I leave Oreburgh Gym on the way to Jubilife to continue my
adventure. After dispatching the Galactic Grunts there I go to
Route 204. Unluckily, it turns out I can't continue on without a
Rock Smash Pokemon. So I go outside the cave & catch a Bidoof.
Three Poke Ball's later I catch it at full health & name it "Doofus".
I clear the Rocks & arrive at Floraroma Town, where I send
Doofus to the PC.
I then stock up on Poke Ball's and Potions at the nearby Poke Mart
and head to the grass patch at the Valley Windworks to catch my
second Scramble Pokemon: A Mono-Electric Pachirisu. Countless
Buizel encounters later and I stumble across one at Level 7. I
reduce it to half-health with Big O (Prinplup) before catching it. I
name it "Treadshot" after the person who gave the MEP challenge,
before sending it to the front of the party to train By "Bait &
Switch" until it learns an Electric move (Spark at Level 13).
I then take care of the Team Galactic there and at the grass patch
at Floraroma before taking on Mars.
I send out Treadshot while she sends out a Zubat. I switch out
Pachirisu (Didn't have an Electric attack to use), sending in Big
O...Only to get hit by Toxic...I use up an Antidote while Zubat
Bites. Prinplup then takes out Zubat with Metal Claw in two turns.
Mars then sends in Purugly while I continue to Bait & Switch with
Treadshot, sending Big O back into a Faint Attack which only does
9 points of damage, and with Pinplup nearing 60 HP, that's a mere
6-7HKO. I then alternate between using a Potion & Using Metal
Claw while Purugly deals Big O a constant 9-10 points of damage
with Scratch/Faint Attack. Eventually Purugly goes down and I win
the fight.
I then Slather 3 Honey Trees before saving & switching off while
waiting till the next morning (Which was a Friday, meaning an
opportunity to catch a Drifloon).
The next morning I go and check on the 3 Honey Trees. The first
two had Combee, while the third had one of my Scrambles: A Male
Burmy (At Level 15). I reduce it to half health with Big O, before
catching it & naming it "Metapod" (Courtesy of Sprocket).
I then go and approach the Nearby Level 22 Drifloon and proceed
to catch it (Another Scramble Pokemon). I switch in Big O and
proceed to "tickle it" with Peck. I reduce it to half health before
proceeding to catch it. After Drifloon broke free of the first ball,
disaster struck! Drifloon landed a critical hit with Gust & KOed Big
O. I send out Treadshot & continue to chuck Poke Ball's at it.
Drifloon breaks free of the second, but finally stays inside on the
third. I name it "BlueBomber" (After the challenge giver) and
check its nature. I see a Calm nature (+SpDef -Atk), which means
because it has a +SpDef nature, it means I have to
Solo Fantina's
Mismagius with it to evolve it. I also find out that the poor Drifloon
is a long way from home, & I start a side-quest to find poor
BlueBomber's home.
I heal at the Pokemon Centre before proceeding up Route 205.
Along the way, my "Bait & Switching" with Treadshot finally ends
when it learns Spark along the way, unexpectedly turning it from a
"Switch Me" Pokemon into a surprise force to be reckoned with
(So far). I continue to raise both Treadshot and Metapod through
Eterna Forest (Where I'm forced to team up with a trainer who
uses a Chansey that knows a physical attacking move...), & after
coming out the other side, I see that Metapod appears to be a
"weak link" and needs the Exp. Share as soon as possible.
I arrive at Eterna and heal up at the Pokemon Centre, before
obtaining the Exp. Share & proceed to enter the Gym. I dispatch
the four Trainers with relative ease, before healing up at the
Pokemon Centre and taking on Gardenia.
I send out Treadshot while she sends out Cherubi. I use Spark on
it, paralyzing it first hit, while Cherubi becomes fully paralyzed.
Good start. I continue to Spark it three more times, placing it in KO
range while Cherubi gets off two Growth's before spending
another turn fully paralyzed. Gardenia then scrambles for a Super
Potion while I just continue to Spark it. Cherubi then gets another
Growth before striking Treadshot with Grass Knot (Which deals a
pitiful amount of damage). Cherubi finally goes down after 10
Sparks from Treadshot, who's in good condition at the time.
Gardenia then sends out Turtwig and starts to raise its defence
with moves like Reflect & Withdraw. Eventually, Treadshot runs
out of Spark PP, which forces me to switch Treadshot out. I send
in BlueBomber, wait for Reflect to expire, before KOing Turtwig
with Gust.
Gardenia then sends out Roserade, while I switch in Big O, hoping
to solo Roserade & put Big O one Gym Leader Main Pokemon solo
(And at least 10 levels) away from evolution. I Peck it while she
poisons Big O with Poison Sting, before walloping Big O with Grass
Knot. I use a Super Potion, hoping to keep it alive, but Roserade
sends Magical Leaf Big O's way, negating the Super Potion use.
She then KO's Big O with Poison Sting. I then send out
BlueBomber, who then 2HKOes Roserade with Gust, winning me the
Forest Badge and the TM for Grass Knot.
I then get Cut from Cynthia and teach it to Treadshot (Pachirisu is
only allowed to use Electric type attacks in Battle), giving it some
use outside of battle. I then enter the Team Galactic Building &
start to try & clean out the Building. After the first Galactic battle
Metapod finally evolves into Mothim, and learns Hidden Power. I
eventually reach the top where I encounter Jupiter.
I send out Treadshot, while she sends out Zubat. Treadshot scores
an easy OHKO with Spark.
Jupiter then sends out Skuntank and gives me problems. I Spark it,
while Skuntank poisons Treadshot with Poison Gas, before
2HKOing Treadshot with Night Slash.
I send out Metapod and begin to try and find out what type the
Hidden Power is. Skuntank Uses Smokescreen several times, while
Hidden Power misses the first time, but hits the second. It deals
neutral damage, ruling out Groung, Psychic, Grass, Poison, Ghost,
Dark, and any others that I missed. Metapod tries to Tackle it, but
it keeps missing while Skutank poisons Metapod with Poison Gas,
before knocking it out with Night Slash.
I send in Big O and I try to hit with Metal Claw. It misses twice,
while Skuntank uses Smokescreen, before taking two turns to
poison it (Skuntank was faster than Big O). On the third Metal
Claw, Big O hits and KOes Skuntank, winning me the battle.
The Galactic peoples flee the building, while I rest up at the
Pokemon Centre and get the Bicycle. I then have a look around to
see if Eterna City was BlueBomber's home. It wasn't.
I then start to traverse down the Cycling Road, where I go and try
to coax what Hidden Power Type Metapod ended up having. It
does neutral to a Starly, neutral to a Ponyta, neutral to a Pikachu,
and then not very effective to a Zubat. This makes me think that
Metapod has a Fighting Type Hidden Power. This is later
confirmed when Hidden Power deal super effective to an Onix
during a trainer battle.
When I arrive back in Oreburgh, I heal at the Pokemon Centre &
head out back to Route 206 to try and catch my 5th Scramble
Pokemon: A Kricketune (It was night time). Countless battles and
three screwed-up capture attempts later, I manage to capture a
level 14 Kricketune & name it "Faricimo" (Thanks to auramaster).
After that, I equip it with an Exp. Share and get ready to train
Faricimo by Exp. Share until level 18 (Where it learns Sing, which
is essential if you look at the restrictions placed on Faricimo) as I
begin to make my way to Hearthome City. And that's where we
leave off...