Riz could make this battle easy on himself by just using his level 100 pokemon, but he is training for that upcoming tournament, so he wants to focus on using the pokemon he'll be using at the tournament too.
VS Rhyhorn
Against Rhyhorn, Riz'll be bringing out his Sableye. Sableye is holding a Sitrus Berry to heal itself when its HP gets low. Sableye does happen to resist Rhyhorn's normal attacks, but it takes normal damage from any ground or rock moves. But again, this is training for the tournament!
First things first, Riz'll have Sableye use Confuse Ray. Sableye can't exactly tank too many heavy ground/rock moves, so he hopes that with the confusion, Rhyhorn will be missing at least part of the time.
After that, he'll switch to using Water pulse. This will both target Rhyhorn's 4x weakness to water, but also, if at any point it recovers from its confusion, Water Pulse has a chance of confusing it again. Should he become unable to use Water Pulse, he'll switch to using Dig. It only does 2x damage to Rhyhorn, but Sableye will be underground for part of the time, dodging hits.
Other than this, Riz honestly doesn't have much other strategy planned. He just hopes the 4x-effective water move is enough.
VS Golem
At the start of this battle, Riz will use a potion to bring Sableye back up to full health. After that, he'll repeat his strategy from the first battle; 1. Confuse ray, 2. Water Pulse, 3. Dig. Golem has the same weakness as Rhyhorn, so he hopes it will be similarly effective.
That said, Riz is also realistic and knows there is a good chance Sableye won't be able to take out both Rhyhorn and Golem. So when Sableye goes down (or is just seriously down in HP), he'll bring out his Honedge.
Honedge does have a weakness to Ground moves, but it resists Rock moves, and Golem's moveset is heavily tilted towards Rock moves. Additionally, Golem has a weakness to steel and fighting moves. Like Sableye, Honedge will be holding a Chesto Berry.
To start off, Riz will have Honedge use Rock Smash, a fighting move that has a high chance of lowering the target's defence. He'll have Honedge use this two or three times (depending on how its HP is looking), before switching to using Sacred Sword. Should either of these moves become unavailable, he has Iron Head too. Which has a chance of making the other pokemon flinch, but seeing as Honedge moves slowly and will be going last, that won't be very useful.
Honedge is holding a Chesto Berry, so if his HP is becoming seriously low, Riz will have him use rest to regain his HP, and he'll immediately pop back up awake. He won't hesitate to use rest again if Honedge becomes low once, more but in that case, Honedge will remain asleep for at least two rounds.
VS Onix
Hopefully, Honedge will still be with us at this point. He is higher in level than Brock's pokemon, and if everything went according to plan, he didn't have to take out a fully healthy Golem.
Like with Golem, Onix is weak to Steel and fighting. Honedge remains weak to ground (that didn't just disappear between rounds) but Onix has fewer ground moves than anything else, so hopefully, Brock'll toss other things at him too.
Riz's strategy will be much the same as against Golem. Start off with a few Rock Smashes to hopefully bring Onix's defence down. Use highly damaging Sacred Sword to chip away at him further, and maybe throw in an Iron Head too if there is a need. Rest will be used (with or without Chesto Berry) in case Honedge's HP drops low.
And just in case Honedge goes down, Riz will be bringing his Wishiwashi Niknik as back-up to this fight. She is a water type, with many water type moves and also, is much higher in level than any of Brock's pokemon. If/when brought into the fight, she is going to school and then just focus on all her heavy hitting water type moves (hydro pump, surf, brine when Onix is at half HP) Again, the focus here is on giving Honedge and Sableye as much battle experience as possible, but also, Riz has no intention of losing, so Niknik is there to step in when the boys can't handle things.
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Badge/Gym Leader: Brock / Boulder badge / Pewter City
Elite/Regular: Regular team
Team: Chit the Sableye (lvl 33), Grum the Honedge (lvl 48), Niknik the Wishiwash (lvl 79)
Battle Details:
Riz could make this battle easy on himself by just using his level 100 pokemon, but he is training for that upcoming tournament, so he wants to focus on using the pokemon he'll be using at the tournament too.
VS Rhyhorn
Against Rhyhorn, Riz'll be bringing out his Sableye. Sableye is holding a Sitrus Berry to heal itself when its HP gets low. Sableye does happen to resist Rhyhorn's normal attacks, but it takes normal damage from any ground or rock moves. But again, this is training for the tournament!
First things first, Riz'll have Sableye use Confuse Ray. Sableye can't exactly tank too many heavy ground/rock moves, so he hopes that with the confusion, Rhyhorn will be missing at least part of the time.
After that, he'll switch to using Water pulse. This will both target Rhyhorn's 4x weakness to water, but also, if at any point it recovers from its confusion, Water Pulse has a chance of confusing it again. Should he become unable to use Water Pulse, he'll switch to using Dig. It only does 2x damage to Rhyhorn, but Sableye will be underground for part of the time, dodging hits.
Other than this, Riz honestly doesn't have much other strategy planned. He just hopes the 4x-effective water move is enough.
VS Golem
At the start of this battle, Riz will use a potion to bring Sableye back up to full health. After that, he'll repeat his strategy from the first battle; 1. Confuse ray, 2. Water Pulse, 3. Dig. Golem has the same weakness as Rhyhorn, so he hopes it will be similarly effective.
That said, Riz is also realistic and knows there is a good chance Sableye won't be able to take out both Rhyhorn and Golem. So when Sableye goes down (or is just seriously down in HP), he'll bring out his Honedge.
Honedge does have a weakness to Ground moves, but it resists Rock moves, and Golem's moveset is heavily tilted towards Rock moves. Additionally, Golem has a weakness to steel and fighting moves. Like Sableye, Honedge will be holding a Chesto Berry.
To start off, Riz will have Honedge use Rock Smash, a fighting move that has a high chance of lowering the target's defence. He'll have Honedge use this two or three times (depending on how its HP is looking), before switching to using Sacred Sword. Should either of these moves become unavailable, he has Iron Head too. Which has a chance of making the other pokemon flinch, but seeing as Honedge moves slowly and will be going last, that won't be very useful.
Honedge is holding a Chesto Berry, so if his HP is becoming seriously low, Riz will have him use rest to regain his HP, and he'll immediately pop back up awake. He won't hesitate to use rest again if Honedge becomes low once, more but in that case, Honedge will remain asleep for at least two rounds.
VS Onix
Hopefully, Honedge will still be with us at this point. He is higher in level than Brock's pokemon, and if everything went according to plan, he didn't have to take out a fully healthy Golem.
Like with Golem, Onix is weak to Steel and fighting. Honedge remains weak to ground (that didn't just disappear between rounds) but Onix has fewer ground moves than anything else, so hopefully, Brock'll toss other things at him too.
Riz's strategy will be much the same as against Golem. Start off with a few Rock Smashes to hopefully bring Onix's defence down. Use highly damaging Sacred Sword to chip away at him further, and maybe throw in an Iron Head too if there is a need. Rest will be used (with or without Chesto Berry) in case Honedge's HP drops low.
And just in case Honedge goes down, Riz will be bringing his Wishiwashi Niknik as back-up to this fight. She is a water type, with many water type moves and also, is much higher in level than any of Brock's pokemon. If/when brought into the fight, she is going to school and then just focus on all her heavy hitting water type moves (hydro pump, surf, brine when Onix is at half HP) Again, the focus here is on giving Honedge and Sableye as much battle experience as possible, but also, Riz has no intention of losing, so Niknik is there to step in when the boys can't handle things.