Steel run complete!

This was probably the hardest run yet in terms of available movepool (shallow, and I left a couple of types in the box) as well as a couple of unforced error and the bad end of Lady Luck.

Here's what happened:

Siebold
No real obvious entry points here, so I went for the thing I could probably OHKO.

Meg v Clawitzer
Thunderbolt OHKO.

Meg v Gyarados
Thunderbolt OHKO.

Celeste v Barbaracle
Cross Chop goes first, takes Celeste down to 65/171 with Iron Barbs taking off 12%. Power Whip... MISSES. Then Cross Chop goes for the win... and IT misses. Power Whip doesn't miss again.

Celeste v Starmie
Surf takes Celeste down to 33, but Power Whip ends it.

Wikstrom
I figured I'd go for the mirror match next on the grounds of having multiple moves that could SE, versus uh, one for Dragon.

Trina v Klefki
Klefki drops Spikes, and Shadow Claw... does 70%. This lets a second layer of Spikes go down before Shadow Claw finishes.

Lianne v Probopass
Knowing Sturdy's coming, I Iron Head... it does about 30%. Earth Power is survived at 17/162, which lets Brick Break finish.

Lucky v Aegislash
Hidden Power gets dodged by a turn 1 King's Shield. Hidden Power is SE and does 20% against Shield Form, and the Iron Head counter drops Lucky to 25/159. Psychic goes first this time and takes 40% off Blade Form before Iron Head drops it.

Lilly v Aegislash
Mega Earthquake finishes it.

Celeste v Scizor
Forgetting that I didn't have anything to really SE it... X-Scissor+Spikes leaves Celeste at 82/171, and the countering Shadow Claw does about 30% (so down 40% with IB). A second X-Scissor criticals, and that's it for Celeste.

Meg v Scizor
Thunderbolt finishes.

Drasna
There's one trouble spot but then it should be smooth sailing... right?

Lilly v Dragalgae
Mega Earthquake OHKOs.

Lucky v Noivern
And HERE IT IS. Flamethrower takes Lucky to 43/159, and it survives Dazzling Gleam with about 20% health. Two DGs, no criticals, 2 Full Restores, and I decide to switch in Laurie to absorb a Flamethrower...

Laurie v Noivern
...only Noivern's faster so the 2nd one KOs.

Trina v Noivern
Another Flamethrower hits the Shield down to 92/164, Iron Head finishes.

Lucky v Altaria
First Dazzling Gleam does 70%, Moonblast takes Lucky to 19 and lowers Lucky's SA, and the 2nd Dazzling Gleam finishes.

Lucky v Druddigon
Because of the SA drop, Dazzling Gleam only does 40%. Revenge finishes.

Celeste v Druddigon
Since Celeste is full, I Revive Lucky and Laurie while Celeste takes two Revenges and does some Iron Barbs damage (down to 25/171). A Hyper Potion hits the 3rd Iron Barbs, and Iron Head finishes.

Malva
This one will have a lot of quick fights...

Lilly v Pyroar
I go to hit the Mega and Aura Sphere it into next week... only it locks in Psychic for 40% and Flamethrower OHKOs.

Lianne v Pyroar
I try to Brick Break, but Pyroar's faster. OHKO.

Meg v Pyroar
I (Max) Revive Lilly while taking two Noble Roars, so Thunderbolt doesn't KO but does stick Pyroar into Full Restore range, so I swap back to Lilly..

Lilly v Pyroar 2
...and this time, there's no misclick. Lilly levels here.

Meg v Talonflame
Flare Blitz takes Meg down to 24/170 (doesn't trigger Sturdy, surpisingly) and Thunderbolt cleans up.

Meg v Torkoal
Thunderbolt... doesn't do enough to OHKO Torkoal (leaves it at 5%) and Earthquake finishes.

Trina v Torkoal
Torkoal gets Full Restore 2, but eats two Rock Slides and goes down after the first does 70%.

Lilly v Chandelure
Earthquake OHKOs.

Diantha
I've cleared this in six rounds before, will I get lucky again?

Lilly v Hawlucha
I stuck Psychic on specifically for this. Hawlucha goes first and Flying Presses Lilly to 41/167, but Psychic OHKOs as expected.

Celeste v Goodra
Probably a bad move... and Fire Blast OHKOing only confirms *that* opinion.

Laurie v Goodra
Iron Head goes first, does 55%... AND FLINCHES. Big move. 2nd Iron Head ends it.

Lianne v Tyrantrum
Can I go 2/2 on this? Nope... Iron Head does 70% but Earthquake is a OHKO.

Trina v Tyrantrum
Thankfully, Iron Head from Trina is enough to pick up the pieces.

Trina v Gourgeist
Gourgeist goes for Phantom Force, causing Shadow Claw to miss, so I switch to Meg...

Meg v Gourgeist
...and it does a little bit (106/172). I Flash Cannon against what I thought would be Flamethrower (a Victory Road trainer pulls it) for 90%, but instead they use Trick-or-Treat. I Hidden Power against the Full Restore and Flash Cannon ends the pumpkin.

Meg v Aurorus
As usual, Flash Cannon OHKOs.

Trina v Gardevoir
Shadow Ball takes Trina in Shield down to 78/186... but Iron Head hits true for the win!

Pictured: You can almost make out Lilly there

The Dark preview will probably go up tomorrow morning once I settle on a team, and the run will probably start tomorrow at work.