i've got a 3DS and Y version coming in the mail (very excite!), so I blazed through the second half of this challenge... need to get my Pokétransporting on. Here's the highlights:
Final Update
Mischief stomped all the faces at Skyla's Gym.
Used the crap out of Repels on my way to Iccirus.
Went straight to the gym, where Mischief did most of the work. Grace had to help out a bit, and apparently takes Ice Beams like a champ.
After getting through Dragonspiral Tower and the Desert Resort, I was able to get the Hidden Power TM from the Professor Juniper. Grace has Psychic and Mischief has Ice. I would've preferred one to be Fire or Dragon, but meh. Still pretty good.
Mischief outran and overpowered nearly everything in Iris' Gym with Nasty Plot and Hidden Power. Iris' Fraxure gave me a hard time, though. I used seven Revives on Mischief while fighting it >.<
I Super Repelled my way through Victory Road. I experimented with switching Mischief's Eviolite with a Lucky Egg, which just got Mishcief KO'd a dozen times over.
With Mischief at Lv 68 and Grace at Lv 48, I challenged the E4 to see how far I would get before losing, so I'd know how much grinding to do. To my surprise, I won out.
In each battle, I would put Mischief out first, and lead with Volt Switch, keeping my adorable glass cannon out of harm's way. The rest of the battle then consisted of rationing out Grace's Flash and Leech Seed, switching back to Mischief when the opponent's Pokémon fainted, rinsing, and repeating.
Halfway through, when I was starting to realize I might win, I gave Grace the Eviolite and have Mischief a Scope Lens. It was completely on a whim, but worked out quite nicely. I used quite a few healing items, and got really worried against the Chandelure, but the dynamic cuteness duo pulled through.
In N's Castle, I soft reset a few times before remembering that Zekrom can't be shiny. In preparation for the final battles, I replaced Mischief's Return with Thunder and used a PP Max. Unfortunately, I lost rather quickly.
I decided I'd give it one more shot before heading back to Victory Road for grindage. And I completely forgot about teaching Thunder to Mischief. Yet despite the slip-up, I beat both N and Ghetsis. The hardest part of it all was having to switch Zekrom out of battle right away; nearly cost me the win. Shaymin was an effective tank with Eviolite. Leech Seed was surprisingly helpful as well.
I assumed there would be some sort of screen featuring the amazing tiny pair, but there isn't, so ya'll get this instead:
The Pair
Mischief the Pichu @ Scope Lens
Naive Female Lv 71
Return/Hidden Power/Volt Switch/Nasty Plot
Grace the Shaymin @ Eviolite
Bashful Lv 54
Hidden Power/Magical Leaf/Leech Seed/Flash