On with the show! Let's start with my Gym battle with Skyla.
I led with Cornbread and had him use Sandstorm right from the start. Swoobat couldn't deal much damage to Cornbread, and one Sand Rush boosted Rock Slide was all it took to win round 1.
Skyla sent out Swanna second, so I switched to Gingersnap. Her Sand Rush ability assured that I would have the Speed advantage. It took a couple of turns, but Gingersnap came through as always.
For round 3 against Unfezant, Snadstorm was still in effect, so one more boosted Rock Slide from Cornbread was enough to pull off a victory.
Badge number 6: the Jet Badge!
As soon as I set foot outside the Gym, N appeared once more! Uh-oh, is he gonna be cheap and battle me right after I challenged the Gym?
Nope, looks like he literally wanted to talk to my Pokémon. And look, Cornbread trusts me! Aw, that's sweet of you, Cornbread.
Next stop: Twist Mountain. But even though N didn't want to battle me, there is one person who will always bug me for battles... Cheren, of course!
After all that, Alder appeared from out of nowhere and gave each of us HM03 Surf. Yay for good HMs!
Now that I have Surf, there's a few places I can backtrack to in order to find some new things. First, though, I decided to go through Twist Mountain to Icirrus City.
One limitation of the challenge I am playing is that I don't always have a strategy for trumping certain types because I can't freely change my party whenever I catch new Pokémon. One type that has given me some trouble with my current team is Fighting Pokémon. Peach is strong against them offensively, but not defensively, which can be dangerous since most Fighting types are highly offensive.
While exploring Twist Mountain, I encountered a trainer who had one Pokémon, a Throh. I had Hot Wings out first, but I didn't want to risk him in case his attacks weren't powerful enough for Throh's bulk. So I used Yawn and then switched to Peach. With Throh asleep, I had Peach use Fly. This did a lot of damage, but not quite enough to take it out. Unfortunately, the Throh woke up that turn and retaliated with Revenge. Since Throh had just been hit with Fly, Revenge's power was doubled, making it enough to KO poor Peach. Darn, what a way to go...
When the battle ended, I immediately headed back to the Mistralton Pokémon Center to give Peach her burial in the Memorial PC Box. Oh Peach, you had doubters, but I was very proud of you. Your combo of Super Luck and the Scope Lens was awesome. Farewell...
So this meant I had to choose a replacement Pokémon from my PC. Because of the part of the Wedlocke rules I am playing by, since Peach was a female, I must choose a female as a replacement. Here are all the female Pokémon I could choose from:
I really wanted to use Cherries the Minccino or Pineapple the Joltik, but thinking strategically, I decided to go with Honeydew the Sigilyph. Yes, she doesn't have the Magic Guard ability, which will make some people upset *cough cough*, but she has plenty of good points. First, she can learn Fly, which is just plain convenient. Second, she has double type coverage against Fighting types. Third, she can learn a pretty decent variety of attacks. Add to that the fact that her nature is neutral, which I can never complain about. So I put Honeydew in my party and gave her the Exp. Share. Here is a look at my updated team:
Time to finish going through Twist Mountain. I had been using Max Repel the whole time in the area because I wasn't sure if I wanted to use up my encounter there just yet. But eventually I found myself in an icy cavern and thought maybe I'd have a slightly better chance at finding a Cubchoo (I don't want to wait two months for winter). So I let Repel wear off and...
Eh, oh well. Say hello to "Beef Jerky".
When I finally reached the exit, it seemed that Cheren was chasing off some Team Plasma grunts. Well, that's less work for me, I guess.
Once I set foot in Icirrus City, I figured I'd walk around the shallow water to see what Pokémon I would find. My first encounter was a Shelmet. Since my only other alternative would have been a Palpitoad (an evil Palpitoad), I was fine with that. I wanted to name her "Dragonfruit", but it wouldn't quite fit within the character limit. I removed the "i" to make it fit, but her "real" name with still use the correct spelling.
Well, now that I've reached Icirrus City, I think I'll take a step back and revisit some places I couldn't reach before without Surf. That will be the focus of the next part. See you next time!
(credit for party sidebar format goes to Marriland)
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