The
BIG Update!
Alright, so last time I updated I was outside Ilex Forest. I don't remember a whole lot other than it was easy, as was most of the game until the later bosses. I'll give a status report on each pokemon and how I met the conditions I needed to meet in order to complete the challenge (I'm not completely done, though).
Yanma. (buzzbuzz)
(Caught in a Premier Ball - Can't evolve until it knows U-Turn and Ancient Power)
I actually forgot about the conditions for Yanma when I first caught him. I stood in that little patch of grass by the National Park and fought 65 times until I found one. I caught it in an ultra ball (d'oh!) and carried on until I looked at the scramble challenge to remind me who else I needed. Needless to say, I was peeved. I then went back, but only had to fight 10 times to find another Yanma (talk about uber luck). I caught him in a premier ball (I bought 100 pokeballs so that I would have 10 premier balls, used all of my money that I had gathered at the time). I used the TM for U-Turn and put it at the head of my party to scout my opponents team.
He is currently a level 28 yanma, but in 5 levels he'll be able to evolve into Yanmega. Yay.
ONE DOWN!
Cyndaquil. (Foxxy C.)
(F) (Named Foxxy C. - Must cancel the evolution until I solo the next gym)
Alright, I originally was going to grind the crap out of Cyndaquil so I could evolve her on the first two gyms, but I gave up after evolving on the first gym. I did manage to get to level 36 while facing Team Rocket at the Radio Station, and I intentionally saved Jasmine and her steel types for Quilava to solo, and so she evolved into Typhlosion.
She is level 45 right now, only 6 more until I can shelve him to focus on my others for the elite four.
OODLES AND OODLES OF WOOTLES
Girafarig. (Greg)
(Baton Pass + Calm Mind or Agility - must solo Chuck with either Psybeam or Psychic - must use Baton Pass in 2 or more of the elite 4 battles)
Oh Greg. When I caught him and Slowbro was a Slowpoke still, this guy was my main man (after Foxxy C.). He out level'd every single pokemon on my team and was unstoppable. Fortunately, this was right around the time of Chuck, and without even thinking about the condition for Greg, I solo'd Chuck with him. Talk about lucky. Unfortunately, quickly after finishing Chuck my Slowpoke evolved, and Girafarig fell from grace as Slowbro did his job, but better. He still gets appearances as an Agility passer, and once he learns Calm Mind he's going to be a powerhouse, as my team is largely SpA based.
As it stands now he is level 32 and I still need to use BP in 2 or more of the elite four battles.
Almost there!
this was literally the only uniquely posed Slowpoke I could find.
Slowpoke. (HotChix)
(Surf + Psychic move - it must attack first against 20 trainer pokemon in order to evolve)
I immediately picked up Confusion as soon as I could, and Slowpoke became quite useful. He has Yawn, so he became my main tool in catching other pokemon (he had a hand in catching Yanma, Scyther, Girafarig, and Lugia). After catching Girafarig, Slowpoke kind of fell behind in levels, but in Team Rocket's hideouts I managed to level him up, and by the time he hit 37 he had easily achieved 20 first-strikes. He evolved, and now we're best friends for life.
As it stands right now I try to keep him equal with Foxxy, so he is 45 as well. Yay!
Outstanding!
Scyther. (Romah)
(Swarm - Can't evolve into Scizor)
Now, Scyther probably would have been really useful if I hadn't gotten him so late. It probably took me a week of trying to solo bug pokemon with a level 20+ Slowpoke in the bug contest to find a Scyther. And my first 2 both were Technician. But my third was a Swarmer, so I caught him and named him Romah (As in Bad Romance Ro - ma - ro - ma - ma). However, I only had Pryce and Clair left at this point, so I gave him my Exp. Share and took him for a ride. I haven't really got a whole lot of use out of him yet, he seems quite fragile, but I plan on putting some meat on his bones with EVs and levels.
As I stand right now he is 35 and enjoying the exp share, hah.
Magnificent!
Lickitung (MilkyWay)
(MilkyWay - 3 Normal movies + Knock Off - Solo Clair's Kingdra)
I must admit, I kind of cheated here. I caught Lickitung, power leveled him up to 40, and then tried to kill Clair's Kingdra. Needless to say, I got trounced, but I noticed I had an abundance of X items and I had an idea. I bought 6 X Defends, X Sp. Defs, and X Specials, as well as TM15, also known as Hyper Beam. On Clair's first pokemon, Gyarados, I alternated between disable/X items/hyper potions and managed to use all 18 of the X items. By that time I was quite sick of the fight, so I started Hyper Beaming. I OHKO'd every one of her pokemon with it, and I was a happy camper. That's where I kind of cheated. However, he did solo Clair's Kingdra, so...
Mission Accomplished!
Oh yeah, and he is currently 41.
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As you can see, buzzbuzz and Greg have had rather limited usage, mostly because HotChix is a better version of Greg and buzzbuzz is pretty weak. However, I'm working on leveling everyone up to 50ish and then I'm going to take on the elite four. I'll talk about the journey in a bit. Should be cool.
I'm planning on ditching this team to a certain extent after i beat the elite four. I'll keep HotChix, Foxxy, Romah, and MilkyWay, but I think buzzbuzz has had a hard enough time as it is, and I'm going to find someone with more type coverage, as Greg is rather redundant.
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