Exeggutor: Akari has a few skills that can help her here: Taunt to shut down Exeggutor's status attacks, Confuse Ray to inflict confusion on it, and the ability to hit at least three of its weaknesses (Fire, Ghost, and Bug - which Exeggutor has a 4x weakness to, although Akari won't get STAB damage with Skitter Smack). Akari also happens to be level 91 to Exeggutor's level 65, which isn't going to help the latter either. And if Exeggutor actually makes physical contact, Akari's Flame Body ability may leave it with Burn status on top of everything else. Given all of this, Exeggutor is unlikely to prevail here.
Machamp: Machamp is weak to Flying, Psychic, and Fairy. Kirin can hit two of those. She's also level 88, which may not put her over Machamp in terms of attack strength but will surely help; what will also help is that she takes only 1/4 damage from Fighting attacks. Psychic, Psycho Cut, and Dazzling Gleam are her main damage-dealers, once she's done buffing herself with Agility. Shinobu will be watching her health carefully, though, because most of what she has is attacks. This may come down to attrition - though if things do get bad, Tamago may come in to Bounce on Machamp a few times, just in case.
Rhydon: Midori - freshly equipped with a Miracle Seed and a Solar Beam TM purchased during Shinobu's initial trip to the Seafoam Islands - will be taking on Rhydon, debuffing it with Sand Attack and Charm and buffing herself with Swords Dance. She also has access to Sunny Day, and she'll use that before laying in with the aforementioned Solar Beam attack. She can also fall back on Leaf Blade, and Giga Drain to top her HP up if need be. Given that Midori is level 95 and Rhydon has a 4x Grass weakness, though, she may not need to.
Gyarados: This is Raiju's fight. She leads off with Electric Terrain to amp her Electric skills, followed by Scary Face to lower Gyarados's speed and Thunder Wave to hopefully paralyze it. She also has Intimidate, which will lower Gyarados's Attack stat, but Gyarados also having Intimidate will affect hers as well, so she's liable to rely more on Discharge and Rising Voltage (both of which run off Special Attack, not Attack) to do the bulk of the damage here. She'll also be using Charge to buff those two attacks even further, doubling the damage dealt and raising her own Special Defense in the process. Raiju is also level 85 to Gyarados's 68, which may also give her an edge.
Pidgeot: Raiju will likely be starting off here as well, with another casting of Electric Terrain, before swapping out for Arashi. Arashi does have a slight complication in that Aura Wheel is a Dark attack half the time, but the other half of the time it's Electric, and Arashi does have Rising Voltage to fall back on. Arashi also has Taunt, and will be using that to shut down Pidgeot's status moves right off, and buffing itself with Agility. Of course, Arashi is also only level 72, so if it starts to struggle against Pidgeot it will toss off one more Taunt and then make way for Raiju's return - and this time, Raiju won't have to worry about Intimidate, while being able to take full advantage of her own Intimidate ability to depress Pidgeot's attack.
Arcanine: This battle falls to Tamago, who has six levels on Arcanine, partial Water-typing (and thus STAB on all his Water skills), the Thick Fat ability to halve any Fire damage he takes, and Rain Dance to further weaken any Fire damage and boost Tamago's Water damage. Aqua Ring also enables him to restore 1/16 of his own health per turn, although Shinobu will be watching him carefully anyway. Hydro Pump and Surf are his main offensive tools, although he also has Whirlpool to help him along by trapping Arcanine and draining its HP over successive turns.
Shinobu remains the team's item dispenser.
Badge/Gym Leader: Brock/Boulder Elite/Regular: Regular Team:Mani the Milotic, Myrtille the Azumarill, Aoi the Samurott Battle Details: This one isn't so much about strategy as it is trying not to curb-stomp Brock's pokemon too hard.
Rhyhorn: A 4x weakness to Water is not great for Rhyhorn, especially as most of Shinobu's Water pokemon are at least twenty levels above it. The one exception is Mani the Milotic, who is actually two levels below Rhyhorn but still has a type advantage and STAB for his Water skills, plus Aqua Ring and Life Dew to keep himself healthy and Whirlpool to trap Rhyhorn and drain its HP. That said, Shinobu is still going to be watching Mani's health carefully, and will be swapping in Myrtille if it looks like Mani can't keep up. Unfortunately for Rhyhorn, Myrtille is a partial Water-type with STAB on all her Water moves. Also, she's level 50. So that's going to be even less great for Rhyhorn.
Golem: The good news is that Golem doesn't have a 4x weakness to Water. The bad news is that it's still only level 32 to Myrtille's 50 and its special defense stat is kind of terrible... and Myrtille has Surf. That's probably going to hurt.
Onix: Onix, sadly, does have a 4x weakness to water and is only level 35 to boot. It'll have to get very lucky to take down Myrtille and even if that happens, Aoi the Samurott is next in line. Aoi is also Water-type and has STAB for her Water skills, and is level 58. And has Surf.
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Badge/Gym Leader: Earth/Blue
Elite/Regular: Regular
Team: Akari the Chandelure, Kirin the Galarian Rapidash, Midori the Leafeon, Raiju the Luxray, Arashi the Morpeko, Tamago the Azumarill
Battle Details: Starting off with the harder battle before moving on to the breather round:
Exeggutor: Akari has a few skills that can help her here: Taunt to shut down Exeggutor's status attacks, Confuse Ray to inflict confusion on it, and the ability to hit at least three of its weaknesses (Fire, Ghost, and Bug - which Exeggutor has a 4x weakness to, although Akari won't get STAB damage with Skitter Smack). Akari also happens to be level 91 to Exeggutor's level 65, which isn't going to help the latter either. And if Exeggutor actually makes physical contact, Akari's Flame Body ability may leave it with Burn status on top of everything else. Given all of this, Exeggutor is unlikely to prevail here.
Machamp: Machamp is weak to Flying, Psychic, and Fairy. Kirin can hit two of those. She's also level 88, which may not put her over Machamp in terms of attack strength but will surely help; what will also help is that she takes only 1/4 damage from Fighting attacks. Psychic, Psycho Cut, and Dazzling Gleam are her main damage-dealers, once she's done buffing herself with Agility. Shinobu will be watching her health carefully, though, because most of what she has is attacks. This may come down to attrition - though if things do get bad, Tamago may come in to Bounce on Machamp a few times, just in case.
Rhydon: Midori - freshly equipped with a Miracle Seed and a Solar Beam TM purchased during Shinobu's initial trip to the Seafoam Islands - will be taking on Rhydon, debuffing it with Sand Attack and Charm and buffing herself with Swords Dance. She also has access to Sunny Day, and she'll use that before laying in with the aforementioned Solar Beam attack. She can also fall back on Leaf Blade, and Giga Drain to top her HP up if need be. Given that Midori is level 95 and Rhydon has a 4x Grass weakness, though, she may not need to.
Gyarados: This is Raiju's fight. She leads off with Electric Terrain to amp her Electric skills, followed by Scary Face to lower Gyarados's speed and Thunder Wave to hopefully paralyze it. She also has Intimidate, which will lower Gyarados's Attack stat, but Gyarados also having Intimidate will affect hers as well, so she's liable to rely more on Discharge and Rising Voltage (both of which run off Special Attack, not Attack) to do the bulk of the damage here. She'll also be using Charge to buff those two attacks even further, doubling the damage dealt and raising her own Special Defense in the process. Raiju is also level 85 to Gyarados's 68, which may also give her an edge.
Pidgeot: Raiju will likely be starting off here as well, with another casting of Electric Terrain, before swapping out for Arashi. Arashi does have a slight complication in that Aura Wheel is a Dark attack half the time, but the other half of the time it's Electric, and Arashi does have Rising Voltage to fall back on. Arashi also has Taunt, and will be using that to shut down Pidgeot's status moves right off, and buffing itself with Agility. Of course, Arashi is also only level 72, so if it starts to struggle against Pidgeot it will toss off one more Taunt and then make way for Raiju's return - and this time, Raiju won't have to worry about Intimidate, while being able to take full advantage of her own Intimidate ability to depress Pidgeot's attack.
Arcanine: This battle falls to Tamago, who has six levels on Arcanine, partial Water-typing (and thus STAB on all his Water skills), the Thick Fat ability to halve any Fire damage he takes, and Rain Dance to further weaken any Fire damage and boost Tamago's Water damage. Aqua Ring also enables him to restore 1/16 of his own health per turn, although Shinobu will be watching him carefully anyway. Hydro Pump and Surf are his main offensive tools, although he also has Whirlpool to help him along by trapping Arcanine and draining its HP over successive turns.
Shinobu remains the team's item dispenser.
Badge/Gym Leader: Brock/Boulder
Elite/Regular: Regular
Team: Mani the Milotic, Myrtille the Azumarill, Aoi the Samurott
Battle Details: This one isn't so much about strategy as it is trying not to curb-stomp Brock's pokemon too hard.
Rhyhorn: A 4x weakness to Water is not great for Rhyhorn, especially as most of Shinobu's Water pokemon are at least twenty levels above it. The one exception is Mani the Milotic, who is actually two levels below Rhyhorn but still has a type advantage and STAB for his Water skills, plus Aqua Ring and Life Dew to keep himself healthy and Whirlpool to trap Rhyhorn and drain its HP. That said, Shinobu is still going to be watching Mani's health carefully, and will be swapping in Myrtille if it looks like Mani can't keep up. Unfortunately for Rhyhorn, Myrtille is a partial Water-type with STAB on all her Water moves. Also, she's level 50. So that's going to be even less great for Rhyhorn.
Golem: The good news is that Golem doesn't have a 4x weakness to Water. The bad news is that it's still only level 32 to Myrtille's 50 and its special defense stat is kind of terrible... and Myrtille has Surf. That's probably going to hurt.
Onix: Onix, sadly, does have a 4x weakness to water and is only level 35 to boot. It'll have to get very lucky to take down Myrtille and even if that happens, Aoi the Samurott is next in line. Aoi is also Water-type and has STAB for her Water skills, and is level 58. And has Surf.
Shinobu will still be dispensing items as needed.