Lord Chespin

Update #29: One is a Space for Waste, the Other is a Waste of Space Well, Fern wasn't too bad, although he did have his moments. I led with Chun-Li, and he led with Ferrothorn. The poor thing died from a single flame wheel; Chun-Li didn't even take any damage from iron barbs. Fern switched out to Krokorok next, and I switched out to Cammy. Cammy tanked a thunder fang while setting up a dragon dance, then OHKO'd the crocodile with a high jump kick. Fern sent out his Scyther next, and I sent out Chun-Li again. She got off a flame wheel, but Scyther survived it and got off a wing attack, taking Chun-Li down to 30 hit points; fortunately, Fern spent the next turn healing scyther, allowing Chun-Li to finish it off with another flame wheel. Fern's Roserade came out next, and I sent out C. Viper; sadly, she fainted before she could get a single attack off. Umbrella came out to avenge her, and she managed to tank an extrasensory and one-shot Roserade with a psychic. All that Fern had left was his Serperior, and I sent out Cerebella to take it on. Cerebella knocked off its leftovers and proceeded to do massive damage with a critical hit force palm; sadly, she fainted to two giga drains and an iron tail. I sent out Cassie Cage to get revenge, and she damaged and flinched Serperior with a fake out; unfortunately, my big clumsy idiot fingers accidentally hit fake out again, making her waste a turn while Fern set up leech seeds. It didn't really matter, though, since Fern had Serperior use iron tail instead of something actually useful like giga drain, allowing Cassie Cage to finish it off with a high jump kick. With that... thing... out of the way (why can't we just feed him to the wasteland already?!), Fern and the wasteland are watching us fight Aya; let's show him that we're not as wimpy as he things we are! The team so far:

Update #28: Mr. Bigglesworth is Love, Mr. Bigglesworth is Life Well, Mr. Bigglesworth wasn't too bad, but I think that's because I got a little lucky. He led with two Trubbish, and I led with Chun-Li and Umbrella. Chun-Li flame wheel'd one of the Trubbish into oblivion, while Umbrella psyhic'd the other. With both of the Trubbish down, Mr. Bigglesworth decided to do his own dirty work and came at me. He missed a gunk shot, got off a drain punch on Umbrella, and then missed another gunk shot while Chun-Li chipped away at him with flame wheel and Umbrella wailed on him with psychic; after 3 turns of punishment, he went down, earning me a dawn stone (perfect for that Gallade I'll eventually get) and Venoshock! Time to quit stalling and take on Aya! The team so far:

Update #27: The Key Ingredient Well, compared to Solaris, Cain wasn't really all that hard. I led with Chun-Li, and he led with Venomoth. The poor moth didn't even get off a single hit before it fainted to a flame wheel from Chun-Li. Cain sent out his ace- Nidoking- next, and I switched out to C. Viper. C. Viper tanked a hit and lowered Nidoking's accuracy with a mud bomb, but then Cain switched Nidoking out for his Haunter; fortunately for me, this backfired right in his face when C. Viper got off a sucker punch, knocking out the ghost with one hit. He sent Nidoking back in, and I switched C. Viper out for Cerebella. She set up a belly drum, then finished off the Nidoking with a knock off; sadly, this weakened her enough to get knocked out by a single razor shell from Cain's Samurott. I countered by sending out Cammy, and she tanked a fury cutter and a revenge while setting up a dragon dance and spamming high jump kick, leading to a 2HKO on Samurott. All that Cain had left was his Muk, whom I countered with Umbrella. She managed to tank a sludge bomb and 2HKO'd Muk using psychic, ending the fight and giving me the right to enter the wasteland! Here we go! The team so far:

I'd say PunkRockShipping.

Update #26: I Hope You Die in a Fire (Actually, this pretty accurately sums up my feelings towards Solaris) Well, I can say hands down that Solaris was the second hardest boss in this run so far, beaten only by Corey. I wouldn't have been able to do it without reading Eagleby18's strategy that he used in his monogen run, so kudos to him and be sure to check out his run if you haven't already! Anyway, on TEH URN, I led with Lucina and he led with- of course- Garchomp. I kept switching between all my team members, letting them take the blows for Lucina and allowing me to switch Lucina back in and rack up intimidate debuffs on Garchomp (I had swapped her ability with the last ability capsule). After Cammy, Chun-Li, and C. Viper fainted, Cerebella (man, what is it with me and C's?!) managed to tank a fire fang with her thick fat and knocked off the Garchomp's leftovers; by that point, however, she had to take a dragon rush to the face and only had 10 hit points left, so I used her last turn conscious to revive C. Viper, just as a failsafe. I then switched in Lucina one last time and had her spam play rough until she fainted, sufficiently weakening Garchomp enough to get Solaris to use one of his full restores. With Lucina down, I sent out my ultimate weapon: Peach the ex-Swirlix, now a fully evolved Slurpuff! She managed to dodge a stone edge and tank a second one while setting up two layers of cotton guard, then tanked fire fangs left and right like a boss while setting up three fake tears. She then kept spamming drain kiss while I prayed for the best; amazingly, Solaris ran out of Full Restores before Peach ran out of PP for drain kiss, ending the fight! Also, is it me, or does Solaris seem kind of subtly childish? I mean, first he attacked Amaria just because he lost back at the factory, then he stopped the battle because he couldn't curb-stomp you with a single Pokémon, and then he killed Kiki on a whim? I bet he's going to have a major villainous breakdown... Anyway, Kiki died in the battle (as did her Medicham), so I guess my badge is invalidated now. (Sigh) I KNEW you should have given it to me earlier! Anyway, time to head out to the wasteland and get our actual fifth badge... The team so far:

Aw, thanks! Anyway... Update #25: The Great Rescue Well, Aster and Eclipse barely posed a challenge, so I'll be condensing the battle against them and the battle against Taka into one post. The first battle, where Aster and Eclipse gang up on you, was really pretty uneventful. I led with Cerebella and Cammy, and Cerebella pretty much weakened everything on Aster and Eclipse's team while Cammy tore through them all, just getting stronger with each one she knocked out. I only took me about three minutes to defeat them. Taka, on the other hand, actually posed a bit of a challenge. I led with Cerebella, and he led with Klefki. The key ring took a ton of abuse (and by abuse I mean repeated force palms to the face), and the three layers of spikes it set up didn't help matters much. It eventually got paralyzed, and even later still finally fainted, taking Taka' s two ultra potions with it. I kept Cerebella on the field while Taka sent out his Gligar; sadly, she wasn't even able to get a single hit off on it before fainting. I switched out to Lucina (who didn't take as much damage from the spikes as I thought she would) and she tanked two acrobatics with just a sliver of health left while spamming play rough, taking down the Gligar with two hits (one of which was a critical hit). Taka sent out his Cradily next, and I kept Lucina on the field, letting her get off one last close combat before Cradily took her down with a giga drain. Cassie Cage came out next, and took the Cradily down with a fake out and a high jump kick. All that remained was Taka's Chatot; fearing the worst, I sent out Umbrella and began spamming psychic. To my amazement, Chatot's chatter- the move that swept me so many time in the past- didn't affect Umbrella at all, because she had soundproof (I KNEW that ability would come in handy one day!)! As such, she was able to take down Chatot with ease, ending the fight and allowing me to free Cain. Time to save Apophyll! ...Also, I'd like to take a moment to celebrate 25 updates! Thank you to everyone who's followed me throughout this journey so far, and I'll see you all in the next update! The team so far:

Update #24: Mental Breakdown Well, Kiki was a little hard, but still kind of anticlimactic. I led with Cassie Cage, and she led with Machamp. Machamp went down quite easily to a fake out and a high jump kick, causing her to switch out to her next Pokémon: Gallade. I switched out to Chun-Li to take it on. Chun-Li got a critical hit off with a shadow claw, and just barely survived a field-boosted strength; she then spammed shadow claw while Kiki spent her turn healing Gallade; ultimately, not even healing Gallade could save it from Chun-Li's claws of chaos. Chun-Li stayed on the field while Kiki sent out her Lucario... and the poor jackal went down to a single flame wheel. (slow clapping) Anyway, Kiki sent out her Toxicroak next, and I switched out to C. Viper. It was a tense standoff between the two Gym Leader's Toxicroak, that ended promptly when C. Viper OHKO'd Kiki's Toxicroak with a field-boosted mud bomb. Kiki sent out her Hitmonlee afterwards, and I switched back out to Cassie Cage. Cassie tanked a strength and managed to injure it with a fake out, then went in for the kill with a high jump kick. All that Kiki had left was her ace, Medicham. I sent out Cerebella to counter it, but all she managed to do before fainting was get off a knock off, getting rid of Medicham's sitrus berry. With Cereblla down, I sent out Umbrella, and she survived an ice punch and managed to take it down by spamming psychic like nobody's business! And so, I earn... nothing, because Kiki fainted and had a freak-out moment, and wants to be alone. Can't I just have my badge now, in case she dies while I'm off saving Cain? No? Okay... The team so far:

Update #23: Pyrrhic Victoria Well, the final battle with Victoria wasn't too bad. I led with Cassie Cage, and she led with Scraggy. Scraggy intimidated Cassie, cutting her attack, but fortunately she circumvented this with a power trick, then tanked a payback and OHKO'd Scraggy with a high jump kick. Victoria's Heracross, however, was a different story. Poor Cassie was only able to get off two high jump kicks (which didn't even do all that much, thanks to Heracross' bug typing) before Heracross night slash'd her to death. Fortunately, a very angry Chun-Li came out and mopped the floor with the beetle the next turn; not even a chocolate ice cream from Victoria could save it. Victoria then sent out her Gallade, and I switched out to Lucina, who now knows play rough! She missed her mark with the first play rough, allowing Gallade to get off a free swords dance, but luckily she managed to tank a psycho cut with just 26 hit points remaining, then OHKO'd Gallade with a play rough. Victoria set out her ace and strongest Pokémon, Emboar, and I switched out to Cerebella. Cerebella spammed force palm, while Emboar spammed rollout; eventually, Cerebella proved to be the tankier Pokémon, surviving four rollouts with just 10 hit points and finishing off Emboar. All that remained on Victoria's team was her own Hariyama, and I switched out to C. Viper. C. Viper wasn't able to do much damage with a sucker punch, but the next turn she did significantly more damage using drain punch, and even managed to poison the Hariyama while it flubbed a belly drum. From there, all it took was a single venoshock to finish off Hariyama and earn me he right to face Kiki. Time to do so after I heal up the team! The team so far:

This is why I did a dual-typed fighting/fairy run.

Update #22: Flame On Well, Cal, like Shade, was pretty anticlimactic. I led with Umbrella, and he led with Infernape. Umbrella outsped the ape (for a mime, she's pretty speedy) and OHKO'd it with a psychic, proving to Cal that our monkey is superior. Cal sent out his Delphox, and I switched out to Cammy. Cammy survived a mystical fire and went on to OHKO the fox with a crunch. What does the fox say? Nothing, 'cause it's dead. I kept Cammy on the field, and she tanked a fire fang from Cal's Charizard and kept spamming crunch, making Cal use up his ultra potions. She then tanked another fire fang and finished off the Charizard; sadly, Cal's Magmortar ended her run, finishing her with a focus blast. I sent out our newest team member, the mascot of Apophyll Academy, and (in my headcanon, at least) the daughter of Kiki's Medicham... Cassie Cage the Medicham! ...And she only got off a fake out and a power trick before fainting. Bravo. Eh, to quote Cain, "the first time's always rough". Anyway, with Cassie down, I switched out to Chun-Li, who got off a shadow claw and tanked a solarbeam before finishing the Magmortar with a close combat. Cal sent out his Typhlosion next, and I switched out to C. Viper. C. Viper just spammed sucker punch, and the hyper-offensive Typhlosion was only able to get off a weakened hidden power and charge up a solarbeam (not actually use it, mind you, just charge it up). With Typhlosion down, all that remained was Cal's Blaziken, the toughest starter to beat... and Umbrella outsped it and broke its brain with a psychic. Time to head on back down the mountain and challenge Kiki! The team so far:

Update #21: Mind-Muk Well, ZEL's Muk was a little tricky, but the rest of his team was pretty easy. I led with Lucina, and he led with Galceon. Glaceon managed to get off an ice shard, but ultimately fainted from a close combat before it could do any major damage. ZEL then sent out his big guns: the PULSE Muk. I switched out to Umbrella, but she was only able to get off a single psychic before she fainted. I then switched out to Crimson Viper, and she managed to tank a mud bomb and get off two sucker punches before fainting. Lucina came back out next, and while ZEL healed their Muk, she managed to get off a close combat; sadly, she fainted the next turn from a sludge wave. I decided to send out Chun-Li next, and she dodged a mud bomb and got two close combats and a flame wheel before fainting to a muddy water; fortunately, she got ZEL to use up their last ultra potion in the process. Finally, Cammy came out and finished off the Muk with a crunch. With the boost from moxie that she received, she went on to outspeed and sweep the rest of ZEL's team, ending the battle! Time to head on out to Apophyll Academy! The team so far:

Well, I guess my Elite Four would go something like this... 1) Azazel - Dark-type user Team: Mandibuzz, Sableye, Bisharp, Krookodile, Hydreigon, Mega Absol This guy's based on Azazel from The Binding of Issac, and his team is a reference to all the possible final bosses from said game (Madibuzz is Issac's mom, Sableye is It Lives, Bisharp is The Lamb, Krookodile is Issac, Hydreigon is ???, and Mega Absol is Satan/Mega Satan see what I did there) 2) Arin - Bug-type user Team: Galvantula, Shuckle, Volcorona, Vivillion, Venomoth, Mega Beedrill This guy is based on the legendary Arin "Egoraptor" Hansen of Game Grumps fame. His ace, Mega Beedrill, is based on his use of a Beedrill for the entire frickin' game during the Game Grumps playthrough of Pokémon Firered. 3) Marie - Ghost-Type user Team: Shedinja, Aegislash, Chandelure, Trevenant, Chandelure, Mega Gengar This lady is based off of Marie from Skullgirls. ...I really like Skullgirls, okay?! 4) Sir Prize - Steel-type user Team: Excadrill, Skarmory, Lucario, Ferrothorn, Magnezone, Mega Aggron This guy (well, technically, robot) is based off of the puppet from Five Nights at Freddy's, another game I like. ...You can sense a trend here, can't you? Champion- Drakonia (User of varied types) Team: Lapras, Torterra, Charizard, Hydreigon, Exploud, Mega Medicham This lady's based off of a good real-life friend of mine, and her team's more or less ripped straight from her Online Competitive Team.

Update #20: A Lighter Shade of Grey Well, Shade was... honestly, pretty anticlimactic. I led with C. Viper, and he led with Corey. Must be weird, fighting the Pokémon you used to own in life... anyway, C. Viper survived a thunderbolt and knocked Corey down to low health with a sucker punch, then dd chip damage with a venoshock while Shade healed Corey. C. Viper fainted the next turn, but got off one last sucker punch before fainting, forcing him to spend his next turn healing Corey and giving Cammy (whom I had sent in to replace C. Viper) the perfect opportunity to swing in and take out Corey with a single crunch, giving her a moxie boost. She then proceeded to tear through Doublade and Trevenant, outspeeding them and ending them with a single crunch each; she probably could have swept his whole team, but she ended up getting overleveled after defeating Trevenant, so I had to sit her out for the rest of the battle. Shade sent out his Rotom next, and I switched out to Cerebella; she proceeded to wipe the floor with its spiky rump, taking it down with just a single knock off. Shade then sent out his Banette, and I switched out to Lucina. She bit the Banette and got hit by a shadow claw; fortunately, her speed got raised thanks to rattled and she managed to outspeed and finish off the psychotic doll with a bite. Shade sent out his ace and last Pokémon, Chandelure, next, and I sent out Cerebella. The hax gods were on our side, as they made Chandelure's hidden power electric do minimal damage, allowing Cerebella to finish off the sentient chandelier with two knock offs. And so we receive our fourth badge, the Omen Badge... and get to watch our new friends from the orphanage get kidnapped. Joy. Time to head out to Apophyll Academy so we can get the tools necessary to rescue them! The team so far:

Update #19: Give Me the Key, Toroko! Well, Cain was a little tricky, but he wasn't too bad. I led with Umbrella, and he led with Dewott. Umbrella set up double screens, then took out Dewott fairly quickly with two psybeams. I switched out to C. Viper, and he switched out to Nidoking. C. Viper managed to get a mub bomb off, lowering Nidoking's accuracy, but ultimately she fainted to from a thrash (although said thrash did leave Nidoking confused). I sent Umbrella back out, and the gods of hax must have been smiling upon us, because Cain's Nidoking hurt itself out of confusion, leaving it in prime position to get taken down by a psybeam. Sadly, Umbrella fainted from a psybeam the next turn, she at least got off one last psybeam. I switched out to Chun-Li, who spammed flame wheel while Cain desperately healed his injured pile of bile; fortunately, the super potions gave out before Chun-Li did, and all that remained was his Venomoth. Chun-Li got off a flame wheel, but was seriously injured by a psybeam; all she had left in her before she fainted to a gust was one last mach punch. I quickly sent out Cammy, who tanked a gust and took down the weakened moth with a payback! And so I got the key to the wasteland... or not, since Cain decided to run off after Heather, even though giving me the key would have taken all of five seconds. Sigh... I guess I might as well follow him... At least Chun-Li finally evolved... The team so far:

This. Seriously, who pushes his own brother off of a cliff and jokes about it not three seconds later?! Also, It's Call of Shooting, not Call of Duty. Totally different games.

That's the thing about Charlotte: If you have a Pokémon that knows trick room, you're pretty much home free.

Update #18: The Arceusfather Well, I think the battles against the Pokémon Dons went pretty well. For the first Don, I led with Umbrella, who set up a reflect before fainting. I then sent out Cerbella, who paralyzed the Pangoro with a force palm and tried to set up a belly drum; sadly, she fainted before she could do any more damage. Lucina came out next, fury in her eyes, and did massive damage to the Don with a close combat; before she could do more damage, however, the Don forced her to switch out with C. Viper with a circle throw. Fortunately, C. Viper was able to finish off the Pangoro with a single drain punch, allowing me to open the first gate. Don #2: Don Harder went down in a similar fashion, with Umbrella setting up a reflect and Cerbella spamming force palm; this time, however, Cerbella stayed alive long enough to deliver the finishing blow. Second gate down. Then came the hardest obstacle: Don #3: Live Free or Don Hard. The battle went more or less the same as the other two Dons, with the major difference being that I had to give Umbrella a focus sash so that she could survive a hit from the Pangoro. Cerbella then came out and spammed force palm, eventually taking down the giant death bear. And with that, we get our newest team member: Cammy the Scraggy! Time to grind her up to the same level as the rest of the team! The team so far:

Update #17: Get On My Level, Scrublord Honestly, I think the hardest part about Fern was his freaking Ludicolo; the rest of his tem wasn't too bad. Anyway, on TEH URN I led with Chun-Li and he led with Ferroseed. The poor thing didn't even get off a single hit before fainting to a flame wheel from Chun-Li. Fern sent out his Ludicolo next, and I sent out Lucina and had her keep spamming headbutt until Fern used up both of his super potions. I then had her use a close combat, seriously denting Ludicolo before it took out Lucina with a mega drain. I sent out our newest team mamber- C. Viper the Croagunk, formerly a member of Corey's team- and had her finish off the Ludicolo with a sucker punch. Fern sent out his Roserade next, and I sent out Umbrella. Umbrella set up a light screen and got off a psybeam, but ultimately fainted to Fern's relentless barrage of attacks. I sent out Cerebella to finish the sentient rosebush, but she got put to sleep... twice. Fortunately, she woke up fairly quickly and took out Roserade with just two knock offs. I kept her on the field for Fern's Servine, and she managed to get off a knock off before fainting. I sent out Squigly next, but unlike in the battle against Shelly, she wasn't able to land a single attack before fainting. I then decided that I was done messing around and sent out Chun-Li again, who managed to finish off the Servine with a flame wheel and a mach punch! Time to head on out to the Beryl Ward and see if we can get the key from Cain! The team so far:

Update #16: Overly Competitive Well, Shelly was hard, but she wasn't Corey hard. One thing that really helped me was Squigly's ability competitive: every time she used a move to lower one of my Pokémon's stats (which was frequent), she just ended up making it stronger! Anyway, on TEH URN, I led with Painwheel and Squigly, while she led with Masquerain and Illumise. Painwheel circumvented the drop to her attack stat caused by Masquerain's intimidate by smacking Illumise with a seismic toss, while Squigly tanked a struggle bug (which just made her stronger) and a bubblebeam and finished off the Illumise with a round. Shelly sent out her Wormadam next, and it miraculously didn't hit Squigly with a mirror shot; rather, it hit Painwheel with a psybeam, while Squigly seriously injured Masquerian with a charge beam while Painwheel dented the Wormadam with a seismic toss. Shelly healed up Masquerian the next turn with an ultra potion, but it was to no avail, as Painwheel clipped its wings with a seismic toss and Squigly finished it off with a charge beam. Wormadam took out Painwheel that very turn with a mirror shot, unfortunately, but hey, at least it didn't take out the big guns, AKA Squigly. I sent out Chun-Li to replace Painwheel, and Shelly sent out Heather the Yanmega to replace her fallen Masquerain. Chun-Li destroyed the Wormadam (no, not like that, you pervert) with a flame wheel, and dodged an air cutter from Heather; Squigly, meanwhile, tanked the air cutter and fried Heather with a +6-boosted charge beam. Ouch. Anyway, all that Shelly had left was her Anorith and her Volbeat, Bugsy. Bugsy used struggle bug while Anorith used aqua jet, leaving both Squigly and Chun-Li with just a sliver of health; fortunately, they were both healthy enough to fight together and take down the Anorith with a charge-beam-mach-punch combo. With just Bugsy remaining, I used Squigly's turn to heal Chun-Li and have her do serious damage to Bugsy with a flame wheel; Squigly fainted from a dazzling gleam, but her efforts weren't in vain, as she had put up an incredible fight. I sent out Cerebella to replace her, and she knocked off Bugsy's leftovers while Chun-Li got off one last mach punch before fainting to a second dazzling gleam. Shelly used her next turn to heal Bugsy, so I used the opportunity to wail on her with Umbrella (whom I sent out to replace Chun-Li) and Cerbella; after two turns of abuse, Bugsy finally fainted, earning me the Cocoon Badge! Time to explore some new places with rock smash and get some new team members! The team so far: P.S.: By the way, I decided to join the Magma Gang. This way, I'll fight the guys who won't resist any Fairy-type moves I would use.

Update #15: Paved with Good Intentions Well, Victoria was ultimately pretty easy. I led with Painwheel, and she led with Scraggy. Poor Painwheel wasn't able to do too much damage to Scraggy, as all she had was karate chop; eventually, she fainted to a barrage of brick breaks. (Seriously, though, where did Victoria get the brick break TM?! Kiki?!) Anyway, I then switched out to Squigly, and she managed to get Victoria to waste her two super potions; sadly, she fainted too. I decided I was done messing around and sent out Cerebella, who then managed to finish off the Scraggy with one force palm. Victoria sent out her Pignite next, and I sent out Umbrella. Umbrella sent up a substitute, but Pignite managed to break it with a take down; luckily, the second substitute she set up managed to survive a round of arm thrusts from Pignite, allowing her to 2HKO it with two psybeams. Victoria's Hariyama came out next, and I switched out to Lucina. Lucina managed to paralyze Hariyama with a lick, then proceeded to spam headbutt until it fainted. All that remained was Victoria's Kirlia, so I switched out to Cereblla, who managed to tank a psychic and take it down with two knock offs. Time to challenge Shelly! ...At least, once I get through her endless book puzzle of death... The team so far:

Update #14: Cave Story Well, I'd say that the second battle against Aster and Eclipse went pretty well. I led with Lucina, Victoria led with Pignite, and Aster and Eclipse led with Solrock and Lunatone. Pignite started up a rollout on Lunatone, while Solrock and Lunatone ganged up on Pignite with a rock slide and a fire spin; Lucina, meanwhile, just bit the Solrock, forcing Aster and Eclipse to spend their next turn healing it. Pignite kept rolling out, while Lunatone missed a psybeam and Lucina bit Solrock again, knocking it down to only half its HP. The next turn, Pignite fot lucky with the field and damaged the Lunatone with a now super-effective rollout, KO'ing it; Solrock, meanwhile, went down to another bite. All that remained was Aster and Eclipse's Electabuzz and Magmar; unfortunately, they managed to take down the weakened Pignite, and Lucina was only able to get off a single close combat before fainting (although Victoria was able to pick up the slack with her Scraggy, which seriously damaged their Magmar and made them spend the next turn healing it). I sent out our newest team member, Umbrella the Mr. Mime, and had her sent up a reflect while Scraggy got off a payback and Electabuzz set up a light screen. I then had her spam psybeam; unfortunately, Victoria's Scraggy got burned from Magmar's flame body, and both Scraggy and Umbrella fainted from several swifts from Electabuzz. I sent out Chun-Li, and Victoria sent out Hariyama. At first, not much happened; Chun-Li wasn't able to KO the weakened Electabuzz with a mach punch and Hariyama got confused and injured itself. Fortunately, Chun-Li was able to finish off Electabuzz with a mach punch and Hariyama broke free of confusion to finish off Magmar, allowing me to free Victoria! With that over with, it's time to head back to the Lapis Ward and join a gang... I'm not sure which gang to join, so I'll leave it up to you guys! See you next time! The team so far:

You can see it here!

Well, I just managed to defeat Corey! Thanks to everybody who helped me out! EDIT: Crud, this is my big 250th post. Um, I'd like to thank everybody who's checked out my threads about my challenge runs of Reborn and Rejuvenation!

Update #13: The Battle of Beryl Ward (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Toxin) I think I named Update #11 prematurely. Corey was HELL. It easily took me about twenty tries to defeat him. Eventually, I finally managed to do it when I learned to work with the corrosive mist field instead of around it, giving my entire team pecha berries and having Chun-Li use a field-boosted flame wheel. Anyway, on TEH URN, I led with Painwheel and Corey led with Skrelp. Painwheel set up a focus energy, tanked a bubble, shrugged off poison thanks to her berry, and finished off Skrelp with two assurances, surviving an acid in the process. Since Painwheel was now poisoned and down to only four hit points, I switched out to Chun-Li, who managed to OHKO Corey's Croagunk (and a future team member) with a single flame wheel, eating her Pecha Berry in the process. I then swapped out to Cerebella for his Grimer, and she set up a belly drum, then proceeded to smash both Grimer and Skuntank with one hit each; sadly, she fainted from aftermath damage after Skuntank fainted. I sent out Lucina to fight Corey's Nidorina, and after a long, drawn-out battle involving many turns of headbutts, receiving several double kicks and bites, and Corey using a super potion to heal his Nidorina, Lucina managed to reign victorious... and then got knocked out from poison damage the next turn. *Sigh* All that remained was his ace, his most problematic Pokémon, the stopper of a thousand runs: his Crobat. (Seriously, it has dual STAB moves that are super effective against every Pokémon I can use!) I switched out to Chun-Li, and then... two miracles happened. First, she managed to tank an air cutter from Corey's Crobat; second, she managed to burn Crobat with flame wheel. Words could not describe my joy. She managed to get off one last mach punch before fainting to a second air cutter, but her work had already been done. I sent out Painwheel next; she fainted, but her purpose- to stall Crobat out- had been accomplished just by her mere presence. I switched out to Squigly next, and miraculously she managed to take an air cutter and weaken Crobat with a charge beam, leaving it with just enough health to get taken out by burn damage. YES! And with that I earn... a front row seat to Corey's suicide. I know he felt horrible and wanted to end it all, but couldn't he have given me his badge first? After all that work... oh well... The team so far: