in the road. Next up was a Bird Keeper. I lead out with Stortamus, set up SR & Crunched at Noctowl until both were taken down by Noctowl's Take Down. Lailaps came in for Fuckraptor, took advantage of Agility to paralyse & 2HKO with Spark, winning the battle. One Pokemon Centre trip later & I continue on & encounter an Ace Trainer, whose Golduck was dealt with by Mr Penguin after some nervous moments & Stortamus took care of the fat bitch that is Blissey, even after some Sing hax. After that, I pick up a Max Elixir & continue on to the next part of Victory Road.
The second part now, & I decide in order to stop the endless random encounters & make the Super Repel's work properly, I put Lailaps in the lead & change when I'm near a Trainer. The first trainer I find is an Ace Trainer. Stortamus leads out against Rapidash, & is reduced to setting up Stealth Rock, thanks to flinch-hax from Stomp, as he goes down. Mr Penguin comes in & revenge kills Rapidash. Lailaps comes in for Carnivine, 3HKOes it with Return & shuts down Rampardos with parahax from Spark, winning the battle.
The next was another Ace Trainer, who Lailaps leads out against a Clefable, 5HKOing with Return after Clefable set up Dual Screens, put the field under Gravity & dealing pitiful damage with Meteor Mash. Mr Penguin OHKOes Torterra & wins that battle. Third was an Expert. I lead with Stortamus against Fuckraptor, unfortunately, Stortamus was Brave Birded to death, but he did set up Stealth Rock though, so Lailaps comes in & revenge kills it with Spark without loss. Mr Penguin dealt with Hippowdon, 2HKOing with Surf, only having to deal with Yawn, winning the battle.
Last was a Double Team, consisting of Fuckraptor & Whiscash, Lailaps & Missy lead out, taking care of the two without loss, even though I did switch Lailaps out for Larolla after killing everyone's most hated bird. After that, I proceed down the stairs & go to the next level.
The third part was a short one, the lone trainer being a Blackbelt with a Machamp, who was laughed at by Missy. After the skirmish, I went down the flight of stairs into the fourth part of the road.
The fourth part of the road had water in it. The first trainer encountered was Psychic with a Chingling & a Chimecho. Missy leads & OHKOes the party with Shadow Ball.
Next was an Ace Trainer with a Honchkrow. I lead with Lailaps, only to get crit-haxxed by Night slash...Stortamus fares little better, getting Swagger haxxed to death...Lailaps returns, gets killed...Larolla comes in, gets killed...Lailaps makes another return, gets Swaggered & OHKOes Honchkrow with Spark. Whew.
Third was a Double Team, consisting of Gyarados & Medicham. Lailaps & Missy lead, kill Gyarados on turn one limiting it to Dragon Dancing, while Medicham did hefty damage to Lailaps with Hi Jump Kick, but was OHKOed by Missy's Shadow Ball.
Last trainer was a Dragon Tamer with a Gabite, Mr Penguin leads, survives a slash & OHKOes with Ice Beam, winning the battle. After that I find a flight of Stairs & go up them to the final part of the road.
The final part now & my Pokemon are badly bruised & wounded, and I'm running low on Potions, but the end of the road is nigh. The first of the two trainer battles in this part was against an Expert. I lead with Missy against a Tentacruel. Missy 3HKOes with Thunderbolt, being poisoned in the process. Next was a Golem, an easy OHKO for Mr Penguin via Surf. Last was an Empoleon, Missy comes in for the Penguin, after some item spamming, Missy 2HKOes with Thunderbolt, winning the battle.
The last Trainer in the road was a Dragon tamer with two Gible's & a Gyarados. Mr Penguin leads out & OHKOes both Gible with Ice Beam, while Lailaps survives a Hyper Beam to 2HKO Gyarados with Spark winning the battle. After that, I see light at the end of the tunnel & find myself outside! I had cleared the road!
After clearing the road, I climb up the final Waterfall & find the Pokemon League. I go inside it, heal up, put Chocolate back in the party & restock on items, & after a bit of grinding I go to the man standing in the doorway, only for Idiot to come along & challenge me to a battle!
Random's Team at This Point:
Stortamus: Lv41
Larolla: Lv42
Chocolate: Lv47
Missy: Lv48
Lailaps: Lv50
Mr Penguin: Lv53
I lead out with Stortamus, starting up the Sandstorm, while Idiot leads out with Fuckraptor. Fuckraptor unsurprisingly gets the jump & U-Turns out to Floatzel, leaving Stortamus with 70HP while I do the sensible thing & make Stortamus set up Stealth Rock, setting the tone for the battle. Floatzel then decides to spam priority, using Aqua Jet, leaving Stortamus with 2HP while Stortamus Earthquakes in return, not doing much damage. Floatzel then finishes Stortamus off with Crunch. 5-6. So Lailaps comes in, survives a Brick Break with just over half health to revenge kill with Spark. 5-5.
Then comes Torterra & I switch in Mr Penguin, having to solo the big tortoise with it. Hoping Mr Penguin outspeed Torterra, I do the obvious thing & click Ice Beam. Unfortunately, Mr Penguin doesn't outspeed Torterra, even after all that Speed training, & it uses Synthesis? Huh? Really expecting a Leaf Storm there that would clearly OHKO there, but Synthesis? Obviously paranoid of Stealth Rock damage...In return, Mr Penguin crushes Torterra with Ice Beam, OHKOing with ease. 5-4.
So next is the big fat Snorlax & I send in Larolla. I start commending Larolla to usse Rock Smash hoping for a Defence drop. It does little damage to Snorlax, & Snorlax goes to sleep, obviously paranoid of Stealth Rock damage. During this time, Larolla Rock smashes three times, no Defence drop, as Snorlax wakes up in fury & KOes Larolla with Body Slam. 4-4. So Lailaps comes in. Predicting a Rest, Lailaps Charges up. Snorlax unsurprisingly goes to sleep at that point. I then command Lailaps to charge two more time while he's asleep & then release all that stored energy to release an almighty powerful Spark...Which crits...& Snorlax survives with just over 1/16th of his HP. In return, Snorlax wakes up, now very angry & KOes Lailaps with Crunch. 3-4. Finally, I send in Chocolate & pick off Snorlax with Quick Attack. 3-3.
Heracross comes in, interestingly enough, & does a lot of damage to Chocolate with Aerial Ace, leaving Chocolate with ~30HP. In return, Chocolate gets Brave & wreaks havoc with Brave Bird, taking both Chocolate & Heracross out as Chocolate commits suicide. 2-2.
At this point, the battle was looking like it was going to climax, I had an unrevealed Missy & Mr Penguin remaining, while Idiot had that annoying Fuckraptor & an unrevealed Rapidash. For the record, neither of us had used any items at all.
So I switch in Missy, hoping Fuckraptor comes out. He does, & so I know what to do. Click Thunderbolt & hope it KOes. But first, Fuckraptor gets the jump & does just under 50% damage to Missy with Aerial Ace. Missy Thunderbolts Fuckraptor...And the annoying bird survives, only to get killed off by sandstorm damage. 2-1.
Idiot then sends out his last Pokemon: A Rapidash. taking the obligatory 25% damage from Stealth Rock. Missy stays in. Rapidash gets the jump & gets rid of Snadstorm with Sunny Day while Missy uses Shadow Ball, doing ~30% damage & a Sp. Defence drop to Rapidash. Rapidash takes advantage of the Sun to KO Missy with Fire Blast...If it hit, which it didn't. What a shame, as it would've come down to a great tussle between Mr Penguin & Rapidash in the Sun in a great climax to the item-free battle. Missy takes advantage of the Fire Blast miss to KO Rapidash with Shadow Ball & win me the battle 2-0.
To be fair, it was my fourth attempt at trying to beat Idiot, as the first three attempts, I failed to solo Idiot's Torterra with Mr Penguin, as he outsped & OHKOed Mr Penguin with Leaf Storm. Mr Penguin was at Lv50, Lv51, & Lv52 in the failed attempts, I EV trained Mr Penguin for Speed in-between levels by beating a Cyclist on Route 206 with two Staravia.
After the battle, I healed up & started to prepare my pre-E4 grind. So I'm off to grind now, probably to Lv60 for everyone, just the E4 remains...So close to the finish line now. And that's where we leave off...