[Challenge] Pokémon Draft Challenge

[Wuzzy]

Update #3
Wuzzy -

Spoiler:

Been a bit since I last played but, decided to continue my journey during the last few days...

After beating Korrina on the previous update, I made my way to the Tower of Mastery again to battle Korrina with the gifted Lucario that I won't ever use and made my way through Route 12. Once I reached Courmarine City, I get ambushed by Serena because I accidentally walked into the gym while exploring but, she was pretty easy despite forgetting to heal at the PC. Took a detour to Azure Bay now that I have the Good Rod to explore, and on my way back I caught a Clamperl on the way back. Now that I have a Deep Sea Scale from Azure Bay, I had to use a save editor in order to evolve Clamperl into Gorebyss since I'm playing on an emulator. With that out of the way, I went back to challenge Ramos who was very easy like the other gym leaders. Jumpluff got OHKOed by Nidoking's Poison Jab, Gogoat goes down to some Flying Presses by Hawlucha, and Weepinbell eventually gets taken down my a bunch of Fire Fangs from Litleo for me to secure the Plant Badge.

Meanwhile, I took out Team Flare at the Power Plant on my way back to Lumiose City. Route 13 was an absolute pain to traverse because of the sandstorm/wind and the Arena Trap Pokemon that I kept randomly running into, though not all is bad as Litleo evolves into a Pyroar during those ambushes. After the forced story at Lumiose City, I took another side trip to Route 8 to battle the swimmers now that I have Surf to get Honedge one last level to evolve into a Doublade. Made my way back to Lumiose City to challenge Clemont which did give me a bit of trouble. Doublade was unable to knock out Magneton with Shadow Claws due to Clemont spamming Hyper Potions and it goes down to an Electric Terrain-boosted Thunderbolt. Pyroar is able to revenge the Magneton with Fire Fang, Nidoking OHKOs Heliolisk with Dig and takes down Emolga with some Rock Tombs for the Voltage Badge!

Team

Spoiler:

Aluette @ Sea Incense
Lvl 37 | Huge Power | Gentle
- Aqua Tail
- Return
- Double-Edge
- Surf

Veis @ Flame Plate
Lvl 36 | Unnerve | Gentle
- Fire Fang
- Headbutt
- Echoed Voice
- Work Up

Luso @ Eviolite
Lvl 35 | No Guard | Adamant
- Shadow Claw
- Gyro Ball
- Shadow Sneak
- Swords Dance

Bowen
Lvl 36 | Unburden | Hardy
- Flying Press
- Acrobatics
- Power-Up-Punch
- Fly

Cid @ Poison Barb
Lvl 37 | Poison Point | Docile
- Poison Jab
- Dig
- Rock Tomb
- Rock Smash

Valentyne @ Splash Plate
Lvl 35 | Swift Swim | Rash
- Surf
- Whirlpool
- Captivate
- Iron Defense

 

[Smotemotem]

Hey Gang! I played a good bit over the past week. I've just been too lazy to stop and blog after each gym. I really should have, as that would help me keep the events in order a bit better. Here's a big quick run-down.

Chapter 3

Spoiler:

After beating Grant, I went out and caught a Nosepass. I named her Moguera, and I trained her up to roughly even level with the rest of the team. We continued our journey and several of my Pokemon evolved to their final state, including Dogora – who proceeded to wreck Korrina. I thought she had a Lucario on her team, but I was mistaken. That was the only mon that I was really afraid of at this gym, and it was a figment of my imagination. Rodan also evolved into Talonflame, so you can imagine that Ramos didn't put up much of a fight.

Around this time, I picked up my Good Rod and backtracked to get Chinchou. I named him Manda, and had another training session. It went pretty quick, as I had access to lots of ground types before going back to Lumiose City. I also levelled up Moguera in the desert to evolve her into Probopass. Skipping ahead a bit, my least favorite Pokemon is Probopass, and I really wanted her to prove me wrong. But the level-up move pool is just too shallow, and she still hadn't learned a steel-type move up to the time we were facing down the sixth gym. The whole reason I got her was to counter fairy-types. So she's off the team, now.

Backing up a bit, Lumiose City gym was fun. Manda was still a bit underlevelled, and most of the trainers just kept attacking into her with electric attacks, which she's immune from. Clemont put up a good fight, but a combo of Moguera, Rodan, and Anguirus took him down, chipping away at the monsters they could threaten.

Going into the Laverre gym, I don't think I had a good threat for any of the monsters that Valerie had, and the dual screens are always annoying to try to push through. But by this point, I had a good all-around team that could win with neutral hits and enough time. I don't remember who the MVP was, but I do remember there was lots of swapping (and at least four KOs).

About this point in the game, I picked up my last two Pokemon and did some swapping around in my team. I did a little bit more training, to get the team up to a roughly-balanced level. I swapped out Anguirus for a Trevenant named Biollante, and I swapped out Moguera for a Mamoswine named Sanda. I had lots of good stuff to bring against Olympia, and Rodan was the only mon on my team that wasn't a potential counter to something on her team. I think Manda & Dogora did most of the heavy lifting, attacking with Thunderbolt, though.

Impressions of my team so far: Solid. Pretty good balance for an in-game team, and I like the designs. I think Trevenant is the only one I haven't used on an in-game team before, and I'm very impressed with her so far. I was disappointed that Probopass didn't work out, but that's part of the fun of trying a different team.

Impressions of the challenge so far: I like the "teamwork" aspect, so to speak. It's fun to see how everybody plays through the game using a totally different team. My favorite part of the challenge is coming back to Pokecommunity and reading the update posts. It's not a particularly difficult challenge, though, as somebody predicted pre-draft. It may be fun to schedule break points and have the players do small tournaments, for future runs (maybe one after each gym, after every two gyms, etc). It may be more challenging to do this run on a game with a smaller national dex, as well, so the players are more likely to cut each other off during draft phase.

Mamoswine (F) - "Sanda"
Lv. 51
Snow Cloak - Bold
Ice Fang / Thrash / Earthquake / Rock Tomb

Talonflame (M) - "Rodan"
Lv. 54
Flame Body - Adamant
Flame Charge / Acrobatics / Quick Attack / fly

Gardevoir (F) - "Dogora"
Lv. 52
Synchronize - Bashful
Dazzling Gleam / Psychic / Grass Knot / Thunderbolt

Scrafty (F) - "Gabara"
Lv. 53
Moxie - Hasty
High Jump Kick / Crunch / Rock Climb / Rock Tomb

Trevenant (F) - "Biollante"
Lv. 52
Natural Cure – Calm
Power-Up Punch / Wood Hammer / Will-o-Wisp / Shadow Claw

Lanturn (M) – "Manda"
Lv. 51
Volt Absorb – Careful
Surf / Dazzling Gleam / Thunderbolt / Signal Beam

Current Team

 

[Kostucha]

Pokemon Draft Challenge Completed

My "strategy" when drafting was just to pick pokemon I've rarely or never used before. Also I tried to cover 3 main HMs used in the game so I can use a full team of 6 and not bother with HM slaves. Later into the draft I realised I'd be challenging Grant only with Simisear and Mothim, so I picked Psyduck as a precaution. It wasn't very useful in the end but it helped in some battles. Other than that the run went rather smooth, I'm very happy with all my picks as the team was rather balanced. I'd be interested in doing this challenge in a game with more limited pokedex though.

Team:

Spoiler:

OJ, Tangled Feet, Modest
Lv. 66 @Sky Plate
-Chatter
-Hyper Voice
-Synchronoise
-Fly

Mustard, Mega Launcher, Modest
Lv. 66 @Splash Plate
-Surf
-Dark Pulse
-Dragon Pulse
-Aura Sphere

Blackberry, Levitate, Impish
Lv. 66 @Rose Incense
-Power Whip
-Swords Dance
-Stockpile
-Crunch

Grape, Swarm, Quiet
Lv. 67 @King's rock
-Quiver Dance
-Air Slash
-Bug Buzz
-Psychic

Shotgun, Gluttony, Serious
Lv. 67 @Flame Plate
-Dig
-Flamethrower
-Brick Break
-Shadow Claw

Yawn, Snow Cloak, Sassy
Lv. 67 @Never-Melt Ice
-Superpower
-Strength
-Aqua Jet
-Icicle Crash

Hall of Fame:

Spoiler:

Final Time: 15:10

 

[Smotemotem]

Played a bit more tonight, to finish out the run. This was one of the cleanest playthroughs I've done in a long time. I know it was pretty close to being a standard run, as I would have picked a team similar to this on a non-challenge run, so that's not exactly a brag. I was just surprised that I didn't have any full-party wipes, even during gym & elite four fights. Here's what happened.

Final Time: 19:18

FIN

Spoiler:

I was afraid of Wulfric's Avalugg. That thing has given me a lot of trouble in the past, but I was able to bring it down without too much trouble this time. Rodan took down Abomasnow and Cryogonal with Flame Charge, and it put a tiny dent in Avalugg. Gabara swapped in and landed two High Jump Kicks, to finish him off. I got turned around pretty bad on victory road, but that helped me level up the team for the Elite Four.

Wikstrom
Sanda led, and killed Klefki with Earthquake. Aegislash sparred with Rodan, and took several Flame Charge hits, but it eventually knocked out Rodan. Sanda swapped back in and finished up Aegislash. Gabara swapped in to deal with Scizor, and a couple of well-placed High Jump Kicks did the job. She got the Moxie boost, which gave her enough power to break down Probopass pretty easily.

Drasna
I led with Dogora, and she led with Dragalge. Dogora was poisoned, but managed to win this match-up. Sanda swapped in for the 4x STAB on Altaria & Noivern, and made quick work of them with Ice Fang. She stayed in to fight Druddigon, and pulled off another victory.

Malva
Manda knocked out Pyroar with Surf & Waterfall, but took some heavy damage. I swapped in Sanda to deal with Torkoal. She won, but she took serious damage, as well. Chandelure finished off Manda & Sanda, but Gabara was able to Crunch to victory. Talonflame knocked out Gabara, but Dogora was able to get off a couple of Thunderbolts for the win.

Siebold
Manda led again, and knocked out Clawitzer. Gyarados swapped in and KO'd Manda with Earthquake. I tried to counter with Sanda, but it was no good. Dogora was able to withstand a hit and KO Gyarados with Thunderbolt, however. Biollante swapped in to fight Barbaracle, which wasn't hard. Starmie was a bit of a problem for her, but I used a few potions to get through the scary parts.

Diantha
This was a fun battle, and I got to use most of my mons in this fight. Manda led, and KO'd Hawlucha with Thunderbolt. Tyrantrum faced down Sanda, but Ice Fang was too powerful. Gourgeist died (again) to Rodan's Brave Bird. Goodra was thwarted by Dogora's Dazzling Gleam. Aurorus got smashed by Gabara's High Jump Kick. I got scared when Gardevoir swapped in, because I forgot that it would copy "Moxie" from Gabara. I had forgotten that the Mega Evolution changes her ability, and I had also forgotten, in the moment, that Gabara was 4x weak to Fairy. I didn't want to risk some kind of setup, so I put Rodan in and ended the game with Brave Bird.

Mamoswine (F) - "Sanda"
Lv. 64
Snow Cloak - Bold
Ice Fang / Rock Smash / Earthquake / Rock Tomb

Talonflame (M) - "Rodan"
Lv. 66
Flame Body - Adamant
Flame Charge / Brave Bird / Steel Wing / Fly

Gardevoir (F) - "Dogora"
Lv. 64
Synchronize - Bashful
Dazzling Gleam / Psychic / Grass Knot / Thunderbolt

Scrafty (F) - "Gabara"
Lv. 66
Moxie - Hasty
High Jump Kick / Crunch / Head Smash / Dragon Claw

Trevenant (F) - "Biollante"
Lv. 65
Natural Cure – Calm
Power-Up Punch / Wood Hammer / Strength / Shadow Claw

Lanturn (M) – "Manda"
Lv. 64
Volt Absorb – Careful
Surf / Waterfall / Thunderbolt / Ice Beam

Final Team

 

[Janp]

The Draft Challenge in Pokémon X

PART 4

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Let's tart with a plot twist. I caught female Nidoran and had to decide which Pokémon to box so I can put her on team. At first, I wanted to box Dolero, but after checking rest of Gym Leaders, E4 and some Team Flare battles, I found out that Dolero is one of few PokémonI have drafted that can take care of Dark-types. And since Grass-type isn't really needed in Kalos. So I evolved Pivl via Leaf Stone and boxed it. So now I have 3 Grass-types in my PC. I also wanted to evolve Kristi to Vaporeon. I picked up Water Stone from Route 8 and used it on Kristi, only for her to evolve into Jolteon. You can imagine my surprise. But after checking my bag and resetting the game, I found out I had Thunder Stone right above Water Stone and for some reason used that instead of Water Stone.

So Dolero is still on my team, but since I'm playing mostly during nighttime, he spent most of the time as Riolu. He also single-handedly beat both Korrina's Lucario, which was kinda funny to watch. Korrina was really a pushover even in her Gym Battle, where Melichar shined with its newly learned Psychic. I think it was somewhere here that Dolero finally evolved, which made the whole Mega Evolution tutorial even more stupid. Like I have my own Lucario, but instead I'm forced to use a traitor that betrays his trainer like it's nothing. No thanks, you can rot at the top of this tower by yourself.

In Ramos battle I used Miss Peck after a long time. I think I'll switch her for one of the ghosts later. But the battle itself was pretty easy again. Just like every single Kalos run.

My newly caught Ivy the female Nidoran, who evolved at this point, did really great in Kalos Power Plant, where she basically swept Team Flare.

After that I decided to evolve Ivy once again and challenged Clemont. Sadly I had no Ground-type attacks, but Melichar and Dolero were able to take care of his Pokémon. Melichar first took care of Heliosk, since his Emolga run away with Volt Switch, but returned right after to faint. Dolero then beat Clemont's Magneton after long annoying battle full of paralyzation.

And to wrap this I challenged Valerie. I started with Dolero again, because I really want to find the reason why so many people like it and once again, it did pretty good against Mawile.I then switched to Ivy to beat Sylveon and I hoped she would also beat Mr. Mime, but the Barrier Pokémon was able to move first and beat Ivy with Psychic. I then decided to use Vedmi, but forgot that Bug Buzz is sound-based attack, so Mr. Mime was able to beat her too. He set up both Reflect and Light Screen, so I barely did any damage with rest of my Pokémon, but it was Kristi, who finally got past both barriers and healing from Valerie.

I saved inside Lost Hotel. I'll I have to wait here until Tuesday to be able to get Rotom.

I have to say that I enjoy reading everyone's runs and what team they were able to make with their drafts. I think if we wanted to make things more interesting next time, we could all ban one Pokémon at the start of drafting or even one Pokémon after each draft round for bigger Poké Dexes. That could really shake our choices.

Team

Miss Peck, Modest Female Pidgeot
lvl 44, Tangled Feet
- Return
- Twister
- Fly
- Quick Attack

Vedmi, Naive Female Vivillon
lvl 43, Shield Dust
- Bug Buzz
- Infestation
- Supersonic
- Draining Kiss

Dolero, Docile Male Lucario
lvl 46, Inner Focus
- Quick Attack
- Strength
- Aura Sphere
- Power-Up Punch

Melichar, Timid - Lunatone
lvl 47, Levitate
- Psychic
- Hypnosis
- Rock Polish
- Rock Slide

Kristi, Adamant Female Vaporeon
lvl 43, Water Absorb
- Squa Ring
- Surf
- Swift
- Bite

Ivy, Modest Female Nidoqueen
lvl 44, Sheer Force
- Venoshock
- Toxic Spikes
- Body Slam
- Earth Power​

 

[Wuzzy]

Update #4
Wuzzy -

The ban one draft one idea sounds pretty cool though tbh, it would've increased the stakes for this draft since I think everyone got the mons they wanted. Though obviously it would work only for games with very large dexes like X/Y (possibly Platinum, USUM and SwSh especially with DLC) but you could also do the bans for half of the draft too and then keep it normal for the 2nd half.

Spoiler:

Met with Professor Sycamore before heading to Route 14 and proceeded to beat Serena upon arrival. Went ahead and caught my next team member being Weepinbell, who ended up replacing Gorebyss. Gorebyss was alright but in the end it was pretty redundant on the team and probably won't contribute much in the long run. Shortly after, I used a Leaf Stone I found a while back to evolve Weepinbell into Victreebel. Made it to Laverre City and headed straight to the gym to challenge Valerie. Valerie wasn't too difficult, Pyroar took down Mawile with Flamethrower, Mr. Mime goes down easily to Doublade's Shadow Claw, and Sylveon goes down to the combined efforts of Nidoking and Victreebel's Poison-STAB moves. After receiving the Fairy Badge, I made my way to the Pokeball Factory to beat up more Team Flare Grunts. Side note, the Dusk Stone I mentioned in a previous update is available in the post game, so Doublade is going to be staying a Doublade until I unlock the Terminus Cave (though Doublade has been very good so far).

Anyways, passed through Route 15 and Route 16 and caught myself the Murkrow that I probably won't use and ended up in Dendemille Town. Headed inside Frost Cavern to catch my final encounter being Jynx, after some deliberation I decided that I will be benching Nidoking mainly because most of my team was Kanto mons and I wanted to use more Kalos mons in this run. Pyroar, Azumarill, and Victreebel were necessary for type coverage, Doublade was a general powerhouse, and Jynx was a mon I really wanted to use so in the end... it was a toss up between Hawlucha and Nidoking. After saving Abomasnow from Team Flare at Frost Cavern, I went through Route 17 and made it to Anistar City. Had to battle Serena again before challenging Olympia. Olympia was sort of annoying to beat in the beginning, Sigilyph got 5 flinches in a row (2 of them being crits) with Air Slash which was very inconvenient but, Jynx took it down with Fake Tears and Frost Breath, Doublade takes down Slowking with Shadow Claws, and then Azumarill knocks out Meowstic with Aqua Tails for the Psychic Badge.

Lysandre then announces he's gonna wipe out the face of the planet and I headed back to Lumiose City to go battle Team Flare once again.

Team

Spoiler:

Aluette @ Sea Incense
Lvl 48 | Huge Power | Gentle
- Aqua Tail
- Return
- Superpower
- Surf

Veis @ Flame Plate
Lvl 46 | Unnerve | Gentle
- Flamethrower
- Echoed Voice
- Will-O-Wisp
- Work Up

Luso @ Eviolite
Lvl 47 | No Guard | Adamant
- Shadow Claw
- Iron Head
- Shadow Sneak
- Swords Dance

Bowen
Lvl 47 | Unburden | Hardy
- Acrobatics
- High Jump Kick
- Power-Up-Punch
- Fly

Frimelda @ Miracle Seed
Lvl 47 | Chlorophyll | Modest
- Grass Knot
- Venoshock
- Leaf Storm
- Sleep Powder

Loa @ Never-Melt Ice
Lvl 46 | Oblivious | Hardy
- Frost Breath
- Wake-Up Slap
- Calm Mind
- Lovely Kiss

Box

Spoiler:

Cid
Lvl 44 | Poison Point | Docile
- Poison Jab
- Earth Power
- Rock Tomb
- Rock Smash

Valentyne
Lvl 36 | Swift Swim | Rash
- Surf
- Whirlpool
- Captivate
- Iron Defense

Hurdy
Lvl 18 | Super Luck | Bashful
- Astonish
- Pursuit
- Haze
- Wing Attack

 

[Wuzzy]

Update #5
Wuzzy -

Spoiler:

Haven't played in a while so I decided to jump back in. The next update should be my last update since I'll be tackling the victory road + elite four then!

Anyways, entered Lysandre Labs and immediately got thrown into a battle with Lysandre (who was sort of difficult since my answers to Gyarados were limited) but, I pulled through in the end. As for the scientists, Aliana / Bryony / Mable gave me zero trouble however, Celosia gave me a hard time with my team being weak to Drapion and my moves just kept missing a lot during that battle. Received the elevator key from Mable and went down to the 2nd floor and listened to AZ's story on the ultimate weapon, then proceeded to beat Xerosic on the 3rd floor and flew to Geosenge Town again to battle Lysandre inside the hideout. With Serena, I made it to the lowest floor and managed to catch Xerneas. Lysandre then challenges us to a final battle, which was much easier since Mega Gyarados was a lot easier to deal with than regular Gyarados. Lysandre activates the weapon anyways which ends up causing the weapon to collapse on itself and bury the base.

With Team Flare out of the way, I went back to Anistar City to resume my adventure by going through Route 18 and went through Terminus Cave to find the Dusk Stone to evolve Doublade into Aegislash. After the detour, I headed to Couriway Town to meet up and battle Professor Sycamore and then proceeded onwards to Route 19 to battle Shauna, Tierno, and Trevor before arriving at Snowbelle City. Went to Route 20 and the Pokemon Village to find Wulfric and then headed back to Snowbelle City to challenge Wulfric who was a pushover (which he even admits himself). Aegislash OHKOs Abomasnow with Iron Head, Avalugg gets taken down by Pyroar's Flamethrower, and Cryogonal goes down to Hawlucha's High Jump Kick for the Iceberg Badge. Took another trip back to Pokemon Village to pick up the TM for Psychic which was blocked by a waterfall, then onward to the Victory Road.

Team

Spoiler:

Aluette @ Sea Incense
Lvl 54 | Huge Power | Gentle
- Waterfall
- Play Rough
- Superpower
- Surf

Veis @ Flame Plate
Lvl 54 | Unnerve | Gentle
- Flamethrower
- Hyper Voice
- Will-O-Wisp
- Work Up

Luso @ Spell Tag
Lvl 54 | Stance Change | Adamant
- Shadow Claw
- Iron Head
- King's Shield
- Swords Dance

Bowen
Lvl 53 | Unburden | Hardy
- Acrobatics
- High Jump Kick
- Power-Up-Punch
- Fly

Frimelda @ Miracle Seed
Lvl 54 | Chlorophyll | Modest
- Energy Ball
- Sludge Bomb
- Leaf Storm
- Sleep Powder

Loa @ Never-Melt Ice
Lvl 54 | Oblivious | Hardy
- Ice Beam
- Psychic
- Calm Mind
- Lovely Kiss

Box

Spoiler:

Cid
Lvl 44 | Poison Point | Docile
- Poison Jab
- Earth Power
- Rock Tomb
- Rock Smash

Valentyne
Lvl 36 | Swift Swim | Rash
- Surf
- Whirlpool
- Captivate
- Iron Defense

Hurdy
Lvl 18 | Super Luck | Bashful
- Astonish
- Pursuit
- Haze
- Wing Attack

 

[Janp]

The Draft Challenge in Pokémon X

PART 5

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Not gonna lie, I was waiting for Tuesday so much, that when it finally came, I started totally different run and forgot my plan to catch Rotom. So I had to wait another week, but this time I got it.

And I got Rotom pretty quickly, only after 2 or 3 SRs. I wasn't sure which Pokémon to box, so I boxed Pidgeot first, but only after few battles, I put it back and boxed Vivillon, because I felt Flying-type moves will be more useful. I continued to Anister and used Rotom as my main Pokémon against Olympia. The battle wasn't hard, but Rotom fainted against Slowbro, so I've used rest of my team to take care of it and rest of Olympia's team.

Team Flare segment was pretty easy and I basically swept it with Lunatone and Lucario (when he wasn't KO'd. How the hell can Lucario lose to Pyroar?). I think this was the very first time in Kalos I actually had counter to Lysandre's team, especially Gyarados.

When I got to Snowbelle City, I decided to change Rotom's form to Microwave, since I needed Fire-type for Wulfric. And I started wondering, why I don't have Fire-type. I was sure I had one. And then, the moment I challenged Wulric, it hit me. I also drafted Litwick! But since the battle already started and I used Litwick line in the other run I mentioned above, I decided to go just with Rotom. Anyway, Wulfric was pushover. He had no way of beating Rotom, Nidoqueen and Lucario.

And so I got to the E4. Because of my masterful planning, I had Vaporeon, Lunatone and Nidoqueen against Malva, Rotom and against Siebold, Rotom, Nidoqueen and Lucario against Wikstrom and Vaporeon and Lunatone against Drasna. Pidgeot took a support role and was there mostly to set up Tailwind or to finish of something with Quick Attack.

I was afraid of Diantha's Gardevoir, but I was able to get there with 5 Pokémon (Lunatone fainted right before her, after taking almost her whole team before Gardevoir down itself), so I was sure I can wear her down. I started by setting Tailwind and then almost beating it with Nidoqueen's Sludge Bomb, but Gardevoir survived with red HP and got healed with Full Restore next turn, while also beating both Pidgeot and Nidoqueen. I then sent out Vaporeon to tank hits while I revived both Pidgeot and Nidoqueen. Vaporeon was able to hurt Gardevoir a little bit with Surf, so I sent out Pidgeot next and she survived Gardevoir's Thunderbolt, set up Tailwind and hurt Gardevoir even more with Quick Attack. Nidoqueen then finished the job with another Sludge Bomb.

Here's the Hall of Fame:

Spoiler:

Overall I would say this was pretty entertaining run. You can probably guess that from the levels, but Lunatone was the surprisingly good. Especially once it learned Moonblast. Lucario wasn't that bad afterall, but it's still one of my least favourite Pokémon.

I'm opened for more draft runs in the future.

Team

Miss Peck, Modest Female Pidgeot
lvl 61, Tangled Feet
- Return
- Tailwind
- Fly
- Quick Attack

Helpo, Hasty - Rotom
lvl 62, Levitate
- Thunderbolt
- Shock Wave
- Hex
- Overheat

Dolero, Docile Male Lucario
lvl 66, Inner Focus
- Dragon Pulse
- Strength
- Aura Sphere
- Power-Up Punch

Melichar, Timid - Lunatone
lvl 70, Levitate
- Psychic
- Hypnosis
- Moonblast
- Stone Edge

Kristi, Adamant Female Vaporeon
lvl 65, Water Absorb
- Ice Beam
- Surf
- Swift
- Attract

Ivy, Modest Female Nidoqueen
lvl 64, Sheer Force
- Sludge Bomb
- Toxic Spikes
- Superpower
- Earthquake​

 

[Wuzzy]

Update #6 - Finale
Wuzzy -

Overall, I was entertained by this run. I was able to use Pokemon I've wanted to use or never used before, and also play through a game that I have never played before since I bought my 3ds rather late and didn't really wanna drop the money for it. I did take my time during this run to explore since it was a casual draft. I think the upping the stakes for a future draft of Pokemon X/Y would be pretty necessary since it isn't as exciting if you keep getting mons you want but, I had fun overall with this team!

Spoiler:

Left Snowbelle City and went through Route 21 and made it to the Victory Road. Around the midway point, Serena challenges us to another battle which was pretty easy, and then proceeded onward. Made it to the end of the Victory Road, and decided to do some preparations before the Elite 4. Inside the Pokemon League, Malva gives us the standard rundown and then I proceeded to challenge the Elite 4.

I started with Malva, who was pretty easy overall. Her Pyroar went down to Hawlucha's High Jump Kick. Talonflame lands a Brave Bird before going down to Azumarill's Waterfall. Azumarill's Waterfalls takes down Torkoal eventually due to Malva's Full Restore spam. Hawlucha 2HKOs Chandelure with Acrobatics.

Next up I challenged Wikstrom who did give me a little bit of trouble but, was easy overall. Pyroar easily takes down Klefki with Flamethrower. Hawlucha misses High Jump Kick and goes down to Probopass's Discharge, Victreebel revenges with an Energy Ball and Leaf Storm. Scizor gets OHKOed by Pyroar's Flamethrower as well. Lastly, Pyroar tanks a Sacred Sword and 2HKOs Aegislash with Flamethrower.

Following Wikstrom, Drasna was the 3rd Elite 4 member I challenged which went pretty well overall. Dragalge gets 2HKOed by Jynx's Ice Beam and lands a Sludge Bomb before going down. Aegislash 2HKOs Noivern with Shadow Claw, and is able to tank 2 Flamethrowers with the help of Defense Stance + King's Shield. Altaria gets OHKOed by Jynx's Ice Beam. Jynx gets a lucky freeze on Druddigon and it eventually goes down to Ice Beams due to Drasna spamming Full Restores.

Lastly, Siebold was the last one remaining and the one I was the most worried about since my team is pretty Gyarados weak. In the end, Siebold didn't really give me much trouble. Clawitzer and Barbaracle get OHKOed by Victreebel's Energy Ball. Aegislash tanks Starmie's Surf and OHKOs with Shadow Claw. Azumarill eventually takes down Gyarados with Play Roughs after it spends a lot of time boosting with Dragon Dance.

Now all that's left is to challenge the current champion, Diantha which went pretty well overall. Diantha's Hawlucha greedily sets up Swords Dance and gets OHKOed by my own Hawlucha's Acrobatics. Hawlucha misses High Jump Kick and gets taken down by Aurorus's Blizzard, Aegislash revenges it with Iron Head. Goodra gets OHKOed by Azumarill's Play Rough while missing Fire Blast. Gourgeist easily crumbles to Pyroar's Flamethrower, and Tyrantrum gets OHKOed by Jynx's Ice Beam. Lastly, Aegislash tanks a Shadow Ball and takes down Mega Gardevoir with an Iron Head. With that, I'm now able to enter the Hall of Fame! I accidentally clicked speed up so I was unable to get the Hall of Fame screenshots I wanted. After that, the game brings us back to Lumiose City to celebrate, just to be challenged by AZ (who was a pushover). Torkoal gets 2HKOed by Hawlucha's Acrobatics and both Sigilyph and Golurk go down to Aegislash's Shadow Claw. With that out of the way, AZ's Floette comes back and the credits roll.

Rankings

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1. Azurill - Easily the MVP of the run. The Azurill period (outside that one battle against the Psyduck) was very manageable considering the TM for Return is available early on, and because Azumarill evolves and learns great STAB through Aqua Tail early, it was able to stay a powerhouse throughout the entire game (especially once it got Waterfall and Play Rough).
2. Honedge - Another strong team member but, the reason I placed it lower than Azurill was because I found the Aegislash period kind of shaky mainly because if it failed to take anything out in Attack Stance, it was going to take a lot of damage in return (or even get KOed in some cases). Doublade with Eviolite was incredibly tanky, and was able to get me through hard matchups with Swords Dance and Shadow Sneak early on. Overall, I think not evolving Doublade could be the play here, maybe that's just me...
3. Hawlucha - Basically my only speed control outside of Shadow Sneak early on. Hawlucha was pretty good at sweeping with Power Up Punch and STAB Acrobatics was a great neutral move to have. Unfortunately it missed quite a few High Jump Kicks in the run but, it is a very strong Pokemon overall.
4. Litleo - Litleo was great early since it was stronger than Azurill (for obvious reasons), it did struggle a lot during the Level 20-35 range due to a lack of good STAB moves (it had to use Fire Fang/Headbutt with its lower Attack stat) so it was hard to evolve it since I didn't really use the EXP Share unless I was really behind on levels. Once it was a Pyroar, Flamethrower was enough to put in a lot of work plus it was decently fast which helps too.
5. Weepinbell - Victreebel was pretty hard to use when I got it because it lacked good STAB options since it was stuck with Grass Knot and Venoshock which have low/varying BP. Sleep Powder was nice utility (like against the mutliple Gyaradoses I faced) and Leaf Storm was a nice nuke to have. Once it got Sludge Bomb and Energy Ball late into the game, it ended up pulling its weight.
6. Nidorino - Nidoking I feel like could be higher than Litleo (and possibly Hawlucha) if I actually brought it all the way to the Pokemon League. While it did struggle Reflection Cave, access to Poison Jab and Dig soon after allowed it to put in a lot of work (and it would've gotten Earthquake pretty soon, so I doubt it would've fallen off). This is just theorymoning really, but I think Nidoking would've done very well since it hit hard plus gave me an Electric immunity as well.
7. Jynx - Jynx was a disappointment overall, which sucks because I really like the mon and tried making it work. It only has access to Frost Breath as STAB until you beat Wulfric, which is alright but the chance of it missing did screw me over at times. Even once it got Psychic and Ice Beam, it still sort of struggled since anything that it didn't OHKO was going to deal a lot of damage to it back. Also didn't really help that Jynx missed Lovely Kiss a lot, and when it did land the mons would wake up in the 1st or 2nd turn which didn't give it many opportunities to set up Calm Mind due to my bad luck.
8. Gorebyss - Not sure how it would've fared but, it was pretty redundant on my team since Azumarill covered all of my Water-type necessities. Feel like other Water-types would be better long term options than Gorebyss since Gorebyss is slow, not too bulky, and doesn't really have any other exciting coverage moves that other Water-types have.
9. Murkrow - Poor bird, I really like Honchkrow but Murkrow being a low level due to horde encounters having lower levels and the Dusk Stone being available very late (and it was going to Doublade either way) practically sealed its fate. Not sure if Honchkrow will salvage the mon since while Honchkrow looks cool, it is pretty mediocre in-game wise due to it's low Speed and poor bulk.

Team

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Aluette @ Sea Incense
Lvl 66 | Huge Power | Gentle
- Waterfall
- Play Rough
- Superpower
- Surf

Veis @ Flame Plate
Lvl 63 | Unnerve | Gentle
- Flamethrower
- Hyper Voice
- Will-O-Wisp
- Work Up

Luso @ Spell Tag
Lvl 63 | Stance Change | Adamant
- Shadow Claw
- Iron Head
- King's Shield
- Swords Dance

Bowen
Lvl 63 | Unburden | Hardy
- Acrobatics
- High Jump Kick
- Swords Dance
- Fly

Frimelda @ Miracle Seed
Lvl 63 | Chlorophyll | Modest
- Energy Ball
- Sludge Bomb
- Leaf Storm
- Sleep Powder

Loa @ Never-Melt Ice
Lvl 63 | Oblivious | Hardy
- Ice Beam
- Psychic
- Calm Mind
- Lovely Kiss

Box

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Cid
Lvl 44 | Poison Point | Docile
- Poison Jab
- Earth Power
- Rock Tomb
- Rock Smash

Valentyne
Lvl 36 | Swift Swim | Rash
- Surf
- Whirlpool
- Captivate
- Iron Defense

Hurdy
Lvl 18 | Super Luck | Bashful
- Astonish
- Pursuit
- Haze
- Wing Attack