Aaron: I'm not off to a great start. Mare solo's the Yanmega with Rollout. It turns out that Heracross outspeeds as it OHKO's half my team with Close Combat. I burn with DaVinci, it lands a crit. I miss a Rock Climb with Fred as it full restores and KO's the next turn. Finally I realise that I can just spam Drillpeck with Flightless. Vespiquen nearly stalls me out of PP until I get a razor claw crit.
Bertha: Flightless easily Surfs the team, needing one X-Speed to outspeed the Gliscor before it can OHKO me with EQ. Yeah I did need to reset there. Empoleon is surely the main pokemon to take on the E-4.
Flint: Fred is up for his final solo. Houndoom is confused as I set up two X-SpD. Out comes the Ape from hell. I set up an X-Def to prevent being taken out by T-punch. Swagger gives me a free turn which I use to climb for the KO. As Rapidash comes in I heal on the first Bounce, and then Swagger to make it a liability. The Magmortar proves to be the most dangerous. After a Swagger and one Rock Climb I get him down to his berry, but two T-bolts have put me in the red. I figure another Rock Climb will take it out and decide to show some balls. But the Magmortar lives with a sliver of HP left! I hold my breath, thinking I'm done for. But he goes for a flamethrower; Fred lives with 11 HP. Again I opt for the reckless move and go for another Rock Climb. It misses! Fortunately Flint heals his 'mon. I learned my lesson and decide to play it safe. Healing and comfortly 2HKOíng. His final Flareon cuts his own HP in half following a trolly final Swagger as Fred climbs for the win.
Lucian: As an experiment I decide to solo the final E-4 with Abe the Togepi, making up for the failed Metronome Challange and hopefully selecting a few more moves. But man what a BEAST is this Togepi!! Alakazam has Focus Blast to OHKO me, Gallade has Drain Punch to OHKO me and Leafblade to crit through my X-items. And yet, somehow, Togepi managed to come out on top!
Fortunately Mr. Mime is set up fodder for Abe. I sleep him and get +2 SpD and Def up while it sleeps. I start spamming my first batch of metronomes as it sleeps a second and a third time. When I get a Dragon Dance in, Lucian opts for the smart move and switches in his Gallade. After a Yawn and double Charm, his Drain Punches have become a terror of the past. A random Kinesis makes his stone edge a liability. The metronome Gods are suddenly favourable as I get a Calm Mind off and Bounce for major damage. A blizzard takes out his top threat.
After so many Metronomes I'm forced to go for the Max-Elixer. But Alakazam comes in to spam his Focus Blast. Afraid for the crit I Yawn right off the bat, (even at +3 it does more than half damage). Finally Zam falls asleep and I start Metronoming away. I get a Stone Edge, forcing a full restore to end the sleep instantly, and some panic on my part. Focus Blast hits me twice before a doom desire takes it out.
Mime returns for round two, scoring two crits in a row with T-bolt. Abe barely lives (Thanks to buying those Zincs at the Veilstone Mart!). Have I mentioned what a beast this thing is? More healing on both sides as something awesome happens: Abe lowered his head, his defense rose: Skull Bash scores a OHKO. Espeon comes in, dealing respectable damage with Psychic even scoring the SpD drop. But a super turn of Doom Desire hitting, Wish healing me and a Stone Edge takes it down to the red. No time to cheer however.. Lucian applies a Full Restore, getting rid of sleep in the process. More importanly i need another Max Elixer to continue this battle. After a lot of haxy moves including Confuse Ray and Flash, Metronome selects Bide. I hold my breath in fear. Abe barely lives through two Psychics and OHKO's back.
Lucian's final poke is a Bronzong who crits me right off the bat. As I struggle to heal and Yawn it sets up Calm Minds. The Metronome only selects troll moves like Screech and Tail Whip. I have to wait quite a bit for a physical attack (stuff like Hydropump deal lol damage to a +4 CM Bronzong). Finally it selects NightSlash to take it out. Man that Bronzong did massive damage after the boosts.
Cynthia: I lead with Mare. Raindance + Aquatail + Mystic Water take out her Spiritomb with relative ease. On the first try I set up Aquaring and OHKO Roserade on the Switch but the second time, it turns out that it outspeeds Mare and kills it off with Energy Ball.
DaVinci EQ's Roserade and Lucario. Actually, Lucario and Togekiss are huge treats for this team. Aurasphere will bring any pokemon into the red, not to mention Shock Wave and Flinch Slash. I'm tempted to sketch Stone Edge, just to deal with Togekiss. In the end I send out Fred to deal with the hax-bird. It seems only fair. He Swaggers first and bare lives an Aurasphere. I heal and get the confusion hax. Fred uses Yawn for safety as another aurasphere brings him back in the red. He Rock Climbs to victory. It may not appear much, but Fred was an absolute boss for taking this thing out.
Next up is Garchomp. I grinded DaVinci to level 74 before the League, and used my remaining Rare Candies before the match, to relearn Sketch. It must use it one more time, and the target move is Dragon Rush. I burn Garchomp and stall with a few potions before he uses it. Sketch and Dragon Rush for the KO. The Milotic gets flinched to death by Headbutt. In the final moments of the Challange DaVinci takes the time to paint the picture of a victorious team.
