Last time we saved the world from Team Flare. So I went through Route 18 to Couriway Town.
I beat Sycamore, he was pretty easy since Cheesy did more than half to Blastoise with Grass Knot and lived his Aqua Tail, then Ranch took care of his Charizard with Rock Tomb followed by Crunch. So I got a few nice items in Couriway, then went to Route 19 where I battled some trainers, then the rivals on the bridge. Shauna I swept with Jalapeño after +6 Attack, Tierno wasn't anything hard either since I had type advantages, and Trevor got unlucky (his Aerodactyl missed against Cheesy twice with Supersonic).
Then I arrived in Snowbelle City, and went through Route 20 (ugh, least favorite place in the game) and met Wulfric at the Pokémon Village.
I also caught a Jigglypuff that I traded for the Bisharp, Pierce. Great to have since it gains boosted EXP. Then it was Gym time! The trainers had a bit of crazy stuff but nothing really significant. Despite being rather lower leveled, I decided to take on the Gym Leader.
Abomasnow was OHKOed by Flamethrower, Avalugg somehow lived Flamethrower but only used Curse and was 2HKOed as he healed, then Cryogonal was faster and confused me, so I brought in Jalapeño, survived a hit and killed him in one hit with Megahorn.
There was my team after the Gym fight. Despite that, I went to Route 21 and battled some interesting trainers, then got some TMs I can only access with Waterfall, like Earthquake and Rock Slide.
Victory Road time! Some of these trainers were pretty crazy since their levels were way higher than mine, but others weren't too terrible.
Just so I could have some backup in case they were needed, I caught a Druddigon in Victory Road named
Asiago and an Electrode in the Lost Hotel named
Sours. Druddigon was Level 59, which was by far my highest level at the time, but Electrode was only 38, though I caught it just in case I needed something for Siebold.
And I had to fight Calem. Meowstic was downed by Ranch, Greninja was slammed in one High Jump Kick from Kung Pao despite a nine level disadvantage, Altaria was 2HKOed by Calamari's Ice Beam (since he used Confide twice), then I brought in Bleu Cheese against Absol and used Shell Smash as he just used Swords Dance, then I OHKOed both that and Flareon with X-Scissor and Rock Slide respectively.
When I got this far, my 3DS' battery was in the red, haha. Anyway, these last few trainers weren't too bad, but the last one had an annoying Umbreon that Jalapeño had to come in and slam. Then we made it to the Pokémon League! I ran around, thinking about who to use, and went to Terminus Cave, and Routes 19 and 20 to do some training.
I decided to have Cheesy, Jalapeño, Cookie Crumb, Calamari, Bleu Cheese and Pierce as my team going in. I got them all to Level 59 as I thought that would be sufficient enough. Once that was done, I went into the Elite Four's castle!
I decided to do Siebold first because I wasn't exactly excited to battle him with what I had, so I just wanted to get him out of the way.
First I started with Calamari, who did more than half with Energy Ball against Clawitzer while his Dragon Pulse did around 2/3 my health. Then the Quick Claw activated and I killed him.
Then came Gyarados, and the Quick Claw activated there too and Charge Beam did more than half before he killed me with Earthquake. I brought out Cookie Crumb, and Earthquake did less than half to me before I killed him with Rock Slide.
Cookie Crumb was faster than Barbaracle and barely survived his Cross Chop with 9 HP, while Earthquake did
just enough for a 2HKO.
Finally, Starmie killed Cookie Crumb, but I brought in Pierce, survived his Surf, paralyzed him with Thunder Wave just to be safe, and killed him in one hit with Night Slash.
Drasna:
This was interesting. I used Calm Mind with Cheesy against Dragalge, who then did less than half with Surf, before OHKOing her with Psyshock.
Then Altaria missed with Sing and was 2HKOed by Psyshock as well.
Noivern knocked me low with Air Slash, but I got a critical hit Psychic that almost killed her. I switched to Calamari as she healed, then got ANOTHER Quick Claw, allowing me to kill her with Ice Beam.
Lastly, Druddigon, who took less than half with Ice Beam before phasing me out with Dragon Tail. Bleu Cheese was dragged out and I used Shell Smash, then she missed with Dragon Tail and I finished her with X-Scissor. Flawless win right there.
Malva:
Pyroar just used Noble Roar twice in a row against Calamari. Easy 2HKO with Surf.
For Talonflame, I switched in Cookie Crumb. She did pathetic damage with two hits of Brave Bird. I easily killed her with Rock Slide.
Torkoal was slammed in one hit by Head Smash, which was pretty awesome given how defensive she is, she was higher leveled and I didn't even have the Hard Stone backing.
Chandelure killed Cookie Crumb, but I brought in Bleu Cheese, and I don't remember what she did (I think she used Confide) then I used Shell Smash and killed her with Rock Slide.
Wikstrom:
I decided to start with Jalapeño, since she hadn't gotten a chance to fight all Elite Four and I wanted to make sure my favorite Pokémon on the team did. I set up a Swords Dance against Klefki as he used Torment and Spikes, then OHKOed him with a critical hit Earthquake (which I don't know if it mattered since I had the Soft Sand, making it 120 power).
Probopass was flinched with Rock Slide then slammed by Earthquake.
Scizor took less than half from Rock Slide, got a critical hit Iron Head to knock me to 12 HP, then killed me with Bullet Punch, but Cheesy killed him with Flamethrower.
For Aegislash I used Substitute to bait him into Blade forme, then killed him with Flamethrower.
Diantha:
First was Hawlucha. I had Cheesy out, and she used Poison Jab for 1/4 my health, but I killed her in one hit with Psychic.
After that was Tyrantrum. I used Light Screen and she killed me with Head Smash. I then brought out Pierce, who managed to flinch her with Iron Head. As she healed, I used Swords Dance then killed her in one hit with Iron Head.
Goodra came in next, and unfortunately hit with Focus Blast and killed Pierce. I brought in Bleu Cheese, and she used Muddy Water which did like 3/4 and lowered my accuracy while I used Shell Smash, then HIT with Rock Slide and flinched her. Whoa! I then hit with X-Scissor and killed her.
Then came Aurorus, who I hit with Rock Slide and killed in one hit.
Next up was Gourgeist. Unfortunately I missed against her twice in a row and she killed me with two hits of Phantom Force while I was weakened (Bleu Cheese had Leftovers, so she was gaining health gradually in between turns). I then brought in Jalapeño, and she used Trick-or-Treat while I used Swords Dance. I almost killed her with Megahorn, and she used Phantom Force. I didn't want to risk being OHKOed since I was part Ghost-type, so I brought in Cookie Crumb who took it for less than 1/4 like a boss. Then she healed, and I 2HKOed her with Crunch, the second hit being after she used Phantom Force again.
Lastly, Gardevoir. She killed Cookie Crumb with Moonblast and then OHKOed Calamari with Thunderbolt, leaving me with just Jalapeño. I'm like, ah man, this is it. I used Poison Jab…and got a critical hit, which killed her in one hit. :D I have no idea if I needed it or not (I had the Poison Barb backing for a 20% boost), but I still welcome it.
AZ:
Didn't have pictures here, but Calamari swept his team pretty much. I survived two hits of Sigilyph's Psychic with 14 HP and 2HKOed him with Ice Beam, while Torkoal and Golurk died to Surf.
