God, I hate having two people with Espeon as their profile pic.
I just beat the Pokémon League in my HeartGold Scramble and finally decided to follow up on my promise to post updates. So here I am, at the half-way point of my Scramble.
Here is my current team, from LVP to MVP. I still have all of Kanto to tackle, by the way.
Hurry the Furret (M)
Keen Eye
Adamant, Lv 45
~Slam
~Blizzard
~Iron Tail
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Strength
Really good at first, helped me out by evolving before Bugsy and even assisting with Whitney. From then on, though, he just started getting worse and worse, and eventually I just turned him into an HM slave. Strength is illegal, but only used as an HM move. Definite LVP.
Etch the Smeargle (F)
Technician
Hasty, Lv 49
~Transform
~Mimic
~Metronome
~Role Play
Surprisingly, she wasn't an absolute dead weight, even beating out Hurry for LVP. Metronome was insanely lucky (in the solo with Houndoom it pulled Hydro Pump, then Surf, then Focus Blast), and even Transform was good (I beat one of Lance's Dragonite with a Transformed Gyarados). Grinding was a bitch, though, and she basically had the Exp. Share the entire time I had it.
Leaf the Meganium (M)
Overgrow
Bold, Lv 49
~Magical Leaf
~Toxic
~Reflect
~Light Screen
So I solo'd Falkner, and Chikorita was already Lv. 17 so I just evolved him (so much grinding). He then helped a bit with Bugsy with PoisonPower and the same with Whitney, but eventually Tackle/Razor Leaf was just bad. I then got Magical Leaf and did some wheeling and dealing to get a second Toxic, and suddenly he wasn't as bad. Grinding was a little hard, but beyond that, eh. Helped a bit with most Gym Leaders, even solo'd Chuck's Poliwrath. Just boring to use because EVERYONE gives Chikorita.
Hitmonjoke the Hitmonchan (M)
Iron Fist
Serious, Lv 48
~Helping Hand
~Ice Punch
~Fire Punch
~Sky Uppercut
Damn, I wish this thing came earlier. Soloing Pokémon from each route was an absolute joke. And then the POWER this thing had. Only downside was being absent from every major battle besides the Eilte Four. Soloing Koga wasn't bad, either, I just spammed Fire Punch/Ice Punch.
Lunar the Umbreon (F)
Synchronize
Serious, Lv 50
~Protect
~Toxic
~Payback
~Dig
Was a pretty awesome Pokémon, besides having to use a ton of Full Restores/Elixirs whenever I had to do a solo. I solo'd Chuck's Primape, which was hard as balls, the Kimono Girls, which was easy, and Karen, who took FOREVER (stupid Full Restores D:). But yeah, actually pulled its weight despite the Toxic/Protect restriction. I would just run out of PP and then grind with Dig and Payback, no sweat (but one time I had to use Struggle to win a Trainer battle).
Jacobin the Kingler (M)
Hyper Cutter
Adamant, Lv 57
~Metal Claw
~Crabhammer
~Surf
~Guillotine
Oh my god, THIS THING. Such an Exp. gutter. But if there was ever trouble, Jacobin bailed me out. He wrecked everything with his massive Attack stat. The only sad part was not being able to use him when it got really tough, against Team Rocket. But otherwise, amazing Pokémon, I'll never look at Kingler the same way again.
And he only killed Smeargle
twice.
Special mention to this little bugger, my HM slave for water travel and Rock Smash.
I'm looking forward to my adventures in Kanto, where I can finally finish my Scramble and prove to Red that I'm a baws (although Kingler has to be higher level than that Snorlax going in...). Imma do this right son.