Water Day 4: A Fine Mess I've Gotten Into

Current location: In Laverre, just cleared the Poke Ball Factory.

Current team:
Vyse - Surf, Round, Smack Down, Grass Knot
Hook (now a Blastoise, @ Blastoisinte) - Water Pulse, Bite, Tackle, Bubble
Picard - Aqua Tail, Strength, Dig, Rock Smash
Tenneal - Surf, Psybeam, Ice Beam, Signal Beam
Leela - Surf, Thunderbolt, Dazzling Gleam, Signal Beam
and Starbuck the Poliwrath (Adamant, Water Absorb, Atk/Spd) - Bubblebeam, Low Sweep, Poison Jab, Dig

Picked up in Courmarine and started by Flying around to grab some Water types I missed - a couple of prospects were in the crowd as well. After that it was back to TRTSNBN to pick up some levels, including getting the now-departed Vaan to evolve. The first Team Flare grunt in the Power Plant actually helped us pull a double, as Vyse AND Hook both evolved as well.

Once we returned to Lumiose, it was Electric gym time... and the only Pokemon in there who managed to KO anyone was, as expected, Heliolisk. Even the Ampharos who squeezed in a KO during Fighting didn't fare well - though I threw Leela at it, so that probably did the trick. In the badge fight, Leela wore out Emolga with Surf, Picard's Rock Smash set up a Tenneal Aurora Bea win, and Leela came back to beat Magneton.

The third Rival fight was a Tenneal fest, then we swam through the rain of Route 14 and bid farewell to Vaan so we could go tadpole hunting. And in a situation where I wanted the opposite of my old Poli- we got it (Adamant AND Water Absorb), so a quick round of ST, a Water Stone and some TMs later it was ready to take on Valerie. Although it didn't fare well against Aromatisse's Moonblast, it handled the rest up to Sylveon - who fell to, of all things, Mega Water Pulse. Meh, I'll take it.

After the Poke Ball Factory diversion, I randomly did a PC check (as we're nearly into box 2 and I had a couple of crit catches), and... remember what I said in the preview about getting a good draw on Clawitzer and giving it the Hook spot? Well, the Clauncher I caught is Modest. Who would get the boot? I've got a weekend to post a E3 podcast and figure that out.