Character: Cassandra | fearinahandfulof Badge/Gym Leader: Fog/Morty Elite/Regular: Regular Team:Neideen the Crobat, Priscilla the Deino, Elizabeth the Aegislash (backup), Misty Malarkey the Skitty Battle Details: The entire reason Cassandra is trying these next two gyms? Because Lily the Pikachu several of her pokemon want to be able to Surf during their Sinnoh vacation, and they're very persuasive when they want to be. This may work out better in theory than in practice.
Haunter: Neideen is starting off here, because she has the speed; she'll be leading off with Taunt (again) in an effort to shut down Haunter's status moves. She'll follow that up with Confuse Ray and then start piling on the damage with Bite (mostly for Flinch potential), Crunch, and her newest acquisition: Dark Pulse. The idea is to keep Haunter and its status moves locked down and do as much damage as possible as quickly as possible.
Misdreavus: The same strategy as above applies here; Neideen is the only one of Cassandra's stronger Pokemon with the necessary speed to get around Misdreavus's own speed. That said, if Misdreavus does manage to cast Confuse Ray or Perish Song, Cassandra will either heal her up or send in Priscilla the Deino to spell her; Priscilla doesn't have Neideen's speed, but she does have Taunt and Crunch and is happy to use them. Less ideally, she can send in Elizabeth, although Elizabeth's slow speed and lack of Taunt may not be enough to make up for her strong attack and defense. Elizabeth's weakness to Ghost attacks also makes her less than ideal (although she does have some Ghost and Dark attacks, at least) so she's definitely the third option here.
Gengar You know who's got this? Misty Malarkey's got this (hopefully). Granted, she's not the most ideal choice; she's not the speediest pokemon and she can't learn Taunt. Worse, she has Normalize as an Ability, which means all her moves become Normal by default. However, she does have an immunity to Ghost attacks, and more importantly she has the move she'll be leading off with: Foresight. If Misdreavus is male, her second move will be Attract, followed by Captivate to lower Gengar's special attack; otherwise she'll just go with Captivate and then stick to things like Sing (followed up with Wake-Up Slap), Disarming Voice, Double Slap, and Play Rough, with maybe one or two attempts at Covet in case Gengar has an item, and Heal Bell to keep herself topped up. If this doesn't work, then the Neideen-Priscilla tag team will take over; otherwise, why not let her have a little fun for a change?
As always, Cassandra is ready with healing and curative items if needed.
Skarmory: For a change, it's not Neideen leading the festivities off; it's Lily the Pikachu, who is admittedly several levels below Skarmory but does have a type advantage. Lily leads off by buffing herself with Double Team, Agility, and Light Screen and debuffing Skarmory with Charm and Play Nice, throwing in Thunder Wave as well to hopefully paralyze it. Then it's time to break out Thunderbolt. hitting Skarmory in one of its weaknesses over and over in hopes of taking it down fast. If Pikachu seems to be flagging, then Blade or Isley will step in, although hopefully that won't be necessary for this battle. Misty Malarkey is also available to step in and cast Heal Bell to heal up the entire team.
Magneton This is where things start to get risky. Magneton is immune to Electricity, which neutralizes Lily (who's nine levels below Magneton in any case), and Cassandra's strongest pokemon all have some nasty weaknesses (Electricity in the case of Isley and Neideen, and - ironically - Steel for Blade). Isley lucked out and got Fire for his Hidden Power element, but he doesn't get a STAB with it. Still, it's better than nothing, and Isley does have four levels over Magneton, along with Iron Defense and Scary Face to buff himself/debuff Magneton. Cassandra and Misty Malarkey will both be on healing duty for this one.
Steelix Another risky fight, because while Blade has six levels on Steelix, it still has that glaring Steel weakness... which is why Cassandra shelled out for a Flamethrower TM for it, because while Blade does have Fire Fang, Steelix's high defense means wearing it down that way will take time they may not have. Blade's first move will be to lower Steelix's special defense with Metal Sound, and then it will shift to pure offense, sticking with Flamethrower until either Steelix goes down (hopefully) or it runs out of castings, at which point it will have to shift to the aforementioned Fire Fang. Cassandra and Misty Malarkey are again on healing duty, with Misty Malarkey also getting in casts of Charm and Captivate to lower Steelix's attack and special attack, respectively.
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Badge/Gym Leader: Fog/Morty
Elite/Regular: Regular
Team: Neideen the Crobat, Priscilla the Deino, Elizabeth the Aegislash (backup), Misty Malarkey the Skitty
Battle Details: The entire reason Cassandra is trying these next two gyms? Because
Lily the Pikachuseveral of her pokemon want to be able to Surf during their Sinnoh vacation, and they're very persuasive when they want to be. This may work out better in theory than in practice.Haunter: Neideen is starting off here, because she has the speed; she'll be leading off with Taunt (again) in an effort to shut down Haunter's status moves. She'll follow that up with Confuse Ray and then start piling on the damage with Bite (mostly for Flinch potential), Crunch, and her newest acquisition: Dark Pulse. The idea is to keep Haunter and its status moves locked down and do as much damage as possible as quickly as possible.
Misdreavus: The same strategy as above applies here; Neideen is the only one of Cassandra's stronger Pokemon with the necessary speed to get around Misdreavus's own speed. That said, if Misdreavus does manage to cast Confuse Ray or Perish Song, Cassandra will either heal her up or send in Priscilla the Deino to spell her; Priscilla doesn't have Neideen's speed, but she does have Taunt and Crunch and is happy to use them. Less ideally, she can send in Elizabeth, although Elizabeth's slow speed and lack of Taunt may not be enough to make up for her strong attack and defense. Elizabeth's weakness to Ghost attacks also makes her less than ideal (although she does have some Ghost and Dark attacks, at least) so she's definitely the third option here.
Gengar You know who's got this? Misty Malarkey's got this (hopefully). Granted, she's not the most ideal choice; she's not the speediest pokemon and she can't learn Taunt. Worse, she has Normalize as an Ability, which means all her moves become Normal by default. However, she does have an immunity to Ghost attacks, and more importantly she has the move she'll be leading off with: Foresight. If Misdreavus is male, her second move will be Attract, followed by Captivate to lower Gengar's special attack; otherwise she'll just go with Captivate and then stick to things like Sing (followed up with Wake-Up Slap), Disarming Voice, Double Slap, and Play Rough, with maybe one or two attempts at Covet in case Gengar has an item, and Heal Bell to keep herself topped up. If this doesn't work, then the Neideen-Priscilla tag team will take over; otherwise, why not let her have a little fun for a change?
As always, Cassandra is ready with healing and curative items if needed.
Character: Cassandra |
Badge/Gym Leader: Mineral/Jasmine
Elite/Regular: Regular
Team: Misty Malarkey the Skitty, Lily the Pikachu, Isley the Corviknight, Blade the Silvally
Battle Details: This part of Operation: Get Surf is much dicier than the last, but they're still trying it. They may or may not regret it.
Skarmory: For a change, it's not Neideen leading the festivities off; it's Lily the Pikachu, who is admittedly several levels below Skarmory but does have a type advantage. Lily leads off by buffing herself with Double Team, Agility, and Light Screen and debuffing Skarmory with Charm and Play Nice, throwing in Thunder Wave as well to hopefully paralyze it. Then it's time to break out Thunderbolt. hitting Skarmory in one of its weaknesses over and over in hopes of taking it down fast. If Pikachu seems to be flagging, then Blade or Isley will step in, although hopefully that won't be necessary for this battle. Misty Malarkey is also available to step in and cast Heal Bell to heal up the entire team.
Magneton This is where things start to get risky. Magneton is immune to Electricity, which neutralizes Lily (who's nine levels below Magneton in any case), and Cassandra's strongest pokemon all have some nasty weaknesses (Electricity in the case of Isley and Neideen, and - ironically - Steel for Blade). Isley lucked out and got Fire for his Hidden Power element, but he doesn't get a STAB with it. Still, it's better than nothing, and Isley does have four levels over Magneton, along with Iron Defense and Scary Face to buff himself/debuff Magneton. Cassandra and Misty Malarkey will both be on healing duty for this one.
Steelix Another risky fight, because while Blade has six levels on Steelix, it still has that glaring Steel weakness... which is why Cassandra shelled out for a Flamethrower TM for it, because while Blade does have Fire Fang, Steelix's high defense means wearing it down that way will take time they may not have. Blade's first move will be to lower Steelix's special defense with Metal Sound, and then it will shift to pure offense, sticking with Flamethrower until either Steelix goes down (hopefully) or it runs out of castings, at which point it will have to shift to the aforementioned Fire Fang. Cassandra and Misty Malarkey are again on healing duty, with Misty Malarkey also getting in casts of Charm and Captivate to lower Steelix's attack and special attack, respectively.