Update 2: Setting In
Hello again! As you'll see, I'll be updating this gymly, so stay posted!
Holy hell, it's been a while
no thanks to Pokemon Go. I'll try to remember all the way back...
I ran back to Jubilife City, where I met Prof. Rowan, Dawn, and a heap of techno-looking grunts. I battled them and won easily, no thanks to Stench messing me up way too much.
After that, I wiped the routes that led to Floaroma, and set to the most monotonous and painful mechanic in Pokemon - Honey trees.
Rant start: Why on earth do these even exist? All use they serve is to waste time, and if you are trying to get a specific pokemon, and there are only three trees that you can even access, and you don't know about the repeat mechanic, the Honey trees are living hell. It took until Friday to get just a goddamn Burmy!
Ahem. I apologise for that.
Anyway, by sheer patience and two packets of aspirin, I finally got my Burmy. That thing looked addicted to that stuff that I smeared on the tree. Being as unimaginative as I am, I decided to call him
Honey.
Anyway, I took on and completed the Valley Windworks, switch-training Burmy as I go.
I then traversed route 205, and randomly ran through some grass.
A wild Shellos appeared!
Wow. I didn't know I could get Shellos on this side of the route. Anyway, pokeball go.
This one looked like a little Van Gogh, so I named it the only name appropriate:
Paint.
So, I now apologise. Why? Well, with my little rant before, some might think that I hate Platinum. I do not. I love Platinum, and praise be unto it's name. Why the sudden mood change. One word. Cheryl.
Holy hell, she made grinding easy. I grinded the team to level 20, and Honey to level 22.
Anyway, I used the trainers one Route 205 pt. 2 to grind more, and finally reached Eterna City. I met Curtis and saw Palkia, and headed to Route 211. After running for 20 minutes, I finally found a female Chingling. When I caught it, she sung to me. Horribly, might I say, but I knew that she wanted to improve, so I called her
Melody.
As I headed back to town, a woman called Cynthia came up to me. She surprisingly gave me an HM: Cut. I didn't really care, I was just pissed that Challange was the only one who could learn it.
So, I took on the gym. The trainers were simple, Honey and Pigeon swept them all. Then, Gardenia.
I led with Pigeon against her Turtwig. Two wing attacks took it down, but it managed to get a Reflect up. To give me a challenge, I decided to solo her Cherrim. It took a couple of potions, but I took it down. Lastly, her Roserade. I sended out Paint, who was two-shotted. It then took Challange, Pigeon, and too many Super Potions to finish it off. That gained me the Forest Badge and Grass Knot.
I'm now staying with an old man who keeps on going on about an Underground or something. I know that I'm not finished with Eterna City yet, but I can't wait to get on with the rest of the region.
PARTY: MVP to LVP
MVP: Challange the Monferno
Lvl 23
Docile nature
- Mach Punch
- Rock Smash
- Flame Wheel
- Cut
See my first update for why he's MVP. He's stayed powerful throughout the game. I can't really let him die, though.
Pigeon the Starly
Lvl 22
Quiet nature
- Quick Attack
- Whirlwind
- Endeavor
- Wing Attack
The only reason he's really been used is because of the gym. Unfortunately, he'll drop with Mt. Coronet coming up.
Paint the Shellos
Lvl 22
Docile nature
- Water Pulse
-
Harden
-
Hidden Power (type: ???)
- Mud Bomb
This thing is very useful. The only thing is, there is no other status move that he can learn. I haven't used either Hidden Power or Harden yet to compensate.
Honey the Burmy
Lvl 25
Adamant nature
- Protect
- Tackle
- Bug Bite
- Hidden Power (type: Fighting)
This has been an arse to grind. Thankfully, not only will he be a Mothim, but he's got a decent nature for now.
LVP: Melody the Chingling
Lvl 19
Lax nature
- Astonish
- Confusion
- Uproar
- Growl
She's only LVP because she hasn't been trained up yet. I still have high hopes for her.