So... As my 2000th post I would have liked to post the end of this Challenge... However I failed to complete the game in time and I want to post more on the forums (been seeing the numbers coming up soon). So instead I have 3 gym Battles to give you here and then a few people who I want to tag (either to annoy or to keep up with them sometime).
Wobbuffet is largely becoming MVP on this team. My showdown with Ramos at the top of his viney tower showed once again how powerful Wobby can be when used correctly. I led out with Pachirisu vs his Jumpluff and took it down pretty handily. Jumpluff doesn't exactly have a lot of offence and Ramos kept using Acrobatics as opposed to Leech Seed on me (which I was pretty thankful for). After a Nuzzle and repeated Electroballs Jumpluff was toast. Ramos when switched in his Gogoat, which I paralyzed and then switched out of Bulldoze in order to bring in Wobbuffet. Three more Bulldozes and Gogoat was down from the ridiculous power Counter did back to him. I brought in my least favourite squad member (Ledian) to battle Weepinbell as its resistance and high special defence actually allowed it to tank the frankly weak Acids from Weepinbell. Battle was pretty standard really.
After that I moved onto the Power Plant on Route 13... Have I mentioned how much I hate this route with a passion? After I made it to the Power Plant, I managed to battle my way past Team Flare and kinda realised how not bulky this team is. I had to switch around a lot to deal with threats from Flare. Unbelievably Ledian managed to OHKO a Mightyena with Bug Buzz through this section! Ended up with a fairly battered team by the time I came out of the otherside... Slowly realising I was going to have a big problem with a certain Gym Leader.
Luckily... Codraroll realised I could buy dig from Shalour City. I'd also picked up Super Fang on Pachirisu while fighting Team Flare at the Power Plant. Clemont's team was going to be the biggest test of mine so far because of having so many things that are weak to electric. Pachirisu is my only resist... And of course my Nuzzle plan that had been working so well for other gym leaders was also going to be null and void thanks to Gen 6's new mechanics. I am trying to go 3v3 with the Gym Leaders... Clemont was going to be a test. I matched him on levels, but my team had nothing to really block his electric moves and overall power.
Pachirisu led out against Emolga and I used Super Fang, Emolga Volt Switched out to Heliolisk. That was a problem... I was hoping he would switch to Magneton in order for me to Super Fang + Dig it... Instead I had to switched out to Wobbuffet and hope it didn't get critted or beaten on by Heliolisk. After Encoring him into Thunderbolt, Heliolisk went down. Out came Magneton. At this point Wobby was fairly beaten up and I switched in Pachi while Magneton set up the field with Electric Terrain... This was the opening I wanted. Super Fang into Dig secured the KO on Magneton as I was faster and only ate a Mirror Shot. Emolga was no problem after then, hardly scratching Pachirisu as I took it down with Electroball. As it turned out it wasn't as bad as I expected, but still I had to think about the battle a bit more than normal.
I moved past Serena with no issues at all on the way to Laverre City... Where I went toe to toe with Valerie. Luvdisc led out this match vs Mawile, who repeatedly attempted to Iron Defense in the face of an onslaught of Surfs. I have a feeling Luvdisc would not have lasted long had Mawile actually used Crunch... Mr Mime decided to be annoying and set up Reflect against Delibird, Aerial Ace still did decent damage through Reflect and I still 3HKO'd. Wobbuffet came out to match against Sylveon, obliterating it in 2 Mirror Coats. I'm currently outside the Pokeball factory.
Team is now in its early 40's and I still feel massively lacking in power. I still haven't evolved Skitty and have no idea when I will do that because it with Eviolite it is likely more bulky than Delcatty...
Wobbuffet is largely becoming MVP on this team. My showdown with Ramos at the top of his viney tower showed once again how powerful Wobby can be when used correctly. I led out with Pachirisu vs his Jumpluff and took it down pretty handily. Jumpluff doesn't exactly have a lot of offence and Ramos kept using Acrobatics as opposed to Leech Seed on me (which I was pretty thankful for). After a Nuzzle and repeated Electroballs Jumpluff was toast. Ramos when switched in his Gogoat, which I paralyzed and then switched out of Bulldoze in order to bring in Wobbuffet. Three more Bulldozes and Gogoat was down from the ridiculous power Counter did back to him. I brought in my least favourite squad member (Ledian) to battle Weepinbell as its resistance and high special defence actually allowed it to tank the frankly weak Acids from Weepinbell. Battle was pretty standard really.
After that I moved onto the Power Plant on Route 13... Have I mentioned how much I hate this route with a passion? After I made it to the Power Plant, I managed to battle my way past Team Flare and kinda realised how not bulky this team is. I had to switch around a lot to deal with threats from Flare. Unbelievably Ledian managed to OHKO a Mightyena with Bug Buzz through this section! Ended up with a fairly battered team by the time I came out of the otherside... Slowly realising I was going to have a big problem with a certain Gym Leader.
Luckily... Codraroll realised I could buy dig from Shalour City. I'd also picked up Super Fang on Pachirisu while fighting Team Flare at the Power Plant. Clemont's team was going to be the biggest test of mine so far because of having so many things that are weak to electric. Pachirisu is my only resist... And of course my Nuzzle plan that had been working so well for other gym leaders was also going to be null and void thanks to Gen 6's new mechanics. I am trying to go 3v3 with the Gym Leaders... Clemont was going to be a test. I matched him on levels, but my team had nothing to really block his electric moves and overall power.
Pachirisu led out against Emolga and I used Super Fang, Emolga Volt Switched out to Heliolisk. That was a problem... I was hoping he would switch to Magneton in order for me to Super Fang + Dig it... Instead I had to switched out to Wobbuffet and hope it didn't get critted or beaten on by Heliolisk. After Encoring him into Thunderbolt, Heliolisk went down. Out came Magneton. At this point Wobby was fairly beaten up and I switched in Pachi while Magneton set up the field with Electric Terrain... This was the opening I wanted. Super Fang into Dig secured the KO on Magneton as I was faster and only ate a Mirror Shot. Emolga was no problem after then, hardly scratching Pachirisu as I took it down with Electroball. As it turned out it wasn't as bad as I expected, but still I had to think about the battle a bit more than normal.
I moved past Serena with no issues at all on the way to Laverre City... Where I went toe to toe with Valerie. Luvdisc led out this match vs Mawile, who repeatedly attempted to Iron Defense in the face of an onslaught of Surfs. I have a feeling Luvdisc would not have lasted long had Mawile actually used Crunch... Mr Mime decided to be annoying and set up Reflect against Delibird, Aerial Ace still did decent damage through Reflect and I still 3HKO'd. Wobbuffet came out to match against Sylveon, obliterating it in 2 Mirror Coats. I'm currently outside the Pokeball factory.
Team is now in its early 40's and I still feel massively lacking in power. I still haven't evolved Skitty and have no idea when I will do that because it with Eviolite it is likely more bulky than Delcatty...
http://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/cap-6-prevo-cawdet-final-product.3499782/
Bizarrely its a little over two years since I posted my 1k post... A lot has changed since then. Stellar/Nerd gave me the reins to Orange Islands, and I hope it's been a good time since that last post for everyone. This community is stronger than ever and I really like a lot of the people who hang out and chat in the multitude of threads in Orange Islands. More of you should check out #OI on IRC for real time chat and much slacker rules when it comes to wishlisting and conversation topics!
A lot has happened for me personally in the last 12 months. Smogon has been a stable base for me to return to when things get hectic, and thank you to everyone who continues to enjoy Orange Islands (Or CaP) and makes Smogon worth coming back to again and again.
Codraroll Thank you for being my "Number 2" as it were and looking after OI so well and becoming a great mod as well as a good poster. I still love reading your posts and enjoy the chats we have on IRC about all sorts of stuff. Thank you to NoCheese as well for running the Maison thread and putting up on site content.
Some of the other great OI posters (Pikachu315111, Gabe, Vader_the_White, stage7_4 to name a few), keep up the good work and keep your posts as informative as ever. Hopefully when Sun and Moon comes around we will have some new guys to look after too! Thanks to Karxrida who has looked after the Z thread... Which mutated unto the Sun/Moon thread over the last few months... Let's hope April brings some good news! (Where did Pokemon Z go exactly?).
The Aussie contingent on IRC as always (Its_A_Random MikeAU cant say and IRC user Patrick) who make mornings and late evenings good times to be on IRC. I even met MikeAU last year near the end of the Summer as he was touring Europe! I'll have to take up the offer to go to Ausralia at some point seriously in the next year or so!
All the guys who support the CaP Prevos and the other cool CaP mods and posters too :) All you guys are great and I enjoy talking to you (I really should get on Showdown more often).
skylight for offering/getting me involved with writing articles for Smogon's on site side of things. It's a big responsibility and I'm really enjoying it... This post is also the reason I haven't posted stuff for the latest article yet!
TheMantyke for generally being a cool dude and now being one of the older stalwarts of Smogon! I do however sorely miss the streams with him and Jimera0 but school is a lot more important than Mons is, so good luck to you both.
Anyhow, I've rambled a lot this post. Stay cool and be nice to each other! Here's to another 1000 posts!
Bizarrely its a little over two years since I posted my 1k post... A lot has changed since then. Stellar/Nerd gave me the reins to Orange Islands, and I hope it's been a good time since that last post for everyone. This community is stronger than ever and I really like a lot of the people who hang out and chat in the multitude of threads in Orange Islands. More of you should check out #OI on IRC for real time chat and much slacker rules when it comes to wishlisting and conversation topics!
A lot has happened for me personally in the last 12 months. Smogon has been a stable base for me to return to when things get hectic, and thank you to everyone who continues to enjoy Orange Islands (Or CaP) and makes Smogon worth coming back to again and again.
Codraroll Thank you for being my "Number 2" as it were and looking after OI so well and becoming a great mod as well as a good poster. I still love reading your posts and enjoy the chats we have on IRC about all sorts of stuff. Thank you to NoCheese as well for running the Maison thread and putting up on site content.
Some of the other great OI posters (Pikachu315111, Gabe, Vader_the_White, stage7_4 to name a few), keep up the good work and keep your posts as informative as ever. Hopefully when Sun and Moon comes around we will have some new guys to look after too! Thanks to Karxrida who has looked after the Z thread... Which mutated unto the Sun/Moon thread over the last few months... Let's hope April brings some good news! (Where did Pokemon Z go exactly?).
The Aussie contingent on IRC as always (Its_A_Random MikeAU cant say and IRC user Patrick) who make mornings and late evenings good times to be on IRC. I even met MikeAU last year near the end of the Summer as he was touring Europe! I'll have to take up the offer to go to Ausralia at some point seriously in the next year or so!
All the guys who support the CaP Prevos and the other cool CaP mods and posters too :) All you guys are great and I enjoy talking to you (I really should get on Showdown more often).
skylight for offering/getting me involved with writing articles for Smogon's on site side of things. It's a big responsibility and I'm really enjoying it... This post is also the reason I haven't posted stuff for the latest article yet!
TheMantyke for generally being a cool dude and now being one of the older stalwarts of Smogon! I do however sorely miss the streams with him and Jimera0 but school is a lot more important than Mons is, so good luck to you both.
Anyhow, I've rambled a lot this post. Stay cool and be nice to each other! Here's to another 1000 posts!
