ElysiumRachael
A Midsummer Knight's Dream
- Join Date
- Feb 23, 2019
- Posts
- 7
- Location
- Idol Heaven
- AKA
- Rachael, Jelly, Sky
- Gender
- Female
- Time Zone
- CST
Why hello there! I'm pretty new to the forum, presence wise. I've been meaning to do something like this for a while, but as you'll read further on, you'll see that it took me a while to gain the motivation to try this once more. Most of the information of this run and why I'm doing it can be found in the Preface tab. I will warn you though, it is a little wordy. Actually a lot of this is going to be wordy. It is my first time documenting something like this, so please bear with me as I try to find the right mix of content and tangents. I'll try my best to break up large walls of text with spoiler tags or spaces.
With that all out of the way, the rules for the challenge are stated here:
And with that being said... let the journey begin.
-Mom helps me move into my room and set up the time, etc. After just barely missing old daddy dearest on television, I head out to meet the boy next door. I introduce myself to Brendan and he quickly remembers that he should be helping out his dad, Prof. Birch.
-Upon leaving Brendan’s house, I make a bee-line to Route 101. Prof. Birch is no doubt living some sort of PTSD by being chased around by a wild Poochyena, so I take a Pokémon from his bag and select my starter. Now I mentioned in my preface that I had done a run of this game before but ultimately quit. In that run, I rolled the die to see what starter I was going to get. I ended up getting Torchic in that run, which I thought was good since I hadn’t chosen them since I played Emerald. I thought it would be fitting to go with Torchic for this run too.
-Wild battle time! Poochyena takes a couple of Embers to the face and gets fainted with ease. Returning to the lab, we are properly given Torchic by the Professor. So without further ado, I introduce you to my starter.
Nimbus the Torchic - Male
Blaze
Careful | Male Attracted
-Nimbus is named after one of my old friends. There’s no real relationship between them or anything, I just loved the name Nimbus. I probably could have saved it for a flying type, but the name was resonating with me. Nature might be a little awkward, but I’m all up for a good challenge.
-Our next objective is to go north of Oldale Town and meet up with Brendan on Route 103. I train up slightly since I like being two levels higher than Brendan to compensate for the fact that I have a disadvantage over his Mudkip. After a couple of tangles with Zigzagoon and Poochyenas, Nimbus reaches Level 7 and we fight off against Brendan.
-Rival Battle: Brendan. The battle turned out to be a little close for a moment. I know his Mudkip doesn’t have a Water move yet, but his defenses were still pretty admirable. After Scratch spamming for a while, we emerge victorious! Afterwards, Brendan directs us to follow him back to Littleroot. We talk with Prof. Birch and Brendan for a little bit before receiving our Pokedex and some Pokeballs. Aha! Now the challenge really begins!
-We take Brendan’s advice and go up to Oldale Town once more. Now I was really afraid that I was going to end up encountering something before we get the chance to get the Poochyena from the DexNav function. I did end up finding a Zigzagoon, but luckily it was female, which meant I was safe. Huzzah!
-The Poochyena ended up being a male, so that meant I could catch him! I weakened him with Scratch before going in for the capture. And voila, Poochyena is now ours! Say hello to our new member.
Obsidian the Poochyena - Male
Quick Feet
Serious | Male Attracted
-This was another name that just sort of popped into my head. I ended up just typing it out and really liking it. Also, this Poochyena was just so lucky enough to be the correct nature for a pair to form. And thus, our first of many pairs have been formed!
-I wanted to give each one of my pairs a little bit of extra flair by giving them titles! I honestly couldn’t think of one so I just stuck to my guns and called them the Original Duo. I was also going to form a head canon for how their relationship would work, but that’s a little too much for me at the moment. Maybe I will in the future.
-Poochyena came with Ice Fang and Howl, which is pretty neat. Might be useful in some fringe case, but for now it’s my only attacking move. I went down into Route 101 with my new member to train them up. Since they were Level 5, they were close to matching Nimbus’ level. It took me a bit, but Obsidian reached Level 6. I thought that was good enough, so I went east to Route 102.
-Now I’m not going to lie, I kind of forgot what I was doing. I was on auto-pilot for a bit while mindlessly grinding for Obsidian that I went up to a patch of shadowy grass and ended up encountering a Zigzagoon. I realized there that I had to catch it, or risk losing my encounter for the route. With a bit of reluctance, I caught the Pokémon easily. However, this was about to become interesting. How? Well first off, welcome our new member.
Minnie the Zigzagoon - Female
Gluttony
Jolly | Opposite Attracted
-I didn’t mind having a Zigzagoon all that much, since I could just use them as an HM Slave if push came to shove, but what really caught me off guard was the fact that it had NO ATTACKING MOVES. Its moves were Charm, Growl, and Tail Whip. At Level 5, this was sort of a curve ball. I couldn’t use them at all until I got a member to pair with them. Then I’d be able to switch train them. So for the meantime, Minnie is just there. Looking at us with their cute, dumb grin. Also, Minnie was holding an item when she was caught: a… Revive… She’s trolling us isn’t she?
-The road to Petalburg City was littered with trainers. I actually tried avoiding some, but ended up getting caught in their line of sight. I wanted to leave some trainers for when I needed to train up Minnie and their eventual partner. Long story short, all the trainers were battled on the route and we reach Petalburg City with ease.
-Daddy-o was waiting for us inside the Gym, where we talk about our fated battle. We aren’t strong enough to fight our dad, but yet the kid that was there right before we came in was totally eligible. Okay dad, I see where your allegiances lie. While talking, another kid walks in and asks for help capturing his first Pokémon. Norman introduces us to Wally and we agree to lead him to a patch of grass to help him catch a Pokémon. He’s loaned a Zigzagoon and a brief moment later, he encounters a Raltz and captures them.
-We return with Wally to the Gym to hand back the Pokémon and he sets off on his own journey. Our dad sends us off to Rustboro City to go challenge the Gym Leader there. Then we have to collect badges before we can stand on even ground with our dad. And the battle shall be legendary! Maybe.
-Our journey takes us to Route 104, where I try and skip the grass and all the battles. Again, I was trying to save the experience for our new members. For the time being, there are no new encounters or battles, so the next point of interest is Petalburg Woods. I went to the west to grab some items and managed to find a female Taillow. Sadly, I couldn’t use it since I need a male Pokémon to pair with Minnie. Our next encounter was a Cascoon, who was a male. Aha! Finally a usable Pokémon, I thought. I attacked the Pokémon with Ice Fang, and it just BARELY survived. It proved its resilience at that moment, and I captured it right afterwards. I gave it a fitting name, given the circumstances. Meet our new member.
Miracle the Cascoon - Male
Shed Skin
Quiet | Female Attracted
-If you haven’t figured it out, because I’m sure I didn’t until a little bit later, there’s a bit of a problem. Cascoon only knows Harden. And to make matters worse, he’s paired up with Minnie whom already doesn’t have attacks to begin with. And so, we end up with this new pairing that is useless until we can get an attack.
-I went back into Route 104 to catch myself my next team member, since I thought that I was going to need it. I encountered a Level 3 Wingull. Aha! Maybe something will go my way-- Oh dear lord he fainted in one hit. Uh… Obsidian just knocked them out… well… that’s a thing…
-I made my way back up Petalburg Woods and avoided all the trainers. Along the way, Obsidian learned Sand-Attack. After walking for a bit, we find a researcher looking for a Shroomish and then immediately get jumped by a Team Magma Grunt. Cue the SMT Nocturne Fiend Music. I abused Sand-Attack to my gain and used Ice Fang, which managed to get a freeze. With little effort, we get an easy victory against the thug. We reach the exit and have a small cutscene with a mysterious figure. We enter… Route 104. I never realized that the routes were the same, just separated by the forest. I got a little disheartened, since I wanted a chance to get a new member.
-I took a stop by the Flower Shop and learned about berries, all while getting the Wailmer Pail. I talked to all the NPCs I could until I reached a boy outside the shop. He gave me the TM for Echoed Voice… AHA! Christmas has come early. I managed to teach the move to Minnie, which meant I could finally switch train. I forgot to mention that after the battle with the Magma Grunt, we got the EXP Share. I’m going to limit my use of the EXP Share as much as possible, unless I really need to grind. I like having my Pokémon all be at equal levels if possible, so I held off on the use of it. I went back to the south part of Route 104 and cleaned up the trainers there, along with hitting up the trainers in Petalburg Woods.
-An hour later… What? Miracle is evolving! Do-do-do-do. Congrats Miracle, you’re now a much more useful Dustox! With this, he also gets Gust as a move. If I can save him for the second Gym, that’d be great. At this point, pretty much all of my party is Level 10 or 11. This is all before I had my first double battle on the bridge in Route 104. Thinking this was enough, I moved along the path and beat all the trainers I could while making my way to Rustboro City.
-Upon making it to the city, I spent my time talking to the NPCs to check for goodies. Of interest, I found the Quick Claw in the Pokémon School. Neat. After that, I healed up my team and went up to the northern route to grab a Zinc.
-Heading over to Route 116, I had an idea of what I wanted to catch. I’ve been meaning to use a Skitty on my team for fun. I knew it was possible to get them from DexNav, which is what I was aiming for. However, I was a dummy and stepped on a patch of grass, meaning I can no longer use DexNav. Instead I was stuck with a Nincada. Not bad, I thought. Ice Fang… wait I misclicked. Dang it Obsidian, ya knocked out another one! Two Pokémon that I just missed. I was a little mad. I took this anger and headed over to Rusturf Tunnel. Getting a Whismur here was completely fine for me. I just needed another team member. So, welcome to the team.
Thymine the Whismur - Male
Soundproof
Sassy - Female Attracted
-Why Thymine? I dunno. I thought of Adenine from Xenoblade Chronicles 2, so I just went with what sounded good. Maybe there’s a deeper message here that I struggle to find. Also, because I used Ice Fang, Thymine is currently frozen.
I’m going to end it off here. Currently my party is looking like this.
Next time, I’ll be grinding my team up to the proper levels and challenging the Rustboro Gym! Thanks so much for reading this! Sorry if it was a bit too long. Let me know if I should make smaller chapters in the future or cut out a bunch of tangents and ramblings.
What do you guys think of the team so far? What challenges will they find inside the first Gym?
Around February, I wanted to do a Rainbow Wedlocke run of Ultra Sun. I liked seeing people post their runs on the forum and I got inspired to try my hand at the challenge. I had managed to do a nuzlocke of X with a friend of mine prior to this, so I had a good mindset going into the challenge. However, what happened afterwards shot my spirits. I hadn’t played the game in a while, so I had forgotten most of the beginning portion. I was scrounging by when I got to the first battle with Dexio. His Espeon proceeded to wipe out my entire party in a flash. Part of it was that I had forgotten to catch several Pokémon on some routes and that it was difficult to train specific Pokémon since they had no pairs. The fact that one of my strongest pairs was eliminated by Hau’s Pikachu (The pair was Zubat and Wingull) was devastating. No one survived the battle with Dexio, and that signaled the end of my run.
Following my failure at the run, I grew a bit frustrated with myself and wanted to try my hand at a different game. I thought of Platinum, but ultimately got cold feet. My motivation was at an all time low. I thought I would try out Omega Ruby since it was one of my favorites. The thought lingered for a while, and after one attempt where I just gave up from laziness, I got hit with inspiration. I am a fan of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, and so while I was watching a fan-made video for the stands in Part 7, I got to hear the song Catch The Rainbow by Rainbow for the first time. I’m not sure what it was about the song that just resonated with me well, but it was enough to get me back on the saddle to try out the challenge again. It only occurred to me after starting the run that the song could be a thematic connection to the run. I had to do a double take because I didn’t notice it immediately. Regardless of what lit the spark in me, I will do my best to fulfill the challenge at hand.
TL;DR: I don’t like Dexio in Ultra Sun and started this because of Catch The Rainbow. I also really like to write a lot since it gets the creative juices flowing.
Following my failure at the run, I grew a bit frustrated with myself and wanted to try my hand at a different game. I thought of Platinum, but ultimately got cold feet. My motivation was at an all time low. I thought I would try out Omega Ruby since it was one of my favorites. The thought lingered for a while, and after one attempt where I just gave up from laziness, I got hit with inspiration. I am a fan of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, and so while I was watching a fan-made video for the stands in Part 7, I got to hear the song Catch The Rainbow by Rainbow for the first time. I’m not sure what it was about the song that just resonated with me well, but it was enough to get me back on the saddle to try out the challenge again. It only occurred to me after starting the run that the song could be a thematic connection to the run. I had to do a double take because I didn’t notice it immediately. Regardless of what lit the spark in me, I will do my best to fulfill the challenge at hand.
TL;DR: I don’t like Dexio in Ultra Sun and started this because of Catch The Rainbow. I also really like to write a lot since it gets the creative juices flowing.
With that all out of the way, the rules for the challenge are stated here:
Death: Any Pokémon that faints is considered dead. It can either be released or boxed permanently.
Nuzlocke: I can only catch the first Pokémon encountered in each area. Whether it flees or faints, I am only given one shot. If it is in a double battle, I may catch whichever of the two I want. DexNav can be used to find Pokémon in tall grass any number of times, but is only allowed to catch the first battled Pokémon. When using the Eon Flute, the sky is considered one area. Underwater is also considered one area.
Rainbow Wedlocke: Pokémon are paired up in teams of two based on gender and nature. Natures determine what a Pokémon's preference. The natures that determine this have been shuffled and listed below.
"Opposite Attracted" means a Pokémon must be paired with a compatible Pokémon of the opposite gender.
"Male Attracted" means that a Pokémon must be paired up with a compatible male Pokémon.
"Female Attracted" means that a Pokémon must be paired up with a compatible female Pokémon.
"Any" means that the Pokémon can be paired up with any compatible Pokémon, including genderless.
"Ace" means that a Pokémon can only be paired up with compatible Genderless Pokémon or other Aces.
If a Pokémon is killed, their partner must come in to the battle and fight to their last breath.
Ace Clause: Pokémon that are paired can switch to an Ace Pokémon, but the Ace Pokémon may not switch out of their pair. This includes trying to switch out to another Ace Pair.
Genderless Clause: In the case that a Genderless Pokémon is given an "Opposite Attracted" nature, consider this "Any"
Dupes Clause: I must ignore encounters of Pokémon whom I've already caught before. This means I can't catch duplicates at any point. This extends to their evolutionary line, where I can't catch a Pokémon if I have caught something that is within their evolution line. This takes effect at all times and I can continue searching for a first encounter, so long as I continue to encounter dupes.
Pairing Clause: In order to make pairs for the Wedlocke, I will ignore a first encounter if their gender means they can not be paired up immediately with a Pokémon. eg. If I have a Pokémon that is Female and is Female Attracted, I ignore all male first encounters. However, the moment I find a female first encounter(Assuming they are not a Dupe), that is considered my first encounter and is treated as any other nuzlocke encounter.
PC:The PC can not be used to deposit Pokémon. It can only be used to take/swap HM Slaves, picking up gift Pokémon, or placing dead Pokémon in their box.
Lone Wolves: Pokémon who do not have a pair must be paired up with as soon as possible. Pokémon who lost their partner in battle are considered lone wolves and must be paired up with Pokémon in the PC if possible. If not, then they remain a Lone Wolf and can battle regularly. However, they are not allowed to switch, even to Aces.
Loss: It is considered a loss if I exhaust every living Pokémon I have or if the Pokémon alive are not able to progress through the story by themselves.
Victory: The final boss of the challenge is the Champion, Steven Stone. It is considered a victory if I manage to defeat him with my party.
Nuzlocke: I can only catch the first Pokémon encountered in each area. Whether it flees or faints, I am only given one shot. If it is in a double battle, I may catch whichever of the two I want. DexNav can be used to find Pokémon in tall grass any number of times, but is only allowed to catch the first battled Pokémon. When using the Eon Flute, the sky is considered one area. Underwater is also considered one area.
Rainbow Wedlocke: Pokémon are paired up in teams of two based on gender and nature. Natures determine what a Pokémon's preference. The natures that determine this have been shuffled and listed below.
"Opposite Attracted" means a Pokémon must be paired with a compatible Pokémon of the opposite gender.
"Male Attracted" means that a Pokémon must be paired up with a compatible male Pokémon.
"Female Attracted" means that a Pokémon must be paired up with a compatible female Pokémon.
"Any" means that the Pokémon can be paired up with any compatible Pokémon, including genderless.
"Ace" means that a Pokémon can only be paired up with compatible Genderless Pokémon or other Aces.
If a Pokémon is killed, their partner must come in to the battle and fight to their last breath.
Ace Clause: Pokémon that are paired can switch to an Ace Pokémon, but the Ace Pokémon may not switch out of their pair. This includes trying to switch out to another Ace Pair.
Genderless Clause: In the case that a Genderless Pokémon is given an "Opposite Attracted" nature, consider this "Any"
Dupes Clause: I must ignore encounters of Pokémon whom I've already caught before. This means I can't catch duplicates at any point. This extends to their evolutionary line, where I can't catch a Pokémon if I have caught something that is within their evolution line. This takes effect at all times and I can continue searching for a first encounter, so long as I continue to encounter dupes.
Pairing Clause: In order to make pairs for the Wedlocke, I will ignore a first encounter if their gender means they can not be paired up immediately with a Pokémon. eg. If I have a Pokémon that is Female and is Female Attracted, I ignore all male first encounters. However, the moment I find a female first encounter(Assuming they are not a Dupe), that is considered my first encounter and is treated as any other nuzlocke encounter.
PC:The PC can not be used to deposit Pokémon. It can only be used to take/swap HM Slaves, picking up gift Pokémon, or placing dead Pokémon in their box.
Lone Wolves: Pokémon who do not have a pair must be paired up with as soon as possible. Pokémon who lost their partner in battle are considered lone wolves and must be paired up with Pokémon in the PC if possible. If not, then they remain a Lone Wolf and can battle regularly. However, they are not allowed to switch, even to Aces.
Loss: It is considered a loss if I exhaust every living Pokémon I have or if the Pokémon alive are not able to progress through the story by themselves.
Victory: The final boss of the challenge is the Champion, Steven Stone. It is considered a victory if I manage to defeat him with my party.
Opposite Attracted: Calm, Jolly, Bold, Lax, Gentle, Naive, Adamant
Male Attracted: Modest, Impish, Brave, Careful, Serious, Hardy, Hasty
Female Attracted: Sassy, Rash, Mild, Bashful, Quiet, Quirky, Naughty
Any: Timid, Docile
Ace: Relaxed, Lonely
Male Attracted: Modest, Impish, Brave, Careful, Serious, Hardy, Hasty
Female Attracted: Sassy, Rash, Mild, Bashful, Quiet, Quirky, Naughty
Any: Timid, Docile
Ace: Relaxed, Lonely
And with that being said... let the journey begin.
We believed we’d catch the rainbow
Ride the wind to the sun
Sail away on ships of wonder
But life’s not a wheel with chains made of steel
So bless me, oh, bless me, bless me
Chapter 1: Come The Dawn
-And so I start off by getting introduced to the world of Pokémon. I select the female trainer and name her Eve. I had an idea in mind where the title of the chapter is part of the lyrics to Catch The Rainbow. That in and of itself is a reference to how Zanki Zero sets up their chapter names by having them be part of nursery rhymes. Why do I mention this? Because through all this convoluted logic, I made the relation between the words Eve and Dawn. I chose Eve since Dawn is in Gen IV. Ride the wind to the sun
Sail away on ships of wonder
But life’s not a wheel with chains made of steel
So bless me, oh, bless me, bless me
Chapter 1: Come The Dawn
-Mom helps me move into my room and set up the time, etc. After just barely missing old daddy dearest on television, I head out to meet the boy next door. I introduce myself to Brendan and he quickly remembers that he should be helping out his dad, Prof. Birch.
-Upon leaving Brendan’s house, I make a bee-line to Route 101. Prof. Birch is no doubt living some sort of PTSD by being chased around by a wild Poochyena, so I take a Pokémon from his bag and select my starter. Now I mentioned in my preface that I had done a run of this game before but ultimately quit. In that run, I rolled the die to see what starter I was going to get. I ended up getting Torchic in that run, which I thought was good since I hadn’t chosen them since I played Emerald. I thought it would be fitting to go with Torchic for this run too.
-Wild battle time! Poochyena takes a couple of Embers to the face and gets fainted with ease. Returning to the lab, we are properly given Torchic by the Professor. So without further ado, I introduce you to my starter.
Nimbus the Torchic - Male
Blaze
Careful | Male Attracted
-Nimbus is named after one of my old friends. There’s no real relationship between them or anything, I just loved the name Nimbus. I probably could have saved it for a flying type, but the name was resonating with me. Nature might be a little awkward, but I’m all up for a good challenge.
-Our next objective is to go north of Oldale Town and meet up with Brendan on Route 103. I train up slightly since I like being two levels higher than Brendan to compensate for the fact that I have a disadvantage over his Mudkip. After a couple of tangles with Zigzagoon and Poochyenas, Nimbus reaches Level 7 and we fight off against Brendan.
-Rival Battle: Brendan. The battle turned out to be a little close for a moment. I know his Mudkip doesn’t have a Water move yet, but his defenses were still pretty admirable. After Scratch spamming for a while, we emerge victorious! Afterwards, Brendan directs us to follow him back to Littleroot. We talk with Prof. Birch and Brendan for a little bit before receiving our Pokedex and some Pokeballs. Aha! Now the challenge really begins!
-We take Brendan’s advice and go up to Oldale Town once more. Now I was really afraid that I was going to end up encountering something before we get the chance to get the Poochyena from the DexNav function. I did end up finding a Zigzagoon, but luckily it was female, which meant I was safe. Huzzah!
-The Poochyena ended up being a male, so that meant I could catch him! I weakened him with Scratch before going in for the capture. And voila, Poochyena is now ours! Say hello to our new member.
Obsidian the Poochyena - Male
Quick Feet
Serious | Male Attracted
-This was another name that just sort of popped into my head. I ended up just typing it out and really liking it. Also, this Poochyena was just so lucky enough to be the correct nature for a pair to form. And thus, our first of many pairs have been formed!
Nimbus and Obsidian
The Original Duo
The Original Duo
-I wanted to give each one of my pairs a little bit of extra flair by giving them titles! I honestly couldn’t think of one so I just stuck to my guns and called them the Original Duo. I was also going to form a head canon for how their relationship would work, but that’s a little too much for me at the moment. Maybe I will in the future.
-Poochyena came with Ice Fang and Howl, which is pretty neat. Might be useful in some fringe case, but for now it’s my only attacking move. I went down into Route 101 with my new member to train them up. Since they were Level 5, they were close to matching Nimbus’ level. It took me a bit, but Obsidian reached Level 6. I thought that was good enough, so I went east to Route 102.
-Now I’m not going to lie, I kind of forgot what I was doing. I was on auto-pilot for a bit while mindlessly grinding for Obsidian that I went up to a patch of shadowy grass and ended up encountering a Zigzagoon. I realized there that I had to catch it, or risk losing my encounter for the route. With a bit of reluctance, I caught the Pokémon easily. However, this was about to become interesting. How? Well first off, welcome our new member.
Minnie the Zigzagoon - Female
Gluttony
Jolly | Opposite Attracted
-The road to Petalburg City was littered with trainers. I actually tried avoiding some, but ended up getting caught in their line of sight. I wanted to leave some trainers for when I needed to train up Minnie and their eventual partner. Long story short, all the trainers were battled on the route and we reach Petalburg City with ease.
-Daddy-o was waiting for us inside the Gym, where we talk about our fated battle. We aren’t strong enough to fight our dad, but yet the kid that was there right before we came in was totally eligible. Okay dad, I see where your allegiances lie. While talking, another kid walks in and asks for help capturing his first Pokémon. Norman introduces us to Wally and we agree to lead him to a patch of grass to help him catch a Pokémon. He’s loaned a Zigzagoon and a brief moment later, he encounters a Raltz and captures them.
-We return with Wally to the Gym to hand back the Pokémon and he sets off on his own journey. Our dad sends us off to Rustboro City to go challenge the Gym Leader there. Then we have to collect badges before we can stand on even ground with our dad. And the battle shall be legendary! Maybe.
-Our journey takes us to Route 104, where I try and skip the grass and all the battles. Again, I was trying to save the experience for our new members. For the time being, there are no new encounters or battles, so the next point of interest is Petalburg Woods. I went to the west to grab some items and managed to find a female Taillow. Sadly, I couldn’t use it since I need a male Pokémon to pair with Minnie. Our next encounter was a Cascoon, who was a male. Aha! Finally a usable Pokémon, I thought. I attacked the Pokémon with Ice Fang, and it just BARELY survived. It proved its resilience at that moment, and I captured it right afterwards. I gave it a fitting name, given the circumstances. Meet our new member.
Miracle the Cascoon - Male
Shed Skin
Quiet | Female Attracted
-If you haven’t figured it out, because I’m sure I didn’t until a little bit later, there’s a bit of a problem. Cascoon only knows Harden. And to make matters worse, he’s paired up with Minnie whom already doesn’t have attacks to begin with. And so, we end up with this new pairing that is useless until we can get an attack.
Minnie and Miracle
The Pacifist Pair
The Pacifist Pair
-I went back into Route 104 to catch myself my next team member, since I thought that I was going to need it. I encountered a Level 3 Wingull. Aha! Maybe something will go my way-- Oh dear lord he fainted in one hit. Uh… Obsidian just knocked them out… well… that’s a thing…
-I made my way back up Petalburg Woods and avoided all the trainers. Along the way, Obsidian learned Sand-Attack. After walking for a bit, we find a researcher looking for a Shroomish and then immediately get jumped by a Team Magma Grunt. Cue the SMT Nocturne Fiend Music. I abused Sand-Attack to my gain and used Ice Fang, which managed to get a freeze. With little effort, we get an easy victory against the thug. We reach the exit and have a small cutscene with a mysterious figure. We enter… Route 104. I never realized that the routes were the same, just separated by the forest. I got a little disheartened, since I wanted a chance to get a new member.
-I took a stop by the Flower Shop and learned about berries, all while getting the Wailmer Pail. I talked to all the NPCs I could until I reached a boy outside the shop. He gave me the TM for Echoed Voice… AHA! Christmas has come early. I managed to teach the move to Minnie, which meant I could finally switch train. I forgot to mention that after the battle with the Magma Grunt, we got the EXP Share. I’m going to limit my use of the EXP Share as much as possible, unless I really need to grind. I like having my Pokémon all be at equal levels if possible, so I held off on the use of it. I went back to the south part of Route 104 and cleaned up the trainers there, along with hitting up the trainers in Petalburg Woods.
-An hour later… What? Miracle is evolving! Do-do-do-do. Congrats Miracle, you’re now a much more useful Dustox! With this, he also gets Gust as a move. If I can save him for the second Gym, that’d be great. At this point, pretty much all of my party is Level 10 or 11. This is all before I had my first double battle on the bridge in Route 104. Thinking this was enough, I moved along the path and beat all the trainers I could while making my way to Rustboro City.
-Upon making it to the city, I spent my time talking to the NPCs to check for goodies. Of interest, I found the Quick Claw in the Pokémon School. Neat. After that, I healed up my team and went up to the northern route to grab a Zinc.
-Heading over to Route 116, I had an idea of what I wanted to catch. I’ve been meaning to use a Skitty on my team for fun. I knew it was possible to get them from DexNav, which is what I was aiming for. However, I was a dummy and stepped on a patch of grass, meaning I can no longer use DexNav. Instead I was stuck with a Nincada. Not bad, I thought. Ice Fang… wait I misclicked. Dang it Obsidian, ya knocked out another one! Two Pokémon that I just missed. I was a little mad. I took this anger and headed over to Rusturf Tunnel. Getting a Whismur here was completely fine for me. I just needed another team member. So, welcome to the team.
Thymine the Whismur - Male
Soundproof
Sassy - Female Attracted
-Why Thymine? I dunno. I thought of Adenine from Xenoblade Chronicles 2, so I just went with what sounded good. Maybe there’s a deeper message here that I struggle to find. Also, because I used Ice Fang, Thymine is currently frozen.
I’m going to end it off here. Currently my party is looking like this.
The Original Duo:
Nimbus (M) - 12 - Scratch / Ember / Growl / Sand-Attack
Obsidian (M) - 11 - Bite / Ice Fang / Howl / Sand-Attack
The Pacifist Pair:
Minnie (F) - 11 - Echoed Voice / Charm / Growl / Tail Whip
Miracle (M) - 10 - Harden / Gust
???:
Thymine (M) - 9 - Pound / Echoed Voice / Astonish
The Pacifist Pair:
???:
None
None
Next time, I’ll be grinding my team up to the proper levels and challenging the Rustboro Gym! Thanks so much for reading this! Sorry if it was a bit too long. Let me know if I should make smaller chapters in the future or cut out a bunch of tangents and ramblings.
What do you guys think of the team so far? What challenges will they find inside the first Gym?