So I've been slacking since my last update so I decided to do EVERYTHING in one fell swoop. Rummaged through the Cinnabar Mansion to claim the key to Blaine's Gym where Magellan was ready to throttle him hard after disposing of the annoying apprentice trainers prior to him for valuable Experience. Cue Music!!
Music
Blaine
vs.
Columbus
Blaine sends out...
Ninetales level 48
Columbus sends out...
Magellan level 52
Although I have the level advantage, Blaine's Pokemon have the speed edge so I'm going to have to withstand whatever they throw my way. However, I'm likely going to OHKO all but his Arcanine using Surf(although we shall see with the last one). Anyways, Blaine opens with a Quick Attack that does relatively minor damage while I respond with a Surf attack that OHKO's Ninetales(poor Ninetales.... just love that Pokemon).
Up next....
Rapidash level 50
Blaine opens with Take Down that fortunately misses. I counter with Surf for another OHKO.
Blaine's Ace...
Arcanine level 54
Blaine opens the round with Reflect, halving all Physical Damage without realizing that I won't be using Physical moves to take him down. I open with another Surf that is a critical hit for a OHKO. Volcano badge is now mine! I make my way to Viridian Gym, quickly disposing of the apprentice trainers before healing and deciding who gets the honor of taking down Giovanni. After making my decision, it was time to claim the final badge.
Giovanni
vs.
Columbus
Giovanni sends out...
Dugtrio level 50
Columbus sends out...
Aelita level 51
I typically like facing Giovanni with a Flying Type Pokemon due to the fact it removes ALL his powerful Ground Type moves from the table. I mean sure I have Thunder and Rock Slide to worry about but Aelita knows Double Team and as we all know, Double Team makes those moves virtually worthless. Even moves like Thrash and Slash aren't as scary. The only Pokemon of Giovanni's I may have an issue with is his Persian due to knowing the very same move: Double Team. Anyways, with Giovanni's Pokemon being relatively weak to Special attacks(two of which are very vulnerable to Psychic), this should go relatively easy. I do have a few X-Accuracy in my backpack from the Sabrina battle to be on the safe side. Anyways, I open with Double Team x 6. Giovanni has the speed edge and opens with Earthquake, Dig, Fissure, and Dig. With Evasion now maxed, I order a Psychic attack while Giovanni attempts an Earthquake move in vain. Psychic hits and badly damages his Dugtrio. I finish it off the next round with a Psybeam attack.
Up next....
Persian level 53
Persian opens with a Screech attack that drops my Defense stat by 2. I open with Sleep Powder and put the cat to sleep wherein I hit it with Psychic and drop it to about 40%. As it continued to slumber I knock it out with a Critical Hit Psybeam. Easier than I thought it would be... Sleep OP, plz nerf :D
Up next...
Nidoqueen level 53
Ah my favorite Poison Type. This was sadly no contest.... Giovanni opens with Thunder that predictably misses and I open with Psychic. OHKO.
Up next...
Nidoking level 55
I dodge yet another Thunder Attack to unleash another Psychic. Another OHKO... woot!
Giovanni's Ace...
Rhydon level 55
Giovanni opens with Rock Slide(since its Super Effective if it hits) and I dodge it to unleash another Psychic. Although not Super Effective, its enough to whittle down Rhydon to roughly half HP. He tries again with Rock Slide and I finish it off with a Critical Hit Psychic. Earth Badge is now mine!! After healing, I go to Route 22 and dispose of my rival and make the long arduous trek through Victory Road. Finally I make it to Indigo Plateau and the Elite Four. Before facing them, I opted to grind to level 60 on Cycling Road. Why 60? It's comfortably high enough to where I could breeze through without too much trouble but not so overly high level that I'm stronger than Blue's Pokemon. Also rather than going to the lengths of describing the Elite Four and Champion matches like the last challenge, I'll simply give the cliff notes version:
Lorelei: Newton shredded her Water Types while her Jynx was a pain. I managed to put it to sleep before knocking it out and finishing off her Lapras in the same manner as her other Water Types.
Bruno: MarcoPolo used Dig on his first Onix and OHKO'd it. I then used Sand Attack x 6 on Hitmonlee before swapping to Stooges. I raised Stooges Evasion and had to use Swift to knock out his Hitmonlee due to the use of Double Team. Hitmonchan fell in one blow from Drill Peck and I had to grind like crazy on his 2nd Onix(but it eventually fell). His Machamp fell to a Fly OHKO.
Agatha: Aelita was the MVP of this bout. I opened with Double Team to raise her Evasion while Agatha opened with Substitute and then tried to Confuse me with Confuse Ray but failed at least twice. Also tried landing Lick and Mega Drain attacks but thanks to Double Team, nothing landed. I then used Psybeam to break the Substitute before finishing it off with Psychic. The next four Pokemon battles went like so: Agatha used a move and missed. I used Psychic and Agatha's Pokemon faints.
Lance: Since I lacked an Electric Type like Pikachu, I lacked a Pokemon with a clear advantage over Gyrados' Water/Flying Typing. MarcoPolo and Serena would be suicide while Newton, Stooges and Aelita had already battled. That left Magellan as the go-to option and I simply grinded down Gyrados with one Ice Beam after another and managed to tank a Leer and Dragon Rage attack. His two Dragonairs fell to Ice Beam OHKO's while his speed demon Aerodactyl managed to land a strong Hyper Beam before being knocked out by Surf. Against his Dragonite, I was fortunate to get a Critical Hit Ice Beam to OHKO it.
Blue: I used Full Restores on everyone prior to the fight to ensure I was ready to go. I opened with Magellan seeing as Sandslash was his first Pokemon and I OHKO it with Surf. After surviving a Psybeam, I hit with a strong Body Slam that doesn't knock it out but paralyzes it. I then follow it up with a Strength attack that KO's it. Against Exeggutor, Ice Beam for the win! Ninetales falls to a Surf before I Body Slam Cloyster into Paralysis. I will attest that Cloyster is a Physical Tank but being that I'm extremely resistant to his Water/Ice moves, Cloyster eventually falls. His Jolteon... dear god I hate facing Electric Types(much less Jolteon). Fortunately, I love having Ground Types so MarcoPolo swaps in and OHKO's it with a Dig Attack.
MVP of this Yellow run has to go to Magellan in my book. Sweeps Lance and Blue virtually solo ;D Honorable mention to Aelita though by taking down Agatha and getting me through the early parts of the game. I never used Serena in my Elite Four run and I never evolved her either :D
Vulpix rules!