Grass Day 2: Munching On The Competition

Current location: Saved in Cyllage City, on first arrival and going to run Grant. The current team:

Cheech (Quilladin) - Vine Whip, Rock Smash, Bulldoze, Rollout
Chong (Ivysaur) - Razor Leaf, Venoshock, Nature Power, Rock Smash
Colorado - Razor Leaf, Leech Seed, Bulldoze, Rock Smash
and newcomer Harrelson the Ferroseed - Brave, Atk/Speed - Metal Claw, Rock Smash, Rollout, Pin Missile

It was a basic training day, as we picked up the aforementioned Route 3->22->4 experience that almost got Chong evolved. Route 5 saw that error corrected along with Cheech, which almost caught them up to Colorado in HP and most other stats.

I continued the plan of beating Parfum Palace to get the Amulet Coin before raiding Route 6, and found a new least favorite trainer(s): The fan couple on Route 6 with the double Furfrou combo. Because of their ability, Furfrou gets to take nearly half of two defensive Pokemon's health. And since they start the route, there's no getting around them.

After getting away from the dogs and picking up Chong's Poison STAB for 80% of the game, we caught Snorlax, a gratuitous Roselia, and moved down to Glittering Cave dodging trainers to pick up the future Harrelson. I suddenly realized this run is going to have a slight problem... ok, a big problem with Zubat family members (since they 4x resist Grass and immune to Ground, I can't touch them realistically until at least after the gym).

Harrelson was caught and STed - forget the Mega Stone, he needs a Smoke Ball - and I went back to pick up the pieces on Route 8 and 9, including Chong surviving an Icicle Spear from Skill Link Shellder w/1HP, holy crap that was close. It's saved out with the team in the L20 - L21 range, so we have some work to do before the Gym tomorrow.

Tomorrow's plan: At least get to Korrina and have Exeggcute on the team.