It's finally time. Time to defeat the Elite Four. Our fallen team members shall not be forgotten. With our new squad all set and ready for battle, let us begin the infamous Elite Four.
Out of the members of the Elite Four, I thought Marshall was going to be the biggest threat, so I went for him first. As you can see, Kohryu is part of our new squad. I started secretly raising him up with the Exp. Share after Poisma met his untimely end, but him and Pulinpa, another new member of the squad, put in some work on Marshall, but mostly Kohryu, able to take out his thick Conkeldurr and his big threat, Mienshao. One down, three to go.
Now, Caitlin was my second pick for various reasons, and most of them pertain to Focus Blast Reuniclus and Ice Beam Sigilyph. I led with Reiji, expecting Musharna, but she led with Reuniclus and I was forced to use Pulinpa to handle Reuniclus...not that it did much. He ate the Focus Blast and it missed it's Thunder. Sadly, though, Reiji can't kill Musharna or Gothetelle in one shot without BlackGlasses. Other than that, Bufudyne made quick work of the deadly bird of doom. Moving onto our not so threatening Elite Four members.
I'm gonna be honest, I'm sorry for what I did to Grimsley. Seriously, the only actual threat on his team was Scrafty because of the Poisma fiasco, but Aqua got a crit Drain Punch and insta killed it. Krookodile was nothing but a Scald, and even though Bisharp had Defiant, one Earthquake from Reiji was all it took (it was a crit too, by the way). Liepard and Bufudyne had a bit of fun, but Quick Claw loved to pop in this battle. To be honest, I could've probably faced Shauntel first and this battle would still be a breeze. Speaking of Shauntel...
Now while Grimsley was a pushover, Shauntel was just annoying. Cofag lived on 1% and got off it's Will-o-wisp on Reiji turn 1, Jellicent got a Special Defence drop on Masao (lucky that Jellicent's physical defense is paper thin levels of suck), and Chandy nearly killed Aqua and lived a Surf on 1%. Golurk was easy, so ye. With that, we beat the Elite Four. Now it's time to heal up and take on the Champion...
...is what I would be saying if this was White 2 or Black 2, but we still have a big problem to attend to, and that's Messiah and Zekrom.
And we may have our work cut out for us because Messiah even beat Alder. Sure, he used a legendary, but still, he beat Alder, the man with the Lv. 70+ Volcarona. Let it be known that I like Volcarona, but that's another story for another time. We have to end this. We have to stop Messiah. We have to go and restock on Hyper Potions and heal up, so let's do that first.
Suddenly, N's Castle, because we need a suitable final battlefield.
Let me just say, I like the music in N's Castle. That's beside the point, though. Beyond this door is our final battles. We lost no team members during the Elite Four. Let's keep this up for the true finale, Messiah and Ghetsis.
But first, we gotta catch this guy. I won't use him because we already have an established squad, but...
I believe it's fitting that our final encounter is named after the final Persona used in Persona 3 to
, the Universe Persona, Messiah. Now, let's take down Messiah once and for all, shall we?
Mother of Arceus, this one was intense. Zekrom only set up a Light Screen, got healed, then died from a crit Earthquake from Reiji. Lucky I shut down it's Fusion Bolt. Then, the only actual threat to my team shows up, the Vanilluxe. Turn 1, it sets up Hail while I was assuming it was Zoroark, then it gets the freeze on Aqua with Blizzard the following turn. I was lucky to switch to Bufudyne, but then it throws out Flash Cannon and nearly kills her. Luckily, I still managed to get a Poison Touch Drain Punch before Aqua got frozen. Other than that, the rest of his team came down to "Oh, this mon is Zoroark...maybe," but instead, this man just sends out Zoroark straight up and it dies from Kohryu's Dragon Claw. Now, let's do the real final battle and put my nerves to rest for a while.
While N was a tough fight, Ghetsis was more of a matter of "kill Hydregion and you're good to go." Toxic stall Cofag wasn't too much trouble for Reiji, but then Ghetsis throws the curveball by sending in Hydregion straight away. Luckily for me, it couldn't kill Aqua in 2 hits because of Drain Punch, so it wasn't too bad. After that, his team fell apart like a stack of cards. Bouffalant only got off one Head Charge, but at -1 thanks to Reiji, it wasn't too bad. A Crunch and an Earthquake dispatched it quickly. Masao just destroyed Seismitoad, and if I had Earthquake, Eelektross would've been instakilled by Kohyru. Oh well, Dragon Claw worked all the same. After that, with some Earthquake action, Reiji took down Ghetsis' Bisharp and brought this chapter to a close. No casualties.
And with that...the game is complete. Our locke is won.
Team Innocent Sin (Final)
Masao (Simisage) ♂ Lv. 54 @ Miracle Seed
Nature: Impish
Ability: Gluttony
Moves: Acrobatics, Leech Seed, Crunch, Seed Bomb
Survivor MVP
One of the original members of the squad. I ended up getting my Pansage killed during my first X Nuzlocke thanks to a Shellder, but this time around, he made it to the end. While he wasn't exactly MVP material, he will have the title of Survivor MVP.
Aqua (Seismitoad) ♀ Lv. 55 @ Expert Belt
Nature: Brave
Ability: Poison Touch
Moves: Drain Punch, Surf, Sludge Bomb, Scald
Squad Co-MVP
Messiah Co-MVP
So back when Aqua was a Tympole and she got added to the squad, I had my doubts. This is a mon I've never used in a locke, or at all in a playthrough before. Although, as time passed, she became quite the member of the team. Sure, there is still someone who surpassed her, but...Aqua was probably one of the best members of the squad.
Reiji (Krookodile) ♂ Lv. 57 @ BlackGlasses
Nature: Quirky
Ability: Intimidate
Moves: Earthquake, Crunch, Foul Play, Rock Tomb
Squad MVP
Messiah and Ghetsis MVP
This man, right here. He is the MVP of the squad. Ever since evolving, this man has put in nothing but the finest of work, especially lategame. I don't think I would've won the locke without him.
Kohyru (Haxorus) ♂ Lv. 54 @ Dragon Fang
Nature: Bashful
Ability: Mold Breaker
Moves: Dragon Dance, Slash, Poison Jab, Dragon Claw
Bufudyne (Beartic) ♂ Lv. 54 @ Quick Claw
Nature: Hasty
Ability: Snow Cloak
Moves: Icicle Crash, Strength, Shadow Claw, Brick Break
Pulinpa (Gothetelle) ♂ Lv. 53 @ Spell Tag
Nature: Mild
Ability: Frisk
Moves: Thunderbolt, Psyshock, Psychic, Shadow Ball