My progress through Heart Gold is slower than I thought.
Name: Kendrix
Log:
I entered Ilex Forest soon after I earned my second gym badge, as it was the only way to get to Goldenrod City. Nothing much happened in there, other than helping this guy catch his two Farfetch'd. For my reward I got the HM for Cut and taught it to Cyndaquil. The forest itself wasn't that hard to navigate, and even though my Togepi hatch and I took a minute or two to teach both him and Cyndaquil head butt, I still got out of the forest in no time at all.
When I reached the Daycare Center, the challenge got a bit easier as Almia relearned how to use Psybeam. I deposited Togepi in the daycare center (just to spite the Kimono Girl, who told me to take it with me) and headed off to Goldenrod City once again.
My journey took an immediate halt once I reached, as I was asked to do so many things. You see people don't forget you that easily when you are famous for beating the Kanto Elite Four with just one pokemon. That along with my sudden appearance in Goldenrod City, made me the perfect person to do the:
=> Clear out the Golden Rod Underground
=> Advertise a Bicycle for a Bike shop
=> Play a few games of Voltorb Flip (just to increase the popularity of it).
=> Take a quiz on the Radio, just to win a Radio card I will never use.
Eventually I managed to sneak off to the Gym, in order to challenge the leader. Knowing about her Miltank and its rare ability to hit ghost types, I give Almia a berry for reducing the effectiveness of Normal Type moves on her. With all my preparations made, I stepped forwards to challenge the leader.
Vs Whitney:
The battle wasn't hard, but it definitely was interesting. Her first pokemon went down rather easily to Almia's Psybeam but then she let out her Miltank and the difficulty ramped up. You see whenever Almia did damage to her foe, the Miltank would heal herself. So I decided to just spam Spite, just like against Falkner, until the PP for Milk Drink ran out. After that all I had to do was use a Super Potion, and Ko her Miltank with Psywave (it took a few, since Whiney used Super Potions like I did).
Right now I'm just going to skip to my second gym battle, because nothing much happened till then (other than defeating Roark for the third time, getting the HM for Surf, learning Pain Split, and seeing Suicune).
Vs Morty:
Everything went down easily except for his Gengar which, for the first time, managed to Ko Almia with his powerful Shadow Ball. It was my fault though, as I was ill prepared for the battle and I forgot how hard it hits. The second battle between the two Ghost types went my way however, as I had tow super effective moves against ghost types.
He managed to hit Almia with Hypnosis early in the battle, rendering her helpless to his barrages of Shadow Balls. I used Super Potions whenever he got Almia health to a less than a half (which happened after every two hits). Eventually Almia got to finish the Gengar off with Psybeam (he had taken some damage earlier thanks to Astonish), and earned me my fourth badge.
I taught Almia Shadow Ball right after the battle as I knew that it would become useful later on.
Pokemon:
Almia (Misdreavus) F lvl 35
=>Psybeam
=>Pain Split
=>Spite
=> Shadow Ball