Ultimate Bug Monotype Challenge
Game: SoulSilver
Badges: 7 8
I haven't had a lot of time to play recently, so it's been a while since my last update. Last time, I'd just beaten Jasmine after playing Voltorb Flip for a small eternity. Arriving at Mahogany Town, I decided to grind for a while because that's just all kinds of fun, and some of my bug pokés kind of need the extra levels. Pineco and Yanma evolved, which means that now my entire team is fully evolved! I then got to the Lake of Rage, knocked out the red Gyarados and found a pair of Choice Specs for Yanmega. Beedrill then more or less single-handedly took out the Team Rocket HQ in Mahogany Town, and Ledian swept through Pryce's gym. Pryce himself, though, took out Ledian, because - well - it's a Ledian. So Heracross had to step in.
Every single member of Team Rocket in Goldenrod, be it in the Radio Tower or underground, got destroyed by the might of Yanmega.
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I moved on through the ice cave and challenged Clair. She was all kinds of tough, only Ledian and Heracross made it out of that battle alive. She then went on to show me an example of sportsmanship by refusing to give me a badge, until I went to some hut in the middle of a lake beneath a cave or some ****. No no, Clair, it's not a hassle at all, it's perfectly reasonable. Anyway, I completely forgot that you had to do the whole Whirl Islands thing, so I quickly got that out of the way - Yanmega destroyed Lugia, screw catching it - and moved on to Victory Road. Not much to report here, I got to the league pretty quickly. Silver at the end of Victory Road wasn't too hard. So, onto the E4.
I knew I was going to be underleveled, and that's not something my (mostly) fragile bug team appreciates, so I bought a year's supply of revives, full restores, full heals and hyper potions. And then i went in.
Will wasn't too much trouble. Yanmega blasted through his team almost unharmed with Shadow Ball.
Koga was a bit more difficult, but this is where I truly discovered the usefulness of Forretress. I was briefly stuck in a Forretress 1v1 standoff, until his used Explosion. Other than Forretress, Beedrill and Heracross won this one for me. And I remember Yanmega got a lucky AncientPower boost to take down his Crobat.
Bruno was
hard. I had Beedrill lay down some Toxic Spikes, but very little did it help. I got to use some revives here, while Heracross bravely won the match for me.
Karen was tough, as well. Beedrill and Parasect pulled off some nice teamwork here with U-turn and of course, the almighty Spore, but mainly, it was Heracross again. And Yanmega. So far, Ledian hadn't even seen battle at this point.
And then there was Lance. Holy crap, I don't remember the last time I was this much on the edge of my seat for a battle. It seemed like it lasted forever. My "strategy" involved getting some lucky boosts with Yanmega's Choice Specs locked AncientPower. It suceeded when I led with Beedrill, U-turned to Parasect, beacuse Gyarados would use Waterfall against Beedrill, which doesn't affect Parasect. Parasect would then put Gyarados to sleep and chip away some HP, getting it ready for Yanmega to finish. Yanmega then did get a ridiculuosly lucky and well-timed AncientPower boost, but it still wasn' enough to take down Aerodactyl. The rest of the battle was me walling with Forretress, while reviving my team. In the end, I was switching between Forretress and Yanmega through his three Dragonites. In the very last battle, his Dragonite was almost out before taking out Forretress, making way for a nice, clean revenge kill from Yanmega's AncientPower. Yanmega was the last one standing and definitely MVP of the match. During the battle, I almost emptied my supply of revives, full restores and I even had to use my elixirs and ethers for Yanmega.
Anyway, I guess I'm moving on to Kanto!
This is my current team:
Beedrill, lv. 43
Male // Adamant // Swarm
- U-turn
- Toxic Spikes
- Assurance
- Poison Jab
Forretress, lv. 44 @ Amulet Coin
Female // Careful // Sturdy
- Bug Bite
- Dig
- Strength
- Payback
Parasect, lv. 42 @ Miracle Seed
Female // Impish // Dry Skin
- Slash
- Spore
- Giga Drain
- Leech Life
Heracross, lv. 43 @ Sharp Beak
Female // Jolly // Swarm
- Rock Tomb
- Close Combat
- Aerial Ace
- Shadow Claw
Yanmega, lv. 47 @ Choice Specs
Male // Timid // Tinted Lens
- AncientPower
- Shadow Ball
- Uproar
- Slash
Ledian, lv. 42 @ Wide Lens
Female // Modest // Swarm
- Silver Wind
- Focus Blast
- Reflect
- Roost
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Bugs are annoying as hell please don't use them ever kthanks
Woah woah woah there, mister, that's offensive!
