@zedrup
Woun't you get solo'd by Agatha with your current team?
Anyway my Emerald Challenge is back up and running. I last left you just before Forrtree gym and its where I pick up the story now.
The Foretree Gym was a piece of cake. Bold took out Half her team while Mercurey eventualy took down Altaria (got to +4 before I could beat it) and Tropius. anyway after some more trianing I rocked down to Lilycove City, beating trainers as I went. It was here when disarster struck. I was in a double battle when a trainer sent our a Koffing. I double targeted it but it just survived and Self Destructed straight off. I lost a valuable friend. What made it worse was it was my faithful Vibrava, Guardian which had perished. It was at level 36 and I had hoped that he would be a powerhouse of my team. What was also worring was that he had been part of my plan to take down Liza and Tate since he knew a variety of Dark Moves and was immune to Earthquake (meaning that with Skarmory I would not have issues with Claydol throwing around Earthquakes)
I fought on and arrived in Lilycove where I met and crushed May before doing a contest with Mercurary. Mercurary proved his coolness winning without needing any pokeblocks. I took a detor and added a Rhyhorn (Devaster) and Pikachu (Jolt) to my collection in the Safari Zone before heading to Mt Pyre (I counted the peak and the graveyard as 2 seperate areas maily because the map I was looking at counted them as seperate areas). I caught a Shuppet (Casper) and a Duskull (MidKnight). The latter was nice to get but I had kinda hopped for a Vulpix since I lacked a Fire Type.
Both Team Magma and Aqua's Hidouts were cleared out and I headed to Mossdeep. I caught a Spheal which I named Frost. Going into the Gym I was very apprehensive. In all my years playing Emerald I had never beaten Liza and Tate without losing a pokemon before and thus I was extremly worried. Also I had previously had my started to help me with them but not this time. SO began a truely epic battle!
Turn 1
Bolt (Manetric) + Frost (Sealeo) vs Claydol + Xatu
I knew I had to start off strong in this gym. I was playing a risky game leading with Manetric but I wanted an upper hand fast.
Jolt quickly KO'ed Xatu with a thunderbolt and Lunatone came in. Claydol then used Earthquake, Jolt (like a beast) barely survives the STAB Earthquake while Sealeo loses about a third of its health. Sealeo then retaliates with a STAB Ice Beam which stripps half health of Claydol.
Turn 2
Knowing that Manetric was not surviving a second attack I brought in my powerhouse Mercurary. Lunatone fires off a psychic witch does decent damage to Mercurary (At this point I am glad I have a careful natured Skarmory). Claydol blasts off another Earthquake which takes off another third of Sealeo's health. I get the KO with Ice Beam though and I am currently very happy with how the battle is progressing.
Turn 3
With Sealeo hurt and not looking likely to survive a psychic I go to my trump card Shadow. Skarmory does about half to Solrock with Steel Wing but Sitrus Berry lets it recovery enough health so that Steel Wing can only 2KO. Lunatone uses Psychic but Shadow shruggs that off. Solrock charges up a Solar Beam.
Turn 4
Skarmory uses Steel Wing and takes 1/2 off Solrock. Lunatone CM's up and Solrock hits Shadow with a Solar Beam. It does just under half damage but shadow KO's with Bite.
Turn 5
I know that Lunatone cannot tough Absol so its a question of whether It can KO skarmory before I KO it. I am also aware that Liza and Tate have not had the oppotunity to use thir Hyper Potions yet so leaving it in the red zone is not an option. Skarmory uses Wing Attack and takes over half off. Sitrus Berry restores enough health however so that next turn Steel Wing will not KO. Lunatone CM's while I make a mistake and Swords Dance with Shadow.
Turn 6
At this point I am slightly worried. Shadow can beat Lunatone no problem but Lunatone is faster than Shadow can can use Psychic. I am not confident that Mercurary can take a +2 Psychic so I have only one option. I make the best move possiable and use Quick Attack from Shadow hoping that a +2 Quick Attack and Steel Wing can KO. Lunatones health bar slowly decreases and........it faints!
I just did something in a Nuzlocke that i have been unable to replicate in my standard run through's!
Ater the gym I prevent Team Magma from stealing the rocket fuel. Mercurary spiked up and phased around ading up Spikes damage while Steven's Metang took them down.
My Team
Mercury (Skarmory)
Lv 42
Careful
-Spikes
-Roar
-Steel Wing
-Fly
Frost (Sealeo)
Lv 43
Naughty
-Encore
-Surf
-Ice Beam
-Body Slam
MidKnight (Dusclops)
Lv 41
Adamant
-Shadow Punch
-Will-o-Wisp
-Confuse Ray
-Pursuit
Bolt (Manectrc)
Lv 41
Impish
-Thunder
-Thunderbolt
-Bite
-Quick Attack
Shadow (Absol)
Lv 41
Quirky
-Swords Dance
-Quick Attack
-Bite
-Slash
Devastator (Rhydon)
Lv 42
Hasty
-Rock Blast
-Stomp
-Strength
-Horn Drill
Cryo
Whismer Lv 18 (Bass)
Numel Lv 16 (Burn)
Machoke Lv 34 (Judo)
Ninjask Lv 25 (swift)
Shedinja Lv 22 (Kenny)
Castform Lv 37 (Castor)
Pikachu Lv 25 (Jolt)
Shuppet Lv 29 (Casper)
Anorith Lv 34 (Kelver)
Azumarril Lv 36 (Snow Drop)
Dead
Vibrava Lv 36 (Guardian)
Marshtomp Lv 27 (Slick)
Swellow Lv 32 (Maximum)
Poochyena Lv 10
Torkoal Lv 25 (Pyro)
Woun't you get solo'd by Agatha with your current team?
Anyway my Emerald Challenge is back up and running. I last left you just before Forrtree gym and its where I pick up the story now.
The Foretree Gym was a piece of cake. Bold took out Half her team while Mercurey eventualy took down Altaria (got to +4 before I could beat it) and Tropius. anyway after some more trianing I rocked down to Lilycove City, beating trainers as I went. It was here when disarster struck. I was in a double battle when a trainer sent our a Koffing. I double targeted it but it just survived and Self Destructed straight off. I lost a valuable friend. What made it worse was it was my faithful Vibrava, Guardian which had perished. It was at level 36 and I had hoped that he would be a powerhouse of my team. What was also worring was that he had been part of my plan to take down Liza and Tate since he knew a variety of Dark Moves and was immune to Earthquake (meaning that with Skarmory I would not have issues with Claydol throwing around Earthquakes)
I fought on and arrived in Lilycove where I met and crushed May before doing a contest with Mercurary. Mercurary proved his coolness winning without needing any pokeblocks. I took a detor and added a Rhyhorn (Devaster) and Pikachu (Jolt) to my collection in the Safari Zone before heading to Mt Pyre (I counted the peak and the graveyard as 2 seperate areas maily because the map I was looking at counted them as seperate areas). I caught a Shuppet (Casper) and a Duskull (MidKnight). The latter was nice to get but I had kinda hopped for a Vulpix since I lacked a Fire Type.
Both Team Magma and Aqua's Hidouts were cleared out and I headed to Mossdeep. I caught a Spheal which I named Frost. Going into the Gym I was very apprehensive. In all my years playing Emerald I had never beaten Liza and Tate without losing a pokemon before and thus I was extremly worried. Also I had previously had my started to help me with them but not this time. SO began a truely epic battle!
Turn 1
Bolt (Manetric) + Frost (Sealeo) vs Claydol + Xatu
I knew I had to start off strong in this gym. I was playing a risky game leading with Manetric but I wanted an upper hand fast.
Jolt quickly KO'ed Xatu with a thunderbolt and Lunatone came in. Claydol then used Earthquake, Jolt (like a beast) barely survives the STAB Earthquake while Sealeo loses about a third of its health. Sealeo then retaliates with a STAB Ice Beam which stripps half health of Claydol.
Turn 2
Knowing that Manetric was not surviving a second attack I brought in my powerhouse Mercurary. Lunatone fires off a psychic witch does decent damage to Mercurary (At this point I am glad I have a careful natured Skarmory). Claydol blasts off another Earthquake which takes off another third of Sealeo's health. I get the KO with Ice Beam though and I am currently very happy with how the battle is progressing.
Turn 3
With Sealeo hurt and not looking likely to survive a psychic I go to my trump card Shadow. Skarmory does about half to Solrock with Steel Wing but Sitrus Berry lets it recovery enough health so that Steel Wing can only 2KO. Lunatone uses Psychic but Shadow shruggs that off. Solrock charges up a Solar Beam.
Turn 4
Skarmory uses Steel Wing and takes 1/2 off Solrock. Lunatone CM's up and Solrock hits Shadow with a Solar Beam. It does just under half damage but shadow KO's with Bite.
Turn 5
I know that Lunatone cannot tough Absol so its a question of whether It can KO skarmory before I KO it. I am also aware that Liza and Tate have not had the oppotunity to use thir Hyper Potions yet so leaving it in the red zone is not an option. Skarmory uses Wing Attack and takes over half off. Sitrus Berry restores enough health however so that next turn Steel Wing will not KO. Lunatone CM's while I make a mistake and Swords Dance with Shadow.
Turn 6
At this point I am slightly worried. Shadow can beat Lunatone no problem but Lunatone is faster than Shadow can can use Psychic. I am not confident that Mercurary can take a +2 Psychic so I have only one option. I make the best move possiable and use Quick Attack from Shadow hoping that a +2 Quick Attack and Steel Wing can KO. Lunatones health bar slowly decreases and........it faints!
I just did something in a Nuzlocke that i have been unable to replicate in my standard run through's!
Ater the gym I prevent Team Magma from stealing the rocket fuel. Mercurary spiked up and phased around ading up Spikes damage while Steven's Metang took them down.
My Team
Mercury (Skarmory)
Lv 42
Careful
-Spikes
-Roar
-Steel Wing
-Fly
Frost (Sealeo)
Lv 43
Naughty
-Encore
-Surf
-Ice Beam
-Body Slam
MidKnight (Dusclops)
Lv 41
Adamant
-Shadow Punch
-Will-o-Wisp
-Confuse Ray
-Pursuit
Bolt (Manectrc)
Lv 41
Impish
-Thunder
-Thunderbolt
-Bite
-Quick Attack
Shadow (Absol)
Lv 41
Quirky
-Swords Dance
-Quick Attack
-Bite
-Slash
Devastator (Rhydon)
Lv 42
Hasty
-Rock Blast
-Stomp
-Strength
-Horn Drill
Cryo
Whismer Lv 18 (Bass)
Numel Lv 16 (Burn)
Machoke Lv 34 (Judo)
Ninjask Lv 25 (swift)
Shedinja Lv 22 (Kenny)
Castform Lv 37 (Castor)
Pikachu Lv 25 (Jolt)
Shuppet Lv 29 (Casper)
Anorith Lv 34 (Kelver)
Azumarril Lv 36 (Snow Drop)
Dead
Vibrava Lv 36 (Guardian)
Marshtomp Lv 27 (Slick)
Swellow Lv 32 (Maximum)
Poochyena Lv 10
Torkoal Lv 25 (Pyro)