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Awesome! Well, anyway, I continue:
UPDATE:
After beating Misty, I bought ten Poke Balls and went north. After a bit of searching/grinding, I finally managed to capture an Abra. After healing, I then used Abra to perform the Mew Glitch. Nidoking's Poison Sting was enough to weaken but not kill Mew, and I caught it easily with a Poke Ball. I named it SLAVE! and deposited Abra in the PC.
I then set out for the south after depositing a few items. I picked up the Bike Voucher in Vermilion and then boarded the S.S. Anne, using my chosen Pokemon and fulfilling the challenge requirements. I defeated all of the trainers and found all of the items; Gary was a piece of cake and I got the Cut HM, which I taught to SLAVE!; I also taught Nidoking Body Slam from a TM I'd found. With Cut in my arsenal, I then proceeded to the Vermilion Gym.
Lt. Surge
Luckily, since Nidoking is part Ground, I had a huge advantage in this Gym. I got stuck on the stupid puzzle for quite some time, but eventually made it to the Leader after defeating his Trainers. Voltorb went down to a single Body Slam, and Pikachu was dispatched with Bubblebeam and Body Slam. A single Thrash, with a Critical Hit, was enough to get rid of Raichu. I was then proud to add a Thunderbadge to my Trainer Card! Taught Thunderbolt to Nidoking in place of Poison Sting.
UPDATE:
Following my battle with Lt. Surge, I immediately went east to Route 11. I battled all of the trainers there for some extra experience. Next, I proceeded through Diglett's Cave, emerging back on Route 2, where I realized that I would need three more Pokedex entries to get the required 10 for Flash. First, I withdrew the Abra I'd used to get Mew and traded it for Mr. Mime; after this, I bought a bunch of Poke Balls and caught a Metapod and a Ratatta in the nearby area. After depositing all of those extra Pokemon, I got HM 05 and taught it to Mew. I went back through Mt. Moon and got my Bike in Cerulean City; then, I was able to go east toward Rock Tunnel, battling the trainers on the way. Rock Tunnel itself was a challenge in that I ran out of Bubblebeam PP about halfway through the cave, making it difficult to beat those selfdestructing Gravelers on the Hikers' teams! Luckily, I made it to Lavender with some HP still remaining on Nidoking. I quickly healed and headed south for more experience (and to test out Thunderbolt) before going west to Celadon. Here, after healing, I went to the top floor of the department store and bought Fresh Water and Lemonade, giving the water to the girl for the Ice Beam TM, which I taught to Nidoking over Body Slam. Team Rocket's hideout was next, and I went through it with ease; Giovanni went down to a few Bubblebeams and a Thrash, and Nidoking hit level 50. After this, I went to the Gym and prepared to challenge Erika.
Erika
Nidoking's brand-new Ice Beam technique proved handy in this Gym, although its lack of PP meant that I would have to conserve it for the Gym Leader. Erika's trainers all went down pretty easily to Thrash, and Erika herself only required a single Ice Beam per Pokemon. Victory was mine, but the TM prize wasn't quite as useful as the previous two had been, so I deposited it.
Next up was Lavender Town. I healed and went into Pokemon Tower; by this time, Gary was a piece of cake. I climbed the tower battling Channelers as I went, facing a challenge in conserving PP as Thrash was ineffective against Ghosts. I got the Poke Flute, healed, and went south, KOing Snorlax for some EXP. I then took the eastern route down to Fuschia. Before facing Koga, I healed and went into the Safari Zone to grab the gold teeth, but I ran out of steps 3 squares away from the Surf house (>.<) so I had to redo the Safari Zone. I also caught a Paras just for fun, which I quickly deposited. Koga himself was easy, although I found myself healing twice due to his Jugglers (Drowzee and Hypno's Psychics took a big chunk out of Nidoking.) Koga went down handily to a few Thunderbolts and Thrashes, and soon the Soulbadge was mine! I then taught Mew Strength, and gave Surf to Nidoking to replace Bubblebeam.
Continuing on, I decided it was time to tackle Sliph Co. and Saffron City. I originally planned to teach Psychic to Nidoking, so I headed to Mr. Psychic's house, but then I remembered that Nidoking couldn't learn it. Oh well. Before facing the PP endurance marathon that is Silph, I challenged the Fighting Dojo. Went down quickly to a bunch of Thrashes, and I took Hitmonlee and deposited it. Thanks to Thrash, I managed to get most of Silph cleared out, making it to the 9th floor in time to refresh, and gathering up a bunch of items, including the Earthquake TM. This I taught to Nidoking, replacing Thrash and filling out my final moveset for him. Ice Beam was able to make short work of Gary's Venusaur, and the rest of his team was easy, I named the Lapras "Bob" and deposited him. Giovanni was a pushover, but I did get a Master Ball in return! After Silph, there was only one thing to do...
Sabrina
GAH! I forgot how much I hate this Gym and its stupid tile puzzle. I must have ended up in the same room at least four times before I got anywhere. Oh well, at least it was worth some nice EXP. Sabrina's Alakazam actually gave me trouble, took two Earthquakes after it set up a Reflect. Luckily, Nidoking didn't get hurt too badly, and so the Marshbadge (sp?) was mine.
Now time to sail the seven seas...or two sea Routes, whatever. For the experience and cash, I flew to Fuschia and headed south, battling every Swimmer I could find. I didn't feel like tackling Seafoam just yet, so I flew to Pallet and took the back way to Cinnabar, fighting Swimmers along this route as well. I even went and met up with Seafoam on the west end for the added trainer experience. I also revived my Dome fossil and deposited it for the lulz. The Mansion wasn't too hard, lots of annoying Muk and Weezing everywhere though. Nidoking had to go and restore his PP twice before I got to the Secret Key. With Key in hand, up next was Blaine!
Blaine
Surf and Earthquake utterly destroyed this Gym. I fought all of the trainers, intentionally got the quiz wrong ("Tombstony?" WTF?) and beat Blaine handily. Considered giving Fire Blast to Nidoking but then decided against it. With the Volcanobadge in my possession, only one more stands between me and the League!
Giovanni
Viridian was only a short Fly away (on the back of a Mew, of all things :P). I healed up and entered the gym. There were quite a few trainers in this gym, and so my biggest challenge was conserving PP. Giovanni went down easily to a few Surfs and Earthquakes, and I had my Earthbadge in hand.
Next was the Pokemon League! I didn't even bother to restore PP, but headed directly west and confronted my rival. One-shotted pretty much everything he had. Nidoking hit level 79 during this battle, and I used a Rare Candy I had found somewhere along the line to add an additional level to him. I then went back and healed Nidoking before the task that would be Victory Road, and killed a Ditto for the lulz along the way, passing all of the badge checkpoints. Victory Road was perhaps my biggest PP-conserving challenge (I had made up my mind not to leave until I made it to Indigo) and toward the end I ran out of PP for all of my moves. Luckily, Nidoking was level 84 by this time and easily destroyed the rest of the opposition with nothing but struggle (LOL!) Upon reaching Indigo Plateau, I deposited Slave! and all non-healing/PP restoring items. Then I prepared to confront the E4.
The Elite Four
The entire Elite four basically boiled down to being one giant type-matching test. Lorelei was defeated by a string of Thunderbolts, although her Jynx annoyingly survived one and managed to Ice Punch and freeze(!) me, making me waste a turn and a Full Heal. This was the only time Nidoking took damage. Bruno's Onix were drowned with Surf, and his Fighters died to one Earthquake each, since nothing I had was super-effective. Agatha died to four Earthquakes and an Ice Beam (for Golbat), and Ice Mean and Thunderbolt destroyed Lance's Dragons and Gyarados. Gary was interesting; my Surf actually missed against his Arcanine, but then he decided to be an idiot and use Roar. Epic fail. With him gone, I became the new Champion!
(It was also fun seeing the Hall of Fame scroll by with only one Pokemon.)
Nidoking FINAL (Post-Mewtwo):
Current Level: 88
Current Moveset: Earthquake, Surf, Ice Beam, Thunderbolt
Current Stats: ATK 236, DEF 220, SPD 236, SPEC 217, HP 300
Challenge Complete!
:t254: Sceptile0111 :t254:
UPDATE:
After beating Misty, I bought ten Poke Balls and went north. After a bit of searching/grinding, I finally managed to capture an Abra. After healing, I then used Abra to perform the Mew Glitch. Nidoking's Poison Sting was enough to weaken but not kill Mew, and I caught it easily with a Poke Ball. I named it SLAVE! and deposited Abra in the PC.
I then set out for the south after depositing a few items. I picked up the Bike Voucher in Vermilion and then boarded the S.S. Anne, using my chosen Pokemon and fulfilling the challenge requirements. I defeated all of the trainers and found all of the items; Gary was a piece of cake and I got the Cut HM, which I taught to SLAVE!; I also taught Nidoking Body Slam from a TM I'd found. With Cut in my arsenal, I then proceeded to the Vermilion Gym.
Lt. Surge
Luckily, since Nidoking is part Ground, I had a huge advantage in this Gym. I got stuck on the stupid puzzle for quite some time, but eventually made it to the Leader after defeating his Trainers. Voltorb went down to a single Body Slam, and Pikachu was dispatched with Bubblebeam and Body Slam. A single Thrash, with a Critical Hit, was enough to get rid of Raichu. I was then proud to add a Thunderbadge to my Trainer Card! Taught Thunderbolt to Nidoking in place of Poison Sting.
UPDATE:
Following my battle with Lt. Surge, I immediately went east to Route 11. I battled all of the trainers there for some extra experience. Next, I proceeded through Diglett's Cave, emerging back on Route 2, where I realized that I would need three more Pokedex entries to get the required 10 for Flash. First, I withdrew the Abra I'd used to get Mew and traded it for Mr. Mime; after this, I bought a bunch of Poke Balls and caught a Metapod and a Ratatta in the nearby area. After depositing all of those extra Pokemon, I got HM 05 and taught it to Mew. I went back through Mt. Moon and got my Bike in Cerulean City; then, I was able to go east toward Rock Tunnel, battling the trainers on the way. Rock Tunnel itself was a challenge in that I ran out of Bubblebeam PP about halfway through the cave, making it difficult to beat those selfdestructing Gravelers on the Hikers' teams! Luckily, I made it to Lavender with some HP still remaining on Nidoking. I quickly healed and headed south for more experience (and to test out Thunderbolt) before going west to Celadon. Here, after healing, I went to the top floor of the department store and bought Fresh Water and Lemonade, giving the water to the girl for the Ice Beam TM, which I taught to Nidoking over Body Slam. Team Rocket's hideout was next, and I went through it with ease; Giovanni went down to a few Bubblebeams and a Thrash, and Nidoking hit level 50. After this, I went to the Gym and prepared to challenge Erika.
Erika
Nidoking's brand-new Ice Beam technique proved handy in this Gym, although its lack of PP meant that I would have to conserve it for the Gym Leader. Erika's trainers all went down pretty easily to Thrash, and Erika herself only required a single Ice Beam per Pokemon. Victory was mine, but the TM prize wasn't quite as useful as the previous two had been, so I deposited it.
Next up was Lavender Town. I healed and went into Pokemon Tower; by this time, Gary was a piece of cake. I climbed the tower battling Channelers as I went, facing a challenge in conserving PP as Thrash was ineffective against Ghosts. I got the Poke Flute, healed, and went south, KOing Snorlax for some EXP. I then took the eastern route down to Fuschia. Before facing Koga, I healed and went into the Safari Zone to grab the gold teeth, but I ran out of steps 3 squares away from the Surf house (>.<) so I had to redo the Safari Zone. I also caught a Paras just for fun, which I quickly deposited. Koga himself was easy, although I found myself healing twice due to his Jugglers (Drowzee and Hypno's Psychics took a big chunk out of Nidoking.) Koga went down handily to a few Thunderbolts and Thrashes, and soon the Soulbadge was mine! I then taught Mew Strength, and gave Surf to Nidoking to replace Bubblebeam.
Continuing on, I decided it was time to tackle Sliph Co. and Saffron City. I originally planned to teach Psychic to Nidoking, so I headed to Mr. Psychic's house, but then I remembered that Nidoking couldn't learn it. Oh well. Before facing the PP endurance marathon that is Silph, I challenged the Fighting Dojo. Went down quickly to a bunch of Thrashes, and I took Hitmonlee and deposited it. Thanks to Thrash, I managed to get most of Silph cleared out, making it to the 9th floor in time to refresh, and gathering up a bunch of items, including the Earthquake TM. This I taught to Nidoking, replacing Thrash and filling out my final moveset for him. Ice Beam was able to make short work of Gary's Venusaur, and the rest of his team was easy, I named the Lapras "Bob" and deposited him. Giovanni was a pushover, but I did get a Master Ball in return! After Silph, there was only one thing to do...
Sabrina
GAH! I forgot how much I hate this Gym and its stupid tile puzzle. I must have ended up in the same room at least four times before I got anywhere. Oh well, at least it was worth some nice EXP. Sabrina's Alakazam actually gave me trouble, took two Earthquakes after it set up a Reflect. Luckily, Nidoking didn't get hurt too badly, and so the Marshbadge (sp?) was mine.
Now time to sail the seven seas...or two sea Routes, whatever. For the experience and cash, I flew to Fuschia and headed south, battling every Swimmer I could find. I didn't feel like tackling Seafoam just yet, so I flew to Pallet and took the back way to Cinnabar, fighting Swimmers along this route as well. I even went and met up with Seafoam on the west end for the added trainer experience. I also revived my Dome fossil and deposited it for the lulz. The Mansion wasn't too hard, lots of annoying Muk and Weezing everywhere though. Nidoking had to go and restore his PP twice before I got to the Secret Key. With Key in hand, up next was Blaine!
Blaine
Surf and Earthquake utterly destroyed this Gym. I fought all of the trainers, intentionally got the quiz wrong ("Tombstony?" WTF?) and beat Blaine handily. Considered giving Fire Blast to Nidoking but then decided against it. With the Volcanobadge in my possession, only one more stands between me and the League!
Giovanni
Viridian was only a short Fly away (on the back of a Mew, of all things :P). I healed up and entered the gym. There were quite a few trainers in this gym, and so my biggest challenge was conserving PP. Giovanni went down easily to a few Surfs and Earthquakes, and I had my Earthbadge in hand.
Next was the Pokemon League! I didn't even bother to restore PP, but headed directly west and confronted my rival. One-shotted pretty much everything he had. Nidoking hit level 79 during this battle, and I used a Rare Candy I had found somewhere along the line to add an additional level to him. I then went back and healed Nidoking before the task that would be Victory Road, and killed a Ditto for the lulz along the way, passing all of the badge checkpoints. Victory Road was perhaps my biggest PP-conserving challenge (I had made up my mind not to leave until I made it to Indigo) and toward the end I ran out of PP for all of my moves. Luckily, Nidoking was level 84 by this time and easily destroyed the rest of the opposition with nothing but struggle (LOL!) Upon reaching Indigo Plateau, I deposited Slave! and all non-healing/PP restoring items. Then I prepared to confront the E4.
The Elite Four
The entire Elite four basically boiled down to being one giant type-matching test. Lorelei was defeated by a string of Thunderbolts, although her Jynx annoyingly survived one and managed to Ice Punch and freeze(!) me, making me waste a turn and a Full Heal. This was the only time Nidoking took damage. Bruno's Onix were drowned with Surf, and his Fighters died to one Earthquake each, since nothing I had was super-effective. Agatha died to four Earthquakes and an Ice Beam (for Golbat), and Ice Mean and Thunderbolt destroyed Lance's Dragons and Gyarados. Gary was interesting; my Surf actually missed against his Arcanine, but then he decided to be an idiot and use Roar. Epic fail. With him gone, I became the new Champion!
(It was also fun seeing the Hall of Fame scroll by with only one Pokemon.)
Nidoking FINAL (Post-Mewtwo):
Current Level: 88
Current Moveset: Earthquake, Surf, Ice Beam, Thunderbolt
Current Stats: ATK 236, DEF 220, SPD 236, SPEC 217, HP 300
Challenge Complete!
:t254: Sceptile0111 :t254:
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