Update #5
-Caught a Rhyhorn to deal with those pesky water-flying types
-Left Victory Road and got TM24
-gave Rhyhorn a Rare candy and it evolved to Rhydon
-let Rhydon hold a Protector and traded it to another game and back to evolve it into Rhyperior. Taught him Thunderbolt, Rock Tomb and Iron Tail
-Went back to Victory Road
-Caught a Graveler to use Explosion or Self-destruct in the E4
-Made it though
-beat Nick in the Pokemon Centre
-Headed into the Elite 4
Aaron Battle: Perfect Example Type Coverage
-Garchomp Fire Fanged Yanmega, but it u-turned out to drapion, which ate an earthquake and went down
-A pair of Fire Fangs took out Heracross
-Rhyperior got a Critical Hit with Stone Edge on Vespiquen
-A Fire Fang OHKO'd Scizor, and a second Fire Fang finished off an already hurt Yanmega
It's at this point I saved, and realized I forgot to bring Graveler in. Oh well, I didn't train him any, just a bomb.
Bertha Battle: Ground vs. Ground
-A Giga Drain didn't quiet finish off Whiscash, so I used an X Special on the turn she healed, and as a result KO'd it next turn. Torterra leveled up and learned Leaf Storm!
-She sent out Gliscor, and I sent out Gastrodon. Took an Earthquake but OHKO'd it with Ice Beam
-Hippowdon hit an Earthquake, and survived surf. I didn't heal because I thought she would, but she didn't and Gastrodon went down to Earthquake, but Torterra took him out
-Torterra also took out Golem with Leaf Storm
-Her Rhyperior took out Torterra with a surprise Avalanche, but my Garchomp was too fast and finished it with an Earthquake
Healed and used some PP Ups on Leaf Storm
Flint Battle: This is Gonna be Fun
-Stupid Houndoom used Sunny day, so it took two Surfs
-Garchomp was faster than Rapidash, and OHKO'd it with Earthquake
-Garchomp also OHKO'd Falreon, Magmortar and Infernape
Lucian Battle: Toughest Test
-Mr. Mime used Reflect, but went down to 2 Crunches
-Grachomp's Earthquake isn't doing much. Stupid Reflect. We are both in the red, and both heal, and Reflect is gone. Eathquake takes it to the red, and a Slash puts Espeon away.
-2 Fire Fangs put Bronzong in the red. I thought he would heal, so I used an X Attack, but he didn't, so Garchomp went down. Hammer Arm from Rhyperior put Bronzong down.
-When I needed the quick claw it came though, and Torterra put Gallade away with Earthquake
-Torterra survived Alakazam's Psychic with 31 hp, and got a Critical Hit with Crunch
Healed before going into the Champion's Room
Cynthia Battle: Main Event
-Garchomp out ran Spiritomb, and finished it with a pair of Earthquakes
-She sent out her Garchomp, who missed a Dragon Rush and BARELY survived and Ice Beam from Gastrodon. History, however, repeated itself, a missed Dragon Rush, and an Ice Beam, this time for the KO
-Garchomp Fire Fanged Roserade, but it survived. Garchomp got poisoned. I opted to use an X Attack for a guaranteed KO instead of healing the poison on the turn Cynthia healed.
-Milotic used Ice Beam and OHKO'd Torterra. Bad luck with the Quick Claw
-Used the Toxic Wall strategy I used on Wake against Milotic.
-Lucario OHKO'd Rhyperior with Aura Sphere
-Send out Gastrodon, but healed Garchomp instead. Gastrodon took the fall. I regret sending out Rhyperior and losing my wall
-An Earthquake from Garchomp OHKO'd Lucario
-Took a few turns to heal Gastrodon while Togekiss Air Slashed Garchomp
-Garchomp hit Togekiss with Dragon Rush and it flinched. Air Slash put Garchomp down the next turn though when Slash didn't put it away.
-Cynthia healed, allowing Gastrodon to hit Ice Beam. Air Slash missed, and Ice Beam Froze Togekiss. One last Ice Beam ended the battle and my challenge.
Final Team:
Torterra (Lvl 57)
-Leaf Storm
-Curse
-Earthquake
-Crunch
Gastrodon (Lvl 56)
-Surf
-Toxic
-Mud Bomb
- Ice Beam
Garchomp (Lvl 57)
-Dragon Rush
-Fire Fang
-Slash
-Earthquake
Rhyperior (Lvl 51)
-Thunderbolt
-Hammer Arm
-Stone Edge
-Earthquake
And Special thanks to all my HM Slaves
Budew: Cut
Geodude: Rock Smash
Bibarrel: Surf, Rock Smash, Waterfall and Rock Climb
Tropius: Cut, Fly, Strength, Defog
Challenge wasn't too hard. The hardest parts were Wake and Lucian. My MVP was Garchomp, he beat Candice, Aaron, and Flint almost single handedly. Gastrodon was a great wall against Wake and Cynthia's Milotic. My LVP was Rhyperior, he wasn't on my team very long, and his Special Attack wasn't that good, so Thunderbolt wasn't very good, and his purpose, to beat water-flying types, wasn't very necessary at that point. Were I to have caught a Rhyhorn before I battled Wake, the case would have been different. Overall, I enjoyed doing this challenge. I love ground types, and X items are awesome.
