Character: Cassandra | fearinahandfulof Badge/Gym Leader: Zephyr/Falkner Elite/Regular: Regular Team:Neideen the Golbat, Uranus the Gyarados, Isley the Corvisquire, and Blade the Type: Null, with possible assists from Elizabeth the Honedge and Misty Malarkey the Skitty Battle Details: So one of the nice things about working in a PokeCenter in a gym town is that people who challenge the gym will often talk/rant about the Gym Leader and what works or didn't work against them. Cassandra's spent three weeks working in Violet City's PokeCenter at this point, so she's picked up a lot of interesting and/or useful info by now and if there's one thing Cassandra understands, it's the importance of using every advantage you have in a fight.
Noctowl: Neideen starts the battle off with Confuse Ray, then gets the hell out of Dodge because those Psychic skills will ruin her day. In her place will be Uranus, whose Intimidate ability will automatically lower the Noctowl's attack while she hits it with Ice Fang, and then Brine when/if the Noctowl's health falls below 50%. Brine doesn't have the type advantage Ice Fang does, but with its attack power doubling once Noctowl's health hits that 50% threshold, it will likely do more damage than Ice Fang (which does have type advantage). If Uranus gets confused, then she'll be spelled by Elizabeth, who will use Automize on herself then attack with Night Slash, while shrugging off Noctowl's Normal moves and resisting its Psychic ones. Cassandra will be in the background using healing items as necessary.
Honchkrow: Once again, Neideen leads off with Confuse Ray. She'll be immediately followed by Isley, who will use Taunt to shut down Honchkrow's Swagger and then make way for Uranus again. Uranus is one level below Honchkrow, but she does have Intimidate and Ice Fang (and Brine, if Honchkrow falls under 50% health while she's still out); still, if she gets in trouble, Cassandra will pull her in favor of Misty Malarkey, who doesn't have any type advantages but is several levels above Honchkrow at this point and can heal herself if need be. Isley will continue to swap in and out with Taunt as needed, and Cassandra will continue to heal her Pokemon up as necessary.
Pidgeot: This time, Isley is the one to lead off, firing off Taunt to block off Pidgeot's status moves and then getting the hell out of the way because he's definitely underleveled for this one. Blade is the one who's going to be doing the bulk of the work for this one, since it's got the necessary levels, plus a few extras: namely Smack Down and Thunder Wave, learned via TMs. It will use both of those liberally, while Isley will occasionally swap in to deliver more Taunts while he still can. The idea is to keep Pidgeot from buffing itself/debuffing Cassandra's Pokemon, but this fight may come down to attrition, depending on how long they can keep it from using nonoffensive moves.
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Badge/Gym Leader: Zephyr/Falkner
Elite/Regular: Regular
Team: Neideen the Golbat, Uranus the Gyarados, Isley the Corvisquire, and Blade the Type: Null, with possible assists from Elizabeth the Honedge and Misty Malarkey the Skitty
Battle Details: So one of the nice things about working in a PokeCenter in a gym town is that people who challenge the gym will often talk/rant about the Gym Leader and what works or didn't work against them. Cassandra's spent three weeks working in Violet City's PokeCenter at this point, so she's picked up a lot of interesting and/or useful info by now and if there's one thing Cassandra understands, it's the importance of using every advantage you have in a fight.
Noctowl: Neideen starts the battle off with Confuse Ray, then gets the hell out of Dodge because those Psychic skills will ruin her day. In her place will be Uranus, whose Intimidate ability will automatically lower the Noctowl's attack while she hits it with Ice Fang, and then Brine when/if the Noctowl's health falls below 50%. Brine doesn't have the type advantage Ice Fang does, but with its attack power doubling once Noctowl's health hits that 50% threshold, it will likely do more damage than Ice Fang (which does have type advantage). If Uranus gets confused, then she'll be spelled by Elizabeth, who will use Automize on herself then attack with Night Slash, while shrugging off Noctowl's Normal moves and resisting its Psychic ones. Cassandra will be in the background using healing items as necessary.
Honchkrow: Once again, Neideen leads off with Confuse Ray. She'll be immediately followed by Isley, who will use Taunt to shut down Honchkrow's Swagger and then make way for Uranus again. Uranus is one level below Honchkrow, but she does have Intimidate and Ice Fang (and Brine, if Honchkrow falls under 50% health while she's still out); still, if she gets in trouble, Cassandra will pull her in favor of Misty Malarkey, who doesn't have any type advantages but is several levels above Honchkrow at this point and can heal herself if need be. Isley will continue to swap in and out with Taunt as needed, and Cassandra will continue to heal her Pokemon up as necessary.
Pidgeot: This time, Isley is the one to lead off, firing off Taunt to block off Pidgeot's status moves and then getting the hell out of the way because he's definitely underleveled for this one. Blade is the one who's going to be doing the bulk of the work for this one, since it's got the necessary levels, plus a few extras: namely Smack Down and Thunder Wave, learned via TMs. It will use both of those liberally, while Isley will occasionally swap in to deliver more Taunts while he still can. The idea is to keep Pidgeot from buffing itself/debuffing Cassandra's Pokemon, but this fight may come down to attrition, depending on how long they can keep it from using nonoffensive moves.