Today's news bumped us off, but we're back after letting everything settle a bit.

Bump.

Tonight Im starting VoltWhite 2 Redux EVless Challenge Mode Nuzlocke.
Lets see how it goes.

I just best the first elite four member Shauntal. Fat Twat took out her Cofagrigus with Flamethrower, Daisy took out her Golurk with Surf, Monty took out her Chandelure with Earthquake and Leafy took out her Jellicent with Leaf Blade. To easy.

I just beat the second elite four member Grimsley. Daisy took out Scrafty with a Fly then a Aerial Ace, Leafy took out Krookodile using Leaf Blade, Red took out Liepard with a Msgahorn and then took alot of damage from Bisharps Night Slash which only made one Reversal powerful enough to one shot Bisharp dead.

I just beat the third elite four member Caitlin. Cleo took out Reuniclus with Shadow Ball, Leafy took out Musharna with X Scissor, Monty took out Sigyliph with Rock Slide and Red took out Gothitelle with Megahorn.

I just beat the fourth elite four member Marshal. Fat Twat took out Throh with Flamethrower, Cleo took out Sawk with Shadow Ball, Fat Twat came back again to take out Conkeldurr with Flamethrower and finally Daisy used Fly when Mienshao used High Jump Kick which caused Mienshao to miss, take damage and then get hit with the Fly killing it.

>>58981897
Sounds like you had a smooth run of the E4 itself. Just need to get past the hurdles that are N and Ghetsis.

>>58981340
I lost to the first gym

>>58980290
do people still sperg out and go on anti-nuzlocke tirades in these threads?

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Just started Blue Version

>>58981897
nice! you're on your way to beating the game!
>>58982605
it's closer to being passive-aggressive anti-nuzlocke posts but yes.
>>58983054
good luck, you won't need it.

>>58980290
What's the difference between a moon nuzlocke and an ultra moon nuzlocke?

>>58983822
a moon nuzlocke is where you nuzlocke Pokémon moon version.

an ultra moon nuzlocke is where you nuzlocke Pokémon ultra moon version.

>>58983881
how could you do this to me gator

>>58983921
hey, I could have just said "ultra"

>>58983942
Come home gator

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Today has been exhausting.

Alright so today I beat the elite four as usual which I've already typed out how I beat them. Then i had to plan how to beat both N and Ghetsis which I knew was gonna be tough and I had to battle them two times in a row, I spent all night planning.

First I caught the Reshiram in Ns Castle and then I finally took on the King of Team Plasma N himself. First his Zekrom set up Light Screen but Monty managed to take his legendary out with a few Earthquakes, then came his Klinklang in which I had Fat Twat use Flamethrower, actually it turned out to be an Illusion done by Zoroark who tricked me. Not to worry because Fat Twat took out Zoroark with Arm Thrust. Then came Carracosta, Leafy used Leaf Blade but Carracosta survived due to Sturdy and used Stone Edge but Leafy managed to dodge and land one more Leaf Blade to kill Carracosta for good. Next came his actual Klinklang which fell to Fat Twats Flamethrower, then Monty took out his Archeops with Metal Claw and finally Fat Twat took out Ns last friend, his Vanilluxe with Flamethrower ending the battle.

After that battle was over then it was time for the battle against the leader of the Seven Sages Ghetsis and the entire fucking battle stressed me out and I did not have fun. First Monty struggled but eventually took out his Cofagrigus with multiple Earthquakes, next was dealing with his ace Hydreigon which was a fucking nuisance because it knows Surf and non of my pokemon are effective against it, it took forever and lots of healing but Fat Twat finally killed it with Arm Thrust, next came his Bouffalant which I had Monty use Earthquake to kill it, then Leafy one shotted Seismitoed with one Leaf Blade, afterwards Monty used Rock Slide to deal with Eelektross which was difficult and then finally Fat Twat used its Arm Thrust to take out the Bisharp and the battle was finally over. It was hard but it was satisfying atleast, I felt relief.

The nuzlocke is not over. I'm still not the champion.

>>58984223
Okay yesterday these battles against the elite four and N and Ghetsis was supposed to happen but I went out and I was tired when I got home. I ended up doing it all throughout the night and it's kept me up all night.

Irrelevant but I really think it's stupid and annoying that N heals your pokemon after you beat him because if your pokemon died, per the rules of the nuzlocke, they should stay dead and if the game is gonna have N revive a dead pokemon, then make it so the player can save before the Ghetsis fight and leave, go to the pokemon center and put the dead pokemon in the grave. It's so fucking annoying that the game does not give you the chance to save before the Ghetsis fight and if N is gonna fully revive your team afterwards, let the go to the pokemon center first.

Take Barry in platinum for example, he heals your pokemon before you go into the distortion world but you are given the choice to save before that happens and even leave Mt Coronet entirely and go to the pokemon center.

And if the whole point is you battle Ghetsis directly after N, then why have N heal your pokemon? That never happens in-between elite four fights.

>>58983822
The Ultra games are more difficult than the base Alola games, they make alterations to events and battles like what some of the Totem Pokemon are, Ultra Necrozma waiting to end your run if you don't prepare, and there's the Rainbow Rocket plot in the post game.

>>58984223
>toxic
>shadow ball
>psychic
>protect
no idea how Excadrill can struggle against Cofagrigus. you can spam X-items and there's nothing he can do about it.
>>58984255
I agree for the most part. I had to spam Paralysis Heal on a healthy Pokémon just to kill it off, since it died against N during the Ghetsis fight just to waste turns and kill it again.

>>58984418
I messed up the sentence structure in the second half of my post but it's late, I'm tired, and you guys know what I mean.

Alright before I go to bed, I just want to say I think the new pokemon trailer looks good. I think it's based in the Sunda islands. Looking forward to nuzlocking it.

>>58984594
Nah ww looks like shit

>have to change my system clock so I can get an eligible encounter
Am I the only one that has always hated this shit? I vastly prefer either the game having no day/night cycle or a ingame day/night cycle, real time is kind of soulful but it’s so inconvenient

>>58984255
I'm pretty sure that there's lone, single PC hidden in N's Castle? I just don't remember if it's available between N's and Ghetsis's fights.

Is it true Lazarus is un-nuzlockeable?

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>no cunnylocke
Why live?

Bump 4 cunnylocke

>>58985279
Looking it up showed a guy on reddit beating it, on easy granted, but I would say it's possible, just very difficult.

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Moon nuzlocke
>finished the story shit in hau'oli city
>route 2
>Smeargle
>caught it effortlessly
>wasted its first sketch on growl
>swap grinded it to 11
>used second sketch on bite
>went to graveyard to fight the trainers
>encountered wild drifloon in the grass trying to get an item
>bitches aftermath left smeargle with 1 hp
>has to back track to the pokemon center
>finished bullying all the bitches on route 2
>smagile still below everyone else in level
>grind her until she's in line with everyone else
>take on the trial
>moved Sam to first slot
>taught brick break to Sam
>one shot the totem raticate
>proceed to route 3
>catch yangoose in grass
>named Donny
>grinded donny to level 12 in the hidden cave near the yellow orocorios
>got bored and decided to continue the story
>bullied all the bitches on route 3
>bullied the redcard ace fag
Total play time 8:44

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white easylocke update
>Lv. 35 Scolipede
>Lv. 34 Krokorok
>Lv. 33 Gothorita
>Lv. 32 Whimsicott
>Lv. 31 Herdier
>empty space
I evolved Venipede into Whirlipede a few levels too late and didn't learn Iron Defense. Then I erroneously evolved it into Scolipede who DOESN'T learn Iron Defense via remembering. What a pain in the ass!

black 2 easylocke update
>Lv. 31 Gigalith
>Lv. 31 Excavalier
>Lv. 31 Darumaka
>Lv. 30 Vanillite
>Lv. 25 Herdier
>Lv. 25 Drillbur
time for the Pokémon World Tournament! what could possibly go wrong?

>>58986610
Sounds like your run is mostly going smoothly. I have to wonder why GF made all the mons in Alola so slow.

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Update. I'm about to leave Mt. Moon.

>>58987593
>custom-made avatar
I like it

>>58987593
You got past the Rocket grunt with the Raticate then, but Misty and her Starmie are still ahead.

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All I did today was cat i a Gligar and battled some trainers.

Assuming you didn't get one around cerulean, is there ever a reason not to take Abra over Eevee in Celadon?

>>58988783
I can't think of a reason not to... The only thing I can think of is if you already have those types covered and you'd want something else from the game corner.

>>58988783
nope

>>58988783
If the version of Kanto you're playing lets Eevee become Umbreon it's probably your only Dark Type before the postgame, so that's a reason

>NPC sends out Archen
>they just spam Acrobatics
actually infuriating

>>58984795
It is soulful, but i also see how it can be an inconvenience even with modern systems letting you change the time.

Bump.

I HATE RIVALRY AXEW
>I HATE RIVALRY AXEW
I HATE RIVALRY AXEW
>I HATE RIVALRY AXEW
I HATE RIVALRY AXEW

>>58989330
Acrobatics would be one of the moves the ai spams. Most trainers never give their team items, so it's one of the best moves they have.

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>>58986610
>route 4
>catch igglybuff
>run in circles with it holding a clear bell for 30 minutes
>swap train it
>find a trainer with a munchlax
>surely metokare can deal with a baby
>hear a very gunty voice in the distance
>"WHY WONT YOU DIE METOKARE"
>munchlax lands a crit

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black 2 easylocke update
>Lv. 36 Escavalier
>Lv. 35 Darmanitan
>Lv. 35 Vanillish
>Lv. 33 Excadrill
>Lv. 32 Gigalith
>Lv. 30 Axew
today was an eventful day. I beat the PWT, went through Chargestone Cave, revisited places with Surf including the Castellia Sewers, evolved multiple Pokémon, and made it to Route 7. before I knew it, this team got STACKED. thankfully a move tutor in Black 2 can teach Scolipede Iron Defense, to undue my earlier blunder of evolving it at the wrong time and missing my chance to learn the move naturally. I just hope I have enough blue shards...

white easylocke update
>Lv. 36 Krokorok
>Lv. 35 Scolipede
>Lv. 34 Gothorita
>Lv. 32 Whimsicott (RIP)
>Lv. 31 Herdier
>Lv. 6 Frillish
with a heavy heart, I regretfully inform you all of my dear Whimsicott's passing. while I originally avoided the ace trainer triple battle on route 7, I later forgot about it and accidentally encountered him afterwards when I was following the walkway. I was so scared of losing Gothorita to STAB Hyper Fang that I completely misplayed by using Charm on the Watchog. I should have Stun Powder'd the Swoobat after it used Calm Mind because the priority from Prankster ensured that I out-speed. then Herdier could have killed slowed Swoobat with the second Crunch, but I suspect that Gothorita would have died to STAB Hyper Fang. I always train Cottonee believing it has a niche as a crippler, but it's always gotten killed before I could evolve it (I wait until it learns Charm). I finally managed to evolve it only for it to get 1-shotted by a Calm Mind-boosted STAB Air Slash. I even have a blood sacrifice Purrloin I could have switched to. I really should stop playing when I'm not at 100%.
>>58991825
I know
>55 BP --> 110 BP + STAB = 165 BP
I know and I HATE it

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Update to my party.
Route 25 caught me off guard a couple times and I paid the price. A Rattata got a critical Hyper Fang against my Wartortle. And Slowpoke's confusion reeked havoc on my party. I actually had to sacrifice Rattata in order to save my whole run.

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Moon nuzlocke
>destroy first island kahuna using Sam
>go back through all the routes with tauros to get all the items hidden behind rocks
>finally decide to continue story
>route 4
>get an igglybuff
>name it Metokare
>decide to spend 30 minutes running in circles on tauros while it holds a smoother bell
>swap train it on wild pokemon for a few battles so it can evolve
>after it evolves continue on the route with it in the lead
>find a trainer with a munchlax
>surely metokare can deal with a baby
>hear a very gunty voice in the distance
>"WHY WONT YOU DIE METOKARE"
>munchlax lands a crit
>back track to pokemon center to put it in a newly created death box
>continue on bullying everyone with sam
>Paniola Town
>catch a lillipup
>name it after my sisters dog Blessy
>grab egg from nursery
>grind lillipup in the grass until it evolves
>continue on to route 5
>get a flomantis
>name it flokiji
>sent to box 1
>continue on bullying bitches
>make it to water trial
>think it would be funny if I grinded off the infinitely respawning wishlisting
>swap in maqiski after blessy gets low
>ffw maqiski half health
>I should swap him out after this turn
>wishiwashi used helping hand
>miqiski used thundershock
>kills the wishiwashi that used helping hand
>wishiwashi used brine
>critical hit
>miqiski has fainted
Total playtime 13:39
(Pic unrelated it's a magby I hatched in oras before going back to moon)

>>58991999
Rough losses, you're still in a good position with your team though.

Bump for the cunnylocke

>>58981340
>>58982587
lmao keep at it nigga
>>58983054
is that your trainer oc? looks good

There are some people that count water sections as different areas. So for example they would catch a pokemon on route 10 and then fish for another one and use both.
Thoughts on that?
I think they are huge faggots.

>>58994638
Personally I think that’s retarded.

>>58994638
that's just cheating but then again, there's no way to enforce any rules. they're just ruining their fun

>>58994638
sounds like their runs end with half of all their Pokémon being water types

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Today I caught a Golduck at the Village Bridge, then a Combee and a Solrock and finally a Sneasel at the Giant Chasm.

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>>58994638
I think i see the logic, like Inner and Outer Pinwheel Forest having different encounter tables, but multiple catches on the exact same route goes against the spirit of the Nuzlocke.

I think Im going to make some changes on my VoltWhite2 Redux Challenge Mode run, since that game is very hard.
First, Im going to open all the eggs even if I already catched a pokemon on that route. This gives me 3 extra pokemon if Im not wrong.
And maybe, I wont count gift mons as encounters. I think rhis games has 5 giftmons, the starters of all gens. But 2 of them are in places without encounters, so this gives me 3 extra pokemon.
For a total of 6 pokemon, most of them in the early game.

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my trusty MALAYSIAN got ohko'd by a magnitude 10 just outside of rock tunnel, luckily I found a replacement machop in said tunnel. Just beat blue in the pokemon tower; I don't think I'll have too much issues with erika but I'm somewhat concerned about rocket hideout

>>58994638
Definitely

What about in-game trades or gift pokemon counting for that area though?

>>58996619
I think gifts count as an allowence if the area has grass and a gift but if an area has multiple gift options like celedon city you can only get 1

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black 2 easylocke
>Lv. 38 Excavalier
>Lv. 37 Excadrill
>Lv. 37 Gigalith
>Lv. 36 Darmanitan
>Lv. 36 Vanillish
>Lv. 32 Litwick (RIP)
just beat Skyla!
>Eviolite Vanillish tanked STAB Acrobatics 1-shotted her Swoobat with STAB Avalanche (effectively 180 BP)
>Excadrill beat her Skarmory in a battle of attrition
>Litwick was sacrificed to Swanna to allow Excavalier to switch-in safely (dead natives can still be traded)
>Excavalier's Shell Armor and an X-Sp. Def let it beat her Swanna despite getting hit with Featherdance (Swanna eventually got poisoned by Twineedle)
despite having bonus EXP from trading, her Swanna was STILL higher level than me...
>>58996132
sounds good. kept us updated.
>>58996360
based polish.
>>58996964
what the...

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>>58997090
no, I don't think I will!

>>58997090
It's because of sick fucks like you that I own guns and taught my kids how to shoot.

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>>58997102
because you're gross and creepy
>>58997112
based

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I started again on Volt White 2 Redux challenge mode.
Mankey destroyed the first gym, pretty good so far, no losses.

>>58997126
I have never in my 40yrs of life thought
>Let me save these NTR pictures
>Let me save these furry pictures
>Let me save these gore/vore pictures
That anon thinks he's being funny but it just shows people how much of a nut job he is.

>>58997201
yeah, he's mentally ill.

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Second gym done, turned out better than expected. I lost some useless guys and charmeleon.

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>>58958780
The first task after Brock was to clear the group of mandatory trainers on Route 3. I leveled up Knuckles, then fought the trainers one by one. I was successful, but now Knuckles was already at level 14, which meant it was sitting right at the level cap for Misty.

I leveled Knuckles, because with only one Pokémon, a lot of things that would ordinarily be manageable can end the run on the spot. But once Knuckles hit the cap, it was hard to find places to send him out until I beat Misty.

So the next step was to rebuild my team. I had three more encounter areas left before Cerulean City; Route 3, Route 4, and Mt. Moon.

I tackled Route 3 first and caught a Spearow. I named it Javelin.

Next was my Mt. Moon encounter, a Zubat, which I named Scree.

That left Route 4, which meant choosing between the Pokémon Center Magikarp and rolling the dice in the grass west of Cerulean. It might seem like a bad choice, but I went with Magikarp.

Since Gyarados is locked until after Lt. Surge under these caps, the grass encounter would normally be the obvious choice, but I wanted a relatively bulky Water resist for Cerulean Gym. So I bought the Magikarp and named it Flop.

I picked up a Rare Candy in Mt. Moon, alongside a useful TM in Mega Punch.

I then did some grinding on my new Pokémon. Flop was by far the most tedious to grind. I started out by switch-training it, but since Flop needed more EXP than Javelin and Scree combined, I had to change my strategy. I would exhaust Flop's Splash PP against Metapods in Viridian Forest, use Struggle against wild Pokémon, and heal up once Magikarp's health was low from recoil. That got all my Pokémon, including Flop, close to the level cap.

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>>58997554
There were two more trainers I had to beat to get to Cerulean City. The first was a Super Nerd guarding the fossils in Mt. Moon. Scree took down the Super Nerd's team with support from Javelin.

I took the Helix Fossil, of course, and then healed up in the Pokémon Center. Now the Jessie & James fight was the only thing separating me from Cerulean City. It went horribly wrong.

It started well enough. I opened with Scree again, and it Leech Life'd Jessie and James's Ekans to death having only lost half its health. Meowth was their next Pokémon, and their most dangerous one. I switched in Knuckles right into a Scratch from Meowth. No problem, I thought, Knuckles will use Low Kick next turn.

Next turn, Meowth hit Knuckles with Bite, and Knuckles missed its Low Kick. I selected Low Kick again only to watch the last turn repeat almost exactly — Knuckles once again missed its Low Kick and was hit with another Scratch. Now Knuckles was one hit away from death, and Meowth was still at full health.

My would-be Meowth counter had failed, but I knew I wouldn't be able to beat Blue in Cerulean City without Knuckles, so I decided to switch out rather than risk Knuckles' death. After Javelin used Growl to lower Meowth's Attack, and Peck to lower its HP, I sent out Scree, but it died to a critical hit Bite. I had no choice but to bring Knuckles back out, and this time it finally landed Low Kick.

Jessie and James sent out Koffing, and Knuckles used Leer to lower Koffing's Defense but was forced out after being poisoned by Smog. I switched in Javelin, who was only able to use Peck once before dying to a Tackle. Finally, my last healthy Pokémon, Flop, was able to KO Koffing with Struggle.

With Scree and Javelin dead, the fight EXP was spread between my living party members, resulting in Knuckles leveling up to level 15, putting him above the level cap for Misty. This meant that I was down to one Pokémon again.

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>>58997556
I used an Escape Rope to get out of Mt. Moon and boxed Knuckles. After healing, I made my way back through the cave. Luckily, Flop outspeeds even the fastest wild Zubat in Mt. Moon, so getting through it wasn’t too dangerous.

I emerged from Mt. Moon with Flop in hand, and once I hopped the ledge into Cerulean, there was no turning back. My first stop was to receive Bulbasaur, which I named Sprout. It ended up being the most important Pokémon for the next two battles.

I also grabbed the Rare Candy hidden behind the house in the northwest part of town, then stocked up on Potions and Repels at the Poké Mart.

Sprout was only level 10, so I trained it against wild Pokémon on Route 4 to level it up. Soon, both of my Pokémon were level 14, and I entered Cerulean Gym. Cerulean Gym has one Swimmer blocking the way to Misty, so I took her on first. She has only a Goldeen, but it's level 19 and knows Peck, which is super effective against Sprout.

I led with Sprout. Goldeen outsped and used Peck, taking over half of Sprout's HP, while Sprout answered with Leech Seed. On the next turn, Goldeen used Supersonic and missed, and Sprout landed Vine Whip for a big chunk. After that, I switched to Flop, who stalled long enough for Leech Seed and Struggle to finish the job.

Next was Misty, and with only two Pokémon, this was a fight I expected to lose.

I opened with Sprout again, and Misty opened with Staryu. I got lucky with Misty using an X Defend instead of Tackle on one of its turns, allowing Sprout to KO Staryu with Vine Whip with more than half of its HP remaining.

Misty sent out the powerful Starmie. Sprout used Growl twice, then Leech Seed, and then Vine Whip for the remainder of the fight. Starmie mostly just used Harden instead of attacking, handing me the win. I didn't even have to send out Flop.

Here’s the Misty fight:
https://files.catbox.moe/gz4ilu.mp4

Now Blue is next, and after that it’s Bill, the S.S. Anne, and Vermilion City.

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>white easylocke
just beat Skyla... again! Stoutland solo'd her entire gym...
>Lv. 38 Stoutland
>Lv. 38 Krokorok
>Lv. 37 Litwick
>Lv. 36 Scolipede (iron defense learned!)
>Lv. 35 Gothorita
>Lv. 31 Frillish
I have my heart set on Litwick but a part of me also wants to train Frillish. Am I being too greedy?

>>58995210
Are you doing white2 next conno

nurlox

>>58998248
I don't think so. Both are good team members on their own, but together they're even better.

Moon nuzlocke
>mourned maqiski
>beat up wishiwashi totem
>give Christine ch water z stone
>route 6
>encounter mudsdale
>name it hori(shet)
>type null jobs to the masked royal
>route 7
>encounter Fletchling
>its the ralphamale bish
>sent to box 1
>spend the rest of the time playing grinding mudsdale to 22
Total play time: 16:34

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white easylocke
>Lv. 42 Chandellure (boxed)
>Lv. 40 Stoutland
>Lv. 38 Krokorok
>Lv. 36 Scolipede
>Lv. 36 Gothorita
>Lv. 9 Basculin (Surf slave)
>Egg
I finally got Surf! I'm currently exploring Route 18.
>>59000010
unfortunately, Frillish was killed by a Zebrastika's Pursuit. the foe's Minccino before it used Tickle on Frillish several times and I didn't realize my mistake until it was too late.

>>59001516
Zebrastrika*
oops

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Today I caught a Wingull at Undella Bay, then a Audino and finally a Vulpix at the Abundant Shrine.

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>>58997560
With the level cap increasing by four, it was time for some more grinding. I leveled Flop to 18 and Knuckles to 17, then moved towards Nugget Bridge to initiate the third rival battle.

Knuckles led my team, and faced off against Blue's Spearow. Spearow knows Fury attack, and the threat of the rare critical 5-hit Fury Attack loomed large. Two Karate Chops neutralized the threat.

Blue's second Pokémon is a Sandshrew, a Ground-type, so I switched to Sprout. A Vine Whip left Sandshrew with a sliver of HP remaining, and a second Vine Whip finished the job.

Sprout stayed in against Rattata, who moved first and used Tail Whip. Sprout responded with a crit Vine Whip for a clean OHKO.

Last was Eevee, who isn't as tough as Blue's other Pokémon. I used the opportunity to spread the experience around, switching in Flop and finally Knuckles to finish with Karate Chop.

Next I fought the Nugget Bridge trainers, carefully choosing who to use so nobody would level up to 19 too early. By the time I beat the Rocket Grunt at the end of the bridge, Sprout and Knuckles were both at the cap. I also got a Nugget, which I sold.

Route 24 has a gift Pokémon, a Charmander, which I accepted. I named the Charmander Cinder. I leveled up Cinder to Level 17, then used a Repel with Cinder, who is now a Charmeleon, in the lead to manipulate my encounter. That made a wild Pidgey all but guaranteed, so I caught the Pidgey and named it Zephyr.

With the other Pokémon at the level cap already, Cinder and Zephyr fought their way through Route 25 to Bill's House, bringing both of them to the level cap in the process. Zephyr evolved into a Pidgeotto, meaning the majority of my team is now composed of middle evolutions.

Now all of my Pokémon are at the level cap again. I have to fight the Rocket Grunt in Cerulean City and then I'll be able to catch two new Pokémon on Routes 5 and 6.

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I accidentally shut my computer down the other day while playing and lost a ton of progress. So, while I have the choice, I think I'm gonna switch over to my steam deck so that I can play wherever.

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Third gym done. This run is going very well so far.

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today's excursion has been a disaster. an Emolga 1-shotted my Lv. 38 Krokorok with critical hit Acrobatics (yes, at full health), who was a mere two levels away from evolving. I should have used Rare Candies to get to its fully evolved form to improve its bulk and survival odds. then a Garbador's Body Slam killed my Lv.37 Scolipede with a critical hit (I had Iron Defense x2 set up but crits bypass buffs). I also encountered a trainer's Darmanitan. it was scary but Stoutland had its DEF buffed from Scolipede's Iron Defense + Baton Pass, so it tanked Arm Hammer. I'll admit TM24 Thunderbolt is relevant but I'm not sure it's worth exploring this area as soon as you get Surf.

I'm not emotionally devastated, however. this image was just one of the first ones that appeared when I searched Hilda and I thought it was fitting lol