Ground Day 5: Who The Hell Do You Think We Are?

Current location: Team Flare is gone. Wow, that was fast.

Current team:
Kamina: Your argument is invalid.

(Dig, Rock Tomb, Low Sweep and Crunch... but seriously, this is probably the best combo of nickname to Pokemon yet. Yes, even better than my Slowbro and Slowking named "Kotaku" and "Joystiq".)
Simon: Earthquake, Ice Fang, Fire Fang, Thunder Fang. (Wanna guess what we passed today?)
Nia: Bonemerang, Rock Smash, Aerial Ace, Strength @ Thick Club (current attack rating somewhere north of 270)
Gurren (now a Golurk): Earthquake, Shadow Punch, Fly, Heavy Slam
Leyte (now a Garchomp): Dig, Dragon Claw, Rock Tomb, Aerial Ace
Gimmy: Mud Bomb, Thunderbolt, Surf, Discharge

We picked back up on Route 14, and left Rossiu in the box while we picked our way through the trainers on the route. The rain actually helped because it basically gave me the equivalent of STAB Surfs. In Laverre, we pulled out Rossiu one last time... and he proceeded to sweep the entire Fairy gym, though it took a crit against Mawile who managed to get an Iron Defense up, and I had to switch in Gimmy for a couple of rounds to get rid of Charm effects. Still, Rossiu went out as expected.

The team's levels were all over the place at this point because of boxing and the Exp Share - the different growth rates make it hard to keep them close together. Route 15 and the environs were pretty well wasted, no fun battles or anything to report there.

Frost Cavern was weird as I somehow managed to avoid the last trainer on 1F (the 2 Graveler + Carbink Hiker) until after I beat Team Flare and was just going down to heal. Whoops. Gurren evolved just before, so his Fly was much appreciated getting back.

The Anistar Gym was fun, as we got Sigilyph in one thanks to Kamina's Crunch, but Meowstic proved surprisingly durable - surviving Leyte's Shadow Claw, for instance. Eventually, Nia was inserted and you know how that ends up. Thinking if I had found a male Cubone back then, I would've called it Boota since it's an emergency boost of pain.

Finally, Team Flare... and surprisingly, I had more trouble with Lysandre's Pyroar than I did with his Gyarados. Sure, the first time I wasn't able to squeeze in a KO with Gimmy, but once I went to a "lead with Leyte, switch to Simon and Thunder Fang before Outrage wears off" strategy there wasn't as many problems. Of course, I brought Gimmy for the sole purpose of being an anti-Gyarados device, so it's going to need a Shinxesque redemption story soon...

Tomorrow: I *may* be able to at least get into Victory Road, so we'll shoot for at least beating Snowbelle Gym. Though meetings may get in the way of this.