Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Day 169: Leader Chuck

 So after beating every Black Belt and a trip to the Pokecenter, I turn this winch to stop the flow.
PURE MIGHT
“my head...
Arrgh!
Why did you stop the waterfall from
pouring on me!
You just spoiled my training!
I have to warn you that I am a strong
Trainer training every day under
this waterfall!
What?
It has nothing to do with Pokemon?
...
That's true!
...
...
Come on. We shall do battle!”
I like this guy.
He only has two Pokemon.
Primape dies in one hit due to a fateful critical hit. Not looking good for Chuck!
Nelly's faster than Poliwrath, fortunately, so he's made to suffer quite a bit of damage.
Like all dick Gym Leaders, he mitigates the damage with a berry I don't have access to yet! He also uses Surf, but it doesn't do enough damage for concern.
Nelly uses another Wing Attack, bringing his health down just enough to not trigger Chuck's use of a Full Restore.
Poliwrath uses Hypnosis while Chuck panics the fuck out. Nelly really is the only effective Pokemon against this guy, so I need to have her awake and ready. Thus, I bring out my ringers...
Veronica takes her death by Surf like a champ.
On Kyle's turn, I use an Awakening on Nelly. Predictably, Kyle does not survive. However...
Reawakened Nelly hands Poliwrath his ass, ending the fifth Gym battle!
“How about that!
All right. You're worthy of
the Storm Badge!”
“Chuck: The Storm Badge lets your
Pokemon Fly to any city or town you've
already been to!”
 Not to big of a hassle, this Gym. I'm still pretty apprehensive about the future, though. Now that I have the cure for Ampharos, the sixth gym isn't far off and I may need to spend some time leveling up.

Being able to Fly is huge. There are a lot of little things I want to take care of now that I have access to old towns. Getting Eevee, for one. I'll cover those things in the future.

Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Day 168: Black Belt Lung

 Jesus!
Lung's raging fists equate to this Mankey, who dies instantly.
 He's also got a Primape. Air Cutter leaves him with what is probably 1HP. It uses Screech to lower Nelly's defense, then dies from next turn's Bite.
 A second Mankey. Your fists do not impress me, Lung!
 So much shattering.

Monday, July 29, 2013

Day 167: Black Belt Lao

 Hitmonchan's a tough one, surviving a super effective attack.
 It counters with Thunder Punch, dealing considerable damage.
 Nelly is able to finish it off with another Air Cutter.
 Mind over matter.

Sunday, July 28, 2013

Day 166: Black Belt Nob

 I should take this kernel of wisdom to Congress.
 Machop takes one Air Cutter and dies.
Machoke takes two, but it wastes its turn on Leer, so it's a nice clean getaway.
 

Saturday, July 27, 2013

Day 165: Black Belt Yoshi

 One thing I forgot to cover yesterday: Cianwood has the entrance to the Safari Zone, but it isn't open yet. All that's left for me to do at the moment is the Gym.
 Here's the inside of the Gym, with the leader sitting right there. There's also a conspicuous lack of champ in the making-guy.
 In a nice little twist, I need to disable the waterfall to break his meditation before talking to him.
“Our bond will never be broken!”
 So. This is why I've been training Nelly so hard. Hitmonlee gets one-shot by her Wing Attack.