Pokemon Pearl Journal: Sunyshore Gym Battle, Part 2
I returned Steeix to its great ball, waiting to see what pokemon Volkner chose next. He sent out his… Octillery? In an electric gym? I am still pleasantly impressed by how diverse the Sinnoh Gym Leaders are, since you never know what surprise will be up their sleeve next.
"A water-type, eh? Glad I came prepared. Go get 'em, Pachirisu!"
I had Pachirisu start off with a Discharge attack, filling the battlefield with electricity. Octillery was using a barrage of Bullet Seed attacks against my Pachirisu.
"Pachirisu, get in close and use Super Fang!" Super Fang is nice because it will cut a pokemon's stamina in half. But it got too close, allowing Octillery's Bullet Seed to do some rapid-fire damage.
"Use Spark to get out of there!" I commanded. Pachirisu slammed into Octillery, knocking it back, but also taking more damage from its Bullet Seed.
Octillery was about to fire an Octazooka attack, but I had set Pachirisu up for a Last Resort since it used its other three attacks. Both powerful attacks fired and collided, damaging both combatants. Both pokemon were heavily damaged, and seemed as if they would faint from one more hit. Thankfully, my Pachirisu was faster, and used Discharge before Octillery could get off an attack.
"Octillery is unable to battle!" Two pokemon down, two to go. I had Pachirisu return and rest since it couldn't take much more.
"Luxray, power up!" Volkner said as he tossed the pokeball into the field. Wow, that's one tough-looking Luxray.
"Barboach, maximize!" Barboach appeared in a flurry of blue confetti, shining as it emerged from its pokeball.
Luxray used Crunch on Barboach, but my highly defensive Barboach was able to handle it. I had it respond with an Earthquake attack. It was super-effective, but minimally damaging. Luxray used another Crunch attack, and it landed a critical hit on my Barboach!
"Barboach, return!" I quickly recalled my pokemon. I sent Steelix back out.
Steelix and Luxray exchanged Crunch attacks, both landing powerful hits. Volkner had Luxray eat a Sitrus Berry it was holding, while I used a Hyper Potion on Barboach's pokeball. Luxray kept pounding away at Steelix with its Crunch attack. I had Steelix use one final Dragon Breath attack, hoping to cause paralysis, but no luck. Steelix eventually succumbed to the Crunches.
"Steelix is unable to battle. This round goes to Luxray!"
I returned Steelix to its pokeball for a well-deserved rest. Luxray is a powerful attacker, but maybe if I turn that power on itself…
"Golbat, maximize!" White streams of light exploded from the pokeball as Golbat appeared with a shine. "Quick, use Confuse Ray on Luxray!" The Confuse Ray hit, but Luxray was fighting its influence. It fired a Charge Beam which hit Golbat hard!
"Golbat, try Poison Fang!" The attack hit, but no poison secondary effects. Another Charge Beam from Luxray struck Golbat, this time much stronger than the first. Golbat fell to the ground, unable to battle.
"It's ok, Golbat, you did your best," I said returning it to its pokeball. And just like that, the match was tied at two a piece.
