On the day where ORAS became an actual acronym in the Internet Pokemon Community, I managed to get way farther than I thought I would. Thanks to unexpected overtime, I actually managed to beat Clemont. (Team is at the end.)
It all started back in Cyllage, where I needed to pick up Aerial Ace - surprisingly, this hasn't gotten much use (Pidgeotto and Concorde had it, Arrow and the newcomer learned it naturally). Route 10 was quickly pounded, and thus we entered Geosenge and engaged in some laying of the smacketh down on Korrina's Lucario(s? en?) with Spitfire and Arrow.
On Route 11 came time to remove a team member and bring in the final member of the squad, Enola the female, Hasty Staravia (I took Hasty because hey, free Intimidate). It had a bit of a rough go early on as wild Sawk overwhelmed it with a Low Sweep/crit Double Kick combo, but perseverance and quick switching got it caught up to the team around halfway through Reflection Cave.
In Shalour, the first Rival fight went about as expected - Meowstic got Bit to the Poke Ball, Absol met the business end of a Karate Chop and the entire team feasted on the entrails of Quilladin. Funny thing; Same thing happened with the Fighting gym, as only Concorde fell to Machoke's Rock Tomb (darn that thing) and rather than risk a Hawlucha fight, I simply decided to throw a Zeppelin at the problem. :P
Route 12 and Azure Bay passed as grinding spots, pity poor Spitfire stuck on Surfing duty (though if you're gonna ride something, might as well be a 20-foot tall sea serpent). Of note: Sky Battles are way more fun 5-on-whatever. We hit Courmarine... and got Fly. :giggity: I restrained myself and kept it to two Pokemon - Concorde and Enola, because the others have better things to do with their offense. Oh yeah, Ramos was a pushover. Fly was a 3 shot.
After The Route That Shall Not Be Named - though I did manage to get on the ramp to Charge Beam for Zeppelin on the first shot, thank Arceus - and the Power Plant, it was time for what should be my worst nightmare: The Electric gym. I bought ten Revives just in case... and only needed one, because that damn Ampharos on 4F managed to two-shot Arrow with Thunderpunch. Even Clemont was a dead sinch, as you can see:
- Emolga OHKOed by Kinner's Rock Tomb in Mega
- Concorde 2HKOed Magneton with Flame Charge (it helped it used Electric Terrain on trn 1 instead of, y'know, attacking)
- Arrow OHKOed Heliolisk with Low Kick
Easy as pie.
Tomorrow's goal: I can't guarantee that I'll be able to get this done, but I at least want to hit the Move Deleter and Returner so I can swap some HMs around. Also, I need to find some more mules for item storage.
Current team:
Concorde L38 - Fly, Flame Charge, Thief, Return
Spitfire L37 - Aqua Tail, Ice Fang, Bulldoze, Surf
Zeppelin L37 - Hex, Gust, Thunderbolt, Minimize
Kinner L37 @ Aerodactylite - Rock Tomb, Crunch, Bulldoze, Rock Smash
Arrow L37 - Low Sweep, Aerial Ace, Strength, Poison Jab
Enola L37 - Fly, Return, Thief, Close Combat
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