Lance This one is also largely Rose’s fight, given her immunity to Dragon, though they were going in expecting that “Dragon” would be a loose definition at best even before Sion’s attempt at the Elite Four, so. Rose will start, and she’ll immediately start with Dual Screens, because might as well halve the damage coming in, even if it doesn’t get Dragon STAB. From there, for the actual Dragons in the party, it’s time for Ice Beam spam.
Because all of the actual Dragons in Lance’s party? Yeah, they’re 4x weak to Ice. (I mean, she’s also got Moonblast and Hidden Power Dragon. It’s not like she doesn’t have the toolbox to take out Dragons that are neutral to Ice. But that 4x weakness is just too much to pass up. Plus the miniscule Freeze chance. You never know.) And, well. Rose isn’t the only one with Ice-type moves, even if she eventually goes down to something. Fyn has Ice Fang, and though it’s not exactly optimal because he’s more of a physical attacker, Jehra has Hidden Power Ice.
Now, I know what you’re thinking. Taking out the actual Dragon-types in the party with a 4x weakness is great and all, but there’s still Gyarados and Charizard to contend with. ...Rose doesn’t really care, though, because she’s got all of the elemental TMs she’s learned over the years, and she’s not afraid to use them. Specifically, Gyarados has a 4x weakness to Thunderbolt, and Rose does spar with Fyn pretty often too, so she knows how Gyarados fight. Charizard doesn’t have a 4x weakness that Rose can easily exploit, meanwhile, but she does know Water Pulse, and Charizard is also weak to Thunderbolt.
Also. You know. Charizard can be taken out easily with a 2x STAB Waterfall from Fyn. And if Rose can’t take out the Gyarados, a 4x STAB Thunderbolt from Glen will certainly finish it off.
Jehra and Lori are mostly support for this fight. If they’re needed to stall for time for Rose to recover a bit, they’ll just use their best STAB moves to try and clean up what they can. But ultimately, this is Rose’s fight, and Ryner will be trying to make sure that Rose stays healed and healthy so that she can, if nothing else, deal the finishing blow.
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Lance
This one is also largely Rose’s fight, given her immunity to Dragon, though they were going in expecting that “Dragon” would be a loose definition at best even before Sion’s attempt at the Elite Four, so. Rose will start, and she’ll immediately start with Dual Screens, because might as well halve the damage coming in, even if it doesn’t get Dragon STAB. From there, for the actual Dragons in the party, it’s time for Ice Beam spam.
Because all of the actual Dragons in Lance’s party? Yeah, they’re 4x weak to Ice. (I mean, she’s also got Moonblast and Hidden Power Dragon. It’s not like she doesn’t have the toolbox to take out Dragons that are neutral to Ice. But that 4x weakness is just too much to pass up. Plus the miniscule Freeze chance. You never know.) And, well. Rose isn’t the only one with Ice-type moves, even if she eventually goes down to something. Fyn has Ice Fang, and though it’s not exactly optimal because he’s more of a physical attacker, Jehra has Hidden Power Ice.
Now, I know what you’re thinking. Taking out the actual Dragon-types in the party with a 4x weakness is great and all, but there’s still Gyarados and Charizard to contend with. ...Rose doesn’t really care, though, because she’s got all of the elemental TMs she’s learned over the years, and she’s not afraid to use them. Specifically, Gyarados has a 4x weakness to Thunderbolt, and Rose does spar with Fyn pretty often too, so she knows how Gyarados fight. Charizard doesn’t have a 4x weakness that Rose can easily exploit, meanwhile, but she does know Water Pulse, and Charizard is also weak to Thunderbolt.
Also. You know. Charizard can be taken out easily with a 2x STAB Waterfall from Fyn. And if Rose can’t take out the Gyarados, a 4x STAB Thunderbolt from Glen will certainly finish it off.
Jehra and Lori are mostly support for this fight. If they’re needed to stall for time for Rose to recover a bit, they’ll just use their best STAB moves to try and clean up what they can. But ultimately, this is Rose’s fight, and Ryner will be trying to make sure that Rose stays healed and healthy so that she can, if nothing else, deal the finishing blow.