In Victory Road with insanely low leveled team. So much for finishing this Scramble in 72 hours...
PLAN FOR E4:
Sidney. I need to solo this with a MARSHTOMP??? I plan on going crazy with X Attack/Special/Speed and Hyper Potions.
Phoebe. I need to solo this with an ALL SPECIAL GYARADOS??? I plan on going crazy with X Special and Hyper Potions while not getting Cursed
Glacia. Probably Encore the move Hail and go crazy with X Items. Original much?
Drake. Set up on the Shelgon with X Specials and go to town with Gyarados.
Wallace. I see X Items being used somehow, all I need is an opportunity to set up.
Roles:
Marshtomp/Swampert- Support and taking hits if something goes wrong. Soloing Sidney though to evolve. In essence, it's death fodder that can take more then one hit.
Exploud- Set-up Sweeper and hit-and-run Hyper Beams
Gyarados- Set-up Sweeper. Only needs 2ish X Specials and MAYBE an X Speed to sweep. Needs to solo Phoebe...
Illumise- Encore abuse, Thunder for Wallace if needed
Spinda- Death fodder
Machop- Death fodder
I thought Exploud would be the MVP, but its going to be a close race between Exploud and Gyarados leaning towards Gyarados.
I'll update this with the conclusion tonight.
ROUND 1:
Exploud's gonna rape with Brick Break after some X juicing. Mightyena stands to face Exploud. X Attack raises Exploud's Attack to neutral while Mighty uses Sand-attack. (really? An ELITE FOUR needs to use SA(N)D-ATTACK???). X Attack number 2 goes off for my side as Mighty repeats his sandy attack. X Attack raises me to +2, while Mighty lands a mighty Double-Edge. Brick Break finishes the Mightyena. I use an X Accuracy to ameliorate the Sand-attack, while he makes a fatal move with Swagger. I steroid up with an X Speed, bringing me to +4 attack, -1 Accuracy, and +1 Speed while confused. He Double Teams. I Full Heal while he DTs again. I miss with Brick Break while he DTs. Next turn same as the last. And again... Finally I get the kill with Brick Break. I miss the Cacturne with Brick Break as he Faint Attacks. Brick Break kills the cactus. Stop, Crawdaunt time, I hyper potion, he surfs. I miss with Brick Break while he Swords Dances. I kill with Brick Break. I take the win with a Brick Break on Absol. GG Sidney
Gay win? Maybe. Win? Definitely.
ROUND 2:
I used Gyarados. Dusclops Protected six times while I used X Specials. I then went on a +6 rampage throughout her team. The second Dusclops needed two hits though... GG Phoebe.
ROUND 3:
This is where I see the "easy" E4 to end and the "hard" E4 to begin. The plan is to Encore Hail with Illumise and use the opportunity to rape with obscenely boosted Exploud. Hopefully that's what happens... Illumise Thunders while Sealeo Hails. Thank you Glacia. Illumise Encores. I get my free switch to Exploud and use an X Speed. I use an X Attack as the hail stops. I use a second one as he restarts the Hail. X Attack number Three starts to seal (get it? seal? I'm fighting a Sealeo! Ok, I'll stop) his fate as I start raping with Brick Break. Illumise levels up. Good for you Illumise, you deserved that. Glalie number one falls to broken bricks as Exploud levels up. Sealeo number two rears its seal-like head, and he's quickly sealed (I couldn't resist the seal pun) away with Brick Break. Glalie number two meets the same fate as the first. Time for Walrein. I think of a walrus pun, fail to find a funny one, and he lives a BB. I use another and I win. GG Glacia (I had to do this twice because my DS crashed the first time!!! D:)
ROUND 4:
Hopefully Shelgon will abuse Protect like Dusclops did, and Gyarados can come in for the sweep. I was thinking of having Exploud sweep, but Gyarados has that Blizzard... I'll try it with Gyara. Ugh, there won't be as big an opportunity to set up here... I start with an X Speed. He Protects. I go for an X Special. He Protects. I go for a second. He still Protects. I go for +3 SAtk, and it works. I go for +4, and it works. I get to +6. Then I X Accuracy to prevent any mess-ups with the Blizzard o_O. Altaria eats ice and Kingdra takes a one-two punch. Flygon freezes. GG Drake.
FINAL ROUND!!!
Honestly, I have no idea going in how to win this one. His lead gives me no major set-up opportunity, as if I set up he'll Water Spout, if I attack then I can't set up. I want to attack and then set up, but how can I stop the Wailord from finishing me off? Who do I lead with? Gyarados and Illumise probably outspeed, and maybe Exploud. I'm going to start with Exploud and go with the Hyper Beam. Plan: Wound him with Hyper Beam and Encore the useless Water Spout, then set-up sweep.
Perfect. I outsped him. I switch in Illumise...and he Double-edged. He's locked into it, at least... I should X Speed and go off to the races with Gyarados. His Encore's over and he's using Blizzard. It missed the first time. I go to +3 and he uses Rain Dance. Shit. I have to Thunderbolt to waste the predicted Spout, and he Blizzards. I have to stall out this Rain so I don't get swept by a Swift Swimmer. I go to +4, then Hyper Potion. He's running out of blizzards. +5. Rain's over. He'll crit Double-Edge and leave me with 5 HP. 'Nother Hyper Potion. He then suicides with a DE. He releases the Tentacruel. Thunderbolt misses the KO. I Hyper Potion. I go to +6. Sludge Bomb and Poison damage leave me with 8 HP, so I use my only Full Restore. The trusty Thunderbolt KOs. Milotic time. I Thunderbolt and he Ice Beams. I Hyper Potion as he Surfs. Thunderbolt finishes him. Ludicolo. I hate that thing. Fire Blast hits but he Leech Seeds. He starts Double Teaming and Wallace lets off a Full Restore. Gyarados falls to hax. Spinda goes out as death fodder as I Hyper Potion Exploud, who IS still alive! Surf kills the useless panda. I need a Hyper Beam to waste this Ludicolo, and he lives. Bullshit. I X Attack as he starts the hax cycle. I need to juice up, so I go for the X Attacks. I go insane with the X Attacks and hit with hyper beam!. Whiscash time. I go for the X Attack as he Amnesias. I need to kill this and have enough attack to kill his Gyarados with Hyper Beam. I do insane damage with Strength and use an X Attack as he predictably goes for the Full Restore. Strength for the KO, though now Exploud has low HP. I need a Hyper Beam, but he KOes me with EQ. I revive my own Gyarados, and he makes a fatal error. He Hyper Beams death fodder Poseidon. My Gyarados battles his in a fitting end, and I Hyper Potion. I let off an X Special, he DDs. He Surfs, and I Thunderbolt for high damage. He Surfs again, and I become the Pokemon League Champion.
GG WALLACE
Well, time for some acknowledgements. First, I would like to comment on each of the Pokemon before I give out the MVP and LVP awards.
Poseidon the Marshtomp was my first Pokemon, given to me by Athenodoros. Notice how I didn't say Swampert, as I couldn't complete the evolution requirements because Maarshtomp did not solo an Elite Four member. This made Shtomp a lot less useful late game. Marshtomp did very well against Roxanne, and got a hax kill against Brawly (crit when he was about to sweep) and soloed both Wattson and Flannery. After that, he was very weak. He would definitely get the MVP for the early game though.
Illumise was the second Pokemon, and filled an invaluable supportive role. Though he rarely stayed and fought, he gave me numerous set-up opportunities with Encore, and i would have failed this challenge without him. Thank you Auramaster.
Exploud was great, he was the main player against Team Aqua, Sidney, and Glacia. He also did very well against Norman along with Illumise. He also worked hard in the tandem (with Gyara) kill on Wallace. He is definitely a candidate for the MVP award. Its A Random, thank you for it.
Spinda was worthless. He was mediocre at best mid-game, and quickly fell into obscurity/ death fodder late game. However, he's still in the Champion's team! Every Pokemon still served a role, so thank you Dark Ray
Gyarados was amazing. I thought he would be mediocre because of the Base 60 Special Attack, but he's the leading candidate for the MVP award. Killing Liza+Tate, Winona, Juan, Phoebe, Drake, and half of Wallace is a great achievement. Thank you Cloverleaf.
Machop was utterly useless, except he did one thing remarkable. He survived a -1 Facade from Norman's Slaking and KOed with Low Kick. That saved me in the battle with Norman, but other than that he did not see battle much. Either way, thank you Jersey Shore, and thank you BiGGiE.
The MVP is....
The Poke Mart, of course! Nobody would have stood a chance if it wasn't for massive amounts of steroids, a.k.a. X Attack, Special, and Speed.
The LVP is....
Spinda! Sorry. At least Pauly D had one moment in the sun.
And now, the team:
Exploud @ Nothing Lv 49, Gentle
Strength
Fire Blast
Hyper Beam
Brick Break
Marshtomp @ Mystic Water Lv 44, Careful
Take Down
Blizzard
Mud Shot
Surf
Gyarados @ Nothing Lv 47, Naive
Surf
Thunderbolt
Fire Blast
Blizzard
Illumise @ Nothing, Lv 43, Relaxed
Facade
Thunder
Encore
Moonlight
Spinda @ Nothing, Lv 26, Serious
Metronome
Dynamicpunch
Rollout
psybeam
Machop @ Nothing, Lv 21, Serious
Low Kick
Bulk Up
Attract
Karate Chop
There you have it. Nothing above L50!
Well, thank you for the fun Scramble, and I hope to participate in another challAnge on Leafgreen. But that's a job for another day...
THANK YOU AND GOOD MORNING (as it's 12:11 AM)!
