Give me a U!
Give me a P!
Give me a D!
Give me an A!
Give me a T!
Give me an E!
So, my Pokemon and I have come far since our last update. Let me tell you the story of our most perilous journey...
We fought our way to Hearthome City, zooming down Cycling Road and clambering through Mt. Coronet. All of them, save Bibarel, were around lvl. 23 when I reached Hearthome. I healed my Pokemon and set up towards the Contest Hall, where I met my mother and entered Pingu (Prinplup) in a contest. This reminded me why I never enter contests in Sinnoh. With not much else to do, I headed to the gym.
Wesley (Buizel) took down most of the trainers with Pursuit, but I made a point of training Slughorn (Shellos) as well. When I reached the gym leader, Wesley was at level 25 and just on the verge of gaining a level, not 100 EXP away. But I was foolish, and entered the battle anyway.
Leading with Slughorn, I set up a Rain Dance, then used Water Pulse to take down Duskull. Fantina chose her most powerful Pokemon, Mismagius, so I chose Wesley. He tried his best, but his low Special defence was exploited by a powerful Shadow Ball, and Wesley was down. Stuck for Super-Effective moves on my most trained Pokemon, I decided to go with the Pokemon that had served me so well in the last match - Gyarados.
Skulkraken, as he was called, performed excellently, despite being underlevelled. He started off with a Bite, and though he took a Powerful Shadow Ball, he survived it and used Dragon Rage to finish the battle. I decided to keep him in to face Haunter, and his Dragon Rages did not disappoint.
With the Relic Badge pinned to my jacket, I began the long trek to Solaceon and then Veilstone. First though, I had to face my rival. He ambushed me on the way out of Hearthome, and the battle began.
Wesley hit his Staravia hard with a Rock Tomb, and though the opponent tried to avoid the attacks with Double Team, with Swift at my disposal he had no chance. Pyro, my rival, sent out another Buizel to face mine. Mine was lvl. 26 now, having grown a level beating Staravia, and so soundly beat the snot out of his doppelganger. Then my real challenge appeared - Grotle. I decided to take no prisoners and pull out my trump card, Skulkraken. Dragon Rage, Dragon Rage, dead Grotle. Shellos took care of Ponyta with Water Pulse, and Pyro's spirits were once again dampened (ba-dum-ching!).
What? Wesley started evolving after the battle! My Wesley evolved into FLOATZEL!
On my way to Solaceon, I picked up a Good Rod, and quickly headed back to Sandgem town, where I fished up a Finneon, and named it Zoey. Training Finneon took a while, but the VS seeker helped, and eventually she reached lvl. 26 with all my other Pokemon. I made it to Solaceon, rested a while, then carried on the long route to Veilstone. I must note that during this time, Wesley was an absolute beast, as was Skulkraken when I called upon him.
I reached Veilstone, and realised that I could now catch a Remoraid if I went southwards, so I did, and guess what happened? Slughorn and Zoey finally evolved into a shmexy Gastrodon and Lumineon. Finally! I fished up a Remoraid, and now I'm breeding for one with a better nature. I wouldn't normally do this, but the first two I caught both had natures that hindered the Spcl. Atk stat, and since I'm planning a moveset of Charge Beam/Ice Beam/Flamethrower/Psybeam, I really need a decent SA stat.
My team so far:
Wesley/Floatzel
lvl. 30
Ability
- Swift
- Aqua Jet
- Rock Tomb
- Crunch
His speed and power has certainly come in useful, and is an absolute beast with Crunch, but the downside that if he doesn't OHKO something, he's in trouble.
Slughorn/Gastrodon
Lvl. 30
Sticky Hold
- Water Pulse
- Rain Dance
- Mud Bomb
- Body Slam
Finally! This thing is no longer ugly and has gained a Ground sub-type. While it was leaning towards being deadweight before, it's getting a lot more useful after evolving.
Zoey/Lumineon
Lvl. 31
Swift Swim
- Gust
- Water Pulse
- Safeguard
- Attract
Same story as Slughorn, really. Although Attract and Safeguard are occasionally useful, as is the flying-type move.
Pingu/Prinplup
Lvl. 30
Torrent
- Metal Claw
- Bubblebeam
- Return
- Peck
One word for this thing: Solid. He's not bad, and he's not brilliant, but he does his job and takes down most opponents. He should be the star of my team when he evolves and gets one of the best typings in the game.
Skulkraken/Gyarados
Lvl. 26
Intimidate
- Leer
- Tackle
- Bite
- Dragon Rage
Though he's underlevelled, he's still strong enough to beat most opponents with Dragon Rage, the preset damage is very useful. His role is to beat annoying Grass-types like Roselia that could otherwise sweep my whole team.
Tweedledee/Bibarel
Lvl. 21
Unaware
- Water Gun
- Cut
- Rollout
- Rock Smash
How sad it is that once an important member of my team is now relegated to nought but a HM slave. At least it's still bulky enough that I can stick it out in important battles, and it can take a couple of hits while I heal.
