Character: Princess Allura | heartofalioness Badge/Gym Leader: Chuck, Storm Badge Elite/Regular: Regular Team:Keith the Corviknight, Golplatt the "Togedemaru", and Pualani the Tsareena Battle Details: Allura will be starting off with Keith versus Hitmonlee. While Steel negates Flying's resistance to Fighting, and Hitmonlee's Attack is *very* high, Keith has nearly as good a Defense and should be able to withstand most of Hitmonlee's moves. Blaze Kick might pose a problem though, so Allura will arm Keith with a Lum berry and have him start out with Swagger. This might be risky raising his opponent's Attack even higher, but the confusion should come in handy while Keith uses Iron Defense before diving in to for a barrage of Steel Wings- which also has a chance to raise Keith's defense even more- and Drill Pecks. If Hitmonlee does manage to land a solid hit, that sets Keith up for a Payback, which might not be as effective on a pure Fighting type but should still deal a good bit of damage if the move hit hard enough.
Up next is Golplatt, who gives a few little shivers to show he's totally a Togedemaru and super definitely nervous about being a little Electric/Steel baby against a big strong Fighting type like Hitmonchan. Outside Golplatt's immunity to Normal and Fighting moves, the matchup is fairly even stat-wise, with Hitmonchan having the upper hand (upper glove?) on Attack and has a really nice selection of abilities, while Golplatt has the higher Speed, and his Disguise will make sure the first connecting attack only does 1/8th of his HP in damage. SURPRISE, Golplatt was a Mimikyu this whole time! Hitmonchan totally fell for it, right??? So Golplatt will start out with Double Team (hopefully the Punching Pokemon doesn't have Keen Eye) to make him even harder to hit before darting forward to Play Rough with a few Astonishes thrown in for the flinch chance if Hitmonchan doesn't have Inner Focus. Bullet Punch could still do a lot of damage, but that's where the Mimikyu's Pain Split comes in if Hitmonchan is in better shape, equalizing their HP and potentially bringing the match closer to victory. And Golplatt will also be armed with a Lum berry to protect against the elemental punches' effects.
Last but not least is Pualani versus Poliwrath. This one is a lot more straightforward with Grass vs Water and a huge experience gap. Tsareena will lead with Attract for a 50/50 infatuation chance, followed up by Teeter Dance to confuse the Tadpole Pokémon, which can either stack with the infatuation or be used in place of it, depending on if Poliwrath is into lady-mons. This sets Pualani up to unleash a flurry of Trop Kicks and Power Whips, the former of which should lower Poliwrath's Attack, which should be useful in diminishing any Belly Drums. And thankfully Allura armed Pualani with a Lum berry, so she should be safe from Hypnosis for at least a little while, even if Allura wasn't expecting a sleep-inducing move from a Fighting Pokémon.
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Badge/Gym Leader: Chuck, Storm Badge
Elite/Regular: Regular
Team: Keith the Corviknight, Golplatt the "Togedemaru", and Pualani the Tsareena
Battle Details:
Allura will be starting off with Keith versus Hitmonlee. While Steel negates Flying's resistance to Fighting, and Hitmonlee's Attack is *very* high, Keith has nearly as good a Defense and should be able to withstand most of Hitmonlee's moves. Blaze Kick might pose a problem though, so Allura will arm Keith with a Lum berry and have him start out with Swagger. This might be risky raising his opponent's Attack even higher, but the confusion should come in handy while Keith uses Iron Defense before diving in to for a barrage of Steel Wings- which also has a chance to raise Keith's defense even more- and Drill Pecks. If Hitmonlee does manage to land a solid hit, that sets Keith up for a Payback, which might not be as effective on a pure Fighting type but should still deal a good bit of damage if the move hit hard enough.
Up next is Golplatt, who gives a few little shivers to show he's totally a Togedemaru and super definitely nervous about being a little Electric/Steel baby against a big strong Fighting type like Hitmonchan. Outside Golplatt's immunity to Normal and Fighting moves, the matchup is fairly even stat-wise, with Hitmonchan having the upper hand (upper glove?) on Attack and has a really nice selection of abilities, while Golplatt has the higher Speed, and his Disguise will make sure the first connecting attack only does 1/8th of his HP in damage. SURPRISE, Golplatt was a Mimikyu this whole time! Hitmonchan totally fell for it, right??? So Golplatt will start out with Double Team (hopefully the Punching Pokemon doesn't have Keen Eye) to make him even harder to hit before darting forward to Play Rough with a few Astonishes thrown in for the flinch chance if Hitmonchan doesn't have Inner Focus. Bullet Punch could still do a lot of damage, but that's where the Mimikyu's Pain Split comes in if Hitmonchan is in better shape, equalizing their HP and potentially bringing the match closer to victory. And Golplatt will also be armed with a Lum berry to protect against the elemental punches' effects.
Last but not least is Pualani versus Poliwrath. This one is a lot more straightforward with Grass vs Water and a huge experience gap. Tsareena will lead with Attract for a 50/50 infatuation chance, followed up by Teeter Dance to confuse the Tadpole Pokémon, which can either stack with the infatuation or be used in place of it, depending on if Poliwrath is into lady-mons. This sets Pualani up to unleash a flurry of Trop Kicks and Power Whips, the former of which should lower Poliwrath's Attack, which should be useful in diminishing any Belly Drums. And thankfully Allura armed Pualani with a Lum berry, so she should be safe from Hypnosis for at least a little while, even if Allura wasn't expecting a sleep-inducing move from a Fighting Pokémon.