The 2nd Demon Gyarados tilt

[DemICE]

This is just me sharing my little experience, saying it beforehand to warn ppl who are not interested.

Dunno if it means anything but i play intense mode. Things might be easier at normal mode.

So i was walking with my normal team around goldenwood forest (greninja /vivillon/noctowl/houndoom/cherrim/noibat all around level 36-37) and i got caught up by the Demon Gyarados level 55.

I managed to do quicksave just before the dark circle came over my body (effectively idiotically trapping myself in the battle), and prepared for the worst.

It outsped and oneshot everything. Vivillon was my first pokemon and i could not change that because of where i saved. Dimensional Thrash OP

I did multiple resets, trying to get him to start with rain dance, or miss a fire/ice fang, and sleep powder him. Then i spammed psybeam hoping for confusion.

Well after over 50 attempts i gave up on this and proceeded to wipe out.

...

I felt the urge to go catch a Koffing and train it till 40 to get destiny bond, or to train my litleo till level 28 to learn endeavor and breed it with a rattatta, but i didn't wanna get through all that trouble.

Checking box.. what do i have... i didn't want to start leveling up new pokemon just for this turd.

I notice a Dedenne level 17 with charm, at level 20 it learns Nuzzle, but wait a minute,...

Here it is! A Scatterbug level 11 with stun spore ok i thought this might work.

Went back and started trying again.

So i managed to kill this shit like this:

Gyara > Rain dance

Scatter > stun spore ---> dies honorably

Dedenne > charm > gyara paralyze > charm again ----> dies

Noctowl > reflect > ice fang > uproar for shit damage > --> dies.

Cherrim > Sunny Day > gyara paralyzed > Growth > gyara fire fang (I SURVIVE OOOOO) > Morning sun for 2/3 max hp > gyara rain dances (so much luck there) > petal dance > ice fang (surviveee) > petal dance ----> cherrim dies

Gyara left with like a hair of hp hp

just sent my shitty Noibat to last hit him and get the much needed exp.

Well after all that i felt i needed a rest so i might as well write a meaningless post like this while resting >.>

For the courageous ones who read it and still haven't gotten to that point in the game, or have troubles earlier, i hope it might give them some ideas on how to get around various "impossible" situations.

As for myself, i felt much more despair when i was stuck in Marianette's mansion unable to catch and train new pokemon that i might need against her. Because with my current team (same as mentioned above) i was getting so stomped.

But all it needed was one oppurtunity for Noctowl to put slaking to sleep, and then spam echoed voice. She kept healing him and i kept spamming until it became too strong and it killed him ... and everything else after that.

TL;DR : you didn't miss anything don't worry

Edited May 20, 2016 by DemICE

[Combat]

Getting caught up in a inescapable situation is always painful, and is why I always keep my Perish Song Misdreavus on hand at all times. After my encounter with a certain Dimensional Rift Pokemon, I decided to always to see if I could back off when entering a new area, just so I couldn't get trapped.