#AND THEN THEY DIE BY A CRIT WATER PULSE AND GETTING CONFUSED.

[voltrixz]

"Ya know I think we're ready for Misty's gym" I said with joy.

My team was then shot by 7 crit water pulses in a row

[consentinglibraries]

Pokemon Shield Nuzlocke Day 6

It was an emotional day, things happened and I had to put my game down and call a friend and talk to them on the phone for 30 minutes.

The team and I head into Galar Mine 02 as a short cut to Motosoke. Gracie blows Bede's team away and then proceeds to almost die to a roggenrola. Carefully we navigate the mine fighting trainers and then I fish up a Chewtle, and name it the only thing I could think of... Oogway (gotta love Kung Fu Panda). We train up a bit and Cherub evolves into a Swoobat! Perfect timing for the upcoming gym battle. Eventually we find the Fire gym leader Kabu training, and after we talk with him we head to Motosoke.

We stay the night in the Budewdrop Hotel again after a battle with our goth teen princess. Marina? Idk. That bitch with the hangry hamster pokemon.

So we go into the 3rd gym and I am legit nervous. 4/6 members of the team are very weak to fire. I take out Elsa, Cabbage, Brainey, and Gracie to sit outside because they're not allowed in. Disney clears the trial easy for us and then we heal up with Super Potions and now it's time for the gym Battle with Kabu.

He starts out with Ninetails and I throw out Disney right off the bat. Disney brings the waterworks but doesnt quite one shot the Ninetails and takes a quick attack to the face. Next turn water gun downs the Ninetails and Kabu tosses in Arcanine. Disney still has about 90% of her health so I'm not worried until Arcanine lands a fucking crit Bite attack. She goes down to 5 health but one shots the Arcanine with a water pulse. I have to sub someone in, and since Kabu's last pokemon is half bug pokemon I think Cherub will be ok as a flying type.

Cherub goes in and we both dynamax but Kabu's Centiscorch has gigantamax. Im still not worried until it uses its Gigantamax move and Cherub gets hit hard and burned. Cherub like the Mad Lad child of the sky he is finished off the Centiscorch but then dies to the burn.

THAT RIGHT GUYS MY LIL CHERUB WHO FINALLY EVOLVED INTO A SWOOBAT. A FRIENDSHIP EVOLUTION. DIES TAKING OUT THE FIRE GYM LEADER. I just stared at my switch. I was in shock. This hurt way more than when we lost Mine the Wingull. I legit had to call a friend and talk it out. One of the awful parts being I had to pick a new team member from the box to add to the team, and I eventually settled on Helga the galaran Meowth. Then we trained up in the Wild Area a bit while I listened to In the arms of the Angel's on repeat.

Team Stats:

Helga (Meowth) lvl 15 (Growl/ Hone Claws/ Scratch/ Pay Day)

Brainey (Dottler) lvl 28 (Struggle Bug/ Confusion/ Reflect/ Light Screen)

Elsa (Snorunt) lvl 28 (Icy Wind/ Protect/ Ice Shard/ Double Team)

Gracie (Butterfree) lvl 29 (Psybeam/ Stun Spore/ Poison Powder/ Air Slash)

Cabbage (Gloom) lvl 29 (Giga Drain/ Stun Spore/ Acid/ Toxic)

Disney (Drizzle) lvl 31 (Sucker Punch/ U Turn/ Water Gun/ Water Pulse)

[ryttu3k]

So, after yesterday’s crushing defeat, time to take on Lavaridge Gym!

Here’s the team!

Chickweed the Combusken | level 32 | male | Blaze | Serious, takes plenty of siestas | Flame Charge, Peck, Double Kick, Cut | starter

Agapanthus the Pelipper | level 30 | male | Keen Eye | Modest, a little quick-tempered | Water Pulse, Wing Attack, Steel Wing, Quick Attack | found route 104

Snowdrop the Mightyena | level 30 | female | Intimidate | Lonely, loves to eat | Ice Fang, Bite, Odor Sleuth, Rock Smash | found route 101

Sequoia the Gyarados | level 26 | female | Intimidate | Bashful, nods off a lot | Splash, Tackle, Bite, Dragon Rage | found route 106

Edelweiss the Skarmory | level 22 | male | Sturdy | Gentle, very finicky | Assurance, Steel Wing, Sky Drop, Fury Attack | found route 113

Moraea the Spoink | level 21 | female | Own Tempo |  Quirky, quick tempered | Psybeam, Psych Up, Confuse Ray, Magic Coat | found Jagged Pass

Moraea and Edelweiss still have a fair bit to catch up. They’ll get there!

So this’ll basically be Aggie’s last big battle! Once I get Surf, I’ll give that to Sequoia, and Edel will be my main Flyer.

Huh, an egg. I’ll pop that in the PC for later!

“I heard that an Egg was found when two Pokemon were left at the Day Care. That’s great. I’m envious. Wish I could lay an Egg...” I’M KINKSHAMING.

Ayyy a charcoal. Nice!

ON TO THE GYM. Oh yes, I remember how this one works! First up, Kindler Cole! He leads with Numel, level 23, then Slugma, also level 23. Two OHKOs for Aggie!

Oh hey, Ninja Boy Hiromichi in the water. Ew, Koffing. Level 24, Moraea is a bit under that level, but worth a crack. Yup, down to the reds, next one handles it! Good job, Moraea!

Kindler Axle has a Slugma, level 25. Aggie OHKOs it. Man, the trainers here have such attitude!

Battle Girl Sadie has a Meditite, level 26. Aggie gets to use Wing Attack instead, haha. Oh huh, it had Fire Punch. Did fuck all against Aggie, second Wing Attack takes it out.

Ace Trainer Zane leads with Slugma, level 24, then, for a change, a level 26 Kecleon! Chickweed can take this one, takes it out with Double Kick!

Kindler Andy has a Numel, level 25. Bye!

Finally, to Flannery! Gosh she is so hecking cute. She leads with Slugma, level 26. Aggie OHKOs it. Next is Torkoal, level 28. Another OHKO! Finally, Numel, level 26. Guess the fuck what, Aggie OHKOs it XD

Well that was anticlimatic lmfao. She’s so adorable <3

Ayyy it’s Brendan! GOGGLES ACQUIRED. Oh nice, an instant travel back to Petalburg. BUT FIRST, DESERT. AND IT IS... BALTOY FUCK YEAH. Just what I wanted!! Okay time to get the heck out of dodge, then switch out Moraea for my new friend, Sage!

And back to Petalburg! You know what, Norman’s strongest is level 30, Chickweed is already level 33, let’s go fight Dad!

Alright, let’s try theeee... Accuracy Room! Ace Trainer Mary has a Delcatty, level 28. Double Kick only hits twice, aww. Next round is the charm!

Hmm, Defense or Recovery... let’s go with Recovery! Ace Trainer George has Linoone, level 28. No chance for Recovery there, OHKO ;D

Next is the OHKO room oh god. Ace Trainer Berke has a Zangoose, level 28. DON’T DIE, CHICKWEED. Never mind it was the Zangoose that got OHKOed ayyyyy.

OKAY DAD TIME TO FIGHT. Not gonna go easy on you just because you’re my father~! Leads with Slaking, level 28. Oh goddammit I forgot about Yawn XD It goes down to a couple of Double Hits, and then Chickweed... falls asleep. Vigoroth next, level 28. Use an Awakening, it uses a Retaliate that hits hard, dang. Heal up, it uses Encore, it uses another Retaliate that does much less damage, and with a few kicks, it’s down! Last up, Slaking, level 30 - I’M GOING TO CALL IMPOSSIBLE RECOVERY CLAUSE. One miraculous recovery, because I am not going to have my starter die at the hands of my father. Anything else is fair game, just not this. ...Okay, Aggie, one last stand. Time to spam Water Pulse while it spams Chip Away, I guess? Oh Hyper Potion you dick. Two can play at that game! More spamming, finally down.

Dang.

Okay. Official story explanation is that Chickweed did actually get knocked out, but survived. That can totally happen XD Slaking grew up with Atsuko, you know. Slaking is absolutely not about to murder Tiny Human’s starter.

Oh hey, it’s Wally! And now I have Surf TM yeees. Thank you for your services, Agapanthus, now is the time to retire in glory! A brief trip to Mauville, haha. Who shall I bring back in for now... Milkweed? Okay! She has Mega Drain, so even if it’s not STAB, she won’t be completely helpless against Water. Would prefer a Grass- or Electric-type for STAB, but Milkweed works for now!

Onwards to route 118! First up is Aroma Lady Rose. Starts with Gloom, level 25. Chickweed chargrills. Next is Roselia, level 25, and ditto.

Guitarist Dalton leads with Magnemite, level 16. My level 35 Fire-type takes it out. Next is Whismur, level 16. Coupla kicks this time!

SURFIIIING. ...And no encounters XD Oh well, there’s land on this side!

HEY IT’S STEVEN. Oh! Right, I know this bit :D Time for a new friend! ...Who’ll be staying in a PC box, but oh well XD God can you imagine the protag's reaction to this bit. "Oh hi Steven nice to see you good chat IS THAT A LEGENDARY FUCKING POKEMON."

lmfao the grunt calling Steven ‘that rather alluring gentleman’. Alrighty Stevieboy let’s take ‘em out! Snowdrop, I think, my strongest that’s not weak to Water. Metang OHKOs Grimer, nice stuff, good Steven. Ooh that Slash hit hard. Snowdrop no don’t get into the reds. Emergency heal-up! Again, another Slash, still fine, no crit that time. Keep trying Rock Smash, I guess - STOP HITTING YOURSELF. Bringing in Sequoia briefly to ditch the Confusion - whoops, Swagger on the Metang. And then it takes out Sharpedo! Good Metang!

“I love interesting, strong dudes! That’s why I love my bro, Archie! And that’s why I’m gonna start loving you from now on, too! Next time I see you, I’ll smash you up real good, OK?” Matt you really need to work on your flirting skills.

You know what? The name I used for Latias last time still works. Rosemary!

Mega Bracelet GET. And uh, I’m gonna race back to Mauville to box Rosie, haha. Time to get a route 118 catch! And it iiiis... ...Pelipper XD DUPES CLAUSE.

IT’S AN ENTIRE HOARD OF ELECTRIKE. Finally, got down to one. She shall be named Oleracea, the species name of the Electric Daisy <3

And Chickweed evooolves!

Okay, back to Mauville - again - and switching out Milkweed for Oleracea! She’s very very underlevelled now, oh dear XD;;

Back to the route! Bird Keeper Chester leads with Swablu! Level 26. Snowdrop’s turn! Chomp chomp. Next is Swellow, level 28. Wing Attack does some damage, then Ice Fang down to the reds. UGH Double Team. You know what fine. EDEL HAS SWIFT. YOU’RE DOWN.

Another Bird Keeper, huh? Pelipper, level 29. God I miss Daisy. Snowdrop manages after a bit. Oh, for Sage or Oleracea to be high-enough...

Delinquent Miley leads with Cacnea, level 26. I am so sorry for my ten-levels-higher Fire/Fighting type. Next is Mightyena, level 28. Mine’s better! Double Kick takes it out.

Ooh, route 123! Sure :D Aroma Lady Violet has a Vileplume, level 36. Whoa shit we’re on the same level as my strongest. I might just catch a Pokemon and go XD Chickie takes it!

Ohh, the berry farm! Let’s see. 6x Sitrus, 3x Pecha, 3x Cheri, 3x Chesto, 2x Persim (only had two!), 1x Oran, 6x Leppa. That should do it!

DAZZLING GLEAM TM. YES. No Pokemon gets, but a Fairy move for Sage~!

And IIRC route 119 is really hecking long, so I will leave it here for now!

Current Team

Chickweed the Blaziken | level 37 | male | Blaze | Serious, takes plenty of siestas | Flame Charge, Blaze Kick, Double Kick, Cut | starter

Snowdrop the Mightyena | level 34 | female | Intimidate | Lonely, loves to eat | Ice Fang, Bite, Odor Sleuth, Rock Smash | found route 101

Sequoia the Gyarados | level 30 | female | Intimidate | Bashful, nods off a lot | Surf, Tackle, Bite, Dragon Rage | found route 106

Edelweiss the Skarmory | level 27 | male | Sturdy | Gentle, very finicky | Assurance, Steel Wing, Sky Drop, Swift | found route 113

Sage the Baltoy | level 27 | no thank you | Levitate | Bold, sturdy body | Rock Tomb, Psybeam, Ancient Power, Dazzling Gleam | found route 111

Oleracea the Electrike | level 15 | female | Static | Brave, capable of taking hits | Thunder Wave, Spark, Howl, Quick Attack | found route 118

Reserves

Wattle the Taillow | level 9 | female | Guts | Quirky, alert to sounds | Peck, Growl, Focus Energy, Quick Attack | found Petalburg Woods

Bristlecone the Zigzagoon | level 14 | female | Gluttony | Lonely, good endurance | Tackle, Headbutt, Baby-Doll Eyes, Odor Sleuth | found route 103

Onion the Whismur | level 16 | female | Soundproof | Adamant, likes to relax | Pound, Echoed Voice, Astonish, Howl | found Rusturf Tunnel

Poison Ivy the Tentacool | level 5 | male | Liquid Ooze | Sassy, capable of taking hits | Poison Sting, Supersonic | found Dewford Town

Euphorbia the Makuhita | level 12 | male | Thick Fat | Hardy, capable of taking hits | Focus Energy, Sand Attack, Arm Thrust, Fake Out | found Granite Cave

Lithops the Numel | level 14 | female | Simple | Quiet, likes to run | Tackle, Ember, Focus Energy, Magnitude | found route 112

Rauvolfia the Seviper | level 19 | male | Shed Skin | Careful, impetuous and silly | Poison Tail, Screech, Venoshock, Glare | found route 114

Moraea the Spoink | level 23 | female | Own Tempo |  Quirky, quick tempered | Psybeam, Psych Up, Confuse Ray, Magic Coat | found Jagged Pass

Agapanthus the Pelipper | level 33 | male | Keen Eye | Modest, a little quick-tempered | Water Pulse, Wing Attack, Steel Wing, Quick Attack | found route 104

Rosemary the Latias | level 30 | female | Levitate | Sassy, somewhat vain | Heal Pulse, Dragon Breath, Mist Ball, Psycho Shift | found Southern Island

Milkweed the Beautifly | level 26 | female | Swarm | Lax, somewhat stubborn | Air Cutter, Mega Drain, Silver Wind, Morning Sun | found route 102

Dead

Catnip the Skitty, found route 116, killed by Lass Janice’s Marill in route 116

Daisy the Pikachu, found Slateport City, killed by Archie’s Sharpedo at Mount Chimney