Water Day 7: Surrounded by Idiots

Not going to bother dumping the team since I'm writing this at the Pokemon League, so that'll lead off the next post.

The day began with cleaning out Route 18, and the realization that Leela could never really catch up in experience (especially to Picard), so she pretty much took the lead through Terminus Cave. It almost worked as well, until the Nido-combo came calling.

After beating down Sycamore in Couriway Town, I picked up Sludge Bomb (selective fairy destruction) for Tenneal, rendering him the backup for Gardevoir. From there, it was time to beat down the Scoobies - curse you Aerodactyl, for making Hook hit himself twice between Sky Drops - and pick up Waterfall.

The Snowbelle Gym was basically the entire team Surfing things out of existence, with Hook taking the lead to pick off stray things with Mega'd Flash Cannon. Wulfric went double Flamethrower, then a Brick Break to take Cryogonal, and we have the 8th badge - and more importantly, Ice Beam! That began a string of TM acquisition, as we kind of needed every single one bar Stone Edge (and I still went down for an extra Heart Scale).

Victory Road saw the team hit L65 after Rare Candies and the Rival finally employing strategy for the first time in like, ever by switching to Chesnaught from Meowstic. It managed to faint Leela before getting Flamethrowered out of existence.

And now, the League awaits...