Character: Jotaro Kujo | phdepression Badge/Gym Leader: Plain Elite/Regular: Regular Team:Cirrata the Grapploct, Crank the Revavroom, and Qtaro the Pangoro Battle Details: Hi Whitney. Sorry, Jotaro's not cute and he's brought no cute Pokemon along. He's just here with his team to win.
Jotaro is going to open up with his Revavroom, Crank. Unless Whitney opens up with Girafarig, Jotaro is going to have Crank open up with Poison Gas to poison Whitney's lead. After that, Crank will lower Whitney's Pokemon's defense using Screech before following up with some STAB'ed Iron Heads. Crank has good bulk and great offensive capabilities, so it's likely able to take out the Clefable quickly and do some good damage to Miltank even if it has to tank a super-effective hit or two. If forced to stay out against the Girafarig, Crank is fast and will use Assurance to attack it for more damage. However, due to Crank's low Special Defense, Jotaro's hoping not to have to resort to this.
The preferred counter to Girafarig is the Pangoro, Qtaro. Girafarig can't do much to hit Pangoro, being a Dark/Fighting type, but Qtaro can certainly hit it with Crunch to lower defense and Night Slash. He can also raise his attack with Work Up. However, being the only Pokemon not weak to Psychic moves, Jotaro will try and preserve his Pangoro until the Girafarig gets taken down, preferentially switching to his other Pokemon if Clefable or Miltank is out. Once the Girafarig is down, Jotaro will let his Pangoro stay out and use Bullet Punch against Clefairy for a super-effective move with priority or Vital Throw against the Miltank to guarantee a meaty hit.
And oh boy, Whitney's Miltank. Jotaro has heard horror stories about it and has made sure he has something ready to fight it. Saved in the back for that thing is Cirrata, the Grapploct. Jotaro will set up with Bulk Up to make sure his friendly octopus has Attack and Defense to deal damage while taking minimal damage. If Whitney also starts setting up, Jotaro will try stop that in its tracks with Taunt and continue setting up. Once she's forced to attack him, he'll have Cirrata crack his tentacles and use Reversal. Whitney hits hard, so Jotaro plans on sending that strength right back at her.
Jotaro's Pokemon have been chosen to take out specific Pokemon of Whitney's. However, they do have good coverage and are able to fight the Pokemon not assigned to them. Jotaro may love Water types but Fighting Types are a close second, and hopefully he'll be able to take home another badge.
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Character: Jotaro Kujo | phdepression Badge/Gym Leader: Fog Elite/Regular: Regular Team:Yume the Noctowl, Landmine the Overqwil and Aggression the Annihilape Battle Details: You see ghosts, Morty? Well, so does he. JoJo, no. That's the trauma. But while Jotaro feels dead inside, he's certainly got enough life in him to challenge this gym.
Jotaro will open the fight with Yume the Noctowl against Morty's Haunter and Gengar for three reasons, 1) She's partially normal type and thus immune to almost all of Haunter and Gengar's moves, 2) She learns Extrasensory which hits for super-effective damage, and 3) she has the ability Insomnia, stopping Morty from putting her to sleep. With her high special attack, Roost to restore her HP, and Reflect to reduce the damage that Sucker Punch or Payback would deal, this tireless bird should be able to clean up Morty's main two Pokemon in no time.
If Morty sends out Misdreavus and Jotaro can switch, he's going to send out his Overqwil, Landmine. Landmine only really has Bite for Super Effective damage but Misdreavus has middling defenses at best. Additionally, he resists nearly every attack Misdreavus can throw, and Jotaro will have him use minimise just to make things infuriating. Jotaro's confident that Landmine can play the long game and outlast Misdreavus for the most part.
Unless Morty pulls out the Perish Song. Jotaro's Pokemon do outclass Morty but if Morty is willing to sack his Pokemon by doing the feared Mean Look and Perish Song combo, there's not a lot he can do. The second Mean Look comes out, Jotaro is going to abandon his usual strategy of set-up and start ordering super effective moves. And if both their Pokemon go down, well... Well that's why you don't only have one Pokemon to fight a gym. You always bring a hard-hitting backup.
That backup being Aggression the Annihilape. While most of Morty's ghosts are faster than Aggression, they all have the defense of wet paper towels. A combination that is not good when facing Annihilape's Rage Fist. Rage Fist doubles in power when the Pokemon is hit... so good luck surviving Annihilape's super-effective STAB move that will be 100 base power at minimum after Morty hits.
TLDR: Jotaro's going to try play smart and play around the strengths of Morty's ghosts. But if he's backed in a corner, he's gonna just release the angry monkey and hopefully win. The battle could go either way but hopefully that's the 4th badge of Johto right there.
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Badge/Gym Leader: Plain
Elite/Regular: Regular
Team: Cirrata the Grapploct, Crank the Revavroom, and Qtaro the Pangoro
Battle Details: Hi Whitney. Sorry, Jotaro's not cute and he's brought no cute Pokemon along. He's just here with his team to win.
Jotaro is going to open up with his Revavroom, Crank. Unless Whitney opens up with Girafarig, Jotaro is going to have Crank open up with Poison Gas to poison Whitney's lead. After that, Crank will lower Whitney's Pokemon's defense using Screech before following up with some STAB'ed Iron Heads. Crank has good bulk and great offensive capabilities, so it's likely able to take out the Clefable quickly and do some good damage to Miltank even if it has to tank a super-effective hit or two. If forced to stay out against the Girafarig, Crank is fast and will use Assurance to attack it for more damage. However, due to Crank's low Special Defense, Jotaro's hoping not to have to resort to this.
The preferred counter to Girafarig is the Pangoro, Qtaro. Girafarig can't do much to hit Pangoro, being a Dark/Fighting type, but Qtaro can certainly hit it with Crunch to lower defense and Night Slash. He can also raise his attack with Work Up. However, being the only Pokemon not weak to Psychic moves, Jotaro will try and preserve his Pangoro until the Girafarig gets taken down, preferentially switching to his other Pokemon if Clefable or Miltank is out. Once the Girafarig is down, Jotaro will let his Pangoro stay out and use Bullet Punch against Clefairy for a super-effective move with priority or Vital Throw against the Miltank to guarantee a meaty hit.
And oh boy, Whitney's Miltank. Jotaro has heard horror stories about it and has made sure he has something ready to fight it. Saved in the back for that thing is Cirrata, the Grapploct. Jotaro will set up with Bulk Up to make sure his friendly octopus has Attack and Defense to deal damage while taking minimal damage. If Whitney also starts setting up, Jotaro will try stop that in its tracks with Taunt and continue setting up. Once she's forced to attack him, he'll have Cirrata crack his tentacles and use Reversal. Whitney hits hard, so Jotaro plans on sending that strength right back at her.
Jotaro's Pokemon have been chosen to take out specific Pokemon of Whitney's. However, they do have good coverage and are able to fight the Pokemon not assigned to them. Jotaro may love Water types but Fighting Types are a close second, and hopefully he'll be able to take home another badge.
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Character: Jotaro Kujo |
Badge/Gym Leader: Fog
Elite/Regular: Regular
Team: Yume the Noctowl, Landmine the Overqwil and Aggression the Annihilape
Battle Details: You see ghosts, Morty? Well, so does he.
JoJo, no. That's the trauma.But while Jotaro feels dead inside, he's certainly got enough life in him to challenge this gym.Jotaro will open the fight with Yume the Noctowl against Morty's Haunter and Gengar for three reasons, 1) She's partially normal type and thus immune to almost all of Haunter and Gengar's moves, 2) She learns Extrasensory which hits for super-effective damage, and 3) she has the ability Insomnia, stopping Morty from putting her to sleep. With her high special attack, Roost to restore her HP, and Reflect to reduce the damage that Sucker Punch or Payback would deal, this tireless bird should be able to clean up Morty's main two Pokemon in no time.
If Morty sends out Misdreavus and Jotaro can switch, he's going to send out his Overqwil, Landmine. Landmine only really has Bite for Super Effective damage but Misdreavus has middling defenses at best. Additionally, he resists nearly every attack Misdreavus can throw, and Jotaro will have him use minimise just to make things infuriating. Jotaro's confident that Landmine can play the long game and outlast Misdreavus for the most part.
Unless Morty pulls out the Perish Song. Jotaro's Pokemon do outclass Morty but if Morty is willing to sack his Pokemon by doing the feared Mean Look and Perish Song combo, there's not a lot he can do. The second Mean Look comes out, Jotaro is going to abandon his usual strategy of set-up and start ordering super effective moves. And if both their Pokemon go down, well... Well that's why you don't only have one Pokemon to fight a gym. You always bring a hard-hitting backup.
That backup being Aggression the Annihilape. While most of Morty's ghosts are faster than Aggression, they all have the defense of wet paper towels. A combination that is not good when facing Annihilape's Rage Fist. Rage Fist doubles in power when the Pokemon is hit... so good luck surviving Annihilape's super-effective STAB move that will be 100 base power at minimum after Morty hits.
TLDR: Jotaro's going to try play smart and play around the strengths of Morty's ghosts. But if he's backed in a corner, he's gonna just release the angry monkey and hopefully win. The battle could go either way but hopefully that's the 4th badge of Johto right there.