The Ones That Got Away Challenge Page 9

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jdthebud

Engineering Solutions

Male
Washington, USA
Seen January 13th, 2022
Posted July 11th, 2021
4,195 posts
12.6 Years
Sorry guys, can I ask someone to give me my last 3 Pokemon? jdthebud gave me 6 but that included 3 Normal-types; I was hoping for a bit more variety in types. So far I have:

Vaporeon
Abomasnow
Aerodactyl

Could you please pick one out of:

Zangoose
Kangaskhan
Ambipom

...then pick me 2 more from the below list? I don't mind which as long as they're not duplicate types of any of the above...

List of Pokemon that got away: (Be warned, it's a huge list)
Spoiler:
Charizard
Venusaur
Bastiodon
Ariados
Altaria
Crawdaunt
Sceptile
Blastoise
Leafeon
Lapras
Lopunny
Lucario
Ursaring
Togekiss
Porygon-Z
Jolteon
Flareon
Umbreon
Glaceon
Espeon
Electivire
Absol
Gliscor
Shiftry
Scizor
Froslass
Slowking
Nidoqueen
Houndoom
Milotic
Drifblim
Chimecho
Hippowdon
Hitmonchan
Drapion
Sandslash
Tyranitar
Floatzel
Yanmega
Rapidash
Hitmonlee
Hitmontop
Primeape
Pidgeot
Machamp
Gengar
Gastrodon
Starmie
Rampardos
Cradily
Armaldo
Kabutops
Exeggutor
Kingdra
Ninetales
Skuntank
Venomoth
Muk
Golduck
Breloom
Poliwrath
Politoed
Azumarill
Kingler
Raichu
Magnezone
Swellow
Skarmory
Lickilicky
Forretress
Stantler
Tauros



Thanks again...
Sorry, I'll give you Kangaskhan and Forretress and Absol.
Male
Seen May 17th, 2016
Posted May 16th, 2016
526 posts
13 Years
Thanks man, sorry to be a pain. Also I realise you actually chose Mamoswine for me rather than Abomasnow, that was just a typo. So my team is the following:



Looks like an awesome team. I've just started my first run on Black but I'll start the Challenge asap.
Sapphire - Pearl - Fire Red - Soul Silver - Black

BlissyMKW

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Age 28
The Shadow Realm
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12.7 Years
Blissy's The Ones Who Got Away Challenge! - Silver Version!
Chapter 6: Bugs...I hate you.

Azalea Gym...home to the dreaded Bug type. Ok...a lot of fails on my run through the gym...mostly poisoned pokemon, but...gotta live with it. I had to go heal multiple times, but now...time to own Bugsy...which is what I would say if my entire team got owned...twice.

Ok........training and buying healing items time. I head for Ilex Forest to train...but I run into the jerk, Deyrell. He challenges me to another battle. I had Spooky take down Gastly alone, and let Shiek own Zubat. His last pokemon was a Quilava. I was suprised, so I sent out Furry. After a little while, Furry was beaten, so Petal finished the job.

Ok...the Ilex Forest. Some guy lost a Farfetch'd since it's too overleveled for him. Looks like Blissy is on the job...I guess. It runs from me for no good reason. Cheap. Oh well, might as well stalk it until it gets back to it's owner and gets me the Cut HM.

After some training, Shiek evolved at last. Well...time to go back to the hell they call a gym. Bugsy...not as easy as I thought. His first two pokemon were a piece of cake with Shiek, but Scyther was a slight challenge. I simply smammed Thundershock with Shiek until he died. Furry had to come out, and finish the job, giving me the Hive Badge...plus, Furry evolved.

This concludes this chapter of my The Ones Who Got Away Challenge.
Blissy's Squad:


Petal (Bayleef) Lv. 17
Moves: Tackle, Growl, Razor Leaf, Reflect

Furry (Furret) Lv. 15
Moves: Cut, Defense Curl, Mud-Slap, Quick Attack

Spooky (Gastly) Lv. 14
Moves: Lick, Hypnosis, Spite, Mean Look

Shiek (Flaaffy) Lv. 15
Moves: Tackle, Growl, Thundershock

Badges Obtained


Male
Seen November 9th, 2015
Posted November 16th, 2012
86 posts
12.3 Years
Yay for another update! It's been a few weeks, so I'm sure there's a lot I have to catch up on, but here goes...

Spoiler:

The last update ended in front of the Fallabor Pokecenter, and as you can imagine, a lot happened since then. I ran around and did a lot of grinding, and even though I saw many on my training before Meteor Falls, I decided on not catching a Seviper. The bit about the fluctuating group kind of scared me off, as I am the type of person that does not like to have to grind all the time (though I do, nonetheless). Meteor Falls and Team Aqua were both fairly easy. I think that the battle with the Team's boss is definately the hardest battle up to that point in any playthrough... It might be the level jump.

After that, I had to do some grinding for Flannery... Seel's horrible movepool meant that I was going to once again have to rely on Tauros as my fallback Pokemon. And because of that, the gym was cake. I think Torkal was the only 'mon that gave me any troubles. I also spent a lot of time grinding in the desert, getting everyone up to level 30 for Norman (who can be a pain if you make one false move). I didn't pick a fossil yet, I still need to see which one I have on Ruby (gonna give the pokedex a go for gen III).

Norman... Well, I expected it to be ten times harder than it actually was. The trainers all fell from one fire punch and ember from Magmar, and he wasn't used at all in the gym battle. Seel was, as usual, worthless. Icy Wind did about a sixteenth of the HP bar, and he died in three facades from Vigoroth. Xatu was also very weak in the battle, she was my second casualty. Future Sight helped out a lot, and Wish carried over to help Tauros get the finishing blow (surprise surprise). After the battle, I decided to take a different route to get to where I needed to go- up through Rustboro. I ended up in Route 115 (really a cool area on that isolated semi-island. Anyone know where I'm talking about?) and decided to call it good there.

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Xatu- Lvl 31 (Female)
Adamant Nature
Peck, Wish, Night Shade, Future Sight
- Wow. How the evolution helped this one. Natu was a good Pokemon, albiet weak, but her two new moves at level 30 and the evolution changed her amazingly. Even though I'm very early into this Pokemon, I can start to see what it's good for: delayed fighting. Wish and Future Sight are a great combo; I can see Xatu's playstyle as one that stresses combos and waiting an attack out, not just 5th gear brute force. I really need to ditch peck, but I will just most likely wait it out for fly. Thoughts on moveset?


Seel- Lvl 30 (Female)
Careful Nature
Headbutt, Rest, Surf, Aurora Beam
- I hate to always be knocking this one, but I just can't help it. Hopefully with surf added to its repitiore, it will start to be a better force, but as of now, I've got nothing new to say.


Tauros- Level 30 (Male)
Careful Nature
Tackle, Tail Whip, Pursuit, Horn Atttack
- His poor movepool is really the only downside. Tackle and Pursuit are worthless now, Tail Whip has its uses (here's looking at you, Slaking), and Horn Attack is really the only move I use. Would return be a good bet for this guy? I'm desperately waiting for him to learn some new moves and I may just have to resort to TM's if they all suck... I haven't checked his level-up list yet, though.


Magmar- Level 32 (Male)
Rash Nature

Ember, Sunny Day, Fire Punch, Smog

- :) Well, my first impressions of Magmar, here goes... Excellent. Special Attacking power is wonderful, especially with the nature. He's a lot quicker than I expected, and I can tell he's brimming with potential. I want to use him as a special attacker mainly, but I need a good non-fire move to replace the terrible smog... Brick Break? My main concern (that hasn't surfaced yet) would be his defensive stats. I've never used a Magmar before, so I'm not sure how well it takes a hit. But hell, with how it's been doing so far, I may not have to worry about that :)



Alright, so that was my first real update in a while, a couple questions for those reading this: Thoughts on movepool for Xatu? And the tragic Seel? Should I skip the painful water routes entirely? :P
Spinning, whirling, still descending
Like a spiral sea unending

Zeffy

g'day

Male
Seen December 1st, 2022
Posted January 30th, 2021
6,395 posts
14.1 Years
Yay for another update! It's been a few weeks, so I'm sure there's a lot I have to catch up on, but here goes...

Spoiler:

The last update ended in front of the Fallabor Pokecenter, and as you can imagine, a lot happened since then. I ran around and did a lot of grinding, and even though I saw many on my training before Meteor Falls, I decided on not catching a Seviper. The bit about the fluctuating group kind of scared me off, as I am the type of person that does not like to have to grind all the time (though I do, nonetheless). Meteor Falls and Team Aqua were both fairly easy. I think that the battle with the Team's boss is definately the hardest battle up to that point in any playthrough... It might be the level jump.

After that, I had to do some grinding for Flannery... Seel's horrible movepool meant that I was going to once again have to rely on Tauros as my fallback Pokemon. And because of that, the gym was cake. I think Torkal was the only 'mon that gave me any troubles. I also spent a lot of time grinding in the desert, getting everyone up to level 30 for Norman (who can be a pain if you make one false move). I didn't pick a fossil yet, I still need to see which one I have on Ruby (gonna give the pokedex a go for gen III).

Norman... Well, I expected it to be ten times harder than it actually was. The trainers all fell from one fire punch and ember from Magmar, and he wasn't used at all in the gym battle. Seel was, as usual, worthless. Icy Wind did about a sixteenth of the HP bar, and he died in three facades from Vigoroth. Xatu was also very weak in the battle, she was my second casualty. Future Sight helped out a lot, and Wish carried over to help Tauros get the finishing blow (surprise surprise). After the battle, I decided to take a different route to get to where I needed to go- up through Rustboro. I ended up in Route 115 (really a cool area on that isolated semi-island. Anyone know where I'm talking about?) and decided to call it good there.

-----


Xatu- Lvl 31 (Female)
Adamant Nature
Peck, Wish, Night Shade, Future Sight
- Wow. How the evolution helped this one. Natu was a good Pokemon, albiet weak, but her two new moves at level 30 and the evolution changed her amazingly. Even though I'm very early into this Pokemon, I can start to see what it's good for: delayed fighting. Wish and Future Sight are a great combo; I can see Xatu's playstyle as one that stresses combos and waiting an attack out, not just 5th gear brute force. I really need to ditch peck, but I will just most likely wait it out for fly. Thoughts on moveset?


Seel- Lvl 30 (Female)
Careful Nature
Headbutt, Rest, Surf, Aurora Beam
- I hate to always be knocking this one, but I just can't help it. Hopefully with surf added to its repitiore, it will start to be a better force, but as of now, I've got nothing new to say.


Tauros- Level 30 (Male)
Careful Nature
Tackle, Tail Whip, Pursuit, Horn Atttack
- His poor movepool is really the only downside. Tackle and Pursuit are worthless now, Tail Whip has its uses (here's looking at you, Slaking), and Horn Attack is really the only move I use. Would return be a good bet for this guy? I'm desperately waiting for him to learn some new moves and I may just have to resort to TM's if they all suck... I haven't checked his level-up list yet, though.


Magmar- Level 32 (Male)
Rash Nature

Ember, Sunny Day, Fire Punch, Smog

- :) Well, my first impressions of Magmar, here goes... Excellent. Special Attacking power is wonderful, especially with the nature. He's a lot quicker than I expected, and I can tell he's brimming with potential. I want to use him as a special attacker mainly, but I need a good non-fire move to replace the terrible smog... Brick Break? My main concern (that hasn't surfaced yet) would be his defensive stats. I've never used a Magmar before, so I'm not sure how well it takes a hit. But hell, with how it's been doing so far, I may not have to worry about that :)



Alright, so that was my first real update in a while, a couple questions for those reading this: Thoughts on movepool for Xatu? And the tragic Seel? Should I skip the painful water routes entirely? :P
Xatu? In my opinion, Xatu should always have Wish and Confuse Ray, then again that's just me. I'd advice these moves for Xatu: Shadow Ball, Psychic, Wish and Aerial Ace/Fly/Confuse Ray. I'd suggest Fly since its useful. Or you could go with Calm Mind for more power. :D
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Seen May 17th, 2016
Posted May 16th, 2016
526 posts
13 Years
I'd definitely make sure Xatu has Shadow Ball given its nature; Shadow Ball is a Physical move in Gen III, for which my Banette is eternally grateful. Calm Mind would also be a pretty good idea, but forcing it into being a mixed attacker might not work with its unfortunate nature. I'd suggest something like:

Spoiler:
Shadow Ball
Wish
Fly
Confuse Ray/Psychic (possibly)


EDIT: Just looked at Bulbapedia, after the Adamant 10% Sp.Atk loss and 10% Atk gain, Xatu's Attack base stat is 83 and his Sp.Atk base stat is 85. In that case, running a mixed attacking set would work quite nicely; unfortunately it means you have too many good moves to fit into one set. I'd consider replacing Wish with Psychic and mayyyybe Confuse Ray with Calm Mind; something like this:

Spoiler:
Shadow Ball
Psychic
Fly
Confuse Ray/Calm Mind


If you get rid of Confuse Ray, you can always get it on your Magmar at Lv.49.

As for Magmar... his Attack Base Stat is only 5 below his Special Attack Base Stat, and (like most Fire Pokemon) he's all about offence over defence; Brick Break would be an excellent idea on him. Sadly he doesn't get Thunderpunch unless you breed for it or get it via Move Tutor, so that's a no-go. He has a fairly limited Physical movepool; other options would be Return, Iron Tail or Hyper Beam (still Physical in Gen III). Something like:

Spoiler:
Flamethrower
Brick Break
Return/Strength
Confuse Ray/Toxic


I'd suggest not running a Sunny Day set on Magmar; not only does he not learn Solarbeam, but it also hampers Seel's attacking power even further when it's in effect.

Seel is a tricky one. When it evolves it will be a really good wall given its high defences; I hadn't actually noticed its nature until now, which is unfortunate to say the least given that in-game you don't need defences as much as you need attack power. It will improve as a Dewgong, but it'll never hit as hard as your other Pokemon. Load it up with powerful moves like Ice Beam and Surf, though, and it should be able to hold its own. It'll be incredibly useful against the Dragon-type E4 member too... Other options would be Protect/Toxic/Safeguard for ultra-walling. Return's always an option too, as an alternative to Special Attacking, although Dewgong's Special moves are much less limited than its Physical ones (which is why his nature is so unfortunate). Something like this might work:

Spoiler:
Surf
Ice Beam
Safeguard
Return/Toxic/Attract (if it's a female Dewgong)/Protect (in that order, for me)


Tauros is probably your best (only?) candidate for Earthquake when you finally find the TM just before Kyogre/Groudon, especially as he doesn't get Zen Headbutt by level-up until Gen IV. A good replacement for Horn Attack would be Thrash (lv.43) or, as you suggested, Return (especially considering he probably likes you quite a lot by now). Return's obviously the better bet if his happiness is high, because it'll hit harder and without the confusion drawback. Another option would be Strength, which you'll be needing before long, and you can always finish off his moveset with Toxic and Rest. Iron Tail's a less appealing alternative; the accuracy annoys me, and it doesn't do anything Earthquake/Return don't between them. Something like the following might work:

Spoiler:
Earthquake
Return/Strength/Thrash
Toxic
Rest


I hope I'm right in remembering that you can get more than one TM27 (Return) in Sapphire, otherwise these movesets don't work too well...
Sapphire - Pearl - Fire Red - Soul Silver - Black

BlissyMKW

Rawr

Age 28
The Shadow Realm
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Posted 4 Weeks Ago
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12.7 Years
Blissy's The Ones Who Got Away Challenge! - Silver Version!
Chapter 8: Mostly Ghostly Part 1.

Onward to Ecruteak City! Well...there's that unusual tree in the way, so it must DAI! Might as well get the Squirtbottle (It sounds very wrong...), then go kill it. A guy had me bring a Spearow over to some dude, but it's for later. A few trainers, no Yanma, so I guess I'll go kill the tree.

A tree that hates water can only mean.....Sudowoodo! A Level 20 Sudowoodo! IT SHALL DAI! So...it was killed. *insert a ton of swears words here after owning Sudowoodo*. I claim my reward, and go to bring the Spearow to that guy. He gave me TM50, and I continue heading to Ecruteak City.

Ecruteak...Two Towers...and Kimono Girls? I gotta see this. Hmmm...they each have 1 Eeveelution as of Gen 2. Well, they all got owned, and I got HM03, Surf. But...before I go to the gym, I wanna head to the Burned Tower to find a certain jerk I hate with a passion. Oh look, it's Deyrell again. Greaaaaat. Fine. I'll battle him...again. Well...he got tougher. I still owned him. Anyway, gonna save and heal, then go to Ecruteak Gym.

To be continued.....

Next time on The Ones Who Got Away Challenge...Ecruteak Gym.

This concludes this chapter of my The Ones Who Got Away Challenge.
Blissy's Troops:


Petal (Bayleef) Lv. 21
Moves: Tackle, Poisonpowder (I forgot about it since it was rarely used), Razor Leaf, Reflect

Furry (Furret) Lv. 20
Moves: Cut, Surf, Mud-Slap, Fire Punch

Spooky (Gastly) Lv. 16
Moves: Lick, Hypnosis, Curse, Nightmare

Shiek (Flaaffy) Lv. 19
Moves: Tackle, Thunder Wave, Thundershock, Thunderpunch

Badges Obtained


Magikarplvl.98

The Water Pokemon Defender

Male
On my Torterra named Earth
Seen March 1st, 2016
Posted October 13th, 2015
25 posts
12.5 Years
So I finally beat the Elite 4 at 2:00am (my time) so let me try to abb. this as much as possible.

Sidney- He was second easist on my path though the Elite 4 i used Seaking and Weezing only having a little problem with Shiftry as it had extrasenory but other than that easy.

Phoebe- Hah! this was the most fun and easiest for me to beat out of the Elite 4. Chainchomp came in early and beat down the weak Dusclops. The second got beat by continous flinching caused by Crobat. Then Weezing came out against Sableye and dominated it (I'm still confused on why or how but I'm complaining). Finished it of with a injured but not weak Chainchomp.

Glacia- hate her. I don't care who you are but Glacia is as hard as Steven for the team I had. BUT this is where Wobbafett came out and destroyed the whole team the only problem being it was very injured by the second spheal so I sent Weezing out thinking it would be easy because of Shock Wave and I was wrong. So sent out Castform as a sac lamb to heal Wobb before I finished off the last 2.

Drake- Suprisingly easy beacause my hero Wobbafett Mirror Coated EVERYTHING back. when it was to weak from the attacks I sent it back and sac lambed people to heal it.

Steven same story as Drake I got to him once before and got killed by Metagrosse's Meteor Mash. So this time I was ready and it was never used. Thus walked off in to the sunset knowing that I beat the Elite 4 thanks to Wobbafett.

Seaking lvl.50
Horn Attack
Surf
Waterfall
Horndrill
Good Pokemon but I should of traded over a higher level one or trade egg over earlier because it was just a HM slave but could of have great promise.
Castform lvl.50(Lax incense)
Fire Blast
Weather Ball
Sunny Day
Hail
Came in much to late to do anything to spectactular.
Zoobat lvl.50(Blackglasses)
Poison Fang
Fly
Bite
Confuse Ray
Crobat just didn't live up to my spectations
Weezing lvl.54
Sludge
Shock Wave
Explosion
Destiny Bond
Not bad for what I expected as he was able to knock out some of Sidneys pokemon but that was about it
Whynot?(Wobbafett) lvl. 59
Counter
Mirror Coat
Encore
Destiny Bond
I thought he was useless because Dark and Ghost didn't even feel Physic attacks but instead he was my most valuable asset for taking out the last three people.
ChainChomp(Mawile) lvl.62
Faint Attack
Fake Tears
Brick Break
Rock Tomb
He was the best pokemon in my team and was my favorite out of the team and I didn't notice that he was steel until after I caught him.
Overall an average team and good for a half random group.
If a Magickarp uses splash and no ones there to see it does it have a effect?
Male
Seen May 17th, 2016
Posted May 16th, 2016
526 posts
13 Years
Just a small nitpick update of sorts. I have just evolved my Feebas after all those days looking and making Pokeblock. xD

Expect a big update in a few days. :D
Haha! Well done. Assuming it was me who assigned you a Milotic (I'm assuming it probably was) then I apologise for giving you such an unobtainable Pokemon, but hopefully it'll be worth the trouble :)
Sapphire - Pearl - Fire Red - Soul Silver - Black

Zeffy

g'day

Male
Seen December 1st, 2022
Posted January 30th, 2021
6,395 posts
14.1 Years
Haha! Well done. Assuming it was me who assigned you a Milotic (I'm assuming it probably was) then I apologise for giving you such an unobtainable Pokemon, but hopefully it'll be worth the trouble :)
Don't worry, it wasn't you. And yes, obtaining Milotic is really worth the trouble. I mean, its already pwning with only Surf as its main attack. xD

Rizzy

// Friendship >> Chuck Norris

Male
Seen July 19th, 2011
Posted June 5th, 2011
47 posts
12.2 Years
Name: Rizzy... in the game I always call myself Ray (real name)
Game: Pokemon Ruby
List of Pokemon that got away:
Spoiler:
Lickitung
Jynx
Cloyster
Kingler
Hitmonlee
Hitmonchan
Rhydon
Chansey
Mr. Mime
Kanghaskan
Seadra
Pinsir
Any Eevelution (before Umbreon and 4th generation ones)
Granbull
Delibird
Miltank
Shiftry

Number required: 5, I will need one space for a HM Slave as I go.
Any specific requirements: None.

# "Not lazy, just laid back"

BlissyMKW

Rawr

Age 28
The Shadow Realm
Seen 3 Days Ago
Posted 4 Weeks Ago
1,151 posts
12.7 Years
Blissy's The Ones Who Got Away Challenge! - Silver Version!
Chapter 8: Mostly Ghostly Part 1.

Onward to Ecruteak City! Well...there's that unusual tree in the way, so it must DAI! Might as well get the Squirtbottle (It sounds very wrong...), then go kill it. A guy had me bring a Spearow over to some dude, but it's for later. A few trainers, no Yanma, so I guess I'll go kill the tree.

A tree that hates water can only mean.....Sudowoodo! A Level 20 Sudowoodo! IT SHALL DAI! So...it was killed. *insert a ton of swears words here after owning Sudowoodo*. I claim my reward, and go to bring the Spearow to that guy. He gave me TM50, and I continue heading to Ecruteak City.

Ecruteak...Two Towers...and Kimono Girls? I gotta see this. Hmmm...they each have 1 Eeveelution as of Gen 2. Well, they all got owned, and I got HM03, Surf. But...before I go to the gym, I wanna head to the Burned Tower to find a certain jerk I hate with a passion. Oh look, it's Deyrell again. Greaaaaat. Fine. I'll battle him...again. Well...he got tougher. I still owned him. Anyway, gonna save and heal, then go to Ecruteak Gym.

To be continued.....

Next time on The Ones Who Got Away Challenge...Ecruteak Gym.

This concludes this chapter of my The Ones Who Got Away Challenge.
Blissy's Troops:


Petal (Bayleef) Lv. 21
Moves: Tackle, Poisonpowder (I forgot about it since it was rarely used), Razor Leaf, Reflect

Furry (Furret) Lv. 20
Moves: Cut, Surf, Mud-Slap, Fire Punch

Spooky (Gastly) Lv. 16
Moves: Lick, Hypnosis, Curse, Nightmare

Shiek (Flaaffy) Lv. 19
Moves: Tackle, Thunder Wave, Thundershock, Thunderpunch

Badges Obtained


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Zeffy

g'day

Male
Seen December 1st, 2022
Posted January 30th, 2021
6,395 posts
14.1 Years
Name: Rizzy... in the game I always call myself Ray (real name)
Game: Pokemon Ruby
List of Pokemon that got away:
Spoiler:
Lickitung
Jynx
Cloyster
Kingler
Hitmonlee
Hitmonchan
Rhydon
Chansey
Mr. Mime
Kanghaskan
Seadra
Pinsir
Any Eevelution (before Umbreon and 4th generation ones)
Granbull
Delibird
Miltank
Shiftry

Number required: 5, I will need one space for a HM Slave as I go.
Any specific requirements: None.
You get Shiftry, Vaporeon, Hitmonchan, Granbull and Mr. Mime. :D

BlissyMKW

Rawr

Age 28
The Shadow Realm
Seen 3 Days Ago
Posted 4 Weeks Ago
1,151 posts
12.7 Years
Blissy's The Ones Who Got Away Challenge! - Silver Version!
Chapter 9: Mostly Ghostly Part 2.
Previously...

Spoiler:
Onward to Ecruteak City! Well...there's that unusual tree in the way, so it must DAI! Might as well get the Squirtbottle (It sounds very wrong...), then go kill it. A guy had me bring a Spearow over to some dude, but it's for later. A few trainers, no Yanma, so I guess I'll go kill the tree.

A tree that hates water can only mean.....Sudowoodo! A Level 20 Sudowoodo! IT SHALL DAI! So...it was killed. *insert a ton of swears words here after owning Sudowoodo*. I claim my reward, and go to bring the Spearow to that guy. He gave me TM50, and I continue heading to Ecruteak City.

Ecruteak...Two Towers...and Kimono Girls? I gotta see this. Hmmm...they each have 1 Eeveelution as of Gen 2. Well, they all got owned, and I got HM03, Surf. But...before I go to the gym, I wanna head to the Burned Tower to find a certain jerk I hate with a passion. Oh look, it's Deyrell again. Greaaaaat. Fine. I'll battle him...again. Well...he got tougher. I still owned him. Anyway, gonna save and heal, then go to Ecruteak Gym.


Ok...Ecruteak Gym time. Spooky and Furry are really gonna get some major experience from this. Looks like Spooky and Furry will be my strongest party members when this is over. With only four battles...piece of cake. Gastlys and Haunters everywhere, but they all die the same. Now...it's Morty's turn! Well...he was really a little tough. His Gengar...simply had to chip away at it. Other than that...easy.

This concludes this chapter of my The Ones Who Got Away Challenge.
Blissy's Troops:


Petal (Bayleef) Lv. 21
Moves: Tackle, Poisonpowder (I forgot about it since it was rarely used), Razor Leaf, Reflect

Furry (Furret) Lv. 22
Moves: Cut, Surf, Mud-Slap, Fire Punch

Spooky (Gastly) Lv. 21
Moves: Lick, Hypnosis, Curse, Nightmare

Shiek (Flaaffy) Lv. 19
Moves: Tackle, Thunder Wave, Thundershock, Thunderpunch

Badges Obtained


Rizzy

// Friendship >> Chuck Norris

Male
Seen July 19th, 2011
Posted June 5th, 2011
47 posts
12.2 Years
- That sounds like fun. Okay I started.
- Actually yesterday I was pumped and I started yesterday so I picked Treecko. I beat May with Treecko because I could not capture any Pokemon before that. Then bored as hell I grind with Treecko in the tall grass until he leveled up to level 16 and of course evolved to Grovyle.
- I hacked every pokemon that Zeffy picked. (PS: I captured them on they first evolution stage)

Spoiler:


- I spended every pokeball in order capture these three. I cant buy no more pokeballs by now; I just have 130 ;_;.
- I'll play with them until I have enough money (probably before the first gym) and then capture the other two.
- Taken in consideration that the Water Stone only can be found after knowing Dive, I'll hack one too, but I'll use it when Eevee evolves to level 16.

- I rescued that Devon worker and earn a Great Ball.
- After getting out of the Petalburg Woods I tought on using the Great Ball to capture a Hitmonchan, but it didnt work. I bought with my money 10 more Pokeballs. And I caught him, after throwing a lot of pokeballs at him.
Hitmonchan level 5; male.

- I took my time grinding a little bit and Seedot finally evolved into Nuzleaf.
Spoiler:


> Note so far about raising the pokemons:
- Snubull is easy to raise, the easier one, his tackle is strong and have good defense.

- Eevee seems weaker than the other two, and his tackle is not so strong.

- Seedot is kind of hard to raise because he only has Bide at start, and he has good defense. But three turns to attack just make it hard.

- Hitmonchan, so far so good, has two very good moves and seems easy to raise, altough I will need more time to see.

- I got Cut.
Spoiler:


- I defeat Roxanne and everyone in the gym with Hitmonchan all alone.
Spoiler:


- I rescued Devon Goods and Peeko defeating Team Magma's Rookie.
Spoiler:


- Before leaving I caught a Mr. Mime with a regular pokeball. Level 4, male. He only knew Barrier so I have to put him in first then change him for other Pokemon. The good thing is that he learned Confusion at level 5.
Easy to raise so far.
- Mr Mime also is a Psychique type so he was useful on the second gym. He defeat everyone with Confusion.
Spoiler:


- Delivered the Letter to Steven.
- Beat everyone down the beach.
- Delivered Devon Goods after defeating Team Magma's members.
- Did the Trick Master Challenge.
Spoiler:


- Defeated May.
Spoiler:


- Some screenshots of Mauville City.
Spoiler:


- Lame Wally got owned.
Spoiler:

- Also the gym leader.
Spoiler:


Note: So far Hitmonchan looks pretty damn good.

- Taught Rock Smash to Grovyle.
- Naughty girl alert.
Spoiler:


- In my way to Route 113 Snubbull evolved. Yay.
Spoiler:


- I kept going and then defeated Team Magma on Mt. Chimney.
Spoiler:


- Eevee was in level 21, so I evolved her into Vaporeon before going into the Lavaridge Gym. The bad news is that she didnt know any water type move and I didnt have any Water Type Move TM.
Spoiler:


- Believing that Vaporeon learned Water Gun at level 31 also, started grinding, then I noticed that he learned it at level 31 on a RBY game.
Still keep on grinding with Granbull noticing how easy it was and how many exp points he had.
- Then I defeated Flammery (second try).
Spoiler:

PS: Granbull was the only one that could beat Torkoal. And I didnt get to use Hitmonchan.

- So I beat my father; who I can express how many low expectation he has for me -take that-.
- And in my first try.
Spoiler:

PS: Mr Mime was the last man standing.

- So I surfed (With Vaporeon) from Route 104 to Slateport.
- In the way I stop at every little island and used my Item Finder. I found a Heart Scale, yay. Also an Iron, Protein, Stardust, another Heart Scale, all the things from the wrecked ship, another Heart Scale
PS: Granbull renew my love for Tackle.

- Wattson gave me the Key to New Mauville and turned the thing off.
- Saved the Weather Institute from the Magmas.
- Then defeated May and obtained Fly.
Spoiler:


- Found a Rare Candy on Route 120.
- Since I taught her Surf, Vaporeon is no longer the weakest link on the team. But Nuzleaf took the spot.
- Obtained Devon Scope.
- Then defeated the Gym Leader.
Spoiler:


- Walk all the way to Lilycove and first of all defeat May who keep talking me down; everyone talks me down. I'm the one that beats everyone, becomes Champion and saves the day of furious legendaries pokemon, jesus.
Spoiler:


- I went to that Pokemon Graveyard and stopped Maxie's plans again. Also I obtained the Red Orb. And I found a Rare Candy.
- Taught Giga Drain to Nuzleaf.
- I took the route of Route 118 to Mauville surfing, to Route 103 to Oldale surfing too, just to visit my good ol mom. She gave me an Amulet Coin.
- Then I figure that now I needed a Fly Slave. So I decided that I didnt want a Pidgey or a Tailow or a Wingull. So I choose a Delibird, yep I hack him, whatever, she is not gonna battle or anything, she is level 2, female and remaining that way. It would be amusing seen her when I use Fly.
Spoiler:

I just needed to put an image for doing another paragraph.


- So finally Maxie got away with his and stole the submarine.
- Went to his base, took a Master Ball. And defeated the admin in charge. But it was too late.
- I surfed to Mossdeep City (using Max Repel this time), obtained Dive and Super Rod.
- Then defeated the leaders at my first try.
Spoiler:


- Now I needed a water pokemon to teach Dive, then Waterfall, and Surf probably. Spheal.
- I went to Shoal Cave and caught a LV32 female Spheal.
Spoiler:


- Apparently I will need Spheal for Dive but also Grovyle because I need Rock Smash and Strenght.
- I left Granbull at the PC.
- Maxie thinks that the third is the charm. So wrong.
Spoiler:


- Everyone tells me to stay away of the mess that Maxie made. But I'm still going for it.
- I found an HM, I think is Waterfall.
- Now onto Groudon, I failed the first two times trying to catch him with normal pokeballs (Super, Ultra). And at the third try, I accidentally defeated with Vaporeon, oh well.
- Now the gym, the only guy in my team that has an advantage agains Ice Type pokemon is Hitmonchan (he just keeps getting better). They were water, still Hitmonchan defeated them.
- I defeated the leader at the first time. But, Vaporeon was the last pokemon standing.
Note: Nuzleaz is still the weakest link.
Spoiler:


- Now the Elite Four, my pokemon are not that great, I didnt over defeat the first trainer in Victory Road and we struggled with the final gym leader. So I'm gonna spend all the time I can grinding everyone in Victory Road at the start or rematch trainers. Then I will do the next update.

# "Not lazy, just laid back"

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Blissy's The Ones Who Got Away Challenge! - Silver Version!
Chapter 10: Cianwood City across the damned sea.


With four badges...I'm halfway done with Johto. I sneak past every trainer, and make it to Olivine City, but Deyrell tells me the gym leader isn't there, so it's time to check Glitter Lighthouse. Since it has awesome music, I like it already. Some trainers, but they don't matter. Jasmine wants me to go to Cianwood City...across the sea. Fine. I'll go...but I won't like it.

Well...before going, I got HM06, then headed for the sea. Not much here...some trainers, some wild pokemon, but that's it. Now...Cianwood City. Time to get the medicene from the pharmacy. But...there's a couple of things I wanna do before leaving. First, I get a Shuckle from some guy, then I head for Cianwood Gym. Damn...this gym is tough! Healing after every battle, it's no fun at all. Well...Chuck is gonna get it now. Well...he was a challenge. Poliwrath raped most of my team. Petal was owned, Shiek was owned, Spooky was owned, but...it was Shuckie that survived a Surf, and let Spooky's Curse, and Shiek's Thunder Wave do all of the work for him, giving me the Storm Badge. Now...back to Olivine.

After listening to Glitter Lighthouse's awesome music, I reached the top, and gave Jasmine the Secretpotion. It cured the Ampharos, so she'll return to the gym. She uses Steel types, so I have Furry up front since he has Fire Punch, a Steel type's worst enemy. Thing is...I lost to her since my entire party is underleveled, so I head back to Golderod to buy some TMs and healing items...I'll need them. Well, this time, Spooky killed Steelix with the whole Nightmare and Curse combo, with the help of Shiek and Furry for chipping away at it with Fire Punch, giving me the Mineral Badge.

This concludes this chapter of my The Ones Who Got Away Challenge.
Blissy's Army:


Petal (Bayleef) Lv. 22
Moves: Headbutt, Poisonpowder, Razor Leaf, Reflect

Furry (Furret) Lv. 22
Moves: Cut, Surf, Mud-Slap, Fire Punch (Will be replaced by Ice Punch later)

Spooky (Gastly) Lv. 24
Moves: Shadow Ball, Hypnosis, Curse, Nightmare

Shiek (Flaaffy) Lv. 24
Moves: Fire Punch, Thunder Wave, Thundershock, Thunderpunch

Shuckie (Shuckle) Lv. 22
Moves: Constrict, Strength, Wrap, Encore

Badges Obtained


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Well a small update before my next massive one. I've started to play the file again, after a breif hiatus to do the event... I finished all the water routes, so that painful part is out of the way :D and I believe levels are Xatu @ 34, Tauros @ 34, Magmar @ 33, Seel @ 31. I believe I will post the next update after I either beat my rival in Lilycove or Winona
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Blissy's The Ones Who Got Away Challenge! - Silver Version!
Chapter 11: Team Rocket's 'rockin - Part 1 (They'll take a few parts)


My team is underleveled...well, I trained them up a bit. Spooky evolved at last, so now it's time to move on. I just have a feeling that Team Rocket is close.....really close. Meh, I'll just ignore it...but I have the strangest feeling that I'm gonna have to deal with Team Rocket even more. I guess it's just my imagination. Onward to the next town. Mahogany, eh? A suspicious building as well. I should check out the Lake of Rage. Oh great...more Team Rocket guys. I had a bad feeling about them. They steal money now...so they get rich. Well.....I should catch it. But........I killed it. Whoops. But...who's that reading a sign? Holy sweet zombie jesus! It's Lance! He's looking for Team Rocket, so he's investigating. I guess that suspicious building is where they're hiding.

To be continued...

Next time...the suspicious building in Mahogany Town. What the hell is inside it?



This concludes this chapter of my The Ones Who Got Away Challenge.

Blissy's Army:


Petal (Bayleef) Lv. 25
Moves: Headbutt, Poisonpowder, Razor Leaf, Synthesis

Furry (Furret) Lv. 22
Moves: Cut, Surf, Mud-Slap, Fire Punch

Spooky (Haunter) Lv. 26
Moves: Shadow Ball, Hypnosis, Curse, Nightmare

Shiek (Flaaffy) Lv. 25
Moves: Fire Punch, Thunder Wave, Thundershock, Thunderpunch

Shuckie (Shuckle) Lv. 22
Moves: Constrict, Strength, Wrap, Encore

Badges Obtained

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Update time! It's been a while since I played the file, but I believe I had just beaten Norman...

Spoiler:

Where to start... Well first of all, after Norman's defeat, I decided to go up to Route 115 (north of Rustboro) and train there for a bit. It is the only place for Jiggz after all... I do like the northern part of that route though, I think I'll make my secret base there once I decide to do so in Emerald (gonna mix records so I can train versus the other team :P go secret bases!). I did get bored quickly there, though, so I decided to just get the damn water routes over and done with.

In reality, there weren't that bad. I reckon it took me 45m-1hr, but I think the EXP in the end was worth it. I am very glad that I had seven repels from various things, because about 4 were put to good use. Tauros shined on these routes, as did Xatu, but as you could probably guess, Magmar and Seel were worthless. Nevertheless, I made it to Slateport with higher levels and stronger Pokemon under my belt.

Next came New Mauville. I used my remaining repels to ward off the electric types there, got the thunderstone at the end, and got out of there. I'm usually jumping with joy when I get thunderbolt, but I don't think it would work on any of my Pokemon... Magmar has the highest special attack stat, but thunderbolt's main purpose would be to deal with water types, and he's already quite weak to water due to his typing and nature. Besides, I think between Tauros and Xatu, the water gym and Glacia shouldn't be too big of a deal.

Route 119 has always been the crowning achievment of R/S/E (amirite?). Even though it's long and can be tough, I enjoy going through it. I beat the mimic circle (it wasn't hell trying to catch 'em this time!), and collected a few berries... Oh wait. Seel evolved :P My team is now fully evolved, and Dewgong not only gained STAB for ice beam (yesh I taught it that) but a massive SPDEF bonus. I think I've found my wall! The rest of the route went predictably; beat the trainers, found some goodies, looked for Feebas. When I got to the weather institue, I believe my team was all lvl 35, so I had no problems in taking out Team Aqua's goons. I stole Castform's mystic water for Dewgong, then crushed my rival before heading to Fortree.

Winona was easy. With Dewgong's newly acquired ice beam, the leader's usually dreaded Altaria was out in one fell swoop. Magmar took care of Skarmory, and Tauros easily stomped (or should I say "returned") Pelliper and Swellow. The prize TM I am considering teaching to Xatu... Fly is nice and all, but Aerial Ace has more PP, doesn't take two turns (even though that is Xatu's theme), and never misses. I did hold off however, and am waiting for the community's input before I make a final decision :)

Up next will be the final battle with May, and hopefully badge #7.

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Xatu- Lvl 37 (Female)
Adamant Nature
Peck, Wish, Night Shade, Future Sight
- No changes in moveset on this one. Unfourtunately, I'm starting to see Xatu lose some of its power as time goes on, mainly in Defense. Though I wouldn't go as far as to say it's the new Seel, the downward curve in battle performance has been deabilitating to my team. I think the main problem is not the Pokemon; it's my battle style. Xatu is not a tank. It's defense is relatively poor, and has low HP. As such, moves that take multiple turns to take effect (Wish, Future Sight) don't suit this Pokemon well. Future Sight is fun to play around with, but I can't wait until it learns psychic. Also, fellow TOTGA challengers: Fly or Aerial Ace to replace peck? My thoughts are stated in the above update.


Dewgong- Lvl 36 (Female)
Careful Nature
Headbutt, Rest, Surf, Ice Beam
- :) :) :) :) :) :) :) It's not sucking as bad! Amazing what an evolution can do... Yeah. Once that icy blue seal evolved into an icy blue manatee, I knew that things would start to get better. It has the best HP out of all others on my team, and by far the best SPDEF. Even though Ice Beam doesn't K.O. all flying types, I'm glad it has something to bring to the team now. I almost deleted Rest for Sheer Cold at lvl 34, but decided against it... Even though Sheer Cold=Badassery, Rest will be more practical when it comes to those super-tough battles. And besides, there's no way I'm training it above lvl 58 to OHKO Metagross.


Tauros- Level 37 (Male)
Careful Nature
Return, Tail Whip, Rest, Horn Atttack
- If there's anything new I have to say about Tauros is that he's acting less like an uber and more like a very very strong Pokemon. Return is simply killing everthing it comes into contact with, and even though I deleted Pursuit for Rest (nothing's really worse than pursuit on this guy), I'm debating about getting rid of that one too. Tauros is just dominating so much that I don't see it going into the red or even yellow HP's. I suppose I will keep it for the time being, but as soon as something better comes along, I may just get rid of it.


Magmar- Level 36 (Male)
Rash Nature

Ember, Sunny Day, Fire Punch, Strength

- There's probably a tie for MVP between Magmar and Tauros at the moment. Tauros is an indestructible speedy monster, but Magmar is just too good against half the Pokemon in this game. I think it's special attack is 96 at the moment, so the second highest stat on the team (Tauros wins with 100 speed), even beating out Tauros' 90 attack stat. I'm waiting for a new move to replace Sunny Day and Ember, SD for sure has to go. I will check the level up moves for him and see if anything worth learning shows up, but as of now... No complaints here :)



There ya have it folks. If anyone's reading, please don't hesitate to give movepool suggestions for the Pokemon in the update. Right now, my biggest quandary is whether to teach Earthquake to Tauros or Magmar.

Blissy, I love how you have 7 badges and a bunch of level 20's :P
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Nice update -Cygnus-.

Regarding Aerial Ace, yes it's a better move than Fly because over 2 turns it can do 120BP worth of damage, whereas Fly only does 90 and occasionally misses. It's completely a judgement call though; occasionally you may come across a 'mon that Fly would OHKO whereas one Aerial Ace will leave it in the red, leading to an annoying Full Restore from the opponent trainer... But most of the time I'd suggest Aerial Ace. Fly is a good move in-game, as AI trainers don't tend to counter it with stat boosts or healing in the free turn. But Aerial Ace is better all round, and as you only have 4 team Pokemon, I don't see why you couldn't just stick it on an HM slave.

As for Earthquake... Correct me if I'm wrong but I'm pretty sure Magmar doesn't get EQ in Gen III, if at all. If you're really concerned about giving Magmar a move to cover his weakness to Rock Pokemon, give him Brick Break. It's a really good move and it allows Tauros to take Earthquake which will help him against a wider variety of foes - Rock and Steel types he can't do much damage to, and possibly Ghost types he might not hit otherwise. Plus, Tauros can't learn Brick Break.
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Blissy's The Ones Who Got Away Challenge! - Silver Version!
Chapter 12: Team Rocket's 'rockin - Part 2 (Will edit)


Ok...back to Mahogany, where the sispisous building is where those wierd guys are. Let's go inside the place. Looks like Lance is interigating them already. The signal is coming from the wierd building! Let's destroy Team Rocket! Hmmm...Persian statues. Looks like they're secret alarms to bring out Team Rocket grunts. Fine. I guess two grunts appear per alarm, so I can battle these guys for training. This...is gonna take a while.


A while later...

Done! Furry's poisoned, but he'll need to rough it out...for now.




This concludes this chapter of my The Ones Who Got Away Challenge.
Blissy's Army:


Petal (Bayleef) Lv. 25
Moves: Headbutt, Poisonpowder, Razor Leaf, Synthesis

Furry (Furret) Lv. 22
Moves: Cut, Surf, Mud-Slap, Fire Punch


Spooky (Haunter) Lv. 26
Moves: Shadow Ball, Hypnosis, Curse, Nightmare

Shiek (Flaaffy) Lv. 25
Moves: Fire Punch, Thunder Wave, Thundershock, Thunderpunch

Shuckie (Shuckle) Lv. 22
Moves: Constrict, Strength, Wrap, Encore

Badges Obtained

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Seen November 9th, 2015
Posted November 16th, 2012
86 posts
12.3 Years
Nice update -Cygnus-.

Regarding Aerial Ace, yes it's a better move than Fly because over 2 turns it can do 120BP worth of damage, whereas Fly only does 90 and occasionally misses. It's completely a judgement call though; occasionally you may come across a 'mon that Fly would OHKO whereas one Aerial Ace will leave it in the red, leading to an annoying Full Restore from the opponent trainer... But most of the time I'd suggest Aerial Ace. Fly is a good move in-game, as AI trainers don't tend to counter it with stat boosts or healing in the free turn. But Aerial Ace is better all round, and as you only have 4 team Pokemon, I don't see why you couldn't just stick it on an HM slave.

As for Earthquake... Correct me if I'm wrong but I'm pretty sure Magmar doesn't get EQ in Gen III, if at all. If you're really concerned about giving Magmar a move to cover his weakness to Rock Pokemon, give him Brick Break. It's a really good move and it allows Tauros to take Earthquake which will help him against a wider variety of foes - Rock and Steel types he can't do much damage to, and possibly Ghost types he might not hit otherwise. Plus, Tauros can't learn Brick Break.
Oops haha Magmar doesn't learn it >_< Yeah, I believe I get brick break in Sootopolis? EQ is definately going on Tauros then, as he has the best ATK by far. I also think that I'll keep Fly on my Hm-Slave Tropius, and stick with Aerial Ace for Xatu. Peck is realllly lame. Thanks for the help!
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Update time! It's been a while since I played the file, but I believe I had just beaten Norman...

Spoiler:

Where to start... Well first of all, after Norman's defeat, I decided to go up to Route 115 (north of Rustboro) and train there for a bit. It is the only place for Jiggz after all... I do like the northern part of that route though, I think I'll make my secret base there once I decide to do so in Emerald (gonna mix records so I can train versus the other team :P go secret bases!). I did get bored quickly there, though, so I decided to just get the damn water routes over and done with.

In reality, there weren't that bad. I reckon it took me 45m-1hr, but I think the EXP in the end was worth it. I am very glad that I had seven repels from various things, because about 4 were put to good use. Tauros shined on these routes, as did Xatu, but as you could probably guess, Magmar and Seel were worthless. Nevertheless, I made it to Slateport with higher levels and stronger Pokemon under my belt.

Next came New Mauville. I used my remaining repels to ward off the electric types there, got the thunderstone at the end, and got out of there. I'm usually jumping with joy when I get thunderbolt, but I don't think it would work on any of my Pokemon... Magmar has the highest special attack stat, but thunderbolt's main purpose would be to deal with water types, and he's already quite weak to water due to his typing and nature. Besides, I think between Tauros and Xatu, the water gym and Glacia shouldn't be too big of a deal.

Route 119 has always been the crowning achievment of R/S/E (amirite?). Even though it's long and can be tough, I enjoy going through it. I beat the mimic circle (it wasn't hell trying to catch 'em this time!), and collected a few berries... Oh wait. Seel evolved :P My team is now fully evolved, and Dewgong not only gained STAB for ice beam (yesh I taught it that) but a massive SPDEF bonus. I think I've found my wall! The rest of the route went predictably; beat the trainers, found some goodies, looked for Feebas. When I got to the weather institue, I believe my team was all lvl 35, so I had no problems in taking out Team Aqua's goons. I stole Castform's mystic water for Dewgong, then crushed my rival before heading to Fortree.

Winona was easy. With Dewgong's newly acquired ice beam, the leader's usually dreaded Altaria was out in one fell swoop. Magmar took care of Skarmory, and Tauros easily stomped (or should I say "returned") Pelliper and Swellow. The prize TM I am considering teaching to Xatu... Fly is nice and all, but Aerial Ace has more PP, doesn't take two turns (even though that is Xatu's theme), and never misses. I did hold off however, and am waiting for the community's input before I make a final decision :)

Up next will be the final battle with May, and hopefully badge #7.

-----


Xatu- Lvl 37 (Female)
Adamant Nature
Peck, Wish, Night Shade, Future Sight
- No changes in moveset on this one. Unfourtunately, I'm starting to see Xatu lose some of its power as time goes on, mainly in Defense. Though I wouldn't go as far as to say it's the new Seel, the downward curve in battle performance has been deabilitating to my team. I think the main problem is not the Pokemon; it's my battle style. Xatu is not a tank. It's defense is relatively poor, and has low HP. As such, moves that take multiple turns to take effect (Wish, Future Sight) don't suit this Pokemon well. Future Sight is fun to play around with, but I can't wait until it learns psychic. Also, fellow TOTGA challengers: Fly or Aerial Ace to replace peck? My thoughts are stated in the above update.


Dewgong- Lvl 36 (Female)
Careful Nature
Headbutt, Rest, Surf, Ice Beam
- :) :) :) :) :) :) :) It's not sucking as bad! Amazing what an evolution can do... Yeah. Once that icy blue seal evolved into an icy blue manatee, I knew that things would start to get better. It has the best HP out of all others on my team, and by far the best SPDEF. Even though Ice Beam doesn't K.O. all flying types, I'm glad it has something to bring to the team now. I almost deleted Rest for Sheer Cold at lvl 34, but decided against it... Even though Sheer Cold=Badassery, Rest will be more practical when it comes to those super-tough battles. And besides, there's no way I'm training it above lvl 58 to OHKO Metagross.


Tauros- Level 37 (Male)
Careful Nature
Return, Tail Whip, Rest, Horn Atttack
- If there's anything new I have to say about Tauros is that he's acting less like an uber and more like a very very strong Pokemon. Return is simply killing everthing it comes into contact with, and even though I deleted Pursuit for Rest (nothing's really worse than pursuit on this guy), I'm debating about getting rid of that one too. Tauros is just dominating so much that I don't see it going into the red or even yellow HP's. I suppose I will keep it for the time being, but as soon as something better comes along, I may just get rid of it.


Magmar- Level 36 (Male)
Rash Nature

Ember, Sunny Day, Fire Punch, Strength

- There's probably a tie for MVP between Magmar and Tauros at the moment. Tauros is an indestructible speedy monster, but Magmar is just too good against half the Pokemon in this game. I think it's special attack is 96 at the moment, so the second highest stat on the team (Tauros wins with 100 speed), even beating out Tauros' 90 attack stat. I'm waiting for a new move to replace Sunny Day and Ember, SD for sure has to go. I will check the level up moves for him and see if anything worth learning shows up, but as of now... No complaints here :)



There ya have it folks. If anyone's reading, please don't hesitate to give movepool suggestions for the Pokemon in the update. Right now, my biggest quandary is whether to teach Earthquake to Tauros or Magmar.

Blissy, I love how you have 7 badges and a bunch of level 20's :P
........I get lucky. I somehow beat the gym leaders while underleveled.

I hope that answered your question.