Round 11:
Battle 1
Expert Jasper
Tyranitar/Dusclops/Walrein, any sets
Raikou/Heracross
Lead Tyra, Sandstorm, switch to Hera, Dragon Dance, 4 sets have that, Sandstorm brings Hera to 268 HP
Brick Break OHKO
Next Walrein, Sandstorm brings me to 251 HP, Walrein takes a little damage too
BB OHKO
Battle 2
Gentleman Brooks
Vaporeon/Charizard/Slowbro, specific sets
Raikou/Suicune
Lead Zard, TBolt OHKO
Next Vappy, TBolt for around 70%, Surf brings me to 189 HP
TBolt KO
Battle 3
Pokémon Ranger Nelson
Dragonite/Zapdos/Articuno, any sets, Blizzard and Thunderbolt means 3 Arti, 4 Zappy, 3 Nite
Not very good
Raikou/Suicune
Lead Zapdos, Sub, TWave fail, does not confirm much though
CM, TWave fail again lol
Repeat 4 times, but on the 5th turn, it uses Roar! Suicune comes in, set 4 confirmed
TBolt brings me to 114 HP, Ice Beam hits and does maybe 70%
TBolt KO’s me
Back to Raikou, Sub, TWave
CM, TWave fail two times, then on the third I CM as it uses Drill Peck, Sub does not break
TBolt KO
Next Nite, TBolt KO
That was a dumb battle.
Battle 4
Pokéfan Malory
Breloom/Blissey/Milotic, specific sets
Heracross/Raikou
Lead Breloom, Megahorn OHKO
Next Milotic, Megahorn miss, Surf brings me to 139 HP
Megahorn OHKO
Round 12:
Battle 1
Fisherman Theo
Crawdaunt/Starmie/Lanturn, any sets for Star/Turn, just one for Craw
Raikou/Heracross
Lead Turn, switch to Hera, Confuse Ray confuses me, meaning it is set 1-3 which doesn’t confirm much
Heracross thankfully uses EQ for an OHKO
Next Craw, Hera uses EQ again and does about 90%, gets OHKO’d by Aerial Ace
Raikou, TBolt KO
Battle 2
Pokémon Ranger Dorine
Tyranitar/Regirock/Dragonite, any sets, Hyper Beam means Nite-3/4 and/or Regirock-5
Heracross/Suicune
Lead Tyra, Sand Stream, BB OHKO
Next Regi, Sandstorm brings Hera to 268 HP
BB for around 80%, Counter KO, set 4 confirmed
Suicune, Regi QC Rock Slide brings me to 296 HP, Surf KO
Thankfully she didn’t use Nite.
Battle 3
Cooltrainer Bryon
Suicune/Zapdos/Regice, any sets, Blizzard and Thunder means Regi-1 and maybe Zappy-1/3
Raikou/Heracross
Lead Zapdos, Sub, Rain Dance, confirms set 1 or 3
CM, Double-Edge, Sub breaks, Zappy takes a little recoil, set 3 confirmed
TBolt, for 99%, Double-Edge brings Raikou to 116 HP, Zappy faints from recoil
Next Regice, TBolt does around 40%, it uses Blizzard but misses
TBolt Crit KO
Battle 4
Cooltrainer Gillian
Latias/Entei/Dragonite, any sets, Ice Beam/Earthquake/Flamethrower means Nite-1/2/8/9/10, Entei-2-5, Latias-2/3/4/6/7
Not a very good matchup for me
Raikou/Suicune
Lead Entei, Sub, Double Team, set 3/4 confirmed
CM, Flamethrower, Sub breaks
TBolt hits for a Crit and OHKOs
Next Latias, Crunch for around 65%, Psychic Crit, Raikou faints
Out with Suicune, TBolt brings me to 213 HP, Ice Beam takes Latias to 1%
TBolt brings me to 37 HP, IB KO
That was really close. Maybe I didn’t deserve to win that battle.
Round 13:
Battle 1
Swimmer Elaine (will she beat me here too?)
Slaking/Granbull/Tauros, did not check sets since Bulbapedia didn’t work properly and I was getting impatient
Heracross/Raikou
Lead Tauros, Intimidate, BB OHKO
Next Granbull, Intimidate again, switch to Raikou, Mega Kick Mega Miss
TBolt for 95%, Mega Miss again
TBolt KO
I got my Revenge! Nice.
Battle 2
Collector Gideon
Meganium/Blaziken/Typhlosion, any sets, Solarbeam means Meganium-2
Heracross/Suicune
Lead Mega, MH miss, Light Screen
MH OHKO
Next Typh, switch to Cune, Overheat, Cune at 351 HP after Leftovers, no White Herb which confirms set 2
EQ brings Cune to 284 HP, Surf for around 40%
EQ, CM, Light Screen over
EQ, Surf KO
Battle 3
Bug Maniac Avery
Heracross/Armaldo/Shuckle, any sets, Double-Edge and EQ means Armaldo-1, potentially any Hera
Heracross/Suicune
Lead Shuckle, RS for about 80%, Substitute fail
RS KO
Next Hera
RS for around 60%, it uses Rock Tomb but misses
RS miss, Megahorn miss
RS KO
Battle 4
Expert Weston
Latios/Crobat/Registeel, any sets it seems, Bulbapedia fails again and I was losing patience because I had other things to do and I didn’t really have the time for this
We’ll gamble a bit, the page for the Pokémon sets do at least work
Raikou/Heracross
Lead Crobat, TBolt OHKO
Next Regi, Sub, Curse, confirming set 1
TBolt for maybe 30%, Amnesia
CM, Curse
CM, Rest, Chesto wakes it up
TBolt for 30% again, Metal Claw, Sub breaks
TBolt for another 30% or so, maybe even more, MClaw brings Raikou to 160 HP
TBolt Crit KO
Phew.
Round 14:
Battle 1
Cooltrainer Gillian
Dragonite/Articuno/Latias, any sets
Raikou/Suicune
Lead Nite, Sub, Sunny Day, set 6 confirmed (it knows EQ, why didn’t it do that?
TBolt for about 50%, EQ, Sub breaks
TBolt brings it to 1%, it gets paralyzed and FP
TBolt KO
Next Arti, Protect, TBolt fails, Sun ends
Sub, IB, Sub breaks
Protect, TBolt fails
Protect fails, TBolt brings it to 1% too!
Protect, TBolt fails
TBolt KO
Battle 2
Guitarist Charles
Ampharos/Houndoom/Jolteon, any sets, TBolt means 2 Amphy, any Jolt
Heracross/Suicune
Lead Jolt, EQ OHKO
Next Hound, EQ OHKO
Battle 3
Black Belt Mateo
Aggron/Rhydon/Machamp, any sets, EQ and Thunder means any Rhy, 4 possible Champ, Aggron-3
Heracross/Suicune
Lead Aggron, BB OHKO
Next Rhy, BB OHKO
Battle 4
Black Belt Raul
Metagross/Hariyama/Forretress, any sets, Rock Slide and Ice Punch means Forry-1/4, any Hari, Meta-1/5/8
Heracross/Suicune
Lead Meta, EQ OHKO
Next Forry, EQ for around 70%, Double-Edge brings Hera to 135 HP, recoil brings Forry to maybe 10%
EQ KO
Round 15:
Battle 1
Expert Nadia
Rhydon/Steelix/Kingdra, any sets
Heracross/Suicune
Lead Rhydon, BB OHKO
Next Steelix, BB for around 95%, Rock Tomb brings Hera to 228 HP, Speed lowered, Steelix recovers with Sitrus Berry, set 4 confirmed
BB KO
Battle 2
Pokémon Ranger Shania
Umbreon/Gyarados/Dodrio, specific sets
Raikou/Suicune
Lead Dodrio, it uses Protect first, then TBolt OHKO
Next Gyara, TBolt OHKO
Battle 3
Psychic Rolando
Espeon/Starmie/Wobbuffet, any sets, Thunderbolt and Surf means Starmie 2 or 6
Raikou/Suicune
Lead Wobb, really nice!
Sub, CM 6 times as it uses Counter/Mirror Coat to no effect, then Crunch OHKO
Next Starmie, TBolt OHKO
Battle 4
Tucker
He went with Swampert/Metagross last time, so I’m expecting him to do the same here
But I’m leading with Hera this time.
Heracross/Suicune
Lead Pert as expected, MH for 99% just like last time, Mirror Coat fail
MH Miss, Surf brings Hera to 121 HP
MH KO
Next Metagross… Latias? What in the world?
MH OHKO
Very unexpected that he picked Latias as his backup this time around. This means he can choose different Pokémon even if you face him with the same team. Anyway, my new strategy worked much better, Hera is my lead of choice against him from now on.
Round 16:
Battle 1
Beauty Dawn
Jynx/Altaria/Fearow, 2 possible Jynx, one for the others
Raikou/Suicune
Lead Fearow, TBolt OHKO
Next Jynx, Fake Out brings Raikou to 293 HP, set 2 confirmed
Crunch for around 70%, Lovely Kiss miss (Lovely Miss!)
Crunch KO
Battle 2
Cooltrainer Miriam
Exploud/Cradily/Shiftry, any sets, Giga Drain means Shif-2/4 or Crad-1/3
Willing to risk total disaster = Explosion? Meaning Shif-2/3 in that case
Heracross/Raikou
Lead Shiftry, Fake Out brings Hera to 239 HP
BB Crit OHKO
Next Cradily, BB Crit OHKO again!
Battle 3
Swimmer Elaine (I beat her last time, so hopefully this time too)
Milotic/Blastoise/Exploud, specific sets
Heracross/Raikou
Lead Exploud, BB OHKO
Next Blast, BB for 80%, Surf Crit OHKO
Out with Raikou, TBolt Crit KO
Sorry babe, but your days of winning against me are over!
Battle 4
Triathlete Gloria
Whiscash/Jynx/Hariyama, any Jynx/Hari, 2 Cash, EQ and Cross Chop says nothing
Heracross/Suicune
Lead Cash, MH OHKO
Next Hari, switch to Cune, Counter fail, set 1 confirmed (why didn’t it use Fake Out?)
Surf for maybe 30%, Counter fail again
Surf for another 30%, Cross Chop, Leftovers brings Cune to 304 HP
Two more Surfs and I have won, was too lazy to write all of the details since they don’t make a difference anyway
Round 17:
Battle 1
Expert Emma
Dragonite/Miltank/Dusclops, any sets
Suicune/Heracross
Lead Nite, CM, Sunny Day, Set 6 confirmed
CM, EQ Crit brings Cune to 259 HP after Leftovers
Nite is then faster (QC), probably uses EQ again but I forgot to write it down, CM, Cune at 209 HP after Leftovers
CM, EQ Crit brings Cune to 87 HP after Leftovers
IB OHKO, Sunny Day ends, Leftovers brings Cune to 111 HP
Next Dusclops, Surf OHKO
Battle 2
Hiker Corey
Metagross/Armaldo/Flygon, any sets, Explosion means Meta-5/6
Heracross/Suicune
Lead Meta, EQ OHKO
Next Flygon, switch to Cune, EQ Crit, Cune at 185 after Leftovers
EQ next turn brings me to 67 HP, IB OHKO
Battle 3
Psychic Ingrid
Latias/Gardevoir/Regice, any sets, Psychic and EQ means Lati-2/3/4/7, any Garde but 4, Regice-4 though set 6 is probably likely since it has Explosion and the info said she is willing to risk total disaster
Heracross/Raikou
Lead Garde, MH OHKO
Next Lati, MH Miss, Psychic OHKOs Hera
Raikou out
Psychic pretty much means Latias-3/7
Crunch and see how it goes
It does around 60%, EQ brings Raikou to 106 HP
Crunch KO
Close.
Battle 4
Psychic Stanly
Claydol/Metagross/Starmie, any sets, Thunder/Shadow Ball/Explosion means Starmie-7, Claydol-1, Meta-5-8
Heracross/Raikou
Lead Claydol, MH, Focus Band, Psychic Crit brings Hera to 30 HP
MH KO
Next Starmie, MH OHKO
Round 18:
Battle 1
Picknicker Ruth
Houndoom/Gengar/Kangaskhan, specific sets
Heracross/Suicune
Lead Kanga, BB OHKO
Next Hound, BB OHKO
Battle 2
Expert Jasper
Slowking/Cradily/Lapras, any sets, Ice Beam means Slowking-2/3, Lapras-5/7
Heracross/Raikou
Lead Lapras, BB OHKO
Next Slowking, switch to Raikou, Psychic brings it to 190 HP and confirms that it is not set 4
TBolt OHKO
Battle 3
Pokémon Breeder Clare
Meganium/Typhlosion/Milotic, specific sets
Heracross/Raikou
Lead Typh, EQ OHKO
Next Mega, switch to Raikou, Body Slam brings it to 227 HP
Switch back to Hera, EQ Crit brings it to 188 HP
MH OHKO
Battle 4
Cooltrainer Leon
Heracross/Ninetales/Flygon, any sets, Megahorn says nothing, Dragon Claw means Flygon-3/4
Really difficult matchup
Suicune/Raikou
Lead Flygon, EQ takes Cune to 288 HP, IB OHKO
Next Ninetales, Leftovers to 312
Heat Wave brings Cune to 263, burned, Surf for around 95%, Cune at 239 after Leftovers and Burn
Heat Wave brings Cune to 190, Surf KO
That went easier than I thought.
Round 19:
Battle 1
Swimmer Joyce
Milotic/Tauros/Vaporeon, specific sets
Heracross/Raikou
Lead Tauros, Intimidate, BB OHKO
Next Vappy, BB for around 70%, Acid Armor
Switch to Raikou, Rest, Lum wakes it up
TBolt for around 70% again, paralyzed, Surf takes Raikou to 176 HP
TBolt KO
Battle 2
Cooltrainer Leon
Vaporeon/Gengar/Heracross, any sets (or 4 possible for Gengar), Ice Beam means Vappy-1/3/4
Raikou/Heracross
Lead Hera, switch to my Hera, EQ Crit takes me to 119 HP
RS for around 80%, MH KOs me
Out with Raikou, TBolt KO
Next Vappy, TBolt Crit OHKO
Battle 3
Hex Maniac Carly
Victreebel/Dusclops/Gengar, any sets, Double-Edge and Thunderbolt means Gengar-1/2/6/7/8, Vic-1, Dus-1
Raikou/Heracross
Lead Gar, CM, Psychic takes Raikou to 235 HP
Crunch OHKO
Next Dus, Crunch for around 90%, Shadow Ball brings Raikou to 121 HP
Crunch KO
Battle 4
Pokemon Ranger Shania
Gyarados/Exploud/Dodrio, specific sets
Raikou/Heracross
Lead Gyara, TBolt OHKO
Next Exploud, TBolt for around 85%, EQ brings me to 93 HP
TBolt KO
Didn’t use Suicune a single time in this round, interesting.
Round 20:
Battle 1
Pokéfan Todd
Jolteon/Absol/Raichu, specific sets
Heracross/Raikou
Lead Jolt, TBolt takes Hera to 139 HP, EQ OHKO
Next Absol, EQ OHKO
Battle 2
Black Belt Mateo
Shuckle/Medicham/Machamp, any sets, Focus Punch means Champ-1 for sure for once
Heracross/Suicune
Lead Shuckle, BB for around 60%, Double Team, it recovers a little with Leftovers
BB KO
Next Champ, BB for around 90%, Sub fails
BB KO
Battle 3
Bug Maniac Liam
Heracross/Masquerain/Shuckle, any Shuckle/Hera, one Mas, Megahorn confirms nothing
Heracross/Suicune
Lead Mas, Intimidate, RS still OHKOs
Next Hera, switch to Cune, MH miss
MH brings me to 230 HP, Surf for 40%, Leftovers brings Cune to 254 HP
MH brings Cune to 95 HP, Surf brings Hera to 85%, Leftovers brings Cune to 119
MH KO
Out with my Hera, EQ KO
Battle 4
Tucker
Heracross/Suicune worked the last two times, so I’m going with them again
Lead Pert as expected, MH to 95%, Mirror fail!
MH KO
Next Meta, Protects first
Then MH miss, MM brings Hera to 29 HP
QC EQ KO
Cune, QC EQ again, Cune at 280 HP, CM, 304 HP after Leftovers
Surf for around 45%, EQ takes me to 194 HP, 218 after Leftovers
Protect, Leftovers to 242 HP
Protect, Leftovers to 266 HP
Surf takes Meta down to around 5%, EQ brings Cune to 161 HP, 185 after Leftovers
Surf KO
Fun, but I still wish I had Shedinja.
Round 21:
Battle 1
Parasol Lady Paige
Ludicolo/Houndoom/Starmie, 3 sets for Ludi, specific for Starmie/Hound
Heracross/Raikou
Lead Starmie, MH OHKO
Next Hound, MH miss, Overheat OHKO, White Herb
Raikou, TBolt for around 80%, Crunch brings me to 192 HP
TBolt KO
Battle 2
Dragon Tamer Trevon
Tyranitar/Dragonite/Aerodactyl, any sets, Fire Blast means Aero-3/4, Nite-6
Suicune/Heracross
Lead Tyra, CM, DD, narrows it down to 4 different sets
Surf for 90%, Counter fail, set 5 confirmed
Rock Slide brings Cune to 248 HP, Surf KO
Next Aero, Double-Edge brings Cune to 162 HP, recoil, Surf KO
Battle 3
The loss.
See below for details.