The Duo-Species Challenge

We hoofed it through the Candy Mines to the next town, beat the Gyn Leader there whom I forget what type they use, then we rand off towards the next town and Chocosaur evolved into Fudgisaur. Once there, we beat another Battle Contest, spammed Pay Day for training/money, and beat the Gym Leaders who use Banana and Lemon(I think) types. They may have been using Orange or maybe that was Town 2. .-.
Anyhow we also met Chocobun and Dark Chocobun on the boat. And many many trainer battlers against Mark, Katia, and Lee.

GYM LEADERS: (NOTE: Levels are AFTER gym battle)

Brock:
Team:
Psyduck/Gouda (Level 16)
Moves: Confusion, Scratch, Tail Whip, Disable
Mr. Mime/TheRiddler (Level 15)
Moves: Confusion, Barrier, Substitute, Meditate
Commentary: Probably the hardest part of the game only because of the near impossible grinding. Made Psyduck my starter and caught Mr. Mime at level 3 on the first route. Grinding was difficult as Psyduck only had Scratch with awful defense, making it impossible to get the kill on any wild Pokemon. Mr. Mime also did not Confusion until level 5, so I was forced to do the swap-and-kill technique until then. After that, Mr. Mime could handle most anything at made grinding much easier for Psyduck.

Misty:
Team:
Psyduck/Gouda (Level 25)
Moves: Scratch, Confusion, Screech, Disable
Mr. Mime/TheRiddler (Level 25)
Moves: Confusion, Light Screen, Magical Leaf, Substitute
Commentary: Very easy gym fight. Set up Light Screen and Substitute on Staryu to prevent Water Pulse damage and confusion from such. Mr. Mime's Magical Leaf really made it easy.

Lt. Surge:
Team:
Psyduck/Gouda (Level 32)
Moves: Water Pulse, Confusion, Screech, Scratch
Mr. Mime/TheRiddler (Level 29)
Moves: Psybeam, Light Screen, Magical Leaf, Substitute
Commentary: Another easy gym sweep by Mr. Mime. I let Psyduck take care of the trainers around Vermillion and just let Mr. Mime handle the gym with Psybeam. Set up Substitute to prevent Thunder Wave from Raichu and easily mopped the Lt.

Erika:
Team:
Golduck/Gouda (Level 38)
Moves: Water Pulse, Screech, Scratch, Confusion
Mr. Mime/TheRiddler (Level 38)
Moves: Psybeam, Light Screen, Magical Leaf, Substitute
Commentary: Once again, another easy gym sweep by Mr. Mime. Everything in the gym, excluding Exeggcute, was one-shotted by Psybeam. I've started to notice how much higher the duo is than the rest of the trainers, and I hope it remains that way until the end. I would like some sort of challenge, but not so difficult that it is a pain to beat the E4.

Koga:
Team:
Golduck/Gouda (Level 47)
Moves: Surf, Confusion, Ice Beam, Scratch
Mr. Mime/TheRiddler (Level 45)
Moves: Psychic, Magical Leaf, Light Screen, Substitute
Commentary: Incredibly easy gym battle, complete Mr. Mime sweep without any damage taken.

Sabrina:
Team:
Golduck/Gouda (Level 53)
Moves: Surf, Confusion, Ice Beam, Brick Break
Mr. Mime/TheRiddler (Level 57)
Moves: Psychic, Thunderbolt, Magical Leaf, Safeguard
Commentary: Nothing too difficult, just hard finding something to take down Alakazam and his decent Special Stats since my duo consists of mainly special attackers. I blew all of my money on the Ice Beam and Thunderbolt TMs, so now the duo is finished with their final movesets. The rest of the game will just be sweeping.

Blaine:
Team:
Golduck/Gouda (Level 54)
Moves: Surf, Ice Beam, Confusion, Brick Break
Mr. Mime/TheRiddler (Level 57)
Moves: Psychic, Thunderbolt, Magical Leaf, Safeguard
Commentary: Swept the trainers with Mr. Mime and Blaine with Golduck. Just as easy as I expected.

Giovanni:
Golduck/Gouda (Level 56)
Moves: Surf, Ice Beam, Confusion, Brick Break
Mr. Mime/TheRiddler (Level 60)
Moves: Psychic, Thunderbolt, Magical Leaf, Safeguard
Commentary: Swept the Nidos with Mr. Mime and the rest with Golduck. Another easy battle.

ELITE FOUR AND CHAMPION GARY:
Team after completion:
Golduck/Gouda (Level 62)
Mr. Mime/TheRiddler (62)

Lorelei: Swept with Mr. Mime and Thunderbolt. Few problems aside from tanky Lapras.

Bruno: Swept the two Onix with Golduck's Surf and the rest with Psychic from Mr. Mime.

Agatha: Swept with Mr. Mime's Psychic. He has surprisingly high special stats.

Lance: The main reason I put Ice Beam on Golduck. Somewhat difficult with the Outrage spamming Dragonite and the fact Ice Beam couldn't OHKO any of the actual dragons.

Gary: Mr. Mime dealt with Pidgeot, Venusaur, Alakazam, and Gyarados. Golduck dealt with Rhydon and Arcanine.

Just got the 5th badge, 3 sword dances makes quick work of pretty much everything. Tooth and claw are working quite well together.
Right now the team is:

Tooth the seviper @ lvl 33
Ability: Shed skin
Poison tail
Crunch
Glare
Lick

Fang the Zangoose @ 36
Ability: Immunity
Crush claw
Swords dance
Quick attack
Dig

Entered the elite 4 with both at level 60

Afterwords my team was
Fang(Seviper) @ level 60
-Crunch
-Flamethrower
-Sludge Bomb
-Earthquake

Claw(Zangoose) @ level 65
-Sword dance
-Return
-Shadow Ball
-Brick Break

Falkner:
Psyduck/Brie Lv. 11
Moves: Water Gun, Tail Whip, Scratch, Water Sport
Mr. Mime/ The Joker Lv. 11
Moves: Confusion, Barrier, Guard Swap, Copycat
Commentary: Continuing with the tradition, I named Psyduck after a type of cheese and Mr. Mime after a Batman villain. Anyways, its been a while since I've last played a Johto game, but I'm starting to remember why I took the long hiatus from them. Not to bash on the game, overall it's great, it just isn't a favorite of mine.

Bugsy:
Psyduck/Brie Lv. 20
Moves: Water gun, scratch, Confusion, Tail Whip
Mr. Mime/The Joker Lv. 20
Moves: Confusion, Double Slap, Barrier, Copycat
Commentary: Now I DEFINITELY remember why I do not like this game. The grinding is horrendous and took over an hour to get both of them to level 18. Thankfully the gyms can steer them in the right direction faster with their abundance of exp. which is why they both went up 2 levels. Also, this is the first time I have ever had one of the duo faint. After getting a Barrier up, Scyther critted Mr. Mime and got a OHKO with U-Turn leaving Psyduck alone for the entire battle.

Whitney:
Psyduck/Brie Lv. 24
Moves: Water Pulse, Ice Beam, Confusion, Headbutt
Mr. Mime/The Joker Lv. 22
Moves: Confusion, Thunderbolt, Light Screen, Barrier
Commentary: Not too difficult. Mr. Mime's barrier comes in handy at stopping heavy hitters like Miltank this early on. NOTE: This is why the log was so late, as I spent hours trying to get Thunderbolt and Ice Beam for the two.

Morty:
Psyduck Lv. 28 Moves: Water Pulse, Ice Beam, Confusion, Headbutt
Mr. Mime Lv. 29 Moves: Psybeam, IB, LS, BARRIER

Chuck:
Golduck/Brie Lv. 34
Moves: Confusion, Surf, Ice Beam, Headbutt
Mr. Mime/The Joker Lv. 32
Moves: Psybeam, Thunderbolt, Shadow Ball, Barrier
Commentary: Mr. Mime OP. A single Barrier wasn't even necessary as Mr. Mime OHKO'd both Primeape and Poliwrath. He is truly the sweeper of the duo.

Jasmine:
Golduck/Brie Lv. 35
Moves: Confusion, Surf, Ice Beam, Headbutt
Mr. Mime/The Joker Lv. 32
Moves: Psybeam, Thunderbolt, Shadow Ball, Barrier
Commentary: Golduck finally had his chance to clear a gym by himself. OHKO on everybody with Surf. I'd say he's the bulkier of the duo.

Pryce:
Golduck/Brie Lv. 41
Moves: Confusion, Surf, Ice Beam, Headbutt
Mr. Mime/The Joker Lv. 40
Moves: Psychic, Thunderbolt, Shadow Ball, Barrier
Commentary: Not a challenge at all. Easily destroyed with Surf for Piloswine and Thunderbolt for everything else in the gym. I've also noticed how much easier and more balanced levels are in this game when it's just a team of two.

Clair:
Golduck/Brie Lv. 46
Moves: Confusion, Surf, Ice Beam, Headbutt
Mr. Mime/The Joker Lv. 47
Moves: Psychic, Thunderbolt, Shadow Ball, Barrier
Commentary: Another Golduck sweep. Ice Beam really wrecked house and got insanely lucky on Kingdra. Freezed the first turn, second turn was bland, third turn I hit with Headbutt and got the flinch as Kingdra thawed out, froze with Ice Beam AGAIN as she healed, and got crit Ice Beam the next turn to bring home victory. Sometimes the RNGods just look down and smile.

E4/Champ:
Golduck/Brie Lv. 51
Moves: Confusion, Surf, Ice Beam, Headbutt
Mr. Mime/The Joker Lv. 53
Moves: Psychic, Thunderbolt, Shadow Ball, Barrier
Commentary:
Will: Nothing too special. He got lucky with Confuse Ray hax at the beginning on Mr. Mime, but Mr. Mime pulled through and swept with Shadow Ball.
Koga: Almost embarrassing how easy he was. Psychic OHKO'd his entire team and took less than 5 minutes to sweep.
Bruno: A little higher than Will level difficulty. Confusion from Golduck didn't get the KO on Hitmonlee so some HP was lost, but a switch to Mr. Mime easy cleaned the rest of his team.
Clair: Probably the hardest out of the entire E4+Champion. I had nothing to stop Umbreon from setting up, so it took well over 10 minutes trying to hit it after 6 Double Teams. Eventually pulled through and got the sweep with Mr. Mime. Thankfully, the rest of her team either died to Psychic and Thunderbolt from Mr. Mime, or Surf from Golduck.
Lance: Pathetically easy. Thunderbolted Gyarados and swept with Ice Beam from Golduck. OHKO on everything.

POST E4: NOTE: They will be out of order from their actual positions, as I fought/fight them as I find their gym. For example, Lt. Surge is first because he's the first Kanto gym leader I fought, even though Brock would normally be the first gym leader of Kanto.

Lt. Surge:
Golduck/Brie Lv. 51
Moves: Confusion, Surf, Ice Beam, Headbutt
Mr. Mime/The Joker Lv. 55
Moves: Psychic, Thunderbolt, Shadow Ball, Barrier
Commentary: First gym leader of Kanto! Yay progress! I definitely was not expecting such high levels from his team and they took me off guard, but Mr. Mime came through with a nice sweep at the end.

Sabrina:
Golduck/Brie Lv. 51
Moves: Surf, Ice Beam, Headbutt, Psychic
Mr. Mime/The Joker Lv. 57
Moves: Psychic, Thunderbolt, Shadow Ball, Barrier
Commentary: I've finally found the TM for Psychic! Oddly enough, Mr. Psychic is now a fisherman in this game... Anyway, I feel bad for there being such a huge gap in levels between Golduck and Mr. Mime. Mr. Mime was the clear sweeper, but I had to switch to Golduck after Sabrina's Mr. Mime mimic'd my Shadow Ball and made me eat a crit one in return. Surfed his way right into victory.

Erika:
Golduck/Brie Lv. 57
Moves: Surf, Ice Beam, Headbutt, Psychic
Mr. Mime/The Joker Lv. 57
Moves: Psychic, Thunderbolt, Shadow Ball, Barrier
Commentary: I felt bad after seeing the huge gap between Golduck and Mr. Mime in levels, so I decided to grind Golduck up about 5 levels to be closer to Mr. Mime. Golduck got a surprising amount of KOs in there with Ice Beam and swept Erika's entire team by himself. Not bad.

Janine:
Golduck/Brie Lv. 59
Moves: Surf, Ice Beam, Headbutt, Psychic
Mr. Mime/The Joker Lv. 57
Moves: Psychic, Thunderbolt, Shadow Ball, Barrier
Commentary: Somehow she managed to be even easier than Koga in the Elite Four. Golduck swept with Psychic and made her look like a fool. That's what you get for using two Ariados, Janine. They suck, just like you.

Misty:
Golduck/Brie Lv. 59
Moves: Surf, Ice Beam, Headbutt, Psychic
Mr. Mime/The Joker Lv. 60
Moves: Psychic, Thunderbolt, Shadow Ball, Barrier
Commentary: Pretty much self explanatory with Mr. Mime's Thunderbolt. Swept her team and used Psychic on Quagsire.

Brock:
Golduck/Brie Lv. 62
Moves: Surf, Ice Beam, Headbutt, Psychic
Mr. Mime/The Joker Lv. 60
Moves: Psychic, Thunderbolt, Shadow Ball, Barrier
Commentary: This, too, was very easy with Golduck's Surf. He even managed to OHKO Omastar and Kabutops. Looks like he's a higher level now than Mr. Mime! Oh how the tables have turned!

Blaine:
Golduck/Brie Lv. 64
Moves: Surf, Ice Beam, Headbutt, Psychic
Mr. Mime/The Joker Lv. 60
Moves: Psychic, Thunderbolt, Shadow Ball, Barrier
Commentary: Another perfect Golduck sweep. Surf was a OHKO on everybody.

Blue:
Golduck/Brie Lv. 65
Moves: Surf, Ice Beam, Headbutt, Psychic
Mr. Mime/The Joker Lv. 61
Moves: Psychic, Thunderbolt, Shadow Ball, Barrier
Commentary: Surprisingly more difficult than I expected. Really underestimated Exeggutor and thought I could KO with Ice Beam. NOPE. Leaf Storm was a OHKO and forced me to switch to Mr. Mime. Swept pretty easily afterwards aside from Arcanine.

Roxanne:
Team:
Psyduck/Gruyere Lv. 13
Moves: Water Gun, Confusion, Scratch, Tail Whip
Mr. Mime/The Penguin Lv. 13
Moves: Confusion, Barrier, Power Swap, Copycat
Commentary: Once again, the duo is named after cheese and batman villains! I also find myself missing the automatic Running Shoes from Heart Gold... Anyway, the gym was a piece of cake with Psyduck. Water Gun one shotted Geodude and took 3 shots to KO Nosepass. Not stellar work, but it got the job done.

Brawly:
Team:
Psyduck/Gruyere Lv. 16
Moves: Water Gun, Confusion, Scratch, Tail Whip
Mr. Mime/The Penguin Lv. 15
Moves: Confusion, Barrier, Psywave, Copycat
Commentary: I want the duo to be closer this time in levels after the huge gaps that occured in Heart Gold, so I let Psyduck beat the trainers and Brawly's Machop, and Mr. Mime OHKO'd Makuhita with Confusion. I'm so unfamiliar with Mr. Mime's level-up moveset in this game. Since when did he learn Psywave and Mimic at the same level? Oh well, definitely not looking forward to the Elite Four this game, especially since the first 2 could easily beat the duo. For now, I'll just focus on the next gym!

Wattson:
Team:
Psyduck/Gruyere Lv. 25
Moves: Water Gun, Confusion, Aerial Ace, Screech
Mr. Mime/The Penguin Lv. 24
Moves: Confusion, Barrier, Charge Beam, Reflect
Commentary: EXTREMELY difficult battle, probably the hardest in the entire challenge so far. Thunderwave spam ruined any possible sweep with Mr. Mime and Wattson Volt Switched more than Elesa did. I also forgot that Mr. Mime became Fairy, so I had to deal with super effective Magnet Bombs from Magneton. Grueling battle that took 15 minutes to complete. Hopefully things look up from here.

Flannery:
Team:
Golduck/Gruyere Lv. 33
Moves: Water Pulse, Zen Headbutt, Aerial Ace, Screech
Mr. Mime/The Penguin Lv. 34
Moves: Psybeam, Barrier, Reflect, Charge Beam
Commentary: It's a long way from Wattson to Flannery what with the Team Magma antics. Easy sweep though with Golduck's Water Pulse. I feel like my movesets are almost identical for each gen and I don't want that, but then I realize that it's the most optimal sets for each. I'll decide later if I want to change it up.

Norman:
Team:
Golduck/Gruyere Lv. 35
Moves: Water Pulse, Zen Headbutt, Aerial Ace, Screech
Mr. Mime/The Penguin Lv. 36
Moves: Psybeam, Barrier, Charge Beam, Reflect
Commentary: It's convenient to have the rival take you right back to Petalburg. Truly made it a much easier journey. During the fight, I had to get a little creative since I had no SE moves to abuse (A.K.A. spam Barrier and Reflect then use Charge Beam for boosted S.A.). I was able to OHKO the last Slaking at +4 with Psybeam. Gonna take the sea route and grab Ice Beam for Golduck to deal with upcoming Dragons.

Winona:
Team:
Golduck/Gruyere Lv. 45
Moves: Surf, Zen Headbutt, Aerial Ace, Screech
Mr. Mime/The Penguin Lv. 44
Moves: Psychic, Barrier, Charge Beam, Dazzling Gleam
Commentary: As soon as I stepped on the Abandoned Ship, I realized that I couldn't get the TM for Ice Beam until after Tate and Liz, so there goes the idea of sweeping with Ice spam. Without even knowing it, I found a Fairy-Tale girl and got Dazzling Gleam for Mr. Mime. Yay exploration! Anyway, the Institute was easy and Mr. Mime swept Winona with Charge Beam on everything and Dazzling Gleam on Altaria. Might be awhile until the next update since there's so much story to do after this. Until then!

Tate and Liz:
Team:
Golduck/Gruyere Lv. 51
Moves: Surf, Zen Headbutt, Aerial Ace, Screech
Mr. Mime/The Penguin Lv. 51
Moves: Psychic, Shadow Ball, Protect, Dazzling Gleam
Commentary: Not gonna lie, I used a pretty cheap tactic for this battle. I replaced Charge Beam with Protect on Mr. Mime and used Surf with Golduck to take down Lunatone and Solrock. OHKO on Solrock but Lunate survived with about 1/4 of its life, so Shadow Balled it to death. Pretty easy win (because of how cheap I am).

Wallace:
Team:
Golduck/Gruyere Lv. 54
Moves: Surf, Zen Headbutt, Calm Mind, Ice Beam
Mr. Mime/The Penguin Lv. 54
Moves: Psychic, Shadow Ball, Thunderbolt, Dazzling Gleam
Commentary: Lots of moveset updates. Calm Mind and Ice Beam for Golduck (actually went back to the Sea Mauville to get in with the newly learned Dive). Thunderbolt for Mr. Mime rather than lackluster Charge Beam, but I will miss its Sp. Attack boost. Wallace was easy, Thunderbolt everything and Psychic Whiscash. Now I'm off to the Pokemon League and about to finish up the third game!

ELITE FOUR:
Sydney:
Commentary: Incredibly easy. Dazzling Gleam swept his entire team without a single problem.

Phoebe:
Commentary: Somewhat difficult. Dusclops/Dusknoir was bulky so they were able to survive a Shadow Ball and spammed Confuse Ray. Annoying, but manageable.

Glacia:
Commentary: Somewhat difficult as well. Glalie, while mediocre, was left with a sliver of health after Psychic from Mr. Mime and set up Light Screen, making matters tedious and annoying. Hardest of the bunch.

Drake:
Commentary: Very easy. 6 Calm Minds on Golduck and swept with Ice Beam.

Steven:
Team:
Golduck/Gruyere Lv. 61
Moves: Surf, Psychic, Calm Mind, Ice Beam
Mr. Mime/The Penguin Lv. 62
Moves: Psychic, Shadow Ball, Thunderbolt, Dazzling Gleam
Commentary: Average. Foolishly forgot to switch Mr. Mime for first so had to try and set up Calm Mind and sweep. Got as far as Metagross with Golduck, but Giga Impact from Mega Metagross creamed Golduck. Mr. Mime cleaned up with Shadow Ball and thus ended Omega Ruby.

GYM LEADERS:

Roark:
Team:
Psyduck/Swiss Lv. 14
Moves: Water Gun, Scratch, Tail Whip, Water Sport
Mr. Mime/Two Face Lv. 12
Moves: Confusion, Guard Swap, Power Swap, Barrier
Commentary: Following tradition, the duo is once again named after cheese and a Batman villain! They're off to a fantastic start as well! Psyduck OHKO'd everybody in the gym, including Cranidos with a critical hit! Grinding was much better this time around, as Mr. Mime actually had Confusion. Hopefully this is a sign of good things to come!

Gardenia:
Psyduck/Swiss Lv. 23
Moves: Water Pulse, Confusion, Scratch, Water Sport
Mr. Mime/Two Face Lv. 22
Moves: Confusion, Barrier, Light Screen, Reflect
Commentary: Another easy sweep! Mr. Mime dominated with Confusion and beautifully confused Cherrim, the only real problem due to being plain Grass. This run is going really well so far!

Fantina:
Psyduck/Swiss Lv. 32
Moves: Water Pulse, Scratch, Screech, Confusion
Mr. Mime/Two Face Lv. 29
Moves: Psybeam, Substitute, Light Screen, Barrier
Commentary: The RNGods are really on my side this time! I set up Light Screen on Duskull to lighten the blows of Mismagius. Psyduck and Light Screen soaked up Magical Leaves and dealt back Water Pulses, even getting Confusion hax on her! Mismagius hit herself every single time, so it was no problem sweeping with Psyduck. Confusion easily took care of Haunter. Things are looking really good so far!

Maylene:
Team:
Golduck/Swiss Lv. 35
Moves: Water Pulse, Confusion, Scratch, Screech
Mr. Mime/Two FaceLv. 35
Moves: Psybeam, Substitute, Light Screen, Barrier
Commentary: Mr. Mime returns to the sweeping throne! He Psybeam'd his way to victory and OHKO'd both Machoke and Meditite. Lucario took 2 to go down, but it wasn't too bad. Overall, pretty easy battle!

Crasher Wake:
Team:
Golduck/Swiss Lv. 38
Moves: Confusion, Scratch, Water Pulse, Ice Beam
Mr. Mime/Two Face Lv. 41
Moves: Psychic, Thunderbolt, Light Screen, Barrier
Commentary: Mr. Mime sweeps again! Thunderbolt, while pricey and tedious to obtain, was definitely worth the wait! It carried him through the whole gym and took down all of Wake's team (Except Quagsire who went down to a Psychic).

Candace:
Team:
Golduck/Swiss Lv. 53
Moves: Surf, Scratch, Zen Headbutt, Ice Beam
Mr. Mime/Two Face Lv. 48
Moves: Psychic, Thunderbolt, Shadow Ball, Light Screen
Commentary: Didn't use Mr. Mime nearly as much as I thought I would have. Golduck sweeped most of the gym including all of Candace aside from Abomasnow. Mr. Mime got a lucky Psychic and lowered his Sp. Def, but took Wood Hammer and fainted. Golduck cleaned up with Ice Beam and got us the 7th badge!