Armin will start off his battle using Bismarck against Falkner's Noctowl. Bismarck is a little weaker in levels than Noctowl, however he's resistant against normal, flying and psychic attacks, which Armin knows from experience makes up the majority of Noctowl's attacks. At first, Armin will mainly be using zen headbutt and confusion, hoping to either confuse or make Falkner's noctowl flinch. He might even throw in the occasional metal claw hoping for the attack boost. When Bismarck's HP starts getting low, he'll switch to using bullet punch, in order to get the first punch in so to speak, so he can at least do some damage even if he is defeated on that round. Furthermore, knowing that Noctowl knows hypnosis, Armin will be carrying plenty of awakenings to make sure his pokemon won't be sleeping on the job.
If Bismarck makes it through this round, Armin's intention will be to switch him out against Honchkrow, knowing of the metang's weakness to dark moves, but Bismarck, being a rather stubborn douche, will refuse. He'll start off the battle with Miracle eye to make Honchkrow vulnerable to psychic attacks and then go back to spamming confusion and zen headbutt until Bismarck is defeated.
At which point it is time for Juniper to make her gym debut. Armin's strategy for her is to first lower Honchkrow's accuracy by using a good few smokescreens. Once Juniper is sufficiently cloaked in a good screen of smoke, he'll switch to focusing on inducing poison in Falkner's Honchkrow by using poison tail and depending on her poison point ability. Once this has been achieved, he'll switch to using any and all of Juniper's damage dealing moves (safe for poison tail), to chip away at its HP. If the poisoning heals, he'll switch back to trying to inflict that until Honchkrow faints.
Against Falkner's pigeot, Juniper will start out with the same strategy (smoke screen -> poison tail -> damaging moves), but she will drop the smoke screen if it turns out his pigeot has the keen eye ability. Armin is hoping that Juniper will be enough to finish this battle, but if not--
-- Behold Amadeus! Armin knows Amadeus doesn't really have any advantages against Pigeot, being that they are the exact same types, but he hopes Amadeus' higher level will be enough. Amadeus will start out switching between hypnosis and Air slash, hoping to put Pigeon to sleep or to make it flinch. He might even throw in a confusion or two. And if that all doesn't work, there's still uproar to depend on.
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Badge/Gym Leader: Falkner, Violet City Gym
Elite/Regular: Regular
Team: Amadeus the noctowl (lvl 43); Juniper the Skrelp (lvl 37); Bismarck the Metang (lvl 28);
Battle Details:
Armin will start off his battle using Bismarck against Falkner's Noctowl. Bismarck is a little weaker in levels than Noctowl, however he's resistant against normal, flying and psychic attacks, which Armin knows from experience makes up the majority of Noctowl's attacks. At first, Armin will mainly be using zen headbutt and confusion, hoping to either confuse or make Falkner's noctowl flinch. He might even throw in the occasional metal claw hoping for the attack boost. When Bismarck's HP starts getting low, he'll switch to using bullet punch, in order to get the first punch in so to speak, so he can at least do some damage even if he is defeated on that round. Furthermore, knowing that Noctowl knows hypnosis, Armin will be carrying plenty of awakenings to make sure his pokemon won't be sleeping on the job.
If Bismarck makes it through this round, Armin's intention will be to switch him out against Honchkrow, knowing of the metang's weakness to dark moves, but Bismarck, being a rather stubborn douche, will refuse. He'll start off the battle with Miracle eye to make Honchkrow vulnerable to psychic attacks and then go back to spamming confusion and zen headbutt until Bismarck is defeated.
At which point it is time for Juniper to make her gym debut. Armin's strategy for her is to first lower Honchkrow's accuracy by using a good few smokescreens. Once Juniper is sufficiently cloaked in a good screen of smoke, he'll switch to focusing on inducing poison in Falkner's Honchkrow by using poison tail and depending on her poison point ability. Once this has been achieved, he'll switch to using any and all of Juniper's damage dealing moves (safe for poison tail), to chip away at its HP. If the poisoning heals, he'll switch back to trying to inflict that until Honchkrow faints.
Against Falkner's pigeot, Juniper will start out with the same strategy (smoke screen -> poison tail -> damaging moves), but she will drop the smoke screen if it turns out his pigeot has the keen eye ability. Armin is hoping that Juniper will be enough to finish this battle, but if not--
-- Behold Amadeus! Armin knows Amadeus doesn't really have any advantages against Pigeot, being that they are the exact same types, but he hopes Amadeus' higher level will be enough. Amadeus will start out switching between hypnosis and Air slash, hoping to put Pigeon to sleep or to make it flinch. He might even throw in a confusion or two. And if that all doesn't work, there's still uproar to depend on.