Last time, I finished defeating Giovanni in his Celadon Headquarters, and while in the town, I decided I might as well head to the Celadon Gym so CH'DING (Farfetch'd) and HCE (Ditto) could obey me past Level 30. According to my rules, I have to solo the entire gym with a pathetic Gyarados, with no going back to the Pokemon Center...oh boy...
I enter the Gym, making sure to keep in mind that my only attacking moves are Tackle and Flail, and that I have to use Splash or items until he's under 50% health. Two trainers seperate me from Erika, I challange the first, and send out Sadist (Gyarados) with 3 HP remaining. Flail base power: 200.
Problem is, Erika's stronger Pokemon could probably survive a single unboosted un-STABed Flail, so I healed up before the battle. Aw...
Bass Battle: Erika
Must be solo'd by: Sadist
Sadist at full health, sadly, against her Victreebel. With its strongest move being Giga Drain hitting Sadist's relatively high Special Defense, it was easy to set up with X Attacks and one or two X Speeds, then start destroying stuff with Flail. Victreebel OHKO'd, Tangela OHKO'd, Vileplume survived, I'll take my badge and TM and be on my...
Oh wait, it took a +6 Flail from a low-health Gyarados? Seriously!?! Sadist is low on health, about 30 hit points iirc, and Vileplume gets to attack.
Vileplume uses Giga Drain!
The bar drops, hang in there Sadist...who am I kidding, it barely knocks out half his health. Erika needs better Pokemon <_<
I leave and walk past the creepy guy staring through the window, who never stopped staring, that guy should get a job. With that slight detour over, time to get back to my main objective, reaching the Daycare on Two Island so I can Daycare-abuse three Pokemon at one time! Lolcat (Pidgeotto) takes the lead, working his way down Cycling Road battling only a few bikers along the way. After a trip to the Safari Zone and some training of HCE (Ditto) to keep him at a high enough level (He can't be the lowest level Pokemon), I traded over a Lickitung and prepared for a battle with Koga!
Then I changed my mind and went for Lt. Surge instead.
Boss Battle: Lt. Surge
Must be solo'd by: CH'DING
CH'DING is Level 29 at this point, starting against a Level 21 Voltorb that obviously knows Shock Wave. Hoping it can take a hit, I start using X Attacks and X Speeds to prepare for a sweep. Voltorb starts with Sonicboom, then comes the Shock Wave for an OVERWHELMING...22 damage Lol. Setting up is no trouble despite needing to use a Lemonade every other turn, and soon CH'DING is on the offense, OHKOing with Fury Attack. Lt. Surge sends out Pikachu, and not wanting to risk Static as much with Fury Attack, I use Peck for the OHKO, and Static activates :(
Lt. Surge sends out Raichu, and I wonder if its Shock Wave will OHKO. No choice but to find out, I use a Paralyze heal and hope for the best.
The foe's Raichu uses Shock Wave!
His health bar is dropping...I think he'll survive...come on...
It's a Critical Hit!
Hmm, that didn't work. Retry, this time while holding a Cheri Berry instead of his trusty Stick, and everything goes according to plan.
Two down, and I have Fly! Except the only Flier I have is Doduo, I will never understand how it learns Fly. Anyway, that matter done, back to Fushia!
Boss Battle: Koga
Must be solo'd by: MARC (Lickitung)
Before starting the Scramble, this seemed pretty easy compared to most solo's, despite MARC only being able to use a non-STAB base 20 power Lick. Seems I forgot to consider that his Koffing at the start knew Smokescreen, and Toxic, and STAB Sludge with a 30% chance of Poison, and that I can only heal him with Super Potions...yeah it didn't take long to figure out this was gonna be big challange.
First try, start boosting stats, with an occasional Lick to see how much damage its doing. Unboosted does almost no damage. After poison wears it down, my pathetic attempts to heal only healing him for a turn or two, then I have to use an Antidote, then another Super Potion, and by then he's poison'd again...eventually I get MARC to +6 Attack, it's Licking time to get him out of our way!
MARC uses Lick!
His health bar is dropping...keeps dropping....40% damage <_< and Sludge + Poison kills him.
Retry, stating up, get hit with Sludge to knock MARC down into the red, and poisoned <_<
Third try, it's working! I get set up, even using X Accuracy well enough to counter Smokescreen, barely surviving the poison attacks, and Lick gets a crit! Koffings at 20% health, I'm faster and will finish it off next turn-
Ok this Koffing is driving me nuts. I try again, and again, and again...every time, Sludge hits and Poisons several turns in a row, or Toxic and Sludge wear MARC down faster then he can heal, or Smokescreen stops him from attacking while he's poisoned over and over and over...
Around the tenth time, Koffing tries a different strategy, Self-Destructing turn 1! After an X Defend, MARC loses about 40%, finally beating that Koffing! Koga sends out Muk, which doesn't know Smokescreen, maybe I can win this!
The foe's Muk uses Minimize!
Ugh.
The foe's Muk uses Acid Armor!
Really GameFreak? In case you're curious, its other two moves are Sludge and Toxic. Sigh...fortunately it spends the first several turns boosting its stats, giving me the chance to drug MARC up on X Defends. A stall war begins, with me slowly boosting his stats while healing and removing poison, Muk trying to wear me down. Eventually MARC reaches +6 Attack, and Licks for an amazing 5% damage. This could take a while.
Two critical hits bypassed his Defense boosts, and finally took him out. Next up is a Koffing, now I'm on a roll, easily defeating Koffing. Finally a Weezing, two levels higher then MARC, not that it matters, I am +6 Attack and-
That Lick just did 10%. At +6. To a +0 Weezing. Oh and it also has the Smokescreen/Toxic/Sludge combo that Koffing used so successfully. The difference is I'm stat boosted on drugs, including 6 X Accuracy from the fight with Muk, and after another long fight, MARC comes out on top to earn the Soul Badge in the most difficult battle yet.
I think that's a long enough update, I'll save the battle with Blaine for another time. Don't miss it, what an exciting battle! Or is it battles?