-Lorelei was a bit annoying with her Ice Beams. So, I decided to annoy her back. Fava (Shiftry) defeated her Dewgong after she used one of her Full Restores. Slowbro's Yawn made me switch out twice, and I eventually brought out Garlic (Venusaur). This is where I began my torment. Sleep Powder + Leech Seed + Substitute = fun! Pepper in some Razor Leaf, and this strategy got me through Slowbro, Lapras, and Jynx. Cloyster only needed a single Razor Leaf.
-Bruno was simple. It was all Azuki (Exeggutor) with Solar Beam and Psychic. All OHKOs.
-Agatha was tough because of Sludge Bomb. Fava defeated her first Gengar using Extrasensory, but the second one had Sludge Bomb, so Fava fainted here. Azuki finished the job though. I think she may have defeated Golbat too, but I can't remember it clearly. After Golbat was Arbok. I misjudged the speed difference, and ended up losing a lot of HP and getting poisoned (Lum Berry healed this though). Switched back to Garlic to finish it with SubSeed. Haunter was last, and I was hoping to have Azuki finish the battle. Unfortunately Hypnosis and Curse didn't let her. But I had an idea! Garlic's Substitute seems to shut down Haunter completely, so I did just that. Easy pickings. Revived the team in preparation for the next battle.
-Lance was about as difficult as Agatha. Alfalfa (Tangela) started off the battle with Sleep Powder and Sunnybeaming, which knocked out Gyarados and Aerodactyl. Dragonite finished him off, though. I think I brought out Cassava (Parasect) next, hoping to get in a Spore, but I think I lost her to a Wing Attack or something. So, SubSeed time. After some(?) Full Restores on Dragonite, Garlic was running low on PP from the last few battles. So I put Dragonite to sleep, switched to Fava, and finished it off. The two Dragonair were no problem for Fava, even after a Full Restore. Healed the team mostly up to full, and used my only Elixir on Garlic.
-The final battle! This match against my rival ProfOak was really annoying. I forgot who he began with, so I had Cassava up against his Pidgeot. Bad start! I immediately lost Cassava to Aerial Ace, but it wasn't for nothing... Effect Spore paralyzed it! Azuki came in and Psychic'd it to oblivion. Gyarados came out next, and I used Sleep Powder and Leech Seed to stall it as I used an X Speed, X Accuracy (to make up for Pidgeot's Sand-Attack), and one or two X Specials to prepare. Azuki defeated the Gyarados, and out came the terror I was prepping for: Charizard. Unfortunately, I overestimated Azuki's speed and underestimated his Charizard's (always with Azuki! >_<), so that single X Speed wasn't enough. Fire Blast, and I lost Azuki. He proceeded to OHKO my entire team with Fire Blast, which somehow never missed and even got a crit once. I used a Max Revive on Garlic somewhere during the slaughter, so I was fine. It turns out that he ran out of PP for Fire Blast, but that didn't stop the crits from Aerial Ace and Slash. I used an X Defend to allow Garlic to survive two Aerial Aces, and that helped a lot. From here, I proceeded with my usual strategy, and also revived Arugula (Vileplume) for backup just in case. After some Full Restores on that wretched Charizard, it finally went down. During the time it was still up, I was buffing Garlic with various X items (and a Dire Hit) in preparation for everything else (too bad there aren't any X Sp. Def. in this game). So, Alakazam, Exeggutor, and Rhydon went down quite easily. There's a new champion now!
My team was inducted into the Hall of Fame, and it was glorious:
One region down, four to go!
