It's Cloud's debut as a trainer and he's ready. ...probably. The last time he decided to shoot his shot, he was...well, shot down. But that was SOLDIER and this is Pokemon, and he likes to think he's gotten pretty good at this battling thing. He sure hopes so, given that he waited to challenge the first gym until he had practiced plenty against Zack's team and studied some basic strategy.
Cadet, Materia, and Nibel are all of types with advantages over Flying and of comparable levels with two of Falkner's three birds, so Cloud's hoping that will be enough to carry the battle on its own. He plans to come out swinging with those Rock, Electric, and Ice supereffective moves, and if push comes to shove, well - Materia recently learned how to explode, so there's that, too. It also knows Rollout!
Vane is lower in level but can make it Hail, both dealing extra damage to the birds and turning itself into an Ice type with resistance to Flying moves and STAB with Powder Snow. If its lower level is too much of a hindrance, Cloud can switch it out for Nibel after it uses Hail and keep the weather advantage. Goldilocks is here primarily as a counter to Honchkrow in case something happens and he needs the Fairy backup; it's a slightly lower level, but Fairy Lock can keep Falkner from switching to a Pokemon that doesn't have a Fairy weakness, and Goldilocks can restore its own health with supereffective Draining Kisses.
And CJ...well, CJ is here in case none of that works and he needs to come in and stomp some birds 20-odd levels lower than he is with Fairy moves and Perish Song. But Cloud would like to let his whole team shine, even if it's more of a risk! For their sakes, and for his own; he wants to show Falkner that he knows what he's doing and he's serious about this challenge.
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Badge/Gym Leader: Zephyr Badge/Falkner
Elite/Regular: Regular!
Team: Cadet the Lycanroc (lvl 30), Materia the Voltorb (lvl 28), Nibel the Glaceon (lvl 30), Vane the Castform (lvl 21), CJ the Altaria (lvl 51), Goldilocks the Klefki (lvl 27)
Battle Details:
It's Cloud's debut as a trainer and he's ready. ...probably. The last time he decided to shoot his shot, he was...well, shot down. But that was SOLDIER and this is Pokemon, and he likes to think he's gotten pretty good at this battling thing. He sure hopes so, given that he waited to challenge the first gym until he had practiced plenty against Zack's team and studied some basic strategy.
Cadet, Materia, and Nibel are all of types with advantages over Flying and of comparable levels with two of Falkner's three birds, so Cloud's hoping that will be enough to carry the battle on its own. He plans to come out swinging with those Rock, Electric, and Ice supereffective moves, and if push comes to shove, well - Materia recently learned how to explode, so there's that, too. It also knows Rollout!
Vane is lower in level but can make it Hail, both dealing extra damage to the birds and turning itself into an Ice type with resistance to Flying moves and STAB with Powder Snow. If its lower level is too much of a hindrance, Cloud can switch it out for Nibel after it uses Hail and keep the weather advantage. Goldilocks is here primarily as a counter to Honchkrow in case something happens and he needs the Fairy backup; it's a slightly lower level, but Fairy Lock can keep Falkner from switching to a Pokemon that doesn't have a Fairy weakness, and Goldilocks can restore its own health with supereffective Draining Kisses.
And CJ...well, CJ is here in case none of that works and he needs to come in and stomp some birds 20-odd levels lower than he is with Fairy moves and Perish Song. But Cloud would like to let his whole team shine, even if it's more of a risk! For their sakes, and for his own; he wants to show Falkner that he knows what he's doing and he's serious about this challenge.