So there we go! My I have gotten far before this thread was approved. I got to the third badge from Korrina now and have the ability to mega evolve my pokemon, jeeeeeeeeeeeej!
The first bagde
Using Fennekin to beat the bug gym was challenging since Viola's first pokemon uses water sport :(. Luckily, the butterfly (god whats its name) is a pushover after that.
So I got the EXP share! Not that I could really use it yet, but I deed sweep the garden for usefull items and training. In Lumiose I lost to squirte, my lv14 fennekin could not stand up to the three kanto starters even when she started off fully healed. I guess not wanting to risk the use of items cause of that rule got to me here huh :(. But it's ok, you dont lose money nor do you black out, you just dont gain the exp. I chose bulbasaur as i mentioned before to join the team.
I sweep every new area for items, every rock where an item could be hidden gets a click from me. So I made my way through a tough couple of routes since I really dont like to use any item cause of my purchase rule. You kinda need to heal up, and I was glad to use the daycare center PC as a poke center replacement.
Glittering cave
Before the 2nd gym, I went into the glitering cave. Dumb me never looked at the option of retreiving the old amber. So I had to go back after the third gym. now my aerodactyl is at lv 20 where venusaur is lv38
The 2nd gym badge
So basically I went in with Ivysaur, Braixen and tyrunt. My pokemon where way to low level even though braixen and ivysaur where higher then Amaura and tyrunt. So I evolved Ivysaur and pushed on.
Tyrunt is a b-word to train in this team btw since it has low defence and my 2 other pokemon cant really deal with psychic or psychic/fairy easily. The reflection cave is a pain, use the healer in the middle of the cave often! That is my best advice since you want tyrunt in front and he dies easily at this stage.
The third badge and mega evolution!
braixen evoled prior to the third gym into delphox, with her 2nd psychic move she sweeps this gym easily (if you heal before the leader)
We critted our mega lucario villain in 1 hit, and did not receive damage since we went first!
When I tried to leave the city, Rival brought me the TM for surf. I stepped through the gate and added Lapras to the team. After some excruciating back tracking, I got the old amber and now have a team of 6! I failed to name tyrunt, but the nicks should make obvious which pokemon is which:
Bulbapedia: Lv 38
Cut, Petal dance, rock smash, razor leaf (I hate to delete sleep powder, but had to)
Firefox: Lv 37
psyshock, psybeam (why did I keep this?), flame charge, mystical fire
Tyrunt: lv 34
dragon tail, ancient power, crunch, strength
Mohammed Ali: lv32
power-up punch, swords dance, metal sound, bone rush
Cruiser: lv 30
Water pulse, body slam, surf, perish song
F(okker) 27: Lv 20
Bite, scary face, roar, agility