Grass Day 5: Out of the Fridge and Into the Freezer

Current location: Saved in Snowbelle with eight badges. Current team:

Cheech L57 - Seed Bomb, Brick Break, Rock Tomb, Aerial Ace
Chong L57 - Petal Blizzard, Sludge Bomb, Nature Power, Cut
Harrelson L57 - Power Whip, Iron Head, Poison Jab, Bulldoze
Marley L56 - Energy Ball, Psyshock, Nature Power, Strength
Phelps L56 - Surf, Energy Ball, Nature Power, Zen Headbutt
Nelson L57 - Seed Bomb, Phantom Force, Flame Charge, Rock Smash

We picked up in Laverre and went to work evening out the team. Running 15, Lost Hotel and 16 led to the team being in the 44-46 range at the end, and Marley went back to being the experience sponge given its Slow growth rate. There were no issues in Dendemille, though I forgot the Honedge family doesn't get good SpeDef until it becomes an Aegislash, so I didn't think to throw Surf at it until Flame Charge did basically nothing.

Upon wrapping that up, we went through Route 17 to Anistar, picking up a Modest Snover in a case of too little, too late. The gym at Anistar let Sigilyph set up Reflect, but not much else and surprisingly, Phelps beat Slowking with Grass Knot to end it.

I didn't have many problems in the Flare lair, just as long as I led with Marley to take care of the early Mienshao - Pyroar was putting in work with Fire Blast, but Phelps could take it with around half and Surf was OHKOing. I thought Gyarados would be tricky - the first round ended in a duel between Petal Dance and Outrage, somehow - but it going Mega meant that it was suddenly taking a super-effective Grass Knot from Marley. Yeah, that's not ending well.

Nothing really to report in the 18 or Terminus Cave areas, and the round of rivals had no casualties, surprisingly. Harrelson was the star, taking out the Aerodactyl and Florges of Trevor's in two Iron Heads. And then came the Ice gym... where it turns out, Flame Charge did about half to an Abomasnow. This... does not bode well for the Steel Elite, but we've got to make do. I ended up resetting and going with a Harrelson for two, Mega'd Chong (Thick Fat nulling the Ice weakness) to get out of that fight.

Tomorrow: The end's in sight. I just have to pick up a few TMs first.