Ground Day 2: Let's See You Grit Those Teeth

Current location: Saved in Geosenge after STing a new team member.

Current team (L26 except for 1):
Diggersby (Cut, Strength, Double Kick, Bulldoze) - first against the wall when Gible enters
Kamina (Bulldoze, Thief, Rock Tomb, Assurance)
Simon (Bite, Dig, Rock Tomb, Rock Smash)
Nia (Bonemerang, Rock Tomb, Aerial Ace, Rock Smash) @ Thick Club
Gurren the Golett - Hardy, Iron Fist, At/Speed STing (Shadow Punch, Magnitude, Rollout, Rock Tomb)
and Rossiu the Nidorino - Hasty, Poison Point, Atk/Speed (Poison Sting, Double Kick, Shadow Claw, Fury Attack)

We picked up with the three in Ambrette, so I grabbed Nia and put her through the L20 Chateau for some experience... after that, it was Ghost hunting time. And a hunt it was... took about 45 minutes before I realized maybe I should move the Thick Club off of Nia if I'm using her for wear-down purposes, and only found about five Golett in that time. I decided to proceed with a neutral nature because hey, this one will actually do better against Bites and I have enough Lonely Pokemon. (Wanna know why I'm sticking with Stunfisk? Consider how biased this team is toward the physical end...)

After STing and clearing out the Route 8 trainers, I still had the guys at L21... so I pulled Diggersby back out because why not and raided the gym. Classic moments included Bone Club nearly dropping Relicanth (it of the base 140 Defense) into the red in one shot and Kamina showing the boys how it's done by hanging on with one HP against Tyrunt's Stomp. Just who the hell do you think we are, indeed.

Route 10 served to get them into the L25 range, and Geosenge's Double Lucario is way easier when you can pick and choose who gets to super-effect it (it was Simon, since he's the Slow grower of the bunch). From there, I took out the first couple of trainers on Route 11 before deciding to pick up the future Rossiu - explaining that's a spoiler - and THAT took 45 minutes. I anticipate an hour and a half of pure hell when I go ater Gible (I'm bringing outside help for Stunfisk in the form of a certain rat I caught back in Santalune Forest).

So tomorrow... Not sure how much progress to expect, probably just the rest of 11 and Reflection Cave.