Bennylava

Since Kiki uses a Normal Gem to activate HItmonlee's Unburden, you can simply get any Ghost-type Mon and swap it in against Hitmonlee and you will have completely countered her strategy with that mon. Sandygast is found on the beach. Drifloon is next to Shade's gym (on a windy day/night), Frillish in one of the eggs, Shuppet, Nincada if I remember is available too. Emolga is also available to you, who is strong against Kiki. Growlithe, too. You can fish up a Grimer and train it into Muk. With a MInimize move-set is a force to be reckoned with, too. (Muk is a little bit of a favourite of mine) Nidoran M is there, too, in the arcade. Dugtrio, Sandslash are also very good mons available to you in the cave under the gate. The game really isn't that hard, especially the early game, you just need to not use mons that are weak towards whichever gym you're fighting - or get a little bit creative my friend! Good luck :)!

Add in Protect on Blaziken. I would cut Bulk Up personally. Start off with Protect to gain speed boost for free. Would also suggest Stealth Rocks on Swampert instead of Surf. ANd max HP/Def EVs instead of Atk. He has great base stats, so utilize his defense and base attack and he'll be far more useful for you. Last gym ins Dragon, there's definitely a Dragonite in there so Stealth Rock will be useful. Also, Whimsicott is incredible. Prankster and give it Tailwind, perhaps a terrain move and you have an amazing utility mon in your team. Sylveon, too. Screens, Wish, strong offense in Hyper Voice. Very solid for the last gym.

Isn't it available after Hardy? At that point it's not going to matter much. But the Move Tutor is always there. So I would say plan ahead if you know what's coming.

Silvally isn't that bad at all. Keep changing discs to utilize it's flexibility. Also Multi-Attack does fine damage on it's own.. It's a great Pivot and utility pokemon. Parting Shot, Roar, Toxic, Defog. Just gotta get creative and know how to use it. I honestly find Roserade a let-down. Without Sludge Bomb you're not left with much outside of Hidden Power and your standard STAB attack. So unless you have bred HP: FIre/Ice then.. meh. Ampharos is pretty strong early in the playthrough but falls off later in my opinion. Utility Mons don't really fall off, they always have a use. Especially one that can change their Type to match whatever gym you're going into. Just my opinion!

Teach your Typhlosion Eruption and you can literally sweep everything with just that. I'm about to finish a my Fire-type mono run and Typhlosion swept her whole team on it's own. Eruption on Super Heated field is kind of dumb. Just max Speed and Sp.A EVs, get it Timid nature to make sure you outspeed her team and you're set. You can also just do Modest nature and set up a Tailwind on turn 1, then swap in your Typhlosion and start sweeping.

I would recommend bringing a bunch of healing and revival items though for later in that part of the game. First part you can get through unharmed, but I still haven't found a way with the 2nd/3rd part (if I remember). So bring a bunch of items to get your team healthy right before the coming fight.

There we go. Take care of the little lady. Have a good day :)!

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Yeah. My User ID is Si I'll wait for a request.

Sure thing. When are you available?

I have a perfect IV shiny Larvitar laying around if you want it. Can also give it any nature you want. If not, like the other guy said, the 2nd one is the best one. Has better SpDef and Def stats, too. Which are important still on Ttar.

The first two can be found in the Underground Caves and Meowth can be found outside the Grand Hall.

I would suggest Dugtrio and/or Sandslash. Persian with Power Gem is quite strong against Shelly, too.

I was thinking if you gave your Discord ID it's easier to set up battles through discord messages. But there is an online play channel on their Discord where you some times can find battles.

Should probably include your timezone. Other than that, I'm usually up for battles whenever I have the time. Are you on Discord?

You have to surf around inside the mountain so you come out at the big waterfall near Amaria's house. So you need to have created the shortcut into the mountain with the crustles.

You just need to get rid of the Crustle blocking the cave when you get to the bottom to get Salandit. Nothing else is needed. But if it needs the tutor it doesn't matter anyways. I keep reading around the forums that there's a chance the Vulpix you get traded has Heat Wave on it. Never tried it, though.

If you got a Stunfisk I think you could trade your way to a Vulpix with Heat Wave? I'm not sure, though. I forget if Salazzle learns Heat Wave on it's own, or is it just Flamethrower? Other than that I can't recall other Fire types available at that point.

Are your Mons EV trained at all? Like others have said, changing the field effect helps a lot. Your Alakazam should have access to Psychic Terrain if I recall. Should also be faster than both her leads if you have EV trained it. What are your move sets? Moves like Fake Out are really strong in double battles, her team is quite frail so Fake Out gives you an opportunity to clear out her faster Mons if you have a strong rock or ground move. I.e starting Fake Out user + Earthquake/Rock Slide user.. you get the point. Using status moves like Paralyzing a weaker mon in Doubles while focusing on the other helps. Setting up Screens will help out a lot, too.

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I'm ready now if you are, too. My ID is Si.

Iolia Valley. Although I just realized you're still locked out of all that. I could trade you the Wobbuffett I used for my Psychic run, if you want.

Just curious, do you know anything about whether E19 is the final episode of the game? Has anything come out about what endgame potentially looks like?

Flash is also a good way to deal with all three of her major threats. 2-3 Flashes and she usually swaps away from Pallossand or Quagsire. Also does great against Garchomp. Wobbuffett is a good Destiny Bond user if you want to cheese her. Max out his Defensive EVs and enjoy. Otherwise there's Prankster Murkrow with Perish Song to deal with her Garchomp once it's her only Mon left.

Mamoswine is a viable addition.