After a day off, we’re back again. I'm actually going to put SPOOPSPHER
back because I prioritize training our Ilex Forest catch over it, and this saves a trip to the PC later.
POOPFRT ambush? I had forgotten about this fight. Good thing the team should be prepared for anything.
Gastly falls after two Pecks
and choosing to use Curse. Switching out thanks to Curse damage, to INVINCIBLE
so he can wipe Zubat. It lands Supersonic, and thanks to Unown’s high Attack (so useful!) being well above its defense, I’m going to switch back
. I Roost off damage from Bite, but am confused again. Hit myself once, use Reflect turn 2. Try and Roost, but hit myself again so I’m just going to switch. Since he outspeeds Zubat, I can go back and in again to heal if I have to. Maybe BIRD DEATH
can sleep it.
Or, since his last Pokemon is Quilava anyway, I can try rolling out to victory. Smokescreen cut my chain, but I did land a Yawn. Go back
, but can’t stay in should it wake up optimally and Ember before I can heal. Going back
. Maybe now we can Rollout in peace?
No. I use Rollout while it lays asleep, and land two, so we are close, but then it wakes up and uses Smokescreen again. I land another Yawn and go to INVINCIBLE
to shake off my lowered accuracy and defense. Honestly, I’m going to try and finish it off with him.
And that ends it. Funny how the dreaded Falkner battle took three lines to describe, and this was this. I’m definitely awake now!
Level 19 cap for Whitney? Good thing I checked! I’m not particularly scared of this fight, but still, that’s tight.
Our designated catch has a 15% encounter rate, which isn’t bad. Except from 10AM-8PM, where it has a 5% chance. Guess what time slot we’re in now? At least I got Cut to use on it.
I finally succumbed to listening to outside music while grinding. I should make a grind playlist if I do that enough times.
It was pretty tragic that I found three Zubats (also 5% at this time) first, but our encounter came right after one of the Zubats, so that works.
Why do I particularly care enough about a level 5-6 Ilex Forest encounter? Because two reliable sources of sleep is pretty great.
No messing around now. Putting it to sleep, then bringing out the Net Balls.
About time I actuaully get another catch.
EYES
has joined the party. She rather rudely poisoned me
, so she gets the joy of another trip back to Azalea. I give her Cut and Bullet Seed: the latter may be slow, and only has 10 power per hit now, but her movepool needs all the help it can get. No U-Turn access, of course <_<
First reached Route 34. Gonna grind the 5% for Ditto because how could I not?
That was an exciting first two encounters. Decided to try LITLBUGGER’s
confusion against a wild Drowzee, but not only was it outsped, and not only did the Drowzee use Confusion, and not only did it get the 10% chance to confuse me, but I hit myself in confusion. Which brought me into the red. Oops!
Second encounter was this though. No complaints.
WOW
joined the party. WOW, I’m using a Ditto! Without Imposter! Encountered another one right after, too, which was really weird.
I should buy Repels.
If you hadn’t guessed, I’m not going to be using the Day Care. Because.
Made it to Goldenrod. Doing Radio Tower things will be awkward with how close I am to the cap. Or is Whitney’s battle first? I hope it is.
I bought ten Repels.
I’m going to use the Game Corner. Not for Pokemon of course, but items and TMs can be useful. Let’s flip some Voltorbs?
Blew up on the very first try. Good omen.
There’s a Voltorb Flip puzzle solver? Yeah, I should probably use that.
Most of the puzzles can’t be perfectly solved without risk, so this is going to take a while. I think I’ll buy an item or two and that’s it.
I need to get Headbutt! Forgot that.
BIRD DEATH
now has Glare and Serene Grace Headbutt. Tremble before her, ye gods. Way more consistent route-clearer than Rage as well. I now have to think about Headbutt trees for designated route encounters though. FLWRPWR
also appreciates the Normal-type upgrade over Tackle. These are the only two who can learn it.
Almost time for Whitney. Should I get cocky and switch-train EYES
on Miltank? Probably not.
FLWRPWR
could learn Reflect, but I won’t teach it. We already have a Reflect user and he is the only functionally-levelled Poison user. I can pick up the TM at the Goldenrod Department Store if I really felt the need. FTHRDFIEND’s
poor stats are starting to show, but evolution is very soon.
Grinded out the Wide Lens for Dunsparce, which will be useful quite soon. Zoom Lens would be more immediately useful, but Wide Lens is probably better overall for Rollout chaining against all Pokemon. Wasn’t a pleasant grind, but finished with 1001 coins out of 1000, which was pretty cool.
Let’s do this!
The Team:
FTHRDFIEND
Lvl 19. Ability: Insomnia.
58/20/19/21/31/28
Uproar | Peck | Reflect | Roost
BIRD DEATH
Lvl 19 @ Wide Lens. Ability: Serene Grace.
71/36/28/37/33/30
Headbutt | Rollout | Yawn | Glare
FLWRPWR
Lvl 19 @ Miracle Seed. Ability: Overgrow.
53/31/41/29/41/35
Razor Leaf |
Headbutt | Synthesis | Poison Powder
INVINCIBLE
Lvl 17. Ability: Levitate.
47/31/22/30/21/27
Hidden Power (Ice) (BP ~ 60)
LITLBUGGER
Lvl 13. Ability: Insomnia.
36/18/18/16/15/15
Leech Life | Poison Sting | Constrict | Scary Face
EYES
Lvl 6. Ability: Dry Skin (not sure if I’d prefer this or Effect Spore).
21/13/14/11/10/8
Bullet Seed | Cut | Poison Powder | Stun Spore
FTHRDFIEND
being up first again is on purpose. He can set Reflect on Clefairy, so hopefully our ace in the hole
can finish Clefairy off fast to be bolstered from Miltank for a few turns.
CLEFAIRY used METRONOME! METRONOME used SWALLOW! Fitting because Whitney’s about to eat shit.
It got Roar of Time the second time O_O. 22 points of damage, but I can land the finishing hit while it recharges.
I’m glad I paid attention to my team’s genders. Attract won’t help you now! It can’t flinch with Stomp, doing a measly 9 damage thanks to Reflect, and I successfully paralyze it turn 1. Let’s see how YOU like being flinched and haxed to death!
Wait howd I still get outsped
Wait howd the paralysis go away
Why does it hold a lum berry…
Super Potion time for me. That’s my one alloted item for the battle. Paralyzed it… again. But I only have 29 HP
and a critical Stomp could take me out. Let’s set Reflect again and plan our next move.
Luckily I have two Headbutt users. Tragically this one
is vulnerable to Attract. This will be slower than I thought, but now that it is paralyzed and I have two healers, my eventual victory should be assured. I go back to
and take lots of Stomp damage. I roost. It uses Rollout. Reflect again. Full paralysis should interrupt it so I’ll go to
.
Razor Leaf crit does decent damage and full paralysis comes. Razor Leaf missed but it is fully paralyzed. I go for Headbutt hoping for a flinch + then a crit Razor Leaf after to finish it before it heals. No dice on flinch, and it uses Milk Drink. Two more Razor Leafs but they are weak without crit.
is too weak to switch in again. Attract. Three immobilizations in a row kills my progress. I might have to fodder somebody. Reflect would’ve been amazing to have on
...
20 PP on Stomp? I may want to go for PP stall. Crit Stomp meant I would have died if immobilization happened, bad! Go to INVINCIBLE
who takes big damage. To LITLBUGGER
now. I need a window to breathe.
Fodder EYES
(RIP) but at least it used Rollout. Time for BIRD DEATH to pray.
Would have finished if not for her Super Potion. But at least the potions are finished. I’m probably one Stomp away from death. Tough decisions. Fodder LITLBUGGER
(RIIIIP). Give
breathing space. Roost. Luckily it uses Rollout. Reflect. Roost removing Flying type is keeping me alive. BIRD DEATH
comes in under Reflect support, and Miltank is fully paralyzed anyway.
SHE HAS TWO SUPER POTIONS????
Fuck me. Fuck me. Fuck me. Have to keep clicking Headbutt.
AND ITS OVERRRRRR THANK GOOOOOOOD
Eat. Fucking. Shit. I’m dizzy. It went bad but it was a substantial miracle it didn’t go worse. Three badges down.
Play time is 14:22, but I left it open a bit before remembering to get this, so it’s a bit less than that.
There’s of course something we have to do.
EYES
was released. Bye-bye, EYES! :(
LITLBUGGER
was released. Bye-bye, LITLBUGGER! :(
Wow, that hurt. Especially for
. But we must press on. The party leaving Goldenrod is
,
,
,
, and SPOOPSHER
, with WOW
in PC reserve.