Character: Emporio Alniño | seacub Badge/Gym Leader: STORM BADGE Elite/Regular: REGULAR TEAM Team:Here- Gomera the Kangaskhan (Slide 10), Petals the Blissey (Slide 11), Mootiny the Tauros (Slide 14), Gobstopper the Lickilicky (Slide 15) and Cuja the Pangoro (Slide 6) Battle Details: Emporio's going into Chuck's Gym with plenty of preparation ahead of time- he's been training this team up specifically for this moment! One might wonder if perhaps he's focused on Psychics. Or maybe even grass. Or-
Who are we kidding it's a team of Normal Type 'classics' because of course it is.
While Cuja the Pangoro waits on the bench to clean up worst case, if Emporio plays his cards well it shouldn't be necessary at all. The first pokemon out on the field is the truest to the spirit of his theme this time around, and it's no surprise that in a team meant to comprise entirely of local Normal types, Gomera the Kangaskhan is the first out.
Gomera's ability won't do anything in this fight, nor does she have any immediate advantages with her moves. Her best strategy is ultimately in her ability to take hits despite the type disadvantage; Emporio to that end orders her to weather the storm 'and then use all [she's] got', and as Gomera alternates dodging and taking Hitmonlee's kicks, she'll be working between moves like Growl and Tail Whip to whittle down their power and defenses. Gomera doesn't have too long to do this though- and eventually, even if it takes using Endure to get there, she'll have to retaliate with Reversal- a move that only becomes stronger the lower her HP gets.
Gomera has an ace in the hole as well if needed- Outrage has no obvious advantage, but it's also not likely a move that Hitmonlee is expecting to see. Either way, if Gomera goes down she goes down, but even if she takes Hitmonlee out first, Emporio recalls her for the next pokemon-
Namely, Petals the Blissey. Petals is more of a Support pokemon, but she has what she needs to finish off Hitmonlee worst case- Disarming Voice will provide a small advantage, and she's been trained to use it right out the gates as soon as she's on the field. Emporio doesn't want her reliant on that though- in fact once that move is out of the way, whoever she's up against is being faced with a very different strategy. Emporio commands her to 'soften [the opponent] up', and in reply Petals will immediately begin to use Sing to get the opponent deep in slumber. Essentially, Petals is nothing more than a 'stop-gap', someone buying time between Gomera and the real 'next in line'.
That 'next in line' pokemon, is Emporio's Tauros. Charging out like...well, like a Tauros, what Mootiny lacks in brains, he makes up for in dedication. Emporio tried to keep things as simple as possible for poor Mootiny, especially since the bulky thing was so excited about working with the team at all. Defended slightly by the ability Anger Point- which will practically max out Mootiny's attack stat if a critical blow lands, Mootiny should be coming onto the field against Hitmonchan, with eyes perfectly trained to go for those red fists.
Naturally, Emporio's order is to just 'go'; and in this case, those horns will be employed heavily for 'Horn Attack'. If it looks like things are getting rough for the Tauros however, Emporio managed to teach him one sneaky little trick- as it turns out, Tauros have one damaging psychic move, and Mootiny will be charging happily along with that Zen Headbut the minute he hears Emporio tell him to 'let it shine'.
Arceus only knows how That ended up the trick phrase, but apparently it is, and with any luck, the glowing psychic headbutt will finish Hitmonchan off. If not, Petals is coming back out to repeat her expected song and dance, this time with the addition of alternating between Pound, Life Dew to heal, and Sing to lock the thing down.
Neither Mootiny nor Petals however, will be first on the field to see Chuck's Poliwrath however. Instead, Emporio sends out Gobstopper the Lickilicky! As is Emporio's to to, the finale for the fight is the one that has the most complicated commands- Emporio first tells Gobstopper to take Chuck's pokemon 'for a spin', and Gobstopper has more than a few ways to do that- starting by spinning personally to nail them with Supersonic, using Wrap, Disable, and Lick to more properly lock the poor thing in their massive tongue (as per Emporio's second command of 'Make it PERSONAL'), and then to add insult to injury, start Slaming the thing around like the Hulk decided to be pink today. Knock Off is without a doubt thrown in there ('Shake 'm loose!'), but if even that isn't enough, Gobstopper has one final resort to rely upon.
Which is for Emporio to shout loudly, and clearly, that Gobstopper needs to make Poliwrath GREEN with force.
And well, at that point, Gobstopper's Power Whip is probably going to absolutely wreck shop with the poor Poliwrath, what with the water typing.
Ultimately, should worse come to worse, there are a few backup methods- first, if it seems Petals is on her last legs, Emporio will order her to 'prep the field' and cause her to use 'Healing Wish', if only to make sure whoever goes out next is at least topped off for health. Second is Emporio's Pangoro Cuja, who is more than willing to fulfill the command of 'Punch(ing) them out' with a series of Bullet Punches. Not to mention whatever other punches the bear wants to deliver.
attacks this challenge with renewed vigor-
Badge/Gym Leader: STORM BADGE
Elite/Regular: REGULAR TEAM
Team: Here- Gomera the Kangaskhan (Slide 10), Petals the Blissey (Slide 11), Mootiny the Tauros (Slide 14), Gobstopper the Lickilicky (Slide 15) and Cuja the Pangoro (Slide 6)
Battle Details: Emporio's going into Chuck's Gym with plenty of preparation ahead of time- he's been training this team up specifically for this moment! One might wonder if perhaps he's focused on Psychics. Or maybe even grass. Or-
Who are we kidding it's a team of Normal Type 'classics' because of course it is.
While Cuja the Pangoro waits on the bench to clean up worst case, if Emporio plays his cards well it shouldn't be necessary at all. The first pokemon out on the field is the truest to the spirit of his theme this time around, and it's no surprise that in a team meant to comprise entirely of local Normal types, Gomera the Kangaskhan is the first out.
Gomera's ability won't do anything in this fight, nor does she have any immediate advantages with her moves. Her best strategy is ultimately in her ability to take hits despite the type disadvantage; Emporio to that end orders her to weather the storm 'and then use all [she's] got', and as Gomera alternates dodging and taking Hitmonlee's kicks, she'll be working between moves like Growl and Tail Whip to whittle down their power and defenses. Gomera doesn't have too long to do this though- and eventually, even if it takes using Endure to get there, she'll have to retaliate with Reversal- a move that only becomes stronger the lower her HP gets.
Gomera has an ace in the hole as well if needed- Outrage has no obvious advantage, but it's also not likely a move that Hitmonlee is expecting to see. Either way, if Gomera goes down she goes down, but even if she takes Hitmonlee out first, Emporio recalls her for the next pokemon-
Namely, Petals the Blissey. Petals is more of a Support pokemon, but she has what she needs to finish off Hitmonlee worst case- Disarming Voice will provide a small advantage, and she's been trained to use it right out the gates as soon as she's on the field. Emporio doesn't want her reliant on that though- in fact once that move is out of the way, whoever she's up against is being faced with a very different strategy. Emporio commands her to 'soften [the opponent] up', and in reply Petals will immediately begin to use Sing to get the opponent deep in slumber. Essentially, Petals is nothing more than a 'stop-gap', someone buying time between Gomera and the real 'next in line'.
That 'next in line' pokemon, is Emporio's Tauros. Charging out like...well, like a Tauros, what Mootiny lacks in brains, he makes up for in dedication. Emporio tried to keep things as simple as possible for poor Mootiny, especially since the bulky thing was so excited about working with the team at all. Defended slightly by the ability Anger Point- which will practically max out Mootiny's attack stat if a critical blow lands, Mootiny should be coming onto the field against Hitmonchan, with eyes perfectly trained to go for those red fists.
Naturally, Emporio's order is to just 'go'; and in this case, those horns will be employed heavily for 'Horn Attack'. If it looks like things are getting rough for the Tauros however, Emporio managed to teach him one sneaky little trick- as it turns out, Tauros have one damaging psychic move, and Mootiny will be charging happily along with that Zen Headbut the minute he hears Emporio tell him to 'let it shine'.
Arceus only knows how That ended up the trick phrase, but apparently it is, and with any luck, the glowing psychic headbutt will finish Hitmonchan off. If not, Petals is coming back out to repeat her expected song and dance, this time with the addition of alternating between Pound, Life Dew to heal, and Sing to lock the thing down.
Neither Mootiny nor Petals however, will be first on the field to see Chuck's Poliwrath however. Instead, Emporio sends out Gobstopper the Lickilicky! As is Emporio's to to, the finale for the fight is the one that has the most complicated commands- Emporio first tells Gobstopper to take Chuck's pokemon 'for a spin', and Gobstopper has more than a few ways to do that- starting by spinning personally to nail them with Supersonic, using Wrap, Disable, and Lick to more properly lock the poor thing in their massive tongue (as per Emporio's second command of 'Make it PERSONAL'), and then to add insult to injury, start Slaming the thing around like the Hulk decided to be pink today. Knock Off is without a doubt thrown in there ('Shake 'm loose!'), but if even that isn't enough, Gobstopper has one final resort to rely upon.
Which is for Emporio to shout loudly, and clearly, that Gobstopper needs to make Poliwrath GREEN with force.
And well, at that point, Gobstopper's Power Whip is probably going to absolutely wreck shop with the poor Poliwrath, what with the water typing.
Ultimately, should worse come to worse, there are a few backup methods- first, if it seems Petals is on her last legs, Emporio will order her to 'prep the field' and cause her to use 'Healing Wish', if only to make sure whoever goes out next is at least topped off for health. Second is Emporio's Pangoro Cuja, who is more than willing to fulfill the command of 'Punch(ing) them out' with a series of Bullet Punches. Not to mention whatever other punches the bear wants to deliver.